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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-03-17
600 WHITES PROTESTING PROMOTION OF
II NEGRO WORKMEN TTE-UP OPERATIONS
TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING PLANT In OHIO

CANTON, Ohio. March Is. -
A walkout by coo flrst-shift en-
ployees tied up operations today
in the Thinker Roller Bearing
Company's Gambrinas plant. a
company spokesman reported.
Finas Reynolds, president of
the United Steelworkers' Union,
which has a contract with the
plant, said the walkout was un-
authorized and that any Congress
of Industrial Organizations mem
bers participating would be ex-
PEELED from the union. Reynolds
and the company spokesman. who
declined to be quoted by name
said they were informed the men
were protesting proomtion of 81
Negro workers.
The union is an affiliate of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
lions.
Replace Men Leaving
The company reported the Ne
groes had been promoted to re-
place workers leaving the plant
for other jobs or for armed ser
vice.
I'VE are in favor of having Ne
groes promoted, the same as any
one else" said Reynolds. "If the
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boys in the armed forces are not
too good to fight alongside Ne
groes. the men on the production
line aren't too good to work
alongside them"
The local union president as
serted the walkout was started by
nonunion members. and added:
The strike is not sanctioned by
the international union. Every C.
l. o. member who took an active
part in it will be expelled by the
union"
No comment was available i'm
mediately from the idle workers.
War Materials Produced
The company said the Gam
brinas plant is engaged wholly in
production of bearings parts for
war materials.
4 spokesman reported the ~
Negroes had been employed as
sweeprs, haulers and tube load
ers, and that promotions were In
acordanc with seniority provisions
of the company's contract with
the union.
First-shift employees reported
at a. m. but refused to work,
the company said. They left the
plant in an orderly manner.
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TROOPS USED BECAUSE SEATTLE
SNOW MENACED MILITARY
OPERATIONS, SAYS ARMY HEAD

Washington. d. G. - Denying
that there was discrimination in
the recent use of Negro troops for
snow removal In Seattle, Wash
ington, Major General j. A. Ulio,
Arjutant General of the War De-
partment. told the N. A. A. G. P,
this week that the Commanding
General of the Northwest section
had Utilized for this detail the
most available torops who hap
pened to be colored."
In answer to the N. A A. G..
P.'s charge that the U. S. Army
was using Negro troops to relieve
municipalities of legitimate ex-
penses Major General Ulio said:
1.-THE storm in Seattle was of
such an extent as to seriously in
terfere with all activities pertain
ing to the operation of military
installation and defense as we'll as
its civilian activities. the COM
manding general of the 39th
Army Aircraft Artillery Brigade
utilized white troops and their
equipment to assist nrestoring
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of Seattle. Auxiliary Collins was
born in Great Falls, Montana and
when very small moved to Spo-
kane, Washington where she COM
pleted her schooling. After the
passing of her father she moved
to Sattle with her mother, and
has made this her home ever
since.
Auxiliary Collins has been
quite active in Junior Volunteer
Hostess work. She really knows
what it means to aid ALL-OUT-
DEFENSE VOLUNTEER WORK.
| Those young women who arc
interested in becoming a WAC
are asked to contact Auxiliary
Collins at the Colman Service
Mems Club, 23rd Avenue at East
Olive between 200 and 1000 p
m.
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the region of Bremerton Navy
Yard and Seattle to normally
while the commanding general of
the Seattle port of embarkation
utilized all troop available to him
regardless of color in operation
of the port and in clearing the
snow and ice from that vicinity to
permit the proper operation of
the port.
1.-THE action taken by military
authorities in the Seattle area
was necessary to prevent a com
plete cessation of work in large
number of defense activities par
ticularly aircraft manufacturing
plants and shipbuilding yards.
st does not appear" Ulio con-
cluded. that there was any dis
elimination against Negro troops
in this case"
For the cleaning of snow in the
streets of downtown Seattle Me-
gro troops were brought from
Fort Lewis. sixty miies away. No
white soldiers were detailed for
this work.
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A superior court jury Monday
began hearing the case of James
McLemore, accused of assaulting
and gravely injuring a Seattle
widow early on January 8, as she
was enroute to her work in an
army ordnance establishment.
McLemore, car washer, is
charged with first degree assault
on Mrs. Gennon Litkey, forty
seven, widow of an army officer.
Prosecutor Lloyd Shorett person
ally helped present the states
case.
Deputy Prosecutor James M.
Mifflin told the jury they expected
to show that as Mrs. Litkey was
making her way down the hill at
Main st. and 7th Ave. s.. she was
struck by club, rock or pipe In
the hands of McLemore.
An hour later McLemcre Was
found by Detective Lieuts. James
Lawrence and Richard Zeldenrust
in his hotel room on Maynard
Ave. and was arrested, Mifflin re-
lated.
Mrs. Litkey, who almost mirac-
survived the several frac-
lures of her skull suffered in the |
assault, remembers nothing of ii
and can only identify her clothing
for the jury, Mifflin said.
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SAVOY HAS
GALA OPENING

The Savoy Hall and Commun-
ity Center at 21st and East Mad
ison Street opened with blaze
of glory last Saturday evening.
March 18th. The scene was of
Seattle's largest and most enthus-
iastic Community gathering. ever
witnessed in the history of the
city. More than five hundred resi-
dents, sailors and soldiers greet
ed the Savoy managers at their
grand opening. Congratulations
certainly were in order. and they
were pronounced in no uncertain
words. from young and old, col
ored and white. The scene will
never be forgotten by the mana
gers the opening of Seattle's
and East Madison districts first
race owned and managed Com
munity, recreation and Amusement
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NEGROES PLANT
SOON TO EXPAND

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Marie IL.
The Negro-owned and operated
Pacific Parachute company. which
opened a year ago on a shoestring
but with a motivating ideal of
race equality in employment, to-
day reported plans for plant. pro-
duction and payroll expansion.
The company began operations
last March 81 with hardly doz-
en- employees. Howard Smith. 20
year-old Negro. founder of the
Arm, obtained a building for a
plant but had no idea where the
financing would come from. Eddie
Anderson, Rochester" of the
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Red Cross Reminds
Japan Forgot to Remember

JAPAN WILL NEVER FORGET
When almost a hundred thous
and lay dead in the streets of
Tokyo and Yokohama after the
earthquake of 1923, and other
thousands were homeless, orphan
ed, and threatened with disease,
there came a parade of ships
from America laden with ten mil
lion dollars worth of food, cloth
ing. medicine and other essentials
= the whole supplied by the peo-
pei of America through the Red
Cross.
Japan then sent this message
to the headquarters of the Ameri-
can Red Cross: Japan will never
forget"
APPARENTLY, in Japan never" 1.
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Junior Volunteer Hostess helping
to entertain enlisted men in this
area and was Co-Chairman, along
with Margie McFarlin, for the
Junior Volunteer Hostess Com
mittee at the Colman Service
Mems Club. Miss Lewis enriched
experience in volunteer work
brings to the men of Fort Lawton
something valuable and tangible
to work with.
She was reared in Seattle and
helped to share along with her
father. Attorney Anderson, in h
life time, some of the problems
that confronted Seattle residents.
She attended the University of
Washington and was formrly en-
ployed by the Urban League as a
stenographer. She is chairman
for the Youth Council of the
NAACP. Miss Lewis at one time
was very active in Girl Reserve
and Business and Industrial clubs.
She at one time. did volunteer
work with the junior girl reserve
club, of the Phyllis Wheatley
YwCA.
Miss Lewis will attempt to do
good job at Fort Lewis and at var
-ious times she will be calling on
the good people of Seattle to
bring programs to Fort Lawton.
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TEXAS FARMER AND DAUGHTER
CHARCD WITH KEEPING
NEGRO HIRED MAN AS SLAVE

CORPUS CHRISTI. Tex.-Gov-
eminent witnesses testified today
that Alex L. Skrobarcyzk. sixty
two, farmer. had hitched his Ne
gro hired man, Alfred Irwin. to a
pillow and had beaten him with a
bull whip.
skorbarcyzk and his twenty
nine-year-old daughter Susie. are
on trial in federal court on an in
dictment charging them with
keeping Irwin in conditions of
slavery and peonage.
The defendants have entered a
plea of innocence.
Lupe Bazan, employed on a
ranch near the Skorbzarcyzk farm
In Bee County, testified that on
two occasions he saw Skrobarcyzk
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use a whip on the Negro. Once,
Bazan said. the farmer hitched
the Negro to a pillow and made
him pull it.
e. H. Schwarz. dairy farmer,
said the Negro had frequently
come to his place. at night bleed
ing at the mouth and begging for
food.
Agnes Takowitz, who said she
worked on the Skrobarcyzk farm
two months, testified she had seen
b h defendants many times"
strike the Negro with chains,
clubs and whips until he bled. She
said Irwin lived in a chicken
house and was given only flour
and dry corn which. according to
the witness, he was compelled to
cook outside the SHACK.
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films and radio, became his "an-
GEL"
Originally established as sub
contractor to biuld thousands of
pilot parachutes-the small cano-
pies that blossom out first and
speed the opening of the main
chute-the company now Is on
the threshold of becoming a
prime contractor and is prepar-
ing to start production of new
type chute on a separate manufac-
turing contract.
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DOUBLE YOUR GIFT THIS YEAR

only a short time.
Were those bombs hurried down
upon Pearl Harbor at time when
Japan's emissaries were talking
peace in Washington the gifts ia
pan returned to show appreciation
for Americas gifts to japan in
1923?
Now, when America completes
the job upon which we have start
ed. Japan will certainly never be
permitted to forget again. - The
Curtis Courier.
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SERVICE Men
HEAR robson
BY CHARLES RUSSELL


Paul Robson, the noted Negr
concert artist sang the songs h
loves best yesterday afternoon 70
hundreds of Negro soldiers a
their 1st Ave. S. eantonment
while the full-throated roar o
army bombers eircling overhead
emphasized the note of war.
And around him his hearers
stood in fixed semi-circle Of
pleasure. their company colorl
fluttering.
Robson sang the folks songs
and spirituals his people love. and
kept on singing because his
audience wanted him to. His con-
cert was not a gesture - it last
ed for nearly an hour.
Deep were the tones of his
Lord God of Abraham"
MAKES 'EM GRIN
But he made them grin with his
next number.
This is about a young lady
who put a rather fresh young
fellow in his place" Robson an
nounced.
Chuckles acompancied the light
ditty. And he made them laugh
to the rollicking refrain of "Oh
John. John, No, John. No.
The strong. vibrant tones of
Wagon Wheels" filled
and overlooked the cantonment. A
locomotive whistled. Goods must
keep moving, too. on Sunday af-
ternoon in wartime.
AS Robson sang the line "Le IS
stand up and fight for democracy
his hearers knew what he must
have been thinking. Most of them
had already arisen. They wore
their uniforms proudly.
A Flying Fortre SIS sliced
through the sky overhead as the
next number was announced,
Ballad for Americans" written
by the Seattle composer, Earl
Hawley Robinson.
"Just an excerpt from the bal
lad, which i think IL true and a
very fine American document"
Robson interposed.
BY OFFICER
Robson was introduced by
Lieut.. Col. John M. Sheldon, ev-
ecutive officer of the camp. On
the platform were Col. T. ]. Weed
acting port commander. Col. H. L.
commanding officer of
Fort Lawton, and Colonel Alfred
L.. Baylis, acting commander of
the camp. Sergeant Rayfield Lun-
dy was master of ceremonies. The
concert star VISA thanked on be-
half of the men by Sergeant AL
fred Grant. Lawrence Brown was
the accompanist.
AS Robson sang "A marching
song will come again." another
Fortress SKINNED over the crowd,
and as he finished shining COM
mercial plane seemed to hover in
cloud. It's motors whispered.
Robson concluded the program
by leading his audience in sing
ing 1.-THE Star-Spangled Banner. "
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Have You Seen Her?

Missing: Nancy Better, age 16,
1916 Wetmore St., Everett, Wash.
Your father pleads to see you
that you are safe and unframed.
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of this girl call Rev. Jud-
son Swancy, East 7135, Seattle.
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600 Loyal Whites Quit In Protest
Made Junior Hostess

Miss Alice Lewis. charming
daughter Of Mrs. NJ. Anderson,
51S9 Findlay Avenue was made
Junior Hostess for our troops who
are stationed at Fort Lawton.
Miss Lewis has been a very active
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Paul Robson
In Tacoma Hospital

TACOMA. - Paul Robson.
weH-known Negro singer, is in
a hospital here tonight with
throat ailment and has been
ordered by his doctor, DR.. Ed
win James, to take a fortnight's
rest.
Robson has cancelled his
concerts for the next two
weeks, but will return to APP
pear here April %. AT that
time he will keep other en-
gagements, postponed by his
illness in Yakima, Spokane
and Pocatello. Idaho.
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Junior Volunteer
Hostess Joins W A A C's

Auxiliary Bernice Collins,
daughter of Mrs. Helen Snyder,
is the first Negro WAC enrollee
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Monthly Record Set
In Individual Incomes
$l1,4o4, 900, 900 Bring
Ieor to ia Billions

Individual income in December
aggregated $11, 404, 00o, 900, the high
est ever recorded for any month.
bringing the total for 1912 to nearly
STA ,000. 900 900. an increase OF more
than % per cent over the 194l total.
the Commerce Department reported
today. '.- 80
Income payments last year con-
tinued the steady advance that be-
gan in the latter half of 1910, the
departments index rising from
1919 to 1904 O935-193o equals 100
between December. 194l, and De-
cember, 1912. In the latter month
the now Of income payments, ad-
justed for seasonal variations, was
at the annual rate OF 1923, 0O0, 0OO,-
900.
Manufacturing wages and salaries
Federal payrolls and farm income
accounted for four-fifth OF the
years increase.
Though total wages and salaries
increased 27.9 per cent, manfactur-
ing payrolls scored q Al per cent
advance to reach $50 400 ,o00, 900 for
the year. Federal payrolls more
than doubled in 1912. Payrolls In
industries less directly affected by
war spending, such as trade, service,
finance and public utilities, gained
approximately IL per cent. Work
relief wages amounted to 1886, 000,-
600. half the 194l total
Farm income is estimated at
s., SOC, 000, 900, an increase Of 81 per
cent over 1871.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09

clude the Gay Nineties. 400 Restau-
rant, Treasure Island, Brown Derby,
Balalaika, Crossroads, Rainbow
Room, Old New Orleans, The Sta
bic, Ell Patio-and Paul Young's.
Coincidence department:
Tony Pastor, bandleader in the
Victory Room. Nee Pastriti.
Joe Masters. pianist. in the Cafe
Caprice. Nee Mastriti.
Smattering Of Cugat::
The Embassy Rooms Xavier spent
the other afternoon in the Mayflow :
er Lounge reminiscing with the
lounges songstress. Durelle Alex
ander. Recalled, with much laugh
ter, the time they both were ap-
IN the Waldorf Astoria, Miss
Alexander as vocalist with Eddie
Duchin. During the Cugat turn on
the bandstand Miss A. would sit at
a nearby table jotting nothings to
her light 'o-love back home, while
x. c. would play over-sentimental-
lied versions Of Il Love You Truly
and the like-always with his violin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
After Dark
News and Comment Of the Night Clubs.
BY the Spectator.

Behind the trio that frequently
can be heard above the chatter and
clatter OF patrons happily dining in
the Neptune Room lies an earnest
ness Of purpose and willingness to
hard work that Is not often to be
found even among young musical
outfits. David Roberts and his boys,
Godfrey Hirsch and Bill Straub,
who have been playing together for
only four months, are as determined
and convinced that they will get
somewhere" As the rest of us are
that the Axis will some day be
twisted into a corkscrew shape. Mr..
Roberts dins his sentiments into
your ear with the air OF a fanatic.
The languid Louisianan, Hirsch, and
the pre-occupied Mr.. Straub let
their nominal boss do most Of the
talking along these lines, being con-
tent merely to nod agreement. Their
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As 1t experiments with the type OF
arrangements best suited to its in
strumentation. This, chiefly, is the
worry Of Pianist Straub-which ex-
plains his chronic air Of preoccu-
patton and that pocketful Of sharp
pointed pencils.
Another reason-one which Is
more readily apparent to listeners
Is the repertory. Considering the
age Of the trio. the size and variety
of its musical library is remarkable.
It may be regarded as a representa-
tive hit parade Of the past IS years,
and more than that, it speaks of
good taste. Naturally this roper
tory has its thick layer OF corn in
difference to prevailing public de-
mand, but it also boasts such items
as You're Devastating. MY Silent
Love-" What is This Thing Called
Lover" on up to the present-day
Cole Porter catalogue and such
"moderns" as Brazil" and "Cae
Cae" and the best Of Raymond
Scott.
Selections old and new, Dave
Roberts compact company is turn
ing them out in new arrangements
on an almost daily basis. And con-
tinually the boys are sandwiching
between the bona fide dance pieces
special scorings of such as the piano
music Of Chopin, Tschaikowsky in
every phase and even a bit Of
Rubinstein.
The Roberts approach looks prom
Using from here.
Final roundup on the transporta-
ton orgy scheduled at Paul Young's
tomorrow evening at o'clock:
In the first place, Maury Maverick
OF WPB has accepted the offer to
judge the contest which is to deter
mine the zaniest means of trans
portation which can be devised by
local night club minds. The street
in front Of Paul Young's will be
floodlighted for various purposes,
not the least of which will be for
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Trade Mark Registered o. 3. Patent once.

policy is to reserve all musical zeal
for the band platform and the bull
sessions during rehearsal or in
spiration time. Nevertheless, the
job that the Messrs. Hirsch and
Straub turn out in conjunction with
Dave Roberts testifies that their
intentions are just as firm.
Principal reason for the boys
belief that they are developing a
type Of music which can sell may
be traced to the Instrumentation
Of the trio-novachord, piano and
an alternating vibraphone. marimba
and drums. They regard each in
strument except the drums as an
orchestra" in itself which ar
ranged in various combinations,
give proportionate increase in
tone color and fullness. The idea
of course has potentialities and it
remains for the outfit to persevere
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
100 Inmates Saved
As Indiana Asylum
Is Destroyed by Fire
No Deaths Reported;
Pdtients Placed Under
Guurd in Stoekode
~ the Aseoeiated press.

ny InS A1eoelAted Pfeeos
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. o.
Fire destroyed the Evansville
state Hospital for the Insane
near here today. The approx
mately 200 inmates escaped and
we're herded into an outdoor
stockAde with several hundred
pohos. home guards and Ameri-
can Legion members guarding
them. There was no known loss
ofsNfa.
iFeWfof The patients were fully
ciothsd. Most Of them, both men
and women, were barefooted and In
their nishtshirts- Many were in
strait jackets.
Origin of the fire had not been
determined. 1t was brought under
control shortly before dawn. Fire
men said the damage might total
several thousand dollars.
Guards and nurses aroused the
inmates, who ned screaming to the
hospital lawns. Local police and
State police were rushed to the
hospital, about q mile from this city,
and members Of the local American
Legion posts and the home guards
were modified.
The fire started at 2:30 am. in
the main building, which was
erect4d In 1890. Wings were added
to thie building like spokes on 4
wheel. !
Seven TIRE companies and all avatl.
able auxiliaries were called to the
scene. Their water came from
ponds on the hospital grounds and
the IRE ragged out of control. as the
firemen had trouble in keeping up
pressure in their lines.
A number Of men In Army uni-
forms were among the volunteers
aiding in keeping the terrified In
mates under control.
Police began q check Of the hos
pitAl records In an effort to deter
mine whether any Of the patients
was missing.
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Personal Hygiene Items
Kotex-poekooe Of 81 Sse; Z kes Its
Modess-poekooe Of S.,
S9e; Z fes It's
lotus-pockooe Of 66-------Sse
Tompox-pockooe Of 4O--------9Ss
Meds-poekoee Of -9Se
Hickory Pn-in Dress Shields,
39e; 3 for LIS
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bow pointing unmistakably toward
Miss Alexander.
Xavier has just been awarded by
the Cuban government the Order
Of Honor and Merit OF the Cuban
Red Cross.
Have you tried the Cugat Conga7
Just as we'll. It consists Of three
fourths rum, q mite Of grenadine
and drop or two OF absinthe. To
be followed by . cold shower.
- 4 4
Treasure Island now features a
cocktail hour daily from 4:30 to
7:30 pm. and a "Rumba Matinee"
each Saturday. 3 to pm. Ovanda's
music still, and Paul Kain's also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09
Hens ToIent Soves
Her From Oven
p tila Associated Preas.

~ tte Annotated Press.
C()kEEYVnLE, Kans.-Betty is a
hen owned by Mr.. and Mrs. w. s.
Wr4lht-but she'll never enter the
oven.
Fifteen years old, she has talent.
says Mr.. Wright. She knows when
he's due to arrive home from work
and runs out to meet him.
She also mothers wild ducks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-09

The cosy, modern woy to oppIy
powder otter the bath lust
slip on the mitt and dab
owoy its filled with de-
liohtfuIIy froeront bath powder!
Sc