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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-07-19
EDITORIAL


WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOC
CITATION for the Advancement Of
coloree People splitting into ts1o
parts and with many Of the Urbeas
League heads tying up with the
government, the problem Of organ
lied leadership Of the group at this
moment is one which must give US
concern.
Whatever IS to he the future Of
the N.A.A.C.P., Its.lwork is bound
to be affected by the internal dis
sension. There Is possibility Of
course that this reproduction BY
fission may give Us new and a
healthier child, but there is bound
to be a reorganization struggle
which win slow up main detectives.
Nothing pleases or helps the en-
envy 50 much as q split in the
ranks Of the opposing army, and
it is unfortunate that at this time.
when there Is 8 dire need for sol
idarity. we have any schlsms. The
politicians have always taken adj
vantage Of our weakness along this
line. That is why they can always
tell 120O0000 coIored voters mo"
when they have to say "Yes" to
5000. 900 Jewish voters.
AND II THE N.A.A.c.P. stu
alton IS striking the Urban Lea
que developements are even more
alarming. Some Of the fine pres
tige which this organization built
up viii certainly be lost by its
heads accepting 3 position with
the government.
say what we win or may. GER
tain amount Of politics is bound to
operate under our party system Of
government. The men in wash
ington win at least be inclined to
look on the brighter side Of the
Democratic administration policies
whatever these policies be.
It would have been far more ef-
fective for Eugene Kinclxle Jones
to have loaned an efficient Ur-
ban League worker to the govern
ment than to have left his post
and tied himself to the admiristra-
ton. THERE is no doubt of his val
ue to the government as one Of the
ablest men we have, but loss in
prestige on the part Of the league
win be too much to pay.
NO ONE DOUBTS the honesty
and sincerity of these men. but
they are appointees and it is only
fair and right that appointees work
within the governmental program,
whatever that program is.
Facing the problems we have at
the present time. we need free and
untrammelled organization leader
ship. Maybe, as Forester WASH
ington suggested in a speech some
time ago. some leader win arise at
this needy time. grasp the reins,
and march us to victory. Let us
hope 50, for many Of the men to
whom we have been inclined to
give the sceptre are handing it
back to us.
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often stirring drama.
The Race on Broadway

The Race on Broadway
I am obliged to James Weldon
Johnson's fine history of BLACK
Manhattan" for chapter which
proves my point: a chapter which,
without resorting to any undue
ballyhoo, gives generous record
of the colored actor on our more
or less white Broadway in modern
times.
There was Eilpiu. 50 good IN
John Drinkwater's piece of histor-
ical toffee, abraham Lincoln"
GiIpin forced to use 1.-THE form Of
speech a big Indian chief would
be supposed to employ in talking
with the Great White Father at
Washington" but nevertheless no.
tably good.
And Gilpin, much better than
good, reaching "the highest point
of achievement on the legitimate
stage that had yet been attained
by a colored man in America"
when he. acted in 1.-THE Emperor
Jones'"
There was Robson in Taboo, {"
and in that unfortunate problem
playlet which could not find popu-
larity with either one race or the
other, "All Gods Chillun Got
Wings where, all the same, Paul
Robson gave a performance Of
unforgettable sincerity, decency,
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Lay Cornerstone For
Library at Boley

BOLEY, Okla. (ANP)-The cor
ner stone for the Boley public Ii
brary was laid Sunday, with the
Odd Fellows directing the ceremo-
ny under the leadership of the
state grand master, ]. M. White.
Several thousand volumes have al
ready been donated to the library.
White residents of Boley are re-
ported to have donated the corner
stone.
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N. Y. Critic Says Race Has
Proved It Has Great Actors
By Gilbert Ga;iriel

NEW YORK There is a tradi-
ton around this theatrical district
land pretty nearly every theatre
cal district that colored people
are bound to be bad actors. Elk
cellent comedians, supreme sing
ers and dancers, but bad actors.
At any rate. limited, self-conscious
always Indifferent actors. It Is
one Of the silliest traditions ever,
and "stevedofe Proves It 50.
Many colored
This season has offered several
productions with colored perform
ers in them: Productions as vary
ing in quality and intent as the
folk comedy, Brain Sweat" the
Gertrude Stein opera, -Four Saints
In Three Acts" and the propagan-
da plays, They Shall Not Die"
and "Stevedore."
In all of them the c0lored per-
formers acted excellently not on
ly sang well, when singing was in
order, danced wei when there was
chance to dance, but acted well,
with style, with distinction, with
much poise and resource and OBJ
jective delight.
OF this am sure: That none
but its colored people could have
given "Stevedore" such a direct
force, such a simultaneous dignity
and sympathy. They lifted wran-
gle into realms Of legitimate and
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Oklahoma Governor
Condemns Lynching

TAFT, Okla. (CNS) = Stating
that there had lot been a lynching
in the state during his term Of Of
flee, Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray
said at the dedication of the new
helf million dollar institution for
colored insane that there would be
none as long as he remained in the
executive position.
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Theo. Jordan Death
Sentence COMMITTED

PORTLAND, Ore. - Theodore
Jordan, sentenced to be hanged in
August for the murder of a din
ing cn, steward in klamath Falls,
had his death sentence committed
to lsfe imprisonment last week by
Governor Julius Meier.
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don, the Brownies have proved the
most consistent sensation in night
club fare which this pueblo has
seen in many moons.
Eddie Cantor enthuaed last week
to the point of wanting to take
them on a circuit. Grammar, Of
the famous prologues, and the gor-
geous Chinese theatre that every
Fastener visits while on the Coast
visualized them in a mammoth
production to be staged at his
house late this fall.
They were guest artists at New
York's Madam Frances's show for
crippled kids held here recently,
and the way they did Nasty Man.
Mood Indigo" and Minnie the
Moocher' brought most of the mo-
vie folks: Lee Tracy, Isobel Jewel,
Woolsey and Wheeler, Billie Burke,
Frank Morgan, Olin Madison Fam
ME Brice's brother, Whatsisname,
all trooping over to the club to
hear more.
Beauty and Brains
Their act, while not an imita-
ton, is similar to the Boswell Sis
ters' grooming. Except, of course,
that nature has endowed them with
a peculiar uniqueness that stamps
their rendition of hotsy-totsy tunes
and more serious pieces, too, as a
thing their very own.
On the other hand, Thelma, eld-
est of the trio, is quite a serious
young lady, despite her good looks
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Tuskegee Institute
Gets Woman Inferno

TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
DIR. Alma L. Griffith, first wo-
man inferno to be received at John
A. Andrew Memorial Hospital, at
ruskegee Institute, has been initi-
ated into routine work.
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Ask Mitchell to Quit

NEW YORK Charles w. B,
Mitchell, leader of the Jim-Crow
division of the twenty-first assem-
bly, district, Republican, has been
requested to resign his job as de-
putty sheriff Of New York County.
Isls4y8t1slE
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Many a man wishes he were as
wise as he thinks his wife thinks
he is.
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The motto some people seem to
go by is: IF it isn't wrong, 'tisn't
right"
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Best Advertising Medium
Of Its Kind IN The
Pacific Northwest
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
MRS.ROOSEVELT
busy DODG|NG
REPORTERS

CHICAGO, July 9 UN.S).
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife
Of the President, coasting through
country in an inconSpicuous coupe,
had nothing to say about affairs
of state today and was more con-
tent to be left alone as she moved
about Chicago with simple grace
and a minimum of fanfare.
Mrs. Roosevelt is taking a long
and determined holiday, heading
for an eventful meeting with the
President in Portland, Ore, on Au-
gust /.
She submitted to an interview
today, but the interview consisted
for the most part Of an almost
frantic appeal to let her go her
way in peace. She refused to say
how long she will remain in Chi
cago or where she would go next.
Knows Nothing
When asked about questions OF
state, Mrs. Roosevelt answered.
gracefully:
81 don't know enough about
that to make helpful state
ment."
All the time she smiled her best
Roosevelt smile. but she kept
twisting the rings on her fingers
and looking around for the near
est exit. Through with the inter
view, the First Lady escaped
crowd in front Of the huge mer'
chandiSe mart by going out an
"employes only" entrance.
Shields Her Face
At the Worlds Fair Grounds
Mrs. Roosevelt got in unrecog
nized, despite the vigilance Of an
other group Of newspaper people
There, she had lunch with Rufus
c. Dawes, president of the expo
Sitton, and Mrs. Dawes.
Earlier in the day, Mrs. RooSe
velt failed in an attempt to gel
out Of b downtown hotel unrecog
nized. Catching sight of two
cars awaiting her, she made q
dash for a dilapidated taxicab
but got away only after photog
rapherS had made several pic
lures Of the First Lady with 6
pocketbook concealing most o1
her face.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

JERSEY CITY, N. j., July 9
0.N.S0.-Angelo Fabbroio, a bar
ber, of Baltimore, who dislikes
crooners, was remanded to the
Jersey City prison for further
hearing July II by Judge William
]. McGovern in Jersey City today
on a charge OF atrocious assault
and battery made by Harold Nc
Namara, crooner at radio sta
ton WAAT, Jersey City.
Fabbroio was alleged to have
stabbed Mr.. Mcnamara in the
right hand during a struggle at
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
RebekGEs' Leader
Names NeIU Staff

Miss Margaret Kimball, newly
elected Noble Grand Of Laurel
Rebekah Lodge Of Falls Church.
Va, today announced appoint.
ment Of the following staff.
Mrs. Carrie Harmon, warden;
Mrs. Lillian Groves, conductor; !;
Mrs. Isabel Cousins. right support;
Mrs. ]. r. Royston. left support; !;
Mrs. jessie Kearns. right support
to the vice grand; Fitzhugh slade,
left support to the vice grand;
Miss Virgie Carter, chaplain, and
Robert Harmon, inside guardian.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
PIT. A. in Arlington
Names Committees

Mrs. o. c. Rauh, Cherrydale,
Va, president Of the Arlington
County Congress Of Parents and
Teachers, has announced the fol.
lowing chairmen Of standing COM
mittees: Mrs. o. B. Fits, pro-
gram; Grover Payne, publicity;
Mrs. o. r. Howell, hospitality;
Mrs. Gladys Monroe, finance and
budget; Mrs. Gladys Reilly, publ
cation; Mrs. Genevieve Clapper,
membership; and Mrs. P. M.
Chichester, chaplain.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
n. Y. FARM YIELDS GOLD

HERK1MER, N. Y. July
UN.S0-Shovels and property
here were in considerable demand
today aS everybody tried a bit of
digging for gold.
1t all started as the result of the
announcement Of Lester Helmer
that samples Of the dirt on the
Helmer farm showed signs of the
precious metal. Mr.. Helmer said
he had sent dirt samples to Gov.
ernment chemists in Washington
and that it had produced SIS
worth of gold.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

Mr.. Relmer declared several
veins Of the pay-dirt were located
on the farm. He said further in.
vestigation would be needed be.
fore mining operations could be
started.
The discovery was made by
Howard Helmer, rural mail car
sier, and son Of Lester, two years
ago while building a home on the
farm. The Helmers have worked
secretly on the project until now.
There have been two previous
gold rushes in this area.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
CROONER CUT, BARBER HELD

the studio Of the radio station
yesterday when Fabbroio went
there and. 1t is charged, tried
forcibly. to restrain a crooner
doing his stuff on the air. Bail
of $2,500 was set and he could
not supply it.
Angelo is said to have gone
to the -tation from his Baltimore
home after hearing a comic song
over the air which he believed
was making light of the name
Angelo" Station officials de-
MED such g song had been broad
cast.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
B!NG0 PARTY PLANNED

Lyon Park (Va.) Citizens AS
Sociation will hold a bingo party
July 16 in the Community Hall,
It was announced today.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09


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The Washington times., 1934-07-09
ATLANTIC CITY
VIRGINIA BEACH
REHoBoTH BEACH
The Short Line
Way Is the Quick
Comfortable Way

Reclining chairs, free pillows.
pOrters, veteran drivers, ter.
minals in hearts of all cities.
Special attention to women and
children.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
SOX NEW PLANT
AWAITED

New England ball fans are
waiting patiently for the middle
Of April so they can feast their
eyes on the new ball plant the
Red Sox will use next season.
Old Fenway Park is being re-
built and few will know the
plant when the artisans get
through their work. There is a
story back of the decision to
rebuild the plant. 1t is said that
Owner Tom Yawkey and Eddie
Collins, vice president Of the
club, were looking over the plant
one day last summer. They
found loose boards in the out
field fence. Carpenters were
called in and it was decided to
fix up the loose boards at a
modest outlay.
What with the depression just
passing out and baseball in a
state of extreme doubt, the new
owners of the Red Sox decided
to go a little bit slow about
changes. But one day they were
unable to accommodate tn e
throng that turned out from all
over New England to see the
game played. The owners just
looked a little beyond into the
ball yard of the Braves and saw
crowds reminiscent of the days
when Boston was the glory town
of the country as far as base
ball went.
YaWkey will have spent $780,
900 on his remodeled ball plant
ere the first ball of the season
is thrown there in mid-April.
This vast sum, together with
the cost of the franchise and
new players, will run the total up
to $2,OOO,OOO.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19

It was Clark Griffith who first
brought Liska up from the minors
where his submarine ball rated
him as another Carl Mays. Liska
showed flashes of brilliant mound
work in Washington, but seemed
to lack the distance and after
two tryoutS the Washington club
farmed him out for good.
Same Result
The Phils picked him up and
they had about the same expert
ence with the underhand pitcher
that Washington did. Liska was
effective as a relief pitcher but
was good only for about two inn
ings. Instead of experimenting
further with him the Phil owners
let him go to the International
League.
Liska was not the only under
hand pitcher that Griff tried to
develop. Some years ago the
WdS1111lS JUL OWA1CA OAOu6AAU uP
Byron Specie, pitcher whose
speciality was a submarine de-
livery that was supposed to bother
batters. There was mad
scramble for the minor league re-
cruit.
Griff Beat Rivals
Griff beat his rivals to Specie
much to the disappointment OF
iris Speaker, then managing
Cleveland. iris was SO eager to
get Specie that he let Stanley
Coveleskie go even up and that
move made the washington team
a pennant winner in 1925.
Coveleskie after years on the
big league mounds found himself
with Washington and hung up a
record of twenty victories against
five losses. Bucky Harris handled
Coveleskie with rare skill and
managed to win a pennant chiefly
through his pitching and that Of
Walter johnson. Griff never for
got that trade.
On the other hand Speaker,
who let Coveleskie go, found him.
self in bad with Cleveland fans
while Griff was hailed as master
trader.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
MISSOURI POLO
LIST NAMED

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Feb. 10 Q.N.sD
Illinois and Ohio State, of the Big
Ten, are included on the Univer-
Sity of Missouri's spring varsity
polo schedule, as announced by
Capt. William A. Beiderlinden,
coach.
Illinois will meet Missouri here
for two-game series April IL and
IA, and Ohio State will play here
April 26 and %.
Other contests will be against
the Oklahoma Military Academy,
Oklahoma University, Iowa State
and the Kansas City Country Club.
All but the Iowa State and the
Kansas City Country Club con-
tests will be staged at Columbia.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
PURDUE QU|N 7
TITLE BOUND

CHICAGO, Feb. 19.-All 10
Western Conference basketball
teams go into action tonight in
the title race that was a race until
the Purdue Boilermakers knocked
off Iowa's stalwarts
Purdue now has six victories and
one defeat. Next in line is Illinois,
the team that fell victim to Wis
consin Saturday evening, % to %.
The Illini record shows five vic
tories and three defeats.
Purdue tonight meets Minnesota
at Minneapolis, Illinois will battle
Northwestern here in Evanston,
Chicago faces Ohio State at Co
lumbus, Wisconsin meets Michigan
at Ann Arbor, and Indiana plays
Iowa at Iowa City.
Purdue's high scoring quintet
has but four more games to play
after tonight. They are: Feb
ruary "a, Michigan at Purdue;
February 26, Wisconsin at Purdue
March 3, Indiana at Purdue, and
March 5, Purdue at Illinois.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
CUBSTODEPEND
On OUTF|ELD

Opinion among National
League club owners here for their
schedule meeting was that the
Cub outfieid of 1884 must carry
the team to the flag or it will
fail. That Cub outfield, too, is
no certainty. OF course, Klein,
the sensational slugger from
Philadelphia, will play right field
and will be chief gunner in the
Cub artillery. The choice for
center and left field is in doubt.
Possibly the Cubs will go to the
first battle with young Stain
bach. the Pacific Coast wonder,
in the middle pasture. Then
Babe Herman may be showed
over to left field to play there
until Old Hoss Stephenson or
Hazen Cuyler proves he as some
thing in the hitting line that he
lacks.
Stainbach has a long way to
go 10 OIcdE uIGO VIC NUU OuC-
field. The Coast recruit hits
we'll, is a greyhound in the outer
garden and on the base paths
and has one of the best throwing
arms the Pacific slope has seen
since Bob MeuSelS day.
When his legs are not giving
him trouble Cuyler is a wonder
full player, but it is said he IA
vors the leg he broke last season
and for that reason the Cubs had
intended to trade him. possibly to
the Braves. The deal has made
no headway since late in the 1888
season.
Not since the heyday of Will
son, Cuyler and Stephenson have
the Cubs the power in their outer
gardens that they possess this
year. With the new ball at least
20 per cent faster than the
leather of 1888 the Cubs are
looking forward to Klein and
Herman having one of their old
fashioned hitting bees. Herman
hits better when he is pressed.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19

Steve O'Neill, who was master
behind the bat when the Indians
won their championship and world
series back in 1920, will have the
job Of tutoring the young hurlers.
Manages Toledo
O'Neill will manage Toledo next
season and may take some of the
young players on the Cleveland
squad there. It was O'Neill who
brought out the brilliant pitching
wares of Monte Pearson after the
Cleveland officials had about
given up hope for him last spring.
One of O'Neill's pupils will be
a pitcher with name that may
be known the world over. He is
Woodrow Wilson Davis, Six-foot
right-hander who. has lot Of stuff
in his arm but knows nothing Of
the technic major leaguers re-
quire.
A Little Short
With Davis will be John Lucas,
another big hurler, a little short
on major league art.
O'Neill will take a hand in
perfecting Dennis Galehouse for
steady duty. He will work out
with Bill Perrin, who is about
ripe for the big time.
The veteran backstop will look
Yves Ferrell over to see if he has
any of the smoke left for which
he was once a leader in his pro-
fnSSinn
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
PIRATES To USE
THEVEN0W

Pittsburgh is going into action
next spring with a veteran at Sec
ond base.
For time last week it looked as
though the Pirates would succeed
in getting Tony Cuccinella from
the Dodgers, but the Dodgers
wanted some of the Pittsburgh
stars, so the decision was made to
wait and see how ThevenoW
looked in the spring.
Old hard luck has trailed the
footsteps of TheVenow almost since
the day back in the late twenties
that Rogers Hornsby, then man
aging the St. Louis Cardinals, took
Thevenow over and told him he
was the new shortstop.
The Pirates are set in their in.
field. The fancy fielding first
sacker, Gus Suhr, is going to work
at his old post and pray heaven
that he won't face many Southpaw
pitchers.
Arky Vaughan, the fielder Hans
Wagner says will be the best in
the land next season, is going back
to short.
1t is the opinion of close observ,
ers of batting form that the hard
hitting Pirate shortstop will be one
of the leagues leading sluggers
next season. In addition Vaughan
is fast in the field and plays a
steadier game at short with Thev.
enoW at second.
Pie Traynor, of course. will be
back at third. That is the infield
as it looks today, pair of veteran
performers, with young Vaughan
and the reliable Suhr at first,
The Washington times., 1934-02-19

665 in 1929 and had. $50 in the
United States in 1882.
This season he is in running for
No. ranking in the city, due to
his brilliant league averages and
special match work.
Last year he had the peculiar
distinction of having a higher
rating nationally, fourth, than
locally, where he was placed fifth.
1t was because of his finer work
in out-of town tournaments.
Joe's Fifth and K buddies con-
slider him a world-beater. Says
Joe Blendman:
"ASk any one of the gang who
they would ride their money on
in q bowling match and the
choice will be always Joe Har-
risOn, one Of the 'ChrOnics.'"
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
'CH|SOX FORCED
RELEASE-FABER.

CHICAGO, Feb: 1s.-The Chi.
cago White Sox forced the re-
lease of Red Faber, veteran spit
ball pitcher, according to the
hurler's own story of the case
today.
He said:
"They wouldn't give me
enough money to live on, and
when asked for more they
decided to retire me-"
Faber said he hoped to catch
on with another big league club
before the start of the season
and said he was confident he
could be a help as a relief
pitcher, as an occasional starter.
or as a coach, despite his As
years of age.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
TAKEN FIRST CALL

c. H. CPat") Knebelkamp has
taken first call on the services
of Lee Humphries for Below Zero
in the Miami Nursery Stakes, No.
2, for juvenile fillies on March
10. He will also ride the filly
in the Hialeah Juvenile cham
pionship on March IT.
The Washington times., 1934-02-19
LASKY Is EAYORlTE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.-Art
Lasky, of Minneapolis, was 10
to-8 favorite to defeat Bennie
Miller, of Los Angeles. for the
Pacific Coast heavyweight cham
piouship here tomorrow night.