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Evening star., 1935-11-24
BY BEN McKELWAY.

BY BEN MckELWAF.
|OKIO (By MaiD.
What impresses me most
about Japan" I began conf
- dentially-
"Wait!" said my companion, an
American reporter on a Toxic news
paper, please don't say it!"
"Why?" I asked.
Because if hear it again won't
be responsible for my actions" said
the reporter. IT hear it from every
American who comes over here, and
they come over in droves. I hear it
at the Toxic Rotary Club every time
an American makes a speech, and
they love to make speeches. hear it
all day long in the lobby of the I'm
perial Hotel and hear 1t at night in
my Sleep" so
But you don't know what I was
going to say" protested.
"Oh yeah? Well, you were going
to say that you are impressed by the
frequently recurring mixtures of the
new West with the old East-the sud-
den contrasts between old Japan and
new Japan. Am I right?"
I had to admit it. But that's my
story and I intend to stick to 1t.
X n n X
Japanese Believe in Comfort
Disrobe in Trains.
In Kobe they usually take you from
the customs house to the station and
you make the original observation
that Kobe and the station might as
well be Washington or New York ex-
cept for the pretty costumes the ladies
and the children are wearing. And
after the red cap has put you in the
f1rst-class observation coach of the
Toxic express and the train has started
you notice three Japanese gentlemen
taking off their coats and vests and
conclude that until air-cooled trains
come to Japan along with the Pull
mans, Japanese made, that is very
sensible custom. But you catch your
breath as the gentlemen remove their
trousers and their shirts and sit
Evening star., 1935-11-24

crossed-legged in their union suits on
their chairs while the lady school
teacher from Chicago points furiously
out of the window and Historically
demands if you don't think the paddy
fields are cute They are modest
people, the Japanese, but not in our
way. And the aisle of the Pullman
car at night is the common dressing
room, unless one wishes to behave like
an American and disrobe In a short
and narrow berth.
Evening star., 1935-11-24

Bicycles Add to Traffic
Menace in Big Cities.
There may not be as many taxicabs
in Osaka and Toxic as in Washing
ton and Baltimore, but all taxi drivers
are descended from some common
ancestor. In Japan the taxi drivers
not only enjoy the international sport
of pedestrian batting, but have their
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Evening star., 1935-12-06

Palais Royal-Second F1oor-Linens
Evening star., 1935-12-06

Our Letter of Credit" Given
on Request if You Are Steadily
Employed Allows You Three
M onths S to Poy for Gifts
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
ROBSON SINGS
TOLARGE CROWD

Here for another presentation of
the song recitals which have made
him internationally famous, Paul
Robson, gifted baritone, again
held hundreds of listeners spell
bound with his inimitable voice last
Tuesday night on the University
of Washington campus.
Not only did this singer touch
the emotional chords of his listen
ers with his spirituals, but his en-
tire program, encores included,
stamped him definitely as an ar
fist capable of interpreting the
subtlest shades of vocal technique.
An example of the music-loying
public's eagerness to hear Mr.. Ro-
beson was given on this occasion
when, despite the late hour at
which the program began due to
temporary suspension of lighting
facilities, hearty applause greeted
every offering and encores were
generously renderd by the singer.
Since his last appearance in Sc
attic, four years ago, Mr.. Robson
also has made himself known as
one of the nations outstanding ar
lists in the talking picture indus
try
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Henry Sweet, Attorney, Chosen

DETROIT = Attorney Henry
Sweet, Of this city, who in 1925
faced life term in the Michigan
State Penitentiary for his alleged
part in the famous Sweet case,
and who was freed with the other
ten de Aandants by the NAACP,
was elected last Saturday presi-
dent of the Michigan State Confer
ence of Branches of the NAACP.
This dramatic development was re-
ceived with enthusiasm by the del
egates from all parts of Michigan
who attended the annual meeting
here, at which the Michigan State
Conference was spurred to renew
ed activity. The election Of Mr..
Sweet was characterized by Walt
er White, national Secretary of the
Association in his address to the
closing session of the two-day con-
clave, as being one of the most in
spring and gratifying incidents Of
the NAACP's history.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
FACE THE CORY FACTS

Few journalistic achievements
of recent years have caused such
Juror as the publication, by the
Readers Digest, of ]. c. Furnas'
article, And Sudden Death"
This article, which describes the
horror of automobile accidents in
the most realistic and even nause-
GUS terms, has been reprinted, in
whole or in part, in long list of
newspapers and magazines in the
country. 1t has become the basis
for speeches by safety and law
enforcement authorities. One Ca
madam province distributes copies
of it to drivers, and a New York
judge has started the practice of
reading it to traffic violators APP
pearing in his court.
Most important of all, perhaps,
the article may have established
journalistic precedent. One of the
country's large dailies recently an
nounced that henceforth it would
apply the And Sudden Death"
method in reporting major traffic
accidents. The descriptions will
no longer be confined to medical
terms and softened phrases. They
will include factr Il word pictures
of smashed skulls, of compound
fractures, of squirting arteries, of
crushed stests-of all the horrors
that are part and parcel of the ac-
cidents which claim 1000 lives a
year in this country.
Newspapers large and small
could well follow that example.
The driver who reads simply that
John Smith was killed when try
ing to make a corner at high speed
often passes the news by with a
minimum of thought. IF he read,
instead, that it was necessary to
scrape John Smiths body from his
smashed car, and that recognition
was made possible only by. exam
ination of his dental work, he'd
remember it.
It's time we faced the CORY facts
time we all realized that scenes
of an automobile accident can be
as horrible as battlefield And
it's time we remembered that au-
tomobiles have killed many more
Americans than have all the wars
of our history.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Negro Sergeant at Fort
Benning, Ca, Charged
With Outstanding Rate

FORT BENNING, Ga.-Consid-
cradle pride has been expressed re-
Gently by local army authorities at
the record of Sergeant Eugene Da-
Wis of Company &c" oath Infantry,
who has just reenlisted at the In
fantry School here after having
completed almost twenty-six years
of service with the United States
army. Sergeant Davis, who began
his military career on October IL,
1912, has the distinction of having
eight discharges with the character
rating of excellent, each dated Oc-
tober and each from the same COM
pany with which he originally en-
listed in 1912.
His service record is also con-
sidered one of the best in the coun-
try, it being reported that he has
never lost day in the line of duty
and has never had single day of
punishment.
Sergeant Davis has only four
years and three months left on the
period of thirty years which will
make him eligible for retirement,
one short discharge during his car
eer making the time little longer
than the customary ten enlist
ments. He has seen service in the
Philippine Islands, where he was
on duty for two years from Janu-
airy 1913 to September 1915. Dur
ing his stay there he participated
in the general upkeep of the Amer
lean army and was member Of
the battalion assigned to the task
of doing the work incident to the
army.
The sergeant is native Of Ma
con, Georgia, where he was born
on April 80, 1885. His first en-
listment, according to military re-
cords, was at Columbus, Ohio.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14

Comment drifting in here and there points to the very
important fact that great deal Of Northwestern talent lies
the shelf of disuse flares into prominence be-
medium has been provided for releasing these
hidden gems to others.
The ENTERPRISE, beginning with this issue, is In
auguratng program designed to give It's readers what
they want Since this is their paper they have ustable
for demanding consideration when ideas in their
possession of value the community and served
by their organ.
Hereafter, when your emotional responses tn some
happening reach the OVERLOOKING point send
letter article the ENTERPRISE that others may
know how your reactions events compare with their
The ENTERPRISE will deeply appreciate any mat
eria submitted for publication. Your poems letters,
of contributions in various fields, short sor
les and biographies of interesting yet relatively unknown
personalities will give added spark this publication
well acqusnt readers in other with local offerings
the literary field The ENTERPRISE believes in its read
ers abilities and naturally looks forward to hearty
ponse this venture. Stamped sefaddessed envel
opes should be incIosed with material to be returned
In the words of the youngster who urges his
rades into the fray: 'LETS GET GOINr
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
BRITISH OFFICIAL
Is SPEAKER AT
HAMPTON INSTI.

HAMPTON INSTITUTE ~ Mr..
Robert Wilberforce, of the British
Library Of information, New York
City, spoke here recently at chapel
services, on tie subject of the Bri-
fish Empire.
A descendant of Lord WILDER
force. the English statesman who
was largely responsible for the alb
clifton Of world slavery, Mr.. VIII
berforce's coming was awaited
with great interest.
introduced by President Howe,
he began his talk by stating that
the object Of education is to pro-
duce gentleneas-to train men to
be gentlemen and ladies' to be
gentle-women. This quality, he
said. he had found in so many col
ored people in the United States.
solemnly he begged the students
to let no circumstances rob them
Of this high quality which is at so
high a premium today.
Turning next to the subject as
signed him-he did not come to
Hampton to speak-he contrasted
the British Empire of the times of
Lord Wilberforce with that of the
pre- World War period and of to-
day. With practically the whole
world watching and applauding the
firm stand being made by his ma
tive country to compel peace in
Africa, the restraint and modesty
with which Mr.. Wilberforce mem
toned the fact that" the British
Commonwealth of Nations, by vir-
tue of its organization, is one of
the most powerful forces in the
world today leading toward peace"
were striking. He felt that the
League of Nations may well study
the Empires organization as a
pattern in its efforts to promote
peace. The restraint with which
he spoke of Great Britains efforts
for peace was a marked feature of
the whole address which was list
ened to with rapt attention BY the
students and staff.
OF unusual interest was Mr..
WilberfoIce's statement made af
ter the address that his office has
no information of the course Of af-
fairs Id Abyssinia other than that
carried by the press; and that the
backward state of communication
in the country is such as to render
this of doubtful value.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Negra Juryman Votes
Indictment at ScOttsbOrO

SCOTTSBORO, Ala, Nov. ID
~ The prosecution of nine Negro
boys in the Scottsboro criminal at
tack case was back today where it
started four and a half years ago,
with each indicted twice by mix
ed grand jury impaneled to meet
a Supreme Court objection to its
all-white predecessor.
Death in the electric chair faces
the boys, eight of whom were con-
victed previously, if they are con
victed again.
Greed Conyers, Negro farmer,
and school board trustee, served
on the eighteen-man jury which
late yesterday returned the true
bills charging attack. He was one
of two Negroes on the venire of
thirty-six.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Protege of Robinson
Taps in Record-Time

When you can tap-dapce faster
than a machine can fire bullets,
you're going right along. Eleanor
Whitney can do just that.
Eleanor, who is protege of Bill
Robinson, demonstrated her speed
recently on the set of Millions in
the Air" the Paramount amateur
radio farce. Placed in competition
with the fastest stock machine-gun
in the world, one shooting 500
shots minute, the pretty 15-year-
old hoofer came out ahead. Miss
Whitney accomplished her so taps
in four seconds. The gun came in
a poor second with a score of 81
for the same time.-NNF.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
DIR. Dubois Sees Italy's
Invasion As Turning
Point For Negro Race

ATLANTA, Ca. (Special)-It-
aly's attack on Ethiopia marks the
beginning of a new era for the
darker races, DR.. W. e. B. Dubois,
professor OF sociology in Atlanta
University, declared last week in a
public lecture on THE Future of
the Darker Races" at Morehouse
College. One may sense this, he
said, by comparing the present at
titude of the world toward this in
walton of Ethiopia with the lack Of
agitation that followed British and
German attacks on East Africa
and Uganda beginning in 1884, and
the attitude of Europe and Ameri-
ca toward the Boxer Rebellion.
1.-THE seizure of British and Ger
man East Africa and the annexa-
ton of Uganda forms as sharme-
full chapter in the history of inn
perial aggression as the world has
ever SEEN" he said. 1.-THE Boxer
Rebellion in China was fomented
by white aggression and punished
by a determination on the part of
Europe to dismember China. Yet
the whole procedure evoked almost
no protest from civilization or from
Christianity.
Contrast with this the feeling
in the world today. The conquest
OF Ethiopia is regarded not simply
as wrong, but it is recognized as
the most dangerous step that Eur
ope can take. The organized in
dustry of the white races with vast
investments of capital and the use
of miraculous technique has been
directed during the last one hum
bred years to the exploitation of
raw material and labor until the
over expansion of the capitalistic
system has landed the world on
edge of bankruptcy, both econom-
ic, social and moral.
I'm every modern land, but con-
specuously in Russia, an attempt
is being made to change the or
ganization of industry. This means
that the attempt of the white
world to dominate the dark world
has got to be given up by Europe
and America in sheer self de-
fense."
This points the clear duty of the
darker nations, DR.. Dubois believ-
es. Increasingly responsibility for
their own development will rest on
themselves. Colored people, he de-
clared, will be subject less and less
to physical coercion, exploitation,
and insult by white nations; they
will form part of a smaller and
more definitely integrated world,
and will be obliged to carry on the
reform and uplift movements, not
only under the eye of the world,
but in close connection with the
worlds economic and cultural in
terests.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Louis Beavers To Be
Joe's Dancing Partner

HOLLYWOOD - Miss Louise
Beavers is in Detroit, this week,
making a personal appearance at
the deluxe Michigan Theatre there.
She is to do a fashion show in Chi
cago next week for the Y.WC.A.
there and in cooperation with Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Louis. She writes
that when the promoters asked
Joe Louis what his favorite recrea-
ton was he replied, Dancing"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
RosenwaId Fund Prize

ATLANTA, Ga.-The offer by
the Rosenwald Fund of a thousand
dollars in prizes for work stories
of living Negroes has brought in
hundreds of stories from all sec
tons of the country, according to
a statement from the office of the
Commission on Interractial Coop
Grafton, which conducted the con-
test. These stories, the Commits
sion announces, are now being sift-
ed carefully by competent commit
tees in the effort to pick those
most worthy of the twenty awards
that are to be given.
The papers cover all types of ac-
tivities, under the five heads of
agriculture, business, industry, per-
sonal service, and the professions,
and in each of these classes there
will be four awards, a first prize
of 500, a second of $50, and two
of $25 each. The process of di-
costing this mass of material and
selecting the winners with the ne
.cessary care is not an easy task,
according to the Commission, and
will take considerable time. Those
who have submitted stories are re-
quested to wait as patiently as pos
sible for the results, which will be
announced both through newspa-
pers and by personal letters to all
the contestants.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Clyde Barrie, Baritone

Clyde Barrie, Columbia's Negro
baritone, will have an opportunity
to show his versatility when he
broadcasts an unusually varied
program over the CHS network on
Monday, November 18, from LAS
to 200 p. M, psf. The numbers
which he will sing include: ALAS
That Spring Should Vanish" by
Clark Harrington; TITS Me, o
Lord" Negro spiritual; Spanish
Dance No. 1" from deFalla's La
Vida Breve;;" ITO the Evening
Star" from Wagner's 'Tannhaus-
err" and 1.-THE Sleigh" by Kountz.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
FORMER PRESIDENT HOOVER
TO SPEAK ABOUT NEW DEAL

Former President Herbert Hoov-
er will discuss the New Deal in the
light of recent political and legal
developments when he speaks over
the Columbia network Saturday.
November 16, from Z to 7:30 pm,
psf.
The address, entitled "a Discus
sion of the New Deal" will be de-
hvered at dinner of the Ohio So
ciety in New York and will be
picked up from the grand ballroom
of the Hotel Pennsylvania.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Democracy

DR.. Harry w. Ladder, Executive
Director of the League for Indus
trial Democracy, and Chairman of
the Economics Committee of the
National Advisory Council on RAJ
dio and Education, will speak at
the Moose Hall, Friday NoYempeF,
is. 1T 9 3. H. Ills subject VIII BE
ocan We Save 6hA ID kAocracy?D
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
CON. MITCHELL Is
GUEST OF VIRGIN
ISLAND GOVERNOR

ST. THOMAS, v. I. CAMP -
Congressman Arthur w. Mitchell,
Democrat of Illinois, sthe first Ne
gro member of Congress to visit
the Virgin Islands, arrived here
recently as the guest of Governor
Lawrence Cramer. He lives at the
Governors palace and has estab-
hshed offices there.
In an interview with AMP the
Congressman made It clear that he
had already promised to supply
the Journal and Guide of Norfolk
exclusively with information rela-
tive to his activities here, but he
said, Il must state IN all frank
ness that this is a wonderful place,
and more of my people should
come here, they should become ac-
quainted with this place, the peo-
pie are so clean, hospitable and
law-abiding, and living here is
much cheaper than it Is IN the I'm
tied States. When I return home
1 will tell my constituents that
they ought to come here"
Combines Rest With Work
The Congressman is here prim-
arily on a vacation but he will al
so do considerable work while he
is here. He prides the fact that he
is the first Member of Congress to
come to the islands entirely at his
own expense to get a first hand
knowledge of what the United
States is doing here. He said that
he considered it his duty to visit
the islands. Ten years ago. said
he, Il was appointed a member of
a committee, along with other pro-
minent members of my Fraternity,
to visit the islands for the purpose
Of reporting on conditions. Then
the awful depression set in and we
had to abandon our plans, but from
that time 1 decided that some day
would come. Now, 1 am aware
that considerable legislation for
the isltnds win be proposed at the
next session of Congress and when
such legislation is presented in the
House of Representatives 1 want
to be in position where I can say
to my colleagues I have been to
the Islands and I am familiar with
their needs. In this way can bet
ter advise as to what should be
done for them"
Prior to coming here Congress
man Mitchell told friends in the
U. S. A. that he would name the
U. S. Judge for the Virgin Islands.
A white man, Albert Levitt, was
appointed, however, and arrived
here almost as soon as Mr.. Mitch
ell.
Congressman Mitchell praised
highly the attentions shown him
by Governor Cramer. A member of
the Staff has been placed at his
disposal to take him around. The
Congressman has made arrange
ments to spend most of his time
fishing. He rented a small yacht
and bought considerable fishing
tackle. He also plans to confer
with islanders so as to get a pic
ture of just what they want the
United States to do for them. He
finds that things are going on very
well here and the people seem to
be happy.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-14
Shaw U Prof Writes Play


CHICAGO (ANP)-Inclusion in
the new publication, Grinnell Plays
of 1.-THE Two Gifts" a one-act Ne
gro play by Arthur Clifton Lamb,
of the department Of English and
dramatics at Shaw university, Ra-
leigh, N. c., was announced this
week by the Dramatic Publishing
company, located here.
Lamb wrote the play while do
ing graduate work at Grinnell col
lege, Grinnell, Iowa, and produced
it for the first time at the African
M. E. Church at his home in Mus
catine, Iowa, with an all-Negro
cast. Later it was played by the
Grinnell college players at gath
ering of the Iowa federation of
women's clubs at Mason City.
Since graduation from Grinnell
in 1881, Lamb has had some exper-
fence on the New York stage be-
fore going to the post at Shaw.
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gro Democrats? l say, if we Ne
gro Democrats are willing to fol-
low the example of the Prodigal
Son and sarise," there is only one
way to do it: LET ALL THE NE
GRO DEMOCRATS REGARD
LESS OF CLUB AFFILIATIONS
COME TOGETHER AND FORM
ONE NEGRO DEMOCRATIC
CLUB.-Dr. Andrew T. King.
The Washington times., 1935-10-22
Silver Smuggling
Indicated in Japan

TOKYO. Silver smuggling
from China on an enormous scale
appears to be revealed by the Sep
tember trade figures which show
exports of silver from Japan in
September amounted to 20.973,.
600 yen compared with 1,350,000
in September, 1884. The officially
recorded imports of silver
amounted to only 1875 yen.
The Washington times., 1935-10-22
PICKETS FOR HER SON

job to the Steel and Metal Indus.
trial Workers Union, Local 303
which enforces a closed shop in
the Majestic plant.
Each day during the noon hour
and at closing time she walks back
and forth in front of the build
ing. Her feet are bandaged, her
steps are slow, but here she in
tends to stay until they give my
son q Job again"
The Washington times., 1935-10-22

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Blum q
Pearlstein, 10, gray-haired and
frail, daily pickets the office build
ing at 200 varick st.
A sandwich.board sign she wears
says that her son, Max, was fired
from his job with the Majestic
Metal Specialties Company be-
cause he was mot q Communist" !"
She blames the loss of her sons
The Washington times., 1935-10-22
James Toomey Named
To Catholic u. Post

James e. Toomey, son of Mr..
and Mrs. v. L. Toomey, 3135 High
land Pl. N. W., has been appointed
secretary Of the Inter-Club Coun.
Gil at Catholic University
A graduate of st. Johns Col.
lege, Of Washington, Toomey is a
junior at Catholic University and
prominent in extracurricular &C.
tivities
The Washington times., 1935-10-22
JOB SNIFFERS LOSE DOLE

commissioner, who said that such
procedure had been threatened
before but that this was the first
time it had been carried out.
Tate said the men refused to
work for the wages specified and
objected to making the daily trip
to the park. Two hundred men
already have been sent from
White Plains to the project, and
200 more are expected to go next
wpek