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Teachers Speedy
Action Saves -Four
Lives in Accident
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six feet on the wrong SIDE CT TT
center line and left wheels Wert
on the edge of the wrong slde OF
the highway.
The highway parrolman sac Ms
Allen was as far off TIE highway
as she could get without entering
the ditch. He dec,a:ct her action
undoubtedly saved four !.yes-heI
nfe. that OF her s.H-N-,-:-o.a niece
Peggy Allen who W WITH her
and those of Puc:,ee Gcc his fem
mine companion.
Bump gave Pu':t,e : tcEet pass
ing another yeE.t.- W.ti.oa' haF4aa
sufficient ClCaTI!.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

SACRAMENTO, May 3 'UPl-A
third term for President Roosevelt
split California Democrats into four
camps today as more than 3.500,00O
persons prepared to vote IN the
statewide primary election next
Tuesday.
The Democratic forces are divid-
ed as follows:
"A ticket pledged to President
Roosevelt. and headed by Gov. Cul-
bert l. Olson.
"A ticket pledged TO Vice Pres
ident John Nance Garner.
3.-The ham and egg pension
forces. nominally pledged to Willis
Allen. director of the Retirement
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
WEATHER

data compiled by observers for
the official tnltrd states weather
Burenu station at III tentro.D
Maximum Thursday .... l05
Minimum Friday ...... II
Reading at Noon Friday
Temperature W
Humidity ........ -..-... ....... ..-.. IT.
Reading at Il. m. Friday
Temperature ..... ..... ...... 800. II
Humidity ..... -...-... 10
Reading at 5 p. m. Thursday
Temperature "a
Humidity ........-.... ........... .-......... II
Southern CaiiiOrnia-Falr in east
and cloudy in west portion FRIDAY
night and Saturday; light ram
probable in northwest portion Sat
urday night; gentle northwest ana
west winds off coast. little change
in temperature.
Record for "a hours ending at 5
a m Friday
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
RtPRIENE GRANTED

SACRAMENTO, May 3. up
Governor Culbert |. Olson today
granted d 3O-day reprieve to Lloyd
W Smlth, convicted Sacramento
county murderer. under sentence
to be executed III San Quentin pri-
sons lcthal ga chamber on MAY II
The rcpricy" extended the date Of
e%CcutIOn ~ Auguet Is
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
SWISS CALL ; j
ADDITIONAL TROOPS

ZURICH. MAJ 9 Up - Tne army
staff today c4!Icd uD ~ bauaAons
Of mountain m1unt!. - batteries
and several sp">.aI o.a foF service
beginning May u - NJ 10 TIE
troops were calleo ~ = replace
units which are b -. Gi.misSt j. e
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Prisoner with Dubious Honor Again
In CUSTODY Here After Prison Term

per.a. tW0 years AgI- ~ :. .
tody n Imperial cOLr;E a.. F.
Gay
He was brought from, Re A-.zo.a
State prison al Florence a. * c.ose
Of a sentence re served :0- O.
g.arizing a grocery sore = "a.
state. Sheriff Rober- " Ware sa.@
Al the time Of MS escape .:0n. .!.e
prison camp Garter vas se-T...g
& sentence for burg.ar.z!ng 3 g-o-
Gerry store at Caiipa:r.a.
TIE prison camp was rot sec
oy the county ;n.s Tear because
Of the cost.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
NEW COALINGA
OIL WELL

COALINGA, Cal. Ma 3. up
Twenty years Of exploratory drilling
ii the Cantua dStr!ct 20 miles north
Of COaAnga were reported to have
been cl.maXed today When. no
dope test holc" Of the TeXas OIL
company struck oil u"ar.ng aand at
4 depth Of l0llG feet
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
Rambling Reporter
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Continued from Page u
west anymore. 1 wish a continent
would rise up in the Pacific. There
is too much OF the Pacific any
way
T. P. Farmer thought a few sec
onds and then sunk the scheme
With the pessimistic decision:
Whats the use? Germany would
lust conquer IT anyway
Now He Can, Now He Can't
A reporter. phoning to Mexicali.
asked the long distance operator
to find someone who can speak
English.
Go ahead She ordered and
the reporter struggled for minute
with a voice at the other end of
the wire that persistentIy spouteG
Spanish.
He can't speak English any more
than | can speak Spanish the re-
porter demonstrated and the har-
assed operator replied:
He said yes minute ago. but
guess he changed ms mind :"
Special DispensatiOn-
Novel idea, this Dale Nice. faith
er of baby girl. handed out cigars
to the men and lollypOps to the
girls.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03

John Cod!ngton alias John Car
ter. the first prisoner 70 escape
from the Imperial county prison
camp when II opened west Of In
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-03
new BOOKS
Available at the Ell Centre
Public Library. May 4, 194O
FICTION

The Case of the Deadly Diary
William Dubois; Seven Dead. JET
ferson Farjeon: The Owl Hoot
Trail. Bennett Foster; The Silver
Death, George Gibbs; Watch Us
Grow, Harry Hamilton: Swift Flows
the River, Nard Jones; Renegade
Roundup, William Macdonald; The
Mulberry Bush, Helen Miller The
World is Like That, Kathleen Nor
ris: Mr.. Beamish, Hugh Richmond.
Riders of the Range, Charles H.
Snow: Harvest at Still Meadow
Gladys Taber Broad is the WAY.
Emerson Waldman: Wild Geese
Calling Stewart F. White.
NON-FICTION
Good Health and Bad Medicine
Harold Aaron; Two Men in the
Antarctic. Thomas w. Bagshawe.
How to Make Candy, Walter Chen
oweth; William Morris, Designer
Gerald Grow; Finland Fights, H
B. Elliston; Going Native, Oliver
st. John Gogarty; How to Revise
Your Own Stories, Anne Hamilton
Music for the Multitude, Sidney
Harrison; Dangerous Thoughts
Iancelot Hogben; Against the Sun
Ada Jackson Rolling Along ir
Song. j. Roe1mond Johnson; Rest
less Wave. Haru MatSui; A Doc
tors Holiday in Iran, Rosalie s.
Morton; Chip Off My Shoulder
THOMAS l.. Stokes.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28


A joint annual sermon for the
two Grand Bodies will be held at
the First A M. E. Church 14th
Ave. and East Pine Street Sunday
July 7th at 500 p. m. A program
featuring the high ranking officers
of both Grand Bodies will be rem
dered and Rev. A. L. Hayes, Pastor
of the church will preach the an
nual sermon. Delegates and visitors
from out of the city are requested
to report to the Registration and
Housing Committee at Masonic
Hall 21st and East Jefferson imme-
diately upon their arrival where
arrangements for housing and
other necessary facilities will be
made. Culinary service for the con-
venience of all will be in charge
of the Ladies of the Eastern Star
at Grace Presbyterian Church 22nd
and East Cherry st. Delegates and
visitors are expected from points
in Washington, Oregon, Montana
and British Columbia and har-
monious and constructive Grand
Communication is anticipated.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28
PR0PRIE OR OF NIGHT CLUB MISSING
Robert Bob" Brown Missing Three
Weeks; Evidence Hints Foul Play

Robert (Bob) Brown, aged "a,
well-known operator of night clubs
in Seattle has been reported miss
ing for three weeks. Authorities
fear he has met with foul play or
committed suicide.
Evidence now in the hands of
Deputy Sheriff Bodia of King
County, indicates suicide or death
by unknown hands. Last Sunday,
youth found a purse on Redondo
beach which he turned over to Off
GERS at Renton, Washington. The
boy was accompanied back to the
point of discovery and there they
found a hat with blood stains and
pierced by what appeared to be a
bullet. On Monday, shoes and trou-
sers tied in a knot were found.
Each article was identified as be-
longing to Brown and a dog Ii
cense in his purse issued to him,
made Identification complete. No
trace of his body has been found.
Oliver Posey, life long friend
of Brown, who was conversant
with his habits and shared his con-
fidence, stated to a reporter of the
Northwest Enterprise: Bob left
me about nine o'clock Monday
morning three weeks ago. He gave
me one dollar in change to give
to a friend, George Ward. I have
not seen nor heard of him since.
After visiting Renton and talking
with Deputy Sheriff Bodia, l iden-
titled the clothes, shoes and purse
as Browns property. 1 have been
a U. S. Deputy Marshall in Indian
Territory for 81 pears under Sher-
Tiff Ledbetter, during the admins
tration of John Brown, Chief of
the Nation. From my own exper-
fence, the blood stains and appar-
ent bullet hole in his hat, leaves
me no other conclusion, save that
he was murdered" The sheriffs
office here shares that view.
Asked if he did not think Brown
possibly took his own life, he
flouted the idea and said Bob is
dead by other hands than his own
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RIAL
Labor Unions Must Not Press Down A Grown
Of Ihorns Upon the Brow Of Negro Labor

81 will not recommend for membership in this union
any other than members of the white race"
The above oath is taken by members of the Aeronauca
Mechanics Union No. Isl upon initiation and repeated each
meeting
That oath is A. M u No ISIS proof that is 1909 Anne
rican.
That oath proof that A. M u. No 751 is real demo-
cratic CD union It is because Mr. Hugh Lundquist bar
gaining agent of that union said so.
1t has been stated good authority that named
Cupper run out of hell for lying That man ought to be
recalled and Mr.. Lundqust given that honor.
That union may be 1000 American doubt it. We
compelled to interrogation point.
The only thing of which certain is that more
effective of destruction could be devised than dpv
ing of employment thus leaving their wives and children
the cruel of welfare agencies who care as much for
distress that democratic? union about Negroes
The Northwest Enterprise does not believe that such
oath is sanctioned by any large industry A. M u No. ISL is
in absolute control of labor at the Boeng Aplane plant
What could be tragic? An industry that employs
the force to be doubled and not job
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PC. Y. Open For
New Members

The Progressive Colored Youth
have announced that it is open to
membership of boys and girls 18
years of age and over. Applicants
should file their intentions to join
with Scotty Brown, Apt. 102, Adel-
phi Apartments, 230-32 23rd Ave.
No.
An election of officers for the
second term of club existence was
held last Wednesday evening, June
26, at the Y. w. c. A. A list of
newly elected officers will appear
in next weeks issue of the North
west Enterprise.
All boys who have graduated
from high school during the last A
years are urged to secure a list
of their grades and present them
to Scotty Brown at the above ad-
dress. This survey is for the pur-
pose of listing eligibly applicants
to the airplane classes conducted
at the Edison Vocational school.
Boys are asked to do this at the
earliest possible date.
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Clio Head Hits Job
Bias War Drive
At NAACP Parley

Philadelphia, Pa, = Excoriating
President Roosevelt and his New
Deal administration for making
depression and unemployment a
chronic fact in American life"
while offering involvement of in
tervention in the European war" as
way out, John L. Lewis, chair
man of the Congress of Industrial
organizations told 1900 delegates
and visitors attending the opening
meeting of the the N. A. A. c. P.'s
31st annual conference here Tues
day, June 18, that ut is time for
all Americans to take stock of the
problems which face them today"
Pointing out that the salvation
of the Negro people in America
today Lies in the same measure
as does that of labor as a whole"
he told the meeting, which was
held in Tendley Temple, Broad and
Fitzwater Sts., that 1.-TWO great
rights guarantee the condition of
labor and the Negro in democ-
racy. The first is the right to or
ganize in a union as workers. The
second is the right of political eX-
preston freely and unhampered."
He analysed the work of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tons and Labor's Non-Partisan
league in their program of guar
anteeing the welfare and the
rights of all Americans who work
for living"
With this as a prelude to an Of
fer of cooperation between the
CLIO and the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People in an effort to work out
common problems such as the fight
to pass the Anti-lynching bill and
the Anti-Poll Tax bill, the CLIO
chairman invited the association
to join hands with Labor's Non
Partisan League and the CLIO. OF
this he said:
Labor, through Labor's Nom
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28
State Fed. ColOred
Women's Club To
Hold Annual Meet

July 9Th and 9Th 1910, brings to
Seattle the annual meeting of the
State Federation of Colored Wo-
mems Clubs. This marks the oath
session of the organization. The
Sterling Relief club will be hos
tess, assisted by the Women's Pro-
gressive club, the Sincerity club,
the Culinary Art club and the Four
Leaf Clover (junior) club.
An interesting program is plan
ned for the meeting, together with
reports of the years work as car
ried on locally. There will be Arts
and Crafts exhibits, also an exhi-
bit by the Negro History depart
ment of books on or by Negro
writers, scrap books, magazines
and interesting data.
Delegates will be present from
Tacoma, Spokane, Everett, and va
klrna. Mrs. Verne Evans, Spokane
is president; Mrs. Beatrice Sims,
Seattle, LIST vice; Mrs. Trana An
derson, Yakima, End vice; Mrs.
Mary Harris Everett, 3rd vice pres.
Meetings will be held at the So
Journer Truth Home. The public is
invited to attend all sessions ex-
cept the Executive Board Meetings
which will be held at 10 o'clock
each morning.
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Scholarship Fund
Record Is
.Commendable
BY A. ID. K.

The Community Scholarship
Fund, an organization that each
year raises funds for the granting
of scholarships to worthy students
who wish to attend the University
of Washington, reviews its record
to date with pride. Out of nine
students who have been granted
scholarships, seven of them have
made, and are making outstanding
contributions to the higher cultural
and ethical attachments of the
race.
Among these students are Miss
Winifred Ingram who received her
Master of Arts degree two years
ago from the University of Wash
ington and is now employed in
a lucrative position in Chicago. An
other is o. Avis Dennis who re-
ceived his Masters Degree in Civil
Engineering this June. A third stu
dent, Miss Merry Newton has been
doing graduate work for the past
few months, and has accepted a
position to teach in the South, be-
ginning next fall.
Three other students are still in
school: Miss Maxine Pitter is TAX
ing her examination this week for
entrance into Lincoln Hospital for
her hospital training as nurse.
James Johnston, a Junior at the
University is making high grades
in the School of Forestry. Karl
Holifield, sophomore, is an out
standing student in pre-medics.
In addition to these, numerous
students have been helped through
student loans which are made with
out interest unless the note be-
comes overdue. Another depart
ment is for the aid to students who
otherwise would not be able to par
ticipate in the various campus ac-
Invites, necessary part of we'll
rounded education.
The Scholarship Fund is now in
the midst of it's membership cam
paign to raise funds for this years
awards. Mrs. Minnie Wilson is
chairman of the Membership Com
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28
Frank Burns Seeks
COP Nomination
For Governor

Frank Burns of Seattle, a pro-
minent insurance company exc
cutive of that city, and former
member of the State Legislature,
has formally announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomina-
ton for governor
I'm announcing my candidacy"
said Mr.. Burns, II want the vot-
ers to know at the outset that as
q Republican am standing square,
ly upon the platform of my party
as adopted at the Tacoma conven-
ton.
"The greatest need In the state
today Is a reform In the admins
tration of state affairs. We have
reached the point when those
things which are of paramount
Importance can be better provid-
ed for only when all waste and ex-
travagance in administration Is
eliminated.
"The old age pensions, mothers
pensions, and aid for the blind
are social security problems of vi
tai Importance. The crying need
at this time is to increase these
benefits, and this can be done only
when the costs Of administration
are brought within reason. As
governor this is one Of the first
things 1 shall try to do"
1--WE must if the state is to
return to a solid financial base
dec r ize government. My
conception of political office differs
from that of the average politician.
I am not politician. was ORR
girially drafted by my neighbors as
a business man to run fer the Lee
gislature. I did and we elected
Then I was elevated to the ma
tional Republican committeeship.
But I am not a politician in any
sense. But as businessman,
do know that government is too
costly, and that it is too far re-
moved from the voters. Pressure
groups, cliques, organized minori-
ties of blocs of politicians, now
control government. 1t has rapidly
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28
Day Dawns
BY j. b. G.

The Republican National Con-
vention in Philadelphia adopted
the best. plank affecting Negroes
in all its history. The usual reso-
lutions were stymied and a real
plank nailed down in the platform.
1t covered every point submitted
by Negroes at the County and the
State convention at Tacoma.
Mr.. Cameron Sherwood of Walla
Walla, Washington member of the
platform committee was instru-
mental in having this plank cover
the needs of Negroes.
If the Democrats at Chicago will
do as well, we greet the Dawn. The
Republican plank follows:
NEGRO
We pledge that our American
citizens of Negro descent shall be
given a square deal in the eco
nomic and political life of this
nation. Discrimination In the civil
service, the Army, Navy and all
other branches of the government
must cease. To enjoy the full bene-
fits of life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness, universal suffrage
must be made effective for the
Negro citizen. Mob violence shocks
the conscience Of the nation and
legislation to curb this evil should
be enacted.
UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
We vigorously condemn the New
Deal encouragement of various
groups that seek to change the
American form Of government by
means outside the Constitution. We
condemn the appointment of MEM
bers of such un-American groups
to high positions of trust in the
national government. The develop
ment of the treacherous so-called
fifth column" as 1t has operated
in war-stricken countries, should
be a solemn warning to America.
We pledge the Republican Party
to get rid of such borers from
within.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28
The American Way


1--WE must have not only a
change in the technique of gov
eminent, but a change in its spir-
it. We must have a Government
which regards itself as the servant
of the people, not its master; a
Government without prejudice, a
Government under which we can
move forward again as a united
nation-men of confidence, men
Of hope, men of goodwill. Wen
dell L. Willkie.
That statement is timely
warning to us as nation to re-
turn to the fundamental principles
of our constitutional form of gov
eminent if we wish to retain lib
erty and opportunity as we have
known them.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28
Roosevelt Plans
Regimented Youth
Fascist Labor Camps

WASHINGTON, June - Spe-
cial to CNA-President Roosevelt's
June Is, 1910 press conference may
go down in history as the signal
of the end of American democracy.
if the President has his way.
On that day, Roosevelt startled
and shocked newspaper men with
the announcement that he favored
compulsory military service and la
Dor camps for the youth of Amer
lea. Under the pretext of opposi,.g
the spread of Hitlerism to the
Western Hemisphere, the Presi-
dent advocated the RECOMMENDATION
of American youth in a vast Hitler
like war machine
Under the Roosevelt Plan, Amer
lean girls as well as boys would
have their lives dictated by the
needs of the war ma chine, millions
of young men being conscripted
for the armed forces, and millions
more of both young men and wo-
men conscripted for the war in
dustries, at nominal pay or even
only room and boacd, and for
forced labor camps as III MAJ;
Germany. Under fasc.sm in that
country, every German boy and
girl is compelled tn spend from s
to IL months in labor camp.
In this country, the President
said, the compulsory government
service would be for one year.
High Administration officials re-
vealed further that the Roosevelt
scheme would entail military SER
vice for some, and forcel labor for
others. Very little imagination Is
required to guess where Negro
youth would fit into sucn a scheme.
With the government debating the
kind of training various youth
groups are to receive, the govern
ment's present policy Of jim-crcw-
ism is the U. S. Army and Navy
is likely to be extended to all phas-
es of national life. Tn NaZi Ger
many, for instance, Jewish youth
have been for 'ed by the fascist
regime into the most mental occu-
pations, while thous ands Of Jewish
women are forced to prostitute
themselves to meet the sexual
needs of the huge Nazi military
establishments.
The President made it plain that
he was not specializing idly about
some visionary plan which he
might like to see applied at some
indefinite time in the future. Both
the Pesident and his advisers have
given serious study to this scheme
for the Hitlerization of American
youth as an immediate, practical
proposition.
The President indicated that he
is thinking of outlining this mo-
mentous scheme in a litter or spe-
cial message to Congress within
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28

Ella Fitzgerald, radios First
Lady of SWING" and her famous
orchestra who have been heard
many times. over the NBC net
works comes to Trianon Ballroom
on July %, 1910 for a personal ap-
pearance on the 21st anniversary
of the Northwest Enterprise.
Ella, internationally known as
the greatest singer of popular mu-
sic, will bring several featured ar
lists to entertain with the band.
Among them are Tommy Fulford
whose piano solos are the hottest
things in modern music, and Taft
Jordon who will amuse you with
his songs and thrill you with his
torrid trumpet.
Ella Fitzgerald and her famous
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28

1--WE honor the American
Flag, symbol of our Ameri-
can heritage. The right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness in a free ma
tion."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28
Seattle To Be Host
To M. W.T.. Grand
Lodge F. & A. M.
BY. j. A. Jack" johnson

The Most Worshipful United
Grand Lodge F & A. M. and the
United Grannd Chapter order of
the Eastern Star of the State of
Washington and its Jurisdiction
will convene in annual communica-
ton at Seattle July 9Th, 9th and
10th at Masonic Hall, 21st Avenue
and East Jefferson Street. At 900
a. m. July 9Th, Joseph T. Simms
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28

orchestra are coming to you dir
ect from their Broadway and Har-
lem triumphs. Together they have
thrilled audiences at the New York
Paramount Theater, Loew's State
Theater, the Cocoanut Grove at the
Park Central Hotel, New York's
famous Famous Door, Levaggies in
Boston, and the Savoy Ballroom in
the heart of Harlem.
It was with the help of this
band that Ella wrote and popular
lied the sensational swing version
of the nursery rhym "a Tisket A
Tasket." The personnel of the
band has remained intact and to-
gether they are destined to soar to
even greater heights than they
reached in the past.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-06-28

oosoPh Sihis, Urdhu Nastor
of Yakima, veteran Grand Master
and much beloved by his craft, will
sound the gavel in the East for the
twelfth consecutive year setting
his craft to labor. Mrs. Rosa M.
Pryor, Worthy Grand Matron Or
der of the Eastern Star, serving
her first year will likewise convene