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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-09-16
No Negro Applicant Ever Given
Favorable Consideration For Clerk
Race Spends Thousands of Dollars But Little
Reciprocity Practiced

In response to the complaint of
a committee of Musicians, Enter
tanners and Walters whose eco
nomic life has been Affected by
the State Liquor Boards obvious
vigilance upon establishments en-
ploying Negro help, many civic
and political organizations have
expressed themselves as disap-
proving of the Boards actions.
A concerted move is underway
to have the entire transactions of
the State Liquor Board investigat-
ed, for aside from the complaint
of Negroes being denied the OPP
portunity to work many other
complaints have been registered.
A well known political and civic
leader expressed himself as being
highly dissatisfied with the Board
in more ways than one First it
was brought out that no Negro
Applicant was ever given favorable
consideration for other than a jan
itor's job by the board. Also that
many competent persons applied
for positions of various types, and
if political alliance was an asset
many of them had obligated the
State administration by their sup
port and cooperation. Some of
these men were veterans, and they
are usually given a preference, but
not so with the Negro, only a
mop or a broom, regardless of
the amount of taxes paid or money
spent herewith.
Many well known race leaders
expressed themselves by saying
that the same methods of pres
sure should be applied to the State
Liquor Board as applied to many
commercial enterprises in~aorlr
larger cities. Products bottled and
labeled by the Board should not
be purchased, and when the OPP
portunity to vote dry, or for the
abolition of hard drinks comes,
then the race should vote dry.
Further it was said that there
would be no shortage of liquor,
and instead of the State making
the profit the bootleggers would,
but it would serve as a lesson to
any monopoly that minority group
rights should be considered.
In the near future a breakdown
of the State Liquor Boards budg-
ct will be published, also more de-
tails of stool-pigeon activities of
inducing employees of clubs to serve
hard drinks so an arrest can be
made. To test the constitutional
ity of the right of stool-pigeons to
secure evidence under coercive
methods, several cases are slated
to go before juries it has been
said.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-09-16
Absentee Votes
To Settle Race

Thirteen hundred sealed ballots
cast by absentee voters may de-
eide the close contest between
Russell II. Fluent and Joseph lit
tie for the Democratic nomination
for King County commissioner in
the Central District.
On the basis of unofficial re-
turns in the primary election Flu
ent, former deputy prosecutor
backed by party liberals, today
led the County-City Building sup
erintendent by 1872 votes.
The absentee ballots will be
counted Monday, County Auditor
Earl Millikin announced. About
1900 persons applied for the bal
lots but Millikin does not expect
more than 1900 will be returned.
Fewer than 500 of them would be
in the First or Central District, he
said, but they can change the Lit
tle-Fluent standings.
Druxman Does We'll
Harry DruXman, widely known
merchant, made surprisingly
good campaign and polled only
about a thousand votes fewer than
Little and Fluent.
Bert L. Swezea, Seattle business
man, won the Republican nomina-
ton with 1900 votes, outscoring
Little and Fluent, who tailed APP
proximately 5000 each.
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Harlem Has Highest
T. B. Death Rate

NEW YORK - In New York,
the chances of Negroes dying of
tuberculosis is double that of any
other part of the country, accord
ing to the quarterly bulletin is
sued by Health Commissioner John
L. Rice.
The shocking rate of Negro NOR
tality in tuberculosis cases was
illustrated by comparative figures
for all parts of the country. In
1885 more than half of the Negro
deaths due to tuberculosis occur
red in New York City, whose NOR
tality figure for that year was
306, whereas in all the rest of the
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-09-16
Negro Chorus At
Macfadden Banquet

With very few tickets available
of the 1000 issued, plans for the
Constitution Day Banquet to be
held at the Civic Auditorium, Sat
urday evening, September IT, are
rapidly. nearing completion, ae-
cording to Ralph A. Horr, chair
man of the King County Republi-
can Central Committee, in charge
of the celebration.
Large blocs of tickets have been
secured by Tacoma, Everett, Aber-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-09-16
What They Are Doing
BY Airline ID. Paiya

New York City-After a very
interesting week in the great me-
tropolis, am leaving today for
Washington, D. c. / haven't yet
been able to accustom myself to
the great "swarms" of people The
streets are filled with people, and
more people, block after block;
and still more people. Between
142nd and 143rd streets and 7th
and Lenox Avenues, one blocl,
alone - a very long block however
the N. Y. Urban League tells
me there are 1000 people. They
must be packed in there, literally,
like sardines. In district between
10th and 155th Streets north and
south, and about eight blocks 60
ing east and west, Harlem, the
National Urban League counted
over 100000 people. I thought
there were million. No Seattle
lite need ever envy a New Yorker
for I am persuaded to belieYe that
the poorest person in the North
west on relief is living quite COM
tortably as compared to the
wretchedness of the poor in N. Y,
black or white.
But there is a much brighter
side, very much brighter, that JUS
tify the New Yorker in being
proud of his city. You have heard
of the many businesses either
owned or operated by Negroes; the
high positions held by others; and
the many opportunities in various
fields open to them, They have
their e. Simms Campbells, their
Kinckle Jones, their William Pic
kens, their Walter Whites, and
many other notable persons whose
rightful places are in New York.
1hC WOliiCil Ioo ll4Ad 1903 plCJudlSO
here to their invasion of the So
called mans field as is true no.
where else in the country, and our
great race women have come to
take advantage of it. Hence, af-
ter week l find myself reluctant
to leave this wonderful city of sky
scrapers, skyscrapers in more than
the literal sense. I haven't seen
half of the things l would like
that would take another three
weeks. But perhaps I shall have
an opportunity to return some
day with my husband. I hope so
for I am sure he would want to
buy me one or two of the beauti-
full gowns l see along Fifth Ave-
nue..
But for the Seattleites living in
N. Y. The former Miss Emily
Brown, niece of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Brown is now Mrs. William
Pickens Jr. She has two young
sons, the eldest much like Emily
herself, and the younger the very
image of Mr.. Pickens Sr. Mr.. and
Mrs. Pickens Jr. and family live
in the Pickens Family home. on
"Strivers Row.. Strivers Row i!
the name given by the people to
the street occupied by the money
ed class Emily's sister Ida has
just returned to IN. Y. from the
south, but 1 did not see her. She
is married also and has two lit
tie girls.
On Striver's Row also lives Miss
Evelyn Mahood with her aunt. She
sends her love to all her friends
in the Northwest.
Miss Patrinella Stringer, daugh-
Continued on Page Two)
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Negro Ancestor Is
Bar To Inheritance

BERLIN, September 10 Nazi
authorities have decreed that a
German peasant who had a Negro
ancestor is not "fit" to own prop
erty in Hitler's Germany.
The Nazi court thereupon ruled
that "the establishment of the eX-
istenece of colored blood must nee
essarily lead to inability to become
a peasant on German land. The
requirements of blood purity are
of such presponderant Importance
that there can be no release from
them F"
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showed no regard
for party lines,
stood out today
as the only Re-
publican C a n d i
date to outvote
h S Democratic
opponent.
Agnew, former
deputy prosecutor
who resigned af-
ter a disagree
ment with Prose-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-09-16
Divine Disclaims
New Deal Animus

NEW YORK, Sept 14-Father
Divine repudiated this week an at
tempt by Rowland Spencer, veal
thy white gentleman farmer and
New Deal foe, to line him up as in
opposition to the New Deal fol-
lowing the transaction by which
Spencer turned over to the cult
leader his 500-acre estate at Krum
Elbok, opposite President Roose-
velts family seat on the Hudson
River.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-09-16
Congress Meets In
Buenos Aires, S. A.

BUENOS AIRES, Sept IL (CN-
AZ = The Congress Against Ra-
cial Persecution concluded a two
day session here with resolutions
against anti-Semitism, urging re-
Taxed restrictions in the Americans
and advocating a boycott of Ger
many, italian and Japanese goods.
The congress extended sympathy
to Republican Spain, invaded by
German and Italian Fascists, and
TO Czechoslovakia, menaced by Hit
Ter.
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, Other Democrat
C incumbents were
'enoninated - all
pluralities ov-
n their Republic
IAN opponents for
county offices. The
argest outpouring
If D e M o vera t / C
,otes was given
County Treasurer
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BALTIMORE (CNA)-The con-
vention of the Grand Lodge of
the Improved Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks of the World,
held here last week, voted $500
toward a Negro ambulance fund
for Republican Spain, after hear
ing a plea by Lieut.. Walter Gar
land and Ruth Dobrer, representa-
tives of the --merican League for
Peace and Democracy.
Garland and Miss Dobrer were
introduced by j. Finlay Wilson,
Grand Exalted Ruler. who praised
Tie work of the American League
in glowing terms.
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Some lnterecting
Election Returns

PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
sos complete city, precincts
out of 694 in the county give:
Democrat
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NOTICE

Free passes to Community
League football games in North
west Enterprise each week.
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Fight Seen For
Prosecutors Post
Agnew Scores Largest
Republican Vote

Henry Clay Agnew, nominated
for prosecutor in a county cleo
ton in which thousands of voters
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WASHINGTON (CNA) - The
Public Healths Service estimated
this week that if all unemployed
workers were called back to work
suddenly. at least $4,000 could
not report because of illness caus-
ed by malnutrition.
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CHICAGO (CNA)-The Nation
al Negro Congress entered a pro-
test this week against the use of
Jim Crow water pals on WPA
projects following a similar &C
ton by the Chicago Urban eLague
three weeks ago.
The protests grew out of the
discharge of Eules Cunningham
from his WPA job for drinking
water from a white drinking
bucket"
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DETROIT IN. P. Kelly for
CNA)-Tommy Dowood, 26-year-
old white son of the owner of a
grocery store at Hastings Street
and Hancock Avenue, is out on
bond this week after beating Wal
ter O'Nea). 11-year-old child and
then Threatening protesting
crowd with a revolver.
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CHICAGO (CNA)-In the early
voting two Xavier College, New
Orleans, gridiron stars are leading
the poll for Negro All Star
team which will compete with the
white Chicago Bears in Soldiers
Field here, Sept. %.
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ROME (CNA) Frantic Jews
this week besieged the U. S. con-
sulate, pleading for refuge, as a
result of new fascist decree ban
shing between 10000 and $4,000
of them within six months under
Mussolini's new race purifica-
ton" doctrine.
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SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS

sos complete city, precincts
out of GOA in the county give:
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sos complete city, precincts
out of 694 in the county give:
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
CHAPTER X-COntinued

The Governor put his arms around
the others shoulders.
"Wen said, my old one. Well
said. My wife will think I have
trained you to say those things to
her"
AS gallant Lieutenant Ortega rode
beside La Gobernadora he told her
of the Preside of Santa Barbara, a
walled fortress like San Diego, with
little whitewashed dwellings for the
soldiers and their families, a store,
a blacksmith shop, a chapel, and
quarters for himself.
AS they drew near, EulaGa could
see the preside like a little walled
city, its whitewashed walls pink in
the sunset, its tile roofs red. Again
there were cannonades to greet her,
the ringing of the chapel bells, and
soldiers women and children bring
ing her great armloads of wildfow-
erS.
That night she sat long at the
ieutenant's lavish table, laughing
and chatting with the company,
complimenting the food, applauding
the music.
Now that 1 am leaving Califor-
MIA so soon," she thought, Il can en-
Joy things while I am here. 1t will
be an experience to remember, and
to tell about" Beneath her feet Es-
cabellito squirmed in his sleep. Eu-
Ialia prodded him, and he was still.
eyes," she whispered, 81 am
leaving California-soon."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
of Sports
Dead Ball Nav
Help Restore
Base Stealing
By GEORGE A. BARCLAY

BY GEORGE A. BARCLAY
u ASE stealing may be res
- cued from the limbo of lost
arts as result of the decision
of the National league to rein
troduce a deader ball into the
1888 pennant race. Such a res
cue would revive the days of
tight ball games, of pitchers
battles, frequent sacrifices and
squeeze plays"
Rogers Hornsby, alumnus of five
major league teams and a keen
judge of the play in both the Ma
tional and American circuits, be-
ieves that return of base stealing
would pay dividends in increased
interest among the fans.
SIN the old days when Ty Cobb,
Max Carey, Eddie Collins, Clyde
Milan, Jack Miller, George Burns
and that generation of players in the
big leagues, the man who could
steal base was big asset to his
club" the Rajah pointed out. "The
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17

were approaching Monterey, and
she would perhaps meet the Padre
Presidente before night, she set her
self to discover her husbands real
opinion of him.
"Ten me, Pedro" she asked ten
tatively, "more about Padre Sierra.
I have heard much of him, even in
Mexico City. He seems to be the
most important person in California,
apart from yourself, my dear.
shall have to associate with him,
perhaps confess to him. What is he
ike?"
The Governor hesitated and
plucked refectively at his beard.
"Stop doing that!" ordered the
lady. "When you do that I know
you are thinking what you will say
instead of saying it outright"
"Well," he said, but still caress-
ing his beard, 81 usually think be-
fore speak. And doing this helps
me to think. You have heard all I
can say about Padre Sierra. like
him, admire him. We are friends
good friends. And we are enemies"
Enemies - hum" said Eulalia
stroking an eyebrow with her little
finger. The Governor leaned over
his horses neck and caught her
hand.
"Don't do that!" he laughed.
"When you do that I know you are
thinking what you are going to say,
and"
Eulalia laughed.
"But it helps me think" she
Knocked.
The Governor still held her hand.
How dear, how charming she could
be, thought he.
$50 you are enemies. Why?"
''My dear, Church and State have
ever been enemies. Their aims are
too widely apart for them to work
together alphabetically. That is
especially true in California. The
aim of the Crown-the State-in
California is, frankly, the acquiring
and holding of this country, and pro-
tecting it from other acquisitive ma
tions-England, Russia. The aims
of the Church are the conversion of
the heathen."
He loosed her hand absently and
pulled his beard.
"And-" prompted Eulalia.
81, representing the State, must
do my duty. I must see that the
Church does nothing to jeopardize
the Crowns holdings. Father Sierra
is the church in California. He
would like to see all the soldiers
sent out of the province, and be
left here with the rest of the Fran
ciscans, alone to work things out
his own way"
Eulalia pricked up her ears.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-02-17
Mistress of Monterey
SYNOPSIS

In Spanish-governed California of 1888
conflict between Church and State is repre-.
scented by two friendly enemies. frail old
Fray Junipero Sierra, Franciscan mission
airy. and Don Pedro FACES, civil governor.
After telling Sierra he Is sending to Mexico
for his wife and son. whom he has not seen
for eight years, he refuses his aid toward
founding the Santa Barbara Mission. Dona
Eulalia agrees to go to California. accom-.
panied by her duenna, Angustias. Don Pc
cro sends for Sierra, telling him that two
priests are on their way from Mexico with
Eulalia and young Pedro and that he Is
leaving to meet them. FACES engages
young Indian girl. Indizuela, as maid for
Eulalia. Eulalia sails from San Bias. It is
= desolate trip. From the port of Loreto. a
large cavalcade loaded with Eulalias party
starts out for the long overland trip. Eula.
liza, accustomed to luxury and comfort. bit
terly regrets having been persuaded to
come. The two priests, Fray Mariana and
her suspicious as to their genuineness. AS
the cavalcade stops at various missions.
Eulalia hears rumorS OF the approach OF
her husband. While Don Pedro plans
great fiesta to welcome his wife, Eulalia
plans her costume. Don Pedro welcomes
his beautiful wife and young son. Eulalia
is toasted as the Queen of the CALIFORNIA;.
On the long journey to Monterey. the reunit-
ed couple are royalty entertained at the
Preside at San Diego. Eulalia disapproves
OF the democratic relations Of Don PEDRO
and his people. Pleading WEAKNESS In the
midst of the feast she goes to bed where
Angustias tells her she knows Eulalia Is
again to become a mother. Don Pedro Is
disturbed by the developments in the char.
acter of the priests and breads Serras dis
appointment in them.
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has found himself attending more
and more fights in the past year.
The Schmeling-Louis fight, he fig
ures, could easily touch the million
dollar mark in box-office take. He
believes it will be the biggest "nat-
urap" since his second epochal clash
with Jack Dempsey in Soldier field,
Chicago, in 1927, when referee Dave
Barry made himself famous with
the long count of Is when Gene was
on the floor.
Tunney, who will be 40 in May, is
not much heavier than the day he
retired from the ring as the unde-
feated heavyweight champion of the
world. He runs as much as seven
miles every morning and his set
ting-up exercises at his Stamford,
Conn.,, home include such items as
SO full bends, SO rotations from the
hips up, getting down on the floor
and raising himself so times on his
arms.
He is getting rather expert at
squash and may enter one of the
national tournaments. Incidentally,
the resentment of fight fans over
his beating Dempsey has cooled in
recent years and every time he is
now introduced at a big bout he
gets a fine hand. Time seems to
mellow fight fans.
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Pitcher Has Edge

The figures support Hornsby's
contention that it's easier to steal
today. In the American league last
year $50 bases were stolen, against
337 attempts that failed. Thus
would-be stealers had an average of
.624. In the earlier days the figure
was about 500.
With the dead ball in use in the
National league, the pitcher will once
more have the edge over the bat
ter. Teams are likely to fight for
one run at time and the strategy
will be concentrated in getting the
runner on first base down to second
by stealing or sacrificing. Converse
ly, it will probably be harder to
steal bases successfully because the
opposing pitchers will be more vigil
liant.
A glance at the records shows
how base stealing has declined to a
place of comparative unimportance
in recent years. In 1912 the two
major leagues showed 1886 stolen
bases in their records. Last year
the two leagues combined barely
passed the 1000 mark in stolen
bases.
In the last five years only three
major league clubs have stolen as
many as 100 bases in a season.
But back in 1912 the New York Gil
ants stole 319 bases. The Boston
Braves, lowest base-stealing team
Of the season, stole 1877. Clyde Milan
Of Washington was the big league
champion in that year with 88 thefts.
There were four other men who
stole so bases or more.
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By Virginia
Stivers Bartlett
@ Virginia Stivers Bartlett
wNU Service

on hands, face. He stirred and lift
ed himself. The vision was gone.
Only a brown road stretched before
him, while overhead flock of birds
circled and cried. Pio's dark face
leaned over him in concern, and he
heard the young Indians voice as
though from great distance.
Little Father-you are aweary!"
He pulled himself erect on trem-
bling limbs and grasped his staff
with its strong smooth shaft and
little cross at the top.
eyes, you are aweary, and hun
cry. Eat, Padre"
He pulled from his pouch some
young green onions he had carried
from the Mission San Antonio de
Padua and held them out to the ia
Their, who crunched absently at the
pungent, slightly withered roots.
"a vision-a miracle!" he exult-
ed. Happy augury! Soon will come
my friend, Don Pedro FACES, and
two strong brothers of Saint Fran
els. Two men of God to help me
found the Mission Santa Barbara.
God has heard me! My prayers
have not been in vain. Santa Bar
bara shall have her mission at last.
Praise God the Father, God the Son
and God the Holy Ghost!"
All along the fiowery miles beside
the sea, over mountains and through
canons, Eulalia wondered about the
famed missionary, Fray Junipero.
What manner of man was he? Ac-
cording to the fathers at all the mis-
sions they had visited, he was a
sainted miracle worker. With these
opinions her husband concurred sim
cerely, and added other praises of
his own. Not only was he a saint,
but he was a man among men,
strong, fearless, resourceful; I'M
complaining in the midst of suffer-
ing. In short, the Governor gave
him a soldiers merits in one phrase
"a good campaigner.
In spite of all this, Eulalia felt
that he withheld some opinion of the
padre, and was puzzled to know
what it might be. Now that they