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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
Justice Black Home,
Refuses to Explain

This is a great reception. I
am really delighted"
Black was greeted by Thomas
M. Woodward of the United
States Maritime Commission and
Mrs. Woodward, old friends of the
Blacks.
AS the justice ate his breakfast,
the Baltimore Mail Liner City Of
Baltimore resumed it's trip into
port from quarantine.
MET BY RELATIVES
Mrs. Black and Mrs. Woodward
breakfasted in the dining room
while the Justice and Woodward
remained in the formers state
room.
Two relatives of Mrs. Black
Sterling ]. Foster and Clifford
Derr, the latter counsel to the Re
construction Finance Commission
Joined Black in his stateroom
for breakfast and presumably to
discuss the nature of his state
ment, if any.
The new Justice wore a dark
blue Single-breasted suit and red
and white necktie. His hair was
rumpled from the stormy breeze
which blew across the City Of Nor
folks deck.
Mrs. Black wore black dress
and black hat. She said her first
Job would be house-hunting in
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
RESTS AT HOME
OF BOETTIGER
Wildly Cheered at End
Of CrosS-Nation Trip
BY GEORGE DURNO

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. %
Roosevelt found welcome Seclu-
sion today at the home OF their
son-in-law and daughter, John and
Anna Boettiger, after completing
a 3,O0O.mile cross-country train
ride featured by rousing recep-
lions that recalled his victorious
campaigns of 1882 and 1885.
Quiet rest and romp with his
two grandchildren, "Sistie" and
"Buzzie" Dali, Mrs. Boettiger's
children, were the chief activities
on the Presidential schedule to-
day. The Roosevelt's Oldest son,
James, and wife, also were here.
LOUDLY CHEERED
The first family arrived amid
loud cheering at 9 o'clock P.S.T)
last night and rode the IL miles
to the Boettiger home in flower
decked automobile through a
crowd that literally went wild.
Police were unable to restrain
them.
The President and his party
will leave Seattle tomorrow morn
ing for a one-day trip to Victoria,
British Columbia, and then start
the homeward trip to Washington
by way of Grand Coulee, a New
Deal hydroelectric and irrigation
project in Washington on the Co
lumbia River; Montana, North
Dakota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Il
linois, and Ohio.
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke at the Bon
neville project in Oregon yeSter-
day. It was learned that John D.
Ross, longtime manager Of Sc
attle's municipal power system,
and now q member of the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission,
would be administrator Of the
Bonneville project.
MAKES EXTRA STOPS
Mr.. Roosevelt also spoke at the
Works Progress Administrations
$650,000 Timberline Lodge, a
mountain resort work-relief prof.
ect on Mount Hood, in oregon. He
announced that the inn, fur
nished completely with hand
made work Of jobless, was to be
Federal experiment in furthering
its recreation policies"
Between $4,000 and 100000
persons filled an arterial highway
through Portland, Ore, another
$4,000 were at Vancouver, Wash,
just across the Columbia River
from Portland, where Mr.. Roose-
welt boarded his special train
again.
Along the railroad right Of way
from Vancouver to Seattle, the
Roosevelt special made several
unscheduled stops because of
throngs gathered at KelSo, Che.
halls and Centralia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
n. Y. Seeks Return
OF Racket Suspect

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 20 Q.N.S.)
Governor Lehman has called
upon the Governor of California
to extradite Max Silverman,
sought in connection with the New
York city bakers racket. Silver.
man is held in Los Angeles on an
extortion charge. Governor Leh.
man signed the jextradition re.
quest upon a plea from Rackets
Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey Of
Manhattan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
Invaders Close In
On Suiyuan Areas

TOKYO, Sept. 20 QN.S0
c o m bined Japanese Monaghan
forces are closing in on Suiyan
province, far west of Peiping, from
four routes, japanese official news
agency reports from North China
stated today. The advices said
Chinese mongols" were threaten.
ing to rise against the Marking
government and help in Japan's
campaign to Subdue China.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
BABY
BLAZE VICTIMS

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. 20
G.N.SJ.-Trapped by flames in
their bedroom when fire swept
their home today, Mrs. Sarah Al
fone, 10, and her two-month-old
son were overcome by smoke and
died before firemen could rescue
them.
Dominic Alfone, 80, the hus-
band, suffered serious burns when
he entered the building in an ef-
fort to save them.
When firemen fought their way
into the building they found the
lifeless form of Mrs. Alone on the
floor and the baby in a crib a
few feet away.
Nearly a score of other persons
were driven to the street by the
fire which caused damages Of
$4,000. An overheated oil burner
was blamed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
Robbery Attempt
Jails Four Youths

BETHESDA. Md, Sept. 90
-Four Washington youths were
held at the Rockville jail today on
a charge of attempted housebreak-
ing after an attempt to break into
a District Grocery Store at
Georgetown Road and Melrose
Avenue here.
The youths identified themselves
as Stanley Taylor, 10, of the first
block Seventh St. N. E.; Herbert
Joyner, 20, of the 500 block D st.
N. E.: Horace Brigham, 10, of the
800 block G st. N. E., and George
st. Clair, 81. of the 400 block
Tenth st. N, E,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
BRITAIN WEIGHS
THREAT TO DUCE

LONDON, Sept. 20 G.N.SO.
Britain's cabinet met today to
approve a new British plan de-
signed to persuade Italy - by
threats and by cajolery--to agree
to a general settlement of the
Spanish civil wa.
The British government, Inter
national News Service learned,
will notify Italy secretly, through
diplomatic channels, that if she
refuses to agree to withdraw her
volunteers" from Spain, Britain
will be reluctantly compelled to
acquiesce" in the French inten-
ton to open the Franco-Spanish
frontier.
PARIS, Sept. 20 QNSJ.
Italian, French and British naval
experts today reached an agree
ment on revision Of the Nyon &C
cord for the Mediterranean anti
pirate patrol, the ministry Of ma
rine announced.
The new agreement will be
signed at 6 p. m, it was stated.
It was believed the new accord
provides for Italian participation,
on a basis of equality with Britain
and France, in the Mediterranean
patrol.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
Reich Press Hits
i. S. News Stories

BERLIN, Sept. 20 G.N.S0.-In
editorials obviously inspired by
official sources, the government
controlled German press today
violently assailed what it termed
a new "anti-German atrocity cam.
paign" in American newspapers.
Papers in the United States, the
editorials stated, are attempting
to link Germany to alleged Japa-
nese orutalitieS in China,
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CONTINUED from Page u

Supreme Court office" he an.
Swered.
Before talking to newspaper
men, the Justice posed for cam
eramen and newsreels for S min
utes. He was in extremely good
humor. He dropped his smile in
only one instance. That was when
first greeted by correspondents as
the boat lay off quarantine and
a reporter offered him clippings
from Pittsburgh newspaper de-
failing his alleged connection with
the Khan.
Accompanied by his wife, the
newly-appointed Supreme Court
juriSt returned to the United
States aboard the liner City Of
Norfolk after a European vacation
interrupted by published charges
he took an oath as life member of
the hooded order.
More than 100 newspaper men
met Justice Black aboord the City
Of Norfolk at quarantine.
When he first encountered the
questioning army, Black pleaded
he had not yet eaten breakfast
and promised to talk to the news
paper men later.
DELIGHTED BY WELCOME
II wonder if you would care
to have the series Of stories pub.
lished by the Post Gazetteer" a
representative Of the Pittsburgh
paper asked.
"You can take that back to
Mr.. Block" paul Block, pub
Usher Of the Post Gazette), JUS
tice Black said sharply, closing
his State-room door.
Earlier, Black smilingly posed
for photographs, saying:
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In Portland, Ore, and in Van
couver and Seattle, people hailed
him with a zeal that startled
critics and friends and even up
set the police preparations for his
protection.
POLICE BRUSHED ASIDE
For a full II miles by the speed
ometer Of his car, Roosevelt drove
through the streets of Portland
between lanes three-deep in the
thinnest parts. In the center of
the city, police lines were brushed
aside; Secret Service men on the
running board Of his car pushed
back admirers who tried to touch
his coat or grasp his hand. At
times the parade came to a dead
halt.
Correspondents who had been
with F. D. R. in the Northwest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
JAPANESE DENY
TERRORIST WAR
ON CHINA PEOPLE.
Embassy Explains Aim
Of Raids on Cities
BY ROBERT G.. NIXON
Copyright. 1887. by International
News Ssrvice)


The japanese government to
day denied, through its embassy
here, China's charges she was
waging a terrorist war on defense
less civilians by indiscriminate all
raids on Chinese cities.
In an exclusive interview with
International News Service, Y
Suma, counselor and charge
d'affaires of the japanese EN-
bassy, made this defense Of
Japan's military maneuvers ir
China:
/. Japan is not engaged in
war in China but is defending
the rights conveyed her under
the Boxer protocol and other
treaties, and defending the lives
of her nationals residing in
China.
I'm DEFENSE OF RIGHTS"
2. Air raids have been and will
continue to be directed solely
against military detectives.
3. Japan is not violating the
nine-power pact as her military
operations are in defense of her
rights, and she is not assailing
China'S territorial integrity.
guaranteed by the pact.
4. Japan hopes China will
agree to an early peace.
The conflict, Suma asserted
was precipitated by attacks Of
Chinese military forces on Japa'
nese troops.
AIR RAIDS EXPLAINED"
Japan's position on the air raids
on Marking, Hankow, Canton and
other Chinese cities, as explained
by Suma, Is this:
Marking is an armed encamp.
ment," filled with and surrounded
by heavy Notifications. It is the
capital, headquarters Of China's
military operations and the heart
Of her continued aggression
against Japan.
Japan is determined that Nan
kings military importance must
be destroyed in order to stop the
conflict.
SECRET STORES REVEALED
Suma said that for two years
Generalissino Chang Kai-Shek
had been secretly building vast
subterranean Notifications at
Marking and storing military sup
plies against the day when China
would seek to drive Japan from heI
soil.
At Hankow, the Chinese govern
ment has stored other vast quaint
ties of war materials, and this city
constitutes her chief source Of
supplies.
Huge wa supplies also are stored
in warehouses at Canton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
Third Division Post
For w. Shoemaker

William A. Shoemaker has been
appointed membership officer Of
the Washington branch Of the
Third Division by Major Ittai L.
Luke newly elected president Of
the organization,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
HITLER PARADES
HIS TROOPS AS
IL DUCE LEAVES
Grand Finale Staged
As DiCtatorS Part
BY PIERRE ]. HUsS

BERLIN, Sept. 20 dNS9.
Along a route guarded by thous-
ands Of rifle-armed troops, Pre-
mier Mussolini today sped back
to italy at the close of a five-day
visit spent inspecting the Reich's
military might and discussing in
ternational collaboration with
Reichsfuehrer Hitler.
AS a grand climax before bidding
his distinguished visitor farewell.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler staged an
other German army parade for
Premier Mussolini today.
The renewed military demon
stration served to symbolic before
the world the re-pledged and re-
fortified solidarity of the Rome"
Berlin Axis" resulting from Il
Duce's five-day visit to Germany.
10000 TROOPS MARCH
Twenty thousand troops partici-
pated in today's parade Of mill
tary might.
Their farewells at the station
gave the dictatorS a chance for q
final brief talk. Shaking hands
lengthily, Mussolini hung out his
car window and Derfuehrer con-
versed will, him from below until
the train started moving.
The same grand-Scale precau-
lions to protect Mussolini that
marked his arrival were taken for
the farewell trip. Strong detach-
ments of Italian and German
guards filled the trains coaches.
Special police armed with rifles
guarded the track and bridges
leading from Berlin since dawn.
TROOPS ALONG ROUTE
Local Nazi and army troops were
stationed at brief intervals along
the entire route.
Earlier, MusSolini, accompanied
by Italian Foreign Minister Count
Ciano, his son-in-law. placed q
wreath at the base of the memorial
to Germany's World War dead in
the Inter Den Linden. Then he
returned to the presidential pal
ace, from which he and Hitler
drove together to the Charlotten-
burger Chaussee, opposite the tech
nical high school, to review the
parade.
Following luncheon at the chan.
celery, Hitler escorted Mus.
soIini to the Lehrter station and
there bid him farewell in the pres
ence of the German cabinet. Dep
uty Nazi Leader Rudolph Hess will
accompany MuSsolini to the Aus
tro-German border.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-09-29
West Enthusiastic
In Hailing President
By JOHN o'DoNNELL

SEATTLE Wash, Sept. 80 (CTPS).-In series of ire
mendous size fervor his cam
paign receptions in the Northwest President ended
the westward thrust of his transcontinenta Journey
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
THE LAW STEPS IN

This week was a disastrous one
for south end cocktail clubs. Mon
day night the state liquor control
board raided the Green Dot Club
where liquor was seized, and the
bar tender, Dan Cunningham, ar
rested Cunningham was later re-
leased on $500 cash bail. The same
night, the state officers visited the
416 Club where liquor as well as
furniture and fixtures were seized,
and the bar tender, Sidney Dago.
arrested. He was also later re-
leased on $500 cash bail. Tuesday
night the state officers again Wis
tied the 416 Club, this time to
seize q quantity of liquor, and ar
rest S. Owens, Jack Williams and
Sidney Dago. The Main Event
Pool Hall likewise felt the reform
movement of the law when it was
raided on the same night, liquor
seized and w. ]. Mcdonald and r.
K. Brown lodged in the county
jail All defendants were later re-
leased on $500 bail each.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
Youth Forums Are
Now At Local Y's'

Pronounced interest in Seattle
Public Forums, expressed by var
ious youth organizations in the CT
tv, has led to the establishment Of
a series of youth Forums" to De
conducted each Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock in the auditorium
of the Y. w. c. A. and the club
rooms of the Y. M. c. A.
These Youth forums. like the
regular meetings of Seattle Public
Forums, are free to the public. All
young people between the ages of
16 and 80 are invited. The meet
ings viii be for mixed groups.
Young men and women are invited
to attend The forums at either the
YWCA or the YMCA.
Leaders of the Youth forums
win be John Brown Mason of Dem
yer at the YWCA and Ernest r.
Bryan of Boston at the YMCA.
Can We Plan for Peace ?" viii
be the topic of the second forum
at the YwCA Sunday, February
IA. Question up for discussion at
the YAfCA the same afternoon is
to be Where is America Head
ed?"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
Ford Is Cheered By
Mexican Congress

MEXICO CITY, Mexico lCNA)
James w. Ford. Communist
Vice Presidential candidate in '36,
received an enthusiastic ovat 4
at the convention Of the Comm :
list Party of Mexico, held IN lis
city. The American Communist
leader compared Che struggles of
the Mexican peasantry for land
with those of the Negroes in the
Southern sections of the United
States where. he said the sloagn
has been raised for breed, land
and liberty
Ford was one of three American
Communist leaders attending the
convention as representatives of
the American Communist Party.
The other two, both white. were
Clarence Hathaway, editor of the
Daily Worker, and Alexander
Trachtenberg.
The convention lauded the pre-
sent cardenas government for its
progressive anti-imperialist poll
cies, but sharply criticised IT'S adj
mission Of Leon Trotsky into the
country, The convention charac-
ter.-s.. Trotsky as a Nazi agent
provocateur and leader of IN as
sassin band.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
s'NaturaI Man. Plays
Again, Feb. l8, 70. 20

"A vital contribution to the A
merican theatre" and 1.-The Negro
company has found its medium"
are some of the comments by cri-
tics on Natural Man." Negro folk
opera to be repeated at the Metro
politan Theatre on February 1s,
10 and 20.
Aproduction of the Negro Rep
ertory Company of the WPA Fed
eral Theatre, Natural Man" in
troduced a new note in dramatic
methods during its opening run in
January, and, judging from the
reaction of those who braved the
freezing weather to see this orig
inal piece of work, Seattle liked
it. At least, the directors have
announced the show will run ag-
ainA to fill demands for a reopen
ing and also in honor of the North
west Drama Convention, which is
to be attended by Howard Miller,
regional head of the Federal The
atre.
The play, which is based on
southern legends of John Henry,
was written by THEODORE Browne,
of the Negro unit, with a musical
score which is also original with
the workers. Several innovations
are introduced into the production
the use of semi-opera technique
through a male chorus, a cinema
style of running in which one
scene follows another without ap-
pseciable break, as well as novel
sets and lighting effects.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
THE
GHOST COLUMN


Mr. Jean Smith, manager of the
Royal Pool Hall is all smiles. Step
right up, boys. Who Is next? The
strike is over Tommy and
Chatters, better known as bro
ther" and doc. have decided to
bury the Ratchet. Brother says
Doc knows too much about sleep
ing sickness Throw a stone
in a bunch of dogs and the one
that yelps is the one hit. The par
ty yelping the loudest about their
name being in the column should
read the rest of the report, ana
they'd send us flowers.
Hang En- Up BIZ Their Thumbs
I think know what causes most
of the divorces among our young
er set. The young husbands in
vent many new ways to punish
their wives. Now a. certain bar
maid is sporting two nice red
thumbs. OF course, she SCARED
hers On the door.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
Civil Service Exams

The Urban League wishes to
call attention to the announcement
Of City Civil Service Exeanina-
tions, especially for Clerk-Steno-
grapher. Law stenographer, and
Oiler.
Other examinations on the list
are Marine Engineer, Pilot, Mar
inc Stoker, Foreman of Auto Re-
pairs, Superintendent of Building
Construction, Assistant Bacterial
ogist, Senior Contract Agent.
Those interested viii apply in
person at sos County-City Build
ing for application blanks and Of
fetal bulletins not later than Feb
ruary %.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
Prince from Africa
Sees 'Bassa MOOna'


NEW YORK (CNA) His High
ness Eyen Obon (Prince) Peter
Eket, of the tribe of Inyank Udoh,
from Ibibio, Nigeria, West Africa,
was visitor at one of the final
performances of the WPA African
dance drama, "Bassa Moona," at
the Lafayette Theatre in Harlem.
Prince Eket pronounced the play
as 'typically African" THE
scenes are exact replicas of histor-
ic Nigerian life, he declared with
enthusiasm. THE language spok-
en- in the play is a mixture of sew
eral African dialects. The shake
dance at the en- dof the perform
dance at the end of the perform
and is what we would call in At
RIGA, jazz"
While in New York, the Prince
is the guest of Aaron Douglass,
noted sculptor and painter.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12

DURHAM, N. C. Ca con-
ference of educators on vocational
instruction in Negro schools was
held at Duke University on We'd
nesday.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12

a headline screamed the ract that
the Brown Bomber had been floor
ed by one of his sparring partners.
Immediately tongues began wag-
ging. Some said that was a bad
sign, that the Bomber might get
licked if Pastor had a good punch.
Newspapers Split
It was noticeable after Joe's
fight with Pastor that the news
papers seemed to divide into two
camps one for and one against
him. Certain Harlemites took the
trouble to do little investigating
and reported that some of the
sports writers were on the payroll
of rival interests. For instance,
If paper razzed Joe, it was be-
lieved that paper was favorable to
the Garden, which is in the oppo-
site camp from Mike Jacobs, who
is Joe's official promoter.
All in all, Joe's signature to
meet Jim is eagerly awaited.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-02-12
Togo Rejects
German Rule

PARIS (CNA) The people of
Togo. former German African col
ony now under French administra-
ton, are alarmed at the prospect
of being forced to submit to Nazi
rule, according to an announce
ment by the Ministry of Colonies
this week. Prominent leaders a.
mong the natives have informed
the French Government that the
populace is firmly opposed to Nazi
rule, the Ministry said.
Togo has been mentioned as one
of the colonies that France might
return to Germany in exchange
for Hitler's pledges" of peace and
cooperation in a European disarm-
ament program.