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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-14
Minnesota University
Students Pack Hall To
Hear Editor of Crisis

Minneapolis, Minn.-Students of
the University of Minnesota JAM
med into meeting in the Mime
sofa Union, April 8, to hear Roy
Wilkins, editor of The Crisis and
assistant secretary of the NAACP,
talk on the newest aspects of the
race problem in America.
Mr.. Wilkins was winding up
tour of NAACP branches which
had taken him through central
Ohio cities, stop in Michigan,
and the st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Duluth branches of the NAACP.
The speaker drew a parallel be-
tween the treatment of Jews in
Nazi Germany and the conditions
under which Negroes live in the
United tSates. He called for sup
port of the NAACP program that
is designed, he said, not only to
free the Negro from persecution,
but to strengthen the system of
democracy in the United States.
Mr.. Wilkins pointed out that
Hitler had abolished citizenship
and voting privileges for the Jews,
had restricted them in educational
opportunities, had denied them en-
ployment opportunities, and had
Inundated them and crushed the
spirits of the race with jim-crow
regulations and segregation.
The Crisis editor pointed out
that these same methods used ag-
ainst Negroes were the objective
of attack by NAACP branches and
urged his listeners to join in the
crusade. The speaker declared
that America could never be fully
free of the faint of Fascism until
discrimination and segregation ag-
ainst the Negro were abolished.
During his stay on the campus
of the University of Minnesota
(Which, incidentally, is his alma
mater) Mr.. Wilkins had twenty
minute interview with President
Guy Stanton Ford on conditions
affecting colored students and Wis
tied other student groups and pro-
fessors of his student days
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CNA) =
The contralto voice of Marian An
derson, banned by the Daughters
of the American Revolution from
their Constitutional Hall in the ma
TONS capital, thrilled packed
audience of Negroes and whites in
Birmingham's largest public aud
itorium.
The overwhelming popular re-
ception accorded the great Negro
singer in the heart of the Deep
South was a singing rebuke to
the Tory ladies of Washington who
DETAINED the name of the Ameri-
can Revolution by barring her
from appearing for a scheduled
performance in Constitution Hall.
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Giants Meet Last Years Title
Challengers In Opening Game

Elmer Pop" Wilson's American
Colored Giants will make their
1889 debut April 16, 2 p. m, at the
Columbia playfield against the Pa
cific Fruit and Produce nine. The
Giants, '3S champs of the Puget
Sound League, defeated the Pro-
ducemen two out of three games
in the playoff last year. Fielding a
strong team this year, the Giants
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$4,000 Hear Marian Anderson
In Open Air Freedom" Concert

Some $4,000 persons heard Mar
ian Anderson sing in freedom"
concert in Washington, D. c., APP
ril g. Denied the use of two white
auditoriums in the capitol, Miss
Anderson sang from the steps of
the Lincoln Memorial. Mrs. Anna
Anderson, mother of the famous
contralto, was present at the con-
cert.
A chill wind forced Miss Ander-
son to wear heavy fur coat. AS
her first selection she sang Am
erica"
Secretary of Interior Harold
Ickes, Secretary of Treasury Hem
ry Morganthau, il, Justice Hugo
Black, several congressman and
other Washington notables attend
ed the concert.
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Clinic Given By American Negroes
Being Constructed In South Africa
WHEREFORE INSTITUTE,

WILBERFORCE INSTITUTE,
South Africa &C. = There are
not a dozen native doctors among
100000 native people" said BIZ
shop r. r. Wright of the A.M.E.
church as he turned the first spade
of dirt, breaking ground for two
new buildings at Wherefore In
stitute, one of which will be a
health clinic and the other a Nor
NAL School building.
THE witch doctor still has too
much sway, although the practice
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of witchcraft is crime" the BIZ
shop continued. There is need
everywhere of health service. So
the A.M.E. church begins its new
epoch, here in this community of
1000 people, with no doctor, no
dentist, no drug store, no health
committee, here where we bring
the aspiring youth of South Africa
to learn the higher things of life,
here is the place we start. And I
am happy to say that this clinic
is the gift of the American Ne
groes."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-04-14

NEW YORK (C) = The biggest
big shots" in Harlem are flock
ing to the Imperial Elk Lodge No.
1877, 166 w. 10th ST., according
to a souvenir booklet just issued
by the Square Deal press. Among
the outstanding members are Tax
Commissioner Hubert T. Delany.
Judge James S. Watson, Magis-
trate Myles A. Paige, and Hon.
Francis e. Rivers, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney.
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will have to play championship
baseball, of which they are cap
able, to win from the Fruit Ped
lars Sunday.
A practice game Easter Sunday
showed up many weak spots in
the team which Coach Wilson says
will be ironed out by the 18th.
Frisco McGale, YMCA boxing in
structor, will be the teams trainer.
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Ball Players Return
From Los Angeles

Paul Chappell, Brennan King,
and Jack Tanner returned home
last week from Los Angeles. They
had been in hopes of being taken
on some Negro National or Anne
rican league team as rockies but
unfortunately arrived too late as
most of the teams had gone south
for spring training. King and
Chappell will join the Giants in
their first game April 16.
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Blanche Tolles, Estelle Marshall,
Anna Evans, G. Payne, H. H. Da-
Wis, and Glen Gallerson. Mrs.
Pearl Kaiser presented an original
reading, The Women at the Tomb;
Rev. o. S. Thomas-Lewis was the
reader for the occasion. The adj
ministering of the Baptismal rites
to Miss Clara Walker was a fitting
conclusion to the impressive SER
vices of Easter Day.
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Mount Zion B.YP.U. Counselor
Is Presented In Poetic Recital

Mrs. Matilda Grant was present
ed by Miss Lillian Danielson, Eng
lish instructor, in a Poetical Re-
cital last Thursday evening at the
Seattle Pacific. College, where she
is student Of English, the Bible,
and Drama.
Exceptional in that it featured
all Negro participants, the Recital
was held in the chapel which was
filled with college students and
friends of Mrs. Grant; the COM
posers of all music and lyrics used
were exclusively Negro.
Mrs. Grant was becomingly
gowned in blue mouselline de sole,
with silver trimmings; her corsage
being combination of pale pink
carnations and baby roses. In her
renditions, Mrs. Grant was superb,
her articulation splendid, her en-
unciation clear, every information
carrying its desired effect, her ia
cial expression varying from the
pathetic to the humorous; so that
her audience were at one moment
on the verge of tears, and in the
next instant, on the crest of laugh
ter. From her opening number,
Creation" by James Weldon John
son, to Paul Lawrence Dunbar's
when 1 Get Home" Mrs. Grants
presentation was worthy of high
est commentator. Mrs. Grant re-
ceived many beautiful flowers.
Assisting Mrs. Grant was the
Mt. Zion Octette, under the direc-
ton of Josephine Casmon. Emma
Hunter Rogers latest composition
Cast All Your Troubles On Him"
was featured by the Octette, the
personnel of which is Bessie Rat
cliff, Beulah Mcintyre, Blanch Toll
les, Gertrude Smith, George M.
Payne, Ernest Porter, John Cooper
and Glen Gallerson.
During the intermission, Miss
Edith Mary Bowen Seattle's tai
ented young pianist, presented a
group of Negro Spirituals.
Mrs. Grant, who serves on the
Usher and Deacon Boards, is the
Church School Superintendent and
Advisor of Young People of Mount
Zion Baptist Church, has been re-
quested to repeat the Recital in
one of the churches of the city,
where a larger number of her
friends may witness and enjoy her
unusual talent.
LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF WAS HlNeToN
ann - nan
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Negro Farmers Join In
1920 With AAA Plans

WASHINGTON (C) In the
nine cotton states there are 1884,
900 Negro farm operators, accord
ing to the Census reports, and a.
bout 900 of these farmers have
participated in the AAA farm
programs.
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Swing Mikado"
Has Record Month

Playing nightly to capacity hou-
ses, the WPA Federal Theatre Pro-
ject's all-Negro Swing Mikado,"
which opened at the New Yorker
Theatre on March 1, completed its
first month on Broadway this week
with an attendance record of 3d.
153 to its credit.
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WASHINGTON (CNA) = The
democratic ideal must be applied
in every part of our life - social,
political and economic" Atty. Gen.
Frank Murphy declared in ra-
dio broadcast in which he called
for defense of American civil Ii
berries.
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WASHINGTON (C) - Depart
ment of Agriculture officials said
Wednesday that a special effort
will be made to acquaint Negro
grocery store owners with details
of new plan to distribute surplus
commodities to WPA workers and
others in need through regular
trade channels.
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WASHINGTON CO - Lieut..
Lawrtnce A. Oxley, field represen-
tative of the u. S. Employment
Service, left Friday for a two
month tour of Illinois, Missouri,
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Ala
bama, Kentucky and North Caro-
lima, to hold conferences with state
administrative officials to gain
more work opportunities for Ne
groes.
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CAPETOWN (CNA) - Con-
Quoting an open air mass trial,
South African magistrate found
458 native women guilty of ston-
ing to death Samson Nolcinde who
was involved in a money dispute
with Chief Shembe, head of a re-
ligious cult.
Eleven women, who, it is alleg-
ed, were in possession of weapons,
were sentenced to six months in
prison, while AT received suspend
ed sentences of three months. For
ty-two were acquitted.
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NEW YORK - While a major
ity of the ONT Congressional COM
mittee, which has been investigat-
ing the Tennessee Valley Author
ity for the past nine months, voted
to uphold the work of this federal
agency, criticism was levelled at
the IVA for permitting gross dis
elimination in the employment and
treatment of Negro workers. ac-
cording to the committees report
released this week.
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NEW YORK - Bruno Walter
famous orchestra leader, who is
scheduled to conduct a concert
with the National Orchestra Asso-
citation in Constitution Hall, WASH
ington, D. c., April IL, will go
through with his engagement de-
spite the ban placed on Marian
Anderson's singing there April 9
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution, owners of the tax
exempt building.
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LIBRARY
APR II 1888

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
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DIGNITARIES SPONSORED SINGER

Tune in EUery Thurs.
$3.50 p. m. KEEN
1870 K.C.
Enterprise All Negro
Program
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ALAsKANA. By Marle brake. soc
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sHGtpy
 Birthday

The Empire ertends congratula- tions and best ,Oishes today, their birthday anniuersarr 70 the jolloao- ing:
 JANUARY IA Roy E. Hoffman
 Randi McIver
 J. T. Groomer
 JANUARY 15 Mrs. John Mccormick Mrs. Howard Thompson Susan Ann Williams Marion Foster
 Mona Everetts
 Mart Fitzgibbon Bernhart Savikko Bernard Altemueller
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command of more cash than any one man in New York
 Portly ruddy and well-tailored, Colonel Ruppert was described by a friend as 70 Henry's man about town" He began career first-nighter at theatres when he was 23 and Charles Frohman was launching Maude Adams star
 His rugged physique was real He began building it as youngster uggng heavy sacks of barley around the brewery In later life he kept up moderate routine of exercise under professional trainer One of his stunts was daily walk around the Central Park reservoir.
 As boy he played baseball with a neighborhood team but never approached professional skill Tn spite of his interest in his own team he customarily attended fewer games than fans who had to pay admission In 1884 he saw the Yankees play only four times The reason was his passionate fear of defeat and love of victory Any score closer than 18-to-o kept him in agony until the last man was out.
 His respect for the law was profound and prob ably accounted for his dsinterest in campaigning against prohibition He sold his racing stable reput edly because of a speech Charles Evans Hughes made against race-track gambling. But he was arrested once-for speeding IT miles hour with o. H. P. Belmont in Washington
 In 1853 the name of Jacob Ruppert' was carried into the Antarctic by Admiral Richard E. Byrd the hull of the flagship of his second expedition financed by the colonel John D Rockefeller, Jr, Henry Ford and others
 Perhaps another such figure will arise to take his place, but the passing of Colonel Jake leaves a gaping hole in the American scene. He was part of the legendary golden age which we will never see again.
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GOODBYE COLONEL, WE'RE GOING
 TO MISS YOU

Colonel Jake who never went to bat and never wanted to- struck out yesterday He died in New York at IT. one of the most cooru and most respect ed characters of his time.
 Jacob Ruppert brewer, sportsman and best known as owner of the fabulous New York Yankees collected everything from jade gurnes to skyscrapers-every- thing, that is. except wife. He took special pride in the efficiency of his Park Avenue apartment and his suburban country home liked feminine companion ship but always said no could improve on his own housekeeping
 With minor exceptions, he made his hobbies pay dividends His first notable collection, stable of racing thoroughbreds was reported to have earned $50 GOO year in prize money His Yankees, to the chagrin of competing owners, consistent champ ions and consequenty good investment
 In 1883 the club represented an investment ot $1o0oOO0O. Its purchases of rookie" players alone totaed approximately S2000OO year Its home arena, the Yankee Stadium was the largest baseball plant in the country when it was built
 sThe Yankee Stadium is a mistake-not mine, but the Giants" remarked Ruppert after the towering concrete stands were erected the Bronx. The Giants had demanded what he considered an exorb- tant fetS f6p cdtiiued Use hof the Polo Grounds and he had built his field.
 The Babe Dulit the StdGluln The BdDt llleNt
 p sports colunnist wrote 1884 when Ruth finally retired from Yankees and the experts specu- lating the future of the club without the support of fits star box office attraction But the team con- tSued to draw crowds and win pennants.
 When he died his team at the very pinnacle. "Murderers Row" had slaughtered World Series oppo- si6on three years in row for the only such sweep inf baseball history The Coonels Tanks are still champs. * x
 { While his avocatons-with the exception of such spsrts as yachting and collecting St Bernard dogs, pof fcelain jade and live monkeys-paid Ruppert well, prohibition cost him millions For l3 dry years, he kept 25o at work without pay cut, making beer and then taking the kick out of it for near-beer
 He never turned hand towards repeal but when it ;came, his brewery was ready He even had left sefen the stocky, lappled draft horses that once hauled his rumbng beer wagons over the ctys stone payements Hundreds of men were added to the force Plkns were announced for unit to cost millions soon his plant was producing 25oooOO barrels of beer a tear.
 } As president of the United States Brewers Asso- cation at that time Ruppert envisioned the reform of America through the substitution of beer for hard liquors
 As his brewery prospered Ruppert plunged into real estate purchases In 1885 his properties were valued at s30OOoO0o including $200OO0Oo invested ins five skyscrapers He had begun buying during the slump At that time, he was surmised to have
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THE WASTES OF ALASKA"

One sort of publicity which Alaska could do with less of is the following by Hendrix Wiem Loon, in the January edition of This Week magazine
 Alaska still has only about one person per square mile but again this is territory that should be opened up only to selected settlers to people who stand hot summers, cold winters, great loneliness and end- less disappointments for all others will either try to escape or they will die
 Accompanied by photograph showing frozen lagoon and labeled the of Alaska this article presents entirely false picture of the Territory.
 Come up and see us some time, MT Van Loon
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Alaska AirmaiI Strides
Fairbanks News-Miner)

Fairbanks News-Mner)
 Nearly half ton of airmail from the States, Southeast Alaska and Yukon coming into Fairbanks five planes in period of two weeks, with Christ greetings and other letters bespeaks volume as to the success of the newly established service
 Only months old, this service, as this volume attests has claimed the attention of thousands Out side of the Territory well within.
 When inaugurated the postal authorities an- nounced the service would be justified if it averaged 35 pounds per weekly trip Already the average pound- age above that figure and is steadily the upgrade.
 No doubt about it. the contemplated expanded air. mail service that will link up Juneau with Seattle and the States and Fairbanks and other major Alaskan points likewise will prove justified The sooner it comes the better
 The constant improvement in the star air mail service of Alaska also is to be commended Officials and others responsible for this improvement deserve the thanks of all Alaskans and the many outside Alaska who the the beneficares in way of rapid and dependable mail transmission.
 May the good work go on speeding the day when all Alaskan communities will be tied together and brought into the closest possible relations through the medium of the most modern and rapid form of mail service the world has known
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NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION
 FOR DESPERATION

In the Commissioners Court for the
 Territory of Alaska, Division Num-
 Der One
 Before FELIX GRAY, Commissioner
 and ex-officio Probate Judge, Ju-
 neau Precinct
 In the Matter of the Estate of
 B. M. BEHRENDS, Deceased.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that J. F. MULLEN, administrator with will annexed of the estate of B. M Behrends, deceased, has filed herein and rendered for settlement his final account and report of his admin istration of the estate of deceased, together with a petition for decree of distribution; and that hearing will be had upon said final report and petition before the undersigned at Juneau, Alaska, at 10 o'clock A. M. on March 2d 1899, at which time and place any person interested in the estate of deceased may appear and file objections in writing to said final report and petition, and contest the same.
 WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Probate Court above men, tioned this 30th day of December, 1888.
 (SEAL) FELIX GRAY,
 Commissioner and ex-officio Pro-
 bate Judge, Juneau Precinct. First publication, Dec. 31, 1938. Last publication, Jan. 21, 1889.
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DAILY LESSONS TN ENGLISH
 By w. L. Gordon

Words Often Misused Do not say, T can't find it anywheres." Say, T can't find it anywhere.
 Often Mispronounced: Umbrella. Pronounce umbrella, accent second syllable, and not um-ber-el-a.
 Often Misspelled: Indelible; ible, not able.
 Synonyms: Jocular, jocose, jo- cund, jolly, jovial, joyous, joyful, merry. gay.
 Word Study: Use a word three times and it is yours" Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Cincture; that which surrounds. Pronounce singk-tur, last syllable as in picture). "The seven hills of Rome were first united within the cincture of a single wall"
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Things getting mighty dull in Europe Hitler hasn't taken over another country since October.
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20 YEARS ;:.1 s. AGo .s;'s.
JANUARY IA, 1919

JANUARY IA, 1919
 At a largely attended Stated Com munication of Mt. Juneau Lodge No. 147, Free and Accepted Masons, the following officers were elected for the year 1919: Louis L. Harding, VIM; John Wesley McDanial, SIM; J. Ferte, JW.; John R. Willis, Treas tlrer; Harry E. Brown, Secretary.
 With Chichagof and Hoonah to hear from, the Juneau Chapter of the American Red Cross secured 3.358 new members for 1919 as a result of the Christmas Roll Call
 Mrs. James A. Orchard and Mrs. Lester Knauff of Perseverance were visiting Juneau and were at the Gastineau Hotel.
 Capt. James V. Davis, of the Es- tebeth, was returning to Juneau on the Princess Mary.
 Frank Farmer, of the General Land Office, was to leave for the south on the. Princess Mary. Dur ing his stay in Juneau MT. Farmer was guest at the zynda Hotel
 c. w. Snow, a classmate of Charles w. Hawkesworth at Bow doin College and formerly teacher in the Indian School at Council, had been appointed instructor in augmentation and English at Reed College.
 The MDC. was to give a dancing party in the High School soon, this being the first social function since the quarantine.
 Weather: Highest 34; lowest 31; clear
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on November 21st, 1888, in the United States Commissioners Court for Juneau Precinct, Division No. 1, Territory of Alaska, the undersigned was appointed admin istrator of the estate of James Ingels, deceased All persons hav- ing claims against said estate are required to present them, with proper vouchers, and verified as required by law, to said admins trator, at the office of his attorney, Howard D. Stabler, in the Shat tuck Building at Juneau, Alaska, within six months from the date of this notice. Date of Notice: De- cember "A, 1888.
 GEORGE DANNER, Administrator. Publication dates, Dec "A, 31, 1888, Jan. ', IA, 1899.
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LOOK and LEARN
By A c. Gordon

1. How can a President of the U. s. keep his oath to defend the Constitution, and still favor the re- peal of an amendment to the Con- stitution?
 2. How many symphonies did Beethoven write?
 3. What title does the wife of an earl carry?
 4. What does "caveat emptor" mean?
 5. Where do the greatest known periodic tides in the world occur?
 ANSWERS
 l. Article V of the Constitution provides the President legal means of amending the Constitution. 2. Nine.
 3. Countess.
 4 Let the buyer beware. 5. Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia.
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M O D E R N ETIQUETTE z
By Roberto L.

O. What does carte blanche mean, and how is it pronounced?
 A. It means blank paper, with a persons signature, etc, given to another with permission to super scribe what conditions he pleases; hence, unconditional power. Pro- nounce kart -blangsh, both as as in as, principal accent on last syllable.
 O. Is it good form to use the salutation Dear Friend" when writing to a person with whom you are not acquainted?
 A. No. The formal salutation is, My dear MT. Davis"
 0. How many maids should a hostess employ when serving ten or twelve guests?
 A. Two maids will insure much better efficiency than one.