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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-04
EDITORS SUED
: $4,000 BY
MRS. MCG|LL

CHICAGO, Ill.-A petition was
filed this week in the Superior
Court OF Illinois. naming Claude
A. Barnett and P. L. Prattis of
the Associated Negro Press and
Robert L. Vann Of the Pittsburgh
Courier Publishing Company, as
defendants In q suit for $4,000
charging that the above named
aused to be published and circu-
lated certain false and libelous
matter with malicious and de-
famatory intent. A similar bill
was filed in the Circuit Court Of
Illinois against Anthony Oyerton,
publisher Of the Chicago Sunday
Bee. and former banker. The
petitions were filed in behalf Of
Mrs. Idalee Thornton McGill.
former wife Of Nathan K. Nc
Gill, general counsel for the Chi
cago Defender, and mother Of
his two children, Nathan Jr., is,
and SinueI D.. 9. Mrs, McGill
is represented in this action by
Attorney James B. Cashin Of the
firm Of Morris and Cashin.
Newspaper articles cited that
the reason for the alleged change
of custody was due to the charg-
es of the husband that the mo-
ther "cabareted" too much, en-
tertained too frequently, and
spent too much time at bridge
games and poker parties.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-04
Col. Julian Wins Libel Suit
AGAINST Hearst Publications

NEW YORK-tS pecial)-- Col.
Hubert Julian. the BLACK Eag-
le." won his fight against VIII
liam Ranolph Hearst. noted pub
Usher Of The New York Aneri-
can and a chain Of Hearst pa
pers throughout the country, in
a half million dollar libel suit
against the American. when on
Tuesday Hearst settled the case
out Of court for a considerable
sum-.
This was verified by Julian's
attorneys, Lind. Slivek. Marks
and Brin, 10 East 40th Street.
Although Julian and his attor-
neys would not state the exact
amount. it is believed the settle
ment was in five figures. pro-
nably more than $4,000.
Col. Julian's suit vas based on
The Americans published state
ment on Dec. /. 1880. that he
was kicked out Of Abyssinia.
Now Ready to Take Off
Returning from an airplane
trip at Newcastle, Del. where his
$685. Packard BeIlanca plane
was built at the Bellanca AIR
craft Corporation. Col. Julian an
nounced that he was ready to
begin Ids nonstop flight from
New York to Alden, Arabia. and
Abyssinia, a distance Of 1909
miles. The Colonel is only a.
waiting favorable weather con-
ditions: he win take off from
Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.
The Sunday Magazine section
Of the American, THE American
Weekly" with a circulation of
more than 100000. win publish
a correction Of the Abyssinian
incident, Col. Julian said. This
retractien Is part Of the agree
ment made with the Hearst pub
lication before / signed the gem
eral release settling the case out
Of cop-t," said the aviator.
Crashed Emperor's Plane
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-04
Anti -Lynching Bill
Has Plenty Of Teeth

WASHINGTON fcNs1 IN
lass the South Is found ID be
20 firmly seated in The saddle
ana 5Idino ;aard an anti-lvncl.z
lno hill which IS INV heinz nre-
nared for introduction a Con-
rress hv senator corriqan Of Co
dorado ana REPRESENTATIVE celIer
a BROOKLYN New YORK will be-
come 4 Law this year
w,das,rsad g,,ac,,so,on l. ma
ssgea on t ~. measure +, v,aw -
fse fren =, rss n,,bI,c IL interest," i,
recent 8 Ivnchinos Il ralsforni 4.
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SEEK CONTROL
OF ADVERTISING
in NEGRO PAPERS

WASHINGTON, =. "A five
months fight over "cl 4srol" Of
the Negro Press by w. B. Eff
Company, a white advertising
company, resulted in a court ac-
ton a few days ago when the
Tiff company served Bernhard,
Launder and Company. Inc,
white. with Injunction papers in
New York.
The suit contains sensational
charges and affidavits with e
qually sensational counter charg-
es. Robert L. Vann. assistant to
the attorney general of the Uni
ted States, leading democratic
leader and publisher of the Pitts
burgh Courier, is called the
hacker, of an organization out
to break the rule of eff over
the Negro press. The w. B. ziff
company is accused of being
actively engaged in financially
sponsoring a newspaper syndi-
cate operated by w. A. Scott in
Atlanta, Ca, with the ultimate
purpose of harming and destroy
ing the newspapers which the
w. B. ziff company now repre-
sents." ziff calls such state
ments "mischievous and malici-
Gus in intent" and denies finan-
cial sponsorship of the Scott
Newspaper Syndicate.
The court is asked to enjoin
the Bernhard, Launder and COM
pany corporation from interior
ing in any way with its exclusive
NEGRO Press Group" or claim
ing that it is the advertising re-
preventative of any of the news
papers and magazines compris-
ed within the Negro Press Group
sixty-six in number"
The w. B. ziff Company claims
to have sixty-six colored news
papers under contract to use
them exclusively for foreign and
national advertising.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-04
NOTHING BACK Of.
RECOVERY PLAN
DEPR|EST Thinks

WASHINGTON, d. c. There
Is nothing stable back of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's recovery plan
and it Is doomed for failure, is
the belief of Congressman Oscar
DePriest, Republican, representa-
tive from the First Illinois Dis
trict. America will never regain
its position in the economic world
until the people of the United
States and the rest of the world
are satisfied the American dollar
is worth 100 Genus on the dollar.
according to the Negro states
man.
Mr.. DePriest expressed his
views this week in response to
letter from Wesley Curtis Peo-
piles, publisher Of the California
Free Lance
"The artiflcial recovery pro-
gram of the present administra-
ton with nothing back Of 1t but
temporary employment" wrote
Mr.. DePriest. swiIl not restore
the country to its economic po-.
sition. What we need is legis-
lation that wiz assist IN inspir
ing confidence SO that our in
dustrial institutions can operate
with some degree of success and
assurance of permanent employ
ment.
''It must be demonstrated that
a dollar under present conditions
is fluctuating and there is no
incentive to save. The founda-
ton stone to recovery is first to
establish a dollar that is always
worth a dollar"
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Presidents Money
Policy Is Failure
Says Congressman
FAIR TREATMENT
IS PROMISED in
IMPERIAL VALLEY

VENICE, Calf due to the In
tervention of Supreme Chancel-
lor s. w. Green of the knights
of Pythias, 1t now appears that
Negro laborers will receive rea-
sonalble quota Of jobs during the
construction work on the All
American Canal in the Imperial
Valley of this state.
The Imperial Valley located in
the southern part of California,
one of the hottest regions in the
United States, has large Negro
population which was brought
here to work in the cotton fields
and other agricultural pursuits of
the region. The All American
Canal, government project. is
beginning construction, but oW-
ing to the experiences on the
Boulder Dam project. Negroes in
Imperial Valley have feared they
would not be given employment
when work on the canal began.
Word from SECRETARY Harold
Ickes, Of the DEPARTMENT of the
Interior who acted after cores
pondence by Grand Chancellor
j. Allen Reese, Supreme Chan
cellor Green. Eugene Kinckle
Jones and Clark Foreman, adj
visors on the, economic status of
Negroes, assures Negro labor that
it will not be Disseminated ag-
ainst.
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Store To Assist In
Scottsboro Defense

NEW YORK-Stricker's, dealers
in women's wear, 142 West 125th
street, will set aside a day to aid
the Scottsboro Defense Fund,
William Freyer of the Company
staff has announced.
I'm sympathy with the prin-
ciples of justice that prompted
Attorney Leibowjtz to come to
the defense of the Scottsboro
boys" Mr.. Freyer writes, land
anxious to aid in the preserva-
ton Of those principles, we have
decided to set aside a day dedi-
Gated to the Scottsboro case and
win contribute 5 per cent Of our
gross receipts for the day to the
defense fund"
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but not the pottage. The qres-
ton, What am I going to get
out of it? must get out of our
thinking. This race would have
been one hundred years advan-
ced if it had not been for this
thought uppermost in the minds
of our so-called leaders"
No Deliveries
Don't wait for deliverers,"
she admonished her listeners.
Then taking a scripture from
Joshua, she continued, 81 like
that quotation, Moses, my SER
want, is dead. Therefore, arise
and go over Jordan There are
no deliverers. They're all dead.
We must arise and go over
Jordan. We can take the pro-
missed land.
Die For Justice
1.-THE Negro must serve notice
on the world that he is ready
to die for justice. To struggle
and battle and overcome and
absolutely defeat ever- force de-
signed against us is the only
way to achieve. Men must have
life, the opportunity to learn,
to labor, to love. Without these
fundamental virtues we cannot
achieve. We must not give up
the struggle until this Is obtain
ed.
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EDITORIAL
Hiding Our Faults

THE NIERPH1SE believes
that IN It's opinion It should be
just as caustie IN criticising the
Negro IS It is IN condemning the
white man. There IS q tendency
among coIored people to whites
wash their own faults and put
al the blame upon the white
group.
'sThat the Negro may be fit
ted for the fullest enjoyment Of
the privileges and responsibilities
Of our country. II Is lmportsAt
that we be honest and candid
with the Negro himself. whether
our honesty ard cnndor for the
time being please him Or dis
please him."
Booker T. Washington wrote
the above quotation: with It we
agree one hundred per cent.
THE ENTERPRISE appreciat-
es as much as anyone the injus-
tices which the Negro suffers.
But It also understands that un-
der an intelligent Negro leader
ship many OF our Ills might be
cured.
There Is no point II constantly
''cussing'' the white man while
smiling ct our own. weaknesses.
The dominant race should be
condemned for It's hypocrisy. but
at the same time tie petty jeal-
ousies and downright selfishness
which exists among Negroes de-
serve serious thought and severe
criticism.
The development Of the Negro
race must come from within the
race. There are barriers which
Negroes may overcome by their
own strength. An intelligent
race must look to itself for pow
er. There IS q Woeful lack Of
courage. The majority Ct those
who attempt to lead are willing
to sacrifice the masses Of Neg
roes for their own advantage.
They always want cooperation
when that cooperation means
working for them or their in
situations.
so LONG as the Negro blames
the white man for all Of his
failures he is not going to get
very far. It Is q sure sign Of
weakness to always censure some
one else for our lack Of success.
The courageous man looks him
self In the face. grits his teeth
and resolves to move forward in
spite Of opposition.
The Negro Is too sensitive to
accept constructive criticism He
desires to hide his faults behind
q barrage Of shot directed at the
white man.
THE ENTERPRISE knows the
white race is responsible for q
great deal Of cur suffering, but
it also understands that the Me-
gro Is not blameless. and frankly
and candidly it Is going to tell
him so for the good Of his soul.
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Po5l9o Int.
Any peace officer who would
conspire with q mob to injure or
put to death q person IN custody
would under the act. be guilty Of
q felony punishable by q prison
term OF five years to life.
IN the event neglect were dis
played by county officers in deal
ing with a riotous assefnblage.
the covAty would be liable to q
forfeiture Of $4,000 payable TO
deper tents OF the person lynch
ed. If a person were seized by
mob In one county and taken
TO another county and lynched.
the two counties involved would
be jointly liable for the forfeit
ure to be made payable 20 de-
pendents Of the person lynched.
Refusal to Arreit Penalixed
Refusal to apprehend persons
involved In such acts within 80
DAYS after the offense Is COM
mitted. would be taken as evil
dence OF refusal. and the officers
made liable to felony charge.
District courts would be en-
powered to try and punish Of
tenders If the court were shown
officers failed in their duty, or
jurors were strongly opposed to
punishment.
President Roosevelt is expected
to make the passage Of such a
bin an administration measure.
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AChIorOfOrm Your Uncle Toms"
Demands Miss Mamie Burroughs

BALTIMORE. Md CAMP -
"Chloroform your Uncle Toms, /"
said Miss Mamie H. Burroughs,
president of the National Train
ing School for Girls, Washing
ton, D. c., to an applauding
crowd of $500 that overflowed
the City-Wide Young Peoples
Forum, at Bethel ANGE church
Friday night.
Speaking on the subject,
What Must the Negro Do to
BE SavedP" Miss Burroughs
said, 1.-THE Negro must unload
the leeches and parasitic lead
ers who are absolutely eating
the life out of the great strug-
Cling, desiring mass of people.
"Chloroform your Uncle Toms.
Negroes like that went out of
style 70 years ago. They are
relics and good for museums.
I don't care whether they are
in the church as the preacher,
in the school as the teacher, in
the ward as politician-the
quickest way to get rid of them
is the best way, and the sooner
the better. They are luxurious,
expensive. unworthy. The I'M
Gle Toms are greater enemies
than Tillman or Cole Blease
have ever been to the Negro
race.
"They have sold us for a mess
Of pottage. We got the mess
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Negro Leaders" Enjoy Living
Where Armwood Was LYnched

BALTIMORE. Special by
Joseph v. Baker)- Go dig up
the powdery dust that is Bene-
dict Arnold; go over the Judean
hills that have long since
crumbled and get q spade of
what was Judas Iscariot. and
tell them both that their crimes
must fade into comparative i'm
significance. must take paltry
second place to e recent act on
Maryland's Eas.ern Shore.
Tell them that under the
pressure OF war and disappoint-
ment on the one hand, and the
fear Of the power that was
Rome's on the other. some len
iency in their cases may be
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Wiley College Gets
Class "a" Rating

MARSHALL. Texas = Wiley
College of Marshall continues its
long line of achievements by
drawing class "a" rating from
the Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools of the South
ern States. a distinction coveted
by all colleges, but so far attain
ed by only a few Negro institu-
tions and by Wiley alone of the
Negro colleges in this southwest
section. Rating by this agency
is evidence that the institution
is doing a type of educational
work that is on a strictly college
aYel.
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Famous Ga. Lawyer
Faces Larceny Charge

SAVANNAH. Ga.-Attorney E.
Milton Wilkins has been given
ten days by Judge M. D. Dick
erson Of Douglas to return $3.50
to Robert Jordon or to be strick-
en- from the roll of attorneys in
Chatham county. 1t is charged
that Wilkins appropriated $3.50
belonging to Jordon, a former
client, who is now serving a IS
year sentence on the chain gang.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-04
" Cotton" Tom Heflin
VIII Try Comeback

MOBILE, Ala.-CCNS)- Got
ton Tom" Helm, who failed of
reelection to the Senate when
he abandoned the Democratic
party to support Hoover in 1928,
is asking voters of the Fifth AL
ALBANIA District to send him back
to Congress.
He is seeking the seat in the
House now held by Miles ALI
good, and will run on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
AS usual he tries to arouse
race antagonism by remarking:
IT am pleased at the State De-
mocratic Committees action in
barring Negroes from the prim-
aries"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-04
BIG CITY NEGROES
OUT-CLASS WHITES

WASHINGTON, CAMP = In
three large cities of the north,
according to the Census of 1880,
Negroes. on the average. are
smarter than white folk, on.the
average, believe it or not. Those
three cities are New York. Bos-
ton and Chicago.
In 1880, the percentage Of IL
literacy among whites in New
York was 4.6, and among Ne
groes. 81; in Boston. the per-
centage among whites was 80
and among Negroes 1.9; Chicago
whites are 80 per cent illiterate
and Chicago Negroes 90 percent.
In Gary, Ind, the whites are
5 per cent illiterate and The Me-
groes 3,3 per cent.
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Bury Noted Educator

FAYETTEVILLE, N. Gum
eral services were held here on
Saturday afternoon for DR.. Eze-
kiel E. Smith, president of Fay
etteville Normal school. DR.. Smith
was president Of the school for
fifty years and decided to the
state the first fifty acres of land
upon which it was built.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-01-04
Nc ornlicIx Sings
To Aid Negro Poor

NEW YORK--John Mccormick
noted tenor. was heard at Car
negie Hall Monday night in a
concert which was held for the
benefit of the church of st. Be
nedict the Moor, a colored Catho-
lie church. Many other promin-
ent artists appeared on the pro-
gram.
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granted by an understanding
and sympathetic posterity, but
for a group Of Negroes in Prin-
cess Anne and Salisbury. Mary
land. to join clasps with people
whose hands are yet bloody with
the life OF two Of their number.
taken without the pale Of the
law. there can be no equal. no
forgiveness.
Your memory reeds no prod
ding to recall a recent moronic
outburst in Princess Anne, when
a feble-minfed youIJ Negro boy
was lyncbed and burned upon
the assulcption that he had at
-
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A man with a high aim in life
has no use for automatic pistols
and sawed-off shotguns.
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UNIVERSITY 6 sflaaTeN
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1934-06-28

Woman's Democratic Study club
Friday ct 2 p. m. ut the home Of Mrs.
L. NJ Keene, 40 Ave A.
!. S. Gleason was business visitor
in Benton City today.
The general aid Of the Methodist
church met Wednesday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. /. s. G leason. Mrs.
Harris was assistant hostess.
Two big dances planned for the
Fourth will be held on July 8 at Fin
ley grange hall and July 4th at Rich
land.
Five former fellow employees Of the
highway department, now stationed
at Davenport, were callers upon Miss
Pauline Higley the first Of the week.
Ralph McKinnon, Grant McDougall,
Herman Groch, "Dusty" Rhoades and
Fred Beck made the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Carpenter and
small daughter are leaving Friday for
their new home in Walla Walla where
Mr.. Carpenter is being transferred.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Plownan re-
turned Saturday from weeks vaca-
/, ton spent on the coast and at Me-
Minniville, Oregon, where they were
guests of the Mattechecks, former
Kennewick residents.
o. F. Allen and Floyd Hutchins left
Friday morning for Portland, where
Mr.. Allen joined his wife and daugh-
tiers, the Misses Frances and Eleanor,
and granddaughter, Marie, who are
visiting in Portland. They plan to
drive to California for the balance Of
Mr.. Aliens vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Albrecht left this
evening for Rolla, NJ. d., where they
will visit with their sons, Emil and
Helmer Albrecht. From there they will
go to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where they
will attend the Golden Wedding ami
versary on July Z, of Mrs. Albrecht's
only sister. This is Mrs. Albrecht's
first visit to the middle west in eight
years. They will visit in Wisconsin
before going on to the Century Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Anderson were
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lane K Lar
son Friday, while on their way from
Fort Hall, Idaho to Bremerton, where
they plan to go into business. Mr..
Hall has been in Indian service ct
Fort Hall for the last six years and is
being replaced by an educated In
dian, in keeping with the government
policy of placing Indians in the jobs
formerly held by the White men. MIR.
Anderson has enough service time TO
entitle him to pension at the end Of
ten years, he told friends while here.
The Andersons were former residents
of East Kennewick.
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LITTLE STORIES oETlE WEEK
Mr.. and Mrs. Lane K. Larson spent
Sunday at Coulee dam site

Mr.. and Mrs. Lane K. Larson spent
Sunday at Coulee dam site.
Kenneth Hitler and John Scot.
Scott were business visitors iii Ritz.
vile and Spokane Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Rider moved on
Monday to Yakima, where Mr.. Rider
will be stationed with the p. P. &
L. company for q while.
Miss Betty Beamer of Spokane is
the guest Of her brother and sister-in.
law, Mr.. and Mrs. Leigh Beamer, in
the Garden Tracts. She is also q
guest Of Miss Eileen Olbrich.
DR.. and Mrs. II. J.. Capell left Mon
day for Vancouver, B. C. and bust
ness and pleasure trip IN the Canadian
rockies. While away DR.. Capel will
attend a medical convention.
Mrs. Waldo Skuse and SON Robert
arrived Thursday evening to join Mr.
Skuse, who is Benton county agent
They have moved in the McReynolds
house on Kennewick Avenue, formerly
occupied by the E. c. Durdle family.
Mr.: and Mrs. Harry Linn returned
Tuesday morning from q ten-day va
cation spent in Tacoma and Seattle.
I'm Tacoma Mr.. Linn attended Grand
Lodge. They visited with. Mr.. and
Mrs. William Marsh in Portland, for
nler Kennewick residents.
Rev. F. N. Morton of Chelan STOP
nod MnnIoxy H., IA
in-law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. v.
r. Wilder and sons. while returning
from attending the Methodist confer
ence at Vancouver. Mrs. Morton had
spent the week at the Wilder home.
Rec. III. F. Hammer returned Mon
day afternoon from q months trim
thru the Middle West and visit with
relatives in Wisconsin and Mime
sofa and to the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago. While in Minnesota he attended
conference of the English Lutheran
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. n. Cope and son
Bob of North Carolina arrived Thurs
day evening to visit Mrs. Cops sis
ter Mrs. G. Buchanan at the Claybelle
ranch. They made the trip out in five
days. They plan to take Mrs. Buch-
anan back with them for visit after
spending about month here. They
will return by way of Seattle, where
they will visit before going to Chica-
go on their way home.
! The fourth division of the Metho-
dist ladies aid met with Mrs. ]. A.
Thompson in East Kennnewick We'd
nesday.
Madame Macmahon, who underwent
an operation in the Pasco hospital
several weeks ago, was moved to the
Linn hospital today.