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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-08-21

SEATTLES YOUNGEST CHIEF OF POLICE
CONFIRMED WITHOUT DISSENTING VOTE

The position of assistant chief
was filled by Herbert d. Kimsey.
According to the orders issued
by Eastman, Kimsey was assign
ed to the chief of police"
Chaffee was ordered to report to
Deputy Chief Bench for assign
ment.
Fellowship Student
Eastman is a graduate of Lin
coin High School and had three
years of prelaw study at the Uni
yersity Of Washington. He entered
the police school at Northwestern
University and studied there
year on a fellowship and was re-
Gently graduated from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation Academy
in Washington, d. c. With his
wife and three children, George
II; John, 3, and Marguerite Anne,
2, he lives at 1888 Bagley Ave,
in modest home.
Sergeant Eastman's service in
the navy during the past war was
brief, 81 days. He enlisted the day
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Cleveland A. Nethery
HOnOred

Mrs. Doris NJ. Nethery honored
her husband, Cleveland A. Nethery,
at a surprise birthday dinner on
August 10, 1916 at the home of his
mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard
232 23rd Ave. No.
The guests enjoyed a delicious
turkey dinner, and ice cream and
cake.
Mr.. Nethery was elated over the
numerous useful gifts he received.
Mrs. Nellie McGale and Mrs.
Neoma Wright assisted the host
ess.
The invited guests were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Chares Barber, Jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Black, Mr.
and Mrs. Arien B. Jeans, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Elegan, Mr.. and Mrs
Ben Jones, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs
Hubert Dewithly Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Earls, Miss Geneva Banks
dale, Miss Geraldine Hunt, Mr.
George Fallings, Miss Juanita
Lyons and Mr.. Henry Wooten.
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A Letter of Appreciation
to Great American Liberal
LaudS Sen. Mitchell
Seattle, Washington
Ann.n-A II InAn

Seattle, Washington
August 10, 1916
Hon. Hugh B. Mitchell
United States Senate
Washington, ID. c.
Dear Friend:
1t is with pleasure, pride and
gratitude, that | take this means
to thank you for informing me
that legislation has passed the
House of Representative and has
been reported favorable in the
Senate by the Banking and Cur
rency Committee of which you
are a member, that there shall
be coined by the Director of the
Mint, five million silver 5O-cent
pieces, to commerate the life and
perpetuate the ideals and teach
ings of Booker T. Washington, a
great American.
1t is my opinion, that Brooker T..
| Washington, who through a life
of constructive effort, rose from
slavery to honorable citizenship,
richly deserves this distinguished
honor, and when a Nation honors
great and worthy man, it pays
tribute to itself. When Booker
T. Washington bust was recently
unveiled in the Hall of Fame, it
caused delightful emotions in the
hearts of Negro pleople every
where.
1t is my hope that in the next
Congress, a federal anti-lynching
bill will some how be q. passed.
The recent wanton murders of
Negro people in the south makes
such legislation imperative. | am
sure that you are one who We
may depend upon to favor such
legislation.
| understand that you are now
laying the ground work of your
campaign for your election to the
place in the Senate that you now
hold by appointment l believe
that you are eminently fitted by
both temperament and training for
the job. and it is my intention to
support you with every means at
my command to the end that
your election in your own right
will be realized. When you come
to Seattle, | will be pleased to
see you and personally offer you
my support and services. 1t. is
needless to tell you how much |
appreciate your personal friend
ship, except to say, may Gods
richest blessings be yours. Always
all ways.
Sincerely and respectfully yours,
J. A. (Jack) Johnson.
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Texas ran a close third with 4S9;
Louisiana 800; Arkansas 2S5;
Florida PSI; Tennessee $50; Ken
lucky 205; South Carolina 15r; Ok.
lahoma 1873; North Carolina 80;
Virginia 80; Maryland 30, and Della
ware /.
White victims comprised $50 OF
the total southern lynchings.
Three Northeastern states, New
York, New Jersey. and Pennsyl-
vania, We're credited with two per
cent of the nations total.
With Missouri accounting for 122
lynch victims, the North Central
states including Ohio, Indiana, Hi.
nois, Michigan. Visions, Mime
sofa, Iowa. North Dakota, South
Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas ad
ded S.S per cent to the CHASTITY
total.
Eleven Western states. Montana
Idaho, Wyoming. Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada
Washington. Oregon. California
amassed a total of 376, accounting
for 7.9 per cent. Only Is Negroes
We're lynched in this region.
Last Ten-Year Toll High
In their New Jersey meeting
following the close of the World
War IL, the German American
Bund and the Ku Kluz Klan pro
badly eXulted over the II known
lynchings recorded in the period
between 1885 and 1915.
In that decade, Mississippi lee
again with 20 known lynchings
Georgia Is, Florida II, Alabama 8
Tennessee and Louisiana 3 each
North Carolina, Arkansas anC
Texas 2 each, Michigan, Missouri
Oklahoma and South Carolina
each.
Most research on lynchings does
not include the many atrocities
remaining in the unknown" cate
CORY, while other incidents escape
because they remain underlined fol
technical" reasons.
Legal" lynchings such as tha
of Odell Waller in Virginia in 1874.
are not included in the Statistics
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No better service can be rendered
THE CHIEF OF POLICE

Naming new chief of police is matter which con-
Germs every citizen of Seattle the public the mayor the
city council the Municipal League and other organizations
The mayor, following competitive examination chose Mr.
H. Foster who was highest on the list with seven years
experience Capt n j. Lawrence of the Seattle police de-
Partment with Is years experience rated second Police
Sgt George D. Eastman also of the Seattle department,
rated third By vote of to e the city council rejected
the nominee. Reasons: Mr. Foster not resident of
Seattle discrepancies in the examination, with
years experience receiving higher rating than one with
12 years experience, seemingly not on the same pasls
Whatever their the council followed the dictates
Of their conscience and refused to confirm
This action of the city council so irked the Municipal
League some of them) they have sworn vengeance ana
placed the rreconciabe councmen on their purge
list filed away for political slaughter
The United States Senate has refused confirm ap
pmens of the president and they have not even been
THE SEQUEL
The rejection of Mr.. R. R. Foster and protest from
Police Sgt George D. Eastman caused reshufflng OF cne
examination papers and change in the rating Justylne
the councils objections Police Sgt. Eastman veteran,
was given additional 10 points, placing nm SECOND anu
Capt H. Lawrence third. The reratng gave Ponce sgt
Eastman the appointment as chief OF ponce +boi
The action of the Municipal League, dscafuhe Iheii
advisory cloak marching down the city council stand
ing them like ring master with purge whip IN ms
hands may mark the of this fine organization po
ca Influence Assuming air of nfalIointVs my
6azeny tell the council and those who believe IN oeao.
Is and all the time, their decision must be rescueo anu
No American likes coercion The Volstead Act is am
pie proof. .on,ino
The councils rejection of Mr. Foster and the naming
Of Seattle born chief of police merits the fu approval
OF every mother and father within its confines
X. X.
We willing to concede Mr. Foster woulu NAM fn e
good chief of police We make the same cohcessio T4o
own officers Captain Lawrence and Police Sgt Easta
Foster credited with breaking up the [enue t,n
ring IN Kansas City. 1t happens to be our own nohe ~
and We a graduate of Lincoln HI ,hod hy
From the days of Boss Corrigan, later apSolueo ~
the Pudergast machine its motto has been II you Ian
beat EN- ne EN-" That machine has and may cTh bn
Corrective injuries 1t has yet to receive l
Mr. Foster remains in Kansas CITY MO, ne peSidant
the Pendergast machine just faithfully as Tn,
Harry Truman always at its beck and call n heom
man has pardoned Is Pendergast CRIMINALS Sii'0 O
ing President
That leopard will change It's spots :on who
Lest forget: These are the seven coun own
Citizens, than besto~ng it upon non-resldents: uhe
vine, William c. Norton, James Scavotto, IAN IIH
Alfred Rochester, Bob Jones, and Robert H. F1arii
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Police Hold White Girl,
Doubt Attack Story

SAVANNAH - teen-age white
girl is being held for investiga-
ton in the MISUNDERSTANDING of her
Navy veteran companion here
after physicians reported that her
story of being raped by the two
Negroes who shot her companion"
was false.
Authorities ordered Betty De-
loach, II, held after doctors said
that criminal assault could not
have happened The girl told
police that she had been attacked
by two Negroes after they robbed
and killed her companion. An
thony Eixson, Savannah fireman,
when they parked on wooded
road outside the city.
Police now discount the girls
whole story and believe that she
is simply capitalizing on the in
tense racial feeling in the state to
withhold the true circumstance of
the staying.
Miss Deloach's description of the
robbery and Staying and her subse-
quent assault do not hang together
with facts found at the scene of
the crime by the police in their
investigation
The investigation disclosed that
the girls clothing was found so
steps from the automobile neatly
folded with a safety pin used in
place of a missing button neatly
refastened Friends of the couple
declared Betty had promised the
veteran a date in the fatal night
and had warned him to be sure
and come alone"
When she appeared at the home
of H. l.. Laningan a half mile
from the scene at about 6 am.
in the morning she was wearing
a blouse and bathing trunks which
she had found in the car.
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SWIALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Jones are
feliciting the visit of Mr.. Jones
sisters, Misses Catherine and Cap
tolia and Mrs. Sophia Sticks, all
of Los Angeles, California. Mrs.
Jones entertained the visitors at
an elaborate dinner party Sunday.
Covers were laid for nine.
Mrs. A. ]. Mayfield of San Fran
cisco arrived in the city Wednes-
day to join her husband who is
messman on the S. S. Lookout,
just returned from South and Cen
trail America. She will remain I'M
til the departure of his ship now
in dock. Mrs. Mayfield was much
impressed with Seattle and the
Northwest Enterprise for which
she left a subscription. Thanks,
Mrs. Mayfield.
Mrs. Richard H. Highly, Sr. and
grand daughter, Miss Harriet Len
in, Pasadena, Calf, are visiting
her son, Sunday, at the home
of Mrs. T. o. Riley, 61S 10th
Ave, they were honored with a
tea by Mrs. Bigby, Jr., The fol-
lowing Sunday was spent with
Mrs. w. w. Simmons, Bremerton,
Wash, where they were honored
with an elaborate dinner. The re-
naming days of their visit will be
spent visiting Canadian cities.
Wedding bells ring again: Miss
|. Lee Williams quitely married
to Mr.. Gerald F. Virgins of New
York at the home of her mother,
Mrs. lone Williams at the Adelphi.
The Rev. Haas officiated. Fol-
owing a reception the coupe left
on the Honeymoon Trail for Van
couver and other B. C. Cities.
They will be at home to their
friends September l.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Harrison arrived
nthe city after touring the east.
for the past month. They are the
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Williams. Canada will be included
on their return trip with a stop
over at San Francisco. They are
being pleasantly entertained dur
ing their stay in Seattle.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed c. Davis have
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-08-21

Police Sergt George d. Eastman,
33-year-old Traffic Division officer,
was confirmed as chief of police
by the City Council.
Eastman's appointment was sub
mitted to the Council last Mon
day by Mayor William +. Devin,
who deschibed the officer as a
young man who has taken an UNI
usual interest in police work and
administration.
First Choice Rejected
Confirmation Of Eastman ended
tense two-week period which
was precipitated when the Council
by a 70 vote turned down the
Mayors first choice, Richard r
Foster of Kansas City Mo.
Three at Old Posts
Three veteran officials of the
department We're left in charge OF
their various divisions. They were
Inspector of Detectives James II
Lawrence, Deputy Police CHIEF
Walter Dench lin charge of the
patrol division) and Traffic In.
spector Ted Ahner.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1946-08-21

Robert II. Johnson, Grand Com
missioner of Transportation for
the Grand Lodge of Elks has ar
ranged unusual travel facilities
to the grand lodge at Buffalo
August 81, for the Antlered herd.
Bob Johnson, pride of Philadelphia
and leader of o. V. Cato lodge
No. 20 there is expected to be
the new Grand treasurer.
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NEGROES NEED new PROPAGANDA Line:
GEO. SCHUYLER, PITTSBURGH COURIER.
IN HIS COLUMN VIEWS AND REVIEWS
(Reprinted by Re0uestl

Cuously enough of ablest diets g.
equality IN TINS country are doing little bring about the oh
] W" All seek For some years their consisted
pubicizng the allegedly dire Noor
with little said about the group is making toward
measuring up to national standards They told the Nation in
and out that Negroes diseased
crowded into congested fetd ghetos are
frustrated hopeless and unable themselves from
a in life ro,,,
frd that only otalitarian
Russian people Negro from extnncion P
books by Negro authors have
picture Negro and capacity has bean mo
There has been weeping and wag
has Negroes can do for Themselves
ared
bad NOT
Negroes the with them In
which worshps success is bad for majority of people to be-
minority diseased human
always been help are believed to he b
Continued
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MUNICIPAL LEAGUE UNFAIR
By E. |. r.

The Municipal League is an organization of indus
trial professional and civic minded and women ac-
lively Interested in promoting the best interests of Seattle
One of their greatest contributions to the civic well
fare of Seattle and King County is their reports following
Investigation of various political candidates for office
These Investigations determining the fitness candidates
for office released to the public for their guidance
At no time has party affiation been a determining
facor The facts given and voters free to make
their choice Like oursef when in doubt thousands have
followed the Leagues recommendations And like us,
many will continue to do The value and potency the
Leagues recommendations rest solely this proposition
We give you the facts your best judgment and vote
in this
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Sailors Donate Blood

Two Sailors, of the Golden Gate
ship, volunteered blood to Mr..
Henry Simpson, undergoin a
major operations. Simpson, now
much improved. is grateful to
the Sailors, Earl Elk and Chauney
Collins.
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ANNOUNCEMENT

ETHEL'S BEAUTY SHOP, 657
Jackson ST., announces opening Ct
a new department-Body Beauty.
Come in and let us soothe those
war torn nerves through our
slenderizing methods of Body
Beauty treatment.
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HOW TO VOTE

81 vote as if my ballot alone
decided the contest. l may lose
my preference, but l will not
throw away my acred vote.
For within the booth l hold in
my h u m bic hand the living
proxy OF all my country's hon.
ored dead.
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Drive Safely!

taken over the home of Mrs. Elsie
Richard on Pine street and will be
pleased to have their many friends
call.
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NOTICE

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Evening star., 1946-05-03
Nowok to Give Talk

Joseph S. Nowak, jr., formerly of
Johns Hopkins University and now
of the University of Chicago, will
talk on knowing Our Polish Amer
lean Past, Key to the Present." at
a meeting of the Polonaise Cultural
Society at o'clock tonight at
Pierce Hall. Fifteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
By Thomas R. Henry

Girls have less physical stamina
than men because the bodies are
more likely to be out of balance.
This is brought out in an extern
siye study of the physique of ITS
college girls just reported to the
American Society of Physical An
thropology here by Drs. Adelaide K.
Bullen and Harriet L. Hardy of
Radcliffe College.
They used a scale which already
had been applied to college men. The
body was divided into five zones,
and each zone was classified. In
men it had been found that If one
zone rated high in one of the GER
tain qualities, all the others were
likely to rate high.
With the girls, this was found
much less likely to hold true. OF the
men examined previously, 26 per cent
had shown homogeneous muscular
solidarity" This was true of only
13 per cent of the girls.
Despite this poor showing for
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Malone 10 Head for Paris;
Will Deliver 81 MESSAGES

Ted Malone, conductor of the
Between the Bookends" program
over the American Broadcasting Co.,
is leaving for Paris tomorrow and
has invited veterans married to
French girls who are still overseas
to contact him with any messages
they have for their wives.
Mr.. Malone, who will leave Ma
tional Airport at $3.50 o'clock tonight
to find new material for his pro-
grams, said he would be happy to
deliver the messages for former
servicemen who have relatives or
friends in Paris.
Those wishing to contact Mr..
Malone should call Station WMAL
before 6 pm.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Girls Lower Physical Stamina
raced to Unbalanced Bodies

girls, the two anthropologists call
attention to the fact that normal
young women show q considerable
development Of three muscles. One
OF these connects the head, neck
and shoulder, another is on the
outer thigh and third is on the
inner leg. The development OF
these muscles contributes to the
distinctive appearance Of the female
outline.
Evening star., 1946-11-29

the gratitude Of later generations
by his cultivation of sugar cane,
sheep raising, silkworn culture and
the development Of new industries
as well as BY his continuous concern
for the preservation of the abo-
rigines."
Whether Cortes really entertained
plan to make himself an inde-
pendent sovereign, Of Mexico is a
problem which probably never will
be solved. In any case his position
gradually was undermined, titles
and honors were conferred upon
him, but not the authority he
coveted He accompanied the ex-
pedition against Algiers In l54i and
survived its failure In retirement
near Seville until December 2. 1547.
His body was brought to the monas-
tery of san Francisco In Mexico
City in 1852 Twice afterwards it
was moved. In 1928 1t disappeared
completely.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
Ends Good in Evil

To the Editor Of The Star:
Difficult as it may be to believe that
any good can blow from the most recent
i'll wind set up by Boss Lewis OF UNIV,
there is one piece of consolation. It is
that with the necessity for conserving
coal we may find relief from being over
heated.
There may come q time when we
Americans will use some fair degree OF
intelligence in this heating business;
there may come time when 1t will be
recognized as an important factor in
public health. as well as in the ef1cient
treatment OF our resources. So far.
however, with the first rustic Of autumn
leaves We FIRE up the furnaces with reck-
less abandon, dry up the membranes Of
our respiratory organs, and the coal
piles, and get epidennics Of influenza.
Most public buildings, theaters and
schools are oyerheated. Our railway
trains and buses are worse.
Much as deplore the coal strike and
all that attends it economically, have
to admit that it was JOY to me to
find Central High School liyable few
nights ago when attended an evening
lecture there 1t was the first time that
I had been able to breathe comfortably
in that building since our winter course
OF lectures began In early October. ordi-
narily, never 60 to theater in winter
those places are VIGOROUSLY over
heated but I shall be regular Gus
TONER for the duration OF coal conserve
tion. OPTIMIST.
Evening star., 1946-11-29
There's Many d Slip

Eviction of the State Department
from It's old home next to the White
House seems to be a move dictated
by expediency, not forethought or
plan. The plan began to go to pieces
when the Pentagon was built Many
years will pass before the plan-if
any-takes shape again.
At the wars outset land had been
acquired for the new building which
was to house the War Department.
The first unit, at Twenty-first street
and Virginia avenue, was finished.
Congress was almost ready to ap-
prove another plan, for construction
of new State Department building
on the west side of Lafayette Square,
Then came the miracle of the Pen
tagon, and most of the War Depart
ment moved across the Potomac.
The first unit Of the proposed War
Department building, representing
about third of the total space con-
templated for that structure. is be-
coming available now for other uses.
The State Department, which has
overflowed into forty buildings, scat
tered all over town, becomes the
logical tenant. It's transfer to
Twenty first and Virginia avenue
will be accompanied by others. de-
signed to get as much as possible of
the State Department under one
roof. At the same time, the old
State, War and Navy Building is
the handiest site for such White
House appurtenances as the execu-
tive staff, SO badly crowded now, the
Budget Bureau and others that are
born from time to time.
The Government building with top
priority now Is the General Ac-
counting Office and until that is
completed it is unlikely that any
thing else will be begun. But in
time the two remaining units Of
the building first planned for the
War Department will be constructed
and its permanent occupant-per-
haps the expanding Veterans Ad-
ministra tion-will be determined.
Only then will the future home of
the State Department be decided
The most recent plan has been to
place it on Pennsylvania avenue,
taking over the Court of Claims and
the Blair House. Legislation to that
effect was introduced but never re-
ported in the Seventy ninth Con-
gress Some day the plan may ma
terialize. But the more solidly
established the State Department
becomes in a<"temporary" location,
the longer it will be before it ever
comes back to the part of Washing
ton where it belongs. That has been,
by and large, the nature of the Cap
itals development-with slow prog
ress. between wars. toward the per-
fection of plans that the next war
always knocks into q cooked hat.