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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-05-03
JUST TO
REMIND YOU
BY e. I. Robinson

If the disgraceful conduct of
race employees in public service
as related to the Northwest
Enterprise is true, then the pub
lie officials who know and con-
done such conduct, must them
selves accept the responsibility
as their own and should not add
it to the burdens of an already
Overladen race.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-05-03
NOTICE!

Have you seen the census
man ? If you have not, call May
or Arthur B. Langlie, MA. 5000
and tell him SO. There are ap-
proximately 10000 people In
Seattle whose names are not
on the census roll.
The Northwest Enterprise ap-
peals to every citizen to see that
his name and the name of his
neighbor is recorded, and the
time to do so is right now.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-05-03
CONSPIRACY

Following is the declaration
of Boeing Airplane Co., and the
oath taken on initiation and re-
peated at each meeting of Aero
nautical Union No. ISL:
Boeing Airplane Cove do
not train nor hire Negroes.
Aeronautical Union No. 751--
I will not recommend for men,
bership in this union any other
than members of the white race.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
FARM PLANS HELP
 INSURANCE COS.
AAA Benefits Were Paid to Many Under New Deal
 Program

Washington. March 4--(UP) The biggest single beneficiary of the New Deals Farm program in 1887 was the Metropolitan Life Insurance Go an agriculture department report to congress today revealed that 1t was paid $257,095 in AAA benefits on farms 1t owns.
 Nearly all the top payments went to life insurance companies and banks, which have become large scale owners of farms through mort gages foreclosures.
 More than 10000 farmers and cor porations received AAA benefit pay ments of $1,000 or more for comply ing with the 1887 program. Most of the checks were sent out in 1938 and 1889, since payments usually lag more than a year.
 The report disclosed that 272 farmers and corporations received more than $10,000 each, and 594 re- ceived $5,000 or more. Total pay ments for 1887 were $325 ,856,887.
 The payments were obligated be- fore congress amended the agricul- tural adjustment administration act in 1888 prohibiting the payment of more than $l0,000 to any person or corporation. The limitation became effective last year.
 After the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance O., the next biggest payments went to. the Prudential Insurance Company of America, $23l, ,158, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
High School Musicians Seek $1 ,OOO for New Uniform
200 CTO LOCALS
 WILL BE POLLED
Mass Unions to Discover Whether Third Term Is
 Really Demanded

Worcester, Mass, March 4-(UPl The 200 locals of the Massachu- sets CIO council will be boiled inc dividually on the question of er- dorsing President Roosevelt for e third term.
 The state executive council was ordered last night to conduct the poll because of a sharp split which developed in three-hour debate at the third annual state convention's closing session. It was the first time a CIO state convention had voted on the issue since John l.. Lewis criticized the administration at Col- umbus, O.
 After another long wrangle, the convention adopted a resolution de- nouncing Communism, Fascism and Nazism and pledging allegiance to "the American principles of Demo- cratic government"
 Leading the opposition to . pro- third term resolution, retiring Pres- ident Michael F. Widman said We can't afford to give Roosevelt or any politician blank check on labor's vote."
 The third-term bloc was led by Joseph A. Salerno, Jr., of Lawrence, the New State president, who argued that labor should have third term to retain the gains 1t has made un- der Roosevelt and to make further gains"
 The resolution provided that the state CIO convention endorse Pres ident Roosevelt and his progressive policies for a third term" On grounds that the several votes were inconclusive, Salerno moved for 8 mail vote by all locals and this was adopted unanimously.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

of Aetna street.
 A meeting of the Past Pocahontas club of Ramona council, Degree ol Pocahontas. will be held at g o'clock tomorrow evening at the home oi Mrs. Mahlon Sears, Pond Hill.
 Rev. Armand Nordgren of Ansonia will be the speaker at the meeting Iof the Luther league of the Salem Lutheran church in the church hall at 8 D. m. tomorrow. A roast lamb supper will be served on. March 2 in the church hall by the Ladies' Al;l society. Mrs. Andrew G. Anderson has charge of the supper and Mrs, Carl w. Thompson is in charge oi the dining hall.
 Miss Betty Nesbit, a student at the Mount Holyoke college, South Hadley, Mass, was a weekend guest at the home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. William M. Nesbit of Fred erick street.
 MT. and Mrs. Dedwood o. Nichols of Field street and Mrs. Frank R. Nichols of North Church street have returned home from St. Petersburg, Fla. where they vacationed for sev- eral weeks,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

the junction of High and Cemetery streets. The works cost is estimated at $65,193 of which $47,742 Is the governments share and $17,451 the boroughs expense. Sixty-nine men would be employed on the project.
 Waterbury Man Fined
 Domenic Riccardi, 33, of $40 Hamilton avenue, Waterbury, was given 15-day jail sentence. sus- pended for six months, in loca lcourt Saturday and fined $5 and costs of $13,31 on Q charge of theft of maga- zines fro mthe store of Frank Wi sinski, Bridge street. Walter Lan- tieri received a nolle on a charge of violation of the rules of the road.
 Briefs
 Plans for a St. Patrick's social will be completed at a meeting of the local lodge of Elks tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the lodge rooms. Myles F. Heating, exalted ruler, will preside.
 Announcement has ben made of the marriage in New York gity July "A of Miss Grace Phillips, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Howard Phillips of German street, to Gregory Phelan of Aetna street.
 Briefs
 Plans for St. Patrick's social will be completed at a meeting of the local lodge of Elks tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the lodge rooms. Myles F. Heating, exalted ruler, will preside.
 Announcement has been made of the marriage in New York City July 24 of Miss Grace Phillips, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Howard Phillips Of German street. to Gregory Phelan,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Report Tonight

A report on the meeting of Dis- trict 2 of the Eagles held in New Haven yesterday will be made at a meeting of the local aerie tonight at 8 o'clock in the aerie roomS. George A. Kelly, worthy president of the aerie, headed local delega~ tion to the district session. William F. Kelly of Naugatuck, state organ izer, was the main speaker.
 Political Groups Meet
 Decision on stand of Republican and Democratic burgesses on the fire chief appointment are expected to be made tonight at respective meet ings of the two groups.
 The G. o. P. burgesses will meet with the Republican town committee this evening and Democratic bur- gesses and the warden will convene tonight also. The Democrats met Saturday and failed to reach a de- ciSion, Burgess Joseph Dinneny, chairman of the Democratic town committee said. MT. Dinneny said he and Warden Sheridan are still in the race for the appointment. It is expected that the borough board will consider the vacancy at its meeting tomorrow night.
 The Republican town committee will make plans tonight for spring caucuses.
 New Project
 Continuation of work on the High street wall will result if a WPA pro- ject proposal submitted b ythe bor- ough recently is approved by the government. Warden John J. Sheri- dan said the proposal calsl for work to be done from the Culver property on High street south to a point near
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Naugatuck, March A total Of s1,OOO will be the goal in the drive for new uniforms for the Naugatuck high school band, it was announced today. The uniforms are much need- ed and will enable the band to make a presentable appearance at the worlds Fair in New York next fall. The band received an invitation to present @ program there from ape tain Gene LaBarre, bandmaster oS the New York City police band, aaid later a letter from H. D. Gibson, chairman of the board, supplement- ing this invitation.
 Music Supervisor Leon R. Corllss said today that the band uniforms, while having had considerable hard usage, for the past several years, are are still usable for some occasions, but they are hardly presentable for pardade or out-of-town appearances.
 Kelly Warns Gang
 If the South Main street gang is going to continue its Interference with policemen, steps to break this up will have to be taken for the protection of the youths who are likely to be hurt when the police men use force, Deputy Judge George A. Kelly said in borough court to- day.
 Judge Kelly made this announce ment in connection with the case of F'redrick Kahn of 288 High street, who was charged with resisting an officer and with intoxication. Sup ernumerary Harold Lewis said Kahn seemed to be the center of a distur- bance on South Main street early Sunday morning and the patrolman asked friends of Rahn to take him home. They could not get him into a car and when Patrolman Lewis went to arrest him Kahn resisted arrest, with some of his friends try ing to help him, the officer said. He said Kahn was drunk.
 Judge Kelly fined Kahn $10 and costs of $11.26 and issued the warn- ing to the gang. Michael Smith of May street was fined $1 and costs on 8 charge of intoXication. Smith was arrested Friday by Patrolmen Timothy Reardon and Martin Gar rick, his case was continued from Saturday to today but Saturday afternoon he was arrested for drunkenness again, this time by Sergeant Richard Ostron1.
 A nolle was entered in the case of John Leary of Middlebury when the accused promised to return tC Middlebury immediately. He was ar. rested Friday night and released Saturday morning by the chief oi police, John J. Gormley, but later Saturday came into the police sta- ton in an intoxicated condition, and was again arrested, Captain An thony Malone said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

the Equitahl. Life Assurance Society O. the JUN s., $206,9 ,962.
 Other payments of more than $l00,0O0 were:
 Travellers Insurance Company, Connecticut, $211,521; Union Central Life Insurance Co.,, Ohio, $166, ,280; Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.,. New Jersey. $161,110; Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.,. Wiscon- sin, $l56,444; John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.,, Massachusetts $l47, ,647; Federal Land Bank of Om- aha, Neb.. $134,l39: King Ranch,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Meetinr Todax

Mrs. Albert Holmberg, Mrs. Edna Fenniman, and Mrs. George Gray were scheduled to read papers on the subject, Social Menaces" at the meeting of the Naugatuck Woman's club this afternoon in Masonic hall at 3 o'clock. Mrs. William J. Noble, Jr., president, will preside at the session at which a report on the dessert bridge planned for March 8 will be made by Mrs. John E. Rob-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
BILL WRONG 20 YEARS

Pittsfield, Mass-(UP)-- In 1919 John OLaughlin had bedside tele- phone service for two months and recently he discovered he has been paying the extra charge ever since. He is to get a $20O refund covering the 20-year period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
inson, chairman of the ways and means committee.
Church Activities

The Brotherhood chorus of the Salem Lutheran church will meet at 7:30 tonight, and the Concordia society will convene at 8 D. m. Tues day. There will be Swedish Len ten service with the senior choir furnishing songs at 8 p. m. Wednes- day. The Junior Confirmation class will meet at 3:35 p. m. Thursday and the senior choir at 7:30 p. m. Thursday. The children's choir will rehearse at p. m. Friday, the sen for confirmation class at 4:45 p. m, and the junior choir at 2 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Funeral Of Miss Lave

The funeral of Emily Muriel Lave, 17, daughter of Mrs. Rheta (Mun- roe) Lave, of Pond Hill, who died Friday night at the Waterbury hos pital after @ brief illness, was held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Bailey funeral home, 62 Oak street to St. Michael's Episcopal church at 2:30. Rev. Arthur F. Lewis, rector officiated. Burial will be in Grove cemetery at the convenience of the family.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
False Alarm

Police are endeavoring to ascer- tain the identity of the person who turned in a false alarm from fire box 414 Sunday morning shortly be- fore 5 o'clock. The box is located on Rockwell avenue. Volunteer and paid firemen responded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
TAX RATE TO BE
 SET DURING WEEK
SeleCtmen to Present the Budget-Liens on De
 linquents Served
BEACON FALLS
Correspondent Wm. J. BaxteI
 Phone Naugatuck 3945

Beacon Falls, March 1.-The tax rate here will be set this week. The board of selectment will present their budget to the board of finance, which will set the rate. The rate at present is 26 mills, an increase of two mills over that of the pre- vious year.
 The board of tax review announc- ed final figures of the grand list re- gently, these being 1881 ,234, an in- crease of $870 over figures of the board of assessors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
To Issue Liens


 Liens will be served on delinquent property owners here for taxes due last year if the taxes are not paid by March 10, Tax Collector Ralph Tucker, Sr., has announced. Serv- ing of liens will mean an addition al cost of $3.75 against the delin- quents.
 There were 236 persons here who did not pay their old age assistance taxes within the specified time here and as result will have to pay $4 each, MT. Tucker announced. There were 986 required to pay and about 75O did pay. The law requires that after a short period of time if the delinquents do not pay the taxes, warrants for their arrest must be issued. This would mean an addi- tional $1l charge for each delin' quent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
SnnwnINws Busy

Town snowplows were out today clearing streets here of the snow and sleet which fell last night and this morning. Auto travel was par ticularly dangerous and although
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Stock Streams

Stock Streams
 The Beacon Rod and Gun club has bought $100 worthy of trout and placed them in various streams in this vicinity, it was announced at & recent session. The total catch allowed each member was an- nounced also. President Charles Adams presided.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Official registers show that there are nearly 60,000 different surnames in Great Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Coming shortly Adolf the Awful in his amazing aerial ac SpOong the pxkrg of cartoons photographs important fun-lovng Brian anNaz propaganda The cartoon above from the world English magazine Punch" shows Hitler, supported by of pachedup wind bandhng thundbOls the English countryside The title the photo bOwShOwing sentry behind Sgfred line contributed by the British
 who released the picture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Hartford Choir To Sing


 A choir of 60 from the 1mmanuel Congregational church of Hagtford will combine with the adult choir of the Congregational church here in singing Bach's "B Minor Mass" at the local church at 8 p. m. on Good Friday, March p. Miss Jeanette Yer Straate, choir director and organist of the local church and Lyman B. Bunnell, former or ganist and director here, will direct the singing.
 The Aid society of the local church will hold @ dessert and membership bridge party at 9 p. m Wednesday with the officers as hos tesses. The adult choir will re- hearse at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday and the junior choir will meet at 3:30 D. m. Wednesday.
 The Aid society quoit league will meet at 7:30 tonight in the parish house. Thursday at 6:30 p. m. the young peoples choir will rehearse, at 7:30 D. m. the adult choir will meet and Troop Boy Scouts will meet at the same time. Girl Scout Troop 57 will convene at 3:30 p. m. Friday and troop 2S will meet at 2 p. m Friday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Texas, $122,140, and the Federal Land Bank of St. Paul Minn., $l03,- 925.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Borough Band Gets Invitation To Show
 AMY. Worlds E air
Court to Take Steps to Break Up South Main Street Gang for Interfering With POcemen-FrederiCk
 Kahn Fined Drivers Have Narrow Escapes
NAUGAT OK

no accidents had been reported, to police, many drivers had narrow es- capes.
 Some left their cars at home this morning. The weather provided a severe disappointment to those re- sidents who thought the arrival of March would mean the coming of spring.
 Electrical power was off for a long period today because of ice on the wires.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
Novena Underway

NOvena Underway
 A novena in honor of St. Francis Xavier started at St. Francis church here last night and will continue until Monday, March II. Rev. Thomas McDermott, member of the Jesuit order, is conducting the novena.
 Services are being held each morning at 5:30 and 7:30 and each evening at 7:3O. Attendance at the opening session last night was good despite indictment weather.
 Father McDermott told Of the purposes of the novena at the mass es in the church yesterday morn ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

III at Home
 Patrolman Timothy Reardon of City Hill street and George Kogut of Locust street are confined to their home by illness. Also still un- available for duty are Sergeant An thony Farrar and Patrolman Rich ard Kelly, who are i'll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Guest Speaker
 Rev. James Danaher of Cheshire will be the guest speaker at the Lenten service Wednesday night at 7:3O at St. Mary's church, Rev. Thomas Griffin, pastor, has arl- rounced. Father Danaher is @ former local resident and is well known here. Lo- cal or former Naugatuck residents have been the speakers at the serv- ices at the church once each week during Lent,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
HAPHAZARD ECONOMICS

An example of our haphazard economic pro-
gram is afforded by the presence of Michigan
potatoes in our stores.
It parallels the old example of cotton goods
manufactured in New England and sent back
for sale in the South where the cotton was
grown. This old blunder has been largely
done away with by the moving of textile
mills to Dixie.
But we have not yet learned to market our
crops at home, in adequate measure.
The consequence is that we pay heavy
freight charges on commodities imported
from far states, which need not be if we
kept up a home supply.
North Carolina swine shipped away for
butchering, and returned after two long
hauls, as dressed pork, can hardly, by the
greatest stretch Of the imagination, be called
= thrifty policy.
Until the states work out a program for
the use of home products at home, and export
and import only products which either exceed
the home demand or cannot be produced at
home, our economic system will remain tire.
mendously costly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07

rendering a service to civilization in challeng.
ing the British power.
Authorized sources were reported by the Ber-
In correspondents to have declared in answer
to questions about the raw materials Germany
is receiving from Russia: 1--WE are getting
enough Of things necessary for our existence,
but we want our share OF the luXurles OF life
also. We like bananas as much as anybody
else. We like coffee, cocoa and a multitude OF
other things that make life pleasant and which
other nations obtain from their colonies"
And so Hitler is waging relentless warfare
not only to hold what he has taken thus far
in his program of aggression and conquest,
but also to destroy the power Of the British
Empire and break its "stranglehold on the
economic life of the world" thus rendering a
service to civilization!
Such is represented as one of Germany's
principal present war aims, although the Nazi
regime did not say anything like that when
the war started.
Well, most nations must have learned with
some surprise that England has had a peace
time stranglehold on the economic life of the
world.
Certainly the United States did not know
that England had any such stranglehold on
this country's life. We have never heard from
Mexico and the score of countries In Central
and South America that Britain had a strangle-
hold on their economic life. We have heard no
complaint from Canada, Australia or New
LealdnQ, o COURSE, I lie LAC ]Ai6Ao
had a stranglehold on their economic life.
Nor had Russia, Nazi Germany's new part.
ner in crime, raised any public hue and cry
against economic strangulation imposed by
Great Britain.
No such cry had come from the Scandinavia
an countries nor from the Balkans, nor from
Spain, nor China, no did it ever come from
Poland or Czechoslovakia.
The United States is abundantly. supplied
With coffee, cocoa, bananas and many other
commodities which the Hitlerites call luxuries,
and none Of which are produced in this coun-
try. The United States buys them from the
countries that produce them without leave or
hindranee from Great Britain, and Germany
could have done the same thing If only Hitler
had let other nations live in peace and spent
the money for legitimate, peaceful, commercial
purposes that he has expended in the last five
years in his feverish and lavish construction
of a mighty war machine designed to enable
him to carry out his program of aggression
and conquest.
The very fact that England during the last
six months of war, despite her supreme efforts
to effect a blockade of Germany, through the
use of her vast navy, has not yet succeeded,
to the German official assertions,
and never will, would seem to suggest entire
absence Of any peace time stranglehold upon
ermany, let alone the rest Of the world.
The stranglehold argumen is just as spe-
cious as many others advanced by Hitler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-07
ON P

Back in the good old republican days a
bank failure usually meant total loss to all
depositors. This happened to thousands OF
frugal persons when the great bank crash pc
riod arrived. In every community there were
distressing stories of life savings wiped out
over night.
We all remember how the banking system
of the country was saved by the prompt &C
ton of President ROOSEVELT Immediately after
his Inauguration. All banks in the country
were closed for three days to give the people
to take stock of their situation. When
they reopened the crisis had passed.
Then came government insurance of bank
deposits up to $4,000. What that meant is
shown by figures recently announced by the
board Of directors Of the Federal Deposit In
surance Corporation. They reveal that during
1899, sixty insured banks were closed or be-
came involved in difficulties and 393,079 de-
positors were affected. All but SIG of these
depositors promptly received their deposits in
full. The SIG deposits represented those above
the $4,000 protection limit.
Now it is announced that since the creation
of the corporation the number of depositors
in insured banks that have failed who were
not fully protected is less than one-fourth Of
one per cent. Only those having deposits over
5 $1,000 were not fully protected.
This is one more thing the democratic ad.
ministration has done for the country. Grand
Old Party stalwarts proclaim that they could
have done better. But they didn't do anything
about the banking situation while in power.
they didn't even think of doing
anything to protect the money of depositors,
certainly not on the scale the democrats have
employed. Why suppose they could, or would,
do anything if returned to power?