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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-27
Wisconsin Official Dead

Wisconsin Official Dead
HOT SPRINGS, Ark, May 81
Lieut.. Gov. Thomas J. O'Malley of
Wisconsin died suddenly of heart
disease here today.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Divine Writes Delany
On Harlem Taxes

NEW YORK-(C)-Father Di-
vine went to the bat for embattled
Harlem taxpayers in a special de-
livery letter to Tax Commissioner
Hubert T. Delany. in which he
charged that Harlem property is
assessed far in excess of its ac-
a.ual value. 81 notice through care
full investigation. he wrote, ION
much of the property in Harlem
and in other parts of the City
property is assessed for from rs
to so per cent more than the ac-
tual value Of the property or what
it could be sold for if it was poss-
lille to make a sale. There is a
house at SO E. 122nd street as
sessed for $4,000, when the inn
mediate property is only valued at
$4,000. There is also another
house at 16 West 131st street as
sessed much more than actual val
ue Property all through Harlem
and other parts of the city are as
sessed at an unusual high rate,
which is in violation of the law of
Righteousness. truth and justice for
which we are contending"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Children Stage Free
for-An in Cen. Park

NE WORK (C) What was
termed "Junior Riot or echild
Riot took place Saturday in Cen
trail park when a crowd of white
and colored children battled for
fifteen minutes over ice cream ami
cake. About $4,000 hildren of
both races we're led to the park OH
the sixteenth annual June Walk
OF the Monongahela Democratic
Club. 18th A. p. NJ. F. Henry,
grand marshal of the walk. said
he tried to separate the children
on basis of race because he
thought there might be trouble.
Negro and oPrto Rican children
were classed together. About three
o'clock It is claimed about forty
colored boys entered the park al
East goth street and seized ice
cream and candy Of several pic
.sssckers In few minutes several
hundred children had joined the
fray, throwing bottles and stones,
and welding sticks. Twenty-Five
policemen rushed to the scene and
restored order
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
new POLITICAL
PARTY IN HARLEM

NEW YORK fC)-A new pol
itical party. known as the INDIE
pendent Political Action party. was
formed in a two-day convection at
the Renaissance Casino in Harlem
Saturday and sunday. More than
100 delegates. representing social.
religious and civic organizations.
attended. The convention s1nsia-
cred the possibility Of ensSsl1.- an
Independent slate Of candidates Ia
the corning elections IN the 21st
Congressional District and the 17th,
10Th and 2lst Assembly Districts
Donelan Philips, president Of the
Consolidated Tenants League, was
unanimously elected permanent
chairman A decent housing pro-
gram, the erection Of new school
buildings, and less discrimination
ID relief administration, were
among the points made in his
speech. Delegates came il groups
from washington Heights. Upper
and Lower Harlem.
/. E.. LawIor, temporary char
man, told the delegates. nearly
half Of whom were white, that q
united TIarleni means a better Har
lem for all Of us. Bitter experience
indicates that we can never ex
pect proper attention to our needs
from any city administration be
it Fusion or otherwise, unless T7ar-
lem is represented By candidates Of
an Independent HarIem-controlled,
political party witk an all-Harlem
program
From lower Harlem to Wash
ington Heights, whether Latin An
erican or West Indian Negro or
white. we Harlemites fully realize
today that however sincere some
Of our Tammany, Fusion or Re
publican leaders may be they arc
frustrated at every step by down
town control The remedy has been
apparent for years and today the
intoIerable misery of this commur-
ity has reached stage where in
dependent political action is not
only necessary but IS the only pos
sibie solution
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Miss Harrison's Book
Is the Best SEEKER

NEW YORK (C) The first
book by colored author to be
listed in the best seller list Of
the Book Magazine Of the New
York Herald Tribune is My Great,
Wide, Beautiful World by Juan
tia Harrison, which appeared 14th
on the list Of % non-fiction best
sellers in the last Sunday June
211 issue. The book, listed under
sWhst America Is Reading is
shown to be selling y Soicmbus,
o.. Hollywood, St. Louis, San FralS-
cisco, Scranton and Spokane. The
book takes the space just above
1.-THE American Language w II,
L. Mencken, and just below "John
Q. Public Speaks. by Boake Car
ter. Pearl S. Bucks The Exile
is also listed below Miss Harrison's
book.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Backs Great Britain's
Betrayal of Ethiopia

ATLANTA, Ca. -(C) The At
lanta Constitution, in its leading
editorial Saturday captioned "Bri-
tain'g Wise Conclusion" backs En-
glands betrayal of Ethiopia as
follows:
Admitting that Ethiopia no
longer exists as a sovereign state,
and that nothing short of war,
which would eventually involve all
Europe, could overthrow the new
empire gained by Italy in Africa,
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
made a bold bid for peace in Eu-
rope by announcing to the house
Of commons that Great Britain
considers it dangerous and useless
to continue anti-Italian penalties,
and win take the lead in having
them lifted without delay at the
June 80 meeting of the League of
Nations Assembly"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
STUDY NEGRO COM
POSERS IN HARLEM

NEW YORK to- THE Thomas
Negro Composers Study Group, in
THE Evolution of the Negro Thru
Music" filled the auditorium Of the
Harlem YWCA last Thursday eve
ming. This group of young people
is under the direction of Blanche
K. Thomas; and their study of the
works of Negro composers showed
a marked Improvement.
The program led the audience
from Africa where only the Tom
Tom was heard, through slavery
with its spirituals Of warning, adj
vice. hopes and salvation; through
daily life with work songs and
games. This period was from 1919
to 1868. The second part covered
from 1866 to 1886, the freedom
period, and made use Of arranged
spirituals. These included Pill
Song five parts of Carl Diton;
Wen. go on and serve the Lord
by W. c. Handy; Done paid my
vow to the Lord" by Dett; "Oh
didn't II Rain" by Burleigh; and
Wonder whore is good old Dan
iel" by Blanche Thomas.
Part three utilized modern COM
positions, including Lift Ev'ry
Voice and Sing by ]. Rosamond
Johnson, Little Mother of Nine
and deep River" by Burleigh, etc.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Ickes Present AT
Cornerstone Laying

NEW YORK, (ANP) - Public
Works Administrator Harold
L. Ickes took part in the cere-
monies marking The completion of
the foundation Of the Harlem River
House, the low rental project for
colored tenants at 153rd street and
Harlem ricer, Saturday, June 20.
The traditional custom of placing
blessed penny under the final
stone of the foundation as 1t is
put in place will be followed. The
final stone will be laid by Ickes
and Mayor La Guardia and will be
the signal for starting work on the
superstructurc.
Presiding viii be Tenement
House Commissioner Langdon Post.
The chairman of the meeting will
be Walter F. White of the NAACP.
Others to speak include Mrs. Car
tia V. Roane of the New York
State Department of LABOR, Bish-
OPP J. w. Brown of Mother Zion
M. E. Church and Dr. P. M. H.
Savory.
The project to cost $47O0,0O0 is
being constructed by the Housing
Division of the WPA with the CO.
operation of the New York City
Housing Authority. There will be
seven buildings containing 574
apartments with 1,94O rooms. They
will cover four blocks.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
wa. STATE TROOPERS Put WOMAN OFF BUS
FORCED TO GIVE
UP SEAT TO WHITE
MAN AND WIFE

NEW YORK Miss Edna Reed
Of Yonkers New York filed a COM
plant here this week with { E
NAAcP charging that four Virgin
ia state troopers forced her to
leave a bus at Alexandra, Va, At
1890 a. M May 10 because she
refused to surrender her seat to a
wnite man, his wife and child.
Miss Reed states that she bought
ticket No. 254s over the Great
Eastern bus tsystem from New
York to Greensboro, N. c. and was
assigned to seat No. 16 She board
ed a bus in Yonkers and was
brought to the New York city bus
terminal where she took her seat
in the through bus for Grenbmo.
She says she was told she could
have seat No. is to Richmond, Va
ana then might have 10 change in
Faccordance with state laws.
She says a white man, his wife
and child boarded the bus just cut
side Of Washington and there were
no seats for them. The driver, Jack
Mccall. No. "a, told her she would
have to give up her seat. This she
refused to do. After some argu-
ment, the passengers took a hand
and the situation looked threaten
ing, most Of them being hostile to
Miss Reed She stuck to hen point,
however, but at Alexandra, Va,
the driver summoned four state
troopers who told her she would
give up the seat cor else"
Miss Reed left the bus at about
1890 midnight, took another bus
to Washington and continued from
there to Greensboro by train. She
has just returned to New York af
liter her visit and has placed the
whole matter in the hands Of the
NAACP. whose legal committee is
studying methods of action for re-
dress.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
How To Stop War

I'm the presidential campaign
this year, ascertain which candi-
date for the presidency will prom
Use never to send single soldier
abroad for war purposes while he
is president; and vote for that can
didate, regardless of party, who
guarantees he viii make good his
promise. Furthermore, agitate and
put over a constitutional amend
nent which will provide that under
no circumstances. either in peace
or war, shall any man with gun
on his back or in his hand, leave
the continental limits of the Unit
ed States. These things done, and
war will end, even under Capital
ism"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
BILL ROBINSON LISTED WITH
MOVIE STARS AT FIGHT

NEW YORK calvin Service)
Dixie Tighe, writing in the New
York Post, listed Bill Robinson
with Hollywood movie stars who
had prominent seats at the joe
Max bout. Miss Tighe wrote: bill
Robinson, whose feet were tapping
to the sporadic measure of the
blows, wore a special getup for the
fight. It's a Hollywood style. the
shirt made of the same plaid pat
tern as the suit
Other screen and theatrical not
abies present were Dorothy Mac
kali, Anne Pennington, George
Raft and Beatrice Lille Mayor
La Guardia was there, and got just
as excited as the rest; and J. Ed
gar Hoover, head Oman, was al
the lingside.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
ToIan and MetcaIfe
Compete With Whites

DALLAS, Tex tC1 It took
Eddie ToIan and Ralph Metcalfe te
break the southern rule that Negro
and white athletes shall not COM
pete in the South. Tolan and Met
cafe for the first time in the South
Wed with white athletes in the Cot
ton Bowl Friday night. This was
also the first track meet ever held
under lights in Dallas. Tuskegee,
Xavier. piIlard, Prairie View, WI
Icy. Bishop. Sam Huston and Book
er Washington High Of this city
also had entries. This was special
feature Of the Centennial
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Debate ssSouthern Pol
icy" At Chapel Hill

CHAPEL HILL. N. c. Ca
difference Of opinion on Southern
Sociological Policy developed here
at the Southern Institute on Re-
gional Development, now in ses-
sion. The Interracial Commission
is one Of the organizations seek
ing to influence the future social
policy Of the South. DIR. Howard
W. Odum, director of the Institute
Of Research in Social Science OF
the University Of North Carolina,
an authority on the Negro and a
strong Interracial Commission man,
favors the universities taking the
lead IN developing a framework for
regional planning
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Ickes NAACP Address
On Network June 20

NEW YORK The address of
Secretary Harold L. Ickes of the
Department of the Interior to the
opening mass meeting Of the 27th
annual conference of the NAACP
in Baltimore win be broadcast over
coast-to-coast NBC network on
Monday night, June 20, 9:s0 to 10
p. m. Eastern standard time.
The address will be delivered to
more than two thousand delegates
and visitors VINO will be assembled
in the Sharp Street Memorial M
E. church at Dolphin and Fitting
streets.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Dr.. johnson to Present
Spingarn Medal July 3


NEW YORK Br Mordecai W.
Johnson. President Of Howard INT
versity ana winner Of the 18th
splngarn medal. yin make the adj
dress presenting the 22nd spiq-
gafn medal to Mrs. John Hope Tor
TIE late Or. John Hope
The presentation win be made
during the 9th annual conference
of the NAAcP IN Baltimore, Mary
land. the night Of July 3 Ia sharp
Street Memorial n. E. church. This
is the first time IN the history Of
the awarding Of the medal that It
has been given posthumously
The preientation Of the spingarn
medal win be only one Of the fee
lures Of the NAAcp conferences.
One Of the most important meet
ings win Be held TuEsiay night,
Jane 80, when John Brophy, sec
Rotary Of the Committee for In
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
HOW scHMELlNc LOOKED
AFTER THE FIGHT

-a YORK; calvin Seruce)
Joseph Goodman, writing IN the
New York Post Saturday, describ-
ed Max Something's appearance af-
ter his defeat of Joe Louis as fol-
lows: Maxs face was a scramble
Of flesh. His left eye was a hum
mock Of purple, blue and pink ris-
sue. To see the persons to whom
ne spoke he had to turn his head
and peer through his half-closed
right eye. You knew he ached Ia
every muscle and bona.s
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
Jesse Owens Breaks
Another World Record

cHIcAGO-tC) Jesse Overs
of Ohio state University, broke ar
other world reco:d at the National
Collegiate meet at Stage Field on
Saturday when he ran 100 meters
in 1902 seconds, beating the pre-
sent world mark by a second.
Owens won four events, making
him the individual star Of the meet.
He won the broad jump with a leap
of 20 feet and 10 7-s inches, cap
tured the 100 meter dasc. won the
~ meter dash in 21.3, aud won
the ~ yard low hurdles. As ....Iss
suit Of Owens exploits, Ohio took
first and second place, while Indi-
ana University came third and
Stanford University fourth.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
ERNST HARDWARE
EMPLOYS NEGRO

]. w. Johnson, 700 10Th Avenue
South, pioneer Seattle resident, was
recently given employment by the
Ernst Hardware Co, one Of Seat
ties Oldest and most reliable retail
merchants.
Mr. Johnson invites his friends
to come in and see the splendid
display of useful articles at prices
to suit your pocket.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
liz eATE-lT Was SLIM

NEW YORK; Calvin Service)
Evidently Promoter Mike Jacobs
was using his imagination when ne
announced two days before the
fight that the advance ticket sale
was 100000. AS it turned out, the
paid attendance was only s0,s98,
the gross receipts $5475s1, with q
net gate of $464,945. Joe AID Rssx
got approximately S125,000 each.
So the widely ballyhoed 1000
for twelve minu.es turned out to be
the taking Of o terrific beating for
nearly an hour by each man for
less than half that sum.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
DAILY PRESS is KIND TO
MARIA AND JOE in DEFEAT

NEW YORK calvin Service
Marva Louis was still a pretty
wife to reporters of the daily pa
pers. and Joe was game" fight
er, even though he last By a knock
out. The papers showed they had
a real affection for Joe and his
wife, and did not 'ride" him when
he lost. Most of the sports writers
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

still think Joe IS a wonderful fight
er, and that the licking he took
from Max VIII form valuable part
Of the experience he ppeds 70 Be-
come a ring veteran II the fullest
sense Of the word. Even Cerle Tun-
ney said after the fight, thaz Joe
should not have jumped up whe1
he was knocked down II the fourth
but should have rested to the count
Of nine.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

BALTIMORE, Md. tc) The
Baltimore Sun faced the embar-
RAISING situation of having to cor
rect calling q white man colored IN
its Friday edition. The Correction
stated: ION the basis of a telephone
report from the scene of the acct
dert, E. P. scarboro, of Rocks.
killed Thursday night IL the coun-
ty, was enormously described as a
Negro. The Sun regrets the error"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
More About Joe Louis
1oE DESERVES ANOTHER
CHANCE, SAYS BRAppock

gtAss ~ '@fA . A@HtFs - - ~
NEW YORK. Calvin Service
Joe Louis deserves another chance
at Max schmeling and also a
chance at the heavyweight title
IN spite Of the knockout by sehmel
ing Friday night, says campion
James J. Breddock.
Braddock who had picked Joe
to win. was at the ringside, and in
a signed article after the fight, says
Joe proved he Is q good fighter
even though he was defeated Brad
dock says be is confident he can
beat Schmeling, and he is still VII
ling to give Joe a chance at the
title after he fights schmeling Ia
the fail.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

ATLANTA, Ga.-(C) Enroll
ment at Atlanta University Sum
mer School has reached a total of
625, setting a new record, accord
ing to director John P Whitaker.
224 of the students are registered
for graduate work. 20 pastors are
in attendance. A faculty of so is
handling thel btRhisf school.
unIyrRSl1Y OF wssHiSesO'
SEATTLE
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Gown
liam Johnson, who picked q pair
of handouts and left them hang.
ing on a chair in the office Of a.
e. McDuff, private detective, was
recaptured few hours later ON
Thursday afternoon when a de-
scription was broadcast which mem
toned his wearing a red shirt. He
failed to change shirts, and was
quickly apprehended. He is now in
jail on a charge Of suspected for
gerry
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

ROME (c)-M ussolini has de-
clined to have italian ambassadors
presenting credentials to countries
not recognizing the annexation Of
Ethiopia to omit Emperor Of Eth
iopia" in the title Of King Victor
Emmanuel, and simply say they
represent the King Of Italy
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (C)
Leland Stowe, writing in the Her
aid Tribune Monday, says Demo-
cratic Chairman Farley is hot af-
ter the Negro vote, and that the
Lilly White tradition has been
stamped out as an extra induce
ment to colored voters to come in.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

MARsHALLvILLE, aA-(c]-
Two colored men were killed IA a
wind and hail storm which swept
across middle Georgia Friday
night One victim died as & barn
in which he sought refuge collaps-
ed
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

NEW YORK-(c) A check
through several southern dailv
newspapers revealed that the
Knoxville Journal, Richmond Times
Dispatch. Durham Morning Herald
and Baltimore Sun carried pic
turo Of Joe Louis even though he
was defeated.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

RALEIGH. N. Ca young
white man died in the lethal gas
chamber Friday night for the muir
der Of his wife. but John PRESLEY.
a colored man, who was to have
gone the same route for the slay-
ing Vester Golver in a game Of
chance, was reprieved by Governor
Ehringhaus at the last minute.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

KEEP OFF DATE-ELKs PIC
MIC, LONELY ACRES PARK
MONDAY, AUGUST srd.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26
vEvEY. sWTTzERLAND-(cl

NhVHf, 5WIIIEhLAND-l 60
The 13-room villa of Emperor
Halle selassie, situated on the
shore Of Lake Geneva. bears q For
Sale sign. The house was acqulr-
ed several years ago for the En-
peror's daughter. Princess Yechi-
mabat, now Il.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

Please keep off dale Monday,
july f3, Second Annual sholar.
ship Dance.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

MONTGOMERY, Ala (CD
THE largest summer school for
Negro teachers in the world was
announced here at the close Of the
third week Of the Montgomery ir-
mingham-Mobile set-up with an en-
rollment of 2,727. The previous re-
cord high was 2,31s in 1881. Il
Council Trenholm is president.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

SEMORA, N. -(C) Mrs.
Minnie Crawley's two-year-old son
died Thursday after eating conceL-
trated I've from a can in the yard
of their home. The mother had
been washing and left the I've on
the wash bench. The child's grand
mother, Mrs. Mary Cunningham.
died two days before.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1936-06-26

MISS RUTH GWENDOLYN ~ Of Kingston, Pa, VINO n
Paris o rsity group
spent year studying the capitol
At the conclusion the
all which conducted French and given BY French
respective fields There IS
the group representing nationality z Americans from the
Of being
scholarship
the
ed M. the end Of the Spring quarter.