The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1938-03-04

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BIRMINGHAM (C) = 'thern
Progress Association, Ik.Wa st.
No, Robert Durr. chairnHI %
to buy 1900 acres of land 81
30 miles for an all-Negro T. y,
town.
NEW YORK (C) = The New
School for Social Research, Sc w.
18th ST., is presenting nine lectures
on ''The Negro in the South and
North" by Hortense Powdermaker,
each Wednesday from March 16 to
May IL.
NEW YORK (C) = William
Edmondson, bass of The Southern
aires, became a father on Janu-
airy &c when an s-pound Junior was
born.
WASHINGTON (C) - The APP
preparations Committee of the
House recommended last week that
the sum of $1S6,972 be added to
the National Park Service appro-
priation to give 2,133 low paid
men and women laborers a $50 per
year increase, asked by Edgar G.
Brown.
TUSKEGEE (C)-Aaron Doug
las, noted artist, speaking here last
week, said Negro youth has more
talent than opportunity.
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NEW YORK CO. Bishop c.
M. Daddy" Grace of Washington
is said to have planked down ST.
900 cash deposit at the Union
Square savings bank Friday, on
Father Divine's main heaven, 20
East 115th ST., to take title March
81. Whether Father Divine is los
ing out, or using strategy to elude
creditors, is unknown.
DALLAS Co - There was jul
bilation throughout this section
last Monday as five prominent ci-
items bought back the Dallas Ex-
press, one of the Oldest newspap-
ers of the race. Listed as buyers
were H. Strickland, insurance pre-
sident, DR.. e. E. Ward, Rev. ]. H.
Jackson, c. F. Starks, undertaken,
and A. Maceo Smith, chamber of
commerce secretary. The Express,
AZ years old, was once edited by
w. e. King, noted champion of
Negro rights. For the past few
years the paper has been controll-
ed by whites, and edited by w. H.
Pace.
NEW YORK CO. - The publ
cation of advertisements of Vic
tory Mutual Life Insurance Co. in
New York and Cleveland, which
carried the names of two Ne.
York executives but failed to in
clude the names of three Chicago
executives, foreshadows new
fight within the ranks of the en-
battled Chicago concern, it was
suggested in eastern insurance cir
cles. The advertisements carried
the names of DR.. PM. H. Savory,
chairman of the board, and DR.. C.
B. Powell, vice president and the
finance committee chairman, but
failed to include the names of Dr.
L. K. Williams, president, J. e.
Mitchen, secretary and R. A. Val
entine, treasurer. The executives
whose names appeared are New
Workers, while the other three are
in Chicago, where the company has
it's home office, 5607 S. State st.
Editor L. o. Swingler of the
Memphis World was elected presi-
dent of the new Memphis Negro
Chamber of Commerce Thursday
night, and Negro Trade Month was
set for April.
Special coaching for Harlem
merchants in retail selling and
store practice is announced by the
WPA Adult Education program,
81 w. 13Sth St., New York.
Negro Labor News" 4191a Mi
lam ST., Houston, C. w. Rice, edi-
tor, is the only paper published in
Texas in interest of the Negro
worker"
The Guide Publishing Co. of
Norfolk, Va, will print the Kappa
Journal under the new editor, c..
James Fleming. P. B. Young Sr.
is president.
Prof. Geo. w. Conoly of Florida
A. and M. College, reporters in the
Quarterly Journal on the PRO
gram of Education for Young Ne
gro Farmers in Florida that "53
boys read the local paper of the
town in which they live, 81 read
out-of-town papers, which include
journals published by Negroes"
Negro electricians have been
given permits to work in Houston.