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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Annual REPORT OF n. A. A, CT,
Editorials
The Lesson of 1892

Poverty, stark naked, marched
through 1882. Civilization groans
under a terrible burden. Charitable
organizations have been taxed to the
breaking point. Prosperity took a
dive which made paupers out of mil
lionaires and forced thousands of
bread winners into bread lines.
Banks loaded with gold. Ware
houses burst with food. Tons, mil
lions of tons of cotton and wool are
in storage. Lumber and other build
ing material sufficient for the need
of everyone. There is a plenty of
everything. Production has reached
the point where the need of many
may be easily supplied with anything
he wants. Yet there is poverty, dis
tress, illness, ugliness, discourage
ment.
If 1882 taught us anything it was
that a few wealthy men can not
maintain the world in prosperity. A
half dozen big corporations can not
keep the factories running. Business
depends upon millions of customers
with money to spend. Billions of
dollars locked up in vaults do not
help the market of the world. When
this money is in the hands of the
multitude, factories run, ships ply
the ocean loaded with commerce,
trains carry tons of produce-busi-
ness is good.
If 1888 is to be different from the
year of agony just past, distribution
must be more equitably adjusted
Free baskets and food orders allev-
late immediate sufferings, but we
need deep and radical change. And
unless there is a change, a real "new
deal with the cards not stacked in
favor OF big bankers,s 932 will be as
heaven compared with hell in 1888.
The courage of Americans, aver
age Americans, has been beautiful.
They have been helping one another
nightly. In that which is of the
spirit they have been rich. But this
can not continue forever. Those who
dominate and control America have
had sufficient time to make adjust
ments. If they are not idiots they
should discern that good will, good
cheer, courage, hope are the sustain
ing influences and something must
be done at once to keep these from
smashing upon the rocks of fool laws,
rotten economics, and unequal dis
tribution in 1888.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Texas Democrats Pay
Costs In Primary Case

NEW YORK. - Court costs of
S2S9.60 have been paid by the Texas
State Democratic Committee in the
celebrated case of Nixon VS.. Condor,
known as the Texas primary case,
according to announcement made
here today by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People. The sum just paid represents
the actual court expenses in the
crushing defeat suffered by the
Texas Democrats in the United
States Supreme Court, which ruled
that the enabling act passed by the
Texas legislature, giving to political
parties the right to determine their
own qualifications for membership,
by means of which Negroes were
barred from voting in Democratic
primaries, was a violation of the
Federal Constitution.
1t will be remembered that this
second notable victory followed a
previous attempt to bar Negroes
from voting in primaries. In both
cases DR.. L. A. Nixon of FL Paso
was the plaintiff. AS a result of
these victories the Negro vote played
determining part in the 1882 cleo
lions in Texas.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Messenger Gets Greeting
Card From Roosevelt

WASHINGTON. - At least one
member of the Hoover administra-
ton is in the good graces of Pres
ident-elect Roosevelt. Charles Reed
err, Negro messenger to the under
secretary of state, is proudly dis
playing Christmas card from Mr..
Roosevelt. The card is beautiful
engraving of the Roosevelt home at
Hyde Park.
"Charlie" is well known TO sew
eral generations of officeholders. He
has been in the government service
since Theodore Roosevet's admins
tration, during which he was a White
House coachman.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Portland Citizens
Unite ToSave Man
Sentenced To Die
4,2S3,753 Can't Read
1,5l3,S92 Are Negroes

WASHINGTON. - The National
Advisory Committee on llliteracy
submitted its final report with an
estimate that there are 4,2S3.753
persons in the United States who
can neither read nor write OF this
number 1.513,S92 are Negroes.
Pointing to the 1880 census, the
report said it showed a 648,152 re-
duction in the number of illiterates
for the previous 10 years, while
there was a 17,O44,426 increase in
population. This was said to be
one-third drop in illiteracy during
the decade.
or the reduction 32S,269 were
Negroes, their ilfiteracy rate drop
ping from 22.9 to 1853.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Columbia Presents
Rose McClendon In
Radio Play Series

NEW YORK. Jan 12-The Amer
lean Negroes folk legends will be
brought to radio in a new series
of sustaining programs based on
Roark Bradford's famous story of
John Henry" to be presented by
the Columbia Broadeasting System
over nationwide network each
Sunday night beginning January Is.
The program to be known as "John
Henry-Black River Giant" will fol-
low the exploits of the fabulous
strong-man of the Mississippi coun-
try in dramatized incidents from
Bradford's book.
The opening broadcast of John
Henry will be heard from 500 to
S15 p. NJ. Eastern Standard Time,
on Sunday. January Is. The second
episode will be on the air from S:45
to 900 p. NJ. Eastern Standard
Time, the same evening. Each pc
riod will be complete in itself.
John Henry will greet the radio
audience in the person of Mr.. Her.
nandez, while opposite him will be
the outstanding colored actress of
the American theatre-Rose McClen-
don. Miss McClendon's talents
were hailed by the critics when she
played in "Porgy." "In Abraham q
Bosom" deep River" Never No
More" and most recently in the
Group Theatres production of "The
House of Connolly" Miss McClen-
don and Mr.. Hernandez, with a sup
porting cast of eight players. will
form the permanent company for
presenting John Henry.
The atmosphere music accompany
ing the program will be selected
from authentic American Negro
folk songs.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Two Statesmen Fired For
Using Word "Nigger''

LONG BEACH, Calf. (WS)-Be-
cause they used unfair tactics in
soliciting business by denouncing a
colored firm, two white statesmen
were dismissed last week.
When Frank A. Harvey, senior
member of the firm of Harvey
Brothers, pioneer sand and gravel
contractors of Los Angeles, was in
formed last week that white sales
men, representing the Wrigley
sand and gravel interests on Cata-
lima Island near here, in soliciting
for their company had told build
ing contractors that they ought not
to buy from a Trigger" concern. he
Immediately took the matter up
with Paul Graham. head of the
Wrigley corporation here.
Mr.. Graham advised Mr.. Harvey
that If the report could he verified
he would dismiss the guilty persons
at once.
Mr.. Harvey located two contrac-
tors who said the statement had
been made to them when they were
approached for orders for sand and
gravel by two statesmen.
The two statesmen at first refused
to talk. Finally one spoke up and
said that he could see no reason
why he should deny what he did
because of a niger The sales
men, whose names were withheld
were told that their services were
no longer needed
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Association Reports
Most Successful
RecordOfVictories
Boley State Bank
Is Opened Again

BOLEY. Okla. (CNSl THE Farm
ers and Merchants State Bank. here.
where ID. J. Turner. president, and
two robbers were killed during an
attempted robbery, was ordered to
be reopened last week. The bank
under the order of the State Bank
Commissioners. was closed To protect
the small depositors. owing to the
fact that the will of the dead presi-
dent called for the sale of 1870
shares of stock he owned in the in
stitution.
Stock holders have agreed to pur-
chase the 1870 shares owned by Tur-
ner and the State Commissioner at
once gave permission for the bank
to resume business.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Chicago "Reds" Storm
Oscar DePriest Office

CHICAGO.-Led by Captain Ma
thew Homer and LIEUTENANT John
T. Scott, police dispersed some 200
"Reds" here last Saturday when an
attempt was made to stage a DEM
onstration in front of Congressman
Oscar DePriest's real estate office,
3449 S. State Street.
Six members of the mob were ar
rested, including one white woman.
Those under arrest are: Mary Sale,
George Summers, Charles Banks
Peter Krawijuka, Walter Mankow.
ski and Nathan Warren. Several OF
the radicals nursed sore heads from
blows from the officers clubs which
were welded rather effectively and
freely in dispensing the demonstra-
tors.
Congressman DePriest was in the
city at the time but was not at his
office when the trouble started.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Finley Wilson In
Move To Save
National Benefit

WASHINGTON. d. CO. Finley
Wilson, grand exalted ruler of the
Improved Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks of the World. sent
out last Saturday a call for powers
of attorney from policyholders in
the National Benefit Life Insurance
Company.
At the same time he announced
the appointment of committee to
work with the grand lodge of Elks
in an effort to rehabilitate the com
pany.
Mutual Company
In the event that there is re-
turn of powers of attorney from a
majority of policyholders, Mr.. Will
son plans the Organization of a mu-
tual company and the wrestling of
control of the remaining assets from
the receivers, Gilbert A. Clark and
Frank B. Bryan, Jr.
Mr.. Wilson claims that he is act
Ing under authority of resolution
passed at the Elks' grand lodge ses-
sion In Atlantic City last August,
requesting him to appoint a COM
mittee to work for the rehabilita-
tion of worth while businesses which
are in difficulties because of the
economic depression.
In an official proclamation to
Elks he asserts that his effort is for
the purpose of conserving the re-
naming assets, $1.060,763. Other
wise, he states, they will be con-
sumed by the enormous cost of re-
ceivers' fees and expenses, attor-
neys' fees and court costs The COM
pany is in -receiyerships In IL states
and the District of Columbia.
Wilson's Committee
AS members of his committee Mr.
Wilson named DR.. Robert r. Motion
principal of Tuskegee Institute; DR..
l.. X. Williams, president of the
National Baptist Convention; Ed
ward w. Henry. magistrate of Phil
adelphia, Pa; DR.. w. H. Harris,
grand secretary of the Oorder of
Good Samaritans. Athens. Ga:
Henry Hunt, principal of Fort VAL
ley Industrial School, Fort Valley.
Both Mr.. Wilson and DR.. Motion
were members of the board of di-
rectors of the National Benefit
shortly before its collapse
Mr.. Wilson states that no officer
OF the Elks intends to profit finan-
cially by the effort to rehabilitate
the company.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Equal Rights League
Postpones Annual Meet

WASHINGTON tponement Of
its annual meeting by vote OF It's
national executive committee owing
to business depression. is announced
by the National Equal Rights
League. This meeting by regular
custom would have been held here
this month.
Last December the league had
White House audience at which
President Hoovers response to tho
demand for redress OF grievances
was unsatisfactory.
The league has issued a New
Years appeal to the race to increase
contention for equality and to keep
up a race agency for self-help and
self determination Of rights, liberty
and life protection, signed by NJ W
Spencer, president; Bishop w. j.
Walls. vice-president at large, and
William Monroe Trotter. secretary.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
"Shylock" Barred

No more will Shylock demand his
pound of flesh in the schools .oi
New Jersey. The Merchant OF
Venice" has been barred from the
school of New Jersey after protests
by Jews.
1t was pointed out that the man.
ner in which the character Shylock
is presented in the play tends to ere.
ate an unhealthy emotional attitude
between Jew and non-Jew.
1t is undoubtedly true that "Shy-
lock" demanding his pound of flesh
after having driven a cunning bar
gain has caused the unthinking to
believe that Jews are shysters and
grafters.
People are rapidly learning that
what we teach children are respon.
sible for their attitudes towards 9th
er races. Negroes have not watched
carefully the things taught in the
public schools which create an un
favorable attitude towards Negroes
And, on the other hand, Negro chill
dren are rarely taught that members
of their race have achieved great
things. Is there any wonder ther
that some colored children believe
they are members of an inferior
race? 1t is time for parents to urge
that their children in the public
schools be taught facts which viii
make them proud of their race.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Jim Crow Bibles

In the courts of Southport, North
Carolina, Negroes must place their
hand on a bible with a red edge be-
fore swearing to tell the whole truth.
White witnesses place their hands on
a Bible with white edges. White and
colored people may not even swear
on the same Holy Bible.
The question between the races
has many amusing angles but this
one is the most ridiculous we have
heard in a long time. Then they
wonder why Negroes are losing faith
in the white mans religion.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Baptists Get $4,000
Cut From Judgment

NASHVILLE, Tenn-The judg-
ment of $4,000 which the receivers
OF the Peoples Trust and Savings
Bank, a colored institution here, got
against the Sunday School Publish
ing Board of the National Baptist
Convention, was compromised last
week, when the receivers allowed a
decrease in the judgment to be en-
tered in the court records of ST.
900.
Terms were allowed for payment
OF the judgment which was secured
on the basis of notes of the publish
ing board which were in the bank
at the time of its closing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Jobs And Justice
Feature N.A.A.C.P.
Report For 1882

NEW YORK. Jan. 9-The most
successful years record of victories
and influence In the fight for jobs
and justice during the existence of
the N. A. A c. F. was reported
today as having occurred during
1882 in the annual reports of the
Association read at the annual bus
mess meeting.
Especial emphasis was laid during
1892 by the N. A. A. c. p, the re-
port points out. upon the economic
problems faced by the Negro. The
most dramatic and far-reaching of
the economic battles waged for the
Negro was the startling expose of
the heartless exploitation of Ne
groes in the federal-financed Missis-
sippi Flood Control project The
story of the battle waged by the As
ISOLATION against terrific pressure of
the contractors. who are charged
by the N. A. A. C. p. with respon-
sibility for this exploitation together
with the War Department by whom
the contracts had been let to private
companies, was recited in detail.
Another battle for economic JUS
tice to the Negro cited was that to
obtain employment for Negroes on
the Hoover Dam at Boulder City,
Colorado. which project Is also fl
nanced by the federal government.
Other struggles for economic JUS
tice for Negroes in which complete
or partial success was reported were
on the Pymatuning Dam In Penn
sylvania; in securing wider oppor-
tunities for Negro physicians, sur
geons and nurses In municipal hos
pitfalls in New York City; in en-
ployment on federal-flnanced pro-
jects such as the new parcel post
office in New York City; and in
exposing and protesting dlscrimin-
alton by Red Cross units in the Tar
South in the distribution of free
flour and cotton.
Economic Program
The N. A. A. C. p. report em-
phasized steps to be continued dur
ing 1888 in securing for the Negro
IA proportionate share of Jobs on
construction and relief projects fl
nanced by federal, state and munic-
ipal governments. In all of these
there is open and notorious discrim-
ination against Negroes. The Lee
gal Committee of the NJ A. A. G. +.
Is drafting model bills for introduce
ton in Congress, state legislatures
and in municipal councils to provide
for the inclusion of clauses prohib-
iting discrimination based on race,
creed or color either in the award
ing of these contracts or in employ
mcnt on these projects.
Legal Defense Battle
The NJ A. A. c. p. report cited
larger number of cases fought by
the Association during 1882. togeth-
continued on Page p
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Harlem's Gay Life
Draws From South

NEW YORK CITY.-Harlem Is
drawing upon the population of st.
Helena Island because life in the
South Carolina all-colored colony
is too dull, DIR. Clyde Vernon Kiser.
white, finds in a study just published
in the Columbia University Alumni
News.
The population of st. Helena, al
most entirely colored, has decreased
from 8,265 in 1900. to 4,458 in
1880, or a decrease of about As per
cent. DR.. Kiser is a research fellow
on the Milbank Memorial Fund and
Richard Watson Glider Fellow in
Sociology, at Columbia.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Rich Doctor Killed

DETROIT. Dr. David Northcross.
city's richest doctor, So years old,
6SS Winder Street. was stabbed to
death Tuesday afternoon by ten
ant In the Northcross Hotel. 22Ol
st. Antoine St. which he owned.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Dubois Not Banned in N. 7,

NEW YORK CITY-The Confer
ence Of Baptist Churches of New
York and vicinity denied Monday
that their disapproval of DR.. w. E.
B. DuBois's news on church going
was responsible for his absence from
the open forum Sunday. DR.. Dubois,
addressing a Baltimore audience
said he didn't attend church.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Torture Used To
Force Negro To
Confess Murder

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 0. -
Charles w. Robson, former District
Attorney at Portland, has been re.
tanned by the Portland Branch Of
the N. A. A. C. P. to defend Theo.
dore Jordan. charged with murder
following an exhaustive investiga
ton into the circumstances of the
case.
Jordan was accused of attacking
a dining car steward and beating
him into Inconsistencies last July
at klamath Falls. Oregon. This
steward, after lingering in an I'M
conscious condition for several
months, eventually died without re-
gaining consciousness. Investiga.
tioh by Clarence e. Ivey, President
of the Portland Branch N. A. A. C.
p, and by Mr.. Robson, reveals
that through third degree torture
Jordan was induced to sign seven
different confessions, no two OF
which were identical, and would
have signed seventeen more to have
ended the torture" On his arm is
scar from three-inch burn which
Jordan claims was CAUSED by the ap-
plication of a Gle detector" which
was placed on his arm and attached
to a light socket and left to "fry"
the arm. Jordan's clothes were re-
moved and he was kicked in the
groin, permanently injuring him. A
gun was held to his head by detec-
tives, according to Jordan's affidavit,
and he begged them to pull the
trigger, preferring death to further
brutality
There is also grave doubt that
Jordan had anything whatever to do
with the beating of the dining car
steward or had any knowledge of
the crime.
Mr.. Ivey has made two trips to
the prison at Salem to interview
Jordan and reports that the entire
prison force is of the opinion that
Jordan is not guilty.
Upon consideration of the facts
in the case the National Office of
the N. A. A. G. P. has made con-
tribution of sl0O towards the ex-
penses of securing a new trial for
Jordan and plans are rapidly being
matured for the difficult and prob
ably long-drawn out legal battle to
save his life. The Portland Branch
asks that churches, lodges and in
dividuals help finance this case
which is of vital importance to the
future of Negroes in the northwest:
ern section of the country. Con-
tributions may be sent to Clarence
e. Ivey. President, Portland Branch
N. A. A. C. p, 946 Tibbets Street,
Portland, Ore. All contributions will
be duly acknowledged with the Of
ficial receipt of the Portland Branch
of the Association and careful
accounting made of all moneys rails
ed and expended.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Bishop Johnson Ill

CAMDEN. N. Owing TO sudden
illness, Bishop w. Decker Johnson
was unable to appear at the Eman
cipation celebration staged at Bethel
A. NJ. f.. Church. Monday night by
Prof. w. B. Adams. Instead Bishop
William II. Heard, OF Philadelphia,
was the speaker.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Wins ST. For Humiliation

CENTERVILLE. Mich. A 81
judgment was awarded A. l.. Jack
son in his suit of humiliation against
Fisher Lake. white. hotel man
who placed sign I'VE cater to
whites only on his car while his
wife and child were swimming near
their cottage.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-12
Foster Wilson Lovett
For Treasury Post

WASHINGTON. d. C.-Wilson
Lovett ,vice-president of the Supreme
Liberty Life Insurance Company of
Chicago, is being fostered for APP
pointment as registrar of the treas
ury.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-02-09
NOTICE OF HEARING ON ere FINAL ACCOUNT

Carl Bjornstad, the duly appoint ed executor of the last Will of Ed ward Fay, deceased, having on this 30th day of January, 1883, filed his final account of his adminis- tration of the estate of Edward Fay, deceased, in the United States Commissioner Court for Hail1es Precinct, Territory of Alaska, mo- tice is hereby given to all heirs, creditors and other persons inter ested in said estate, that Monday, April 10, 1883, at two o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the Office of the United States Com missioner, in the Town and Pre- cint of Haines, Territory of AL aska, is the time and place set for the hearing of objections to said account and settlement thereof.
 Dated at Haines, Alaska, this 30th day of January, 1883.
 E. E. ZIMMER,
 United States Commissioner and
 Ex-Officio Probate Judge. First publication, Feb. 2, 1893. Last publication, Feb. 23, 1883.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-02-09

Substitutions: Douglas-Doogan for Gair; Juneau-W Rodenberg for Ledbetter; Hillory for Grum- nett. Timekeepers = Gair and Grey; Scorer, F. Stragier; Referee, Engstrom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-02-09
SPECTACULAR DRAMA OPENS
 AT CAPITOL
"Skyscraper Souls Por- trays Kaleidoscope Lives
 New York Office Workers

"Skyscraper Souls a spectacu- lar drama in which the lives of thousands of persons who work in New York's largest building serve as kaledoscopic background comes to the Capitol Theatre to- night with Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan heading an outstanding cast.
 Floor by floor to the summit of its 102 stories, that skillful archi- tect of the drama, Director Edgar Selwyn, had the structure of a series of climaxes, of unexpected triumphs and despairs which sum- marize the lives of those mad pursuers of the American dollar the office workers of a modern skyscraper.
 l "Skyscraper Souls" follows the modern trend of motivating screen drama through the background, Grand Hotel" Union Depot" and Transatlantic" were forerunners of this type. But the skyscraper, according to Selwyn, is the most ideal of all Backgrounds for this purpose, because o1 the life of a metropolis. It teens with every phase of human endeavor. There arc to be found the rich and poor, tl1a tyroot onI b,,,,,b1a +l,a n1I o~J ycung-all eking out their lives III common pursuit of money.
 "Skyscraper Souls" is an adap tation from Faith Esldwin's popu- lar novel "Skyscraper."
 Together with Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan, the cast Of "Skyscraper Souls" includes Gregory Ratoff, Anita Page, Veree Tcasdale, Norman Fisher, George Barbier and Jean Hersholt.