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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate OF Mrs. Urpha " est HnFrIs Ueceased
Notice is hereby given that Naomi r. West
whose Post Office address is 2l7 S. Main ST..
Button. Ohio. has been duly appointed and
qualified as administratrix of the Estate Of
Mrs. Orpha West Harris late of Allen County.
Ohio, deceased.
Dated this srd day of June 1910.
RAYMOND p. SMITH
Judge of the Probate Court,
Allen County Ohio 9
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13

A law in Texas says it is unsafe to
haul a load Of more than 1000
pounds on a truck, except when the
truck is going to railroad station.
when $4,000 pounds may be hauled.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13
Relief Costs Lower
In Putnam

1t cost s722.06 less to finance di-
rect poor relief in Putnam county
during May, 1910, than during the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13

Well adapted to freezing are the
juices of apple, cherry, rhubarb,
pineapple, currant and raspberry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-13

burned in an explosion of a trans
former while working for the Ohio
Power company.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Early Told NAACP
He Didn't Mean 1t

Over any part he may have played
in permitting correspondents to in
terpret the Presidents October 8
announcement on Army segrega-
ton as having the endorsement of
Negro officials who conferred with
the Chief Executive on September
81, Stephen T. Early, White House
press secretary told the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People that he was
deeply regretful."
Early made the statement in a
letter to Walter White, executive
secretary of the NAACP, dated Oc-
tober %, the same date on which
the President also sent a letter
to the NAACP, expressing regret
that there has been so much mis-
Interpretation" of his announce
ment settling War Department po-
Icy regarding Negroes in the ar
my.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

The. Northwest Enterprise has
issued this aoarning to the Negroes
of Seattle. This aoaaning is mo1U
called to the attention of those or
gdpisdtions a0hoSe business it is to
lead the toGy. The only forces ca
pGble of leading a successful fight
against democracy in the North
loest are the National Urban
League and the N. A. A. c.. P.
IT. is the duty of a newspaper to
point out the social and economic
eviIs 1T is the duty of our local
organizations to keep tuned in and
naGke some effort to lead as out of
our difficulties. Evidence of eff
forts to discourage Negroes de-
string to make applications for re-
location in the Yessler Way Hous-
ing Project, has poured into the
office of the Northwest Enterprise
so often aoe can no longer remain,
silent.
Out of the Yessler Way Hous-
ing Project, prejudice and discrim-
nation haze raised their ugly
heads from the day the govern-
nent appraisers hammered doaon
the value of all properties held By
Negroes, poor tohites and Japan
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
!. COLUMNS
Life Goes On
For Some

The counting of the ballots is
practically over. The victor and
the vanquished are known. Regret
and resentment are felt by some.
The shallow joy of success and vic
tory is sweet to others. But-Life
goes on-for some. For others, ex-
istence is continued.
The injured Negro policeman
will return to his beat. Joe Louis
will confine his radio comment to
Just another lucky night" Gen.
Davis will serve as Americas first
Negro General until his fast ap-
preaching retirement.
AS these things go on so will
millions of Negroes continue to be
denied a chance to serve his coun-
try as he chooses, continue to be
excluded from employee roles
whose salaries are direct payments
from the government Golfers, con-
tinue to be caught, tried and muir
dered by mob courts, continue to
pay taxes and not be allowed a
voice as to how, by whom and for
what they are to be spent, continue
to live not where he wants to but
where he is forced to, even though
the housing facilities are provided
by the government which he sup
ports.
Yes, the Negro will continue to
exist and not to live,
UNLESS
The Negro as a whole through
out the nation, free and fettered,
employed and unemployed, rich
and poor, educated and uneducat-
ed, sinner and saint realizes that
his, too, is the plight of all other
Negro Americans and decides to
do something about it by unified
coordination and relentless fight
ing to begin to LIVE AND NOT
JUST EXIST.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
AFL, CLIO Not To
Bar Race Workers

Washington, Oct. 31.-The Anne
rican Federation of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tons have both agreed to assume
responsibility for seeing that Ne
gro workers are not Disseminated
against in national defense employ
ment it was announced here We'd
nesday by Sydney Hillman, in
charge of the Labor Division for
the National Defense Advisory
Commission.
This important development in
the Commissions program of inte-
grating Negro skilled and un-
skilled workers into the defense
activities was revealed by Dr. Rob-
ert C. Weaver, administrative as
sistant in the Division of Labor
Supply, in conference with Les
ter B. Granger, assistant execu-
tive secretary of the National Ur-
ban League, and representatives of
local Urban Leagues.
According to DR.. Weaver, both
the A. F. of l.. and CLIO, have as
sured Sydney Hillman, Labor Com
missioner that trade unions affi-
lated with the two influential la
Dor organizations will carry out
the Commissions non-discrimina-
ton labor policy stipulation that
Workers should not be discrimin-
ated against because of age,sex,
race, or color"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
ReinState
Supervisor

Washington, D. C.-Following a
vigorous three-month fight waged
by progressive organization here
including the local branch of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, Har-
ry S. McAlpin, supervising in
terviewer at the District of Co
lumbia employment center, has
been temporarily reinstated in his
job following the intervention of
Social Security Administrator Paul
v. McNutt.
McAlpin was dismissed from his
post July rs after he had disclosed
to Negro organizations that the
Civil Service Commission had sent
through an order for 800 clerical
workers marked for white" only.
He was also given an "unsatis-
factory" civil service rating for
1910 by the Commission. McAlpin,
whose job it was to find employ
ment for thousands of Negro appli-
cants, had protested to his super
ior offices over a long period
against the discrimination prac-
ticed by the Center against Ne
groes who applied for civil service
jobs.
Despite the fact that an appeal
board, by a two-to-one decision
had found that his "unsatisfac-
tory" rating was unjustified and
recommended an upward revision
which would permit the supervi-
sor to return to his job, the exc
cutive director ordered the dismis-
sal to stand. It was then that 10.
cal organizations carried the case
directly to McNutt, threatening to
picket the Social Security Admin
istrator's office, unless he inter-
vened.
The case has attracted nation
wide attention because the local
employment center is the only one
in the country operating directly
under the federal government
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
EDITORIAL
We Join Hands With
The Victor

We have just closed the last
chapter in one of the most bitter
political campaigns in history. We
have seen a man who might have
been chosen as our Chief Execu-
tive, egged, rocked and offered in
suits. And the meek and lowly
of our race still aping the white
man, who will pass him unseen on
the morrow.
Happy are we, in a country
where every man Except our
brothers in the south about whose
necks we tighten the moose, and
aid in taking from him the great
est right, the heritage of any MANI
may register his choice for the
officials who must rule him.
Always, always, though our ia
vorites may not have been success
full, we join with the majority,
those who in their minds chose
the safer way. The Republicans
fought a good fight. The princip-
les for which they stood, cannot
possibly die in the land of the free
and the home of the brave.
For Negroes, many years will
pass before another strong candid
ate of any party will stand before
a world which heralds democra-
cy which it does not practice, and
fight intolerance as Wendell Will
kie. Race prejudice is the one weak
spot in the armor of America and
race prejudice in America must
be destroyed.
When southern senators like
Pepper of Florida and Barclay of
Kentucky can WOO your votes in
the north and then say to hell
with the constitution where your
brother is concerned in the south,
somebody is rocking the boat. Yet,
we gracefully bow to the will of
the majority. We join hands with
the victor.
Today, despite the war mongers,
despite the plea of unpreparedness,
despite the fact the whole world
is armed to the teeth, not all ar
mics of the world combined, head
ed by all the big Hitlers and the
millions of little Hitlers unborn,
aided by all the Mussolinis and
Stains will ever take a drink of
water from any of our favorite
resorts, without the consent of our
Uncle Sam.
Let no man deceive you. The
United States of America is in
vincible.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
NAACP Asks Grand
Jury Action In Case
Of Cop Kicked By Early

New York-"The National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of
Colored People will press for a
grand jury investigation of the
Sloan case, regardless of any po-
ntical implications that may be in
volved."
This was the statement issued
Thursday, October 81, by Walter
White executive secretary of the
N. A. A. C. p, following a con-
ference with Patrolman James
Sloan, 42-year-old Negro policeman
who was kicked in the groin by
Stephen T. Early, White House
Press secretary here October %,
as the latter sought to board Pres
ident Roosevelt's train in the Penn
sylvania station. White visited the
police officer at his home, 225 West
10th Street, where he is under
the care of a physician. The police
man, who has been on the force
for twelve years, has a wife and
five chiulden. He has been cited
for bravery.
Shortly after the incident in
volving the White House secretary
the NAACP issued statement de-
handing that "there be no delay
in the police department investiga-
ton of the kicking in the groin OF
Officer James Sloan by Stephen
T. Early and that the facts ascer-
tanned be presented to the Grand
Jury Immediately"
Continued on Page Three)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
By E. I. r.

csc, sinking its fangs deeper and
deeper, dragging its Victims
throughout their efforts to relocate
on the quiet avenues of tolerant
districts, doa0n, doaon to their last
stand.
More tragic yet-Prejudice and
discrimination haze stdlked the
footsteps of those Nnfortundtes
aobose hves haze been spent be-
hind a0alls, decorated i'm scarlet
coIorS - the usual inuitdtion ito
those a0ho craze q thrilling ddven-
ture. They too had no choice. But
go they must.
These unfortunGtes are forced to
aUear the Scarlet Letter a0herever
they 90. Like 10iId animals driven
to cover, they sought the only 40
e'tWe of escaped road that led
them into that a0orld aohere the
scarlet letter itself is not the brand
of an oWtcdst. Yet, like the Iepers
of old, Discriminate giUes them
no rest, no refuge. At every Ca
cant house, at every street corner
in the midday sun, shielded by the
darkness of night stalks the grim
spector of discrimination.
There they stand today = Wild
animals, hunted, chased, menaced,
their backs against the 1oaH must
make their last supreme effort az
Gi,,st the decree Of the supreme
ruiz of tb scarlet aoorld-G sloao
crucifi1ion preceded By starvation.
To Be Continued
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
WOolwOrth New
Wonder Store

Despite the fact that Xmas is
Dec. 25, thousands have taken ad-
vantage of the lull to do their X
mas shopping. Especially is it true
of the department featuring Greet
ing Cards and novelties.
The Northwest Enterprise advis-
es its readers to take advantage
of this splendid opportunity to
choose your greeting cards from
such a large assortment. Should
you visit the New Wonder Store
you certainly will not miss the
Christmas Greeting Department.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

The possibility of Negroes Sc
curing employment at the plants of
the Boeing Aircraft Corporation
is still as remote as ever. 1t is
believed that due to the present
conditions it will be even more diff
ficult for the bars to be lowered.
These facts were established by
recent authentic discoveries by
Bernard E. Sruires, Executive Sc
cretary of the Seattle Urban
League who has been relentless in
his efforts to secure opportunity
of employment for Negro work.
ers at the Plant.
A resume of the procedure show
that the three major excuses given
for the exclusion of Negroes have
been first broken down and then
rebuilt, so that at present the con-
ditions are unchanged.
In recalling the actions of the
past we find that a letter from
Local 751 of the Aeronautical Me-
chanics Union to the company dat
ed July End 1910, stated in part,
1--WE are prepared to discuss imme-
diately the question of employ
ment at the Boeing Aircraft Com
jpapy of competent citizens, re-
CARELESS of race, creed or color"
The company acknowledges the re-
ceipt of this statement from the
union. 1t has been said that the
company refused to consider Ne
groes as employees because the
Union would not accept them. In
this letter and according to the re-
suit of repeated conferences with
the union representatives, it seems
to be indicated that the fight would
have to be carried to the Union.
On July 10th the fight was car
ried to the Executive Board of the
Union and on July 18th the mat
ter was presented to a meeting of
the general membership. On both
occasions the unionists acted fav-
orably upon and accepted motions
in behalf of the Negroes employ
ment at the plant.
1t was this action or these ac-
tons which now show the true
color and the underhanded, dirty,
low characteristics of the leader
ship of the local union. It is not
felt that the Executive Board or
the Leadership of the general
meeting, were sincere in thir ac-
lions or intentions when these ac-
tons were taken. 1t is indicated
that they did so only to strengthen
their bargaining power in the ne
gotiation procedure which were be-
ing conducted with the company at
that time. In short, the Negro
was fused" to help gain the pre-
sent agreement or contract and
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

then locked out" again by the
groups that FUSED" him to their
advantage. This is shown by the
following facts.
The local delegates to the In
ternational Association of Machin-
lists Convention in Cleveland re-
Gently were instructed by their
membership in only one respect.
They were charged with the re-
sponsibility of going to the con-
vention and doing all within their
power to change the wording of
the ritual of the International so
that Negroes would not be barred
by law from the locals of the I'M
ion. To this end the delegates had
Mr.. Squires, Executive Secretary
of the Seattle Urban League draw
up the resolution which they would
present to the Convention.
FL ON reliable sources we are in
formed that the local delee ation
did little if anything by way of
fighting for the proposed change
in the ritual while in attendance
at the convention.
To Hell With The Constitution
A detailed report of the consi-
deration of the proposed change,
in brief, is as follows: The reso-
luton was shifted from one COM
mitiee to another and, when fin
ally presented on the. floor met
with little consideration. A dele
gate from a southern state made
the comment that it is all right
for northern locals to consider and
admit the Negro as a member and
even work with him. However, if
such Negro member, in good
standing and with a pass book,
comes to the south and tries to
enter our meetings, Constitution
or no constitution, ritual or no ri
tual, we will kick him out on his"
It was then decided that the
whole matter should be left in the
hands of the Executive Board of
the international pending the out
come of trials in New York and
Pennsylvania as to whether or not
the union can exclude a man on the
basis of his race. At the time
the decision of these trials the var
ious Locals of the International
shall still retain the right to adj
NIT or exclude the Negro worker.
These incidents indicate clearly
that local ISL and other locals
have lost sight of the ultimate
goal of all organized agencies for
collective bargaining and are work.
ing only in the interest of their
own personal advancement.
1t is felt that this selfish atti-
tude is not the desire or ambition
Continued on Page Three)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Catholic Organ Rebukes FDR's Jim
Grow Army Negro Draftees

New York-President Roosevelt
received a sharp rebuke this week
from the Catholic Weekly maya
zine America" for his recent pro-
nouncement making the segrega-
ton of Negro draftees in the army
a settled policy of the government
in carrying out the defense pro-
gram.
In an editorial entitled, "Our
Jim Crow Army" Father LaFarge
associate editor of the magazine
accuses the President of hypocracy
for saying that "the services of
Negroes will be utilized on a fair
and equitable basis" while omit
ting to answer the question, Fair
and esuitable for whom?"
what the country needs today"
the editorial concluded, sis not Sc
gregation, but union. AS far as the
army is concerned, the Presidents
order establishes the first and bans
the second"
The complete text of the editor
ial which appeared in the October
26 issue of the magazine, follows:
1--WE have no immediate quarrel
with people who think it necessary
to draw the color line. Argument
would be useless. We can only
hope that in time bias will cease
to rule them. But accepting their
contention that Jim Grow legis-
lation is their concern, not ours,
we can still protest when Wash
he. .-SC-aat-qi. miorpisr' Dnt = hei
ington applies Jim Grow legisla-
ton to the army to be formed
from the drafted soldiers. And we
do protest.
''The President tells us that Ne
gro organizations will be formed
in every branch of the service.
In this way, the services of Ne
groes will be utilized on fair and
equitable basis
Fair and equitable for whom
Not certainly to the Negro. The
Presidents order sets him apart
from his fellow citizens simply be-
cause his ancestors came from At
RIGA. Logically, then separate or
CARNATIONS should be formed for
those Americans whose ancestors
lived in England, Germany, France
Poland, Italy, and the rest. To Sc
gregate the Negro, and not segre-
gate these, gives us a Jim Grow
Army. What the country needs
today is not segregation but union.
AS far as the army is concerned,
the Presidents order establishes
the first and bans the second"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
notice.:

NOTICE:
The Northwest Enterprise
eight page holiday and sOuven-
ir edition for I94G-sI will be diff
ferent from any edition ever
published in Seattle or the
Northwest. You will have the
privilege to extend your holiday
greeting to relatives and friends
in any part of the world toge-
Their with your photo, newspaper
cut. Spaces may be reserved
now. Prices from $1.5O to $500
Call Mr.. McCants, Northwest
Enterprise, Advertising Manag-
er. Ca. 9779.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
THE BLACK MANS PRAYER

Lord, bless our next governor
and cause him to appoint to the
heads of our state departments
men and women who viii not
discriminate against any citizen
for reason of race, color or
creed. Amen.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

Seattle Attorney for N. A. A. G. P
CLARENCE r. ANDERSON,
Respondent, v. Pantages Theatre
Company, Appellant. Ia Wash,
Reports "a.
The late CLARENCE R. AN
DERSON, Seattle attorney, was
the central figure in a case involv-
ing the civil liberties of the Negro
race. He himself brought the ac-
ton in the King County Superior
Court, and when the case was ap-
pealed, carried the action to the
Supreme Court.
In 1919 the Pantages Theatre
operated a show house in the city
of Seattle. One evening, Mr.. An
derson, together with two other
colored gentlemen, having pur-
chased tickets for box seats, pre-
scented them to the attendant at
the door, who thereupon informed
them that all box seats were TAX
en-. Mr.. Anderson questioned the
truth of the statement, and an ush-
er was called who verified it. Then
they were informed that in no
event could they secure box seats,
but if they desired they could
change their tickets for seats in
the balcony.
A verbal argument resulted, and,
according to the courts findings,
the threatre attendant said that
they couldn't sit in the box seats
because they were colored.
The court further found that
Anderson conducted himself in a
gentlemanly way, that he was re-
fused a box seat because he was
a Negro, that there were box seats
available, and that it was the pol
! Continued on Page Three)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08
Race Prejudice And Discrimination
Must Be DESTROYED
Warning! Warning!

Segregation and discrin1ind-
ton marches ON. Let no man
deceive you. Just as sure as God
feignS, plans are noao being laid
to bar Negroes from the Neao
Yessler Way Project.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-11-08

(Attorney Jack Steinberg, a
procticing attorney of Seattle, l0ill
head the Legal Department of the
Northwest Enterprise. From, time
to time he will contribute articles
dcquainting you aOith yoar legal
rights. Mr.. Jack Steinberg 1Uas a
candidate for the state legislature
from the S7th district in the pri-
n,aries. You should not miss read
ing them.)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-26
Last Rites Friday For John
VoIz, Retired Blacksmith

Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 26-Fu-
neral services will be Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock in the Muehlig
Chapel with Rev. Theodore Sch
male officiating for John Volz, rs,
who died Wednesday at his home
at 500 W Liberty St. after long
illness. Mr.. Volz was a retired
blacksmith and owner OF Volz
Blacksmith and Welding Shop on
Ashley St. InteIment will be in
Bethlehem Cemetery.
He was born July 10, 1854 in
Waldorf, Germany, coming to De-
troit in 1881 and moving to Ann
Arbor in 1898 where he established
his business which he conducted
until retiring IN 1881. His son,
Albert, carried on the business
until his death IN 1889 when it was
taken over by employees.
Mr.. Volz married Rosina Stol-
steiner in 1890. She died Sept
10, 1906. He married Mary Zwench,
Aug. %, 1907 and she died oct.
9, 1888. He was a member Of the
Bethlehem Church and OF the
Schwaben Virein.
Surviving him are his daughter
in-law. Freda c. Volz, and a grand
son, Paul Albert. who lived with
him; one brother, Martin, in Ger
meny; three nieces and FIVE neph-
eWs