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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-04-26
Negro Labor Ban
On Texas Housing
Project Is Probed

Washington, D. G. - The bar
ring of Negro labor from employ
ment on a housing project in Hous-
ton, Tex, will be among the sub
jects considered at a conference
here this week between officials
of the U. S. housing authority
and members of the Houston hous-
ing authority. Despite the policy
of the U. S. H. A. requiring a GER
tain percentage of Negro labor on
housing projects, the Houston
housing authority is reported as
refusing fatty to employ any Ne
groes. U. S. H. A. Administrator
Nathan Straus is reported to be
very much disturbed" over the
situation.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-04-26
THE JEWS
How To Aid The Anti-Lynching Bill

u Write or wire Senator Alben w. Barley Majority
Leader Senate Office Building Washington, D. c. and ask
him to set date when the antynchng bill will be brought
for vote Register your protest advance against any
filibuster.
p Write the two Senators from your state the Senate
Office Building Washington D. c., asking them to work
to bring the bill for vote, fight against any ibuser
and to vote for the bill Urge them for cloture m
tation of debate) if a filibuster should develop
81 Get your club union church. lodge other organi-
cation to write letters send resolution Senator Bark
ley and to your two Senator's Get influential and prominent
persons in your community to write also.
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have contributed active service to
the club will have their names
listed. At the end of the drive,
which will be at the termination
of the club year, the girl who has
contributed the most to the club
will be chosen.
Last Tuesday evening, under the
supervision of Mrs. Ophelia Hall,
a literary club was organized for
the younger set. The club will
meet Tuesday night, April 30, to
complete its plans. And any inter-
ested younger adult is invited to
attend.
Monday, April 20, the Negro
History club will meet at the
Branch. At that time Mrs. Ber-
nard Squires will review Native
Son."
Mrs. Jessie Walker announces
the opening of knitting class at
the Branch. The class is held each
Wednesday morning and afternoon.
There is small fee charge.
Mothers of the Junior Girl Re-
serve Mother and Daughter lunch
con and installation of Interclub
officers in the tea room of the Y.
w. G. A. at 1890 o'clock on Sat-
urday, April 81. Reservations
should be made by 10 am. Satur-
day. Those from the Branch who
have made reservations are: Mrs.
S. c. Valley and daughter Lois, and
Mrs. John Gayton, and daughter
| Guela.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-04-26

A. NJ. e. Church, Rev. A. r.
Hayes, Pastor.
Mr.. F. w. Lanning attended the
State District Conference in Spo-
kane, Wash.
Among the topics discussed at
the Conference was "Socializing
the Sunday school work with the
teaching of Christ" The dele
gates from the Christian Endeavor
d is III ed youth Adventuring
with Christ"
The Golden Cleaners and Will
ing Workers will give a joint pro-
gram Friday, May 3, at the First
A. M. E. church.
An appreciative audience greet
ed Marie Joe Brown who was pre-
sented in recital by the Evergreen
Progressive club. She was assist
ed by Edith Mary Bown, a talent
ed young pianist.
Evergreen Club is to be con-
graduated for its efforts in bring
ing so fine an artist to Seattle.
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Mt. Zion Baptist church, Rev
Fountain w. Penick Pastor.

Lift up your heads, o we gates;
and be we lifted up we everlasting
doors; and the King of Glory shall
come in" Psalms PAT.
A gospel chorus recently organ
lied by Mrs. Emma Rogers will be
presented Sunday at 5 pm. Yau
are invited to attend.
The Rev. Fountain w. Penick
presided over meeting of 80 men
last Tuesday night, who formed
themselves into an organization,
electing full set of officers: Joe
Manning, pres; Leonard Clark,
LIST vice-pres.; ]. L. Davis, End
vice; Emmett McIvor. Fin. Sec.,
M. c. Chapman, Assistant sec.;
George Reynolds, rec. sec.; John
Cooper, chaplain. The club will be
named at the next meeting. Ger
aid Wells will head the committee
bylaws and constitution. The COM
mittee will meet Saturday, 214-
goth No, pm.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-04-26
CATHOLICS

AS mankind becomes more IL
beral they will be more apt to al
low that all those who conduct
themselves as worthy members of
the community are equally enti-
tied to the protection of civil 60
vernment. hope ever to see
America among the foremost ma
lions in examples of justice and
liberty. And presume that your
fellow citizens will not forget the
patriotic part which you took in
the accomplishment of their revo-
luton and the establishment of
their government; or the impor-
tant assistance which they re-
ceived from a nation in which Ro-
man Catholic faith is professed.
May the members of your society
in America, animated alone by the
pure spirit of Christianity, and still
conducting themselves as the faith
full of our free government, enjoy
every temporal and spiritual fell
city,"
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Full gospel Pentecostal Temple,
18th and Fir. Bishop e. F. Morris.

Full gospel Pentecostal Temple,
10th and Fir, Bishop e. F. Morris.
With all the charts of the four
beasts of Revelation At and 8 ver-
ses on display at the temple Sun
day the congregation looked and
listened to the third series of chart
messages Sunday night, with tense
interest.
The final chapter of this series
of sermons will close next Sum
day night.
Bishop Morris will be speaking
on the winged beast with the head
of an eagle. These charts are
large and can be seen by the en-
tir congregation throughout the
Temple. Do not miss this final
chapter come early.
Evangelist Adelaide Wilson of
Oakland, Calf, will start special
meetings.
Missionaries meet each Friday
at the parsonage from 1 till 8. We
welcome you at these services.
Keep Off Date. Nav oath.
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their senators demanding that the
bill be brought up for vote. Let
tiers should be sent to Senator
Barley as majority leader at the
Senate Office Building, Washing
ton, D. c., and to the senators
from each state The time is short
and the most powerful weapon is
pressure from the voters in the
states"
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Lift The Label
Continued from Page one)

lConImueu from rage One)
Two ideal candidates for presi-
dent of the United States: Dewey
of New York for the Republicans.
Murphy of Michigan for the Demo-
Gratis. Both by birth are Michi-
ganders. Both are young men and
both have distinguished themselves
in public service. Both are well
known and both are honest and
honorable. But you just let Mr..
Murphy try to run.
Ku Klux Khan, prejudice and In
tolerance are so deeply rooted in
this nation that it is as hard for a
Catholic, Jew or Negro to reach
that exalted office as a camel 30
pass through the eye of needle.
A nation cannot exist half slave
and half free; neither can it be
ruled by prejudice and intoler-
ance and live. Some day, like a
blind Sampson, they are going to
so shake the pillars of this great
commonwealth that they too must
meet death in the same ruins.
Despite the fact that we have
the same access to history, these
intolerants distort it to deceive:
George Washington is often re-
ferred to as being anti-Jew, anti
Catholic, and despite the preamble
in the Constitution, he was bitterly
opposed to the liberation of the
slaves. We quote from letters writ
ten by Washington in 1870:
THE JEWS
1T is now no more that tolera-
ton is spoken of as if it was by
the indulgence of one class of peo-
pie that another enjoyed the exer-
else of their inherent natural right
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CORRECTION: Mrs. Gertrude
Hattie Bell Davis, who died at
Georgetown hospital, April 7, is
survived by one living relative on
ly, Mrs. Gloria Jones, a daughter,
2608 Washington st.
Funeral services were held at
the Angelus Mortuary, Saturday
April 20, for Thomas Madelinage.
He was born at Limestone, Ala
bama, and is survived by sister,
Mrs. Elias Williams, 46241a Lang
ley Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
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In Concert Nav 26

New York, (CNA) = Marian
Anderson, internationally famous
singer, will give a concert at Car
negie Hall, Sunday, May 26, for
the benefit of four national organ
izations: the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People; Division of Colored Work,
National Council of the YMCA,
National Urban League; and the
International Committee on Afric7
an Affairs.
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Good Neighbors
BY s. T. McCants

To the loyal subscribers and
readers of the Northwest Enter
prise. please note that an impor-
tant happening was listed in our
National Capital last week, which
should be of much interest to the
Negro race. Please read the an
nouncement. We quote from the
Seattle Daily Times, Saturday, APP
ril 20. 1910:
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Forgets Past

WASHINGTON, Saturday, April
20-(AP)-Mrs. Franklin D. Roo
sevelt, who resigned from the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton last Spring because of the
Marian Anderson incident, yester-
day, received with a smile and
handshake the delegates to its for
ty-ninth Continental Congress.
Standing alongside her at the
White House Reception was Mrs.
Henry M. Robert, Jr., of Annapolis,
president-general of the d. A. r.
1t was the first time these two
women had been together since
Mrs. Roosevelt dropped her mem
bership after the organization de-
clined to rent its Constitution Hall
for a benefit concert at which
Marian Anderson, noted Negro
contralto, was to sing.
Your humble scribe is lost for
words at present, but as soon as
we can ascertain whether Mrs.
Roosevelt repented and returned
to the D. A. r., or whether the
D. A. RS experienced a change
of heart and confessed secretly To
Mrs. Roosevelt their besetting
sins. AS 1t seems that they are all
arm and arm again, just as they
were when they slammed the door
of justice and love in the face of
one of the foremost representa-
times of our race, Marion Ander-
son.
We shall let you know just how
1t came about. Can it be possible
that an unseen God, is our only
true representative in the Nations
Capital? IF so, he will not fail us.
Vengeance is name saith the Lord
I will repay.
Come on, noble comrades, look
up, the darkest hour is just before
the dawn. God it not dead. feel
him very much alive in my soul
Let us wait patiently until our
change, which comes with its re-
wards to the faithful. In 1st John
the third chapter, fifteenth verse
we read whatsoever hateth his
brother is murderer, and we know
that no murderer hath eternal life
abiding in him. Also read first
John, fourth chapter, twentieth
verse: IF a man say love God
and hateth his brother, he is a
liar, for he that loveth not his
brother whom he hath seen, how
can he love God whom he hath not
SEEN" These two verses from the
epistle fully explain themselves. In
other words, we may know a tree
by the fruit it bears. These won
derful words from the Book OF
Books should be a great source of
joy and comfort to those of us
who strive to be the Good Neigh
Dor. God help us to take on new
courage and continue on our up
ward way. tf
Our foremost leader and educa-
tor, the late Booker T. Washing
ton, must have had these two
verses of scripture in mind when
he made the assertion: THAT he
would not allow a man to drag
him down so low, as to hate him.
More love to God and all man
kind should be our souls sincere
desire. We must of a necessity
be Good Neighbors to enjoy the
good things God has in store fol-
those who love him and aclsnow-
ledge him as the father of all, and
all men, our brothers. So fall in
line, brother and sister, we can't
Qaf amau from ty,,tb
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May the children of the stock of
Abraham who dwell in this land
continue to merit and enjoy the
good will of the other inhabitants.
while everyone shall sit in safety
under his own Vine and Figtree,
and there shall be none to make
him afraid"
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We are, respectfully yours,
Mrs. Edgar Lowe, Chairman
Mrs. George Wolfe, Secretary
Mrs. Everett Gibson
Mrs. Herbert Combs
Mr.. Bernard E. Squires
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NEGROES

Like jefferson, he retained his
slaves for fear that they would
suffer worse fate. He entertained
and dined with Phyllis Wheatley,
a Negro poet of her day. He dof-
fed his hat to a black slave, be-
cause he could not permit one of a
lower rank to be more of a gentle
man than he.
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Keep Off Date MAY 10,
Girls Drill Team Dance
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Churches
The First Baptist
Church Ordination
Service 80

The Rev. Judson Swancy con-
Quoted a special Ordination SER
vice at the church, Tuesday morn
ing. Prayer by the pastor was fol-
lowed by singing IA Charge to
Keep o Have"
After a satisfactory relation of
his Christian experience and giving
his view ON the Bible, Brother
Monroe G. Fields was accepted and
ordained as Deacon of the First
Baptist Church, Kennydale, Wash
ington, by motion of Sister Perkins
and Sister Bufford.
Benediction followed prayer by
the pastor and song service, 1--WE
are Walking In The Light"
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assistance to you.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-21
c.. |. Dobbs
Passed Away
Tuesday Eve.

G.. I. Dobbs, one of the early resi-
dents of Sank Centre, passed away
Tuesday night at nine o'clock, fol
lowing an operation to which he
submitted several weeks ago. Mr..
Dobbs, 70 years old, retired from
service with the Great Northern
Railway Co., several years ago.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon, March %, at two
o'clock at the Episcopal Church,
when the Rev. r. M. Harris will
read the Episcopal burial service.
Mr.. Dobbs was a member of
Star in the West Lodge No. 60,
and a member of Sank Centre
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. For
many years he was secretary of
the Sank Centre Volunteer Fire De
partment, and he at all times glad
ly gave of his service to the organi-
cations Of which he was a member.
Irv, as he was commonly known,
has host Of friends, who sincere
ly regret his passing. The obituary
will be published next week.
The casket will not be opened in
the Church, 1t was announced, but
the body will lie In state at the
Berggreen funeral parlors until one
o'clock Saturday. Interment will
be made in Greenwood cemetery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-21
Will Be Held Under
Sponsorship of Wom-
ems Welfare Council
FIFTY MUSICIANS
Varied Program
To Be Presented In
New Auditorium

An outstanding musical event,
booked under the sponsorship of
the Women's Welfare Council, is
promised when the University of
North Dakota Concert Band ap-
pears in Sank Centre on April LIST.
This concert will be held in the
new high school auditorium.
Fifty college musicians, directed
by Professor John E. Howard, will
appear in second annual concert
with a program of band music
which will be varied and interest
ing.
Variety in program numbers is
assured. Featured will be a trum-
pet trio, including Robert Kerns,
Gordon Winger and Harry Hide
brecht. Gordon Erickson, an out
standing percussion player, will
present vibraphone solos. Miss
Ruth Fursteneau, soprano soloist
and coed sponsor Of the band, will
appear in a group of selections
with band accompaniment.
In sponsoring this entertain
ment the members of the Welfare
Council wish to call attention to
the work accomplished last year,
and funds obtained from the con-
cert will be used for similar work
this year. Last years community
program Of work accomplished in
cluded:
Continued on Page 10, Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-21
Add Agriculture Department
To Local School Curriculum
Study of Scientific
Farming With Prac-
teal Demonstration
FOR FARM BOYS
Instructor Will Be
Employed For Year
Round Service

Members Of the School Board in
a recent meeting decided to estab-
lish an agricultural department as
a part of the public school curricu-
lum during the coming year. This
department will be located in room
100, which is now being used as a
music room.
This department will include five
types of programs, as follows:
1. Instruction for high school
students in grades 9, 10, IL and ~.
2. Part time schools and class
es for out of school youth.
3. Evening schools for adult
farmers.
A. Local chapter of Future
Farmers of America"
5. Participation in community
activities.
This course is primarily for farm
students, and includes instruction
in school with the idea Of giving
practical knowledge concerning
farming, which they must try out
on their own farms in the form of
projects. This department is COM
pletely different than the old-time
agriculture course.
Students will take one agricultur-
al subject of the four subjects they
may select for their years work.
The agricultural teacher will work
the year around, with the tenure
of service set from July LIST to July
LIST. The teacher for this new
course will start work next July
LIST, and he will have a two weeks
vacation each year. The instructor
has not been selected as yet, but
the board has several applications
for the position.
The cost Of this department will
be nominal as fifty percent of the
salary and expense Of the instruc-
tor will be paid by the Federal
government. In addition the local
school will receive all regular state
aids that they get fer students in
any other division.
Leo Knuti, head Of the agricul-
tural department in the state edu-
cational department, made a visit
to this city recently and explained
ment to the school board, that Sank
Centre has an ideal place for the
establishment of an agricultural de-
partment in the school, and that 1t
would prove to be the cheapest de-
partment in the local school con-
sidering the cost to taxpayers.
Although this course primarily is
open to boys of the farm, any boy
in town may take the course pro-
vided he has farm plot on which
he may carry out his farm project.
It is, however, very seldom that
boys from the city take this course,
said Supt. E. w. Olson.
This course will be a study in
scientific farming, with practical
demonstration and experience as
basic background.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-21
THREE CANDIDATES
School election Sd1t11adH. :.

March 80. The period for filing as
a candidate for the board closed
yesterday, Wednesday.
In announcing his candidacy for
the office of school board member,
DR.. johnson stated that he feels
he is qualified for the office and
because he Is interested in educa-
tional work he presents his name
to the electors for their decision.
DR.. ]. F. Dubois, president, and
George Berggreen, secretary of the
board, have completed terms Of
three years each, and they pre-
sent their names for reelection up
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-21
Robt. Kenna
Buried Last
Friday Morn.
Passed Away Sud-
denly Tuesday Evening,
March 18th
n YEARS OLD
Was Resident of
Getty Township
For Thirty Years

Funeral services for Robert Ken
ma, resident Of Getty Township,
who passed away on Tuesday eve
ming, March II, were held at the
Church Of Our Lady of the Angels
Friday morning, with a Solemn Re-
QUEEN Mass sung at ten o'clock.
The Rev. Charles Mayer, Of Ros-
coe, former pastor of the local
church, Rev. John Mclaughlin, and
the Rev. John Bettendorf, pastor of
the Church of Our Lady of the
Angels, conducted the service.
Pallbearers were Edward Allen,
Thomas Allen, John Mondloch, JOS
eph Kane and Leo Weimerskirch,
Of this community, and Dwight
Coy, of Danvers, Minnesota. Inter
ment was made in Calvary ceme-
terry.
Relatives and friends in attend
ance at the last rites were: John
Kenna and daughter, Dorothy, Of
jamestown, N. D.; Mrs. Fred Holl,
Miss Winifred Conlogue, Roy Holl
and son, Richard, and Mrs. M. J.
Whelan and Catherine Allen, Of the
Twin Cities; Cecilia Allen, Of
Montgomery; Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight
Coy, of Danvers; the Graham fam
lily and Ed MCGOWAN, of Melrose.
Mr.. Kenna, who was a resident
of Getty Township for thirty years,
passed away suddenly from heart
ailment at his home south Of the
city on Tuesday, March IL, at 1880
p. M, at the age of II years, six
months and "a days.
Robert Kenna, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jane Kenna, was born at Con-
cord, New Hampshire, August 18,
1868. At the age of eight years,
he moved with his parents to a
homestead near Clontarf, in Swift
County, Minnesota, where he spent
the years Of childhood and early
manhood.
On June 10, 1908, Mr.. Kenna was
united in marriage to Anne Allen,
at the Church Of Our Lady of the
Angels in Sank Centre. They then
took up their residence on the FAM
lily homestead at Clontarf. In the
month of September Of 1910, he
purchased a farm south Of Sank
Centre and moved his family there.
He successfully conducted the farm
and resided there until his death.
Surviving relatives are Mrs. Ken
ma, his wife, and six children. A
Continued on Page 10. Col. y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-21
North Dakota ~" Band
TO Play Concert April lSt
Weather No Stopper
For Tourney Cromds
Gate Climbs just Short
OF '39's All Time High
1000 Fans In Attendance

Sank Centres hostship to the dis
trict % tournament, that came
back for the first time in decade,
drew nearly 1000 fans to see a
brand new champion crowned in
it's hectic four nights Of play, and
was less than twenty-five dollars
short Of the gate at Glenwood in
1889 that marked up a new all
time high for this district.
In an official announcement
this week, e. w. Olson, tOurna-
ment manager, showed receipts
of the 1910 tournament had
crossed $1277.2O, just $A.15
short of the $13O1.S5 all time
high set at Glenwood year
ago. 1t gave Sank Centres
tourney the second spot in the
gate at the annual tournament.
Out of the 1909 paid admissions
to the four nights Of play, adults
outnumbered students 2125 to 14S4,
the comparison showed.
What was the biggest surprise
of the entire meet, especially those
who know little Of the fortitude of
tournament fans, was the attend
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