davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1939-08-07
New Orleans Prices.
Foreign Business Advices

Reports from foreign bureaus of
the Commerce Department follow:
Italy-Cotton imports sharply cur
tailed.
France-Cotton mills active in
June.
Spain-Orange exports continue
decline.
Iceland-American motion pic
lures lead
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Steel Operations
| Are Scheduled
|For Advance
' the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Operations
in the steel industry for the current
week will advance 8 of / point to
COL per cent of capacity, compared
with 593 per cent last week, the
American Iron & Steel Institute
estimated today.
A month operations were at the
rate of 49.7 per cent of capacity,
while year ago they were 394
per cent.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Georgia Tobacco Sales
Total $4,801,260.59
By the Associated Press.

By the ASSOclated Press.
ATLANTA. Aug. 7.-Second week
sales in the Georgia bright leaf to-
bacco auctions totaled $4,801 ,260 SO,
the State Department of Agriculture
reported today
Growers sold 35,135 1862 pounds of
the leaf in Is markets for an aver
age pric, of 1857 cents.
This compared with the opening
week average of 1875. when grow
ers disposed of 27,024,786 pounds for
So, ,985, ,575.62.
With well over half of the new
crop already sold, the season total
for Georgia showed 62, 2,160,148 pounds,
auctioned for $8,786,83621.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Railroad Employment
Increases | Per Cent
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Railroad employment in mid-July
totaled 1,002,135, an increase of
per cent compared with mid June,
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion reported today. The gain was
nearly per cent above July, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
London Exchanges Closed

LONDON, Aug. LP).-All security
and commodity exchanges in Britain
remained closed today in observance
of the August bank holiday. Cana
dian markets, with the exception OF
Montreal, suspended operations to-
day for a civic holiday.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
World Price
Commodity Index
Drops Slightly
BY the Associated Press.

by tIIt HSSVCIateU FTeSS.
NEW YORK. Aug. THE Gen
erol Motors-Cornell world price in
dex OF 40 basic commodities de-
clined to 60.2 during the week ended
July 90 from COS in the preceding
week. The United States index in
gold decreased 9 of point to 6O5.
The index numbers. based on 1910
ID aS 100 fol1ou,.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
New York Cotton
BY the Associated Press.

bS IIIt HSSVCIdIpU FItSS.
NEW YORK. Aug. Cotton fu-
lures held steady today but traders
were hesitant pending the Govern
ment cotton crop estimate due to-
morrow and reopening of foreign
markets. closed for a holiday.
Late afternoon prices were up 3
to 6 points. October was ahead
at 9Ol and May was higher at 8.45.
Futures closed As higher.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Aeronoutic Exports Rise

The Commerce Department re-
ported aeronautic exports in June
valued at $10,619 1858, compared with
s1o,385 1886 in May and s7,456,5l9
in April.
Evening star., 1939-08-07
300 Tons of Leod Sold

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 R.-St. Jo-
sepn Lead Co. reported TOO tons of
southeast Missouri pig lead sold
Frloay at $50 per 100 pounds East
e. Louis and 100 tons at the New
York average. y
Evening star., 1939-08-07
Chicago Cash Market,

Chicago Cash Market
Wheat. No. > yellow 6s: No mixed
64l Corn, No. > mixed 44i2 Oats, No
>. mixed. 27l2-2ss4: sample mixed, 2617;
No > white. 29l2-a4; sample, white IS
Barley mating, 50-56 nominal: feed
35-40 No. mailing. "a: No 2 mailing
50-52: timothy seed, new crop, 375-410
Evening star., 1939-08-07

Nominal
Cott0nseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
20 lower. Sales, 1914 contracts. September
$40: October. 5.16b: December 5 90, jan
uary. 5.97b March. sos
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. z lP.-Traders
evened UP in advance of tomorrow's Cow
ernment crop estimate and cotton futures
higher
Cottonseed oil closed steady: detachable
prime summer yellow, 5.15. nominal; prime
crude. 30 nominal.
September sob; october, 525b: De-
cember 5.39b; January, 5.45b; March,
5.51b. Bid.
Evening star., 1939-08-07

approximate Soes OF Stocks the NJ Y Stock Exchonoe
11:0t AN. :OO Nom ooo
100 PM 40 ooo
Total Sales for $4,000
sUnit OF trading 10
I'M oahhEuptcV or recelYerShIp
o8nkruptcy ACT OF securities assumed
Rates OF dvoend the FOREGOING
ehts oased on the last declaration
oner"1se noted special
xo E3 olVidend M Ex rights Also ePad
wear tayable IN stock
year hGash or stock Accumulated paid OF de-
Evening star., 1939-08-07
U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK. Aug 7 lP.-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds:
Evening star., 1939-08-07

INN IgO u
preliminary. !
Evening star., 1939-08-07

Iddline spc
Nominal.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
TO INVESTIGATE
WORK SHOP

Spurred on by the success of
the first investigation, the COM
mittee will continue it's efforts to
secure equal rights at Fort Lewis
by investigating charges that Ne
gro youths were refused training
at the government workshops.
These charges were made by Art
Cabbel, of Tacoma, and substan-
tiated by correspondence from the
supervisor of NYA projects in Ia
coma. Cabbels son was refused
training at the Workshops of Fort
Lewis on the grounds that he was
colored and that no Negroes were
wanted at the government train
ing shops.
These charges are still under in
vestigation by the committee and
it is expected that the doors of the
workshops will be opened to Negro
youth in the near future.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Tune in EDery Friday
7:45 p. m. KEEN
1870 K.C.
Hear Ted Wood with the
Negro News of the Air
A New Feature OF The
All Negro Program
PSI. No. 100 Elks
Name P. Fraser AS
Housing Agent

The meeting of Puget Sound
Lodge Elks, No. 100, Monday
night, was devoted to the dis
cussion of agreement of the
City Council with the Housing
Authority for operation of the
Yessler Hill housing project.
Prentis I. Fraser, being CONVEX
SAINT with the subject, added con-
siderable information. Following
the discussion, Fraser was unan-
imously chosen by the lodge as
its agent to represent it in any
negotiation involving the rights
and sale of its properties in the
district designated by the Yesler
Hill Housing project.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10

that Mrs. Taylor donated two
thousand dollars to the Holy Ro-
sary building fund. She was color
ed, so when the Priest wanted to
start his Jim Grow church asked
him why didn't they let the color
ed people organize in one of the
school rooms. I asked him to give
us the same chance they gave the
Filipinos. When they organized the
catholics allowed the Filipinos the
use of the Catholic hall. There are
two-hundred and fifty of them. I
said to him why didn't the catho-
lies give the Filipinos a separate
church because there were so many
more of them. He didn't answer
me. He just went ahead making
plans to separate the colored peo-
pie. Now you know and everyone
knows that the colored people will
have to worship in that store
building. I never worshiped God
in a store building and I never
shall.
My husband was gassed while
he was in France, my brother died
and is buried in Flanders Field.
They both died to make this count
ry better place in which to live
and why should I let him (that
priest) who has done nothing for
this country, tell me what to do?
My uncle fought in the battle
of New Orleans, my grandfather
fought in the Civil War and my
uncles were in the Spanish Ameri-
can war.
Continued on Page Four)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Many Attend At
Funeral Rites OF
PaulChappell

Mute testimony of the esteem
in which Paul Benedict Chappell
was held by his many friends was
shown as final respects were paid
him at the A.M.E. Church, 1911
14th Ave-, Saturday, November 4.
In a beautiful setting of floral
offerings, many friends and fellow
workers gathered as services were
read by Rev. T. M. Davis of the
Mount Zion Baptist Church, as
sisted by Rev. ]. r. Hayes, pastor
of the A.ME. Church.
Touching tributes were paid to
Paul Chappell by Professor L. l..
Magruder, A.M.E. choir director
of which Paul had been a member
for two years, and Mr.. ]. Morrison,
who spoke on behalf of the Ships
Scalers' Union, which attended the
services in a body and of which
Paul was also a member.
Miss Merry Newton, accompan-
led by Professor Magruder at the
organ, rendered three beautiful So
los.
Custer Chappell, older brother
Of Paul, flew in from Spokane to
attend the services.
Pallbearers were P. S. Barnett,
Henry Allen, B. Wilson, Joe Sta
ton, David and Robert Williams.
Interment was at Washington
Memorial Cemetery beside his ia
Their, Custer Chappell, who passed
away January 81 of this year.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Hall Johnson Choir To
Sing In 'Swanee River

HOLLYWOOD (CNA) = The
Hall Johnson Choir will be one of
the features of "Swanee River" a
film in tectnicolor now in prepara-
ton at the Goth Century-Fox stu
dio here. The film deals with the
life of Stephen Foster, writer of
"Swanee River" "Old Black joe"
and other songs.
Johnson and his choir will sing
two of Fosters best-known songs
for the picture, "Old Black Joe"
and my Old Kentucky Home" in
addition, Johnson has the job of
seeing that the Southern sequences
in the story are authentic and that
the proper type actors are used.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
OUR ONLY
BOAST
eve Print
The Neaus''
Second Virginia
Salary Case Up

NORFOLK, Va. Continuing
its fight to compel boards of edu-
cation in southern and border
states to recognize the right of
Negro teachers in the public school
system to be paid salaries equal
to wages paid white teachers do
ing the same work, the NAACP
filed petition in the U. S. District
Court here Thursday, November 2,
on behalf of Melvin o. Aston, a
Negro teacher in the Booker T.
Washington High School here.
Aston is seeking to force the
local board of education to pay
him salary equal to that of a
white teacher doing the same work
He is represented by Thurgood
Marshall, special counsel for the
NAACP.
AS a taxpayer and a teacher,
Alston's suit is being brought I'M
der Sections Al and 43, of the I'm
tied States Code. The former Sec
ton refers to the right of all per-
sons within the jurisdiction of the
United States to make and en-
force contracts to sue and to
receive full and equal benefit of
all laws :. "as is enjoyed by
white citizens" The latter Sec
ton refers to the liability of all
persons who attempt to deprive
others of rights and privileges :.
secured by the Constitution and
laws" of the United States.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
DR.. Carver Is Called
Greatest Chemurgist

NEW YORK (CNA) = DR.. Geo.
Washington Carver, venerable sci
enlist of Tuskegee Institute, is de-
scribed as "the first and greatest
chemurgist" in the recently pub
lished book, Pioneers of Plenty
by Christy Berth.
In his volume, which is the story
of chemurgy, the most exciting of
the newer chemcical sciences, by
which waste is converted into
wealth, Berth gives an illuminat-
ing biography of DR.. Carver. The
story is essentially the story OF
peanuts and the miracles wrought
by DR.. Carver in the application
of peanuts to the economy of the
South.
DR.. Carver's work with peanuts
Berth points out, has resulted in q
$2o0,oo0,O0O a year business fol-
the South.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Hopkins Prof. Gives Lie
To Need of Compulsory
Syphilis Examinations

NEW YORK = The compulsory
examination of domestics, cooks,
walters, BARRIERS and beauticians to
determine whether they have syph-
Ills, is wholly unjustified because
"ninety-nine and nineteenth per
cent of all infections with syphilis
are acquired by means Of one or
another form of sexual contact and
by this means alone"
This was the revealing state
ment made by DR.. Joseph e. Moore
Of Baltimore's John Hopkins Uni
versity, in speech before the New
England Post Graduate Assembly
of Harvard, in Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, Tuesday, October 81.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Urban League And
Y.W.C.A. Are Blue
Ribbon Winners

Seattle's Urban League and
the Phyllis Wheatley branch
of the Y. w. c. A. today are
proud owners of blue-ribbon
certificates and bright blue
feathers-won for going over
the top by pledging more than
one days pay in the Commu-
nifty Fund campaign.
The campaign closed Thurs
day night with a huge dinner in the
Civic Auditorium when weary but
still determined volunteer workers
made their final reports.
Some of the teams were over
the top in their quotas; some were
near the finish line; all had striv-
en- valiantly to raise the funds i'm
perative to carry on the work of
the thirty-eight Community Fund
agencies for the coming year.
At the final melting, while bands
played and the crowds cheered,
winning teams paraded around the
big floor of the Auditorium.
1--WE have the deadline, but many
who wanted to give to the Commu-
nifty Fund have not yet been
reached" Darwin Meisnest, cam
paign chairman, said. 1--WE are ask
ing those who have not bee neon
tacted, to please telephone their
pledges to Community Fund head
quarters, Main S901."
Meisnest expressed his deep ap-
probation to the men and women
who have worked without pay, put
ting in time and effort and talents
that the Community Fund might
reach its goal of $599,006, and
live up to its slogan: "Care Enough
to Share Enough"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Bombers Win For
Paul Chappell

When Glen Gianini's Brown
Bombers went out onto the Civic
Auditorium field last Sunday and
defeated the White Center A. c.
200, they We're not seeking their
second victory but victory for
Paul Chappell, their fellow team
mate who died October 81.
Despite the sadness that over
Swallowed the team, the boys were
determined to win this one for
Paul.
Fighting their hearts out, the
Brown Bombers went scoreless the
first three quarters.
Opening the fourth and final
quarter, the Bombers, more deter
mined than ever what this game
really meant to them, started a
rally that pushed White Center all
over the field.
In quick succession, passes to
Jack Tanner and Hank Allen
reached pay-dirt with but one try
for-point good. A little later on
a running play, Willie Stockard
scored the third touchdown, pass
ing to Hank Allen for the point
after the touchdown. The score,
200.
Thus ended the game dedicated
to Paul Chappell, the grandest
sportsman anyone would want to
play on the same team with or
against.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Tuberculosis Is Still
Enemy Number One

The work of preparing 49,
100000 Christmas Seals for
delivery to 10000 Seattle and
King County residents by
Thanksgiving Day is going
forward at headquarters of
the nti-Tuberculosis League
of King County. Each day
sees volunteers from different
women's clubs of the city bu-
sy assembling the seal sale letters
used in the Leagues annual cam
paign for funds to finance effect
i've health programs in this COM
munity. This work will continue
until every letter is ready to be
sent to the post offict.
Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scout and
Girl Scout groups and Rainbow
Girls have nearly completed their
work of folding the sheets of pen
ny seals and are returning them
to League headquarters. Each year
boys and girls take active part
in the Christmas Seal sale, accord
ing to Miss Honoria Hughes, exec
utive secretary.
Because of the Leagues health
educa tion programs in the
schools" Miss Hughes explained,
most boys and girls are pretty
well informed about tuberculosis
and know the important health
activities Christmas Seals finance
in this community. Although tu-
berculosis deaths have declined in
the past 80 years from first to
seventh place as cause of death,
it still remains first cause among
young people between the ages of
Is and AS"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Fl. Chaplain Lauds
Seattle Committee
For Investigation

Segregation in buses and
the theater at Fort Lewis has
been outlawed, it was learned
this week. That Negro sol
diers have been accepted on a
basis of equality with recruits
of other nationalities was re-
vealed Wednesday in a letter
from Rev. Leroy P t r,
chaplain of the 47th Quarter
masters regiment, addressed
to the associate editor of the
Northwest Enterprise.
The letter stated in part,
"the complex has changed
since your visit to the Fort. We
use the bus at will and sit any
where there is a seat. We have
moved out of those tents into stone
buildings which are beautiful and
comfortable. Please accept my per-
sonal thanks for your interest
shown in u.s."
The banning of discriminatory
practices at the Fort is the result
of an investigation made October
18 by Bernard e. Squires, execu-
tive secretary of the Seattle Ur-
ban League, DR.. VIM. H. Calhoun
and T. John Wood, of the North
west Enterprise. The investigation
was made following complaints
reaching Seattle to the effect that
the 47th Quartermasters, a newly
formed regiment, has been dis
eliminated against at the Fort.
A conference between the COM
mittee and Sergeant Clark resulted
in promise from Clark that every
effort would be made to break
down discrimination at the Fort.
Latest reports from the Fort are
to the effect that there is no dis
criminatio min the Fort proper.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Bomber Cridmen
Lost For Season

Fullback Danny Allen and guard
Charles Winston are lost to the
Brown Bombers for the season be-
cause of injuries.
Winston sustained a badly
sprained ankle during the Bomber
Rainier game two weeks ago. AL
len was hit by an automobile Mon
day, October 80, and received a
very serious shoulder injury which
win keep him out of action the re-
mainder of the season.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
u. S. Civil Service Exam

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the follow.
ing open competitive examination
HELPER, RIGGER
This examination is for the pur-
pose Of filling existing and future
vacancies in the Puget Sound Ma
Wy Yard, Bremerton, Washington
Applications must be filed with
the Recorder, Labor Board, Puget
Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, moi
later than November IT, 1889.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the follow.
ing open competitive examina-
tons:
MESS ATTENDANT
SKILLED LAUNDRY HELPER
These examinations are for the
purpose Of filling existing and flu.
ture vacancies in the u. S. Marine
Hospital. Public Health Service
Seattle, Washington.
Applications must be filed with
the Manager, 18th u. S. Civil Ser
vice District, Federal Office Build
ing, Seattle, Washington, not later
than November 10, 1889.
Full information may be obtain
ed from the Manager, 18th U. s.
Civil Service District, Federal Of
flee Building, Seattle, Washington
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Expose Plot To Segregate
Portland Negro Catholics

Enterprise Story Causes Expose Of Discrimination By Catholic Church,
Priest Active in Segregation Movement
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10
Mrs. Roberta Collins
Scalded By Hot Water

Mrs. Roberta Ray Collins has
been confined to her bed at the
home of her mother for the past
week with q. badly burned ankle
sustained by scalding water. Mrs.
Collins accident occurred at the
All club where she is employed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-11-10

"Digesting the News" column of
the Northwest Enterprise last
week.
In the letter, which is printed be-
low, Mrs. Marshall covers the po-
Icy of the Portland Catholic
Church from 1924 until the estab-
lishment of the Chapel of the Lit
tie Flower a few weeks ago. The
letter is as follows.
Mr.. T. John Wood
Dear Mr.. Wood,
I hope that I am the first one
to congratulate you upon your
splendid article, Digesting the
News. I am catholic, the only
colored person in Portland that
was outspoken against this terri
BILE unjust and uncalled for action
of the st. Vincent De Paul Soc
iety In 1924 Mrs. Morris Taylor
donated two thousand dollars to-
ward the building of Holy Rosary
Hall which is just five short blocks
from the colored church.
When the priest came to see me
I asked him why did they want
to put us by ourselves as there
were not over fifteen colored cath
olics in the city. 1 tried in my
humble way to point out to him
the struggle our people were hav-
ing to pay off the debts of the
three churches. That the burden
always fell upon the faithful few.
I told him that he was not meet
ing the colored man of fifteen
years agoo, that he was meeting
the colored man of today. Our
colored boys and girls are coming
out of college and that they will
demand their rights as Americans.
I did my best to convince him of
the injustice to our race.
Just before he left the house,
Mr.. Woods, he threw his head to
one side and squinted his eyes
Said to me, MRS. Marshall, just
tell me how you feel in awhile
church," I told him that didn't
go to church for the people. I on
ly went to church for God. He
did not like me because he found
out I am not a Eyes" Negro.
He called me up one day and
said to me MRS. Marshall, I will
give you the honor of naming the
Mission. Mission! I said, I thought
you said you only wanted to or
ganize a club. So we began. Well
when he saw he couldn't bring me
around to his way of thinking he
come back at me with his insult
about the colored people. He said
1.-THE colored people are ignorant
and they must be educated"
said no, it is not the colored people
that are ignorant-it's the white
people that need a little more
Christianity in their hearts. For
the pulpit and the press have more
power than anything else in this
world and when that power fails
everything fails with it. He then
asked me if I was opposed to the
church. I told him yes, was and
didn't care who knew it. He said
I was the only one opposed to him.
That he had made up his mind to
go through with it and he was 60
ing through because the Archbi-
shop had given his blessing upon
it. ut strikes me funny now, his
blessing.) And he didn't mind tell
ing me he had already rented the
place for our people. This is just
the highlights of the two CONVEX
sations we had.
/ will tell you now why I OPP
posed him. You will recall in the
beginning of my letter I told you
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-04-14
WE WANT TO READ-BUT

Each new agency set up to
help the farmer, and people in
general, to adjust himself to the
pressing problems Of todays
agriculture and life Greats a
new field or the progress of
rural and small town thinking.
To sharpen and prod the think
ing of the farmer, he is given
many reference sources. He is
told what to read and in what
book he may find something on
a certain subject, but not where
ne will fin the book. New needs
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-04-14

for printed materials are being
created by the programs of The
Agricultural Extension Servisc
rural discussion groups, forums
and educational broadcasts.
The rural family of today
reads or many different reasons
Some turn to books for practic-
al help, perhaps for specific in
formation concerning soil GRO
sion, land-usc planning, buildinp
a chicken hoU e, care Of the
baby, or any o. a dozen different
topics; some eek in books and
pamphlets, MAGAZINES and news
papers, an understanding Of the
current economic, social and
governmental problems; some
look for the backgrounds Of cur
rent problems in the pages of
history; some find inspiration in
the great literary masterpieces
20 m e broaden their horizons
through books of travel; and
some turn to good stories for
entertainment and relaxation.
Yes, the rural reader does all
of thees things-when he can
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1939-04-14

scholarship students are gradu-
ates Of 38 colleges throughout
this country and abroad, indica-
ting the wide appeal of the
university system.
The Times takes pleasure in
publishing the above announce
ment and hopes that among the
collegians of our area may be
foundsome who desire added
schoPling and ta@e advantage
of this opportunity if possible.