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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-11-10
SHAKESPEARE
RACE BEGINS FLIGHT

The First A. M. e. Sunday
Schools great Shakespeare Race
is on. The contest began last
Sunday with two colonels: Miss
1zetta Spearman in charge of the
Blues and Miss Margaret Gools-
by in charge of the Reds. Each
team is earnestly contending for
the honors. AS the judges viewed
the fight last Sunday, the Reds
had gained 14,900 feet and the
Blues $4,000. The goal is 100,-
900 feet.
But the race has just begun.
Come out next Sunday and watch
your favorite team gain new alti-
tude. The contest is to gain
new members for the Sunday
School, and each new member
lifts his team 1000 feet. Which
side shall gain the coveted 1907
900 feet first?
The First A. M. e. Sunday
School has been recognized with
splendid corps of teachers and
officers. This corps has made
ready with new classes and an
interesting program to challenge
the attention of young and older
people. Everything is being done
to welcome and hold the large
influx of new members during
this race.
Come out next Sunday and
take aprt in this absorbing new
contest.
The Homecoming Day promises
to be a large affair. The date
Nov. 81, has been chosen, and
DR.. e. r. Edgehill will be the
guest speaker. A basket dinner
after the service is free to all.
The Rev. L. r. Hayes is pastor.
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HOWARD NAMED
ASSISTANT TO D. A.

WASHINGTON.-The appoint
men of Andrew II. Howard, local
attorney, as assistant to the Dis
trict Attorney was announced by
District Attorney Edward J. Cur
ran on Monday.
Mr.. Howard is a nephew of
Perry w. Howard, Republican ma
ional Committeeman from Missis-
sippi. He succeeds the late
Richard r. Horner. who held the
post for several years before his
death early last summer.
A number of local attorneys
were mentioned for the office be-
fore Mr.. Towards appointment
was announced.
Negro Republicans of the West
will make an earnest effort to
have Perry Howard, Republican
national committeeman from Mis-
sissippi, brought to the Pacific
Coast during the national cam
paign.
Howard's reputation as an ora
tor is nationwide and would add
much zest to Negro voters.
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AN OWL TO AN OWLET
BY A OWL

We have often wondered why
1.-THE Owls" were so popular.
eight years ago l asked the
same thing. No answer satisfied
me. Only by being an Owl and
living an Owl will you know that
answer. Once their solemn circle
is drawn around you, it is never
broken. You dispense your char
ity without ostentation. You
soon begin to live it. But, like
every other circle of close friend
ship it has it's quota of toads and
vipers that Turk in holes and hide
among the grasses and strike you
without revealing their presence.
Happily, real Owls pass these by
as the idle winds and hidden
hisses.' Anonymous cards, too
cowardly to strike alone, like the
wolves in packs, seek safety in
gangs.
The answer to my querie was
given by The Chill Queen, who is
proving just as popular as a cult
nary artist as an Owlet. She has
added another specialty-creole
dishes, which has made her equal
ly as popular as being The Chilli
Queen. Lovers of her new dish
call her the "Creole Princess"
If you love chilli and creole
dishes, visit 410 Maynard.
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KING COUNTY
REPUBLICAN NEWS
OFFICIAL ORGAN

COP State Chairman Wilder
Jones notified each county chair
man in the State of Washington
"the Republican Call is no longer
the official organ of the Repub-
lican party in the state.
We salute the King County Re-
publican News. Office 406 Walk
er Bldg. Ph$one Sc. 1918. Pub
lished and edited by the King
County Republican Central Com
mittee. Arnold r. Beezer, chair
man; Mrs. E. B. Coselman, CO.
chairman; Mrs. H. B. Jones, state
committeewoman; Kenneth Klep-
ser, state committeeman; John A.
Buck, secretary.
Knowing each of you so well,
we are safe in reposing our faith
in you.
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Eds ORDER is
IMPOTENT, SAYS


WASHINGTON. - Government
contractors are not forced under
the Presidents executive orders
$500 and 9346 to include anti
discrimination clauses in their
contracts, according to an opinion
offered by Comptroller General
Lindsey G. Warren.
The provision for such clauses
was intended as a directive and
not a mandate, he said, and their
omission will not render a con-
tract void.
The ruling was made October
Z in response to a letter from
James F. Byrnes, director of the
Division of Central Administra-
tive Services.
He asked to be advised whether
contracts and leases which do not
contain an anti discrimination
clause may be entered into and
payments made.
Bell Telephone Baked
Director Byrnes stated that the
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company of Kansas City, Mo-,
had refused to sign a contract
with such a clause in it.
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PREPARE NOW
FOR POSTWAR
SECURITY

Pan American Always Of
fers you employment under the
most favorable working condi-
lions. Your tenure is not for
the duration and six months
thereafter. but for all sine,
with every opportunity for adj
vaneement.
TWENTY LACES ARE
NOW AVAILABLE.
You do not require a permit
to work. A certificate of avail
ability is required.
The Northwest Enterprise
urges Seattle citizens TO take
advantage of this employment,
ratht~ than call for aid with
out. Let's keep Pan American
Always for Seattle Apply at
U. 5. Employment office. 4th
and James, or Pan American
Always, BOeing Field.
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Oregon, on Monday, November
18th, presentation of S. Duke,
was born in New York's Harlem,
the son of parents Interested in
music. AS a youngster, Benny
did odd jobs to help the family
along, and his mother taught him
to play the piano. However,
young Carter had his eye on the
trumpet and he saved up for
months to buy one. After mas
tering the trumpet, Benny turned
to alto sax and became a triple
threat man.
Three months after taking up
the alto he got a job swinging
with a small dance band at a
Harlem spot. While still in high
school Benny was asked to play
in a well-known band of the day
at Small's Paradise. He left the
band after while to enter Will
berforce University as divinity
student. The lure of music
proved too strong, however, and
he quit college to become mem
Der of Horace Henderson's ia
nous "Wilberforce Collegians."
Later playing with Fletcher
Henderson and Chick Webb, he
began to arrange and write and
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CITIZENS WAR
COUNCIL MEETS

A eity-wide citizens meeting
viii be held Sunday. Novem-
Der II. 1913, at the ut. Zion
Baptist Church, 18th at East
Madison, at 3 p. m.
The purpose of this meeting
Is TO form a Citizens Council
for the duration of the war to
lend unified cooperation i'm
solving war connected prob
lens. The need of this COM
munity war service is appar-
ent and all citizens interested
in giving fullest assistance to
the war effort are urged to be
present, said William j. Hyatt,
chairman of the sponsoring
committee.
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faculty, Prof. ]. G. Frazier, prin-
cipal, entertained at a dinner par
ty in his honor, with Mrs. Char
lene Clark as hostess.
The occasion ended in a round
table discussion of matters of in
terest to the Race in general and
especially Texas. A response by
the visiting guest of honor ended
Sillsbee's party de luxe. His pro-
fuse thanks to the fellow citizens
of his home town was answered
by rounds of applause, which
were halted only by the presenta-
ton to their honored guest of a
beautiful fountain pen and stand
for his office. (That gift is so
highly priced its resting place is
a safety deposit vault to remain
for the durationD
The dinner, one of the most
elaborate ever given in Sillsbee,
was at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
King, prominent state workers
and civic leaders of Sillsbee.
Their daughter, Mrs. Ruby Mae
Thompson. is a member of the
high school faculty. other mem
bers of the faculty are: Mrs. A.
Sharp, Mrs. C. A. Johns, Mrs.
N. e. Woodland, Mrs. Ornie Sells,
Mrs. Creola Stringer, Mrs. Jessie
Beatty, Miss Charlene Clark, Mrs.
Rosa Matthew, Miss V. Samuel,
Mr. Lloyd Ewing and Mrs. J. d.
Stringer.
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NEGRO WINS HIGH
N. Y. JUDICIAL POST

NEW YORK.-Francis E. Riv-
ers, Republican. Negro graduate
of Yale and the Columbia Law
School, yesterday was elected City
Court justice, defeating his Demo-
cratic opponent, Joseph T. Hig-
gins, 1G6.631 to 143,S5S votes.
By his eelction to the $17.5OO-
a-year post, Rivers occupies the
highest judicial post in the state
held by a member of his race and
possibly the highest in the ma
ton.
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DEFENSE FUND DANCE
PACKS EN- in

Finnish Hall proved the Mecca
for all dance minded people in
Seattle, Monday night, Nov.
Roy Sheffield's defense fund
dance drew more than 500 from
everywhere. Many who came
were bent on contributing to a
fund to test the validity of law
never before applied in this state.
The Cosmopolitan Club, popu-
lar sponsors of fashionable dan
ces, added to its already glorious
past in the fine art of entertain
ing. The floor show featured
many artists, specialists in their
own right, who volunteered to
make the evening one of real en-
joyment.
Palmer Johnson, king of the
worries; AL Pierre and his Rhythm
Kings assembled the heights, as
the dancers and merrymakers
turned on the lights all over the
world.
Sheffield was grateful: 81 wish
to thank everybody for such a
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DINING CAR UNION
WINS S25O,OOO

CHICAGO. - (ANP) - Checks
amounting to $25O,OOO of monies
deducted from the wages of din
ing car employees by a railroad
company for their board and
lodging are being mailed this
week to members of Local 465
with headquarters in Omaha, Neb.
The huge sum was ordered re-
turned to the workers in culmina-
tion of negotiations between un-
ion officials and representatives
of the Union Pacific Railroad
Company that were initiated back
in 1899.
Some 500 members of the un-
ion are affected, many receiving
checks as high as $500.
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First Baptist Church, Harvard
and Seneca, Nov. 10, at p. m.
The program is varied racially
and promises an evening of rare
entertainment said Mrs. Edith
Steinmitz, president of Christian
Friends. The program follows:
Chinese folk songs,
Greek chorus,
Belgian solos,
Russian chorus,
Negro spirituals,
Filipino falk songs,
Pipe organ solo,
scandinavian, Jewish and
Representatives of other ma
tional groups.
Many of the above in costume.
Address, Rev. Harold V. Jen-
sen.
No admission charge. Free
will offering.
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soon he was we'll known in the
manuscript field. He then went
to Europe, after organizing his
first band. stayed abroad three
years, playing all the name
spots of Europe, plus conducting
at the British Broadcasting Com
pany. He returned to America,
did considerable arranging and
then organized another dance
bunch.
In a recent poll by Downbeat,
well known trade magazine, Ben
ny Carter was listed as one of the
three greatest saxophonists in the
country. Listed with Carter were
Johnny Hodges and Jimmy Dor
sey.
Besides being a top fight play
er, Benny arranges, writes, COM
poses and conducts with the best.
AS an arranger his work has been
sought by, and used by, such ia
nous names as Benny Goodman,
Paul Whiteman, Duke Ellington,
Cab Galloway and others.
Among his songs are Might
fall" when Lights Are Low"
''Just a Mood" Scandal in "A
Flat" Riff Romp," "Savoy STAN
pede," world o. Wisdom 'Dev-
lis Holiday Dream Lullaby"
"A Home in the Clouds "Blues
in My Heart" Symphony in
Riffs" and Melancholy Lullaby"
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MACS DRESS SHOP

Macs Dress Shop, to open at
$50 Jackson ST., Saturday, Nov.
18th, will be the only race estab-
lishment of its kind in Seattle.
This shop will carry a full line
of street and party dresses, which
will be the last word in styles
and creations.
We will display the latest in
material and colors.
Watch the Northwest Enter
prise for grand opening date.
We invite your inspection and
criticism. We solicit your patron
age. We guarantee satisfaction
to everyone.
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WESTERN LEADER
VISITS SILSBEE

SILLSBEE, Tex, Oct. 5.-Mr.
Prentis I. Frazier, real estate,
bail bond specialist and civic
leader of Seattle, Wash, arrived
in Sillsbee last week to join his
mother, Mrs. Martha Frazier, on
her 18th birthday, and his eldest
brother, Prof. ]. c. Frazier, prin-
cipal Of Sillsbee High School.
Mother Frazier, the Jewel of
Silsbee," was the happiest womah
in Texas. She says the only
"jewels" she possesses are her
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humbly with his God All that Is known IS that he gave
his life for the United States.
What he was IS not of import. Il IS what he did
and what he has passed US, the living, that IS vital
Heroes are inspiration, creed--an altar from
which to progress, grave by which We
truly honor dead by making their earthly resting
place of beauty and of peace, but by completing
the task they do. We dishonor them when we
leave undone the work for which they their lives
Unknown recognized. But the task that
the Unknown Soldier left is recognized by all of He
was American-maybe rich poor, maybe Black
or White; maybe Protestant Catholic jew; but not
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-11-10
THEY WE'D

. In a beautiful ceremony read
by the Rev. L. r. Hayes, pastor
of the First A. NJ. e. Church,
Mrs. Emma DeMoss became the
bride of Mr.. George w. Hobbs
Sunday, Nov. 7th, at p. m.
The wedding took place in Mrs.
DeMoss' apartment at the Adelphi
Apartments and was witnessed
only by few personal friends.
The happy couple will be at home
to friends at 535 North 18th st.
after November 18th.
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YAKIMA

The Pentecostal Chapel, GA
So. 9Th St., which was formerly
located on E. Yakima Ave, in
Yakima, is doing fine under the
pastorage of Bishop Morris, being
assisted by Evangelist Irene
Fletcher, Evangelist Freda Robin
son, Elder w. Johnson of Yakima
and Elder Paul Smith of Top
penish, who carry on the services
at his absence. Bishop and Sister
Morris will be here on Tuesday,
the 10th and will have special
meetings until after Sunday, the
21st. Be sure and come and
take advantage of their ministry.
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APLEDCE TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
By RUTH TAYLOR

Again On this Armistce Day, the highest dgntaries
of the land viii gather a grave in Arlington Cemetery
pay honor the unknown soldier who represents all
who fell in the last World War
No knows who this unknown soldier is. He may
have from any of the naton-from teem-
ing factory from behind the plow No one
knows who what his were whether
he among the humble the favored of fortune
by what path he sought climb the heights to sit
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-11-10
RACIAL BAN in WAR
PLANTS RULED OUT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6-Presi-
dent Roosevelt ordered today that
all contracts made by the govern
ment with private manufacturing
or service firms must carry
clause barring racial discrimina-
ton in hiring employees.
Action by the President fol-
lowed refusal of a Kansas City
telephone company to incorporate
the anti-racial discrimination
clause in a contract it has with
the Federal government.
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sons. Frazier's visit was shared
with Prof. Frazier, his brother.
Prof. Frazier Is noted as an I'M
firing civic leader of Sillsbee and
his reputation extends beyond the
borders of the Lone Star State.
Many social affairs greeted the
visitor during his stay in the city.
Mr.. J. X. Grice, president of the
Welfare League of Sillsbee was
his host October 2. October 4,
the Frazier Matthew High School
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Mail Christmas Gifts
During November

Because 1.-THE war has dislo-
Gated the Christmas mailing
season." the U. $. Postoffice
Department warns that '@rhis
year, November is the time for
mailing Christmas gifts and
cards. Gifts should be marked
''Do Not Open Until Christ
mas"
The order was originally is
sued by the Postmaster Gen
eral, October 1S.
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German American, Kussl0Il- ATIEfIcad5
American son Of the American Revolution not
immigrant-bu Just citizen Of the United States
American who loved his country and its ideals of
freedom and equality enough offer his life that these
ideals of justice and democracy might not perish
II IS for the living, to carry where he left Off
rededicate ourselves those ideals which carved this
country from the Wilderness formed it into cOnfedera
ton welded it into a nation, and made It and its Con-
sttuon the hope and the aspiration of the oppressed
muttudes of the Old World Our pledge of the
nuance of these ideals IS the wreath of mmortees
lay the grave of the Unknown Soldier this Ar
mistice Day 1913 1t is his rght-and dutyi
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FLASH

The Savoy Community Cen
ter managers are donating all
cash ticket receipts from Tues
day evenings dance, Nov. 10th,
TO the Community War Chest
Fund. Special music and other
entertainment is planned for
your pleasure. Al Pierre and
his big band of Rhythm Kings
Will play. Come out and help
this most worthy cause.
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fine response. Ours is a common
cause. The next big event spon-
sored by the Cosmopolitan Club
will be a Thanksgiving dinner
dance on Thursday, Nov. rs, at
the same place, Finnish Hall, on
that night. Try to get in"
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TUNE In

On Nov. 14th at $50 a. m,
DIR. Shorter will interview Rev.
Paul Fong on the work of the
Christian Friends for Racial
Equality and the concert TO be
given Nov. 10Th ut First Bap-
fist Church, Harvard at Sene-
ca ST., Seattle.
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About MIR. E. |. Robinson:

One of the finest characters
that it has ever been our privilege
to meet is Mr.. e. l. Robinson,
colored gentleman and Editor of
the Northwest Enterprise. A fine
American and stalwart Christian
Continued on Page Al
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Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks
and Rabbits

Fresh from Mrs. COgswell's
Ranch for your Holiday eats.
Call Ed. Johnson at Capital
9053, or call at 200 e.
Madison st. Order NOW.
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FLASH

Mrs. l.. r. Hayes reports
Louisville Convention. Watch
for IL.
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Savannah Churchill, charm girl
vocalist, is featured with Benny
Carriers orchestra.
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BENNY CARTER
AT PORTLAND, ORE.

Benny Carter, who brings his
famous saxophone and orchestra
to McElroy's ballroom, Portland,
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CHRISTIAN FRIENDS
SPONSOR CONCERT

christian Friends for Racial
Equality" will sponsor the second
annual international concert at
Evening star., 1943-04-02
What Is at Stake
From the Detroit News:


The country will emerge from the war
with q national debt on which interest
alone will be not less than four or five
billions annually. As the Secretary of
the Treasury has pointed out, this debt
charge will be larger than the total of
Federal tax revenues In 1896. In such
fiscal situation, the debt simply will
not be bearable except by a national in
come commensurate with reasonably
full employment; nor in the absence Of
full employment, can there be thought of
return to deficit financing and of car
ing for the unemployed by any pro-
gram either Of doles or Of non-income
producing public works. The alterna-
tive, II free enterprise fails, Of necessity
will be seizure Of the job-making tools
Of enterprise by the Government or such
q regimentation of their present owners
and operators that the distinction would
be one without . difference What is at
stake in the way free enterprise meets
this postwar challenge is at best great
deal Of what We prize in our present
civilization and at worst the basic
groundWoek of cur democracy itself
Evening star., 1943-04-02
InqIorious Surrender

The House Republicans, in swal-
lowing their disappointment at the
defeat of the Carlson pay-as-you-
earn tax plan and advocating prompt
adoption of some compromise meas
ure, are displaying higher order of
craftsmanship than those on the
Democratic side who take the view
that nothing can be done on this
matter before fall, or possibly next
year.
The indisputable fact is that the
great majority OF the taxpayers want
a pay-as-you-go system this year.
And that the same thing is true Of
most Of the members of the House is
evidenced by Majority Leader Nc
Cormacks appeal to the Ways and
Means Committee for immediate
action on this question. But, If one
may judge from the attitude of Com
mittee Chairman Doughton and the
Secretary of the Treasury, the pros
poets OF getting anything done now
are slim.
This conveys to the country a dis
heartening picture of confusion and
dissension within the ranks of the
Democratic leaders. Mr.. Doughton
has gone back to his home in North
Carolina. Before leaving he rebuffed
all appeals for prompt committee
action on any of the compromise
plans which have been submitted,
and rebuked the majority leader
for issuing his statement without
consulting the committee. Secretary
Morgenthau, remarking that he
thought it would be January before
withholding tax could become e1ec-
tive, lined up with Mr.. Doughton by
saying that they saw "eye-to-eye
on the matter"
Behind this failure of the Demo-
cratic leadership to respond to the
wishes of the majority lies dis
tressing story of petty jealousies,
confusion Of purpose and oversenst-
tiveness. This pay-as-you-go ques-
tion is one OF the most vital domestic
issues facing the country today. Yet
Congress, under It's rules of procedure,
is powerless to act because few men
are more interested in discrediting
the Ruml plan or in maintaining
their own prestige than in serving the
best interests of the taxpayers who
are being called upon to dig down
and finance the war.
In this unfortunate situation, the
best hope OF relief seems to lie in the
pressure that can be brought to bear
through a coalition, along non-
partisan lines. between the Repub-
licans and those Democrats who
prefer the best compromise that can
be obtained to inglorious surrender,