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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1934-02-15
Third Texas Primary Case
Non In Federal Court

Ell PASO, Texas-For the
third time in the last seven
years the efforts to bar Negroes
from the Texas democratic pri-
maries were defeated when Judge
Boynton OF the federal district
court here handed down a deci-
sion Wednesday. awarding da-
images to DR.. L. A. Nixon for his
having been denied the right to
register and vote in the spring
primary OF 1888.
This Is the first time such q
victory has been won in a Tex
as case in a court lower than
the United States supreme court.
The first two cases. in which
Or. Nixon was also the plaintiff
were won IN the highest court
In 1927 and 1882. The National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People has financed
and handled all three cases.
Fred c. KnolIenberg. DR.. Nix
on's Fl Paso attorney, who was
assisted and advised by Arthur
D. Spingarn and James Marsh
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all OF the New York legal staff
Of the association, has telegraph
ed the New York office as fol-
lows:
Judge Boynton held Justice
Cardozo's decision in Nixon VS..
Condor binding and resolution
of State Democratic Committee
wrongfully deprived Doctor Nix
on OF his right to vote in pri-
naries, so gave him judgment.
Under this decision every cleo
ton judge, county chairman and
member OF state executive COM
mittee would be equally liable
for refusing all Negroes the right
to participate. Attorneys expect
state democratic convention to
pass resolutions barring Negro
vote hoping to comply with the
inference left by supreme court
that the party itself could bar
them, but I think any action UNI
der Texas comprehensive prima-
ry law would fall within the
prohibition Of fifteenth amend
ment.
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CLAYTON POWELL
in Los ANGELES

LOS ANGELES. Calf. Cws)-
mo man has 3 right to get a
woman into trouble and then
desert her." the Rev. A. Clayton
Powell, of New York City, told
1000 people in the Second Bap-
fist Church. this week.
DR.. Powell was giving the first
of a group Of California speech
es and he took as his subject,
What Shall We DO To Be
Saved?" During the sermon he
pointed out that. THE morals
OF the country need an opera
ton"
Parents. who allow loose men
to touch their daughters, were
told that it would be better to
let a snake, of the most dam
gerous type, wrap around their
offsprings. He also advocated
a redistribution of wealth in the
country.
He insisted. that the church
had lost It's powers and influ-
ence. In order TO remedy this,
he proposed that his hearers re-
turn TO the basic principles OF
Christianity.
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the United states until next fall
If she we're not contracted Tor
engagements In Canada in
March.
IN her conquest Of the Nordic
countries. Miss Anderson has
met only one rebuff. That was
in Denmark, at Copenhagen. She
had expected to give two con-
certs In that city. possibly three,
but she was only allowed to give
one. and then to sing (for
nothing) at q charity affair.
The National Bank Of DEN
mark set its foot on the plans
for the great singer. The min
istry Of justice refused to issue
a permit for more than one con-
cert. When questioned as to the
reason. the ministry explained
that 1t acted on a recommen-
dalton Of the National Bank.
THE reason is this, that the
National Bank wrote to the Min
istry Of Justice that the Bank
considered 1t q serious matter
that foreign artists were con-
tinualIy leaving the country with
rather considerable sums. The
National Bank therefore recon-
mended the Ministry not to
grant the permits so freely"
But. in spite of the ministry OF
Justice and the National Bank
when Miss Anderson appeared
on the program Of the charity
concert. the people OF Copen-
hagen showed that they were
her loyal subjects. The day at
ter she sang. the following ar
ticle appeared on the front page
Of "Politiken." under the title
The copenhageners Would Not
Let Marian Anderson Co.
I'm spite Of the order issued
by the Minister OF Justice. Mar
ian Anderson sang once more in
Coperihaecnat the Town HAN
conceSt FOR the benefit Of the
Children's Office. AS her assist
ance was for the purpose Of
charity. without any payment,
nobody could make any objec-
ton. The black star gave-at
present for the last time-a
performance with blessings Of
Frede Skaarup's as well as the
Minister Of Justice and the Ma
tContinued on Page Three)
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PHYSICIANS SAY
SMOKERS
ARE ALL MOR0NS

NEW YORK CTTY-Do you
smoke reefers2 Are you ION
the weed?" Then. no II and butts
about it-you're a moron.
That Is the result OF the find
ings of commission Of army
surgeons. which investigated the
practice among soldiers in Pa
mama.
The medicos found that per-
sons having the habit are, %
per cent Of them, morons; 81
per cent are psychopaths (men-
tai cases.. A REFER smoker Is,
8 70 l, a mental weakling.
Marijuana, as army physicians
call it, was found to have three
bad features.
It causes rapid pulse and in
toxication; it is a growing Gus
tom: and it is detrimental to
health.
Differing from opium, mari
huana does not cause any men
tai deterioration. The brain is
not harmed by using 1t. 1t does
not create a cell hunger. max
ing the addict crave it. insane
ly.
It's first effects upon taking
are a mild intoxication and that
wealthy feeling, walking on
air" Residents Of West 128th
Street, after one REFER. are
made to think themselves own
ers Of swanky penthouses perch
ed high on Sugar Hill.
The soldiers, in the investiga-
ton, stated that they were not
so wild about the weed. They
said that they smoked 1t for
pep, to be happy. to be satisfied,
to satisfy curiosity, to be anus
ed.
The physicians. finding It a
non-habit forming drug, advised
Panama officials to forget about
the use Of 1t by the soldiers.
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NURSES SHY AT
GOING SOUTH

NEW YORK CITy-That gra-
duate nurses avoid positions Of
Tered in Southern states was one
Of the facts brought out at the
first regional conference Of the
National Association of Colored
Graduate Nurses, at the Y.WC.
A., here last Friday and Satur-
day.
The reason given for this re-
luctance to go South was "the
economic and social conditions
which prevail" Miss G. Estelle
Massey, educational director OF
Freedmen's Hospital, served as
director Of the conference.
Miss Nina D. Gage, director of
the Hampton school OF nursing,
was the principal speaker of the
conference. giving the history of
nursing and its future as a pro-
fession. Jessie FauSet Harris
and Elmer A. Carter addressed
the group.
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Harlem Facts and FaIIacies

NEW YORK = CSpeciaD Har-
lem has about three thousand
taxicabs cruising the streets at
all hours. with the peak number
on the avenues between midnight
and dawnl
Harlem has sixty-five garages
of sufficient size to accommo-
date over fifty cars each.
Harlem has two private hos
pitfalls serving persons able to
pay for competent care Of their
own physicians.
Harlem has more street boot
blacks than any other city in
the world. They have made ter
rifle inroads on the business Of
the corner bootblack stand and
the barber shop boys.
Harlem has more paper junk
pickers than any other city in
the country. Brought on by de-
preston.
Harlem has fewer and needs
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EDITORIAL
Penny Per Negro

TWELVE MILLION Negroesl
Twelve million human beings
with souls ana brains. Twelve
million people who have feet and
hands and Drawn Twelve mil-
lion men and women. boys and
girls and babies. That's enough
energy and ability within tie
Negro race to turn the world up
side down and bring America to
her senses
q But wasted energy has never
accomplished anything. Til q
mighty waters Of Niagara are
useless unles harnessed and d.
rected.
TWENTY -FTVE YEARS ago 81
group OF earnest citizens met
and organized what is now
known Is the National AssocIa-
ton OF Colored People. Those
devout souls appreciated the
power and value Of Negroes. But
they also knew that unless this
power was Systematically and
intelligently directed II would
accomplish little; that II would
splaEter iseh and render little
service.
Because of concentrated ef-
fort and systematic direction
Negroes have accomplished some-
thing under the N.A.A.cP. But
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Asks That Negro
Children Be SteriIized

BERLN-Hein Schroeder, eu-
genics authority, wants Germa-
ny's sterilization program to ex-
tend to include negroid children
in the Rhineland and Ruhr dis
tricts.
Writing in the newspaper, the
DeutSche zeitung. he estimated
that the country has j. at least
600 children of Negro gathers
French colonial soldiers stations
ed in the two districts during
the war. He pointed out that
they were German citizens and
could marry later. procreating
more racial mixtures.
Their children would be re-
garded as non-Aryans." he said,
and we have enough non-Ary-
ans In Germany already"
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QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS
/. Are all hotels to be regu-
lated by the code for the hotel
industry?
2. What are the basic work.
ing hours under the hotel code?
3. Are mechanics working in
parking and storage garages
guaranteed the same wages as
those working for automobile
dealers?
4. Are minimum price sched-
ules issued by trade associations
binding on everyone in the bu-
siness?
5. What is the minimum wage
for manufacturing employees or
the night shift in a furniture
factory?
5. What are the maximum
hours per week for ushers, tick-
ct sellers, and watchmen under
the motion picture code?
Z. What protection have shin
gle mill sawyers against reduc-
ton of piece rates?
ANSWERS
/. No. Under the hotel code.
the term "hotel" includes only
those establishments operated
for profit, which ta) Extends
lodging to the general public:
OBJ Has at least 10 guest rooms
available for lodging in one
building; (c) Charges not less
than SOC per day per person Cor
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Feeding one Negro and tor
getting all the remaining twelve
million does not appear to Com
gresham Oscar DePriest Of II
linois. as being exact justice. es-
pecially when the government is
involved.
The two-fisted former Alaba-
milan is now engaged in fight
to make it possible for all Ne
groes to eat wherever he eats.
The scrap started when capi-
toll restaurant refused to allow
Morris Lewis. DePriest's secre-
tary, the right to a table IN the
cafe on government property.
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MIRA. Question Box
Compiled by Shlrl II. Blalock
District Compliance Director for NRA
In Washington, Montana, Wyoming

transient lodging; (d) Is equip
ped to provide lodging in at
least rs per cent OF its rooms
without prior understanding as
to duration of guests stay.
2. Hotel employees shall not
work more than 81 hours per
week. 10 hours per day, days
in any one week. unless specifi-
cally exempted in the code.
3. Yes, both the motor vehicle
storage and parking code and
the motor vehicle retaining code
provide SOC an hour minimum,
with a weekly guarantee.
4. The only prices which must
be maintained are those which
have been issued by a code au-
thority, with the approval of the
national recovery administrator.
5. Effective on January Z the
minimum wage rates for en-
ployeS working on a shift. all
or part Of which occurs after 5
pm. or before Z am, shall be
paid at least one and a half
times the rate paid employees en-
gagged In the daylight shift for
the same class Of work.
s. 40 hours.
z. The lumber and timber pro-
ducts code provides that the ex-
isting amounts by which wages
Of the higher paid classes. up to
workers receiving $50 per week,
exceed the lowest wages, shall
be maintained.
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more traffic cops than any 9TH
er section Of the city.
Harlem has its own colony OF
colored Frenchmen.
Harlem has had fewer new a.
partment houses erected In the
community than any other Sec
ton Of the city.
Harlem has more peanut stands
than any other section Of the
city another by-product Of the
depression.
Harlem has more Greek owned
fruit stands than colored.
q Harlem has more Italian-owned
fish markets than colored.
Harlem has one haberdashery
store owned and operated by
colored men-and they have to
stay open until 8 a. m. to do
business.
Harlem's colored groeers are
oiitnumbsred by the Jewish gro
GERS twenty-five to one.
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Garvey Plans New
World Convention

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Pre-
pairing to call a new convention
Of the UNI.A. TO meet here this
summer, Marcus Carney has APP
pointed S. A. Haynes to repre-
sent him in the US.A.
E. B. Knox, Of Chicago. for
mer representative, is no longer
active.
In his recent financial crisis.
Mr.. Carney said his American
friends sent him something over
500.
In an address to Americans.
Mr.. Carney, at one time the
country's most radical leader.
urges them not to be fooled by
the Communists"
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BARB WIRE FOILS
MOB IN
M|SSISS|PP|CIEY.

FLASH-Vicksburg. Miss. In
an interview at the penltentiary
today CThursday) Johnny Jones
and Ernest McGhee. two Of the
three ccIored youths sentenced
10 die March Is for an alleged
criminal assault on = white girl
near fernando, told an AssOcl-
ated Negro Press reporter they
were tricked By Officers into .
confession. Jones and McGhee
said they were told IL they did
not confess they would be turn
ed over TO the mob 70 be lynch
ed. They said officers promised
them IL they confessed they
would be given short terms in
prison. Both boys st0utIy de-
clare their innocence. The re-
porter was refused permission to
see Isaac Howard after = guard
reported the conversation with
Jones and McGhee.
HERNANDO, Miss.--As an an
CRY crowd Of men sought in vain
to enter the courthouse. three
Negroes who confessed to crim-
inal assaults on q 1T-year-old
school girl were sentenced late
Monday to die on the gallows
here March Is. They were con-
victed by q jury in seven min
utes.
At least two attempts were
made to break through the
barbed wire ENGAGEMENTS erect
Cd about the courthouse BY na<
tlonal guardsmea, and one e.
derby man cut his hand against
the fence.
was it an accident9" he was
asked.
Hell. no." he replied. I'VE
want those Negroes"
Three hundred and fifty hea-
Willy armed militiamen stood on
guard duty all day.
General Grayson said the most
serious threat against the pri-
soners was halted when one ag-
itator was taken to the city jail
not far from the courthouse.
Part Of the crowd threatened
the city jail in an attempt to
free the man, but tear gas bombs
held by the soldiers deferred
them.
Conviction Of the prisoners,
Ernest McGhee, age %; Johnny
Jones. %. and Isaac Howard, 25,
came swiftly. A detachment OF
10 guardsmen arrived with them
early today in a Steel-barred
train in which the trip was made
from jackson where they had
been held for safekeeping.
The prisoners were taken to
a vault at the courthouse. Short
ly before noon, the grand jury
returned indictments against
them. They pleaded guilty.
Since the state demanded the
death penalty. a trial was nee
essary.
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Self-Help


IN TIMES LIKE THESE. the
clarion call is for men and wo-
men particularly OF our group,
who are willing to render an.
unselfish service to the race.
The present depression has prov
ed to US how easy it Is for the
colored men and women to be
eased out Of, or summarily dis
charged from. their work. Know
ing these facts as we do, there
comes mighty challenge for
THAI unselfish leadership which
viii enable us to do something
for ourselves.
Despite the depression and un-
employment. we have wonder
ful opportunity to do much for
ourselves. II we can only think
and think for ourselves, we can
bring about wonderful change
In our economic affairs.
TIE THING most needed now
Is q thinking people. group
thinking and mass action. To
be sure, there are those who say
that we are weak and can do
little for ourselves. This is true
only to those who think so. We
are not weak. We are strong
II we only knew. There have
always been those who. have said,
1T can't be DONE" but the
world has gone on just the same.
The little snowflakes. driven by
the wind, make little impression
upon the pedestrian; but. when
they fall en- masse. they block
the path Of the mighty 1ocomo-
tive. One brick lying in the
streets means little to the pas
serby; but. with enough Of them
a statehouse may be built; 50
can we, by uniting our forces.
become q constructive force in
the commercial and business
world, even ia times Ike these.
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Catholics To Meet
In New Orleans

CINCINNATI, Ohio New
Orleans, Louisiana, has been &C
cepted as next place of meeting
for the National Catholic Inter
racial Federation, whose execu-
tive board met here last week.
The dates Of the meeting have
been set as August 10 to IL.
Cassius ]. Foster, national or
ganizer, outlined plans with
which he hopes to make the
group move forward at more
rapid pace.
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WILL ROGERS Is A.
CARELESS TALKER,
SAYS OIL COMPANY.

NEW YORK, NY. coop
News)-"The last thing In the
world that Mr.. Rogers would
have IN mind would be to Of
fend any section of the public, .
the Gulf Refining Company. the
sponsors Of win Rogers radio
programs, has written In reply
to thousands Of protests against
the entertainers use Of the word
"nigger" in his radio broadcast
two Sundays ago. The same let
ter Of explanation was sent to
all who wrote in protests to the
company.
1T was carelessness on his
part rather than an intent to
offend the Negro race" r. J.
Flood. manager Of the company's
sales promotion department,
wrote. "Mr. Rogers Is well-known
for his careless pronunciation.
and we are certain that 1t was
this and not intent to insult. His
reference to the music Of the
spirituals was made in the spir-
1t that they are worthy Of
praise"
Mr.. Floods letter does not ex-
plain how Mr.. Rogers suisse
quent use Of the term "darky"
could be accounted for as care
les pronunciation
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OSWALD Willard
SOUNDS WARNING
AGAINST FASCISN.

PHILADELPHIA note Of
warning against colored citizens
in this country embracing the
doctrines Of F'acism was sound
ed by Oswald Garrison Willard.
former editor Of The Nation and
noted liberal. last Thursday eve
ming.
Mr.. Willard was the principal
speaker at the first meeting Of
the second season Of the Ly-
ceum. held at the Paul Lawr-
ence Dunbar School. 18th Street
above Columbia avenue.
IF the Facists ruled the I'M
tied States" said Mr.. Willard,
"the Negroes would be reduced
to slavery. Negroes should note
and trernble when they consider
the 1000 Jews slain In Germa-
ny under Facist rule.
Even though the Constitu-
ton has been reduced to scrap
Of paper. we cannot jump from
the frying pan into the fire." he
continued.
Negroes Of this country should
call upon that outstanding quail
ity Of patience which they pos
ses-which has been a strength
as well as a weakness and sup
port the President, yet feel free
to criticize him. The Negro
should demand his rights"
The speaker scored lynching
and suggested that probably
one Of the most effective things"
would be for hundreds q, Ne
groes. attired IN black and mar
ching to the beat Of muffled
drums, to march silently past
the White House on the occasion
Of every lynching OF a Negro.
The American Federation of
Labor was bitterly attacked by
Mr.. Willard as being "shot thru
with race prejudice" He advis-
ed his audience to never forgive
this hostile attitude"
Because Of this race preju-
dice within the A. F. and L." he
pointed out, Labor has failed
to gain the prestige in America
that marks the advances of la
Dor in England and Europe"
Joseph v. Baker, local news
paperman, presided at the meet
ing.
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Strife Is
Seen In Dep riest
Fight On Jim Grow
DIXIE SD[ONS
WANT COLOR BAN
IN CAPITOL CAFE

Oscar DePriest, fiery con-
WASHINGTON. D. c. tSpe-
gresham from the First district
OF Illinois. is going to have
big job on his hands. opening
the way for Negroes to eat in
public restaurants in the capital.
operated by federal agencies, Il
southern sentiment IN some
quarters is allowed sway The
Commercial Appeal Of Memphis,
striving to be jocular, confesses
that De Priest has struck upon
an issue that is fundamental be-
tween the Democratic and Re-
publican parties and that where
as milk-and-water battles may
be held in disputes in regard to
the tariff and other differences.
the DePriest Jim Crow issue
win result In a ''knocknwown
and drag-out" battle. Says the
Commercial Appeal editor:
Jim Grow Pops Up in . Capitol
Cafe
TT Is all very wen for the
Democrats and the Republicans
at Washington to indulge In
few minor skirmishes over such
matters as the gold supply, war
debis, and the tariff. No one
really gets much worked up over
things of that sort. But when
members of the Negro contin-
gent ask to be served in Cap
itol restaurant, the Democrats
and the Republicans can get
down to real fundamentals.
Senator Cotton Boil of South
Carolina, and Representative
Sorghum Of Arkansas. then sud-
denly come to life. with wide
eyes and gaping nostrils. they
rise to give their all to save the
honor Of the white voters Of the
South. They are ready to go
to the limit in order to protect
the country from the diabolical
schemes Of Oscar DePriest Of
Chicago.
CAS- the lines are drawn for
the great encounter, Brothers
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CoIored Man Is First
Foreman Of Va. jury

NORFOLK, Wv. r. Mason
holds the distinction Of being the
first Negro to serve on federal
jury in this section IN decades.
He was foreman Of the jury that
last Friday acquitted James
Shields, also colored. OF using the
mails to defraud.
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Denmark. Sweden. Finland
Chat Is where Nordics are bornJ
have each made Of Marian q
national idol.
Originally, Miss Anderson
came over in September and
planned a group OF concerts
which would enable her to re-
turn to the States before Christ
mas. But she Is still here. still
busy. and would not return to
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Best Advertising Msdiun
Of It's Kind In The
Pacific Northwest
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-31
NO WORD ABOUT ARMY BOMBERS TO-DAY

Due to adverse weather condi- tiops it was reported that the Army bombing planes which had taken off for Nome yesterday. were forced to ertun to Fairbanks.
 Good weather reports were re- eiy&l here all day concerning weather in the near vicinity and on the Yukon river, but no furth- CT word of the bombing planes has been received up to the time of going to press.
 In fact, accodring to reports. 1t is unknown whether they are stil. in Fairbanks or whether they have left. No information is available at this time.
The Nome nugget., 1934-07-31
NAZIS REPLACE BULLETS WITH BOMBS

aaBy The Associated ,Press)
 VIENNA, July 31, New bomb ing outrages harrassed Austria s Facist government today as Nazis were replacing bullets With bombs in renewed campaign of terror. An explosion was reported from the provinces and in Vienna. The government Communique says that it is stamping out the revolt in the provinces. Many unsuccessful rebels are fleeing to Yugoslavia.