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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
SEEK REPEAL OF
VIRGINIA jim
CROW BUS LAWS

RICHMOND, Va.-since much
favorable comment has been
made since the advocacy of the
repeal of segregated street cars
and buses by the local daily.
Richmond Times Dispatch. of
which Virginius Dabney is editor.
80 Negro representatives of about
20 communities met In the Rich
mond Beneficial Insurance audi
torium to push this plan.
The meeting, which was called
by DIR. Leon A. Reid, was under
sponsorship of the Richmond
Civic Forum, of which DR.. w. l..
Ransome is president. A COM
mittee of three, DR.. L. F. Palmer
of Newport News, Roscoe C. Nit
chell and Wiley A. Hall of this
city weer named to draft a res
for this plan of action
and as a guide In creating SEN
and to enlist support of
the whites. These resolutions
would be distributed in each
community represented.
The chairman also appointed
an executive committee to act
from time to time with sympa-
Lhetic whites. A representative
rom the communities present
composed of the committee and
Is each community reports, more
will be added.
The group voted to meet Jan
larry 8, at the same place and to
'pen an information headquar-
ers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
ONLY B LYNCHINGS
REPORTED IN 1913

TUSKEGEE, Ala.,-Three
persons, all Negroes, were
lynched in 1913, DR.. F. D.
Patterson, president of the
Tuskegee Institute, reported
recently in his annual report
on lynchings.
Patterson'es report said
the offenses charged were
resisting arrest, killing a
white man in a robbery and
insulting white women over
the telephone. One lynch
ing occurred in Florida,
one in Georgia and one in
Illinois.
Five persons were lynched
in 1912, in 1941, and s in
1910, the announcement
said.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05

the Army post under Red Cross
sponsorship and cut rugs all night
with Negro soldiers stationed
there.
The girls arrived early Satur-
day afternoon and ate steak din
ner at the troop mess hall be-
fore the dance started later in
the day. The event went on until
o'clock in the morning, fol-
lowed by breakfast and then six
hours of sleep for the visitors in
special barracks.
A chicken dinner, a tour OF
the troop area and dancing at
the PIX topped off the weekend
before the girls again boarded
buses and left for home Sunday
afternoon.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
"BERTH ID" SLAYER
WINS SIXTH REPRIEVE

PORTLAND, Ore. - Robert
Folkes, convicted railroad cook as
slayer of Mrs. Martha James,
wife of a white seaman, in the
now famous Berth 10" murder
case, has been granted a sixth
reprieve until January II, pend
ing his counsels completion of an
appeal brief, to be presented to
the Supreme Court.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05

Hanford), and hence barring to
Negroes transportation between
points from Pasco; namely: Rich
mond and Hanford, on buses
more exclusively operated for
white Defense workers at the Du
Pont Works, except that they
(Negroes) accommodate them
selves to such section in said
buses as the transportation au-
thorities select for them. AS cit
liens of the State of Washing
ton and desiring to have its laws
enforced, irrespective to race,
creed or nationality, we depIore
such practice as undemocratic,
un-American, and wholly in viola
ton of the Rights Of the Peoples
of this Common Wealth.
We have been advised that the
office of the Director of Public
Service at Olympia is the proper
source to consult concerning this
matter; therefore, as citizens of
this state, in complete accord
with the enforcement of all its
laws and exercising unwavering
confidence, integrity, vigilance,
and courage in the functioning
of the duties of your office, we
are praying that you may waste
no time to investigate these re-
ports that the facts in the case
may be approposely determined
at the earliest possible convent
ence.
Respectfully yours,
REV. EMMETT B. REED,
President Spokane
Branch NAACP.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05

Would 1t not be a fine ges-
ture if the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Company of Seattle
a part of the Bell Telephone Co.
would follow the example OF its
parent in New York and give
employment to Negroes, without
invoking the aid of the F. E. p.
C? Unbar your doors, gentle
men, and add us to your friends.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
RED CROSS DANCE
FOR SOLDIERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Hep chicks
and hot ticks were the order OF
the day-and night-at recent
dance at Sierra Ordnance Depot,
Herlong, Calf, when 80 girls
from Sacramento and three from
Reno, New, jiteneyed by bus to
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
OWLS MEMORIAL

The Owls Memorial sermon
at Mt. Olivet Mission, 1927
Jackson St.. Sunday, Dec. 26.
was not their annual memorial
as indicated.
The memorial service was in
honor of Mrs. Zelma Smith, their
beloved departed buddy and past
president.
This service will be an annual
event.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
GREETINGS FROM
The BOND BUYING OWLS CLUB inc.

Which extends New Years Greetings to its Members
and Friends and wishes them more prosperity and
happiness during 1914. The Clubs quota of $50
members is now filled with several applicants
the waiting list. During the month of December
the Club purchased another ST 600 Victory Bond,
making total of $500 purchased in War Bonds
since the cowardly attack Pearl Harbor by the
Japanese, and hopes to continue the purchase of
War Bonds until the War is Several of our
members are in the armed forces of the U. S. and
are doing their part all fronts; to them wish
a speedy and safe return home. During the holt
days the Owls Club extended a little Christmas
cheer to the following organizations:
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05
LOST =

A brooch on the floor of
the Rial Club New Years
Eve about 5 or O O'Clock,
near the telephone.
Will the gentleman who
picked IL up, turn 1t over
to the managers, or Miss
Dorothy Rucker, 1921 Yes
Ter Way Apt. #.
The brooch is valuable
only as a keepsake.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05

On January %, 26 and
"a, the books will be taken
to the ration boards
throughout the city. All Ne
groes take notice of this,
and lend every aid possible
i'm getting their membership,
friends and neighbOrs to
register on these dates.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1944-01-05

A GOOD INvEsTMENT-BoNDs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
Economic Termites

Every home owner knows how termites can undermine the SoundeSt structure. They work their will because they are not visible, but quietly eat out one sound timber after the other, until the damage is so great that it finally comes to the surface.
 Economis ternites are eating away at the vitalS of our economic system in time of war. And remember = they are not always long haired radicals who hold quite subordinate jobs in Government bureaus. Some of them are business executives with top positions in war agencies-men so eager to do their pres ent job that they forget to safeguard the essentials of the economic system to which they profess loyal devotion.
 Take "reconverSion pricing" for ex- ample. This resounding term is used to describe the problem of adjusting price ceilings on durable goods that have not tent during the war, but that can now be turned out again Since wages, mater ials and other costs are higher than they were when the war began, it is not pos Sible in 1914 to charge 1922 prices for many of these products. Hence, the Office of Price Administration must grant "relief," must set new price cell- ing that will permit manufacturers to resume full and free production of these scarce goods.
 Profits are the handspring in the clock of private enterprise. The quest for profits creates constant pressure to expand pro- duction, to put out new and better prod uts, to cut costs. Take away profits, and you take away the handspring, the pri- mary incentive to produce and sell. The clock stops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13

tain that supremacy to the very end is the Number One job of industry"
 MT. Sloan stated that the company's production of war materials for the first nine months of 1944 amounted to $2,964,- 100000 compared with $2,525, ,O0O, 900 for the same period of 1943. Employment during the third quarter stood at ashigh average of 461, ,000, while earnings con- tinued at the company'S low wartime level. Planning for partial, and ulti- mately complete, reconversion must be considered SO that the nation will be prepared to return to peace economy at the proper time. But these figures indi- cate how the war effort is still going for ward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
PASSING OF A PRINCESS
(NeW York Timesl


 The death of the Princess Beatrice the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, brings back many yester- days. There are references in the Queens journals to this last child of her union with her dearest Albert" born in 1857, year of the Crimean War. In 1863 Beatrice was still her mothers precious little baby, with her golden hair and large nosegay." l" On her twenty-f1rst birthday the Queen wrote:
 At eight the band played under Beatrice'S windows, and therefore mine, reminding me of former happy days. And how many pray CTS and thanks went up to our Heavenly Father for this darling child, whose birth was such a joy to us, and who is my blessing and comfort, whom God will, I know, keep near me and preserve.
 This was in 1878. In 1885, the year of Gordon'S death at Khartum, Beatrice was married to Prince Henry of Battenberg, or Mountbat- ten as the name would be today. In November, 1886, BeatrIce's first son was born, and Victoria found "the letters and telegrarns she had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
Home Ties

MT. Churchill, who has spread more good will than the former Prince of Wales and traveled farther than Mrs. Roosevelt, is off again-this time to Paris. In the course of his travels he has picked up more knowledge of world conditions than most of his fellow men could ever hope to know Yet there is one condition preva- lent in America which we do know about, and we suspect that it prevails through out the world. On the basis of it we offer our explanation of why England gets to see as much of it's Prime Minister as it does. He has to go home occasionally to get his laundry done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
Views Of The Press

received and written so overwhelm- ing" that for day or so she neg lected business of state.
 The years rolled by. Beatrice's brother was King of England, her sister Empress of Germany, her daughter Queen of Spain, her niece Empress of Russia. With more years every great throne on the Continent was toppled over, revolution and counter-revolution followed, two world wars seemed to wipe out al- most every vceStige of the nine tenth century. The British throne itself endured a crisis and an abdi- cation, and it became evident that Victoria had been the last sovereign in Britain to exercise even yelled power. At 87 the aged Princess is dead. Yet in England, more than in most countries, some continuity ex- ists. A little of the Victorian period survives. The old Queens love and grief for Albert, her affection for her precious little baby" are human emotions now quite freshly recalled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
Never Too Old

We are not yet too old, and we doubt if many of our readers are, not to take delight in the recent announcement of the War Production Board of the poSSi- bility of an early resumption of soda fountain manufacturing.
 We are capable of entering a trance like phase of dreaming, on reading such news, which is filled with vision of thick, rich malted-milks, gaylycolored sodas, and the lush depts of a dish of entic- ing ice-cream.
 We trust that WIPE officials will see fit to administer slow, gradual return of this enterprise to the consumers mar ket, or else we fear the horrendus mobs of kids who will storm Waterbury's soda counters when the field is re-opened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
A Thought for Today
Interdependence

Premier Stalin made good speech and a heartening one on the occasion of the anniversary of the Soviet revolution. tt was sober, factual and StateSmanlike, and much less inflammatory than the writ ing in some of the journals that reflect this governments attitude.
 The Russian leaders latest address came at a propitious time as far as this country is concerned It served as an antidote to Izvestia'S unwarranted and unSubstantiated piece of the day before, which hinted at flake attempt on Governor DeWeys life in a last-minute 'eReichstag fire" attempt to rouse the public against American Communists. It tempered other incorporate com ments on our political campaign in the Russian press And it did much to coun- teract that strange tirade, also in Izves- tia, questioning the presence of Ameri- can troops in Iran-though no one knew better than the Russians that the sole reason for their presence was to expe- dite delivery of American supplies to Russia.
 Perhaps one of the most heartening things about MT. StalinS' speech wah his statement on postwar international pol icy, which sounded almost word for WOIQ 11kG W1ldC we 11du UCGu 1lSdI141S from both presidential candidates
 When Stalin speaks it is with the auth ority of the Russian state. Thus there is comfort to be derived from his confi- dent assertion that new, strong, peace loving international organization twill be effective if the great powers, which have borne :. =. the main burden of the war against Germany, will act in future qlSr in the Snirit 0f 11naninoitv and 9c- cord" And, such being the ways of diplomacy, there may be great future significance in his reference to Japan as ian aggressive nation" But what might be of greatest long-range importance (at least for AmericanS) was MT. Stalin'S Stressing of Allied interdependence, his ready admission that, while the second front could not have succeeded with out the Russian bulwark in the east, neither could recent Russian successes have been possible without the full-Scale offensive in the west.
 We Americans are prone to forget that obvious interdependence. Some of us seem terrified of hurting Russian teel- ingS, and are so OverSolicitouS as to blandely accept Soviet attacks on one of our political parties. Allied interdepen- dence will not cease with victory. The help, leadership and good will of this country, perhaps the worlds strongest, will be indispensable. That being So It seems neither isolationist, subverSive nor anti-Russian to ask why we cannot hon. estly question Russian diplomatic pol icy, on occasion even while we admire Russian courage and virtues, ana why we cannot conduct our own domestic affairs without feeling apprehensive.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
CIGARET TRADE
(New Haven Journal-courier)

NANCW 44obCAL OOtA4 AAcAA-SOuAACAI
 A new trade is said to have de- veloped in some large cities: cigaret hunting. The hunter prowls about the shopping district, observing when new shipments reach the drugstores or sigar counters. Then he goes to each cigaret counter and buys whatever is permitted for sale, which is ordinarily one pack age. These are resold to friends for a higher price. For many people this is about the only way to get cigarets as most stores are out of them for long periods and few people can spare the time to hang around for the next shipment.
 Probably this new trade is mere ly matter of amusement or friendly accommodation. Its profits could not be large enough to make it worth while. It is more or less inevitable outcome of the growing shortage in what is to millions of Americans an indispensable product. It is, however, not in line with what most people would call fair play.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13

plan and warn against the dan- ger of German rehabilitation for another war. The report will be published soon.
 Prepared by special Military Affairs subcommittee, it shows that, for 30 years.- German econ- omy has been carefully geared for war. Immediately after the last war, the powerful metallur- gical and chemical trusts were built up as a base for the muni- tionS industries.
 The Kilgore committee will rec ommend the following:
 l. Punishment not only of war leaders but of German cartel cartel leaders.
 leaders.
 9. The complete outlawing of international cartelS.
 3. Immediate creation of an in- ternational economic and social council provided for in the Dum- barton Oaks agreement. This is necessary, according to the Kill gore committee, in order to pre- vent reviving the international cartel system.
 'It is generally agreed" the re- port win say, ''that the German armament industry must be liquidated, but there has been much confusion in the public discussion as to the extent Ger man industry as whole should be liquidated.
 "The subcommittee believes that those who have urged that all industry other than direct armament manufacture be left intact have overlooked the fact that, for more than 30 years, all of German industry has been closely integrated in a munitions economy.
 Final agreement cannot be reached immediately on the disposition of the remaining in- dustries which are suitable to a balanced peacetime economy but are also convertible to war purposes. Discussion may bring out various general alternatives, but definitive action by the in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13

ternational organization will de-
 pend on factors which are still
 impOnderabIe. These factors in-
 clude D the extent of German
 industry still intact after final
 military victory; (2) the internal
 political balance after punish.
 ment of war criminals; and (3)
 the number and influence of
 Germans who can be relied upon
 to operate German industry
 solely for peace production"
 Last year Republican Congress men launched violent attack on the Office of War Information for being Roosevelt. They claimed it was a camouflaged agency to put across Roosevelt propaganda. But four days before election, OWI broadcast to Italy message from Joseph Carlino, treasurer of the Italian Division for the Election of Thomas E. Dewey Among other things, Carlino said: Keep ing in mind the speech of our can- didate, Dewey, on the Columbus Day anniversary, we Americans of Italian origin canont help but feel still happier because of the fact that, in his program for a pros- porous Europe, Dewey maintains that an Italy completely restored will be an important factor for stability We are sure the forthcoming election will prove us right" The Carlino speech was also carried in Italian-American papers in the U. s. A. During the Columbus Day ceremonies, Governor Dewey sat beside Gen. eroso Pope. Italian-American pulp fisher and Grand Marshal of the parade. It was during registration week, and Dewey, turning to Pope, said: "What do you think of this tremendous registration, Gene? Where in hell are they coming frOm?" Gene Pope, little embar- rasSed because he is a Roosevelt elector, replied: "I don't know, Governor, I just don't know"
 Copyright, 1944, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
The War Effort Continues

Planning for cutbacks, increased civil ian production and forthcoming models of consumer goods is one thing, and an important thing. But the immediate facts, while the fighting in Europe con- tinues, are another thing. The facts are that production of war materials to the extent that it is needed continues vigor- ,pusly. that some orders have been, re- newed or stepped up and that new war items are still being ordered. The dough- boys know the war is not over and those who are turning out their equipment know it also.
 The close cooperation between war in- duStry and our still heavily engaged fight ing men is pointed, up by Alfred P. Sloan, IT,, chairman of General Motors, in his latest report to stockholders. Says MT. Sloan in reporting his. company'S delivery of war materials worth $923, ,000,- 900 in the third quarter of 1944, as com- pared with $992 100000 in the second quarter:
 "The continued high volume of Gen. eral Motors war production reflects the itensification of the Allied offensives While there have been reductions in pro- auction schedules of some items as dic- tated by military needs, they have been AhLBSAy OA1SCC ny AASACaSCu SSAeuuASS VI other items or of new items required to meet new tactical needs of the armed forces. Some new products are just com ing into production or have not yet reached peak volume. Future produc- ton of military items will of course be determined by the demands of the armed forces and may be expected to continue to reflect the progress of the war.
 The increasing power and tempo Of the Allied offenSiveS require the contin- ued availability at the battlefronts of materiel.o of high technical quality in the quantity called for by changing military tactics. Supremacy in both quantity ssesntial to achieve victory. To main-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13
HARpENED WAX IN EARs

hAhOENEO WAA AHN EhASO Medical colleague told here re- gently about the common occur" renee of ear trouble such as deafs ness, rumbling or other unpleaS~ ant noises in the ears, dizziness, sometimes harsh, obstinate cough from accumulation of hardened or dried cerumen or ear wax. The specialist said some of his patients had even resigned themselves to deafness to the deafness to the ex- tent of wearing hearing aids-whic they discarded after the doctor re- moved the plug of inspiSsated ceru" men.
 One of the first private patients who took a chance with me m Penn Yan-I assure you there is such place-was hustling young grocery clerk with an honest. un- complicated complainant elephant cough. Well, sir, that boy gave me an uncomfortable two or three weeks. I went over him again and again, and nary thing could I find to account for his frightful cough. He was wholly cooperative and staid with me while hound- cred around in baffied - until one Monday morning the boy came in with a new complaint-sinse his Saturday night bath there had been great rumbling in his ear. There upon with head mirror and speculum examined his ear, found a plug of wax, syringed 1t away. and that was the end of the head noise and the cough.
 Since my colleague told us here of the remarkable number of pa- tients who come to him at regular intervals to have their ears so freed from hardened plugs of ear wax, many readers have asked me to give them the name and address of the ear specialist.
 Nonsense. Any doctor can take care of such trouble as well as the fanciest or highest-priced specialist can.
 For that matter any intelligent member of the family can syringe the ear, whether to remove harden ed ear wax, foreign body or per- haps a live insect that has entered the ear canal.
 Here is how. Use a fountain sy- ringe or reservoir which hangs not more than a foot above level of ear. Use only boiled water that is comfortably warm (never too hot or too cold). Dissolve a heaping teaspoonful of salteratus (baking soda, bicarbonate of soda) in a quart of water. Let patient sit or lie with basin against neck un- der ear, to catch the outflow. Use only straight nozzle, and hold nozzle close to, but not touching the outer opening of ear canal. Hold ear backward and upward with your left hand while you di- rect the stream straight into the ear canal. Let the entire quart of water thus flow into ear canal and out into the basin.
 Usually the hardened plug of ear wax comes away in small pieces. Sometimes it is necessary to repeat the swinging daily for several times. One good rule to remember: Never in any circumstance insert anything smaller than your elbow in your ear If swinging in this way is insufficient, then the next step is treatment for the doctor to determine.