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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-05-16
CHARLES TAYLOR
FATALLY SHOT;
Il WIFE Is HELD

Scheduled to appear for police
Questioning about the fatal shoot
ing Monday night of her hus-
band, Mrs. Marie Taylor, 35, of
the Eagle Hotel. 4O8lk Main St.,
was being held in the women's
ward of the city jail.
According to her story. the
woman was being beaten with a
blackjack by her husband. Chas.
Taylor, age So, the proprietor of
the hotel, when her mother, Mrs.
Julia Smith, interceded and PIN
ned the husbands arms to pre-
vent a further attack.
HE beat me with a 'sap'!"
Mrs. Taylor told police. There
it is right there, and l shot
him."
A .32 calibre cartridge was
found in the room and held as
evidence, but the weapon was
not found.
Also being h Id without
charge is Augustes Lee Blocker,
"swamper" of the hotel, who was
nearby when the fatal shooting
occurred. Taylor's body was tax.
en- to the King county morgue.
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THE SEVENTH WAR LOAN

Mother, am growing up; please don't fence me in
Buy War Bond for today. You have nothing to ose
but everything to gain
No greater gift could be given your child than
500 War Bond scholarship.
This has demonstrated the futility of an inlet
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-05-16
MIGHTY SEVENTH WAR LOAN

We and all of fellow Americans are looking for
ward to the Seventh War Loan, which run officially
from May IA through the month of June There will
be only two War Loan periods in 1916 instead of the
usual three.
The previous War Loan, the Sixth was the greatest
financial achievement far in the history of the world
aimed at Ia billion dollars and reached more than 81
and half billion dollars Only five billions was asked
of individual purchasers" in that War Loan drive
Now comes the Seventh War Loan-May Id through
June 30in which IA billions is again the general goal
but billions of that IA is being sought from indvd
ua rather than from banks and other organizations and
corporations.
The individual citizens is the who counts in
America When he his money invested in the safest
institution and at the best interest for the security
of putting it into channels of trade he defeats infa-
on Reducing the number of buyers reduces the chances
for inflaonary rise in the prices consumed goods
Every dollar put into War Bonds by the individual and
allowed to stay there is dollar lined up with the anti
initiation forces.
In this domestic battle, must continue to march
not only until but even after 'the boys home"
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ing his training with high rating
he took the Civil Service examina-
ton April 26. 1916. and qualified
with high rating.
He received notice of his qualifi-
cations as a full time operator on
May 2, 1e45. Received his badge
and was assigned to work on the
morning of May 8. He has been
working regular since.
Mr.. Allen is deeply appreciiative
of the cooperation shown him by
Messrs Kleckner. Tabb, Ligett,
Kersoek. Scranton and Bowers. all
of whom were instrumental In
breaking Mr.. Allen in as a bus op-
orator. He is very grateful to the
Urban League Industrial Commit
tee for the cooperation and guild
ance rendered TO him, Mr.. GRADER,
manager of the Seattle Transit
system; Mr.. Terry, director of
personnel. and MIR. Haas, head of
the instruction department, all of
whom worked very conscientiously
and showed him much considera-
ton in seeing that he received the
best instructions possible.
Mr.. Allen extends his sincere ap-
probation to the public in general
for the manner In which he has
been received and he endeavors
to give to the Transit System and
the public the very best service at
his command.
He feels that without the pray
ers of his father. Mr.. Leamon AL
len and his mother, Mrs. Abbit AL
len, he would not have made the
grade in his darkest hours in his
struggle to obtain this objective.
Two operators are now in serv-
ice and three are in training.
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attention of the association in the
immediae future in order that
they, of all people, may not be dis
eliminated against. The Seattle
branch has set up a special COM
mittee for that purpose.
Our goal this year is 1000 mem
bers. This should be possible be-
cause we enrolled over 1900 last
year If all those interested in the
welfare of the Negro and in the
establishment of real democracy
take an active part in the cam
paign the goal will be reached.
VOLUNTEER YOUR SERVICES!
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS.
1916 East Madison, Phone PR.
1850.
FRED w. SHORTER, Pres.
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WRONG WAY POLICEMAN MAKES OWN LAW
TO JUSTIFY ARREST FOR RACE MINCLING
BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHITE FROM COLORED

In the woman's case was Police
man L. Newton, who testified that
he had warned the woman to
stay away from a club at 1918
Jackson street and upon her re-
fusal to do so he arrested her as
disorderly person.
The woman was defended by
Attorney Henry Clay Agnew, who
asked officer Newton what was
wrong about the woman going to
the club? Officer Newton replied
that "the place was an unlicensed
Negro club with lots of Negro
men hanging around and he felt
that was no place for a white
woman to gp." Asked by Mr..
Agnew If the woman had caused
any disturbance, Officer Newton
replied mo" Asked by Mr.. Ag-
new IL he would rather see the
woman hanging around lot of
white men, Officer Newton made
CONTINUED on Page a.
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BY j. A. Jack, Johnson

Acting on information furnish
ed by DR.. Abdullott E. l.. Ahamad
Saud. foreign born Negro Doc
tor of Philosophy, that he is be-
ing prosecuted by certain Seattle
Police Officers in the South End
of the city. this writer. repre-
senting the Civil Liberties Com
mittee of Puget Sound Lodge No.
100, Improved Benevolent Protec-
tive Order of Elks OF the World.
and Reverend f. Benjamin Davis
of Mayor Devin's Civic Unity
Committee, attended the after
noon session of the Police Court
at the Public Safety Building Fri
day, May II.
While waiting for the case of
DR.. Saud, who was charged with
being a disorderly person. a Me-
gro woman was brought to trial
who was also charged with being
disorderly. The arresting officer
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Pac States Assn. Buys $4,000 Bonds
P.S. |. Elks, Evergreen Temple DIR EIks
Race to Match the Regional Challenge

Following a proclamation by
the chairman OF the eth War
Loan drive. Mr.. W. c. Hueston,
the Pacific States Association held
a War Bond drive at their meet
ing in Fresno, Calf.
A total of $4,000 worth of vic
tory was purchased during the
first two days of the conference
by lodges and temples which are
members of the Pacific States As
ISOLATION. The largest single
purchase was by the William T.
Patterson Lodge OF Phoenix. Ari-
IONA, In the sum of $4,000. The
Daughters bought $4,000.
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For Future Security
Join the NAACP

Fred w. Shorter. president of
the Seattle branch of NAACP,
speaks:
The Seattle branch of the
NAACP, in planning it's campaign
for memberships. expects to re-
ceive the greatest support of its
history. The work of the organiza-
ton. especially in the nation at
large, has been increasingly appre-
ciated by more and more people.
Those members who read the
NAACP bulletin and the CRISIS
realize what a powerful influence
the organization has. 1t has the
drive of almost half a million
members. with a leadership that
is unusually able and dedicated to
the welfare of the Negro people.
One of its most far-reaching ac-
complishments during the last year
was the enactment of the New
York FEPC law, a model for other
states to follow. Unfortunately, lin
our own state such a law was not
enacted although the NAACP and
other groups worked hard for it's
passage. We failed also to pass
the public accommodations bill
which our regional office spon-
sored. But another day is coming
and we shall yet pass the kind of
law enacted by New York
Returning veterans win have the
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SOLDIERS DANCE
AT SAND POINT

Sand Point will hold a dance
May Is with buses leaving the
Third and Madison USO at 8 p. m.
and the Colman Club at Sis to
pick up hostesses.
All girls interested in attending
these dances must be registered
as War Commission junior host
esses, it was declared. Require
ment for registration include that
the girls be between the ages of
IS and 35 and that they attend
one training class. Classes are
held every Tuesday evening at
War Commission headquarters at
7:15 and attendance at only one
is necessary.
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Puget Sound Lodge No. 1O9
and Evergreen Temple No. 1877
have been urged to give their
full support to the MIGHTY 7TH
WAR LOAN.
In an urgent appeal by Exalted
Ruler q. R. Chainey to every
member to buy and keep bonds.
he said: Lets finish the Job.
and do It quickly, so our boys
in arms can come home again. If
our boys are willing to go over
there. we can at least pass the
ammunition.
"our goal is SIS, 1000"
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ANNOUNCEMENT
EXTRAORDINARY

Louis Todd, Seattle genial macs
tro, has signed the much heralded
radio entertainers, The Variety
Boys and Ethelene. direct from
Chicago, for an indefinite engage
ment, at his popular nitery-The
Black and Tan. 4041s 18th Ave.
South.
Our nitery has reached Class A
in the social register, and of
course our musical artists must
reach the same or excel our stand
ard, said the maestro.
From the decision of the public.
there is no appeal
"Curfew will not ring"
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HERE'S WHAT | SAY!
By HUMPHREY BOCART

HOW'D YOU LIKE TO EARN A DECORATION
FROM HITLER OR HIROHITO? Here's the way you
work it. You don't have TO join the German Army
the Jap Army. You don't have to blow up
American plant.
It's easier than that All you have to do is follow
the line of the Germans and their stooges handing
out in this country All you have to do is swallow the
race-bunk That's what the Germans do.
They figure that if enough of talk this racebunk,
we'll get to fighting ourselves Thatll weaken
us much that we'll be pickings the next time
even If should win this time.
Listen brother In this mans country you marry
the girl like You pal around with the folks
like. You pray in Church of your choosing.
Okay But that doesn't that kind of Church 10
BETTER than another. 1t doesn't kind of
people is BETTER than another.
Let's look at the record
on Al
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Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co
Adds Two Race Girls

Two more Race girls enter the
service of the Pacific Telegraph
and Telephone service: Miss Brew
er andMiss Goldie James. Miss
Brewer enters the Ditto depart
ment; Miss James goes to the
directory department. Miss Ger
aldine Jones is senior stenog-
rapher.
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7. ]. ALLEN, VETERAN WORLD WAR II,
ENTERS SEATTLE TRANSIT SERVICE

Thomas J. Allen is married and
resides with his wife and two
children at 927 26th Ave. S. Allen
was born in Seattle, Wash, Jan.
20. 1921. His wife is Oressia AL
len, his daughter. Barbara Jean,
Is three eyars old and his son, Joe
Lacy, is two.
Mr.. Allen Is a veteran of World
War II and was engaged in five
major battles: Tarawa. Animitok.
Esperidos Santos, Marshall Islands
and Talagie. He was wounded on
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tered man hoping to compete in the world of
labor
Every child has right to education. 1t is the
duty of parents do their part seeing their children
get it. And what opportunity Your government isl
paying you buy bond for your baby That bond does
double duty 1t protects your firesde and may the
life of your husband
Buy a Bond and Pass the Ammunition!
Your child must not face the world alone.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-18

true that during the pending cleo
ton that at least few leaders OF
both parties will stand and vote
for any sort of a law if this law
will win votes?
do not pose as a prophet, but
if our two great parties become
so ''spineless' as to play both hot
and cold on clear-cut issues
where the interest of the masses
are at stake, it is by no means un-
likely that third party will
spring up and change our whole
system of government.
Both of our great parties should
therefore rid themselves of what
might be termed political ''lepro-
sy" and legislate for the good of
the people regardless of what
course their unscruplous leaders
may pursue. Industry should
realize that labor has a right to
organize and to defend its rights;
that 'the laborer is worthy of his
hire" On the other hand, labor
should understand that it should
not kill the goose that lays the
golden egg"
The conclusion then is that diff
ferences relative to wages, num-
Der of hours, ETC., should be set
tied by arbitration. Should this
fail, and history repeat itself by
leaders of our own nation or by a
Heterogeneous" number of i'm
migrants whose only interest is in
the ''loaves and fishes" laws
should be passed that will deport
all such characters and bar others
from coming to our shores.
Every fairminded person should
use his influence at the polls and
in every other way work for laws
that will deal drastically with any
man, American or foreigner, who
will attempt to drive a wedge be-
tween industry and labor which
results in freezing, starving. or
in any other way subjecting
American citizens to unnecessary
hardships.
BY c. M. Dickson,
Silas Creek, N. c.
October Is, 1945.
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Open Forum
COLUMN
FOR THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE
PEOPLE

Ran across a kid from West
Jefferson yesterday. First time
/ had seen him since he was be-
ginning in his teens. He greet
ed me with a big, broad smile, a
doWn-to-e earth friendliness that is
characteristic of all rural sec
tionS. While I chatted with him,
cobweddy compartments of my
mind floated reminiscently.
At the dawn of the thirties he
was soliciting soiled clothing and
returned clean, fresh, neatly
pressed clothing that his indus
trious mother had done for very
small fees, with which she sup
ported her family.
He and I talked of the Leyte
campaign of the days and
long nights of tough going on Ok
inawa.
He hasn't won any decorations.
But many of us understand that
there are hundreds of thousands
who did their jobs we'll, yet they
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been able to contribute to his
family I listened to his plans
of a home he plans to build for
this little old woman he loves
so much. I enjoyed listening to
these tid-bits and am sure that it
was not idle talk.
I thought of a few times that
l was kind to him when he was
such a small STRIPPING u. . and in
side I felt good but wished l
had been even more considerate.
For before me laughing and talk
ing was an honest-to-goodness
American tall, lean boy
with a pleasant smile -. a SOL
dier who has spent long and bitter
months of fighting for his coun-
try, willing at any time to make
any sacrifice for her that was
necessary.
Yes, l am proud to know this
boy. I'm sure he wants no one
to shower praise on him-to feel
indebted to him. If you were to
ask him if there were anything
you could do for him he would
say politely, ''Of course not; thank
you" but I think he would
like to say, eyes, there is. Will
you be just little more humane,
a little more considerate to the
underpriviledged than you were
/ to me. Help provide for them
some place of clean amusement
and healthy exercise
This kid has lived in West JEFF
ferson all his life except his time
in the service of you and his coun-
try. Yesterday he was just tot
today he is a mature Ameri-
can, and there are millions like
him. Tomorrow there will be
another generation to shoulder
responsibilities of their communi-
ty and country. Now they are
the kids that you see every day
a lot of them children who
are not too we'll off-but all of
this group would enjoy word of
kindness, a smile, a place to ex-
pend their unbounded energy.
wholesome things to employ their
young elastic minds.
Some time in the not-to-distant
future I'd like to visit West JEFF
ferSOn and see beautiful shaded
park, with swings, sea-saws. and
other forms of clean, healthy
amuSement-maybe even a swim
ming pool teaming with hap
PLY employed children am
sure this is something that this
young tank sergeant would like
for you to do for him, for your
children, for your community,
for America-the America of to-
morrow.
By Serviceman who is inter
ested in Ashe.
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Weekly Items Of Interest To
AShe Farmers
BY McLAURIN AND GREENE

| A. H. Church, of Idlewild, has
for several years been seeding his
row crops in red clover and timo-
thy at the time of the last cult
walton, a practice that has been
recommended by the New River
Soil Conservation District. Mr..
Church says that he can get a
much better stand of clover and
timothy when seeded in July than
he can get by seeding in the
spring. This not only gives the
land an excellent cover during the
winter but the additional cutting
of hay the next year is worth
more than a crop of small grain,
Mr.. Church stated.
]. Lee Houck, of Todd, has pro-
vided an excellent winter cover
for every field on his farm, by
seeding red clover and timothy or
rye in the fields on which there
were crops grown this year. Mr..
Houck has a limited amount of
land on his farm suitable for
crops, but he is doing an excellent
job in saving the soil on this land
during the winter months.
when a farmer can spend a
few dollars for Korean lespedeza
seed and increase the grazing
capacity of his pastures enough
the first year to pay for the seed,
it looks like a good investment"
says Worth Phillips, of Idlewild.
Mr.. Phillips seeded 100 lbs. of les
pedeza on this pasture last spring
and from the looks of the field
in September the grazing has
been doubled this year.
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remain unsung-and to add to
their worthiness they prefer to
remain unsung. All he can show
for his gallant service is two or
three campaign stars. But he
didn't get those service stars by
remaining with the rear echelon
:. for our outfit has fought along
with his-a tough group of tank
men.
l remember his threadbare
clothes as he walked about the
town l have seen him look
at other kids eating ice cream and
noticed his saucer-like eyes and
mouth that seemed to water.
l remember seeing him stand
ing around the streets with moth
ing to do no park to go to
and expend his tremendous en-
ergy no place nearby in
which to swim.
I remember seeing him stand
in front of the Misunderstanding
others who could afford it enter
these portals of laughter and en-
tertainment and of course his
young mind longed to be one of
the elite-the kind who had a
few extra nickels to spend.
He and l talked on we talk
ed of home, his mother and
noticed the love and pride shine
in his eyes as he talked of her
and the little money he has
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-18
RECONVERSION HALTED

Words. cannot describe the
harmful effect that the differ
ences between the leaders of la
Dor and the different industries
are having on, not only, slowing
up the progress of bringing about
condition of normalcy in this
nation. but they are affecting, in
directly at least, the peace of the
whole world.
While the lovers of peace have
conquered the enemies of the
same on the battlefields, in the
air and on the sea; while the
friends of democracy are Sweat
ing drops of blood, as it were, to
carry out the work done at Dunn
barton Oaks and at San Francisco;
while at time when all liberty
loving people should be united in
bringing about world peace; when
they should prove to our soldiers
who are living that they have not
fought in vain; when we should
by no means fail to show pro-
found gratitude to those who
have made the supreme sacri-
flee" labor leaders and those of
many industries are further apart
in more lines of industry than
have been known in the history
of this nation.
Before the machinery can be
set in motion to create conditions
that will be fair and just and
right to all of the citizens of the
United States, and which con-
tribute to the whole world, the
gulf between labor and these in
dustries is as wide as the one be-
tween Dives and Lazarus, and
they are as much at variance as
Hitler and TOTO have been with
the principles of democracy.
What will the Japs and Ger
mans say while they are control
led by forces of our own nation
(Which is absolutely right while
we have no remedy by which we
can reconcile our differences? In
consistency is too soft a word to
describe the situation.
Since the wisest heads of. both
labor and industry, as we'll as
our Congress. have been unable
to find a solution to the problem
up to this time, it is rather pre-
sumptious for one '>unlettered" in
the techniques of these questions
to even make a suggestion. Bit
may I not ask q few questions?
Is it not a fact that it takes both
labor and capital to run sue
cessful business? Can either be
divorced from the other? The
answer is obvious. Again, is il
not fact that the great majority
of both the employers and the
employed are good, honest citi,
zens, and that the trouble is
largely (if not wholly brought
about by: a, few. leaders" who
care nothing for the general vel
! fare Of the people? Is it not also
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-18

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Texas has GA million acres of
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l54 pounds of lint per acre. But,
out there they cultivate more
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-10-18

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