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Evening star., 1940-01-07
Mrs. Philip Wright
To Address Club

Mrs. Philip A. Wright. who was
with her daughter in the British
Isles when war was declared, will ad-
dress the literature section of the
Petworth Woman's Club tomorrow
at 7:45 pm. at the home of Mrs.
Walter Bishop, APO Fifth street
NV. A member of the section. Mrs.
Wright will talk on Literary Land
marks of the British Isles"
Mrs. A. G. Norcross, Mrs. l.. T.
Jones and Mrs. Alice Waite will
assist the hostess.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Ciuic and Study Clubs


Voteless District League of Women
Voters-Tomorrow, 1890 pm, Y.
w. C. A., joint meeting, child well
fare department, with Council of
Social Agencies. Subject, Child
Welfare Legislation" }" Speakers,
Mrs. Spencer Gordon, Judge Fay
Bentley, Miss Agnes Hanna. Tues
day, 1915 pm, Y. w. C. A., an
nual open meeting, department
on legal status of women. Speak
er, Miss Mary Winslow. Wednes-
day, 2 pm, with Mrs. Henry
Chalmers, $685. Forty-third street
NV, league orientation training
course. Wednesday, 2 pm. with
Mrs. c. S. Duncan, 2871 Audubon
terrace NV, second section, for
eign policy department. Speakers,
Mrs. Duncan, Mrs. E. w. Spauld.
ing, Mrs. Harvey Becknell and
Mrs. Max Weisman. Thursday,
2 pm, with Mrs. Robert Ran
dali, 1909 Varnum street NV.
subcommittee on Landlord-Ten-
ant Court, of economic welfare
department. Friday, 2 pm, with
Mrs. B. R. Wood, 6019 Western
avenue NV, education depart
ment.
Women's City Club-Tomorrow, 6
pm, French dinner; pm,
French class. Tuesday, 10:45 am,
French class; noon, French lunch
con; 1:3O pm. .fternoon bridge;
SPIN, lecture by Mrs. w. c. Low
dermilk; 7::3O pm, bridge. We'd
nesday, $50 pm, business and
professional dinner. Thursday. 8
pm, Junior Guild meeting. Fri
day, 1:30 pm, bridge. Saturday
1:30 pm, civics luncheon. Speaker,
Mrs. Spencer Gordon.
Twentieth Century Club-Tuesday.
II am, Y. w. C. A., social COM
mittee to make surgical dressings
before luncheon for new members.
Wednesday, 10 am, Red Cross
surgical dressings unit. Chapter
House, 1880 E street NV; 10:30
am, nature section to meet at
Peace Monument for walk. Lunch
con at Supreme Court Cafeteria.
Thursday, 1890 pm, Y. w. G. A.,
civics education section luncheon.
Speaker, Gerald Gross, 'The Mar
cotics Situation in Washington" )"
Argyle Study Club-Tuesday, l pm,
with Mrs. James E. Douglass, $3.50
Connecticut avenue NV.
Cultus Club-Tuesday, l pm, with
Mrs. Charles F. Nesbit, Westches-
ter Apartment. Paper, "The World
Is Yours" Mrs. J. E. Dyer.
Community Clubs
Petworth Woman's Club-Tomorrow,
ppm. 1891 Georgia avenue NV,
visiting nurse group; 7:45 pm,
with Mrs. Walter Bishop, 412O
Fifth street NV, literature Sec
ton. Speaker, Mrs. Philip A.
Wright. Literary Landmarks OF
the British Isles" Wednesday, !
pm, with Mrs. John w. Nee, 905
Allison street NV, hospitality
section. Thursday, 10 am. to 3
pm, Petworth branch of Public
Library. Red Cross sewing group.
Arlington Woman's Club-Tomor-
row, / pm. Trinity Methodist
Church, 3617 Columbia pike,
luncheon meeting. Speaker, DR..
Lowell j. Ragatz, Current AZ
fairs" Business session.
Takoma Park Women's Club-To-
morrow, 1880 pm, Maryland Lii
brary. literature department. Re-
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Future Meetings of Women's Clubs Announced

Song" Miss Louise L. Newell.
Evening Auxiliary, Women's Guild,
Central Union Mission-Friday, 6
pm, E Street Y. w. C. A.. dinner
Dramatic sketch. The Gay Nine
ties" by group from Calvary
Baptist Church.
Alun1noe Associations
Simmons College Alumnae-Tuesday.
7p.m., A. A. U. w. clubhouse, din
ner honoring President Bancroft
Beatley.
Hollins College Alumnae Associa-
tion-Tomorrow night, with Miss
Ruth Emily Evans, 1910 Longfel-
low street NV. Speaker, DR.. Helen
M Strong, 1.-THE Land and the
People"
Alabama College Alumnae Club
Saturday, 1880 pm. Army Navy
Country Club. luncheon, honoring
President Arthur Fort Harman.
Greensboro College Alumnae Asso-
ciation-Saturday, 2 p.m 2400 Six
teenth street NV. President Lu-
ther Goebbel, guest speaker.
National Park College Alumnae As
sociation-Tomo 2:30 pm,
with Miss Elizabeth G.. Clark, 2020
o street NV.
Chi Omega Alumnae-Wednesday
2137 Bancroft place NV, buffet
supper. Guest speaker, Mrs. Ellen
S. Woodward.
Miscellaneous Clubs
League of Republican Women of the
District-Tomorrow, II am, club
house, 1901 Seventeenth street
NV, board meeting; 2:30 pm,
Mayfower Hotel, monthly meet
ing. Speaker, Robert L. O'Brien.
Wednesday, 43O pm, clubhouse,
silver tea. Thursday, pm, club
house, luncheon.
Washington Club-Tuesday, II am,
lecture by James Bergman. Car
toons and What, Causes Them"
Washington CHAPTER, Daughters
United States Army-TomorroW
4 to 6 pm, Army War College
Club, tea to introduce new ma
tional and chapter officers.
Junior Alliance-Tomorrow, 2 pm.
with Mrs. Daniel P. Watley, Roger
Smith Hotel. Speaker. Mrs. Harvey
w. Wiley, "Civic Affairs"
Arts Club-Today, to $50 pm.
tea and opening of exhibitions by
Mrs. Margaret Scully Zimmele
and Dwight G. Shepler. Hosts
Mrs. Zimmele and Roland Lyon
Thursday, 7 pm, club dinner
Speaker, Gene Gowing, Folk
Dances of Past and Present" !"
Hosts, Mrs. Robert B. Patterson
and Lyle A. Brookover.
D. c. League Of American Penwomen
To-day, to 6 pm, art tea
Tuesday, 8 pm, non-fction group
Wednesday, to 6 pm, radio tea
Friday, 8 pm, radio group meet
ing.
Board of Managers, Florence Crit.
tenton Home-Friday, II am
4759 Reservoir road NV, meeting
and luncheon.
Osteopathic Women's National AS
sociation Auxiliary - Thursday
1890 pm, Iron Gate Inn, lunch
con. Speaker, Miss Earlene White
Girls Friendly Society, Epiphan!
Branch-Tomorrow, 6 pm, sup
per; 7 to 8 pm, classes, followed
by "Old Home Night"
Women's Association of Universalis
National Memorial Church-Tues
day, 1880 am, Sixteenth and |
! streets NV. study period; 1873
Evening star., 1940-01-07
League to Meet

The League of Republican Women
of the District of Columbia will meet
tomorrow at 2:30 pm. at the May
flower Hotel. Robert L. O'Brien will
be the guest speaker. Mrs. Edward
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Mutual Improvement
Club in Sandy Spring
Has Long Tradition
Programs Differ From Most
Women's Organizations
In Content and Manner
BY FRANCES LIDE,
IIyonaan,e Cliih Editor


The Sandy Spring feels Just
toward these organizations celebrating
celebrate their golden anniversaries this
Sandy remember
Association became so Of
18th anniversary which observed
May, 1932-nearly eight
many descendants of members
meeting the
Even the house which the organization had been formed
available for the session celebrating its 18th
Probably observed with
ceremony will be its centennial
Listed Seventh Oldest
Women's Unit Existing
For many oldest
Then before the Biennial Council
Womens Clubs 1927 listed 1t the
the ninth to be formed
in the United States.
quick point out, however that
originally had presiding officers
being hold such
Improvement has been 100
womans organization
association has other characteristics which make it distinctive
principal its only ohaceris the
eay called clerk Mrs Josiah W. Jones has held this
and from her that OF the
clubs history obtained.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

viewers, MIS-. oeIlIld OildIlho
CLANCY. Mrs. Frederick L. Pratt.
Tuesday. 1890 pm. with Mrs.
James Fraser, 105 Elm avenue,
contract bridge. Wednesday. 10
am, 1o7 Tulip avenue, choral
group rehearsal. Thursday, 1920
am, Town Hall, physical educa-
ton class; 1890 pm, with Mrs.
Jesse ]. Ransdell. 14l1 Underwood
street, art department tea. Ex-
hibit and talk on Native Ameri-
can Handicraft," by Mrs. Louise
Hollis. Mountain music.
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase-To-
morrow. $50 m, physical educa-
ton section; 10 am, with Mrs. A.
T. Davenport, meeting of civic Sec
ton chairmen and officers; 10
am, clubhouse committee; II m,
social section business meeting.
Tuesday, 10:30 am, international
relations section. Speakers, Mrs.
Edwin Hahn, South Americas
New Isms";; Mrs. o. L. Hunt,
Chile; lis pm, applied edu-
cation committee meeting; l pm,
art section, dessert-coffee; 2 pm,
concert by Dorothy Raynor and
talk on art of Ell Salvador" by
Minister of Ell Salvador. Wednes-
day, $50 am, executive board
meeting. Thursday, pm, nature
section, tea. Friday, ! pm, Ger
man section.
Woman's Community Club of Ken
sington-Tomorrow, Masonic Hall.
Review, Autobiography Of Will
liam Lyon Phelps Mrs. Donald
M. Earll. Piano selections, Mrs.
John Hartman.
Kenilworth Ladies' Guild-Wednes-
day, pm, with Mrs. S. K. Mur-
ply, 1928 Kenilworth avenue NE,
Mrs. E. Laser assisting.
Park View Woman's Club-Tuesday,
Bpm, with Mrs. Walter S. Erwin,
57O6 Fourteenth street NV.
Speaker, Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, on
visit to Indian reservations.
Montgomery Club Tuesday, 1870
pm, with Mrs. w. P. Benson, 220
Rosemary street, Chevy Chase, Md.
Woodbridge Book Club-Tuesday, 10
am, Woodbridge Branch Library.
Subject, Europe Today and To-
morrow" Reviewers, Mrs. J. G.
Kingsbury, Reaching for the
Stars; Mrs. James May, Hunts
man, What Quarry?" Speaker,
Mrs. Frederick Schwertner, "A
Visit to the European Scene"
Business, Professional Clubs
Business and Professional Women's S
Club-Tomorrow, 7 pm, l640
entation Christmas tree award to
sentation Christmas tree award to
Richard K. Stevens.
Insurance Women's Club - Tomor-
row, dinner, 6 pm, Taft House
Inn.
Business and Professional Women's
Division of Hadassah-Tomorrow
Jewish Community Center, choral
group.
Professional Writers Clubs-Tomore
row, Y. w. C. A. Speaker, Mrs
Elizabeth Shirley Enochs, "Oppor-
tunities for Feature Article Writ
ing at Home and Abroad"
Business and Professional Women's
Club of All Souls Church-To-
morrow, BIS pm. Lecture by DR.
Paul kaufman, "How Do We Make
Up Our Minds" Open forum.
Business Women's Council-Tuesday
8 pm, Covenant-First Presby'
terian Church. Feature, STORY o.
Christ In Painting, Poetry ane
Evening star., 1940-01-07
World Traveller Finds
Test in Capital Life
Having Been Club Hostess and MANAGER,
After Coming Here From Australia,
Mrs. Estes Has Varied Interests
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

flowers the outstanding interests OF Mrs
George the United States from her home IN
decided to go in for serious
became hostess and
Margaret Hill she remained
last fall she married Mr.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

Dependence on Moon.
Like other old organizations IN
Sandy Spring. the association, IN It's
early days, chose its meeting date
according to the moon, Mrs. Jones
said. With the coming of the day
of automobile lights, this custom was
abandoned, and meetings now are
held the first Thursday of each
month the year round. AS its active
membership is limited to "A, each
member is hostess about once every
two years. Associate and honorary
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
La. NAACP Officer
Rebuked for Opposing
Organization of Labor

New Notwithstanding its full
support of organized labor's right
to bargain collectively, the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored people condemned
the actions of James LaFourche, a
Louisiana official of the organizza-
ton for his opposition to a strike
involving Negro employees of three
insurance firms in New Orleans.
The NAACP's position was set
forth in a resolution passed unani-
mously by its board of directors at
a meeting held here Monday, Oc-
tober 7, at the headquarters of the
association at SO Fifth Avenue.
Passage of the resolution followed
receipt of a letter from the United
Office and Professional Workers
Union, an affiliate of the c. l. o.,
containing charges against Mr.. La
Fourche. The union is attempting
to organize the employees of the
Unity, Douglass, and Louisiana
Life Insurance Companies. The
Unity insurance company is con-
trolled by whites. The other COM
panies are owned and controlled
by Negroes. A fourth company,
the Good Citizen Mutual, also own
ed by Negroes has agreed to ne
gotiate with the employees through
the union.
According to the C. I. o. union,
Mr.. LaFourche, who is public re-
lations counsel for the regional
conference of southern NAACP
branches in Louisiana, "is seeking
to break the solid ranks of these
workers on behalf of the manage
ment of the insurance companies
and is making efforts to build
company union"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
Seattle Dance And Music Fans to Hail
King Louis" Satchmo Armstrong

Duke Browning, Seattle's popu-
lar maestro, announces the COM
ing of Louis Armstrong at Fin
nish Hall, 18th and Washington
Streets, Monday, October %.
1.-THE King Is Coming" thrilled
the heart of every dance and mu-
sic lover in Seattle. Never has the
opportunity been given the race
in the Northwest to see and hear
the expositions of its master mu-
sicians. An enthusiastic reception
awaits the peerless king of trum-
peters.
Louis Armstrong and his music
al wrecking crew of horn tooters
skin beaters, ivory knockers and
princely demonstrators of 1--WE and
in the groove, come direct from
the Paramount theater in Los An
geles.
To Louis Armstrong and Cab
Galloway, the world is indebted
for more musical innovations in
song than any other of our kings
and queens who lead the band
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
Third Term Tradition

The principle argument is based
solely on sentiment, and without
due consideration as to Mr.. Will
kie's qualifications or the Repub-
lican party's' program. Because
Washington refused third term,
it is being implied that he refused
it on principle. The implication
is WIDELY unfounded. In his ia
nous letter to Lafayette, April %,
1888, he said: There cannot, in
my judgment be the least danger,
can see no propriety in preclud-
ing ourselves from the services of
any man, who on some great emer-
gency, shall be deemed universally,
most capable of serving the pub
lic."
Washington retired from public
life after long years of service,
with no emergency in the offing,
surrounded by experienced men,
many of whom wre competent to
carry on the affairs of the gov
eminent. jefferson, it may be said,
refused a third term on principle.
He also opposed human slavery.
Had he been able to visualize the
changing conditions of the world
today, he would have likewise OPP
posed economic slavery.
Grant, seeking third term,
narrowly missed being the choice
of the Republican party in the
convention of 1880, and was elm
mated only after thirty-six bal
lots. Theodore Roosevelt, running
for third term in 1912, received
more votes than Taft, and had the
support of many reactionary news
papers that are today clamoring
loudest against third term. The
claim of dictatorship is mere po-
litical propaganda. There can be
no dictatorship so long as the
President is elected by the people
through the free expression of
their wishes at the polls.
There is nothing yet, in human
experience to prove, beyond ques-
ton, that any way of living which
mankind has tried is the final best.
In the past, man has sloughed
off and left behind, tools, instru-
ments, habits, customs and tradi-
tons which, in the course of prog
ress, have been outgrown. This
Continued on Page Two)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
First Halloween At
New Wonder Store

More than 1000 varieties of Hal
loween novelties are displayed at
F. w. Woolworth's New Wonder
Store.
Halloween novelties greet you
in every department. The most
fascinating display of jewelry, odd,
unique, and attractive patterns
especially the exquisite turquoise
rings are destined to create a eli
entelle in exclusive and distinctive
styles. Halloween parties will be
the vogue because of the large
variety of novelties brought to
Seattle by the New Wonder Store
and sold at prices within the reach
of all.
The New Wonoer store boasts
of service which brooks no SUI
perior. 1t is a service deluxe.
Every new pattern of jewelry
in the Seattle New Wonder store
was displayed at the Worlds fair
in New York.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
DIR. Fountain W. Penick
Speaks at University
Christian Church

Last Wednesday, October 10th,
at noon day luncheon, DR.. F. w.
Penick, was the guest speaker for
the Stella Tremaine Group of the
Womens' Council of the University
Christian Church. The Stella Ire
maine Group is conducting a study
of the various race Groups of Sc
attic. DR.. Penick was requested
to speak on the Negro
DR.. Penick used as his subject,
"a New Form of Slavery" The
speaker spoke of American slavery
and its attendant evils, stating that
this slavery had been abolished
when the Church had taken the
lead in condemning the same and
in arousing public sentiment as to
its unfairness. The speaker re-
ferred to the debt slavery in GER
tain parts of the South, known as
Peonage and in the North, as little
as we think, the speaker said, Ne
groes are experiencing a form of
slavery as bitter and as unfair as
the debt slavery in the South.
In many cases Negroes are denied
employment, for no other reason
than that they are Negroes. He
pleaded with the Church Group to
lead the way in helping to abolish
this new form of slavery in our
midst.
Mrs. Bessy Ratcliff, soloist of
the Mount Zion Baptist Church,
rendered several numbers. She
was accompanied by Miss Juanita
Valley.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25

Because the Northwest Enter
prise is mindful and very soli-
citous for the welfare of it's many
readers who wish to witness the
browning of King" Louis, Duke
Browning, Seattle's impresario, as
sures it nothing will be left I'M
done to assure the most discrim-
mating patron an evening of per-
feet enjoyment free from any an
noyance."
Seattle is indeed fortunate. It
is the only city in the whole
Northwest where the originator
of scat singing may be seen and
heard in 1910.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
Walter White, Elk. Sec.
Coming To Seattle

Mrs. LeEtta King secretary of
the local branch of the NAACP
announced Walter White, executive
secretary of the NAACP will ar
rive in Seattle November 1929.
During his stay he will make two
speeches one at the University
Campus and one is scheduled for
public mass meeting, time and
place to be announced later.
The executive committee held
meeting at the home of Mrs. Caro-
line Lewis last Tuesday and ar
ranged for a card party to be given
the 18th of November at the Y.
w. c. A. to raise funds to finance
the Seattle engagement of White
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25

Washington, jefferson, Douglas,
Teddy Roosevelt, and others, re-
minding their listeners, this gov
eminent shall not perish from the
earth.
When the valedictorian, DR.. F.
B. Cooper, finished the address of
the evening, in the midst of thun-
derous applause, it seemed that a
prayer and benediction had been
uttered. The speaker said notwith-
standing the heavy burdens which
white America places upon the
shoulders of it's blacks, we plead
for more friendly cooperation,
accentuating it with his own solu-
ton: The proper training of our
youth, the earnest cooperation of
our ministry, the most influential
agency within our fold
Mr.. Buford and his band, assis-
ted by Miss Stearns, the soloist,
furnished the music. Led by Mrs.
e. R. Chainey the audience sang
the Negro National Anthem. After
the invocation by the Rev. John
r. Harris, Mrs. Pearl Young the
Woodworking chairman of the Ex-
ecutive committee of the club mas
terfully welcomed her guests,
blitzkrieging even her immediate
friends with warmth which start
ed the KCCRC in the greatest BAN
quet of its history as she introduce
ed Mr.. e. I. Robinson, master of
ceremonies.
Following the introduction of all
candidates for office and National
State and County Republican lead
ers and other leading workers of
Continued on Page Three)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
Nationwide Meets
Protest Against
Army Jim Grow
Policy

New York-In an effort to lay
before the Negro citizens through
cut the country the facts of the
recent White House Conference on
the Negro and national defense,
officials of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Color
ed People will make speaking tours
which during the next six weeks,
viii carry at least one of them
to the Pacific coast.
Walter White, executive secre-
tary of the association will speak
at mass meetings in the following
cities: Chicago, ILL.,, Sunday after
noon, October 81 and that same
night in st. Louis, Mo-; Monday,
October 29 in Kansas City Mo-;
November 1, New York City; No
vemberf 8, Richmond, Va; Nov
ember 1929, Pacific coast Cities,
from Los Angeles to Seattle.
Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary
of the NAACP, will speak in Will
mington, Del, Sunday, October 27.
Thurgood Marshall, special coun-
sci spoke in Bridgeport, Conn.,,
Sunday October 20. William Pick
ems, director of branches is speak
ing in Montclair, N. ]. October 81.
E. Frederick Morrow, branch CO.
ordinator, is speaking in Hammond
and South Bend, Ind, and in lima,
Ihio, October 20-25.
Protests over the recent White
House statement establishing an
official policy of segregation
Negroes in the Army and
Navy have evoked protests from
Negro and white citizens through
out the country.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-10-25
EDITORIAL
40 Mill Tax

Property tax limitation, which
voters of Washington state have
upheld for nearly eight years, new
er was more important than at
present, H. F. Syford of Tacoma,
chairman of the state 40-Mill Tax
Limit Committee, declared today
Increased federal taxation, for
the armament program which ma
tional defense-has made necessary,
is a certainty, Syford pointd out,
and the necessity for economy in
local governments and for keeping
down other taxes is evident.
"The 40-Mill Tax Limit on real
and personal property has been
passed by the people of the state
by initiative four times. They
must pass it again this year, as
Referendum No. 5, if they wish
to continue the protection they
have enjoyed since 1882" Syford
said.
I'VE know what tax limitation
has accomplished-how it has re-
duced tax delinquency, made it
possible form any to keep posses
sion of their homes and farms,
encouraged industries to locate in
this state. But now, when we are
faced with increased federal tax
es, we need the 40-Mill Limit more
than ever. We must urge economy
in local government and all must
fight together to retain the prin-
ciple of property tax limitation"
This years 40-Mill Tax Limit
law appears on the ballot at the
general election November as
Referendum No. 5. 1t reenacts the
present law, passed as Initiative
129 in 1888, except that it def
initely allocated the states two
mills to institutions of higher learn
ing.