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The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1940-08-16
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Mrs. Irene Allen ................. !
Charlie Roberts NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. !
James White |
Mrs. Hummie Knott ................
A. G. Kennedy Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Lizzie Wiley ................ !
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Rev W. T. Smith ...................
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o. S. MCGEE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
e. F. Young, Jr. .................. 3
James Patrick Observation-Disclosures.
Mrs. Missouri Barnett ..............
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
Bremerton, Wn.

Ebenezer A. M. E. church, 9th
and Park. Rev. P. D. Duhart, pas
tor.
The comic drama given at the
church, Friday night, was grand
success.
The rehearsal for the Easter pro-
gram will start Monday at the
parsonage.
The Mission Circle met at the
parsonage Thursday at 2:30, sister
Maggie Hatcher, presiding.
Little Donnie Albert was carried
to the Orthopedic hospital for foot
ailment.
Mr.. Shirel Hatcher has recovered
from his illness.
Miss Ruth Jones enjoyed skat-
ing party at the ice bowl, Friday
evening.
Russell French recently of the
U. S. S. Saratoga left Monday for
his home in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
Helena, Montana
By HEX
Box 25

The Rev. A. L. Byrd returned
to the city last week from a trip
of two weeks on the coast.
The Rev. J. A. Abraham Hay
ward is still sitting tight in Will
der Avenue Baptist church. The
Logan Smith clan still is broad
casting news that Hayward must
go. The District court still is in
active in the matter. Smiths law
yer says 1--WE think he'll (Hay-
ward) move without pushing the
case further"
ITO be, or not to be-" That's
the quiz Helena voters will be
called upon to answer at the next
election when Springs sunshine
comes peeping over the mountains.
Some folks there are have tired
of our three-man city government,
and concluded to have the voters
abandon the commission form for
a return to the old ward represen-
tation. Will seven citizens give
us better government than three,
which we have under the present
system? Shall we exhume the
corpse and resuscitate a system,
supposed to have been saturated
with every political trick invented
to black out the real desires of
voters? Ward healers, politicians
and tricksters, ballyhooing perfec-
tons and imperfectsons of con-
tending candidates that usually
congregate at political trough
Shall we again embrace the old
regime, tried for years, found
wanting, and discarded? Let's con-
tinue to go forward, not backward.
j. E. Ingram after over % years
of service at the Montana Life
(Western) Association severed his
relations with the company on the
first of February.
Jimmie Allen has been replaced
by George Williams at the Mon
tana Club as mixologist, assisting
Julian Anderson.
Edward Johnson still is confined
at his home, though reports say
he is improving.
Smash! and Joe Caught digs
into his pocket book to repair his
own car as well as the one he col
lided with.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
A Negroes Prayer
To Baby Jesus

G. J. H.
Baby Jesus, here Pm kneelinq
By Your Crib on Christmas DGy:
IT'S to You I am appealing:
Hark, dear Babe, to aohat / sag.
Just because q PERSONS colored,
Just because his skins not tohite
Ought that make dift'rence, Je-
SitS,
Just so longs he does aohats
right?
I'm concerned bout Negroes, Je-
sas,
For Pm one, must confess;
Is that Just so a0ful, Jesus?
Does that make You love me
less?
Color, hair and features often
Make me much misunderstood;
EUen tho I've fallen often,
Does that mean CAN'T be
good?
Oft against me haze they spoken
Things so ollie and things not
nice,
Till, in spirit almost broken,
Kneel I here for Your advice.
Is it true aohGt they are saying,
That no good e'er can do?
No! / don't believe them, Jesus;
But do believe in YoWi
Seems to me hear You anSa0er:
"Black skin differs not from
l0hite;
In My sight they both are equal
! If the soul aOithin is rigbtw
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Paper FavOrs
Anti-Lynch Bill
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ton of the United States.
"A. l favor a Federal law be-
cause l must reject absolutely the
theory that it is an invasion of the
rights of the states.
rs. I favor the law because feel
it would be effective. It is well
enough to argue the theory of edu-
cation, but what is the answer to
1882, with ten lynchings, and 1888,
with twenty-eight?
IS. Finally, 1 favor it because
think that it is in line with en-
lightened opinion not only in other
sections, but also in the South. A
Gallop poll showed that 1870 of
the people of the United States and
500 of the people of the South feel
that they have a right and an OBJ
legation to use this last legal ex-
pedient to wipe out lynching.
(Signed) Mark Ethridge."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev
Fountain Penick, pastor.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev.
Fountain Penick, pastor.
The membership of Mt. Zion
Baptist church are happy to an
nounce, the Rev. Penick was the
unanimous choice of he church as
pastor.
The Rev. Penick has maintained
his fine reputation, and the church
members regard him as a Man
of God and a leader of men. All
departments repose in him their
full confidence, and promise their
cooperation in working out his
program.
Sunday morning the subject will
be: Power of Prayer" For the
evening worship the choir will pre-
sent a sacred concert. There is no
admission, but the offering will go
to the choir for the purchase of
robes, and they earnestly ask your
aid.
Sunday School, $50, Morning
worship, HOO a. M, B. Y. P. u,
$50, and Evening Worship, 500.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
Y.W.C. A. News

The Girl Reserves will issue invi-
tations this week for their annual
Girl Reserve formal to be held Feb
ruary "a at the Collins Fieldhouse.
Committee chairmen who are
working to make this affair a
success are: Clara McCurdy, en-
tertainment; Arletha Stewart, de-
coration; Aura Belle Jackson, in
vitation; and Jean Shields, music.
Miss Janice Burton student in
the home economics department at
the University of Washington, was
discussion leader for the Charm
and Personality group at the meet
ing last Wednesday.
The Membership Committee met
at the Branch, Wednesday, Feb
ruary 7, in the evening at the
Branch. Mrs. Rilla Drake is mem
bership Chairman.
McFarlin and Jean Shields, accom-
panied by Miss Willetta Riddle,
left with the Girl Reserve dele
cation to attend the Girl Reserve
Conference at Bellingham, Wash
ington. The conference will be
held from February 9 through the
IL.
The College Club of the Univer-
sity of Washington are assisting in
the sale of the Anti-Lynching But
tons which is project sponsored
by the N.A.A.C.P. Another club
that has cooperated splendidly in
the sale, is the Modern Misses a
group of High School alumni.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09

st. Peter Claver, who spent 40
years of his life working among
the poor Negro slaves of South
America, baptized more than 300,-
900 of them?
st. Benedict the Moor's Church
in New York City was the first
church exclusively for the use of
Colored Catholics north of the
Mason and Dixon Line?
The soldier who planted the col
ors of the Third and Tenth Caval-
ry Regiments on the top of San
Juan Hill in the famous charge of
the Spanish-American War was
Negro? His name is Sergeant w.
Berry, who spent 33 years in the
United States Army.
Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson, wife
of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the
poet, was the first Negro woman
IN the country to become a MEM
Der of a Republican State Commit
tee?
Duke Ellington, famed Negro
band leader and composer, COM
posed more than one half of the
tunes which his band plays?
More than 100 colored girls were
interviewed as prospective stew
ardesses aboard the Air Liners out
of New York City? The inter
views were confirmed but no other
information given.
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States currency and securities to
make it legal was wehn President
Garfield, May 10, 1881, nominated
Blanche Kelso Bruce, at the end
of his first term in the Senate,
Register of the Treasury.
First Colored Young Mems
Christian Association was organic
ed in Washington, D. C. in 1853.
Anthony Bowen, an employee of
the United States Patent Office, its
first president.
First Negro preacher of a Con-
gregational church. In 1885 Lem
uel Hayes became the pastor of a
white congregation in Torrington
Connecticut, and in 1918 began to
serve another in Manchester, N. H.
First Negro to become a sur
! geon in the United States Army
was A. T. Augusta, of the Univer-
sity of Toronto.
First Negro to pass bar exam
ination to practice law in the state
of Massachusetts was Macon B.
Allen (1845).
First Negro to serve as United
States Senator, and the first man
of the race to appear in either
House of Congress, was Hiram R.
Revels, of Mississippi, who was
called upon to complete an unex-
pired term and actually served
from February %, 1870 to March
3, 1871.
First successful operation on the
/ human heart The Annals of Me-
deal history recently published an
article by Harold Farmer, MD, on
Daniel Hale Williams, noted Ne
gro surgeon, whose successful OPP
GRAFTON on the human heart as
founded the medical profession and
brought worldwide fame. DR.. Will
liams' patient, a 24-year-old Ne
gro, was brought into Provident
hospital on the morning of July
10, 1893. He had received a small
punctured wound of the heart DIR.
Williams operated and the wound
was closed in the first operation
ever attempted on a human heart.
According to reports the man is
still living.
First person, through his dis
coveries, to put dollars into the
hands of poor black and white far
mers of the South-George Wash
ington Carver, agricultural chem
list.
Any information concerning this
column, write 1912 Elliott Ave,
Minneapolis, Mimi, or the editor
of your newspaper.
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Babe" Wilson
Passes


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was considered one of the ace
catchers on the Pacific Coast.
For one, this writer shall miss
him more than any one except his
family, because he was my bat
terry mate from grade school to
the American Giants. For 20 years
we have been playing ball togeth-
er and never once have I found
him other than an honest, square,
and sincere young man. The Ne
gro community and his many
white friends mourn his passing.
Babes" greatest treasure was
the trophy the Giants won in '3S,
after nine years struggling for it.
He kept it on his table, polished
and surrounded by pictures of the
players who won it and beamed
with pride whenever recalling the
last game that cinched the pen
nant.
The plans he was making for
the coming season are ended, but
his mates have sworn to carry on
his fighting spirit and determina-
ton to win the pennant for Babe,
our catcher.
No more 1oiH zoe aUGtch and aodit
For Babe to come up to the plate
To driUe on in the a0inning run
So all could sag ooh yes, l0e lOon."
For he has lain his old gloUe do10n
And no more will zoe hear the
sound,
"Cone on, aoake up old rocking
chair"
Because old Babe will not be
there.
Before the fourth man comes to
bat,
Whoever it is 1oiH doff his hat
And sag, "I'm going to do the
same
As Babe aoould do, this is his
game"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09

Bund's money.
8. No President has been permit
ted to have a third term, and mil
lions of Americans think two are
enough.
8. Reciprocal trade agreements
have permitted foreign farmers to
undersell us at home.
Mr.. Deweys subsequent speech
es will be watched with interest
as he discusses these ills and of
fers his own remedies.
All the evidence turned up by
the Dies Committee, the inves-
tigation of the use of WPA funds
in elections, and the currend NLRB
probe will grist for Dewey's mill.
The Dewey method of getting
to the bottom of criminal rackets
will undoubtedly be used to find
out what makes the wheels of the
Democratic party go round.
If the party is vulnerable at all,
Dewey is likely to find the weak
spots; and whether he loses or
wins, the voters are certain of a
pretty thorough discussion of the
national issues that press for a
solution.
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LCrispus Attacks
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when the colonists were strug-
Cling YEARLY under the cross of
woe, a Negro came to the front
and bore that cross to the victory
of glorious martyrdom."
In these eternal varities, we and
our children have a heritage in
America, on through all the years,
and across all the miles, inch by
inch. We have given of our best,
in battle and toll, and we must not
longer, or forever, be further de-
MED the blessings of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness"
We have proved our love for the
flag; we have been faithful and
loyal under all manner of condi-
tons. We seek = demand - only
justice, and a sporting chance.
That's all. No more; no less. We
nave proved to the world that in
the face of unlimited studied odds
= with rare applause from the
mighty men and women who sit on
high, derision from the hellhounds
of prejudice, and, all too often,
sins of omission and commission
from the Christian church - we
have pressed toward the mark for
the prize of the high calling" and
we look to-must have-greater
union of effort and broader under
standing in the significant days
surrounding us now. We will not
fail America; America must not
fail us, despite the prejudicial at
titude of the Daughters of Ameri-
can Revolution.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
Mrs. Roosevelt
In my Day.

May Find Own Freedom Limited
May we not, if we limit the
freedom of people because of race,
or religion or color, some day find
that our own freedom is limited
too? Not in the way that the Con-
stitution limits it for us all, but in
other arbitrary and sinister ways.
There are basic rights, it seems to
me, which belong to every citizen
of the United States, and my con-
ception of them is not a rule in
the nations capital which bars peo-
pie freed from slavery from seeing
in public place one of the great
est dramatic presentations of that
story"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
Letters To
The Editor

To the Northwest Enterprise:
Our last service for the dead by
the Angelus Mortuary under the
management of Mrs. Martha ].
Davis wins my unstinted praise. 1t
certainly would win the praise of
any seeking the most tender care
of their departed.
Our own service was superb. I
could wish for no more gentle and
kindly attention for my loved ones
than that so readily given at a
time it was most needed.
now have cause to feel proud
of an institution we may truly
call our own.
Yours respectfully
Chas Mathis
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09

la IL Ave. So. Seattle, Wash
ington. Evang. b. L. Matchell,
Minister.
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m; Morn
ing worship, HOO a. M; Y.P.H.A.,
600 p. M; Evangelistic Service,
500 p. m.
Mid-Week: Wednesday, Prayer
meeting, 500 p. M; Saturday, Spe-
cial services, 500 p. m.
Our Overseer Day was in charge
of our District Elder, Rev. ]. H.
Mitchell, with a morning message
"The Temple" 1st Cor. GIG. What !?
Know we not that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost which
is in you?
Evening Message, knowledge"
Prov. 1929. For that they hated
knowledge, and did not choose the
fear of the Lord. The services
were well attended, and the mes
sages were the high lights of the
day which everyone enjoyed, and
we are inviting our many friends
and visitors to visit us again.
Come worship with us and enjoy
yourself in the old time revival
way. A warm, hearty welcome
awaits you.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
EDITORIAL
Thomas a. Dewey For President

Whenever nation faces crisis, God always
raises up to lead them difficulties
perpetes He gave the Children of Israel Moses and
Christ to the world In country He gave George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Today not only does the Republican party face crisis
but the nation.
Monday will celebrate the birth of this great ber-
ator Happy indeed the northwest in being able to
their guest speaker Portland Oregon perhaps chosen
of God, and the only capable of awakening the
Republican Rip Van Wrinkle The Republican party has al
had high of duty to the public We firmly be-
ieve that Thomas E. Dewey the only great Republican
capable of bringing victory to the COP Most certainly there
many weaknesses in the administration during the
past eight years. that sizzling campaign such Dewey
would make would awaken the people and restore the
vernment to the republicans.
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Sayings By
Douglas

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wrench their liberty from the iron
hand of the tyrant."
Neither we, nor any other peo-
Pile, will ever be respected till we
respect ourselves, and we will new
er respect ourselves till we have
the means to live respectfully"
"You cannot make an empty
sack stand on end. A race which
cannot save its earnings, which
spends all it makes and goes in
debt when it is sick, can never rise
in the scale of civilization, no mat
ter under what laws it may chance
to be. Put it in Kansas or in At
RIGA, and until we learn to save
more than we spend, we are sure
to sink and perish"
Every dollar you lay up repre-
sents one days independence, one
day Of rest and security in the flu
ture. If the time shall ever come
when we shall possess in the col
ored people of the United States,
class of men noted for enter
prise, industry, economy, and sue
cess, we shall no longer have any
trouble in the matter of civil and
political rights"
4
mo power beneath the sky can
make an ignorant, wasteful, and
idle people prosperous, or a icen-
tious people happy"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09

1. There are still millions of un-
employed.
2. There seems to be no pros
pect of a balanced budget.
8. Business is definitely hostile
A. Labor is split into two war
ring factions.
5. Subversive organizations have
been allowed to flourish.
6. Browder was jailed, not be-
cause he is a Russian agent, but
because he travels about on an
improper passport.
7. Fitz Kuhn was jailed, not be-
cause we think he's a German
agent, but because he stole the
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
The First Baptist Church
Kennydale

Rev. Judson Swancy, pastor
1911 Yesler Way, Seattle
The First Baptist church at Ken
nydale, WASH, invites you to come
and worship with them. Service
at 3 p. M; Sunday School at
p. m. each Sunday.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
Fred ID. Woods Dies
Thursday, Feb. 8

Fred D. Woods, So, 23rd and E.
Pine Sts., died Thursday after an
illness of two weeks.
Woods has been a resident of Sc
attic for 81 years, working in the
Dining Car department of the
Great Northern railroad as waiter.
He leaves a widow, Wilmas of
Seattle, and two daughters, Ber-
nice A. Mack and Deretta Thomp-
son, both of Berkeley, Calf.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
OBITUARY
James Martin Boyd

Born at Kingston, Tenn,
Oct. IA, 1872, died Feb. 6,
1910.
He came to Seattle in 1913.
He leaves to mourn his loss:
Mrs. Rachel Boyd, step moth
er, Los Angeles, Calf, a
sister, Mrs. Sadie Smith,
Washington, D. c.; and four
half sisters: Mrs. Lillah AL
eXander, Mrs. Mona john
son, Mrs. Edna Gilmer and
Miss Mildred Boyd; three
brothers: Mckinley Boyd,
Joseph Boyd and Roger
Boyd, all of Los Angeles,
Calf; and many nieces and
nephews in California and
Washington, D. c.
The Rev. Judson Swancy
conducted the funeral rites
at the Bonney-Watson NOR
tuary. Cremation followed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-02-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to offer our sin
cere thanks for the many
fine expressions of sorrow
in our bereavement, the
many kindly acts, the fire.
quent visitations of SO many
beloved friends the beautiful
floral offerings in memory
of our loved one.
Words fail us in acknow-
Lodging the open heart of a
Man of God, the Rev. Jack
Nelson of the Pentacostal
Mission, who also placed sis
ter Helen Baker in our home
as nurse for our beloved,
and who for more than two
months, proved one of Gods
Angels.
We are grateful, and our
hearts will always go out to
this Man of God and his
Angel of Mercy.
Chas. Mathis, husband,
Arthur Love, son,
Robert Mathis, step-children
June Mathis,
Virginia Mathis,
Evening star., 1940-05-17
Better Movies Seen
As Result of Work
OF Junior Groups

Through the work Of junior
groups, which study motion picture
Aims, discriminating audiences are
being developed which Win mean
better pictures In the future, Mrs.
Bettina Gunczy predicted before
the Motion Picture Council here
yesterday.
Mrs. Gunczy, who ii secretary Of
the National Board OF Review OF
Motion Pictures, In addressing .
luncheon meeting Of the council at
the Y. w. O.. A., pointed out that
there is an increasing use Of mo-
ton pictures In both schools and
churches.
Miss Ruth Stauffer, head Of the
English department in the local
public schools, told Of the increasing
interest In motion pictures units OF
junior and senior high schools here.
A. Julian Brylawski, national vice
president Of the Motion Picture
Theater Owners Association and
president Of the local association,
also spoke. joining Mrs. Gunczy in
expressing the belief that the public
largely determines the kind Of mo-
ton pictures that are shown. It was
pointed out that public opinion is
expressed through the box ONCE.
Mrs. Frank A. Linzel was re-elect-
ed president of the Warrington
council at the business meeting
preceding luncheon. The only new
ofiicer named was Mrs. Hershey
Monroe, elected recording secretary
to succeed Mrs. Ernest Chaplin.
Evening star., 1940-05-17
German Literary
Will Close Season

The German Literary Society will
close it's 39th season with a program
of music and entertainment, present.
ed at the home of the founder -presi-
dent, Miss Anita Schade. 1929 Rhode
Island avenue NV, tomorrow night
Students of the advanced German
language classes of George Wash
ington University will give Ger
man play. Norma Simonson, So
prano, will sing two groups Of songs
accompanied by Dorothy Radde
Emery, composer-pianist.
Speakers will include Prof. Paul
Gleis of Catholic University, who
will speak on 1.-THE 500th Annivers-
ary of the Invention OF the German
Printing rPess," and Dr. F. j. Hemelt
vice president of the society, who will
speak the epilogue.
Plans to celebrate the 40th ami
versary of the society March IS, 1941
will be discussed at a meeting to be
held June /.