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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-06
NEGROES TO SHARE
in Us MILLION
DOLLAR CHEST

Americans. Negro and white
will be called upon to pour into
the chest of the National War
Fund, overall Relief agency,
$125 10000 in the fund campaign
to begin October 4th through
November in conjunction with To-
cal community campaigns.
OF this sum, s61,226.S27 Will
be allocated to the USO, which
serves more than a million color
ed servicemen during one month.
There are los seryicemen's clubs
under the USO serving Negroes
alone, ont including the many in
Northern cities which cater to all
races.
To the War Prisoners Aid will
go a total of $5,SSS,16S for re-
creational, educational and relig
ious activities for the men behind
barbed-wire camps in enemy lands
many of whom are American Ne
groes and colored colonials of al
lied nations.
To the United Seaman's Ser
vice, which offers health and re-
creational services to approxi-
mately 5000 colored merchant
seaman of America, will go $4,-
744,O97.
To refuge relief, which en-
braces aid to those who managed
to escape from the occupied
countries will be allotted $S,637,-
$40. Aid to civilians in combat
zones will total $24,973,62 and
relief in occupied countries,
where there is assurance that
supplies will not fall into enemy
hands will be cared for by S5,-
925, $3.50. Contingent Fund $12,-
S07,S67.
In addition to the $125,000,-
600 National Fund goal, it is ex-
pected that another S125,00O, 200
will be raised by local united
community campaigns for needs
of the home agencies for health
welfare and recreation.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-06
Alexander Pushkin'
Blasts Nazi BOmberS
BY CHATWOOD HALL

MOSCOW, Sept. 30.-Although
Alexander Pushkin, the great
Russian poet, has long been dead
Alexander Pushkin" is still
strafing the Luftwaffe in Soviet
skies.
Nine fascist vlutures have al
ready been sent dashing to the
earth from his deadly fire, and
in one day he destroyed four
swastika bombers at Spas-De
Myansk.
This alexander Pushkin" is a
fighter plane that bears the name
of the world famous writer. 1t
is plotted by Captain Gorokhob
who says it is a great battle
plane and living up to its hon
ored name"
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Impressive Rites
Mark Passing Of
Mrs. Emma F. Blanks

Mt. Zion Baptist Church of
which she was a faithful and de-
voted member. was the scene of
the last rites of Mrs. Emma Flor
ence Blanks. last Thursday at 2
p. m.
Surrounded and imbeded In a
gorgeous floral array, she was
just the same precious mother.
with the same smile in death as
in life. Her facial expression bore
no sign of harshness, none of i'm
patience, free from complaint,
just a kind mother.
AS her life began to wane she
looked on death with a compla
cent Joy. When it came it left her
face beautiful, calm and free
from any trace of pain. She
seemed to be smiling through the
wells which separate mortals from
immortals.
Steal Away to Jesus" by Miss
Doris Booker, 81 am Going
Home" by Miss Bessie Radcliffe
was fitting end to a day that is
done.
The Rev. Benjamin F.. Davis.
pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist church
said the last rites for the pass
ing of a m UGH loved member of
his flock.
Accentuating the esteem in
which the deceased was held, the
Rev. Jack Nelson, pastor Pente
costal Mission, Rev. Judson
Swancy, pastor Little Church BY
The Side of the Road, Kennydale,
Wash, and Rev. Thrasher. assist
ant pastor, Mt. Zion Baptist
church. also assisted in me last
rites.
She was inferred in Mt. Pleas
ant Cemetery.
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WHITE WOMAN TORMENTOR
SAVED BY NEGRO VICTIM

NEW YORK = Despite The
fact that he and his wife had
been repeatedly insulted b, their
Deighbors after moving into a
so-cailed white section" in
Queensborough. Clarence Rannie.
last Friday. intereeded for che
of his oppressors - an aged wo-
man - when the case was called
in Fishing Magistrates court.
Rannie won his plea to the
court and the white woman was
freed, but Magistrate DeAndrea
gave her a lecture on racial re-
lations, declaring that no group
or race has any monopoly on de-
cency or patriotism.
Rannie, AZ, who operates a
beauty shop in Harlem, moved
with his wife Evelyn, to their new
st. Adams home on SEPTEMBER s.
Ever since then, he told the
COURT hey have been ridiculed
and insulted by their white
neighbors; they have been spat
upon, their home has been ston-
edit heir auto tires punctured and
they have been beseiged by
crowds in front of their home yell
ling Dirty Niggers."
In desperation, Rannie obtain
ed sumons for one of his white
neighbors, Mrs. Elsie Schmidt,
orderly. conduct and the use of
1892 169th street, charging dis
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No sane man or woman may hon
estly impute my mistakes to Pu-
get Sound Lodge. $50 members
of the lodge are wholly innocent
of any wrong whatsoever.
ITO aid tibet rustees in making
your report TO Puget Sound
Lodge. : herewith tender you my
resignation as manager of Elks
Club, effective this date. Further
voluntarily will become party
to the severance of all contract
ual relations between Puget
Sound Lodge and me leaving the
lodge free of any financial obli-
cations to tn date of severance of
our relations.
As an act of good faith, l am
willing 10 surrender all my right.
title and interest in and to all
fixtures, lease right. and all
stocks. to Puget Sound Lodge or
its agents either by sale or other
wise and aid in doing everything
possible on my part to leave Pu-
get Sound Lodge in complete con-
troll and operation of the club.
GUS WEST,
Manager Elks Club. IBPOE
of w"
The action OF West leaves Pu-
get Sound Lodge No. 100 in abso-
lutte control of its club rooms,
subject to the recommendations
of its trustees. Negotiations are
still in progress. With all parties
concerned united to place their
lodge in Status Quo, the outcome
favors Puget Sound Lodge re-
naming in its present quarters.
Other action by the lodge was
the election of e. l. Robinson.
acting recording secretary. as
treasurer of the lodge, replacing
VIM. II. Banks resigned and in
vesing $4,000 in Back The At
tack War Bonds.
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MEDDLTNG In
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
DANGEROUS
BY CHARLES Il. HALL
Grand Statistlcian

(Mr. Charles E. Hall, Grand
Statistician, l. b. p. o. E. of w,
whose release follows, was form
erly a resident of Spokane, Wash.
Hall, Senator John Ryan. deceas-
ed. and Thos. w. Knight. deceas-
ed, We're directly responsible for
the first and only political posi-
ton ever accepted by us.
Halls resignation and his
singing rebuke of the largest
Republican organization in Spo-
kane at that time, published in
the leading white daily, made him
the political Interrogation point
of the day: Who is Charles E.
Hall? Editor.)
Many persons of both races are
flooding the country with all
kinds of postwar formulas cal
culated to establish a permanent
world peace and some of the dec
larations of American and British
statesmen are confusing to the
whites who constitute approx
imately two-thirds of the popula-
ton of the world.
These millions of colored peo-
pies have received no DIVINE
REVELATION to the effect that
the earth is to be ruled by either
the white, black, yellow. brown
or red races many of whom are
becoming extremely critical and
skeptical of some of the various
brands of democracy and world
peace that the being left on their
doorsteps by idealists and exploit
ers who are at peace only when
they control the trade routes, the
markets and the finance of the
world.
The fanciful theories of a NEW
ORDER or a new world so loudly
and insistently proclaimed by
those who wish to regulate the
earth does not appeal to many
of these people who desire to
regulate their own affairs and to
retain all of their national rights
as specified in the Atlantic Char
ter which emphatically maintains
1.-THE right of all peoples to choose
the form of government under
which they will live"
No Permanent Alliance
Certainly our Congress and the
people of the nation favor the set
ting-up of appropriate interna-
tional machinery to establish and
just and lasting peace
among the nations of the world,
and participation by the United
States therein" but 1t is doubt
full that they are willing and
ready to form a PERMANENT
alliance with England
after the war. Underwriting the
security of the far flung British
Continued on last page)
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JUDGE RIVERS AND
GOVERNOR DEWEY

Herbert Millen lost the primary
nomination for City Court Bench
In Philadelphia. but Governor
Thomas E. Dewey appointed
Francis e. Rivers to the City
Court In New York.
Mr.. Millen, assistant director
of public safety, and Mr.. Rivers.
former assistant district attorney
of New York City, are both capa-
BILE men.
Mr.. Rivers was appointed to fill
an unexpired term by his former
chief. Mr.. Dewey was once dis
trict attorney of New York. He
named Mr.. Rivers his assistant.
In the Dewey campaign for Gov
ernor, Mr.. Rivers was stalwart.
The Rivers appointment. there
fore, pays political debt, but it
is more than that. 1t is an index
of the kind of man Tom Dewey is.
and voters who have President
to elect next fall are eager to
know more about candidates.
All white politicians are alike
In some respects. For example,
they talk about sqcare deal for
colored people. and it is only by
intimate questioning that you
discover they mean square deal
up to a certain point.
For instance, square edal
for colored people in Richmond
wouldn't include colored cops; it
would in Baltimore. But Balti-
more's square deal doesn't in
clude mixed schools. Philadelphia
approves common schools but
draws the line on municipal judi
ges. Magistrates may be assigned
to colored districts. but city judi
ges. Philadelphia says, are out.
You must remember, says Phil
adelphia's leading Republican.
that he would have to decide ca
SEES involving white people.
Governor Dewey has apparent
ly set no limit to the citizenship
of colored people.
The Rivers appointment shows
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abusive language.
Arraigned before Magistrate
DeAndrea, Mrs. Schmidt admitted
that she was among those who
heckled the Rannies when they
moved in, and admitted that she
shouted: you people ought to
be among your own kind"
Magistrate DeAndrea, after
hearing the woman's statement,
told Rannie to sign a formal com
plant so that Mrs. Schmidt could
be brought TO trial.
But Rannie protested, declar-
ing: please your honor, don't
want her punished. | just want
to be let alone. All | ask is that
they mind their own business and
I'll mind mine
"All right" agreed the judge.
Then, turning to Mrs. Schmidt,
he continued: LAS long as he re-
spects you, you should respect
him.
Again addressing Rannie De-
Andrea advised: "When they say
these things, tell them to read
the casualty lists and they'll see
where there are whites and
blacks, Jews and Gentiles, Ger
mans and Irish all races, all
nationalities. Tell them no group
has any monopoly on decency, pa
triotism or bravery - not in this
country
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FLASH ANNOUNCEMENT

For the pleasure of the loyal
patrons and friends of the Savoy
Community Center the manage
ment will entertain Tuesday and
Saturday evenings. Ray Stanwick
and his 10 Musical Cats will en-
terrain you on Saturday and al
Pierre and his z Kings of Rhythm
will entertain each Tuesday even
ing. You are welcome at the
House of joy. We assure a
grand evening of pleasure amidst
pleasant surroundings.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-06
SHELL OIL STATION

Roy Leach, owner and opera
tor of Shell Oil Station, 1900
Main ST., ends a long felt need
in a congested district. Leech for
years has been an experienced
auto mechanic. He is thorough
and no make of car defies his
skill. If Leech can't fix it -
junk it. Bring it in today - take
il out tomorrow.
James Keys and A. Gyse, race
men, are also finished mechanics,
thorough, accurate and painstak-
ing, and are highly priced by Mr..
Leach.
Race patrons are much appre-
ciated at this shop.
There they may be served oil,
gas, cars serviced and whatever
your needs are to make 1t go =
you will find it at Shell Oil sta
ton.
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MRS. MARY DUNCAN JOINS DELEGATION
TO CONF. MISS. SOCIETY LOUISVILLE. KY.

Society of the Puget Sound An
nual Conference is first delegate
and Mrs. Duncan. president OF
the District A. c. e. League and
secretary-treasurer of the Mary
F. Handy Fund is first alternate.
Going via the Canadian Pacific,
their itinery will include st. Paul,
Mimi, Chicago. Returning. st.
Louis. Omaha, Denver, Los Ange-
les and San Francisco. This is
my annual trip east set up to In
clude the Quadrennial eonflded
Mrs. Duncan, whose reservations
were made much in advance to
make stop overs in the ABOVE
mentioned cities.
When Mrs. Aliens plans failed
to carry in getting the delegate
from this area together going via
another route, Mrs. Allen Joined
4AAA .. DuhOdil III tdhlHS the route
she (Mrs. Duncan) had previous
ly mapped out. Other members of
the delegation include Mrs. EN-
ma Hayes. Seattle, vice president
of the Conference Branch Mis-
sionary, second delegate; Mrs.
Della Woods. Yakima. Wn.. sec
ond alternate. is Supervisor of
the Y. p. D. and her sister, Mrs.
Maymie Robertson, Ellensburg,
Wn. Attic choosing to go via
seperate routes that they might
visit relatives and friends, they
will all be together at the Quad
rennial, which promises to be one
of the greatest in the history of
African Methodism. High ranking
and women, notables
Of state and country lay members
from all over the United States
will be in attendance.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-06
GUS WEST SEWERS ALL RELATIONS
WITH ELKS CLUB
MANAGER GUS WEST ENDS SERVICE
CANCELS CONTRACTS WITH ELKS CLUB
EFFECTIVE MONDAY, OCTOBER a, 1913

Mr.. Gus West who has served
as Manager of the Elks Club since
occupancy of their present quar-
tiers, 6621s Jackson Street has
resigned. His letter of resigna-
ton submitted to the trustees,
carries with it cancellation of
all contractual obligations, and
leaves Puget Sound Lodge free
of any financial obligations to
the date of his resignation Octo-
Der 8, 1943.
The trustees, Fred d. Wright,
chairman. acting for the lodge
accepted the resignation and can
collation. of contractual relations,
subject to complete auditing by
the trustees.
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Peoples Institutional
Baptist Church Will
Hold Revival

The Peoples Institutional Bap-
fist Church, 120 21st Avence. will
open a Fall Revival on the third
Sunday in this month. The meet
ing will be conducted by the Rev
erend B. F. Paxton of Freeport,
Illinois. The Churches of the city
are requested to assist in this
effort. More will be said about
Rev. Paxton in our next letter.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-06
Brides Chill Parlor

In this world, it matters little
who you are or where you are.
Whatever you do, if you do il
better than any one else. the
world will find you out, and 1t
won't be long about it.
Just one month ago, BRIDES
Chilli Parlor, 41O Maynard Az
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is not effective until approved by
the war department. Surely this
scandalous blot on an otherwise
soldierly wartime shield will be
erased. and justice done, when
the proceedings are reviewed in
Washington.
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Negro Soldier
Killed by Train

Believed to have been struck by
a southbound train near Airport
Way and Corgiat Dr.. Technician
Fifth Glass James A. Parker, Ne
gro soldier, was gilled recently.
Traffic Investigator II. w.
Johnson reported there were no
witnesses to the accident. The
soldier had been stationed at the
LIST Ave. S. Cantonment.
The body was turned over to
the military authorities.
plainly how far he is ahead of the
Pennsylvania Republican leader
ship. - Afro-American.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-06
ILLINOIS PLANNING FULL
RACIAL STUDY

tragedy in Illinois"
The commission consists of
seven white persons and seven
Continued on Page y
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Vests Letter or resignation fol-
lows:
TO The Board of Trustees of
Puget Sound Lodge No. 109:
G r e e TIN G S:
at is unfortunate that any act
of mine should result in casting
any odium on Puget Sound Lodge
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Wanted Now 4!

Men and Women cleaners.
Permanent Work. Certificate
Availability. Good Pay. Fine
opportunities for man ana
wife. Call Y. w. @. A. ELL.
1900.
Evening star., 1943-04-24
Submarine Commander
Wins I'd Navy Cross Star

Comdr. Henry c. Bruton, U. S. N,
has been awarded his second Gold
Star in lieu of a third Navy Cross
for sinking 20,700 tons of japanese
shipping during his third submarine
patrol. the Navy announced today.
This brings his total bag" to 76,7OO
tons.
Comdr. Bruton previously had
been awarded the Navy Gross and a
Gold Star in lieu of a second cross
for his preceding war patrol, In
addition to the $4,000 tons of mer-
chant shipping which his subma-
rine accounted for on it's first two
cruises in enemy controlled" waters.
Comdr. Bruton's vessel had inflicted
severe damage on 22,000-t ton con-
verted aircraft carrier.
On the third patrol his ship is
credited with sinking one 1,500-ton
destroyer, three medium sized cargo
vessels and one escort vessel. In
addition, damage was inflicted on
a japanese tanker of 5000 tons.
Evening star., 1943-04-24
Fec Member RefusesT
House Inquiry Data Il:
On Personal Funds 4
Probers Told to Turn
To Justice Department if
Misconduct Is Indicated
BS the Associated Press.

BS the Associated Press.
Clifford J. Durr, member of tho
Federal Communications Commits
sion, has refused to answer question:
about his personal financial affairs
for a House committee investigats
ing the FEC. ~
Mr.. Durr yesterday made public 4
letter to Eugene L. Carey, counsel
for the special committee headed by
Representative Cox, Democrat, Of
Georgia, in which he said the kind
Of information sought lis of an en-
tirely personal nature unless it is for
the purpose of ascertaining whether
or not have been guilty of accepts
ing bribes or Of similar misconduct
in the performance of my official
duties"
"If you have any information
which would lead you to feel that
further inquiry along this line Is
warranted" Mr.. Durr said, "it Is
suggested that you refer the matter
to the Department of Justice" =
Mr. Carey had asked for the
names and addresses "of all banks,
trust companies or other repositories
employed by you since January l..
1887" :
Mr.. Durr sent his reply to mem.
bers of the committee and to Speak,
er Rayburn and Attorney General
Biddle. ~
The investigation was voted by tho
House at the request of Mr.. Cox, who
has been engaged in controversy
| with the FEC for some time,
Evening star., 1943-04-24
Vassi|evsky Is Revealed
As Russian Commander
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, April 24.-Marshal A,
M. Vassilevsky, identified by the
official news agency Tass as chief
of the general staff of the Russian
Army, has received Gen. Giffard le
Quesne Martel of the British mill
tary mission to discuss current war
problems, it was announced TODAY
This was the first indication a
formal change had been made in
the Russian top command.
Marshal Boris Shaposhnikoy chief
OF staff for the first year of the war.
has been i'll since last autumn, how
ever. and Marshal Vassilevsky is
known to have been performing
some of his duties.
AS co-ordinator in the battle of
Stallngrad, Marshal Vassilevskv
won official commentator and was
one OF several top officers cited De-
cemoer 81 for routing the Germans
from that Russian stronghold.
The Council of Peoples Commits
sars announced in Moscow last Oc-
tober Is that he had been appointed
as one OF two deputy commissars of
defense to assist Premier Stain.
Evening star., 1943-04-24
Railroad Station Model
Wins Enqineers Contest.

A model of Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad station now on exhibit in
the Smithsonian Institution won the
annual cup contest of the Metropol-
itan Society of Model Engineers for
Charles E. Sheetz, 1902 Van Buren,
street NV, it was announced today.
A model of coaling station won a
certificate of merit for I. N. Good
win of Riverdale, Md. 1t. Don
Wade, United States Coast Guard,
won the same award for a scale HO
locomotive. F. A. Oehm, 500 Quin-
tana place NV, won second and
third mention for Diesel switcher
and an old-time locomotive, The
Belle of the Eighties" Emil Press of
Silver Spring won a mention for a
model Baltimore & Ohio caboose and
Richard B. Murton, jr., 4l9 Ogle-
thorpe street, for model of a snow
plow.
Evening star., 1943-04-24
ABA Kidding |tse|f,'
Co|ored Lawyers Says
1912 RocioI Bur Cited
In Application Delay
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 24.-American
Bar Association officers who say his
membership application has not
been rejected "are kidding no one
but themselves" Assistant District
Attorney Francis E. Rivers, colored
said yesterday.
He referred to letter made pub
lie by Harry S. Knight, secretary of
the ABA's Board of Governors
which said the district attorneys
application had been delayed, but
not turned down.
Mr.. Knight said the application
which has been the subject of q
controversy within the Bar Associa-
ton, was delayed because the ABA
State Committee on Admissions was
somewhat disrupted by war condi-
tions.''
Mr.. Rivers said an earlier appli-
cation had been rejected and that
his friend, General Sessions Judge
Jonah j. Goldstein, had prevailed on
him to resubmit an application for
membership.
Judge Goldstein and Arthur Gar
field Hays, director of the American
Civil Liberties Union. resigned from
the association in protest over the
non-election of Mr.. Rivers.
At an open convention of the ABA
in 1912, Mr.. Rivers said resolu-
ton was adopted which said, in
part: ut has never been contem-
plated that members of the colored
race should become members of this
association"
He said the resolution has not
been repealed and added, 1T speaks
for ITSELF"
Evening star., 1943-04-24
Food Shortage Cancels
Capitol Egg Rolling
BY the A,sociated pr.ss

BY the Associated Press.
With food running short, the
Capitol architect has decided it is
wiser to break a tradition than an
egg and accordingly has called of
the Easter Monday egg rolling on
the Capitol lawn.
Arthur E. Cook, supervising engi-
neer. said the no-egg- rolling ban
shattered tradition that was
started much longer ago than his
48 years in the Capitol.
But with eggs costing umpty
cents a dozen and a food shortage
on" M. Cook said, this just doesn't
look like the time for rolling eggs. -
The order deprived the egg-rolling
fans of their last playing field. The
White House also has announced
that the ban on egg rolling estab-
lished there a year ago is still in
effect.
Evening star., 1943-04-24
zoo Construction Workers
Hired Here by Kaiser

About 200 construction men, mostly
carpenters. have been recruited here
for the Kaiser shipyards on the
Pacific Coast, the United States EN-
ployment Service revealed today.
The men were listed as above
local demands for such labor, a
spokesman for the service said
There has been a drop in construc-
ton here as the program of tempo
rary buildings nears completion and
the men hired by the Kaiser cor
poration would have laid of
waiting for more work or moved on,
1t was pointed out.
Advertisements for shipyard work.
ers have been running in Wash
lngton newspapers all week. but the
men did not know that they were
oelng interviewed for Kaiser ship
yards until they were hired.