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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
Wilkie COnfers
With Colored
Leaders While
On Vacation

Washington, D. c. Wendell
Willkie, Republican Presidential
nominee, continues to receive rep
resentatices of the Negro-group
at his Observation-Disclosures, Colo
RADIO Springs, and to repeat in in
terviews what he so frankly and
openly said to- Colored Delegates
with whom he conferred at Phila-
delphia before his nomination =
that, when elected, he will see
that colored citizens get their fair
proportion of appointments, their
fair representation in policy-mak-
ing, and that he will seek to re-
move all kinds of discrimination
from all kinds of groups"
Further, he has given the heart
ening assurance that his political
philosophy is that the Negro is a
ful-fledged citizen under the Con-
stitution of the United States, and
should receive the same considera-
ton as other citizens of the Re-
public.
This attitude was again empha-
sized last week when he conferred
with Bishop Noah w. Williams,
presiding bishop of the Fifth Dis
trict of the African Methodist E.
piscopal church.
Bishop Williams Backs Willkie
Bishop Williams pledged full
support to the Republican nominee.
81 think that the salvation of the
American people depends largely
upon the election of Mr.. Willkie,"
Bishop Williams said. "This ques-
ton of dole is not the best for any
people in America. What we want
is self-respect and jobs.
II shall visit during a series of
conferences of the Fifth District,
which embraces al 1.-THE territory
between st. Louis and the Pacific,
at Seattle, Washington, Bakers
field, California; Los Angeles, Den
yer, Wichita and Lawrence, Kan
sas; Springfield and Cape Girar-
Continued on Page Two)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
Khan Show Race Batting Film to Raise
Demo Party Funds In State Capitol
By ID. G. p.


Heavily billed and advertised,
on August 1914, Thurston County
Democrats will stage the much
hated Birth of A Nation" picture
in Olympia, Washington for the
purpose of raising funds for the
Democratic party, and to ask that
Negro Democrats of Washington
aid in perpetuating it.
Olympia is the capital city of the
state. Yet, Olympia, for years has
been widely known for it's prejudice
against Negroes. So deeply imbed-
ded is it that it has permeated not
only every public building in the
city, but leaves it's virus in the
executive chamber.
So deeply set is prejudice in
Olympia, that it appears that all
the Klansmen that had left Texas
and Missouri, have found their way
in the capital of our state. With
the q injection of new blood into
their stalemated camp, Olympia
KKK's have grown bold and re-
moved their masks.
To accentuate their cause and
fill their depleted Golfers, Thurston
County Democrats will build their
flaming crosses anew right in the
heart of Olympia. Democrats of
the type who would in these peril
Gus times use such a race hatred
melting cinema as 1.-THE Birth Of
A Nation" to raise money are the
type that preside at any crossroad
where a helpless Negro is lynched,
the same type that would ride the
night with rope and torch in quest
of black man; the same type that
would like to hear the cracking
flames as they arise from the cru
cifixion of some hunted black man,
while women and children, drunk
with ghoulish glee fight for ghast-
ly souvenirs.
1t is doubtful if democrats ever
seriously considered their Obliga-
tiOns to the public.
One of the committee who is
sponsoring The Birth of a Nation
is the Purchasing Agent of the
Budget and Service under Cover
nor Clarence ID. Martin.
One of the ticket sellers is Gus
todian of Building and Ground I'M
der Governor Clarence ID. Martin.
No, Democrats are not aware of
their responsibility. If Thurston
County Democrats minds crave ex-
element such as can come from
Klansmen or Birth of a Nation,
come on down to Seattle where
5000 varieties of freaks roam the
STREETS at will, where not even a
baby is safe after dark.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
PCY Drafts Broad
Youth Program
BY ScOttie Brown

Whittier are we bound, Youth of
Today? What of tomorrow? Little
thought is given to the future by
our Negro Youth. If we could per-
suade our youth to stop and think
just five minutes every day, we
would fel rewarded for our eff
forts. With opportunities opening
up on every side, our Youth should
prepare to take advantage of them.
It knocks but once.
To be prepared we must first
make sure that we have the proper
training. The Negro student fails
to follow fully balanced curricu-
lum, one which would equip him to
apply for varied types of employ
ment.
A Negro student should educate
himself to fill the position of his
choice and strive to be the top per-
son in his class rather than being
satisfied by merely sliding by. He
must be at least two or three times
as brilliant as his next white COM
petitor to even by considered for a
responsible position.
Each Negro Youth should take it
upon himself to be representative
of the race and strive for the high
est goal attainable in his selected
field.
1t is the responsibility of the
parents to counsel, advise and in
struct their children to take SUBJ
jects that will fit them for a rich
er life after graduation. The hard
ships and stumbling blocks exper-
fenced by our elders should serve
as stepping stones in our path to
success.
IT shall be the earnest endeavor
of the Progressive Colored Youth
at all time to make the way easy
for those who will follow in our
wake by opening the doors of OPP
portunity for them, that they may
have life, liberty, and flow the pur-
suit of happiness.
Scottie r. Brown
Secretary of Communication
Progressive Colored Youths
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
John Wants A Home

John, fifteen-year old col
ored boy who is attending the
Garfield High School, needs a
home in that district. He has no
relatives with whom he may
live so must have a substitute
home.
The Division for Children of
the King County Welfare De-
partment will assume the finan-
cial responsibility for Johns
care, but because the amount
paid is for John only, the board
ing parents must have a regular
income which covers their living
expenses. The home must also
meet the other minimum re-
quirements established by state
law. The foster mother must
be home at least after school
hours.
There are other boys and girls
ranging from infancy to eight
cen years of age who also need
homes. Offers of such homes
for children of all ages are de-
sired by the office of the Divi-
sion for Children of the King
County Welfare Department,
704 County-City Building. These
may be made by telephoning
Seneca 2700, by letter, or by
call at the office.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
Brings Famous
Band Here

Duke Browning, popular mae
stro and host is bringing to Sc
attic, Erskine Hawkins, one of the
most popular bands in the coun-
try, Monday, August 26 at Finnish
Hall 18th and Washington SITS.
Browning states the band pa
rade has just begun and assures
music and lovers of the dance
none shall pass Seattle by. He
created a sensation in featuring
Jimmy Lunceford a few months
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09

Erskine Hawkins, the twentieth
century Gabriel and the youngest
band leader in the business will
appear here with his orchestra on
Monday, August 26 at Finnish
Hall. admission. Men $1.00. La
dies 75c.) Erskine is a native of
Alabama and his band originated
in the famous Alabama State
Teachers College He is a trained
musician and taught music for
one year before organizing his
band. He plays every modern mu-
steal instrument known, but sticks
to his trumpet.
Erskine plays the most exciting
horn in the profession. He de-
signed his OWE special mouthpiece
and he hits high note range new
er before reached by any trumpet
player He is the only trumpeter
known to triple tongue high &C."
Have you heard Tuxedo juno
tion?" He is the author and you
will appreciate it all the more
when you hear his orchestra play
it while he directs the band with
his trumpet only.
After opening the famous Har-
lem Opera House on Broadway, he
became an overnight sensation
and acclaimed by the press and
public as the greatest modern
trumpet player. The super added
attraction for Monday night, Aug
ust &c, will be Dolores Brown and
Jimmy Mitchell, who have been
heard on Hawkins thrice-weekly
NBC Breakfasts from the famous
Savoy Ballroom in New York City,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
Negroes Fight
Exclusion From
Ballot

Discrimination Condemned at Par
ley Seeking to Raise Economic
Level of Race
LOG CABIN CENTER, Ga, =
Negroes searching for methods
to raise the economic level of
their race in the United States
denounced at meeting here Eek
clusion of the black man from the
ballot" by such political barriers as
white primaries and the poll tax"
Assembling in this rural commu-
nifty where the parents of some of
them had been slaves, representa-
tives of church, business, educa-
tional and fraternal organizations
yesterday drafted a resolution for
the state central planning commits
sion urging:
"That all Negroes exercise every
legitimate means to obtain the
right to vote as all honorable cit
liens should"
PROMISE TO VOTE
The commissioner pledged them
selves Ito register and vote, to
constitute ourselves individually as
committees of one to see to it that
others register and vote; that we
pay our taxes and assume the abli-
cations of citizenship while work.
ing for recognition as worthy citi-
zens."
Bishop w. A. Fountain of the
African Methodist Episcopal
church initiated the commission ac-
ton by denouncing white" pri-
maries traditional methods for
nomination of Democratic office
holders in the South - as ''violat-
ing the constitution and depriving
a large number of useful citizens
from the privilege of representa-
ton in government.
RAPS 1-PARTY PLAN
81 hope that day has gone when
the Negroes will vote en- masse
the Republican ticket" Bishop
Fountain said. 81 hope will never
see the day when Negroes en- masse
will vote the Democratic ticket.
The most hurtful thing today to
the Southland is the One-party
system"
DR.. Benjamin F. Hubert, presi-
dent of the Georgia State College
at Savannah and chairman of the
commission, cited the presence of
Bishop Fountain and DR.. L. A.
Pinkston of Augusta, Ga, head of
the state Baptist convention in
GLIDING $4,000 members, as "the
first time to my knowledge that
the leaders of two such powerful
church organizations have come
together in a program not strictly
a religious effort"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
Anti-3rd Termers
Bolt Demo Party

WASHINGTON, (CNA -Oppo-
sition to a third term for Pres
ident Roosevelt surged within the
Democratic Party this week, caus-
ing several prominent Democrats
to bolt the Party creating a situa-
ton which may have grave conse-
quence at the polls next Novem-
Der.
The threatened eruption which
came dangerously near to the boil
ing point at the Chicago conven-
ton assumed considerable proper
tons during the past few days by
the DETECTION of several senators
including Burke of Nebraska,
Wheeler of Montana, Adams of
Colorado and former Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri. In
addition many high Democratic
chieftains, some of whom were
formerly members of the admins
tration have publicly announced
their break with the Party and
their intention of supporting Wen
dell L. Willkie, utility magnate
and Republican nominee for the
Presidency.
That the cleavage will become
ever wider during the coming
weeks was indicated by move
on the part of Senator Burke to
call a conference of all anti-third
termers in Chicago for the pur-
pose of setting up national or
ganization of rebels.
The rebellious Democrats were
blasted by President Roosevelt at
a press conference at his Hyde
Park estate this week. He accused
them of being Party renegades
and declared their efforts to split
the Democratic Party will be I'M
successful. The vigor of his broad
side gave indication that the 1910
Presidential battle may become
one of the most bitter in genera
tons.
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aPRy


1--WE honor the American
Flag, symbol of our Ameri-
can heritage. The right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness in a free ma
ton"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
SAYS GEN johnson:

"Do you want to know whether
we are going to be pushed into
this war? Watch Wendell Willkie!
If his progress continues toward
the November victory now appar-
emily in sight, we will be in it
before the end of September.
81 don't accuse the President of
meditating any such poison :.
"But 1 think he has abdicated
intellectually to an enthusiastically
small adulating group of unelected
totalitarian associates, who would
stop at nothing to perpetuate not
him, not any principle except the
Nazi principle of personalized pow
er, not anything-but themselves. :"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-08-09
Burns Followers
Local And State
Cheer Leader

Frank Burns campaign for the
Republican nomination for gov
ernor got off to flying start Mon.
night with a dinner for Western
Washington leaders at the Mason
ic Temple Harvard Avenue and
Pine Street. The address of the
candidate in which he outlined the
issues in his campaign was broad
cast over a statewide radio hook
up.
Burns declared that he hoped
to see the pressure groups driven
from the capitol at Olympia.
In speaking of old-age pensions
Burns declared that Gov. Clarence
D. Martin now favors paying $40
a month.
"How that can be accomplished
without additional taxes since the
state cannot now pay $50, is a tri-
file obscure" Burns said.
'I am a firm believer in the ma
tional pension scheme. However,
there is now on the books of our
state law which plainly and de-
finitely says that every needy per-
son of IS or more shall receive $50
month. Has every person who
could qualify under the law re-
ceived $50 a month Everyone
knows he has not. Let us keep our
present legal obligations to the
aged before we start making wild
promises of bigger and better pen
sions."
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ago, but assures the public Err
sl1ine Hawkins orchestra which
features Doloris Brown and Jim
my Mitchell is a sensation so diff
ferent and very unique.
Other noted bands in the music
al parade disclos ethe return of
Jimmie Luncefore, Floyd Ray and
the grandest of them all, Count
Basi and many others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02

Great Nehula in Andromeda, seen as Q dim blur of light under fa- vorable atmospheric conditions. Even @ large telescope does not serve to reveal its spiral structure, which is shown only by photographs of fairly long exposure. This galaxy in Andromeda is about a million light-years away from us and the latest observations indicate that 1t is comparable in size with our ow1, galaxy. Until this fact was discov- cred it was considered that our galaxy was one of exceptionally great size. Further study of the ex. tent of the spiral nebulaS will un- doubtedly reveal many island uni- verses of the same size and possi- ply also of much larger physically united aggrega tions of stars. As astronomic learning progresses the exceptionally of the earth and its place in the universe is becoming less apparent. Also 1t is to be noted that certain groups of spirals ape pear to be united by some physi- cal bond and form of physical unit to which has been applied the term "Super-galaXies".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02
'DIVORCEE HELD IN
 FATAL SHOOTING
Son of Former NOrwalk Mayor Killed-Struggle
 Over Gun Called Cause

Norwalk, Conn.,, Jan. 2. UP)- Sophie Baehr, 4l-year-old divorcee, was charged with murder today in the fatal shooting of Ruben Robins, 48 son of a former mayor, on New Years day.
 Miss Baehr and Robins were cele- brating a reconciliation after a quarrel and went for an automo- bile ride New Years eve. She told police they parked on a side street. where she tllreatensd suicide be- cause of an illness.
 A struggle ensued over a revolver, she said, and it discharged, sending a slug into Robins neck. He died 10 minutes later at Norwalk hospital.
 Miss Baehr was picked up on the street a short time later. Blood was streaming from her temple, where she said she shot herself.
 She recently was operated on for a throat ailment.
 T told him I was tired of living,' Miss Baehr said to police after the shooting. "The sickness have had has been too much for me. I told him was going to kill myself"
 They struggled over the revolver, she relateod, and 1t discharged. wounding Robins.
 T saw him stagger and then I shot myself. I didn't want to have trouble so threw the gun away"
 The weapon was recovered.
 Miss Baehr three weeks ago quit a job in a Reinstatement store at Newburgh, N. r.. to return to work here as a domestic. She was the divorced wife of a local mail carrier. Robins was married twice. He was divorced from his first wife, and was separated from his second. He had been friendly with Miss Baehr for five years.
 His father, Thomas Robins, was Norwalk'S mayor from 1921. to 1925.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02
WEDLOCK COUPLE
 CHOSEN BY CHURCH

Lowell, Mass, Jan. 2 - (UPo = Albert F. Grant. former state repre- sentative, and his wife Elizabeth were chosen today to be the syn- bolic wedlock couple who will recon secrate the wedding VOWS in the third anniversary of "Wedlock Sum- day" January 2 at Highland Con- gregational Church.
 In the name of married couples everywhere, MT. and Mrs. Grant will go through the entire marriage ceremony so parishioners may re. call their marriage VOWS. The pur- pose of the ceremony is to make New Years resolutions meGningful and center them on the home."
 The Grants were chosen for the symbolic service by the Rev. George J. Houtain who inaugufated the custom at Albany, N. r., in 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02
The HenUens ln Jnnu0ry

February ali the planets will be fair- ly close together in the sky.
 The Fixed Stars
 High in the sky now are the hril- liant cancellations of winter and the remarkabEN area of the heavens which surrounds the constellation of Orion fills the southeastern quarter of the heavens at map-time. The great Hunter lies slightly to the eastward of the meridian and Tau rus, with it's first-maenitude lumin- ary Aldeharan, and the naked-eye clusters of the Pleiades and the Hy- ades leads Orion westward. Higher in the sky is the great flrst.magni- tude star Capella in Arriga. East ward of Orion are Sirius, the Great Dog Star, Procion, the Lesser Dog Star, and Castor and Eollux, the Heavenly Twins, Regulus, the most westerly and brightest star of Leo the Lion, Is low over the horizon in the far northeast.
 We note particularly the Milky Way which spreads in a broad band from the eastern horizon through the zenith, the overhead point, and dips again below the horizon in the northwest. This Milky Way, or Galaxy, represents the vast majority of the stars which make up the unit of the physical universe to which the sun and the earth belong. All the other individual stars visi- ble in the sky also belong to our Galaxy. The only objects in the sky which are outside of the Milky Way system are tn espiral nebUlas, These are separate galaxies them- selves, made up of myriad stars just as our Milky Way system Is. An observer situated on Q planet in one of these would undoubtedly see our Galaxy as @ distant spiral ne- bula of vast size. While the tele- scope and the photographic plate have revealed thousands of such island universe, the only one that Is visible to the unaided eye is the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02

be observable, at least in part, from necrly all of the United States and southern and western Canada. On January 2 the earth is in perihelion, the point of its orbit nearest the sun and its distance from the lat- ter at this time will be about 91, 340,0O0 miles. The earth as a whole receives about seven per cent more heat from the sun at this time than at aphelion in July. This has but Q minor effect on the phenom- enon of the seasons which is due mainly to the fact that the earth s axis of rotation (polar aXis) is in- clined at an angle of twenty three and one-half degrees from the per- peniicular to the plane of the earth's orbit of revolution about the sun.
 The Planets
 Mercury is not in good position for observation at any time this month but the other four naked eye planets are good evening stars. Venus. is very brilliant in the vest ern sky and sets several hours after sunset. Jupiter and Mars are close together in the constellation of Pis- ces and pass one another in con- junction on the 7th. Mars will be about a degree further north than Jupiter and the two planets can easily be distinguished one from the other by the difference in color as Mars is of a distinctly reddish hue. The exact time of conjunction is 10 g. m. but the planets will be very close to one another both on the night of the 9th and of the 7th. Saturn, too. is in good position in the constellation of Pisces but is further to the northeast than Mars and Jupiter. Next month Mars will overtake Saturn and conjunction between these two planets will be observed. In fact. at the end of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02
SOLAR BCLTPsEs THIS YEAR MILKY WAY HIGH IN SKY.
Ry DIR. CLEMENT 6. BRAISIN Of The Columbia University

Observatory Stan
 The greatest number of solar and lunar ecllpses together which can thKe place in any one calendar year is seven and these will be divided either as five of the sun and two Of the moon or four of the sun and three of the moon. No other division is possible. The least num- Der of eclipses for any calendar year is two and when this is the case they are both bound to be solar. Of course, in thus counting the num- Der Of eclipses all kinds are taken into consideration: partial, annular, and total eclipses of the sun, and partial and total eclipses of the moon. The current year will be one of the minimum type, two eclipses of the sun, an annular eclipse on April 2 and total eclipse on October 1. The former will be visible in North America, the path of visibility of the annulus running across Northern Mexico, Texas, the shore of the Gulf of Mexico and across Florida to Jacksonville. The rest of the continent will observe the phenomenon as @ partial eclipse only. The far more important event, the total eclipse in the fall will have 6 line of totality extending across South America from Ecuador to Brazil and across the southern At- lantic to South Africa.
 Another important aStronomic phenomenon, also of the eclipse type, but of very different appear ance will be the transit of the planet Mercury across the face of the sun which is scheduled for Mo- velnber 11-12. The tiny black disk of the planet will move across the brilliant solar photosphere. It will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02
WIPES DEATH
 BRINGS SUICIDE

East Hartford. Conn. Jan. 2 - WP) - Deeply affected by the death of his wife two months ago, Jack w. Martin, 47, a salesman. went to the cemetery New Years day to pray over her grave.
 Then he committed suicide by in- haling carbon monoxide fumes in his car nearby.
 A note. dated December 26. said he contemplated suicide for some time but he didn't want to spoil a New Years eve celebration of some friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02
.ox,!::es LIQUOR uas PIs.,sIT .!... F! .,...

This is to giye notice that l. 'wg,!etssbury: ', Y! Conn. have Sisd sn sp. . pIleetlon dated Dec. seth, 1888, wlt'l the Liquor Control commission fos . Tavern Permit for the sale. Of s:i ban seaGE s wats@bu1y S ss: on grs%lsfs aE: business is owned by Nellie Zickue. eg ye Edward S., Waterbury, conn.. eg4 wiai be eehdncfeN by Nellie Zickus. Of 70 Edward s., Water buFys Conns as permlttee.
 Dated Dec. seth. iSSS. i.s-s