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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-19
WINTER LEAGUE
ON CONSTITUTES
DIANONDSTARS

LOS ANGELES With motion
picture stars Of both races on hand
Including probably Dempsey, Max
Baer or both; a parade Of decorat-
ID cars and bands plans are being
made by the Winter League man
agement to celebrate Prosperity's
return with mammoth opening
on Saturday at White Sex park.
According to James Newton. the
manager of Wilson's Colored q,
ants, nationally famous eastern
stars, and Joe Pirrone, Father Of
The Winter League" four teams
viii battle for the pennant this sea-
son. They are he revamped White
Kings, Pirrone's All Stars. The 81
Paso Mexicans and Wilson's Col
ored Giants. They viii play every
Saturday. Sunday and holidays.
One of the famous colored UNI
pires of the east is also coming
west this winter to work with the
white umpires. This years team
has been carefully selected from
the greatest Negro teams in the
leagues and the players are the
same ones that the white press has
recently been declaring should be
on the white major league teams.
Mule" Suttles, Larry Brown,
Turkey" Stearns. "Steal Arm Da-
Wis, Wells and Foster Of the Ann
erican Giants; satchell Paige. pit
cher, and Jack Russell, second Of
the Pittsburgh Crawfords; the well
known Biz Maclkey now with the
Philadelphia Stars; Wills ana Bar
ley Of Nashville are leading lightA
in this great lineup. Mr.. Wilson
is also dickering for Charleston,
Jud Wilson. and Lundy, but the
latter trio is expected to go to Por-
to Rico.
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Work Harder Than Whites barrow
Tells Negro YMCA Group IN ChNagO

CHICAGO Especially Before ?
gathering Of 1900 colored citizens
that filled the gymnasium Of the
Negro Y.M.C.A. sunday afternoon.
Clarence barrow. noted attorney.
and agnostic. gave bis views on the
race question. Touching upon the
mast vital points Of the color prob
lem, barrow said:
There win always be difficult
les. If the race problem is solved,
there win come along new malad
1ustments, he continued. Always
the man on the ground has feared
the newcomer. because he did not
understand him. If white man
went into the Congo, he would be
hated and misunderstood. That is
your lot here. You have long,
hard road to travel, an arduous foe
to fight. and that foe Il prejudiced
which we have always had with
u.s.
Darrow turned to the topic Of
slavery. Slavery he went on,
is as old as time. The white man
have been slaves. a great many OF
them. up until 800 years ago. In
those days man was either a rub
er or a slave. Greece and Rome
conquered white peoples and ca
shaved them.
Civilization Worth Price
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CHIEF LEAVES
JAIL UNLOCKED
FORLYNCHERS

NINETY-sIx, SEA- coroner's
jury late Tuesday ordered four men
held on charge of numbering
Bennie Thompson, youthful Negro.
who was taken from the jail here
Monday night and beaten to death.
This action was taken by the ju-
ry after Burley Leopard read q
statement admitting that he and
three white men took the youth
from his cell and whipped him with
automobile top tubes"
The other men implicated by
Leopard were ]. F. Morris. sIef-
ty" Mayes and AToody" Webb.
Leopard, a textile worker. and
Maye were in jail Tuesday. but Of
ficers were still searching for the
other two men.
I'VE and the others had some
trouble with the Negro at cat
Sunday night and he drew a gun
on as. The Negro was arrested and
put IN jail.
Later the four OF us went tol
the jail and asked the 1ailcf To-
turn the Negro over to us. He re-.
fused, telling us we would have TO
see the chief.
"Chief of Police Rush came In
a few minutes later and we made
the same request to him. He told
us to wait until dark and come
back and we would find the jail
unlocked.
I'VE went back to the jail
short time later and we found the
door open and the lock hanging
in the cell door. pushed together
as if it had been locked.
1--WE took the Negro out and
drove him down the road in my
car.
''All of us beat him with auo-
mobile top tubes and left him be-
side the road still alive"
Leopard said this was at 1880
o'clock Monday night. Shortly az
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Negro Immigrant Successful Contractor

be an enrolment in some engineer
ing school where he could add the
practical knowledge of concrete,
obtained as a laborer, with the the.
cries Of construction which could
only be obtained from books.
His finances were low but he ar
ranged to enter the Mercantile
School Of Art in Philadelphia
where he, by dint of much sacri-
flee, completed a three-year course.
This only proved to him that there
was much about engineering he
had yet to learn, so he entered the
Drexel School of Civil Engineering
also in Philadelphia, graduated,
and was ready to begin his life's
work.
Early Days Struggle
In those days the competition
in his line. especially in Philadel-
phia, WIS keen. And Massiah's
worries had only begun when he
landed contract. There were
kicks in use by his competitors
then which he knew nothing about
and Mr.. Massiah says that many
dollars which he needed very bad
ly those days, were delayed in
reaching him, and that many a
small building contract was COM
pleted with cash that had been
held out on him for thirty and
sometimes sixty days. He cites
one instance where an apartment
house was bought with an install
ment on the price of some work he
was on and he didn't get his mon
ey until the apartment was resold
The general contractor, who was
supposed to pay Mr.. Massiah his
share of the contract price, made
$1,000 of Massiah's money in the
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$4,000 FIRE
IN DORMTTORY
AT TUSKECEE

TUSKEGEE, Ala, (ANP)-Fire
OF unknown origin which broke out
shortly after six o'clock Saturday
night, completely Quilted one of
the important Tuskegee institute
girls dormitories. With the ex-
ception of one teacher and two
students on duty, the building was
unoccupied when the flames were
first seen to break through the
rooms. It was the hour of vesper
services, and both teachers and
students were just assembling in
the institute chapel.
No one was injured. The STU
dent fire brigade rushed to the
scene and very efficiently emptied
the dormitory of trunks and per-
sonal effects. Soon afterward the
fire squad from the town of Tus-
kegee made its arrival.
DR.. Motion states that the loss is
about sixty thousand dollars, and
is completely covered by insurance.
The building viii be rebuilt at once
and will be made absolutely fire
proof. The lost dormitory was err
ected in 1908 and named in honor
&c Frederick Douglass.
Tie fire was the second of the
day on the campus as a teachers
cottage occupied by William Wiley
20 years member of the Tuske
gee quartette was destroyed early
in the morning with a loss of all
its furniture and household goods.
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Wearing Prison Garb
Attorney Pleads Own
Case; Wins Acquittal

ST. Louls-stlII dressed In IlIs
prison garb, lenat'us Page, So
year-oId Negro lawyer dramatIcal-
" pleaded his own case before q
circuit court jury and won an ac-
quittaI here, late Thursday.
IN his first trial IN May, 1881,
ne also acted as his own lawyer,
ut he was convicted and sentenc
ed to five years. After having SER
we'd nineteen months in the Miss
ourl State penltentlary at Jeffer-
son City, he was granted a new
trial BY the State Supreme Court.
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Hampton Institute
Gets $4,000 Beauest

NEW YORK CITY (CNS)-The
will of Edward SEVERN Clark, one
of the heirs to the fortune built
on the Singer sewing machine re-
Gently filed in the surrogate's Of
flee of Atsego County, New York,
contains bequest of $4,000 for
Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute of Hampton, Va.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Especially
Frederick Massiah Of Philadelphia,
at the age Of thirty-five is one Of
the largest concrete and steel en-
gineers in the country today. His
payroll averages above 5000 each
week.
Some Of the most beautiful struc-
lures in downtown Philadelphia.
Newark, N. j., and In other cities
on the Atlantic seaboard testify
to both his ability and the demand
for hi1 services. And Frederick
Massiah is a egro-undoubtedly.
so.
Born in West Indies
MIR. Massiah was born about 80
years ago on the island Of Barba-
dos, British West Indies. His par
ents were only average working
people with less than the average
means. His early training was Sc
cured in trade school and in COM
pany with what is known as a
Master Workman in the field. This
training included learning to do
stone work, concrete and cement
and steel construction work, NIX
ing colors and plastering.
After amassing enough money to
take passage to the United States
ne came over and found very soon
that he would have to specialize
in order to make a success. He
decided that concrete construction
was the thing he wanted to do
most for his LIES work and, ac-
cordingly, began to study to be-
come a steel and concrete contrac-
tor and builder.
Attended School in Philadelphia
Frederick Massiah reached Phi
ladelphia about ten and one-half
years ago with nothing but will. I"
He knew that his first step must
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"And it may be-" declared OAR
row, in his first gesture Of oratory
IF It hadn't been for slavery, your
race would never have had its OPP
portunity for civilization. You
might stin be savages in Africa
and at that you might be better
off there. But still. I think that
civilization is worth the price we
have to pay for it. what the white
man paid in his upward struggle,
what you are paying today.
II say to you--improve yourself
yes. Improve your calling. Get
rid of tips. Get out Of the class
that takes tips and into the class
that given them. It won't be easy
but If you can, get your own banks
and work hard. You win have t
work hard. harder than the white
man, because you're on his home
grounds.
Be Courageous
There is hope in the world in
as much as 1t has any salvation"
barrow remarked once. IT believe
some times it should be spelled
dope, because that's about what
it is. Life is a mystery. We don't
know what we are, or why we are
or whence we came. But as long
as we're here we might as well
make the best Of it,"
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Eliminate Word "Nigger"
From Emperor Jones"

WASHINGTON (CNS) - Elim-
ination of the word "nigger" from
all of the new rolls of the film Of
1.-The Emperor Jones" is announc-
ed by its producers. It is claimed
that the thirty-three changes will
make the picture more acceptable
to the Negro population. Mr.. Krim-
sky, one of its producers in speak
ing of the examinations said: 1--WE
have no intention of offending Ne
groes who are largely instrument
al in making the screen version of
Emperor Jones" one of the great
est pictures of the season"
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Paragraphs

THE NEGRO has the same am
billions and desires that manifest
Themselves in other people. and.
unless he contends for the right to
justify the enlargement Of these
attributes. he win not be getting
anywhere. The white mau's great
strength is that he actssil concert,
in unionss but the Negroes are a
great deal more afraid of each O.
ther than they are of the people
who have no particular interest in
advancing their cause in any mea-
sure save to keep them the same
old hewers Of wood and drawers
Of water.
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Hire Your Own Folksg
Shreveport Whites Say

SHREVEPORT, La.-That the
Hire-A-Man-C Campaign in Shreve-
port is for whites only, colored APP
plicants learned here this week.
The manager told applicants that
if Negroes wanted to see the idle
of the group get work, they would
have to hire them.
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Mrs. R. R. Wright Dies

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-Mrs. Z.
R. Wright, ST., of this city died
Wednesday night after a long ILL
ness. She is the wife of Maj. R. R.
Wright, president of the Citizens
Southern & Savings Bank and mo-
Their of DR.. Wright, Jr., president
of Wherefore University. Funeral
services will be held Saturday and
interment in the family cemetery.
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DENVER, Colo.-Jonathan RI
chard Contee, resident of Denver
for 81 years, died at st. Luke's
Hospital Friday after an illness of
several months. He was rs years
old and an employee of the Colora-
do National Bank for 50 years.
Mr.. Contee was the founder of the
colored Odd Fellows In Colorado
and organizer of the Western Re-
atty and Loan Co. and the Doug
lass Undertaking Co.
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Aurora Edwards, Jessie Scott,
Jimmie White and Bill Pugh's or
chestra feature at Apex Mite Club
in Minneapolis.
Nicodemus, comedy dancing star,
Chick Farmer, popular crooner and
Jimmie Luncefords Band this week
at Lafayette Theatre, New York.
John Fernandez, star of John
Henry radio feature, feature at
traction this week at Harlem OPP
era House.
Stepin Fetchit in Hollywood at
the Fox Studios rehearsing for La
zy Bones" which will include cast
of 200 colored performers. Earl
Dancer is rehearsing the cast of
20 singers.
Valaida Snow and the Berry
Brothers head revue of so sing
ers and dancers playing the Lin
coin Theatre, Philadelphia, this
week.
Noble Sissle and Band filling an
indefinite engagement at the Ho-
tel Sherman in Louisville, Ken
lucky. 1000 ofays strutted their
stuff at the opening engagement
Saturday night.
Bailey and Derby, song and
dance team, packing them in this
week at the Howard Theatre, in
Washington, DC.
]. Rosamond Johnson, composer
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Robeson Goes to Russia

LONDON, England-Paul Robe
son left recently for. Russia where
he expects to do several plays in
the State Theatre at Moscow. He
has been studying Russian for
some time and expects to do 9th
clio" in the native tongue.
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Editorial


@HH"-A - - - - $500"
MANY or THE NEGRO papers
and hosts of individual Negroes are
raising the roof off about Eugene
o'Nellls emperor Jones'" They
say Mr.. o'Nein has carieatured
the race. They are flaying Paul
Robson for acting the part Of Bru-
tus Jones and using the term mig
GER The claim IS made that En-
peror Jones' belittles the Negro
race. This writer does not believe
these charges are warranted.
IN the first place we know that
the average Negro does not like
to hear the truth about himself.
He has become accustomed to hear
ing cheap white politicians look
ing for tell him that he has
made more progress IN seventy
years than any race in the history
Of the world: or some cross Of
gold'' empty head white orator tell
him that be Is In the pathway to
the glory that was Greece that
he just can't bear to hear anything
else. We must have our little pat
on the back, our daily dose Of
sweet flypaper and our quadren-
NAL issue Of bunk and bilge from
white gift bearers.
WE NEGROES don't like to be
treated like other folks. We don't
believe in equality. We want some
unique treatment. some special con-
alteration. we are thin-skinned
and touchy. We like to hoodwink
ourselves into thinking that we
have none Of the weaknesses Of
other races and that our condition
Is due solely to the Vaccinations
Of the Caucasian and the devil. who
Jehovah has turned loose ia our
midst Tor a season.
ANY WHITE MAN who tells US
the truth about ourselves viii be
piIloried and "cussed out" We use
the term "nigger" to designate our
selves but when white man Ia
king his lead from US uses the
term he becomes an enemy of the
race. Probably 90 per cent of the
shows produced by Negroes are
monkeyshine, honky-tonk and vic
ious affairs, that caricature and
burlesque the Negro. They are
filled with q low type of comedy
appealing to the gutter. There is
abundance Of lewd dancing, sug-
gestive jokes and apish strutting
and sliding. Chorus girls step forth
from huge water1nelons and the
men impersonate crap shooters and
knife wieIders.
WHITE MEN are expected to
look at all Of this and yet depict
us as race characterized by Spar
tan sternness. White men are ex-
pected to see us IN our churches,
lodge meetings, pool rooms, barber
shops, alleys. and street corners
and yet write about US as though
we were a race Of clustered phil
osophers. It can't be done. The
latter day prophets of realism and
reality are not Interested in beau
tiful pictures unless the picture is
an exact reproduction Of the sub
ject.
NEGRO LEADERS. editors, etc.
help this tommy-rot because it
makes them heroes to the prole-
tariat. They know better but they
must live and as easy as possible.
Hence, their columns and their
mouths are filled to OVERLOOKING
with vituperation whenever a white
man tells even a small part of the
truth about us.
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The Stars Where They Are

of Under the Bamboo Tree" sHc
many other tunes, is sharing IL
the royalties of THE Rivers TAX.
ing Care of Me- a present day hit
He didn't write it but the first {
bars are the same as in his com.
position. Jesse Greer wrote the
latter.
Jules Bledsoe and Aunt Jeuims
are rehearsing parts In another
mammoth production Of "Shov
Boat"
The Georgia Minstrels travelling
in two buses started on their an
nual tour from Los Angeles las
week. The company includes a
performers among them are Lass
es Brown, Tommy Harris, Budd.
Brown and Calenthe Upshaw. ia
show is headed North up the Saci
fic coast.
"De Lawd," Richard Harrison o
Green Pastures" received an en-
viable honor in Greensboro, N. c
where the show is playing. Vine
the first performance was mad
the Mayor of the city presente
Harrison with the keys of the cit
It was the first time that a Negr
has been so honored.
Bill vodery, one of the foremos
music writer's of the country, he
accepted the job Of writing tn
score for the coming issue Of tb
"Blackbirds" and is now worlkin
on the music.
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Nina Mae Mckinney
Collapses in England

CARDIFF, England-Nina Mae
Mckinney collapsed here in her
dressing room at the New Theatre
while preparing to do her act. Miss
Mckinney has been i'll for some
time.
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THE NEGROES have no hate
toward the white people Of the
South. They seek only those rights
and privileges guaranteed decent
humanity, which under the laws of
our country, we are entitled to.
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Confer On A Date For
New Scottsboro Trial

DECATUR, Ala.-Judge James
e. Horton, Judge w. w. Callahan,
both of the Eighth judicial circuit,
and Attorney General Thomas e.
Knight, Jr., conferred here Friday
morning in connection with setting
a date for the next Scottsboro trial.
No announcement was made after
the conference.
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"Flattery is montrous in a true
friend"
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Bailey and Derby, song and
dance team, packing them in this
week at the Howard Theatre, in
Washington, DC.
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Continued on Page Three.
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]. ROsamond Johnson, composer
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(cOntinued on Page Twol
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STATEWIDE LAW ON
STREAM POLLUTION
IS THOUGHT LIKELY
The Timcs-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

RALEIGH, March 16. - Some
form of state regulation OF
stream pollution may result from
an agreement reached Tuesday
at a meeting of the joint con-
servation committees of the gen.
erel assembly, as a result OF
which Representative j. p. Ran
dolph of Swain. agreed to drop
his bill to prevent the pollution
of Tuckasegee river in case such
action is taken.
The highly contested Randolph
bill has been before the commit
tee before but no agreement had
been reached. Proponents of the
legislation had contended that
! the discharge of wastes from
mills at Sylvia had so polluted
the waters of the Tuckasegee
that it had effected the tourist
industry. It's opponents coun-
tered by placing the industrial
interests forward, sayingt hat the
passage of the bill would so Grip
pie the Sylvia mills that it would
force them to close if they were
forced toadopte expensive meth
DDS of treating their wastes at
this time.
A break in the contention ar
rived when Colonel ]. w. Har-
relson. director of the depart
ment Of conservation and de-
velopment, explained that pollu-
ton problems are becoming more
numerous throughout the state.
and that an agreement between
the board of health and the de-
partment of conservation and de-
velopment pooled their interests
in pollution studies He suggest
ed that a bill to give the stream
sanitation and conservation COM
mittee organized by the two
agencies some authority and leg
/! islative status might be solu-
ton of the problem. MIR. Ran
dolph agreed then to withdraw
his bill, in lieu of legislation
which the board of health and
the department of conservation
and development will be asked
to draw.
The committee voted to report
a bill enabling lumber compan-
les to take advantage of Recon-
struction Finance loans. The
bill was introduced by Thompson
of Columbus; Ewingof Cumber-
land; Brady of Bladen and 9TH
ers. Mr.. Ewing is chairman of
the house conservation commit
tee and Mr.. Burgin of the senate
committee.
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