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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
Full Details of the Louis
Theatre Startling New
Contest Next Week

The Chicago World is calling
all south side contest fans to
participate in their big new,
novel and different type Of
newspaper contest, sponsored by
the Louis Theatre and the Chi.
cago World.
Nothing to Send In
You don't have to gather box
tops, write no letters, or fill out
and complete some sentence.
And list OF all there are no en-
try planks to mail in.
A Different Contest.
1t is not al movie star. or mer-
| chant, and it is not lucky num-
Der contest. 1t is just a simple,
easy contest that everyone will
enjoy to prticipte in nd every
on will have an equal chance
! win.
WHAT CAN THIS NEW con
TEST BE THAT WILL ROCK
THE SOUHSIDE WITH AMAZE
MENT?
While you are trying to guess
what this new contest is, watch
your curiosity pressure 50 it does
MT 60 to the danger mark. 0. X.
] we will give you a little clue, but
watch your curiosity pressure.
Here's the clue-F. Y. Y. Q.
Well, we have given you some
thing to think about, whether
you solve it or not before next
! week. be sure to buy she Chicago
| World for the Big Contest an
| nouncement and you'll say 81 am
! glad that | bought the Chicago
! World today, instead Of another
| paper
All eyes Of the So1thside will
be on the Chicago World next
| week.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

.StreumIiner Hits
Coaches at DoIton,
5 Negroes Hurt

Thirty-three passengers ant
members of the crew of a Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois rail
road streamliner were known tx
have been injured Wednesday
night when the engine of the
diesel propelled train crashed
into four coach commutel
train Of the Chicago and Yves
tern Indiana railroad at the
BOLTON station, near Blue Island
Although none suffered cri
tica1 injuries, most Of them had
to be removed from the scene in
ambulances. The injured were
takn to DR.. Philip Thomson
clinic in bolton and st. Francis
hospital, Blue Island.
Engine, Crew Trapped
The engineer and the fireman
Of the G. and E. l. train were
trapped in the cab OF the diesel
locomotive when THE baggage
car Of the commuter train tele.
soped over the engine. They had
to be ut out by policemen and
and firemen.
Although only the engine OF
the streamliner and the rear car
Of. the commuter train were di-
rectly involved in the wreck, the
first two cars of the commuter
train were hurled nearly 700
feet down the track by the i'm
pact. None of the seven pas.
senger cars of the G. and E. I.
train, called the Meadowlark,
was .derailed, but most of the
cars were twisted off their trucks
at an an angle.
Merchandise Litteirs Scene
The confusion at the scene
was heightened by quantities of
clothing, yard goods, and vari.
Gus merchandise strewn widely
from the wrecked baggage car.
Cans of tomato sauce were bro
ken and made splotches which
many persons mistook for blood.
The wreck apparently occurred
when trainmen of the G. and w.
1. train attempted to switch
their cars before the arrival CT
the soutil.bound G. and E, /.
streamliner. The commuter train
had pulled into the Dolton sta
ton and discharged it's passen-
gers about 10 minutes before the
crash.
Five colored were among the
injured. They were:
BARLOW, Dan, Hopkins Park,
ILL.,, bruises.
DIAL, Louis, 3844 Dearborn
ST., Chicago, train waiter, bruis-
es.
JOHNSON, Bishop, Hopkins
Park, ILL.,, knee and shoulder.
LIVINGSTON, E. v. Chicago,
train cook, bruises.
POLK, John, 1858 Michigan
ave-, Chicago, train waiter, left
knee, right hand.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
PRINCE. HALL
MOBILES AT. BIG
SHRlNERS BALL

MILWAUKEE, -Wis.-For the
irst time in the history of Mil
waukee and in the state Of Wis
consin, Arabic Temple No. A, A.
E. A. O., Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, Chicago of Prince Hall
Affiliation of Negro Free Mason
~, will publicly appear at a
Shriners' Ball, Saturday night,
November 20, at o. K. U. ". half
1918 West North ave., Milwau-
kee, Wis. at 500 p. m.
The Ball will be preceded by
a parade of Mobiles of Arabic
Temple No. A from Chicago. The
parade will be headed by the
band and patrol team of Arabic
Temple No. A. Said parade will
start at 700 p. M, Saturday,
from the North Shore depot, 60
ing north on North Sixth st. to
West Kilbourne, west on Kill
bourne to North Th ST., west on
West Walnut st. to North 18th
ST., north on North 18th st. to
West North ave. and west on
West North ave. to the hall
The Prince Hall Affiliated Ne
gro Freemasons of Milwaukee
four Blue Lodges Widows Son
Lodge, No. 1, Blazing Star Lodge,
No. 4, Corinthian Lodge, No. 5
and ASHER Lodge, No. Z, have
combined their financial resour-
See SHRINERS Page 2
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
One Reporter
Foresaw Victory

NEW YORK-Car Lawrence,
local political newsman for
the Dewey-procfaimed News and
who as a rule is never right on
a prediction, for once came
through with the foresight that
Harry S. Truman would be our
next President. Lawrence, who
predicted that either Warren or
Eisenhower would get the no.
mination instead Of Dewey, gave
tn e"boys" a bum steer when he
stuck by his guns until the Re-
publican convention. But three
weeks ago, Lawrence insisted
Truman would make it by some
miracle, though Dewey admitted
he plainly saw his victory writ
ten in the stars.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
Editor Publisher Of Tampa,
Florida Weekly Paper Passes
ALL HARLEM DEMOCRATS WIN AS
ASSEMBL YMEN; ALP LOSES BADLY

NEW YORK-Elijah Crump,
cigar-puffing candidate for the
Assembly from the 18th district,
won by a landslide Of 26,793 on
a straight Democratic ticket,
against his nearest opponent,
Eugene e. Kemp, Republican,
with 1906 votes. Crump won the
nomination several months ago
over William T. Andrews, form
er Assemblyman, who asking
for a recount from the Supreme
Court, was notified that when
votes had been recounted, the
official word was that he had
lost by slim margin Of 81 votes.
The 18th district, headed by
Commissioner J. Raymond Jones,
boosted the victory Of Harold A.
Stevens, Democrat, who got TO-
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

23S votes from the people. The
14th district stood it's own IN get
ting in Hulan E. Jack with H.
400, who was running for office
for the third~time. Assemblyman
Jack did vigorous campaigning
during registration week under
the guidance of seasoned dis
trict leader G. Mott Shavers.
Back to the 18th district, at
torney Thomas Dickens, Demo
crat, and from a family of pion-
eer politicians, won by a vote
of 16,04S. This was his first try
in running for office. :.
Two Negro women, running in
Brooklyn, were losers when the
results came in. They were Ada
B. Jackson, candidate for Con-
See ALL HARLEM Page 2
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
KHAN FAILS TO
SCARE NEGROES
IN DRESS up

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The
Ku Klux Khan seems unable to
become conscious Of it's unpopu-
larity in the estimation Of all
decent people. On election eve,
tn Florida division ! paradd
through the central part Of the
state burning fiery crosses,
principally in the yards of Ne
gro citizens. Winding up in
Wildwood, center Of the Sea-
board railroad shops.
Driving through several towns
with their automobile license
tags covered, they declared that
the parade was only warming
to communists. However, every
one knows that there are not
enough Communists in Florida
to fill a Mother Hubbard's cup
board, it is all too clear that the
display was intended only bo
brighten Negroes away from the
polls. Negroes LOOK the whole
matter as a joke and went to
the polls the next day by the
thousands. Evidently it takes
more than white sheet these
days to brighten Negroes VINO
faced Germans and Japanese in
the last war, over major pOr-
tons of the globe.
Florida's Governor Caldwell,
quite incensed about the whole
affair has ordered a full investi-
cation to determine why state
and county officers made no at
tempt to arrest or stop drivers
of cars travelling with covered
license plates, which is against
state law.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
Powell Seeks to Make
Pollsters Liable.

NEW YORK-Incumbent Re
preventative Adam clayton Po-
We'll, who was reelected in Man
hattan's 22nd Congressional Dis
trict with Democratic and ALP
support announced 1ast week
that he would seek to Introduce
legislation in Congress to force
all individuals, groups, and COM
panies engaged directly OF in
iilectly in the taking Of polls to
be"licensed and methods and pub
Iished reports to be supervised
by an appropriate federal agenc.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
FLORIDA MOURN
PASSING OF
TAMPA EDITOR

TAMPA, Fla.-All Of the state
of Florida are mourning the sud-
den passing of Mrs. M. E. Potter,
editor, owner and publisher Of
the Tampa Bulletin, Florida's
leading weekly.
Only a slight two years ago,
the husband died after years of
service as publisher and found
er of the Bulletin and as pro-
minent pastor and presiding ell
der of the AME Church.
After the death Of her hus-
band, Mrs. Potter carried on
with vigor and efficiency, but
the strain evidently proved too
much. On Sunday morning she
was present at services in her
beloved Allen Temple AME
Church. Win the offering was
lifted it was she who went to
the table and made a plea for "a
liberal collection because of the
needs of the church. Sitting in
her living room just before the
hour for the evening services,
discussing church matters with
friends visiting from Ports
mouth, Va, she was stricken in
the midst Of a sensence. When
her friends rushed to her chair
she was dead.
Active in the work of the Ur-
ban League, the Municipal Hos
her church, Mrs. Potter was eu-
pital and most of the divisions of
logized at her church by its dy-
manic young pastor, the Rev. R.
j. Blaine.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

- ~ - -
found all class
es of people
here even at
that early age.
The old red
Ii 6 h t district
doomed night
ly as a crimson
rose. Many stu
d e n t S a n d
others, W h o,
1ik e m y S e. ! f
had been rear
ed in Christian
homes nv nurn
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
Nurses Head Gets
Sudden Dismissal

TAMPA, Fla.-Climaxing the
lorg series of disputes and dis
turbances at the Clara FIVE
Municipal Hospital here, an
nouncement was made Of the
sudden dismissal f Mrs. Edith
Clark, superintendent nurses
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
Wishes Pleasant
/ thanksgiving to
Her Many Friends

Mollie Mae
Gates, national
gospel SINCE
and recording
artist Of AGO.
Prairie av., Chi
c a G o, wishes
her many &C
quaintances an(
friends a lovely
and very plea
SAINT Thanks.
giving day, as
we all have so
much to be
thankful for in
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
Directors Plan
Expansion For
Cospetics Corp.

NEW YORK-History was
made last week by the largest
rae cosmetic business in the
country, when the Rose Meta
&C. netics Corporations board
Of directors held their first meet
ing at West 125th ST., home OF
the organization, to plan for the
future expansion Of the corpor-
atit Il.
Members Of the board in at
tendance were DR.. Kenneth Nc
CLAN, Dr.. ]. D. Gibson, DR.. Ger
aid Spencer, Dr.. Gee Dickery
and johnnie Walker, leading
Ha1lem businessman.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

The being of grace must go
before the increase of it; for
there is no growth Without life,
and no building without
foundation.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

it is continually from Him, as
AS grace is first from God, SO
much as light is all day long
from the sun, as well rs at first
., avn or at sun-riSing.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

Precepts are the rules by
which we ought to square our
lives.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

BY grace are we saved
through faith; and that not of
youl!selvest. it is the gift Of
God.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20
ACROSS
THE: TABLE:
~ WFLLTAM HENHTHUFF
Birds of A Feather

All one, does in darkness
Will surely come to light;
Time has long since tested
And proved this saying right.
Nothing can be hidden
From eyes that never sleep; u
All, such eyes are searching
Behind our walls they peep.
(Huff)
The old saying that birds Of
a feather will flock together is
as true today as it was when
first uttered. I came to Chicago
blight years after ahe century,
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

these United States. God Bless
you all.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1948-11-20

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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
BY J. A. (Jack) Johnson

August IA is the last opportu-
nifty to register for those who de-
sire to vote in the coming cleo
ton and this is our last appeal for
all out registration before that
deadline is reached. We say again
the votes of all are needed be-
cause factors are involved that
gravely concern us all and ques-
lions of policy will be determined
that will shape our future destiny
for years to come. The contend
ing forces have passed the stage
of palliation and for any of us
to hesitate and fail to do our duty
as citizens now would be surren-
der to the side of wrong much that
we hold sacred in time and valu-
able in eternity.
In this election our votes will
determine whether or not we are
satisfied with the increasing high
cost of living Whether or not we
are satisfied for working men and
women to be continually forced to
strike for higher wages in order to
feed and keep a roof over the
heads of their families. Whether
or not we are satisfied with
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11

wages continually chasing prices
and prices in turn chasing wages.
And whether or not we are salts
fled to receive a 10 per cent in
crease in wages and on our next
trip to a meat market find out to
our surprise that the cost of meat
has increased to the extent that
we have actually received a 10
per cent wage cut.
We must determine by our votes
whether or not we are satisfied
with the inadequate housing situa-
ton which prevails all over the
nation. No place to rent-no place
to buy except at most exorbitant
prices. We must likewise deter
mine how we feel about social JUS
tice and racial tolerance. About
the attitude of the DiXicrats of the
deep South. Those sinful men and
of that section of the nation who
seek to forever cross to the land
of their ambition on a pontoon
bridge made of down-trodden Ne
groes. We can determine by our
votes whether or not southern
leaders may continue to filibuster
waste time and bully the entire
nation every time the question OF
Negro rights is brought to the at
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
FOE OF POLL TAX
SUES TO FORCE
COLLECTION

NASHVILLE (ANP) = Jennings
Perry, former local newspaper man
and currently president Of the
Tennessee Committee to Abolish
the Pail tax, filed suit in chancery
court here last Wednesday seeking
to force collection of the poll tax,
in an effort to demonstrate wheth-
err it is good or bad. The suit
asks q writ of mandamus to re-
quire the county trustee to tollect
the tax.
Perry said his suit is based on
the fact that cit may be that
proper enforcement of the tax will
demonstrate it is good tax or
a bed one" His theory is that
under state laws every inhabitant
between 81 and so years of age,
not specifically exempted by statu-
tie to pay an annual poll tax of
81 to the county trustee, is OBJ
liged to observe that law. Coun-
ties are authorized to charge a
similar amount, which makes the
tax amount to 50 usually.
The suit will be heard before
Chancellor William ]. Wade on
August 16.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11

Ohio; life member of the CIR.
Lodge, I. P. B. o. e. of W., life
member Ohio State Association of
Elks and member of Northern Dis
trict of Ohio.
DIR. Birdie Johnson spearheaded
the elaborate dinner, nonoring the
popular Ohioan. The. repast was
served by Mr.. Sidney M. Tullis.
the popular maitre d'hotel of the
Elks Club, an assurance to the
hostess and honorees of service
de luxe. Following the dinner,
Escort DIR. Viola Palmer in
troduced the guest of honor and
visitors, with the grace and charm
peculiarly her own. Special thanks
were extended to the Rev. judi
son Swancy, assistant Grand Chap
lain for his wonderful contribution
and courtesies to the visiting
Daughter Elks attending the N. A.
C. w. converting in Seattle.
And so, all over the Queen City
was toasted: Seattle, the garden
of the gods-We came, we saw,
we are satisfied.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
MRS. M. YOUNGER
WAS SPEAKER AT
INACW CONVENTION

Mrs. Mildred Younger repre-
sented the Republican party in a
nonpartisan political forum to be
held Aug. as part of the NACW
convention in Seattle. Mrs.
Younger, as chairman of the Cali
fornia Republican State Central
Committees Southern Division
Speakers bureau, said of her
party:
Opportunity for all is a pri-
mary tenet of the Republican phi
losophy. The emphasis is placed
on civil rights, the opposition to
such iniquities as mob violence,
the poll tax and segregation.
Mrs. Estelle Riddle Osborne
spoke for Henry Wallace's party,
and the Democratic party to
come. Mrs. Thomasina Johnson
of the U. S. Employment service
was coordinator.
The NACW convention was
held July 31-Aug. z in Seattle.
-(ANP)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
Registration Prime Requisite of Citizenship

tention of Congress. Whether OF
not Negroes are entitled to their
respect as we'll as they are en-
titled to ours. These matters con-
Germ us all and if we love our
race and love our country it is our
plain duty to go to the polls and
say so with ballots.
For the few race women who
have told us during the past week
that they do not believe in women
voting, we say it is your duty to
help make the laws that govern
your children and yourselves. Or
|ganized government marks the
progress of intellect. From the un-
restrained individual of high an
tiquity, governments have deyel-
oped through the welding of men
and women into families, of fam
lilies into communities, of commu-
mites into states and states into
nations. Through the welding of
individual desires into national
ideals. Change your minds, regis
ter before the deadline is reached
and cast your ballots as all good
citizens should do.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
Georgia Woman
Says Segregation
Carried Too Far
.(ANP)

COLUMBUS, Ga.-(ANP)-Seg.
regation is being carried too far
in Columbus, Miss Imogene Ayers
told the city commission last
week. She asked the commission
to clarity the laws.
In speaking of jimcrow, Miss
Ayers advised:
ut would be nice If the bus
company would send its drivers
all around the country to see how
the segregation problem is being
handled We can thrash out this
thing"
She is the sister of the well
known DIR. w L. Ayers. She de-
scribed the Columbus situation:
II wonder If both races don't
carry segregation too far. know
of a shoe store here when I was
sitting in the Negro section a
white man came in and sat down
by me and | got up and moved"
She also told of a time in Co
lumbus when a Negro sat in the
rear of the bus next to a white
man. She said, THE driver came
back and said, Niger did you sit
down by a white MANI
She asked whether in Columbus
Negroes were supposed to sit
from the "back toward the front
or the back to the front"
Then Miss Ayers described rid
ing in Kansas City, place she
called a strictly jimcrow town
She said:
1.-THE white got on and the
colored got on and one colored
woman sat down right behind the
driver. I. being from Georgia
thought the driver would have a
wreck when it happened, but
everything went along all right"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
WOMEN SHRINERS
MEET

Mrs. Beulah L. Mckay, impe-
rial COMMANDERS of the Imperial
Court Daughters of Isis. auxiliary
of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic
Order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine
of North and South America and
jurisdictions, announced recently
that the annual convention of her
group will be held in st. Louis
Aug. 1921. Issuing the call to
meeting as she left Oklahoma
City for a western tour of sub
ordinate courts in Colorado. Cali
fornia and Arizona, she said. 1--WE
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
BANNER ON SPECIAL TRAIN CHAPTER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION COORD WOMEN
SEATTLE HERE We COME MRS. JEANETTE SMITH, CHAIRMAN TRANSPORTATION
PROF. ]. c. FRAZIER, SILLSBEE, TEXAS,
VISITS HIS BROTHER, PRENTIS, SEATTLE

seeing but a small part of the
Queen City, the sight seeing pro-
fessor took time out to tell US
of a mighty hearty welcome.
The Professor Story
"upon visiting my brothers In
DanviIIe, Illinois, Omaha, Nebr.,
and Seattle, Washington, met
with hearty welcome. My broth
err Prentis |. Frazier Is my host
In Seattle. The hospitality of Seat
tie Is great.
TEXAS
My home Is In SlIsbee, Texas,
and am Supervisor of the Color
ed Schools. We enjoy fairly good
recognition In Texas. Teacher saIa-
ries are regulated by law on an
equal basis as the Republican Par
ty In Texas does not mean any
thing to the minority groups. :. =.
The coIored voter is allowed in
the Democratic primaries and the
State Conventions. Grading Texas
as a local unit of the South 1t
means more to US to vote as
Democrats In the State elections.
Racial groups are developing
greater respect for one another.
| find that the minority groups
in Seattle enjoys superior recogn-
ition than we have in Texas.
AS a minority grows, more pre-
pared, equality of opportunity and
economic justice will come our
way.
The future belongs to those
who are prepared"
So concluded Prof. Frazier.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
NEGRO CONNECTS
HITCHED TO PLOW
in FARM FIELDS

MONTGOMERY Negro con-
victs have been used in the place
of mules to pillow farm land in
Alabama, prison Investigators have
learned.
But the convicts hitched them
selves to the .plows voluntarily,
said Frank Boswell, state prison
director, in testimony before a
committee last week.
Boswell told legislative public
committeeman charged to work
out reform program, that teams
of four, six and eight Negroes
were used to pillow the fields.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-11
THREE SIDE TRIPS: BONNEVILLE DAM.
MULTNOMAH FALLS, PORTLAND, ORE.

club woman, must receive a cita-
tion for distinguished service. The
weeks of planning of conferences,
of communication, resulting In per-
feet execution, is climax to her
many years of faithful public work.
At her side stood her efficient
secretary, Mrs. Vivian Cannon.
From the officials of the rail-
roads, who made the entire trip.
the hand-picked crew who antici-
pated every wish, there was a
feeling of Difference for this group
who reflected the highest type Of
American womanhood.
This impression was passed
along as evidenced in cordial re-
captions along the route and three
sightseeing trips lat Bonneville
Dam, Multnomah Falls and Port
land. Living together in family
unison and cooperation for three
days and nights-laughing, singing
and celebrating in quieter me.
ments.
Obs and abs for the wonders
of Gods country and gratitude to
those who made the journey pos
sible-is something to recapture in
memory.
AS the "All Aboard" signal
sounded: Through the Northwest
ern Station July 81 and the "chug
chug" of the engine dimmed the
sound of happy voices, Mrs. JEAN
cite Smith closed her little bank
book showing a withdrawal of
$4,000 paid by women to finance
their trip to the Northwest.
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Becomes First
Precinct Chairman

BEAUMONT, Tev.-(ANP)-- At
the primary elections held here
recently, Aaron Jefferson was
elected precinct chairman of Pre-
cinct l to become the first Ne
gro to be elected to such a posi-
ton in a mixed area in several
decades.
He was elected by a vote of
176 to 10S over white w. S. Lee,
who had held the position for
eight years The area contained
492 Negro voters and 339 white
voters.
In the past the usual practice
had been to allow white voters
in predominantly colored precincts
to vote in a white area.