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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
TO THE PUBLIC

AS salute the passing of the old, and the incoming
New Year with the deepest gratitude chat review
the progress by the Northwest Enterprise during the
past twelve mouths.
And wish, therefore, to express my sincerest appre-
cation for your help making 1896 the most successful
year in the history of this newspaper.
WISH especially, to thank the advertisers for their
support and splendid cooperation.
WISH also, to thank the friends and supporters in
Eastern Washington, Oregon, and Montana
The Northwest Enterprise greets the New Year with
steadfast resolutions:
To WORT INCREASINGLY and unselfishly for the
best interest of the Negro and the Northwest
To do bit toward making the Northwest
better place in which to live;
To invite and encourage constructive criticism.
We resolved to exert every effort toward selling
the Northwest the world For believe that the
baton of natural beauty admirable climate healthfu v
ing conditions good schools business opportunities and
geniaity of the people but few of the unrvaled
fractions found in the Charmed Land"
And earnestly solicit your continued support in help
ing your newspaper the Northwest Enterprise in its pro-
gram for a greater Northwest"
To all friends extend the Seasons Greetings for
a Happy and Prosperous New Year"
THE NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE
George N. Francis Managing Editor
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Arkansas SLAYER
Drops Plans To
Appeal Sentence

JONESBORO, Ark. (CNA)
City Marshal Paul D. Peacher of
Earle, Ark, announced through
his attorneys last week that he
would pay $4,000 fine and ac-
cept a two-year probationary SEN
tence for subjecting seven color
ed persons to slavery.
Peacher was convicted in
Federal court here November %
on seven out of eight counts in an
Indictment charging him with IL
legally arresting Negroes and
having them sentenced to work
out their fines on his plantation.
The fight against Peacher was
pushed by the Southern Tenant
Farmers Union, the International
Labor Defense and other labor
groups which aroused public sem
timent against the practice Of pc
onage in Eastern Arkansas. An
all-white jury recommended Gle
mency, and the court ruled that
Peacher need not go to Jail if he
would pay the fine.
N. F. Lamb, chief of defense
counsel, said the city marshal had
abandoned plans for appealing
the conviction.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Cooperative Pays
First Dividends


The Smith Cooperative Lath-
ing Company pays first dividends
after years of building up this bu-
siness through fat years and lean
years. This organization finds its
booj, showing a goodly profit, en-
aiding it to declare a dividend for
the first time.
Though comparatively unknown
the cooperative has hundred
and seven active members all of
whom are working diligently to
enlarge the field in which this CO.
operative will carry on its work.
1t was organized that everyone
concerned, whether hiring or hir-
ed-would receive an active bene-
fit and steady income. 1t is so
constructed that employer MEM
bers, by giving employment to the
employee members, benefit not
only themselves but the employee
and yet the employee receives a
fair wage, enabling him to live
well and still have resources for
the future in the cooperative.
This years dividends prove the
cooperative is a workable and
successful organization.
We wish our many friends
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year. Smith Cooperative
Lathing Company.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Floyd Calvin Picks
Outstanding News
Events During 80

NEW YORK - Floyd ]. Cal
win, head of Calvin's Newspaper
Service, makes the following 10
point summary of outstanding
news events in 1886:
]. President John Hope of At
lanta University dies.
2. r. R. Wright, Jr., elected as
Bishop of the AM.E. Church.
3. Jesse Owens won three Oily
mpic crowns.
4. Joe Louis stays in heavy
weight contender class.
5. League of Nations fails 20
stop Italy in Ethiopia.
6. Democratic party officially
welcomes Negroes at Philadelphia.
T. Myles Page named Magis
trate in New York.
8. Negroes swing to Roosevelt
for reelection.
9. Macbeth" WPA play, tour
ed from New York to Texas.
10. Presidents mother sponsors
Bethune-Cookman College drive.
Commenting on the news of the
year. Mr.. Calvin says: MY choice
is based on the way the news was
regarded in the realm of it's es-
pecial interest. for instance. in in
ternational affairs, nothing was
more sickening to American Ne
groes than to see the Facilitating
policy of the League of Nations
slowly but surely spell Ethiopia's
doom. In politics, the almost a.
bout face of the Democratic party
as a party, on the Negro, was am
azing to see
"And SO on. Other editors may
choose other events, which adds
only to the zest of the game"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Harlem To Aid In
1899 Worlds Fair

NEW YORK (CNA)- Recent
demands of Harlem leaders that
there be no discrimination in the
conduct of the New York 400
World Fair was met this week
with the announcement by the
fairs bond sales committee of the
appointment of Robert F. Left
ridge, realty operator Of. 139 w.
126th St., as chairman of the Har-
lem division for the sale Of $27,-
S29, 500 bonds for financing the
fair.
Leftridge's appointment follow
ed a conference between Worlds
Fair officials and the Harlem
Committee on Public Policy, seeks
in gto integrate the Negro family
fully into the activities of the fair.
Supported by representatives Of
various Harlem organizations, the
committee is formulating propos.
ais for the participation Of Ne
groes in exhibits and employment
as well as in financing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Latest Report Denote
Heavy Italian Losses

Latest advices received here from
Berbera, British Somaliland, tell
of the ambushing and extermin-
alton of $50 italian troops who.
because of THEIR position and
Mussolini's lack of interest in
them, attempted foray for food.
The invaders organized them
selves into a pillaging and plumb
ering group and made straightway
for Sasabaneh, Province of Ogaden
Ethiopian SoinaliIand, where they
were surprised by a guerilla at
tack under command of Kenaz-
mach Ali Nuhur.
Not one prisoner was taken and
not one Fascist soldier returned
to his base; it appears from this
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Porters Hold
Annual Conclave

PHILADELPHIA (CNA)-- The
fourth annual week of celebration
of the Philadelphia local of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
ters opened here with a mass
meeting
A. Philip Randolph, information
al president, and M. P. Webster,
first vice-president, addressed a
large crowd at the John Wesley
M. E. Church on Holly Street on
the subject of the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor convention held
in Tampa.
A Symposium on the Negro
Worker was held Tuesday night
at the YMCA under the auspices
of the local.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
BraddOck, Schmeling
Will Fight June 3rd

NEW YORK CCNA) - Cham
piol Jim Braddock will fight
Max Schmeling, "Aryan" pride of
Hitler Germany, Thursday, June
3, 1887, at Madison Square Gar
den, this city.
The Garden Twentieth Century
contract, signed last week at a
meeting of the New York State
Boxing Commission, bars both the
champion and challenger from
fighting Joe Louis before that
date. The winner viii be requir-
ed to deposit $4,000 with the
Commission as guarantee that
he will defend the title in the u.
S. within six months. There is
otherwise no restriction as to the
place or promoter.
The contract followed a rever-
sal by the Commission of a pre-
vious ruling that the bout be stag
ed in February or March and that
in the meantime Braddock was
free to fight under the 15-round
distance.
The Commission proposed the
terms which were accepted after
secret meeting with Braddock
and Schmeling. But when called
upon to affix his signature, Joe
Gould, Braddock's manager, de-
manded to know why the Louis
clause was necessary. Gen. Peh-
Ian, Commission chairman, said
he thought it was for "the best in
terests' of all. Gould conferred
with Braddock and consented.
The contract does not prevent
either fighter from engaging in
bouts with fighters other than Joe
Louis, provided they are for less
than fifteen rounds. Braddock is
booked with Jack Mccarthy for
a six-rounder in Buffalo, Decem-
Der %, while Schmeling indicated
he would return to America after
Christmas for a short tour.
Insistence on $4,000 deposit
was aimed at Schmeling, to pre-
vent him, if he wins, from taking
the title out of this country for
keeps. Several sports writers had
expressed fear that Schmeling
would do just that and would re-
fuse to meet Joe Louis if he hap
pened to beat Braddock. Dan Par
ker, Sunday Mirror sports col
umnist, had openly accused Max
Schmeling of walking out of ev-
cry fight with his money and TAX
ing it back to Germany. He fur
ther charged that Schmeling, as
champion, had ducked first line
fights.
Meantime, sports experts do not
expect that Louis will get a crack
at the championship until, at the
earliest, September, and possibly
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Joe Louis Stops Simms
In Twenty-Six Seconds

CLEVELAND (CNA) 1t took
just one punch and exactly TWEEN
ty-six seconds for Joe Louis, De-
troit's paralyzing Brown Bomber,
to knock out husky and tough Ed
die Simms, pride of Forest City
fighters, in what was scheduled
as a ten-round feature bout at the
Cleveland News Christmas Fund
show last week.
A devastating left hook flush to
the face, a blow that dropped Ed
die flat on his back, finished the
fight in jig time. 1t gave Louis
his quickest knockout and admin
istered to Simms the first knock
out he has suffered in a career
that is still comparatively young.
The finish was dramatic and,
despite it's breyity, SO was the
fight. Simms, floored under the
terrific impact of that one punch
that Louis threw, regained his
feet laboriously at the count of
nine, but was pflpably in no con-
dition to continue. Referee Arth-
ur Donavan of New York hesitat-
ed just one brief moment for a
look at Simms's CLASSY eyes, be-
fore placing himself in front of
Louis, who was leaping in for the
kill. Donavan clasped the bewild-
cred Clevelander in his arms, wav-
ed the Bomber aside, and support
ed Simms as he led him to a neu-
trail corner.
1t was the fastest knockout in
Louis's sensational record, which
now holds twenty-seven such tri-
umphs.
A crowd of 1000 fans, pack
ing the spacious Public Auditor
ium to the doors, paid SAT, 827 in
gate receipts for thi sintroductory
bout here of Louis and hardly saw
the Detroit Sensation. The weight
of the men was: Louis 2O2A lbs;
Simms, 1876 lbs.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Hitler Lusts For
Liberia, Declares
Thyra Edwards

NEW YORK (CNA) II In a
sweeping indictment of war and
fascism, Thyra Edwards, who re-
turned last week from her fourth
European tour, declared that Ma
ii Germany, in its mad cry for
African colonies, was lusting for
Liberia the worlds last semi
Independent Negro country.
Miss Edwards made the state
ment at banqeut held in her no.
nor in tue Harlem Y.MC.A., I'M
der the auspices of the Greater
New York Federation of the Ma
tional Negro Congress.
IN addition to slandering the
Jews, Miss Edwards asserted, the
rotogrsvure sections of the Nazi
newspapers are regularly publish
ing derogatory pictures of Ne
groes, showing them as animals
and less than men"
She contraSted the race-hatred
attitude of the Nazis to the APP
probation shown by the Soviets to
the Negro people:
You should see how proudly
the Soviet people place Negro he-'
roes alongside their own" Miss
Edwards stated. For example,
on the wall paper of the Kharkov
factory, the workers have placed
the picture of Emperor Halle Sc
lassie next to the pictures of Lee
min and Maxim Gorky.
"The Soviet workers in this ter
ritory alone, contributed 10000
rubles to the defense of Ethiopia.
And all over Europe it isn't Com
munism that the people fear, it's
fascism, and wherever they can,
they're working to aid the Span
ish democratic government"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Plans Made For National
Conference On Problems Of
Negroes and Negro Youth

WASHINGTON, D. CT. Ar
mold Hill, Director of the Depart
ment of Industrial Relations of the
Urban League; John w. Davis,
President of West Virginia State
College; DR.. M. o. Bousfield,
Associate Director OF the medical
service of the julius Rosenwald
Fund; and Walter White, execu-
tive secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, were named
this week to lead discussion groups
at the National Conference on
Problems of the Negro and Negro
Youth b. Mrs. Mary Mcleod Be
thune, Di-ector of the Division of
Negro Affairs of the National
Youth Administration. The con-
ference will be held in the new
Department of Labor building
here January 9Th, 7th, and 9Th.
Mr.. Hill, Mrs. Bethune said,
will guide the discussion of the
problem of increased opportunity
for employment anr economic Sc
curity; Mr.. Davis, the problem
of adequate educational and recre-
ational opportunity; DR.. Bouse-
field, the problem of improved
health and housing conditions;and
Mr.. White, the problem of security
and protection under the law.
The purpose of the conference,
as defined last week by COM
mittee of local sponsoring offic-
ials, will be to draw up set of
definate recommendations, includ-
ing both longtime policies and
immediate requested measures, for
presentation to the executive and
legislative branches of the Federal
government. The conference will
be limited in scope to the form
ulation of detectives which can be
accomplished in whole or in part
by these agencies.
Among the prominent persons
who have signafied their intention
of attending the conference; in
addition to those named by Mrs.
Bethune, are: Robert L. Vann,
editor, The Pittsburgh Courier;
George B. Murphy, vice president,
Afro-American Publishing Com
pany; Claude A. Barnett, Direc-
tor of the Associated Negro Press;
J. E. Mitchell, editor of the ST.
Louis Argus; DR. c. B. Powell,
publisher of Amsterdam News;
DIR. Frederick D. Patterson, and
many others.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Negro Workers Council

Mr.. Alvin Porter. long time Sc
attic resident, was elected presi-
dent of the Negro Workers Coun-
ell for the second term. Although
at present Ill in another state. Mr.
Porter viii assume office as soon
IS his health permits.
Mr. Joseph jackson discussed
labor conditions among Negroes
at Coulee Dam. Mr.. jackson was
assisting Dewey Jones of the De-
partment of Interior in liquidat-
ing some complaints that had
been made by Negro residents of
the Dam region.
"a natural leader may arise
from the Negro residents of Cou-
lee Dam and work jointly with
the progressive whites who abhor
segregation, if their problems are
to be solved" said Mr.. Jackson.
Other speakers pointed out that
the source of the difficulties came
from the "big shots" who were in
authority. OH Negro skilled la
borers are urged to register at
the mrs. so they can take adj
vantage of the spring work.
Mr.. c. Brooks gave an excel
lent lecture on the civil strife in
Spain.
The Council adjourned until
January 5, the first Tuesday of
the New Year, leaving all friends
free to have a joyous Christmas
and Happy New Year.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Moscow Crowds
Cheer Robson

MOSCOW (CNA, by cable) =
Paul Robson, famous Negro ba-
ritone, was acclaimed here by a
cheering Soviet audience when he
made his initial public appearance
in the Moscow Conservatory of
Music. This is Robeson's third
visit to the Soviet Union, but his
first public appearance. He is
well-known to the Soviet public,
however. His records are often
broadcast.
Robson rendered a program of
well-known Negro folk songs, as
well as Russian selections. He re-
ceived a stormy ovation at the
conclusion of the concert He is
scheduled to give a second recital
in the famous Hall of Columns in
the House of Trade Unions, before
leaving on a concert tour of Khar-
kov, Odessa, Kiev and Leningrad.
Upon his arrival in Moscow,
Robson was met at the station
by Sergei Eisenstein, famous film
director, and representatives of
the Moscow Philharmonic Orches-
ira.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

NEW YORK (C)-Arthur Coll
man, 161 Monroe street, may go
to jail for life because he object
ed to noise. Goldman, superinten-
dent of a tenement house, when
he complained of noise of his ten
ants, two detectives searched his
apartment and found a loaded SER
vice revolver Goldman has a re-
cord of ten arrests and three con-
victions If he is convicted again
he gets life.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

NEW YORK Co solomon Har-
per, inventor, pa ". 1s5th street,
announces he win sell his last re-
naming patent of an adjustable
temperature thermostatic hair dry
er. straightener and curler, all in
one. The instrument was patent
ed on August 8, 1880. Mr.. Har-
per is a member OF the American
Institute Of Electrical Engineers,
The Technology Club of Syracuse,
N. Y. and of the american lAsso-
citation for the Advancement Of
Science.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
Many Killed and Wounded
According To CabIegram Of
Italian and Ethiopian War

Further evidence that news dis
patches under Rome date line
end origin are false and inaccurate
is shown by information reaching
the United States, Dec. II. This
latest development concerning the
telling blow dealt the Fascist for
ces under Ras Hailou, the traitor,
emanates by coded cable in Ber-
bera, British Somaliland, to Paris
from which point it is transmitted
by letter to America.
Ras Hailou one of the first Eth
iopians to show the white feather
of cowardice and join Mussolini's
invaders, was kept in a glass
case, so to speak. until early IN
November when Mussolini felt
that the Ras had had sufficient
of a good time and the moment
was at hand for him; the Ras to
earn his board
Hailou was ordered to attack
in command of some 1000 troops,
the men were required to travel
by the Adds Ababa-Djibuti Rail-
road where surprise force under
the command of Dejazmach Bal
cha, not only derailed the trains
at three distinct points but sue
|ceeded in killing outright 1000
Italian soldiers. Added to this
casualty, there were 1900 Italians
wounded and very few captured
Ras Hailou knowing better than
those men in his command the
ferocity Of the Ethiopian warriors
tried to surrender himself. Very
fortunate was the presence of
Dejazmach Balcha, himself an
enemy of Hailou on general prin-
cipIes. The Dejazmach is an old
man whose steel was first tested
in the battle of Aduwa in 1896
and he knows only too well what
should be a traitors fate.
It must be written in history
that here is a statement of fact
more blood tingling than any fic-
tional account could possibly be.
Were a similar coincidence writ
ten for the movies it would inn
mediately be discounted as too
far fetched.
Stark reality aind tragedy were
seen when the loyalist septaugen-
arian. Balcha captured the young
er Ras Hailou, the traitor, who.
to run from his duty of defending
his native soil, had sought refuge
with the enemy-invader, then to
be trapped at his first engagement
against his brothers.
What actually took place at the
meeting of the Ethiopian general
and the former Ethiopian marshall
turned traitor, or what was said
between the men at this meeting,
probobly will never be known, but
what is known is the result-the
loyalist general personally killed
outright his former brother in
arms. This, to staunch military
man, is the revenge supreme.
Djibuti the British Somaliland
seaport city, is seething with band
aged Fascist soldiers as a result
of this most recent Ethiopian
victory.
The most significant item of
Fascist disaster is best evidenced
in a recent Associated Press dis
patch from Rome. Mussolini, adj
dressing his Senate, said, that
"All Ethiopia has now been con-
quered, and that it would be held
and protected by a sharp sword
firmly grasped." It appears to
be part of the Fascist propaganda
that an Italian major defeat or
Illustration is invariably followed
by an encouraging account. But
wars are not won and lost in
glowing press releases. Therefore
only time car tel, but it is
known positively that this account
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01
NEWS
FLASHES

NEW YORK Walter winehen,
noted columnist and radio star, is
the most recent ally Of the Ethio-
plan Scarcely does week go by
that he does not make a kind ref
erence to Ethiopia.
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report that the italian soldiers,
while not good fighters at any
time, find themselves at a total
loss without the added compensa-
ton of airplanes and poison gas.
Kenazmach Ali Nuhur is COM
ma-lder of the right wing opera
ton and has in his body 10000
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. The title of
Kenazmach is the American
equivalent of Major General.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

DURHAM, NC. (c) Russell
Eolt was convicted Wednesday of
ordering Walter Kelly to XIV Lum
Allen because Of a whistey debt.
Kelley pleaded guilty.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

KANSAS CITY. Kans. (C) -
Mrs. c. Langston Hughes, mother
of Langston Hughes, the poet, vi
sited Western University where
she spoke to the students Friday
morning.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

MARSHALL, Tex. (C) Bishop
A. P. Shaw viii be present at Viii
ey College on December Is in or
der to check results of the inten-
sive drive to raise the endowment
money.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

BOSTON (cl = Attorney Jul
ian D. Rainey is being urged upon
Governor Curley to fill a vacancy
in the Massachusetts, Judiciary.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

GREENSBORO, N. c. (C) II
The Richard B. Harrison Players
Of A. and T. College present Muir
dered Alive mystery-comedy, in
a state tour this week.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

NEW YORK Frank Car
ter, A. allegedly shot Geo. Cook
son, 10, and John Harris. 16, with
a single bullet Tuesday night at
which time he claims they tried
to break up meeting of the Eth
icpian Democratic Club, of which
he is president.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

NEW YORK During the
recent as showings of Noah" at
the Lafayette theatre, it is esti-
mated that 1000 people saw the
play, and there were 80 theatre
parties conducted in the house.
Mrs. Florence de Loatch Richard
son, who makes. contact for the
WPA plays, is given credit for the
fine showing of attendance in Har-
lem.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

HAMPTON, Va. (C) Editor R.
s. Abbott of the Chicago Defend
er, an alumnus of Hampton Insti-
tute, has given three oriental rugs
to the Hampton library.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

LONDON (C) Just before
King Edward abdicated, Marcus
Carney made an impassioned plea
from soap box in Hyde Park,
urging support of the ex-king.
NEW YORK (C)- King Ed
wards abdication Of the English
Throne for Mrs. Wallis Simpson
is the chief topic of conversation
anu gossip in Harlem.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

NEW YORK (C)-The Inter
national committee of the Y.MC.
A. has accepted the resignation of
Max Yergan, who served in South
Africa for IA years.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

WINSTON SALEM, NC. (C) II
Alexander Allen, 1O3, weaves chair
BOTTOMS daily and reminisces Of
seeing his mother when he was six
OK years ago.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-01-01

OMAHA, Neb. (C)-The School
Board will hear the complaint of
Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Page, whose
son, Daniel, 6, was allegedly mall
treated by his teacher.