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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
PATTI,
NOTED SINGER,
BURIED N n. ],

PROVIDENCE, r. l. Especial
to the Enterprise) Nine Sissier-
eta Jones. sllyery voiced song
bird OF a generation ago who
won fame under the name Of
BLACK PATTI succnmbed at the
Rhode Island Hospital here Sat
i15I
MMe Jones, who is said to
have been in her late sixties, be-
came internationally famous DUR
ing the days OF Williams and
Walker and was one of the pio-
neer singers of the race.
The funeral services were held
from the Congdon Street Bap-
list CHURCH where she was active
AT time of her illness, which
was short. she was living with
friends on Wheaton Street.
She was born In Portsmouth,
Va, but. went to Providence to
live more than so years ago.
After divorce she resumed her
maiden name of Matilda Joyner.
For years she and the late Flora
Berger, also of Providence, tray-
eled together and became known
as famous sopranos.
Black Patti was at the height
of her career one of the great
est attractions on the American
stage. In the cities where she
played people stormed tire doors
to hear her.
She travelled over the country
at the head of p troupe called
BLACK PATHS Troubadors." AS
ISOLATED with her at one time
was the late John Rucker, ia
nous comedian. and the Wang
doodle Four. quartet that was
as famous a generation ago as
the Mills Brothers are today.
She was popular along with
such celebrities as Williams and
Walker, Smart Set. and Blind
Tom. She later retired from the
stage and confined her activities
te recitals in churches.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
KIP AND ALICE
MAY TRY AGAIN

NEW ROCHELLE. n. Y.
Hope that a reconciliation will
bo effected by Alice and Leon
ard Kip Rhinehlander. scion Of
the millionaire pioneer family OF
Manhattan. is expressed by ne
former wife. whose divorce pro-
ceedings were front-page news
several years ago.
Mrs. Rhinelander, who is liY-
ing on her alimony from the
wealthy husband. Is also taking
dancing lessons In New York.
She gets saQo : month from her.
husband, who sued for annifl-
ment at White Plains in 1924.
II am contented to be just
home girl" Mrs. Rhinelander
said. She lives with her patents.
Kip first entered suit in
White Plains, charging fraud.
and that he did not know his
wife had colored blood. The
court ruled that Mrs. Rhineland
er was colored but that Kip
knew it all the time, and his
annulment petition was refused
He later obtained a divorce In,
Reno after substantial- finan-
cial settlement.
Mrs. RhInelander's maide y
name was Alice Jones. She is
the daughter of a Negro cab
driver who married an English
woman. Rhinelander. multi
millionaire is a descendant OF
the pioneer Rhinelander family
of Manhattan who were among
the Dutch colonists that settled
the New York colony.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
EDITORIAL
'Ehe New DEAF

AMERICAN NEGROES have
been sitting ia on the game Of
citizenship for sixty-nine yeara.
L has beer a losing game. A
side from poor execution on the
part q the players the cards
have been constantly stacked a.
eainss them b the dealers. In
order to win Il is necessary for
the pa-..eseanls to hold some
Of the ehonora AN ace. a king
c. a queen.
But Negroes have held moth
inh but the lower cards or los
.'ing tricks. n order for them
T. come cont Of the hole It Is
necessary for them to hold a
lew nigh card tricks.
It was. therefore, with great
rejoicing that Negroes received
the pronounced New Deal" OF
President Roosevelt. Since they
had never received anything bet
IsT than nine SPOT during
the entire duration of the old
deal naturally under the New
Dealp they expected a Jack or
Queen But from the pre-
sent outlook It seems aa though
the new dealer Is picking out ell
the "dences's and tres IN the
deck with deadly precision for
the hands OF his colofed players:
that even the few mines form
erly held are being taken away.
THE ENTERPRISE Is not un-
mindful Of the fact that there
are other things mora Important
than patronage. It appreciates
the pressing problems which a.
wait solution. but Il there any
reason Tor always making the
es1oea walt until after all the
be eafla ere daait Qff before
dealing to hlLa his eardsg After
all the high cards are dealt
there is nothing left but the low
ones and anyone with any sense
kows the players which only
hold such cards are beaten be-
fore the game starts.
We had higher hopes for the
New Deal. We await with
growing anxiety for a few of the
big cards to fall into the laps
Of some Of the colored players
SO that the game may be played
with greater degree of fair
ness; SO that the colored citizen
VIII not labor under such a ter
rIble handicap.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06

.'RooseveIt's New Deal Leaves
Out Negro" ssted Pastor Declares

can no longer be trusted. The
devil now controls the ballot.
and he's now trying a new stunt
up North here. when he tells the
people that II they want work
they should vote for the repeal
OF the 18th Amendment. Bring
liquor back. he tells the people,
and you will have work. the
militant clergyman continued.
God is going to start q gen
eial cleanup by starting with the
pulpit first He Is going to
clean out the churches. preach
ers and leaders who care about
humanity only so long as they
can get everything they want
out OF It.
After the World War all
standards OF morality broke
down. and young people in the
church-and their elders, too
were permitted to do anything
Ia the church they were big e.
rough to do" the Rev. Douglas
asserted.
Throughout his sermon, the
Rev. Mr.. Douglas cited biblical
passages to "substantiate syery-
thing / say" The housing SIT.
uation, the employment situation,
the wave Of crime, thu world ec-
onomic parley were ali touched
upon in the course Of his sermon
He pleaded for IN immediate re-
turn to God as the only hope for
a return to normaIcy.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06

PHILADELPHIA-The Roose-
veltian New DEAL was attack
ed as failure IN It's relation to
the colored citizens Of America
by the Rev Fred Douglass. pas
tor Of Wesley A.M.E. Zion
Church, 18th ana Lombard sts..
during the course Of what he
termed Sermon In practical
Christianity" last Sunday morn
ing.
I'VE have received absolutely
nothing from the New Deal
that we have heard SO much q
bout. The New Deal failed in
the scottsboro case. it's failing
in the Forest Camp idea. its 3
distinct failure in every phase
OF human activity in this coun-
try" the Rev. Douglas stated.
Gold Star Jim Crow
A vigorous attack was made
on the Jim Grow attitude of the
United States government in re-
gatds TO the Gold Star mothers,
shipped 10 France on cattle
boats. in disgrace"
II don't believe that God has
two standards. Black and white
are he same to Him. We con
tinned.
The church was cited By the
Rev. Mr.. Douglas as being oc-
cupied by the devil from the
pulpit to the door"
THE devil has the pulpits
and the nations on the run. The
devil has almost taken all OF the
life ana heart out OF the church.
It has become so that you can
scarcely find Gods people to put
II office Ia the church.
Men Hare Failed
Women IRE to-day holding POI
sitIons closed to them before be-
cause the men have failed, and
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
Mother Patterson in
Pittsburgh, Ruby Absent

PITTSBURGH The Inter
national Labor Defense present
ed the mother of Haywood Pat
terson to massive crowds in the
Bethel AM.E. Church on Friday
evening and in the Carron St.
Baptist Church on Saturday eve
ming. Ruby Bates, who was
scheduled to appear with Mrs.
Patterson, was not present.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
Dr.. MarmiIlion Gets
Long Prison Sentence

Los ANGELES Convicted of
second degree murder In connec-
ton with the death Of Margaret
Scott. 1ssyear-old girl. DR.. Mat
thew j Marmiilion. SO, pfomfn-
ent physician was sentenced
Wednesday to serve years to
life IN San Quentin prison.
The physician was accused of
performing an Illegal operation.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
NAACP Scottsboro
Fund Is $2,636.1O

NEW YoRK-The fund for
the defense OF the scottsboro
Boys being collected by the N.
A.A.C.P. now totals $2,6S6.1O.
The N.A.A.C.P. has paid out
to date for the LID. $1,235 for
the transcript of record in the
Patterson trial. lawyers, travel
Ing expenses and Investigations.
The amount previously acknow-
lodged was $2,419.18.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
Strike at Labor Camp

BUTLER, N.J.-Declaring that
they would not return until bet
ter rations had been given them.
200 eolored men walked out of
Labor Camp 239 here last week,
protesting that the food and the
living conditions of the camp
were unwholesome.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
Vic Walker, Denver
Politician, Is Dead

DENVER, Colo Victor Walk
e died last week al Fitzsimmon
General Hospital alter a long III
ness.
Mr.. Walker was widely
known politician. publisher OF
the New American Weekly; In
formation clerk in Secretary of
Slate office; jail turnkey. snd
deputy sheriff.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
Sunshine Sammy's
Sister in Movies

HOLLYWOOD. CaNf.-Fifteen
boys and girls of high school
age, Including Lucille Morrison,
sister of Sunshine Sammy, have
been selected by Paramount.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
DIR. NOTION GUEST
HENRY FORD N
DETROIT HOME.

DETROIT-Dr. r. R. Moon,
|cf Tuskegee. Interrupted his va
cation at his summer home at
Capahosie on the York River in
Virginia to make a special trip
70 Detroit on the invitation OF
Henry Ford. wlzald OF industry
and finance.
Principal Motion spent Monday
and Tuesday of last week with
Mr.. Ford and his staff, for the
greater part of the time driving
about the great plant at Dear
born with Henry Ford himself
At the wheel Of one of the latest
N-s models.
Best Ford Driver
Dr. Motion says Mr.. Ford is
the best driver of Ford he has
ever seen. to which Mr.. Foid's
own chauffeur replied, We'll,
~ ought to be; he's been driy-
ing one longer than anybody
else in the world.
Besides conducting the prlnci-
pal Of Tuskegee personally over
ais huge plant and museum, Mr..
Ford spent hours discussing with
DR. Notion the present economic
Atuation, the outlook Of the fn-
tures ana his own attitude with
respect to the place of the Negro
In American Industrial life.
What that Is can best be in
dieated in the fact that of the
0p0 or more employed In the
iAafd psaiif, inofs man go IRE
Negroes, and they are to be
found in every department of the
plant. not only working side by
side with white workers, but in
many cases with white workers
under their supervision. Mr..
Ford says with him 1t isn't a
question of coloi-but of fitness.
On Monday night banquet
as rendered DR.. Motion by the
mems Organizations of st. Mat
thews Church, about 200 guests
being present. DIR. Motion spoke
of the growing sentiment among
the white South to see that the
Negro receives Justice and equal
opportunity, than which the Ne
gro asks no more and with less
than which he will never be sat
isfied.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
New Youth Magazine

NEW YORK. N.Y.-The gra-
duation number or THE Voice
Of Tomorrow. :" 4 youth magazine
is being published by a group
oI colored men, who have open
ed offices at 200 West 1S5th.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-07-06
Clarence Lees Racing Dope
Watch I'm!
HnnrmnrlTrU

Watch EN-!
KENTUCKY
WHO Win Parnell Bound
Plumage Gracious Gift
Sambo Brown Skirl
ILLINOIS
Threat Englewood
Uforme Tamerlane
Ding Bin Go Fetch
CANADA
Architect Western Holiday
Pat Gaiety Ethel Starr
Thunderdrop Easter Kid
SILVER LAKE
Blixtra Oregon Rose
Sun B Royal Julian
Inca Sis Turpin
VANCOUVER, B. c. Well,
folks there have been many up
sets since. the opening of the
meet at Lansdown Park. Those
of you who followed my tip on
Western Holiday got your mon
ely Increased although she 6idn't
get the nod. Her running mate,
Easter Kid broke on top and
was never headed winning at the
pay off of Ii to 1. AS this was
al entry of course it made you
win on your play on Western
Holiday. Keep tring on West
ern Holiday. She's ready and
will pay you handsomely if you
stick. Ethel Starr, my speedy
little mare. couldn't quite win
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The Washington times., 1933-09-05
Here and There
In the Realm Of
Broadcastine
By STANLEY BIGELOW

Baseball fans who are interested
in securing free tickets to the
opening game of the world series
or two box seats to the Bluege
Day celebration Saturday will be
told how in a series of radio pro-
grams this week.
Postmaster William M. Mooney
will tell about it today over WRC
at $3.50 p. m. Mr.. Mooney is
vice chairman of the OSSie Bluege
Day committee.
Kirk Miller, sports editor Of The
washington Times, will describe
the plan over VOL at 7:15 to-
night.
Joe Cronin, manager of the
Washington team, will outline the
plan, over WJSV, in a 12-mlnute
talk tomorrow at 6:18 p. m.
CLARK Griffith, president of the
Washington baseball club, will tell
about it with the aid of Radio Joe
over WMAL at $50 p. m. to-
morrow. -,
Judge ROBERT 4. MdLCl1lS1y VIII
tell about it over WRC at 5:55
o. m. Thursday.
u. S. Commissioner Needham
C. Turnage will give further de-
tails over WRC at 5:55 p. m
Thursday, and Harry Somerville
will tell about it over VOL at
7:15 .. m. Friday.
N. E. F. "Skeets") Meekins will
also include description of the
plan in his daily keeping Up
With The Times" talk over
WMAL at 9:15 a. m.
Joe Holman, speaker for the Joe
Turner weekly wrestling feature
will tell about this free ticket plan
over VOL Thursday at 7:45.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
THIEVES
START FIRE

Burglars apparently attempting
to steal an expensive automobile
belonging to Leon Arnold, bus
company official, early today
started a fire in the garage be-
hind Arnold's home, which did
about $500 damage, mostly to the
automobile.
Police were told two colored men
were seen driving from the garage
in small automobile. They had
entered it by a door that was left
open.
The blaze was believed to have
been started by a match held
near the gasoline tank of Arnold S
automobile. He lives in the 1900
block Thirty-fifth St. N. w.
Spend q Dollar and Make . job
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
ON VISIT FROM ORIENT

Mrs. Ora Whitmore williams,
who for the past IS years has
served as a Seventh Day Ad-
ventist teacher in the Orient, is
visiting in Takoma Park, Md.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
MexicO-U. S. Border
Claims Soon Settled
WRC
p. NJ.

MEXICO CITY, Sept. S G.N.
81 BORDER claims pending be-
tween the United States and
Mexico soon will be adjusted by
block settlement, it was re-
liably reported here today. Fa-
vorable Senate action on the
Mexican American treaty cover
ing rectification of the Rio
Grande at an early date also
was forecast.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
OTHER WOMAN
FACES LANSON
CASE FIRE
BY ERNESTINE BALL

SAN JOSE, Cal, Sept. 5 (I.N.S.)
The LamSon murder trial is sched-
uled again today to prove that
anything can happen, the prosecu-
tion contends, to pale and listless
love!
David Lamson, former Stand
ford College publishing executive,
is accused by the State of going
suddenly primitive and killing his
wife, Allene, whose pale and list
less love, they claim, did not meet
the requirements of his ardor.
Today in this courtroom, Sara
Kelley will throw off the mantle
Of the "other woman" woven for
her by the prosecution, and at
tempt to prove to the jury that
her friendship with David Lamson
was just a pale and listless buSi-
ness affair.
Prosecution Doubts
Usually a study in brittle blonde
GOODNESS, glib, with eyes that flash
lightning when Lamson is men
toned, Sara Kelley is expected by
the defense to present a very diff
terent picture of herself to the
Jury.
Prosecuting Attorney Lindsey
says:
81 don't think she can carry
1t off. BY the time we finish
the association of Sara and
LamSOn won't seem innOcuOus."
This murder trial, unlike all
others, never once is removed from
the rarified air of college campus.
Even the "other woman" the dash
ing divorce, Mrs. Sara Kelley, is
O former Stanford coed.
Her Arrival Awaited
Today will find large con-
tingent of Stanford friends of AL
lene Lamson in the courtroom
awaiting the appearance of DR..
Margaret Lamson, sister of David
Lamson, on the witness stand. She
was physician to the dead Allene.
The whistle that the lovely Al
1ene wore around her neck-the
whistle that they say was always
under her pillow at night-the
courtroom is waiting for an ex-
planation of that.
Those who wondered at the
contents of the tray that Lamson
says he fixed for his wife around
4 o'clock in the morning when
she called to him she could not
sleep may find the answer to the
cup of coffee in DR.. Lamson's tes-
timony.
A Broken Heart
Allene Lamson's friends now
believe she had long been suffer
Ing from a "broken healthier
love ldylll with David Lamson
shattered.
David Lamson's friends-and
he still has loyal friends in the
university contingent - believe
that Allene suffered from an or
sanic heart trouble.
Lamson's attorneys say they
will out-maneuver the State by
not calling several of their sup.
posedly star witnesses, but by
calling the dark-haired defendant
to the stand quick, probably late
today.
The strategy behind the move
Is unique.
State in the Hole
The State is known to have
saved several of its most impor.
tant witnesses and some of its
most damaging exhibits to con-
found the former Stanford
Press executive in rebuttal, in re.
futing defense witnesses and "ex.
hibits."
But if the expected defense
moves are not forthcoming, the
State will be left figuratively
'holding the sack" for it will
have nothing to rebut, and there
by will be shut off from introduc-
ing any more direct testimony or
evidence.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
MRS. STRAND HERE

Mrs. Edith Strand, director Of
the Seventh Day Adventist
Nursing School, Melrose, Mas
sachusetts, is visiting the WASH
ington Sanatorium, Takoma Park.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05

An NRA mass meeting will be
held Friday night at the Parker
Gray School, Arlington, Va, un-
der auspices of the Alexandria
Citizens Association (colored .
Dan S. Hollenga will be the guest
speaker,
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
Sunshine Family

'"The Sunshine Family" a new
half-hour program featuring local
talent. makes it's debut over WRC
on Thursday night at 10 o'clock.
The artists include Madeline
Shepherd, blues singer; Charles
Luke, whispering baritone; Frank
Cady, IA, who has appeared in
numerous children's radio pro.
grams; Phil Lampkin, guest
conductor of the Fox Theater
orchestra. Arthur Godfrey will
be master of ceremonies.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
Spend a Dollar and Make a job
MACON TO GO WEST

The U. S. Airship Macon will
20 to the West Coast in October
as originally planned and will not
be held at Lakehurst, N. j., as
Tunored in unofficial circles, Rear
Admiral King, chief of the Bu-
real of Aeronautics, says.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
GOU. ROlph ShO1Us
SLiQht In1DrOUen1ent

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5 Il.
NSO.-A slight drop in the tenn
perature of Gov. James Rolph, jr.,
of California, seriously i'll with
bronchial pneumonia, was re"
vealed in a bulletin issued today
by the governors physicians. The
crisis is expected in from three
to seven days.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
Pauline

Pauline Frederick, star Of stage
and screen, is to be the guest Of
Ben Bernie over NB.C.-WRC at
8 o'clock tonight. She will give
short episodes from two of her
famous stage vehicles.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05

chief of the Bureau of Aeronau-
tics of the Navy, will discuss
"The Navy as the First Line of
Defense" in Milwaukee tomorrow
night. His address will be heard
over NB.C.-WRC at 10:30. It is
his first public speech since TAX
ing office and he is expected to
speak frankly,
The Washington times., 1933-09-05

Naval Defense
Rear Admiral Ernest j. King
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
RADIO RANBLES - - PROGRAMS
TODAY'S PROGRAMS
Don't Miss These

91B a. m.-(Eyery week day., "Keepng Up
with the Times" by n. <. r.
Meekins (WMAL.
7:2O D. m.-HeraId News Spotlight CWOL).
$500 p. m.-Ben Bernie's Orchestra (WRCl.
$3.50 D. m.-TayIOr Holmes COMEDIAN; Don
voorhees, and Orchestra, and
Graham McNamee (WRC).
11:OO D. m-Phll Harris and his Orchestra
(WMAL).
1880 D. m-Washington Herlad Globe TrOt-
ter. Arthur Reilly (WJSV.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
Ambassador to Cuba

jefferson Caffery, Assistant
Secretary of State, who will
leave soon for Havana replacing
Sumner Welles as ambassador to
Cuba, will speak on Good Neigh
Dor Relations with the South
American Republics" over WRC
at $50 tomorrow night.
The Washington times., 1933-09-05
NRA MEETING SLATED

Spend Dollar and Make Job
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-17
Steps In
Corn-T1og Program

Announcement of a processing
tax of 2S cents a bushel on all corn
to be processed commercially, and
of loans to be made on corn in
storage were the two outstanding
developments of the past week in
the national corn-hog production
program of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration.
While these steps were being
taken, DR.. A. G. Black, chief OF
the corn-hog section, and his staff
continued work on final details Of
the corn-hog program announced
October Is by Secretary Wallace.
This will be presented to the corn
and hog growing sections in No.
vember. While it was designed
especially for the corn-hog areas,
its provisions may be accepted by
any farmer in North Carolina, says
Dean |. o. Schaub of State College.
Loans On the corn warehoused
on farms will bear 4 per cent in
terest and will be made by the
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1933-11-17
FARM AID
ADDS TAXES
Mast Bear Bhlion-Dol-
lar Load For TWo Years.
PROCEEDS GO TO GROWERS
Producers of Cotton, Wheat, To,
bacco, Hogs, Corn, and Dairy
Items Benefit by Processing
Lepies if They Cut Crops

A tax load of more than $1,000,.
600, 900 is being shouldered or
American consumers to finance thu
governments program for a gigan-
tic reduction in farm production
The tribute, in the form Of higher
prices as the result of processing
taxes. is to be exacted during tn,
period which began last July 9 ane
is to continue until Nov. 4. 1885
Most of the proceeds are sche.
duled to find their way into thu
pocketbooks of American farmers
the principal consideration being
that they forego planting as much
as in the past.
Cotton farmers already have re.
.ceived more than s70,oo0,ooo al
benefit payments for blowing up Is
to so per cent of their crop. A
processing tax of ~ cents a pounc
has been in effect since Aug. l, te
finance this part of the program
with receipts estimated at $3.50
100000 for the year.
A processing tax of so cents q
bushel on wheat has been in force
since July 9, and is expected te
yield up to $136,ooo,oo Be-
tween $7O,oo0,ooo and $9o,ooo,-
900 to be distributed this autumn
to farmers who agree to curl
paintings IS per cent.
A processing tax on tobacco i.
in effect, scheduled to raise abou,
s20,o00,o0O for payments to grow,
ers who reduce acreage.
Beginning Nov. s, a processing
tax on hogs was levied, scheduled
to produce s34S,000,00 in two
years, the proceeds to be used main,
ly to pay benefits on hogs market
ed by farmers who agree to curl
their output rs per cent.
A processing tax of % cents 3
bushel on corn used for manufac-
turing food and commercial pro-
ducts other than animal feed went
into effect Monday. 1t is expected
to produce from 60,000,o00 te
$7o,o0o,ooo in two years.
Surplus butter is now being pur,
chased to feed the needy and te
cut down heavy storage supple.
credited with depressing prices. A
processing tax on butterfat, to &C
into effect soon. will raise up &c
s30,Ooo,oo0 say federal officials.