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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-04-21
Death or Acquittal, State
Asks for FOIkes in Murder

ALBANY. Or, April 20. - The
state asked today that Robert e.
Lee Folkes be made to pay for
the Staying of the young woman
in Lower 10 with his life or be
released as free man.
L. Orth Sizemore, associate
prosecutor. in his summation of
the states case in the trial of the
2O-year-old Negro for the knife
killing of Mrs. Martha Virginia
James aboard a passenger train,
January %, said:
"FOIkes is entitled either to
freedom or to execution. There
are no mitigating circumstances
found here, and if YOU find him
guilty he should get the highest
penalty.
"If you decide he is not guilty
he is entitled to walk the streets
in freedom"
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the dining car attending a con-
ference. Folkes rejoined the party
and retired later.
"All the time L kept thinking
of the woman in Lower 49," Tet-
rick quoted the confession. ~
couldn't get her off my mind"
Folkes arose about $3.50 a. m.
on January 23, still thinking of
the woman in Lower 10. He went
into Sleeper d.
Before Lower 13 he pretended
to fall into the berth, reached his
hand through the curtain and
felt her body.
If he awakened her, he planned
to say he had fallen into the berth
because of the trains rocking.
Then he went to the smoking
compartment of Car d, talked to
Harry M. Hughes, Pullman porter,
and had cigarette.
Sharpens the Knife
Folkes returned to the dining
car galley, put a knife in the
sleeve of his white cooks jacket
and came back to Car D. There
he met man from an upper
berth, whom he later identified as
R. M. Kelson, Ell Cajon, Calf,
retired Navy chief watertender.
Kelso wanted to know the direc-
ton to the mems washroom.
Folkes went again to the diner.
sharpened the knife, donned an
overcoat and returned to Car d.
There he walked back and forth
christening the curtains of Lower
10. He went toward the smoker,
noted that Kelso was shaving and
that Hughes was lying down. He
figured the coast was clear and
went back to Lower 10.
He stepped inside discovered
that he had neglected to unfasten
the bottom button.
He was afraid part of his body
would protrude into the aisle so
he straddled the form of the
sleeping woman.
When he straddled on leg, she
awoke. She was lying on her back,
with the bedclothes up to her
armpits. Her right side was to-
ward the curtain.
I'll Cut Your Throat
He put the knife to her throat,
and when she asked. who are
your" Folkes replied:
ct makes no difference. Button
those buttons or I'll cut your
throat" He referred to the cur
tain buttons.
He said he reached across her
body with his left hand toward the
curtain, and as he did she threw
her body in such way as to try
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BY Z. 1. r.

Just a short while ago, Bremen
ton was little city known as the
chief port and destination of a
line of ferrys plying our inland
sea. 1t also afforded an outlet to
the ocean. For that reason it was
the home of a variety of sea goL
ing vessel. Somewhere along the
shore is the Puget Sound Navy
yards, the exact location of which
Is a military secret. Bremerton's
chief claim to fame is that it is
exactly 80 miles from Seattle. To-
day Bremerton boasts a popula-
ton of more than 100000. T h e
extravagant claim is made by
some enthusiasts that 1t will en-
ter 1914 with 100000.
The object OF our visit was to
meet Lieut.. Commander H. F.
Mason the most talked about man
in Bremerton from the view
point of those interviewed. We
talked to plenty in a two days
man in the street. information
please?" Our interviews were con-
fined to race navy yard employees.
Lieut.. Commander Mason and
Commander Sass of the Navy
Yard are the fairest and finest
labor executives we have known;
summed up. Lieut. Commander
Mason was one-man-hero of a
winning football team carried
aloft by his school mates.
We entered the large 3 story
beehive, took our place in the
line of applicants for work. Our
mission was forgotten watching
The ease and ficilitay with which
Mrs. Hope G. Beck and her vel
trained STAFF received and dismis
sed their charges. With cloekworl
precision she instantly disarmet
her applicant reviewing. correct
ing applications and usherint
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Rochester The Laugh Man
Sheds a Tear in Cabin In
The Sky" MGM Musical

HOLLYWOOD. = Rochester
believes implicitly tnat if you
laugh, the world laughs with you,
but If you weep, it's one-man
job.
He prefers crowds, having kept
them laughing with him since he
started his career as chorus boy
in 1919. He dependsl argely for
his wide accaim upon two factors
his ready repartee and his pecu-
liar voice.
1t was Hall Johnson who sum-
med up Rochester's tonal peculiar
ity as gritty Cloths" That rasp-
ing sound has become familiar
around the world since Rochester
first released his plaintive gags
upon the air waves.
A Natural Comic
When he appears to be most
serious, Rochester is likely to
spring a gag. And frequently.
when he is very grave about a
subject. he will be grinning from
ear to ear. In any case, a laugh
is never far behind his cleaning
teeth.
Although he is partial to his
radio name, acquired when he
went on the Jack Benny airshow
in 1887, his real name Is Eddie
Anderson. He is a native Califor-
nian. He was born in Oakland
and attended school there and in
San Francisco. Even then his
voice and his feet were acting up.
Dancing and singing came to him
naturally.
But he stuck out two years of
high-school before he quit to
make his first professional ap-
pearance in a show called STRUT
tin Along" He was in the
chorus. That was in 1919.
Even then Eddie injected ad
lib gags and gestures that de-
lighted the customers out front.
Sometimes it isn't what you
say, blu how you say it that gets
the laugh" he observed.
Takes Acting Seriously
With all his mirth, Rochester
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FOLKES' CONFESSION In
LOWER l3SLAYING TOLD JURY

ALBANY, Or, April 16.-Rob-
ert Z. Lee Folkes' admission that
he couldn't "get the woman in
Lower 10 out of his mind" care
fully planned his entrance to her
berth and killed her with a knife
when she resisted his advances.
was related today by Lieut. E. A.
Tetrick of the Los Angeles police
homicide squad.
1t was the first time the CON
tents of statments made by
Folkes. charged with the murder
of pretty Mrs. Martha Virginia
James on a Southern Pacific linn
tied train before dawn January
90, were disclosed at his trial.
Tetrick said the 20-year-old
Negro second cook aboard the
train made the verbal confession
in the presence of himself (Tet-
rick, Los Angeles Detective Capt.
Vernon Rasmussen and Jessie
Taylor, sometimes referred to as
Folkes' girl friend, sometimes as
his wife. The confession, Tetrick
testified, was made the evening of
January 26 after Folkes was ar
rested at Los Angeles at the end
of the trains run through Ore
gon and California.
Drinking in Portland
Folkes' confession cover d
these points, Tetrick testified.
Folkes had been drinking in
Portland, Or, where the train was
made up during the day January
%. He fell asleep in the depot
and someone woke him up before
the train left. He boarded the
train and walked through sleep
ing Car D. the car in which Mrs
James occupied oliver IS, on his
way to the diner.
Folkes said the woman appar-
emily mistook him for a porter
and asked him to help her search
for her husband Navy Ensigr
Richard F. james,, whom she
thought might be on the same
train. (Traveling from Seattle Il
San Diego under Navy transfer
orders, they were separated a
Portland by congested travel con
ditions and took different trains
south.)
Folkes told her he would lool
for her husband and agreed Il
meet her in 10 or Is minutes il
the vestibule.
Takes Some More Drinks
Folkes mad no effort to finS
the husband but went to the di
ner and joined party which wal
in progress and had some more
drinks. At the appointed time hi
returned to the vestibule and told
Mrs. James her husband was II
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LETS KEEP EN- SAILING
BREMERTON NAVY YARD SEEKS
THOUSANDS OF CIVILIAN WORKERS

The Puget Sound Navy Var,
has just launched the most inten
sive recruiting drive for civilian
workers in Its history at a con
ference of navy officials and rep
resentatives of the United States
Employment Service in Seattl,
last Thursday.
The recruiting drive is unde.
the direction OF Lieut.. Command
er II. S. Mason, Navy Yaru ElnS
ploy officer. The Sealrie employ
ment office Is directed by Lieu.
X. II. Jordan, 4th and James 81
Lieut. Commander II. L. Mason
stated there are jobs waiting Ton
thousands of persons. women a.
well as men, unskilled as well as
skilled at the Puget Sound Navy
Yard. So Intensive is this recruit
ing drive 1t will reach the bound
aries or the lower United States
to garner thousands of needed
workers.
An immediate and special ap-
peal is made for civilian workers
throughout the Northwest - men
women and boys and girls over 10
years. This appeal is made TO
those who are not presently EN-
ployed I'm defense industries; who
should consider it a patriotic duty
10 seek employment in defense OF
their country.
III You cannot serve i'm the arm
ed forces - civilian workers at
the Navy Yard can well hold ,ne
second line of defense.
MANY INDUCEMENTS
There are many inducements
for being a navy yard worker,
but one of the most impelling is
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The SPECTRE OF
JUVENILE CRIME

| Sordid stories are being splash
ed across the front pages of GU
newspapers these days. They re
veal that the tone of hope anC
announcement to be found in oui
record of accomplishments in tn,
war effort Is sadly wanting II
our record of accomplishment.
In the war effort is sadly wanting
in our record of moral and spirit.
ual accomplishment. America is
justly proud today because of heI
amazing success in supplying her
allies and herself with powerful
weapons to fight a righteous war
in defense of freedom, justice,
honor, decency. But at the same
time America has reason to hang
her head in shame and humilia-
ton because spectre of juveniio
crime is brazenly stalking tlfrough
the streets of her cities.
There are glazing instances of
young girls, who have sunk to
the gutter and who glory in their
vice. Girls of their age a genera
ton ago would be wearing pig
tails and playing with dolls. Teen
age boys have shown the pervert-
ed instincts of fiendiSh brute.
Some have sunk to such a low
level of depravity that they give
evidence of being demons rather
than human beings.
In Lower Manhattan, New
York, school girls ranging in age
from II to IA years were found
to be members of a vice ring
Suspicion against them wa s
aroused when school authorities
found them flashing their earn
ings" before their classmates. Be-
cause a 19-year-old boy in Los
Angeles found an argument in
which his father and stepmother
were engaged offensive to his
ears he slew them. And to make
a clean sweep, he also took the
lives of his two grandparents and
his young brother. Now here in
Portland a boy of only Is killed
his sleeping father, and intended
to kill his mother and sister as
we'll, but his plans miscarried.
Why is juvenile delinquency on
the increase? The factors are
many, but basically they can be
reduced to one: the failure of par
ents to measure up 20 their re-
sponsibilities. what man
sows, that he will also reap" the
Apostle reminds us. Every crime
of juveniles, we dare say, is an
Indictment of the way in which
the parents of the children involv-
ed undertook to raise them. The
young grow up to be not so much
necessarily, what their parents
want them to be, but what the
parents are themselves. Our Lord
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SEND YOUR MONEY TO The ARMY
DEAL INITIATION A BLOW AT HOME

At such time this, when the national life and
honor are involved in the prevailing struggle the govern
ment needs the full cooperation of the minds men and
money for success
The Negro can be relied upon to contribute more
than full quota of power and the full investment of
every available dollar.
There is absolutely doubt of his loyalty, his eff
cheney soldier and his desire to serve his country
INVEST YOUR MONEY IN BONDS
Knowing that any class which refuses to defend the
flag in the hour of peril has claim to its protection
the time of peace = they will not sulk in their tents
nursing their grievances neither will they deny nor
belittle them.
WE MUST BUY ALL THE BONDS WE CAN AS
OFTEN AS WE CAN.
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PaIomar Has Mills Quartet

Tough Guys team together for the
screen attraction, Keep EN- Slug
ging," a comedy adventure. The
Kids go to work In a department
store.
The second film attraction, a mu-
steal comedy, "shantytown," stars
Mary Lee, singer, of Ted Weems'
orchestra, and John Archer.
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SHOPPING EDITOR CONDUCTS
MAN in STREET INFORMATION
PLEASE in BREMERTON

them into the Physicians office
with pleasant smile. which
made them loath to leave.
Lieut.. Commander Mason, if
you please? Yes sir; we were
ushered to his office and told to
wait until she located him. She
knew his various hiding places.
From the manner in which the
Lieut.. Commander received us we
certainly must have met sometime
ago - though not confirmed by
our recollection.
After exchanging greetings and
his hope for a successful civilian
labor drive, we heaped upon him
the many kind things said about
him by race men who loved him
for his fairness.
WORKER WANTS TO KNOW
One thing for which no blame
was attached to executive Lieut..
Commander Mason is the inabil-
ity of men to gain promotions af-
ter they had once been accepted
for the positions sought in their
! original application. New appli-
cants are always preferred.
The Northwest Enterprise is
not conversant with any regula-
ton which estops or hinders one
from thoroughly applying his in
telligence to reach a state of per-
fectisn in a special line of skilled
or unskilled work.
The query will be referred to
the labor executives.
In the meantime The Northwest
Enterprise appeals to all civilian
workers: Now is the time to vol
unteer your service to your gov
eminent. The things we hope for
are slowly but surely unfolding to
the continued pressure for life
liberty and the pursuit of happi'
ness.
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Favorites in several fields, the
Mills Brothers come to the Palo-
mar in person today to begin a
one-week engagement. They have
been to Europe three times, to Aus
tralia and South America. The four
boys and their guitar gave a COM
mand performance for the king and
queen of England.
The Dead End Kids and Little
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Sergt. List Wins Ovation
In Rachmaninoff Concerto

fully" dedicated the concerto to DR..
Dahl.
It's difficulties tax the resources OF
the performer, both technically and
emotionally. The peculiarly ro-
mantle and imaginative tempera-
ment that was the composers by
heritage and environment Is given
full expression in this work. Its
form grows in dramatic intensity
through the rather melancholy be-
ginning, the exquisitely melodic
second movement to the dazzling
virtuosity of the finale.
In Sergt. Lists performance, ire
proachable as it was in mechanical
freedom and in musical feeling, he
could have stepped little more over
the line in emotional projection and
brought into play the abandon
which a less superiorly equipped
artist could not have allowed him
self and which is illustrative of the
inner musical vision of the austere
appearing composer. i.
The program was also the farewell
of the guest conductor, Leon Barzin
who, during his three appearances
with the National Symphony, has
registered with the public as a di-
rector of Imagination, musical
knowledge and vitality. Two types
of American composers were repre-
sented last night, the more scholarly
in the persons of George Whitfield
Chadwick, whose Jubilee" opened
the program, and William Howard
Schuman, whose Prayer, 1943" Is
poignantly of the times, were fol-
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lowed by the composers Of imperish-
able melodies and national appeal,
Victor Herbert, Robert Guyn Nc
Bride and John Phillip Sousa.
The wide contrast thus set before
Mr.. Barzin inspired him to a fine
display of his interpretive feeling
which was not affected by the dis
traction the weather caused. The
occasion to hear another of Chad
wick's compositions proved that
much musical beauty lies in the
works of our older native COM
posers.
In point Of execution, the Schu-
man Prayer" was not SO polished
but its noble idea and skillful melo-
die invention was presented with
dignity. A medley from Herbert's
works, McBride's "Strawberry Jam"
and Sousa's incompatible "The
Stars and Stripes Forever" con-
cluded the program.
In our review of Fridays concert
we mentioned that the score of Ma
zarts symphony in D major, K. V.
1885," otherwise known as the Half
ner" Symphony. was bought by
Evening star., 1943-07-05
Farewell Luncheon Today
Honors John SchooIcraff

A farewell luncheon for John
Schoolcraft, Washington area repre-
sentative for more than a year Of the
United Service Organizations, was to
be held at $50 p m. today in Barker
Hall, Seventeenth and K streets
NV.
Mr.. Schoolcraft will leave on July
21 to become director of State Com
Evening star., 1943-07-05
By ALICE EVERSMAN.


The weather kept every one on
tenterhooks last night at the
Water Gate, where the National
Symphony celebrated Independ-
ence Day with a program dedl-
Gated to the men and women OF
the Army. Just as Stah Sergt
Eugene List began his solo num-
ber. the first drops of rain fell
After that it stopped and started
again at intervals, causing some
of the audience to leave and
others to take shelter under the
bridge and overpass. Shortening
the intermission. however, gave the
orchestra chance to play the en-
tire program, which listed works by
American composers
The only exception was the pi-
anist soloist's number. Rachmani-
noff's Concerto No. g" Sergt. List
who brings to his performance an
all-around polished technique. has
become identified with this concerto
since he was chosen to play 1t al
the Rachmaninof memorial concert
in New York a short time ago. His
delivery of it is brilliant and scholar.
ly and the soldier pianist was giver
an ovation.
This led to two encores. Chopin's
"Valse in c Sharp Minor" and the
Bach chorale, "Jesu, Joy of Mans
Desiring" which showed the ex.
tremes of the pianist's art and was
received with joyous acclaim.
In the history of music, this Rach.
maninof concerto is perhaps thu
only work that owes its creation tt
auto-suggestion. Discouraged ant
incapable of fulfilling his CONTRACT
with London for a new concerto, thu
composer sought the help of a DR.
Dahl who, by his psychotherapy
convinced him that his powers were
stilI there. The COMPOSER "grate.
Evening star., 1943-07-05
New Form Scheduled
On Federal Transfers

A new standard personnel form
for use in transfer cases, which Is
expected to save time, paper and
printing costs, will be put into use
in all Government agencies within
80 days, the Civil Service Commits
sion directed today.
The new form, the commission
said, is designed to take the place
of as many as five forms and let
ters in some agencies, and at least
two forms and letters in all cases.