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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-05-02
Time To Go "All-
Electric"

This season, start to profit by
all-electric ratei
City Light established the ALL
Electric Rate to insure a reason
able cost for an adequate supply
of electricity for it's three most
important uses in the home; light
ing, cooking and automatically
controlled hot water.
Do not be mistaken; hot water
from furnace coils is NOT free
Actual tests show that from 17%
to $3.50 of your coal or oil bill
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-05-02
Full Gospel PentecOstal Chapel
25th and Tacoma Avenue
Bishop Morris, Pastor

The church has been improved
by cleaning and decorating inside
with white paint and new paper.
With new chandeliers, it is beau
tiful sight. There will be a union
meeting at the church Wednesday
May 7. Bishop Morris will conduct
the service. The Bible class string
band went to Kennydale Friday
night to furnish music for the re-
vival service. Everyone is looking
forward to Memorial day, May 80
for the afternoon service and pic
mic to be held at the church park
Kennydale, Wash.
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Controlling the Floods
OF Hatred
BY Ruth Taylor

When the SHOWS melt on the fan
off mountain tops and the spring
rains begin to fall, then those who
dwell by the great rivers watch
for flood waters. What are life
giving streams to great parts OF
our land are devastating torrents
to other sections. Flood control
is a vital subject to those who
dwell in the lowlands through
which the rivers course.
The government engineers have
made great strides in averting the
damage of flood. They have built
great walls to wall off the rivers
they have reforested great tracts
of land to absorb the excess wa.
ter; they have built great dams tc
hold back the torrents and to con-
troll their flow into other areas sc
they may make fertile great
wastes.
All this is most essential-but
even more necessary today is a
system of hate control. AS the
fortunes of war wage abroad
there is growing in this land OF
ours increasing hatred and bitter
ness. Shall we let this flood war;
and destroy much of what we hold
dear?
We need to build walls of I'M
derstanding to hold the hatreds
out. For mutual understanding
leads to mutual trust and in trust
their is no hate.
We need to reforest the SCARED
places in our minds-scars caused
by injustice, bitterness, despair
and intolerance-to reforest them
with compassion, friendliness anc
love.
We need to dam back the floods
of hate with bulwarks of educa.
ton education in positive demo.
cratic living, in putting into prac-
tice in our everyday life the things
in which we believe.
We need to divert the stream OF
hate into useful channels, concen-
trating it on an theology, not on
a people-hating only the evil act
or quality. Our hatred must run
between such concrete walls of our
wills, that we will not be guilty
of either injustice or intolerance OF
any man, regardless of race OF
creed or color, no more than we
want him to be guilty of these
towards us. Thus and only thus
can we control the flood waters
of hate.
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OBSERVATIONS
By Fred @. Williams

The past will not die; strolling
along the streets of Los Angeles,
I came in contact with an old
friend, a railroad man by the name
of Wade Williams, a former Tex
an like myself who had been spend
ing his vacation down in his home
state. He had many interesting
things to relate. He told of the
hospitality with which he was re-
ceived by his friends and neigh
bors in our old home town, San
Antonio; his visits to Houston,
Galveston, Bay City and Beau
mont, and how at every turn he
found his friends reading the col
umn by this writer which appear
ed in many of the Texas papers.
How it was making them think,
especially the youngsters, who
were plying their elders with ques-
tons regarding the history of the
race throughout the past, and
what it meant to the parents of
the present generation who were
willing to give to their children
facts which they could not find in
the textbooks which they study
at school and in college.
Wade Williams interested me
most when he told of evenings
of entertainment in the old Selby
homestead at 2510 Chockett Street
in San Antonio 1t was here that
he was the center of interest be-
cause it was known that he, like
many of those present, were the
personal acquaintancees of the
writer of this column. Many of
those present knew the writer
during his boyhood days, but Wade
was voted as being most fortunate
due to the fact that he was in con-
slant contact with the writer and
was a visitor at his home in Los
Angeles, California.
Can't Stand Gaff
This, of course, was much appre-
ciated by me, as a dispenser of
facts and a chronicler of race his
tory. Which brings to mind one
of my pet theories, that if you
seek most diligently what you de-
sire, you will eventually obtain
it, and that philosophy is being
manifested and carried out by Con-
gresham Mitchell of Illinois, who
has thrown into the conflict of ra-
cial aggression and opportunity,
candidates to West Point and An
napolis. Up to date the many boys
who've sought entrance in both
West Point and Annapolis have not
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Right Type Can Survive

But there is one thing of which
we are sure. That as the world
grows older and the ambitions of
our youths increase, there will be
a determination to surmount the
many obstacles with which they
will come in contact and event.
ually we will find Mr.. Colored
Boy surviving the ordeals and
coming out with flying colors and
the title of an Ensign. Keep on
throwing them into the hopper,
Congressman Mitchell, and YOU
will eventually get the right type
OF Individual who can survive the
conflict. But one word of warn
ing. Don't select your candidates
just from the intelligentsia, but
take the candidates of common
people with an ambition and a de-
termination.
Prejudice Weakens Link
What 1 have just said is based
upon the belief that the "white
folks" of this country are begin
ming to realize that color prejudice
as it now exists, is the weakest
link in the chain of Democracy"
such as we boast of. Proof of what
am saying is that a statement
coming from the Daughters of the
American Revolution that thew
will in the future, consider hon
oring young Negro girls in their
annual Good Citizenship Pilgrim
age program. Although they have
not decided as yet to give them the
same honors as are accorded the
white girls, they will, according
to their own plan, consider Negro
girls in a separate manner and
method. This is a long step in the
way of concession by that blue
nosed body who have refused to
recognize the fact that the first
blood for American independence
was shed by black man on Bos-
ton commons in the person of
Crispus Attuks. Take the social
aspect out of the program founded
on Principle and for the purpose
of teaching American history, and
the Daughters of the American Re-
volution will find themselves. if
they are honest in their purpose,
hobnobbing with the descendants
of Crispus Attuks, Peter Salem,
Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman.
and Fred Douglas along with the
descendants of Lloyd Garrison, Ma
than Hale and others. For truth
crushed to earth will rise again.
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Full Gospel Pentecostal Temple
18th and Fir
Bishop e. #. Morris, Pastor

Sunday school 10 a. M, morn
ing worship, II a. M, Y. P. c. W.,
7 p. M, evening service s p. m.
The Sunday morning service was
conducted by Sister Pauline La
than; Sunday evening by Sister o.
B. Morris. A duet was sung by
Brother and Sister Buffin. Sister
Morris sang What Them" pre-
ceding her sermon. May 80, picnic
at Kennydale. All are welcome.
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Somewhat
Expressive
BY Harold Holifield

. The other day. I happened to
glance over a copy of the first
land probably the LAST copy of a
new magazine which bears the
title, Negro Youth" The purpose
of this bit of idiotic literature is
presumably to tell the pure" Me-
groes of this country what a rotter
the "mongrel" mullato is. It is pub
lished by the National Organiza-
tion of Negro Youth. Its announc-
ed purpose is to unite all ''pure"
Negroes TRY and find one) to drive
from their society the half breed
who wastes all his time trying to
gain anti-Jim Crow laws. I shall
reserve any opinion of this trash
because it would be superfluous.
However, some quotations are in
order
"All mullattos should group
themselves together and separate
from us blacks. Until this is done
we cannot progress"
"If the black people limited the
mullattos the way mullattos try to
limit black people socially, the
black man would really be MAX
ing Roadway"
mot only are we thousands of
miles from Africa, but our race Is
all confused with mongreIs living
in the shelter and protection of It,"
AS if there were not enough
trouble in the world, now we got
the Afro-American to worry about.
That little hyphen is quite a null
sance, isn't it?
. 1t is of significance that the
Fifth Avenue Coach Company in
New York has hired Negro drivers
and maintenance men. If the New
Workers could do it, Seattlites
could too. 1t is unfortunate that the
Seattle Transit System be depriv-
ed of good coach handlers We
should be unselfish and insist that
they take them.
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Resurrection
By James Warnack
II am the resurrection and the fe!"
Sing it, o rising and rosy dawn!
Chant it, you flaming, dancing whirling stars
Shout it, waking world! The night is gone!
Echo the wondrous words, you lofty hills!
Thunder the message, you sounding seas!
Repeat the tidings, o you verdant vaes
Whisper the secret, you lowered leas!
81 am the resurrection and the life!"
Love speaks the words that forever true!
Let them resOund within your heart o man
And let Love find it's voice again in you!
This is the perfect morn, the deathess day,
The birth of gladness and the death of pain!
There is no glory Life will hide from you,
There is no heaven you shall not attain!
Come forth, you dead! Cast off your cerements!
Challenge the hosts of Gloom! No longer trust
In shadow-forms that haunt the tomb of Time
And call you homeless children of the Dust
o sons and daughters of Eternity,
Be done with doubt and sorrow, fear and strife
Rise with the Master, and with Him proclaim
81 am the resurrection and the life."
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been able to withstand the gaff or
rather, to undergo the ordeals of
punishment inflicted upon candi-
dates entering these two institu-
lions.
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Leaving City, Will Sacrifice

Will sell on easy terms two
houses in Madison district, six
and seven rooms. Live in one
and rent of the other will make
payments. Fire place, fruit
trees, paved street close to
churches, grade and high
schools. Four car lines. Call
Prospect 1896.
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Churches
First A. NJ. e. Church

Rev. L. r. Hayes, Minister
Between Pike and Pine on IA Ave.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m. Rev.
J. L. N. Bell, Superintendent
Preaching and baptizing at the
IL o'clock service.
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First Baptist Church of Ken
nydale, Washington. Go We into
all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature. Mark
1915.
Rev. Judson Swancy, Pastor
and Evangelist, Douglas Annex
Apt. "a, Seattle, Washington.
Residence phone, CA. 5000.
Grace Presbyterian Church,
Rev. John r. Harris, Pastor.
Sunday School is held at 9:45
a. M; IL a. m. Morning Wor-
ship; 6 p. m. Young People;
1880 p. m. Evening Worship.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-05-02

Some folks speak as they think,
and some oftener. Brick Dust
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-05-02

We shall never repent having
trusted in God, for He cannot fail
those who lean on Him; nor shall
we ever trust in ourselves without
being deceived.
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WANTED: A middle aged wo-
man, honest, reliable, for
housekeeper and maid. Work
is easy, good wages to the
right party on or before May
first. Address East 1914
Trent Avenue, Golden West
Hotel, Spokane, Washington.
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st. Philips Mission
(EpiscopaD
227-23rd Avenue North
The Rev. Raymond David Holmes,
vicar
Sunday, May 4. p. m. Vespers
and Sermon. make Way for
Youth"
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WANTED: A middle aged man,
honest and reliable, who
knows haw to do all around
porter work in hotel. Easy
work and wages. Address
East 1914 Trent Avenue.
Golden West Hotel, Spokane,
Washington.
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A. M. r.. Church
22nd e. Madison Annex
Fred N. Blythewood, Pastor
o. S. Thomas Lewis, Asst.
SERVICES

Sunday school, 9:45; morning
services, II a. M; Christian Youth
Center program 3 p. M; Christian
Endeavor, 6:45; evening song with
sermon, 8 p. M; Friday, 8 p. m.
prayer and class. The third quar-
terly conference will be held Sun
day, Presiding Elder, Rev. w. L.
Mccoy, presiding. Rev. Mccoy will
also preach the sermon at the eve
ming service. The public is cordial
ly. invited to attend.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-09-20
LOU MONTGOMERY'S
BOSTON RLAcKHAMKS

Big league football comes to
Boston with a bang with the
debut of Lou Montgomery's
BlackhawkS, Boston only ALL
Colored Pro Team. The Black
hawks are backed by Montgom-
cry and the equally famous
Jones Brothers of theatrical
fame, both of whom will take
active part in the playing sched-
ule as we'll as the managerial
end.
Lou Montgomery, former Bos-
ton College Star as coach and
Maxwell Jones as one of the
line coaches, will be assisted by
Spike Corbin, last year Allan
erican Colored Tackle from
West Virginia State College.
The Blackhawks boast of a
line that averages 23O pounds
from end to end and a back
field that averages 200 pounds
with list of former High
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-09-20
White Hopes

Less than ten days from the
present, Joe Louis, is scheduled
to enter the ring to defend his
worlds heavyweight title against
Lou Nova. Fans have requested
my humble opinion of Nova, a
fine, clean living athlete who al
legedly has a "Nordic" complex
in addition to a much ballyhooed
"cosmic punch" While we be-
lieve Nova will put up a good
fight, and possibly can win the
title, we also fail to find that Lou
has fought many colored boys, if
any, in his rise to the top. This
latter phase of the subject makes
one wonder whether Nova, as
champion, would ever give an
other colored boy a break.
The recent establishment of
white hope" boxing tournaments
to aid in the dethroning of Joe
Louis is what 1 consider very un-
sportsmanlike and as bad as
Herr Lindbergh's insult Of the
Jewish people. However, these
white hope affairs are only
sponsored by a small minority
Of white people those that are
still ignorant.
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ale AT Stadium

quiet as it's kept, Charlie o.
Pourke's most successful pro-
Football passes were both COM
bleted by colored All-Stars
kackie Robinson of U.C.L.A. COM
bleted the O'Rourke pass thrown
against the Bears at Chicago
hOu Montgomery, O'Rourke's I'M
|der-rated team mate, completed
.ORourkeS lone scoring pass
against the Bears at Fenway
Par, There were only two COL
bred backs selected for these
|two grid All-Star games and
both boys scored touchdownS
which fact ought to prove some
thing Barred from the major
professional football leagues,
Folly King, L.I.U. giant who also
starred against the Bears at end,
has been signed by the Long
Ifland Indians of a pro minor
hague, while Kenny Washington,
1dy Strobe and Jackie Rob-
in5yn, all U.C.L.A. immortals,
have been repeatedly signed by
|the Los Angeles Bears of a Pa
cidc Coast league Add to your
football notes; The Harvard Yale
game will also be played at the
'lium this year.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-09-20

While happy at the feat of
Chalky Wright winning the
featherweight title from Joey Ar
chibald at Washington, DC, let
us review the sage POST COM
ment Of friend Doc Amy, leading
national fistic expert. He says:
Financial details show that the
attendance numbered $500 and
the gross gate was $4,000 AS
Archibald was guaranteed $4,000,
about all Wright got out of it
was the title and cheers. The old
sporty axiom, to the victor be-
longs the Spoils,' has been re-
written by commercialiSm to
read, My champion gets all the
money, or you don't fight him.
Some day commissioners may
wake up to this angle and choke
it off !"
In addition to all this, Chalky
Wright'S world title has been
questioned by another gentleman
and, like Jack Johnson, he will
probably have to fight at least
twice to fully acquire the crown.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-09-20
ROWING ALONG SPORTSDOM
BY MABE KoUNTZE
Guild At Harvard

ooking over the football pic
IT, Schoolboy football really
lens I'D to-day Major col
H. football opens next week,
ssturday, with Dartmouth en-
krtaining Norwich, Detroit at
s,diana Notre Dame host to
arizona. Missouri at Ohio State,
sowdoin at Tufts and others you
III read about Harvard will
hen the season with a surprise
lnlored backfield threat in Ray
kuild ex-Cambridge Latin half
lack and track star, now a jun
br Harvard will lose some
Iar games but will exhibit stel-
hr performances by a nine-Sen-
Or Eleven featuring powerful
ne-men in end, Loren McKin-
lev; guards, Dick PfiSter and
Dhub Peabody; tackle, Tom Gar
liner and center Burgey Ayres
Harvard will play Navy,
Princeton, Army, Brown, and
yo1o
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Tufts Engineers

Where are the college stars of
yesterday? In the present rush
and turmoil have you forgotten,
for example, little Joe Walker?
got to thinking about Joe
after learning that colored
boys from South America and
other far off places are still en-
rolling at Tufts where the En-
cheering School has a mighty
fine reputation, not to mention
the several other Grade A di-
visions. Tufts is not a small"
school.
1t seems only a few years ago,
that little Joe Walker was a by
word in New England tennis. He
became tennis captain of the
Tufts Varsity Team and was
considered the Count Basic of
the college campus. Following
graduation Walker was reported
to be serving as an engineer in
Africa, clearing roadways, per-
hapS planning U. S. airports in
vitality important Liberia.
Joe came to Tufts from Africa.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-09-20
B.U. SfrOnQe,'

]. is too bad that Boston Uni
|yarStty hasn't a closer located
playing field so that more local
PANS could watch one of the
tightingeSt football teams in all
New England The Terriers are
coached by wiley Pat Hanley.
I watched Blu. when it was a
team of wild gambling sopho-
mores. They made your hair
stand on end. Walt Williams, a
loc2I white star fro mBrookIine.
'lS one Of the best triple threats
anywhere. Williams and Thomas
afe the real spark plugs of the
scarlet and White offense with
HoWie Mitchell at end. I believe
Chuck Thomas is the best all
round colored halfback I have
seen Many sepia backs do not
ooot the ball. Thomas kicks,
inomas passes, he runs beauti-
lully and catches passes sensa-
'IonaIIy B. U. lacks depth, but
.|lI. trot out fighting first team
ana wealth of talented backs.
together since they were sophs,
The l94l Terriers are bound to
re stronger.
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Serving Democracy

Eddie Digger, a young friend
and admirer of Joe Walker, while
the latter was at Tufts, has now
himself become an engineer. AND
Eddie too is occupied in an all
important branch of national de-
Tense, the well known slogan of
which is Keep 'em Flying"
Eddie came to Tufts from
Medford, Mass, and, on very
short notice, was whisked away
to and transplanted in Dayton,
Ohio; the life of an engineer be-
ing such that Joe and Eddie
could travel around the world
and think nothing of it.
1t seems to me an amazing
coincidence that Walker and
Digger, the first colored varsity
team captains in the history of
Tufts College, should both receive
assignments of such great i'm
portance.
Looking over the 1871 gridiron
picture at Tufts I fail to note
any colored boys on the Jumbo
eleven. Bud Tyrance, a fullback,
was the last, and Digger, fresh
man star end, was grabbed by
the track coaches. Colored boys
could attend few finer schools
than Tufts. More should en-
roll.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-09-20

School, College, Semi-Pro and
Pro Stars and will offer to the
Boston and surrounding public
a brand of razzle dazzle foot
ball emerging from the famous
Rockne System, which Mont
gomery learned so well at B. c
under Frank Leahy,
Most of the Blackhawks
schedule will be played home
and against such teams as the
Chicago Bears, New York
Brown Bombers, Newark Bears
Paterson Panthers, and Provi-
dence Steam Rollers, best in
Pro teams, Home playing field
to be announced later. First
game to be played Sept. q.
Lou Montgomery, pres, 4
Mills ST., Roxbury; Hugh Mag
bic, Sec, % CASTOR St., Rox-
bury; Harold Wilson, Mgr, "a
Yorkton St., w, Somerville,
Mass.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-09-20
BEAUTY and ROMANCE

The story of Cinderella holds
a special place in the hearts Of
women, for every woman in the
wide world has dreamed of be.
ing transformed from her ev-
eryday self into a gay, CLAM
orouS person. There's always a
Prince Charming in the pic
ture, gallant lad who is won
on the spot by Cinderella s
beauty and charm. The fairy
tale Cinderella story is a be-
Witching one, but no more eX-
citing than the Cinderella stor-
les which happen in real life.
However, the magic wand that
transforms ordinary girls into
glamour girls isn't a wand at
all, 1t is merely good sense APP
piled to the problem of making
the most of oneself. That's
beauty-and that's the beauty
of it!
A modern Cinderella story is
the case of the Missouri twins
ages %, who were whiSked to
New York by a nationalmaga-
zine to be stars in a 1941 YER
sion of the Cinderella story
When they boarded a train in
Missouri, they were girls who
had just let themselves go. Hair
drab and arranged carelessly,
skin with much to be desired.
postures slouchy, clothes wrong
and unflattering, hands uncared
for. They were too thin, list
less, and looked ten years older
than they really were.
When they returned to their
homes after six weeks Of expert
advice, exercise, food and beau
ty treatments, they were alert
charming women, pretty as
their magazine pictures. Their
hair shone from brushing and
correct shampooing, their COM
plexions were clear and alive
they stood straight and proud