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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-05-04
Youth and
Elderly Ones
Answer Call
Mrs. A. w. Strobeck Dies
Hour After Giving Birth
to Son
FUNERAL TODAY AT Z
Mrs. George Reuhman Passes
On Early Tuesday Morn
ing-Other Deaths
Young Mother Called

An extremely sad death occurred
Tuesday morning, May I, 1888, at
$50, when Mrs. A. w. Strobeck
passed into her eternal sleep. An
hour before her passing she gave
birth to a little son, who, with the
heartbroken husband, parents,
brothers and sisters, survive.
Her death was a tremendous
shock to the Little Sank commun-
ity where she resided on a farm
with her husband. She was sup
posed to be in excellent physical
condition.
Marion Leona Johnson was born
in Sank Centre, May 10. 1910 She
was the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. E. Johnson. She resided in this
city until about ten years ago when
her parents moved to Little Sank.
Miss johnson attended the Sank
Centre Public schools and was a
member of the Senior Class of 1929
June %, 1892, Miss Johnson was
united in marriage to A. w. Stro-
beck, a sturdy young man whom
she had known for many years.
With an apparently long life ahead
Of them Mr.. and Mrs. Strobeck took
up housekeeping on the groom's
farm Just northeast of the village
of Little Sank.
The brothers and sisters surviv-
ing are: James Johnson, Veblen, S.
D.; Jerome Johnson, Vergis, Mimi;
Sylvia, teaching near Sank Centre;
Orville and Lillian johnson, stu
dents in the Sank Centre schools;
Raymond and Gloria Johnson at
home.
The funeral was held this Thurs
day at the home at loo P. NJ, and
from the Swedish Lutheran church,
Little Sank at 900 o'clock. Rev.
Leaf, the pastor, who performed
the marriage ceremony, officiated
The remains were laid to rest
in the Little Sank cemetery.
The Sank Centre High School
quartet, consisting Of Charles
Rattle, Lloyd Johnson, Clifford and
Fay Domke, furnished the singing
at the funeral of Mrs johnson.
The pa1lbearers were: Everett
Thompson, Herman Hendrickson,
Arthur Jacobson, Conrad Freeberg,
William Holtberg and Henry John
son.
The heart of the community goes
out to Mr.. Strobeck and the baby
boy in their irreparable loss.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Levee Camp Workers TO Get Higher Pay

the National Industrial Recovery
Act win be subject to the provisi-
ons of P. w. A. Bulletin 81 and
p. w. A. Form 81, inclosed, which
provide for a thirty-hour week,
specified minimum rates for labor,
and other protective measures.
viii Get Code Wages
"You are informed that to fur
Their carry out the Presidents pro-
gram of providing more work, the
Department has issued instructions
that in the future for work not I'M
der the National Industrial Recov-
cry Act, if contract work, the pro-
visions of the code of the industry
carrying out the work as to hours
of labor and wages will apply, and
if the work is done by hired labor
and government plant, the eight
hour day win apply"
The second paragraph of the let
ter insures a minimum wage of 80
cents an hour and 4s-hour week
if the levee workers are included
under the code of the general con-
tractors division of the construc-
Continued on Page Threel
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12

NEW YORK-The thousands of
unshiIled Negro workers in the le-
wee camps along the lower Mississ-
ippi river will have their pay rails
ed and their hours shortened by
recent regulations Of the Public
Works Administration and the War
department, according to Secretary
George H. Dorm of the War depart
ment.
The assurance from the Secreta-
ny Of War comes as a victorious
climax to the long campaign of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People to
improve the conditions Of the levee
workers.
According to the regulations of
the Public Works Administration,
the unskilled workers on contracts
financed by the P. w. A. in the
South will receive 40 cents an hour
and will work a S0-hour week. Sc
cretary Dern's letter to Roy VIII
kins, assistant secretary of the N.
A.A.C.P. states:
Employment on flood control
projects to be prosecuted by con-
tract with funds provided under
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
NAACP DEFENDS
CAROLINA GIRL

ASHEVILLE, N. C.-The Ashe-
vile branch of the N.A.A.C.P. has
taken up the defense of Bessie Clio
yer who was railroaded to SEN
tence Of two years in the peniten-
tiary on a charge of assaulting a
white man with deadly weapon.
Miss Glover made an affidavit af-
ter her conviction that she defend
ed herself from attempted rape and
shot the man only after he had
torn her clothes and twisted her
arm. She declares she had no law
yer at her trisl, was not instructed
as to her legal rights, never plead
ed guilty and did not know what
was going on until she was SEN
fenced to prison. The national of
flee of the N.A.A.C.P. has contri-
buted to the defense expenses and
the branch Is raising the balance.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Jackson Street Is Quiet
ThOroughfare On Sunday

One of the most abused streets
in Seattle is jackson street. It is
the butt of jokes for comedians,
and is sneeringIy referred to by
residents of other sections Of the
city. Because it is the leading
thoroughfare of the South business
section it attracts persons from all
sections Of the city and numerous
migrants who are attracted by the
bright lights and other allurements.
And there are allurements, if you
know where to find them.
Daily, nightly and weekly. Jack
son street assumes the brisk bust
ness atmosphere found on State st,
in Chicago; Wiley Ave-. Pittsburgh
or Central Ave, Loss Angeles, but
Sunday on the i'll famed street is
as quiet and as well ordered as on
any Of the others Of Seattle streets
EARLY in the morning there is q
frantic rush to supplement satu-.
day nights marketing by securing
forgotten articles for the Sunday
breakfast and dinner. japanese
merchants open their doors and sell
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
ca IF0RNIA SUPREME court
RULES AGAINST SEGREGATI0N
WARNER BROS. BAR
NEGROES AS CLERKS

NEW YORK-Warner Brothers
Theatres, Inc, here has asked the
New York postoffice officials for
100 Substitute clerks to work as
checkefs on attendance at each
box office of Warner Bros. in New
York, but the request was for
WHITE men only.
r. A. Blake, personnel manager
for Warner Bros, told delegation
of white and colored clerks that
Warner Bros. hired colored people
sin their proper places as poiters."
The substitute postoffice clerks
association officially turned down
the offer on account of the discri-
mination. Individual white clerks
are applying, but the organization
turned thumbs down, Protest has
been made by the N.A.A.C.P., de-
claring that a score of theatres in
New York have heavy colored pat
ronage and these patrons would
resent the action of Warner Bros.
Protest was also lodged with Post
master J. J. Kelly against the de-
partment aiding any such scheme
of discrimination.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Decision AboIishes
Move to Segregate
Negroes in Districts
BOY TELLS OF
MOTHERS FATE

BoSTON-News of the lynching
of a woman, near Birmingham, 3
weeks ago, was brought here by
the son of the woman murdered,
Alexander Lawrence, who narrow
ly escaped death at the hands of
the same mob
About three weeks ago, accord
ing to the story, his mother, Eli
zabeth Lawrence, living about five
miles from Birmingham, was walk
ing along a road when crowd of
youngsters threw stones and dirt
at her. She scolded them severely
but did not touch them.
That night, she was murdered
and her home burned down by a
mob. Alexander was away at the
time, and when he returned, he
made report to the county police.
The only result was the re-forma-
ton of the same mob, which threa-
tened to lynch him. He escaped
and fled north to Boston.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
CITY.
COUNCIL PASSES
SEGREGATION LAW.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Olla.-(AN
P) The Oklahoma City Council on
Saturday morning adopted a seq
regation ordinance which would
prevent Negroes from occupying
property in so-called white dis
tricts. The districts are defined in
the law as follows: 1t shall be un-
lawful for any white person to oc-
cupy as residence or to establish
and maintain as a school or place
Of public assembly, any house or
building on any street or alley up
on which a greater number Of hous-
es are occupied as residences by
Negroes than are occupied as resi-
dences by white people. Another
paragraph imposes the same res
trictions upon Negroes.
Before the council passed the or
der it opered its doors for COM
plants and some $50 people of
whom so were Negroes, appeared
to present their views on the or
dinance. the Negroes opposing it
and the whites urging it.
Rev. Lane C. Cleaves, r. Benton
contractor, Mrs. M. ].
Brockway, president of the City
Federation of Colored Women's
Clubs, Rev. David Miller and. Ros-
coe Dunjee were those who spoke.
The ordinance provides fine of
$40 for each day either a white or
Negro resident occupies residence
under the conditions outlawed. Ser
wants living behind their white en-
ployer's homes are excepted, but |
no white can rent a home to col
ored man behind his home or in
the same premises.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
COFFIN ON PORCH
OF DETROIT PASTOR

DETROIT, Mich.-Was the my
seriously marked coffin left on the
front porch of the Rev. Edgar r.
Jones, strange voodoo rite or was
it symbol of vengeance from the
members of the First Baptist
Church of Inlxster, which until a
week ago, he pastored?
Officers investigating the affair
say that they have information that
it was put there by cult which
existed in Detroit. On the other
hand it is known that the Rev. Mr..
Jones and his congregation disa-
greed over the manner of church
they were to build and the pastor
was removed. Subsequently five of
the deacons who opposed the pastor
lost their jobs and it was rumored
blamed the pastor for their bad
luck.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
COMMERCE HEAD
W|THOLDS JOB
PENDING PEACE

WASHINGTON - The Depart
ment of Commerce is holding up
the appointment of a man to hold
the new position of advisor on Ne
gro affairs in economics which the
secretary Daniel C. Roper, is Gre
ating.
According to Tresszant w. An
derson, of the Associated Negro
Press Washington office, many
names have been brown into the
hat by as many organizations.
Foremost among those now being
considered, are Eugene Kinckle
Jones, head of the National Urban
League; James A. Billboard"
jackson, former chief of the Small
Business Division of the Depart
ment of Commerce; DR.. George e.
Haynes, OF the Federal Council of
Churches; John P. Davis, chairman
of the Joint Committee; and T.
Arnold Hill, Director of Research,
the National Urban League.
1t seems probable, according to
Secretary Roper's assistant, DR.. w.
L. Thorpe, that no one will be APP
pointed until some definite ar
rangement can be made whereby
the person selected is satisfactory
to as many of the group represen-
tatives as is possible.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
SUR ON RACE
BRINGS BAN RY
RADIO STATION

WASHINGTON, D. CIV. Z.
Roberts assistant secretary of the
treasury, who halls from Atlanta,
Georgia, viii never speak over the
National Broadcasting Company
radio station again, according to
F. M. Russell, vice-president of the
NBc stations in Washington.
This rule was made after pro-
tests from local Negro and white
citizens flooded the station follow
ing Secretary Roberts niger
speech" Monday night of last week
over Station WMAL during a stag
banquet at the Occidental Hotel in
honor of the Washington Senators,
winners of the American League
baseball pennant.
The vice-president of the radio
broadcasting company said that the.
assistant Treasury head would ne
yer be permitted to speak over Ell
Their station WMAL or WRc, the
two outlets here for the national
network.
The citizens protested against
the lewd and obscene jokes told by
Roberts concerning "niggers." The
delegation of ministers and civic
leaders of this city who made an
official protest to the broadcasting
company, will also protest to Sec
rotary of the Treasury Woodin.
A young boy who was in the stu
dio of WMAL faded" Roberts out
when the offensive story was told.
Although this is a violation on the
part of the youth, the boy was CIV
en- praise for the act.
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without apparent molestation by
authorities. Wearing apparel may
also be obtained and the stores are
well patroaized by Negro and Fill
lipino shefks.
Japanese have an apparent mon
opoly on the restaurant business
with the exception of few eater
les in the hands of Negroes and
Chinese. Jackson Street might well
be called the Poor Mans Play
ground" Here all races meet on
common ground and rub elbows as
equals FilIipinos, Japanese, Neg
roes and whites mingle in the same
hotels and restaurants and there
is an air of comradeship. They adj
dress each other as buddy" bro
Their and pal" A white man sits
between two heroes eating their
breakfast at counter. The meal
ended, the white man pays the bill
and together the three salrter on
down the street.
Sunday styles in dress vary on
(Continued IN Page Threel
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
EDITORIAL
Protect Your Job

IT DOES SEEM that member
Of the Negro racial group. as thes
are confronted with rank discrim
nation. injustices and unfair corn
petition on every hand. would re-
fuse in most determined manner
to yield to situations which unne'
cessarily heap additional handicaps
Upon the race as they gain recog-
milton in places of worthwhile EN-
ployment. This thought comes tc
mind IN view Of the fragrant acts
Of dishonesty and gross immoral
conduct on the part Of certain mer
and women who hold positions OF
trust with business concerns and
public institutions.
ACTS OF DISHONESTY are ne
yer justified, regardless as to the
circumstances Of person. Men
and women who are hungry and
in need Of clothing and fuel can at
eli times find charitably inclined
people who win supply their actual
needs II the proper approach is
made Negroes who occupy places
Of trust and who enjoy the conf
dence Of their employers are not
entitled to the least bit Of sympa-
thy when they resort to stealing
or when they get drunk. Selfish
white persons contend that most
choice jobs should be given to the
members Of their race.
LsAIR-MINDED and considerate
white employers ignore these UNI
fair demands and see to it that the
Negro has an opportunity to earn
his bread at honest endeavor. Then
when dishonesty is resorted to by
the Negro employee and drunks
are staged to draw the individuals
into the courts, it merely gives the
enimical forces an opportunity to
further register their demands and
leaves the employer who is inciin-
ed to accord the Negro worker re-
cognition, without any grounds for
waging his contention in their be-
half. Be punetual. Be industri-
Gus. Be honest. Stay sober. Pro
tect your job!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
DECREE ENDS
LONG BATTLE
FOR PROPERTY

LOS ANGELES sidential re-
striction based on color or race re-
ceived a death blow Monday when
the California Supreme Court ham
ded down a sweeping decision COM
pletely invalidating property agree
ments barring Negroes from own
ership and residence in homes pur-
chased in so-called restricted dis
tricts. The decision vitality con-
Germs colored citizens everywhere.
In 1917 DR.. A. c. CARROT, promin-
ent Negro dentist Of Los Angeles,
bought piece of property within
the confines of the Oswald Home
Tract, but when he proceeded to
move into the same he was con-
fronted with an old restriction
clause that forbade the occupancy
of Negroes in said tract. At that
time it was contended that even the
sale of the property to Negroes
was invalid. This contention was
sustained by the lower court. VIII
lis o. Tyler, Negro attorney for
DR.. CARROT, protested vigorously
and appealed to the State Supreme
Court and in 1919 the Supreme
Court decided that Negroes had
the right to buy property wherever
and whenever they pleased but the
clause restricting occupancy was
upheld.
Since 1919 there have been fif-
teen or more so-called teat cases
brought by colored people contend
ing that they should have the right
to live wherever they owned pro-
perty.
About five or six years ago in
lower court Miss Francis Hender-
son successfully defended for her
self and mother the right to live
in property which she had pur-
chased at 23O E. 45th street. This
enraged the whole neighborhood of
whites within the tract and an or
ganization was formed to fight a.
CONTINUED on Page Twc)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Picture Magnate Jailed
For Jumping Bond

NEW YORK-Oscar Micheaux,
creator of Negro photoplays, was
arrested and jailed Wednesday on
a charge of jumping bail bond of
$500 on complaint of a Negro
bondsman, John w. Mitchell. The
original bond obtained Micheaux'
release on a charge of misappro-
priating funds of the Lafayette
Theatre, Negro playhouse in Har-
lem owned by Frank Schiffman,
white. Micheaux listed by Brad
street in 1880 as worth 100000,
is now practically penniless. He
lost his fortune in Negro theatre
ventures.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Ships Corpse Round Trip

COLUMBUS, Ca. (CNS)-Econ-
omic considerations caused Elijah
Thurman, an aged Negro, to apply
to local freight office here for a
round trip rate to Chicago, for a
corpse.
He explained, it was said, that
relatives in Chicago wanted last
look at the deceased before burial
here.
Thrifty heads of the far-separat-
ed family figured it far cheaper
to transport the corpse in that
manner, than to bring the distant
relatives here for the final rites.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12

Bradley who was well known and
quite popular. He was a crack
swimmer formerly life saver at
Central Pool, a baseball rlnyer and
all round athlete.
Doubtless but for the physical
condition of Sylvon Creepy he
would also have lost his life. BY
sheer strength and speed he fought
and ran from the danger zone es-
Gaping with burns about the body.
Recently at Jefferson High, he was
a crack football player and a great
track and field man. From his
cot at Hollywood Hospital, Creepy
saids ut was just like a whirlwind
as it swept down upon us, a whirl-
wind of death that enveloped my
gang like a horse shoe. I just hap
pened to run the right way and
kept on running while men drop
ped all around me from exhaustion.
Men who ran in the other direction
We're caught in the furnace and
burned to death"
The list of colored injured fol-
lows: Sylvon Creecy, s14 E. Jeffer-
son boulevard; William Brown, $50
e. Seth place: Herbert Alberga,
s16 Z. jefferson boulevard: Willi-
am Singleton, 1892 Paloma street;
Hilrea Hughes, AGA Ceutral; Wal
ter Gardner, 1920 Newton street;
Harry Hartnett, 11421a e. 25th st;
Ed Couch, 991 E. 43rd street; AL
bert Wilson, 6771a e. 41st.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Capital or Labor

WHILE CERTAIN GROUPS a.
mong us are antagonizing the big
industries and corporations Of this
nation that have let down the bars
and given us employment, another
group Of our people appears be-
foFs the American federation of
Labor and fmplores it to remove
its restrictions and allow us to join
all unions. Here are instances Of
people fighting those who have
shown them favors and currying
the win Of those who have sought
to do them irreparable injury. It
Is an anomalous situation. both lu-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12

over for another week at the Ma
jestic Theatre | n Dallas, Texas.
Duke and his boys broke all at
tendance records for the theatre
last week.
Billie Yarbo's road show and Jim
Lunceford's Band at the Lincoln
Theatre in Philadelphia this week.
Blanche Galloway and orchestra
playing one night stands in Ala
bama.
The Colored Actors Benefit AS
ISOLATION, New York City, reports
140O unemployed actors and rausi-
clans in Harlem. The organization
relief fund is depleted and a large
hall has been rented where cook
ing equipment has been installed
for serving free meals this winter.
80
Shuttle Along Company this
week at Orpheum Theatre in st.
Paul.
$50
Dixieland Minstrels folded up
last week in st. Louis. Thirty-six
entertainers are reported stranded
In the city.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Burn Mortgage on Home
For Aged Members

NEW YoRK-Every dollar of
Indebtedness has been paid off the
Abyssinian Baptist Church for the
Aged at 732 st. Nicholas avenue.
which was purchased and furnish
ed at cost of $4,000 seven years
ago.
A mortgage burning ceremony
was held Sunday night when a
match was set to the instrument
by one of the inmates Of the Home
who raised the first dollar toward
it's purchase.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Hitler Orders Ban
On Race Mixing

BERLIN, Germany Marrying a
non-Aryan will be punishable by
law if a proposal here by the Hitler
Ministry of Justice prevails. mo
Jew, Negro or other colored per-
son may ningle with German
blood" said an official in discuss
ing the proposed law. Admixture
of Germans with non-Aryans would
constitute treason against the race,
is the contention of the Hitler gov
eminent.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Ethiopian Queen Pays
Visit To Palestine

JERUSALEM (CNs)-The first
visit of an Ethiopian Queen to Pal
estine since the Queen of Sheba
brought gifts to Solomon was made
last week by Empress Oizero Me-
men of Abyssinia. She came on a
pilgrimage to Christian Shrines.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
The Stars Where They Are

The Four Black Dots, Shelton
Brooks, Jelli Smith, Three Brown
Specks, Crack Hackley, Valaida
Snow, Nyas Berry, Mae Brady and
her All Girls Band form the stage
this week at the Lafay-
cite Theatre in Harlem.
Chick Webb and Band and the
Creole Chorus open a two weeks
engagement at the Harlem Opera
House this week.
1--WE Got Harlem on my Mind"
is the title of the song hit featured
by Ethel Waters in Berlin's new
show "As Thousands Cheer" now
playing in New York City.
&*s
Noble Sissle and Band opening
this week as feature attraction for
the ballroom of the Kentucky Ho-
tel, Lexington, Ky. It viii be the
first colored combo for such a spot
below the Mason-Dixon line.
So
Mills Brothers, who terminated
their contract with CHS last week,
have signed for an eight week road
tour at $4,000 per.
sss
Duke Ellington aid Band held
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Identifies Body After
Mob Kills Victim

oPELoUsAs, La. (CNs)-John
White, a young Negro, whose body
was riddled with bullets by mob
which charged him with attempt
ed attack on a farm matron" is
identified" when the woman views
the body, found in thicket near
the scene Of the alleged attack.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
Woman Loses 5000
In Pocketbook Game

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Using the age
old drop pocketbook trick, a wo-
man and two companions fleeced
Mrs. Mary Wilson, go, out of 5000
here last week. Mrs. Wilson drew
the money out of the bank to show
good faith until the trio divided
the $4,000 alleged to have been in
the purse.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-10-12
$176,724 for Union
and Hampton Schools

NEW YORK-In the viii of Mrs
Emma Baker Kennedy of this city
and Bar Harbor, Me, who died in
July, 1880, requests of $843,449
and $176, TIA were left to Hamp-
ton Institute and Virginia Union
University respectively.