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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08
Nashville Project
Named After
Negro

In naming a Nashville project
soon to go into construction AZ. c.
Napier Homes" the Nashville
Housing Authority honors one Of
the outstanding Negroes of our
time.
Born near Nashville, John C.
Napier attended the local public
schools, and received college train
ing at WHEREFORE University in
Ohio. He was graduated from
Howard University Law School in
1872.
During a long and useful car
eer he has filled many public Of
fees: County Commissioner, Day.
idson County, Tenn; officer in the
Bureau of Internal Revenue; mem
Der of the Nashville City Council;
Register of the United States
Treasury; President of the YMCA
Negro branch, Nashville; lecturer
on medical Jurisprudence at Me-
harry Medical College; member of
the Board of Trustees of the
Jeanes Fund; member of the
Boards of Directors of Fisk and
Howard Universities and of the
Meharry Medical College; and, I'M
til lately, member of the Nash
vile Housing Authority.
DR.. Napier Che was awarded the
honorary degree of doctor of laws
by Fisk University in 1880 was
an effective and enthusiastic sup
porter of housing in Nashville de-
spite his great age.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08

Labor Troubles
Tie Up Freighter

Refusal of the Diamond Ce-
ment," freighter between Seattle
and Alaska, to accept a chef-cook
chief steward and two mess boys
assigned to them by the Marine
union, caused 24-hour tie-up last
week.
The trouble arose when the
freighter requisitioned the men to
fully man her crew. It is reported
that the engineers manning the
freighter were willing to accept
the cooks, but refused to sail with
the mess boys, because they had
no separate lavatory. Their refu-
sal caused the Marine union to or
der the Diamond Cement" tied
up.
Several efforts were made to
learn from which department the
refusal came to permit race men
to sail. Neither the owners nor
crew assumed responsibility. How
ever, the boat was released and
sailed after having been detained
"a hours.
1t was learned that the affair
was compromised by the owners
paying the men refused employ
ment on account of color, one full
months pay in lieu of their right
to demand the assignment allot-
ted them.
Other union men freely criti-
cised the action of the men in sur
rendinP rights so dearly houoht
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08
Communist Vexes Senators; Calls
Garner An Evil Old Labor Batter

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Before
a subcommittee hearing on the
anti-lynch bill, Benjamin Davis,
Communist and editor of the Daily
Black Worker, called Vice-Presi-
dent Nance Garner, an "evil old
labor batter" and said that he and
President Roosevelt were con-
spring to "scuttle" the bill.
In the course of his remarks be-
fore the committee, Davis refer
red to Southern members of Con-
gress as "stooges for landlords and
mill-owners who degraded white
womanhood by refusing to pay
them living wage"
Senator Van Nuys, author of
anti-lynch legislation, warned Da-
Wis against his reference to men,
bers of Congress and threatened
to call the police. He told Davis,
you have done more harm to
prevent the passage of this bill
than any one who has yet appear
ed"
Davis never ceased his TRADE
against congressman, calling SEN
ator Connally's tactics shame
full" One senator asked Davis
how he would fare in Russia if he
would act in a similar manner be-
fore governmental hearing. Da-
Wis refused to answer, saying the
question was irrelevant.
Testimony was introduced to
show the renewal of the Ku Klux
Khan in Miami, Fla; Memphis,
Tenn; Atlanta, Ca; and Aber-
deem, Wash. That anti-lynch Leg
islation would stop them.
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dation.
In announcing plans for the
George Washington Carver Foun-
dalton, the scientist who was born
in slavery and once traded for a
mule, said he hoped the South
would lead in contributing toward
the proposed 100000 foundation
ito serve all the people"
I'm only trail-blazer for
those who come after me-" said
the famous 76-year-old scientist,
who discovered more than 800
uses for the peanut and who was
mainly responsible for raising that
crop from virtually nothing to a
$50, 100000 industry.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08
Former WPA Worker Wins Honor In
Nation Wide Literary Selection

NEW YORK Richard Wright,
the young Negro novelist who
without the Work Projects Adj
ministration might still be doing
manual labor, has been cited for
sheer merit of achievement in
terms of social value to the race
and humanity" This honor was
bestowed by a nationwide poll
sponsored jointly by the Schom-
burg Collection of Negro Litera-
ture and the New York branch of
the Association of Negro Life and
History.
Mr.. Wright's rise has been ra-
pid since the day three years ago
when WPA officials in Chicago
discovered him laboring on con-
struction project and transferred
him to writer's project. He won
first prize in a contest conducted
by Story Magazine for Writer'S
Project employees. Then he wrote
a book, uncle Toms Children"
which received warm praise both
in this country and abroad. About
a year ago he received a $4,000
Guggenheim Memorial Founda-
ton Award, and recently his Sec
ond book, Native Son." was sell
ected by the Book-of- the Month
Club for distribution this spring.
Before obtaining WPA employ
ment, the young author wandered
from city to city in search of
work. He read as often as cir
cumstances would permit. In the
communities where Negroes were
not allowed to borrow books from
the public libraries, he made the
acquaintance of white men, who
got books for him on their cards.
In other communities he quietly
observed and noted the life and
types of persons by "just hanging
around"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08
Boeing Airplane Co-Aeronautical
Union Bars Negro Labor From Plant

The Boeing Airplane Company
is aided by the Aeronautical Me-
chanics Union in it's discrimina-
ton policy, it was learned this
week. Proof that the union is un-
animously in accord with the Com
pany's policy was established when
it was learned that members of
the union are required to take the
following pledge; 81 will not recon-
mend for membership in this union
any other than members of the
white race" The oath is taken on
initiation and repeated at each
meeting of local number 751.
Efforts to break down the Boe-
ing Company's discrimination poll
cy were made last October when
young Race men applied for
training at the Boeing shops fol-
lowing the launching of a pro-
gram to train additional men to fill
the company's back orders. APP
prentices were being paid 55c per
hour while training. However, Ne
groes were told at the plant that
the company did not train nor
hire Negroes. Paul Fredrickson,
with whom Hutchen r. Hutchen
attempted to discuss the company's
discrimination policy said that he
would recognize no complaints I'M
less made by letter.
When Hutchens took his story
to the union he was told that the
Aeronauical Mechanics Union was
established years ago and had ne
yer accepted Negroes as members.
The Boeing Airplane Company
was awarded a contract of $780,
1872 in September of 1889 by 1.-THE
War Department for bombardment
(, planes and also had at that time
a 100000 contract to supply the
Brazilian Air Corps with training
planes.
The Companys untitled orders as
of October 1st amounted to $685.
100000. To fill these back orders
and the new contracts the training
school was established, but all eff
forts to place Negroes at the plant
proved unsuccessful.
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Negro Health
Week March 81
To April Il

Pioneers In the Science of Health
There have been many scourges
and epidemic and pandemic periods
of disease, when almost an en-
tire community would be wiped
out from typhoid fever, smallpox,
influenza, or typhus. 1t then began
to be realized that disease pre-
vention is not personal mat
ter but social one-a problem
of the entire community.
1t is revealed that, before Ed
ward Jenner discovered the pos
sibility of vaccination in the con-
troll of smallpox or was disfigured
by the desease. Now where vac
cination is consistently used we
seldom hear of a case of small
pox. This led to the study of i'm
munization for the control of ty-
phoid, diphtheria, and other COM
municable diseases and resulted in
remarkable reduction of these di-
seases.
Pasteur discovered that certain
diseases are caused by organisms
called germs, and gave scientists
something to look for in their
search for methods of cure and
control. Following Pasteur's re-
suits, Koch discovered the tubercle
bacillus, the germ of tuberculosis,
and so isolated it that it could be
recognized and treated as an envy
of the human body. Lister pointed
the way to the use of anticipates
in the operating room to kill germs
Continued on Page Two)
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Edith Mary Down To Be Presented In
Recital By Sincerity Club March Is

Edith Mary Bown, 15-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bown
of 118 22nd No., will make her
formal musical debut before the
public 8:15 Friday night, March
Is, when she will be presented in
piano recital at the Mt. Zion
Baptist church by the Sincerity
club, whose program is to present
some young person or persons each
year to the public, whose musical
talents warrant their aid.
Assisting Edith Mary will be
her younger sister, Patricia, and
Mrs. Ora Belle Jackson.
Born in Seattle, Edith Mary is
a sophomore at the Immaculate
Conception high school. Her music
teacher, one of the sisters of the
school, has been so impressed by
Edith's piano talents that a spon-
sor for Miss Bown is already as
sured.
Known throughout the commun-
ity for her exceptional talent, she
has made several radio appear
ances.
The Downs are friends of Mar
ion Anderson, who has never miss
ed paying them visit when in
Seattle. Miss Anderson's deep in
terest in Edith Mary and Patricia
has left its musical imprint.
This is the clubs second annual
spring concert and promises to be
very interesting affair. Last
year the club presented the &C
Clef Quartet" Mrs. Matte Lou
Oliver is the president of the club
and program arrangements are
under the supervision of Mrs. Or
sovia Brown. Admission to the re-
cital is Is cents.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08
Carver Asks South
To Carry On Work

TUSKEGEE, Ala. (CNA)-Dr.
Geo. w. Carver, outstanding sci
enlist of the South this week urg-
ed the South to continue the che
mical and agricultural research he
began more than four decades ago.
Dr. Carver several weeks ago do
mated his life savings of $4,000
as a nucleus for a scientific foun-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08
Republicans Win
Ohio State

DES MONIES, Ia. The sixth
Iowa district held true to its Re-
publican traditions this week by
electing Rob.t K. Goodwin, youth
full mayor of Redfield, Ia, to fill
the unexpired term of the late
Congressman Cassius c. Dowell.
Byron G. Allen of Des Moines,
Democrat, who campaigned on a
New Deal platform, conceded de-
feat.
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mendation of a state committee
investigating relief, which would
deny the vote to all persons who
have been on that states relief
rolls for three years, was vigor-
ously condemned in joint tele-
gram sent to Gov. Harry Moore
by the NAACP and it's fifteen
Continued on Page 2
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Even the hobbies of Amos and
Andy synchronize. Amos has a
shortwave radio and cameras with
which to talk to and photograph
Andy as Andy flies his plane.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-08
NAACP Protests Denial
OF Ballot to Reliefers

NEW YORK = The spectacle
of New Jerseys state legislature
acting favorably on the recon-
Evening star., 1940-07-23

cided with reports Of other travel.
ers that thus Tar the Germans have
been unable to prevent night move
ments Of thousands Of French SOL
diers seeking to make their way
to Switzerland or ports In the un-
occupied zone Of France.
Comparatively few OF these men
have been entering Switzerland, but
tens of thousands were said to have
travelled southwark through what
the French newspaper lie Temps
calls "the Chinese Wall" separating
the occupied and unoccupied' French
regions.
The Petain government was said
to have ordered it's guards to as
sist the Germans in keeping out
Of the unoccupied zone any French
soldiers fleeing from Nazi prison
camps. Anxiety over food supplies
and agitators was believed to have
dictated the Vichy governments
order.
The Germans were said to be
concentrating their efforts on keep
ing escaped war prisoners out OF
the Channel ports, where the Nazis
are reported preparing to attack
England.
A few Of the French reaching
Evening star., 1940-07-23

switserland reported that some com.
rades had escaped across the Chan
mel to England, but most Of those
making the attempt were said to
have been rounded up by German
patrols. In coastal areas all French
men Of military age travelling with
out papers issued by the Germans
are arrested and interned on sight,
In Central France, however, where
the Germans are leaving the admin
4stration largely to local authori-
ties, both ohicials and private per-
sons were said to be aiding escaped
prisoners in their flight toward un-
occupied areas or the coast.
The Swiss, under strict neutral
ity regulations, intern all fusitives
who cross their borders from France,
Interned French, British or Polish
soldiers are permitted to see only
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Pennsylvania W. P. A.
To Train Men for Jobs

By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG. Pa, July 49,
The Work Projects Administration
Is prepared to turn more than 5000
men every two and one half months
into vocational training projects for
jobs In the national defense pro-
gram, State Administrator Philip
Mathews said today.
He estimated $4OO, 900 4 month Of
w. p. AS ALLEGATION In Pennsyl-
vania will be used to pay workers
now being trained for specialized
jobs in private industry. The train
ing is being carried on through
school districts. with Federal funds
advanced through the State Depart.
mept of Public Instruction.
Mathews said prospects for
trainees being taken into private
industry at the end Of their 10
weeks Of instruction were "very
good"
Evening star., 1940-07-23
13 French Soldiers
Reach Switzerland
After Month"; !! Flight
E Among lsoIoted Groups
Crossing Frontier by
Underground RoiIwoy'

~ the Associated Press.
BERN, Switzerland. July as
Making use Of an underground
railway" said to be spreading slowly
through France in all directions, 13
French soldiers reached the Swiss
frontier before dawn today still
bearing arms after q months fight
through German-occupied regions.
The soldiers, led by q captain and
Z lieutenant, said they were part Of
= company which split into small
groups and started for Switzerland
when hemmed in by the Germans
near Metz June ia few days be-
fore the armistice.
Like other isolated groups Of
French, Polish and English soldiers
who have drifted across the border
In recent weeks, the fugitives said
they travelled mostly ut night on
their 120-mile journey. They sur
rendered their arms to Swiss patrol
after crossing the frontier near
Porrentruy.
The story Of their hight COIN
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Arlington Will Meet
On Christmas Seals

Mrs. Florence Breed, seal sale con.
sultant Of the National Tuberculosis
Association, will meet with the
Christmas Seal Committee Of the
Arlington County (Va.) tuberculosis
Association Monday at 2 pm. in the
Cherrydale Health Center, Lee High.
way and Quincy street.
Plans will be outlined for the
forthcoming seal sale In Arlington
and any one interested in partici-
pating in the campaign is invited to
attend the meeting,
Evening star., 1940-07-23
Home DistiIlinq Banned

VICHY. France. July % R.-A
partial prohibition of hard liquor
has been introduced under the
Petain government with the sup
preston Of nomadic distillers.
These formerly went from farm
house to farmhouse distilling wine
and cider of the farmers.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

vided for $1,000 more. It Il con-
sidered improbable BY Navy sources
that 1-year conscr1pts win learn
sufficient to form the majority Of
manpower on any combat vessel.
Evening star., 1940-07-23

representatives Of their own Lega.
tions and are allowed to talk to
these only IN the presence Of Swiss
officers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
Fair Bluff

FAIR BLUFF, Aug. 5-Miss Caro-.
Ign Yates has returned to Chad.
bourn after being the guest of Miss
Trixie Yates and Mrs. Clara Nance
for a week. - Miss Myra Smith, Of
Wilmington, has been the guest Of
Miss Leanna koonce at her home
on Riverside. - Mrs. E. S. Lloyd
arrived last week from Sellers, S.
c., to visit her mother, Mrs. L. F.
Anderson. - Neil Arch Fairfax, OF
Charleston, is spending his vacation
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
D. Fairfax. - Miss Amanda Cole
man left Tuesday to visit Miss Ma:
bel Reed at Cape Charles, Va.
Miss June Davis has as her guest
Miss Doris King Martin, of Mt.
Olive. Mrs. ]. r. Woodland and
small son, Of Conway, S. c., are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. H. v. Nor
ris, parents of Mrs. Woodward.
Mrs. Harry Graves and children,
of Danville. Va, are visiting in the
home of Mrs. Viola Barnes. Miss
Olive Baldwin, of Whiteville, is the
guest of Miss Leanna Koonce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Cole and little
son, Sammy, of Chadbourn, visited
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
ELSIE BLAKE WHITE,
FRANK T. ABBOTT, JR..
MARRY IN RALEIGH

RALEIGH, Aug. 5 - Miss Elsie
Blake White and Frank T. Abbott
Jr., were united in marriage in a
lovely ceremony Saturday afternoon
at 4 o'clock in the Hillyer Memorial
Christian church. The Rev. Clifton
Rice officiated at the ceremony.
The church was decorated with
palms and ferns and tall baskets of
white lilies. Prior to the ceremony
Mrs. Walter Sears organist and
James Edwards, s%oloist, presented
a program Of nuptial music.
Ushers for the occasion were
Shanus B. Weathers of Raleigh, and
Charles J. Gray of Rocky Mount.
The bride and bridegroom enter
ed together, unattended. The bride
wore a street length afternoon gown
of wild rose pink marquisette fash
Toned with full sleeves gathered
heavily at the shoulders and shirred
into tiny wrist cuffs. The neckline
Of the dress was square with a shall
low V-opening below. The six-gore
skirt fell from a trinity belted waist
line. She wore an off-the-face hat
of matching marquisette. The turn
back front was fashioned of shirred
marquisette in halo style. Her only
ornament was a strand of pearls, a
gift of the bridegroom. For a bridal
bouquet, she carried pink rosebuds.
Immediately after the ceremony,
the bride and bridegroom left for a
wedding trip TO Wrightsville Beach,
following which time they will be at
home at 105 Shenandoah Road,
Hampton, va.
For travelling, Mrs. Abbott wore a
costume suit of imported linen. The
full length coat was Of navy blue in
military style, featuring knapsack
pockets, knotched lapels and a pinch
back belt. The dress was of knubby
weave in a geometric print. She
wore a Japanese-style turban of
material matching the dress and her
other accessories were of navy.
Mrs. Abbott is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. White of Alb.
bolt. She received her education at
the Woman's college of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina at Green's
boro.
Mr.. Abbott is the son Of MI. and
Mrs. F. T. Abbott Of Raleigh. He
was graduated in '39 from North
Carolina State college where he vas
a member of Tau Beta Pi and Pine
Burr society. He is 10Y an engineer
for the National Advisory Commit.
tee for Aeronautics at Langley Field,
Va.
Following the rehearsal of the
wedding, Mrs. F. T. Abbott, mother
of the bridegroom, entertained at
her home on Western Boulevard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-06
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cole Monday.

the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Cole Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Anderson, of
Mullins, S. c., were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. J.. E. Dick Sunday. - MIR.
and Mrs. Ellis Devine Meares and
children spent last week at Myrtle
Beach. Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Parish,
Sonny and Harriet Parish returned
last week from a trip to Murphy
and Asheville. - Mr.. and Mrs. J.. B.
Prince, Jr., and baby and Mr.. and
Mrs. Eldred Prince, of Loris, S. c.,
were visitors for the day Sunday
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. B. Prince. Rev. and Mrs. Ell
bert N. johnson and family returned
Friday from several weeks stay at
Riverton. - Mr.. and Mrs. Deac
Bagget and small son, of White
vile, Mr.. and Mrs. f. r. Renfrow,
of Whiteville, and Harvey Tucker,
of Woodbridge, n. j., were guests
III Nl1. anu NILS. II. u. luChGI sui
day. - Mrs. H. E. Floyd had visit
ing her last week, Mrs. Jim Nc.
LaSter and children of Lumberton.
Miss Dorothy Prince is visiting
in Hendersonville. - Mr.. and Mrs.
M. S. Smith, of Whiteville, visited
relatives here Sunday.
= Phillip Rogers and Harry Lee
Small, of the U. S. Navy, Charles
ton, S. c., are spending a few days
at their respective homes. DIR.
and Mrs. L. D. Floyd and son, Pow
ell Potts, spent Friday at Fort
Bragg where the latter went by ap-
pointment in the interest of avia-
ton. DR.. and Mrs. G.. D. Elliot
were visitors for the day Thursday
in Wilmington. - Miss Vera Price,
of Asheville, has been the guest of
Mrs. Guy L. Bailey.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. NJ. Scott and
little daughter spent Sunday in
Elizabethtown with Mrs, SCOTS
mother, Mrs. Cole. - DR.. and Mrs.
NJ. A. Waddell, Evelyn and Maui
rice, Jr., were visitors for the day
Sunday in Pinehurst. - Mrs. Jes-
sic Stephen, school librarian, and
Betty Stephen moved Saturday to
Whiteville where Mrs. Stephen will
be connected with the school library
at that place. - Mrs. Robert Nor
ris has returned from a visit to
Mr.. Morris at st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Townsend,
of Spring Hope, spent two days
here last week. They were accom-
panied home by Miss Louise Town
send who will visit them for a few
days. Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Ed
mond, of st. Louis, Mo-, arrived a
few days ago to visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. R. Lewis and
family moved last week to Balti-
more, Md, to make their future
home. Mrs. o. NJ Rogers and
daughters, Mary and Lois Neil, have
been visiting their father and grand
father, S. w. Owen, at Council.
Mrs. Guy Bailey, Guy Bailey, Jr.,
Misses Sara and Miriam Bailey and
Mrs. Richard Koonce spent several
days last week at Myrtle Beach.
Mrs. Alex Mckenzie and children
have returned to Florence, after a
visit here to Mrs. McKinzie's par
ents, NJ. and Mrs. J. H. Andrews.
Mrs. James Edward and little