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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

Today, nine years later, Seattle realizes what ir
reparable loss would have suffered had his
not accepted the appeal of friends to remain and share
their viscissitudes
In January, 1912 in Masonic Hail. 21s and E. jefferson,
handful of his faithful adherents pledged their faith
and their and organized the Peoples Insttu
onal Baptist Church Shortly thereafter they purchased
place of worship at 120 21st Avenue where they
NAMED until their purchase of ST. Clements Congrega
tonal Church, oath and East Fir their present home.
The Reverend Fountain w. Penck pastor and organ
zer of the church. said Il happy first because
buying Temple for Cod second because this will be
shrine where shall be at home and third because
such building will naturally attract Others"
The newly purchased property consists of nine-room
parsonage, Recreatonal and Educational hail. Sunday
School room chapel dining and kitchen, the main
auditorium together with for social and civic func
ons While the purchase price not announced, Dr.
Penck said the property had been conservatvely APP
praised and valued at 100000.
The Peoples Institutional Baptist Church moved into
the new edifice about June 1, 1916.
The Peoples Institutional Baptist Church has reduced
its indebtedness to figure slightly above 100000.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
Oklahoma Regents
Would Let Some
Negroes Enroll

OKLAHOMA CITY = (ANP) =
Oklahoma's regents for higher ed
ucation suggester amendment of
the states segregation laws last
week to permit Negroes to enter
white universities on a segre-
gated basis If they cannot get
desired training at Langston Uni
versity for Negroes.
DR.. M. A. Nash, chancellor of
the regents, said the recommen-
dalton was made to Gov. Roy J..
Turner and both houses of the
State Legislature.
Nash said the boards action is
meant to comply with a three
Judge ruling last October. In the
case of G. w. McLaurin, the
judges ruled he must be admitted
to the University of Oklahoma to
study for a doctors degree be-
cause the type of training he
sought was not provided at Lang
ston.
Last weeks action came on the
heels of another attempt to crack
Oklahoma's segregation laws.
Three Negroes applied for admis-
sion to Oklahoma University grad
uate schools earlier last week and
a fourth said she would try to
enter Monday.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

to investigate repeated charges
that Negro prisoners have been
denied opportunities and privileges
to condition themselves for re-
turn to society by learning trades,
occupations, and crafts taught in
the Indiana penal institutions.
The committee will also inyesti-
gate the systematic excluding of
Negro citizens from parole boards,
supervising officials, prison guards
instructors, or advisory committee
save for few isolated instances.
Legislator Hunter of East Chi
cago, Indiana, and Atty Forrest
w. Littlejohn of Indianapolis, Ind,
are the only Negroes serving in
the Indiana General assembly.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
First Coroner's Physician
Appointed in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA - (ANP) -
DR.. G. g. Wooding. well-known
pathologist, was sworn in as cor
oner's physician last Monday at
salary of $500 a year. This
is the first time that a Negro
has held this position in Pennsyl-
vania.
DIR. Weddings appointment came
through the recommendation of
William Upshur, leader of the
both ward, and William Meade,
Republican city chairman. Mead
insisted on the appointment of
a Negro to this post and gave
the appointment to Upshur.
The position requires special
training in pathology and Wood
ing has had more training in this
branch of medicine than any other
Negro doctor in the city.
DIR. Wooding, a graduate of
Lincoln university and Temple
Medical school. has an outstand-
ing background in pathology. He
serves as co-pathologist at the
Mercy-Douglass hospital.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
CATHOLIC SISTERHOOD
TAKES In FIRST NEGRO

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.-(ANP)
Miss Jennie Seabrook, for
mer student of the College of
New Rochelle, became the first
Negro girl to enter the congre-
cation of the Catholic Sisters here
recently when she was accepted in
the novitiate at Beacon, N. Y,
for spiritual training. The Cath
Ole Sisters coduct the College of
New Rochelle.
Miss Seabrook was educated in
New York public schools, and
while attending the Catholic Sis
tiers institution, acted as a vol
unteer worker OF the Harlem
Friendship hause, a Catholic set
Element house. She received the
religious dress of the Sisters at
ceremonies on Jan. 3.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
NEGRO MEMBER
URGED FOR rec

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(ANP)-
President Truman was asked here
last week to name a Negro to
fill the vacancy existing on the
Interstate Commerce commission
as a step toward eliminating seq
regation on Railroads and buses.
The request came from Edgar
G. Brown, director of the National
Negro Council, who said in
telegram that such an oppoint-
ment would be a long step toward
implementing by example your
challenging championship of civil
rights.
"The presence of a Negro on
the Interstate Commerce commits
sion would go far to expedite
the elimination of discrimination
and segregation on the common
carriers, railroads and buses of the
country on account of race or
color" Brown asserted.
He suggested the name of Ken
meth Campbell, Chicago, for the
post. Campbell is a veteran of
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
Republicans Keep
Scott as Chairman

OMAHA, - (ANP) = The Re-
publican National committee re-
elected Hugh Scott of Philadelphia
chairman at its meeting here last
Thursday after hot fight. Scott
who was regarded as the candi-
date of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York was opposed by the
conservatives who had backed
Senator Robert A. Taft Of Ohio
in the party convention last June.
Perry w. Howard of Mississip-
pi and his committeewoman, Mrs.
Mary C. Booze, the only .colored
members of the committee, cast
their votes for Roy E. Dunn of
Minnesota, a Taft follower. Both
Mrs. Booze and Howard had been
ardent Taft supporters as were
most of the Southern delegations
including the lily-white groups.
Howard did a swan act in the
contest issuing a public statement
in opposition to Scott. saying a
new chairman was necessary If
colored people were ever to be
brought back to the party. After
the voting however he Joined all
of the other committeeman in
congratulating the new chairman
and pledging his support.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
New Orleans Detectives
Mistreat Expectant Mother

NEW YORK CAMP - An
enraged group OF Negro citizens
Of this city filed a complaint with
the superintendent Of police last
week relative to the brutal treat
ment received by 2s-year-old
expectant mother Mrs. Jeanette
Debouse. at the hands Of two
city detectives.
Witnesses stated that the young
woman was first slapped. then
showed to the ground and threat
ened with a revolver in the hands
of one of the sleuths. Charity
hospital doctors said that the
victim had suffered wrenched
back.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
BILLIE HOLIDAY ATTRIBUTES new
SUCCESS TO LOYALTY OF FANS

Billie Holiday, who made one
of the most sensational comebacks
in show business history and who
plays a one-night engagement at
the Senator Ballroom, Seventh and
Union on Saturday night, February
IL, attributes her new-found sue
cess to the loyalty and devotion
of her fans.
From humble beginning, sing
ing for tips in the mothers rest
aurant, she went to the top of
her profession, being paid as much
as $4,000 a week and winning
an enthusiastic cult of followers
whose loyalty to her has never
wavered. The loyalty was so deep
rooted that she didn't lose one
fan when she needed all the sup
port and moral boosting she could
get.
1t was a little more than a year
ago that she was sent to wo-
mems reformatory for a drug cure
and the sceptics shook their
heads SADLY, saying Billie
Holiday was through. They over
looked one important factor the
devotion of fans. These followers
wrote her thousands of letters in
the ten months she spent in the
reformatory, giving her courage to
conquer the drug habit. And when
she finally came out, freed of the
drug plague and ready for what
ever other punishment a tickle
public might decide upon, they
packed Carnegie Hall to the street
just ten days after she became a
free woman again.
They rocked and shouted, chant
ed and sang with her from all
corners of the staid old auditorium
when that enchanting coice again
came to life after ten months of
silence. After the Carnegie enga-
cement came a record breaking
run at the Strand Theatre in New
York which was followed just as
successfully at the Ebony Club on
Broadway. And the fans who
refused to desert her are still
flocking to hear and see Billie
Holiday, Americas foremost sing
ing stylist.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
SOLON WOULD
MOVE NEGRO
FAMILIES NORTH

WASHINGTON = A inhibition
dollar program to move as many
as 100000 Negro families from
the South to the North was pro
posed to Congress last week.
The shift outlined in bill by
Senator Russella, Democrat of
Georgia. would be on a purely
voluntary basis. The program also
would pave the way for white
persons to move from the North
into the Southern states to I'LL
the population gap left by the
Negro migration.
Russell's bill would establish q
voluntary naturalization COM
mission as an independent federal
agancy. Its job would be to draw
up and handle a program To "en-
courage and assist" members of
both races to move from states
where their racial graup is above
normal in respect to total popu-
lation. They would go into states
where the proportion is below
normal.
The hin saws the nrocram
would not be applicable to any
state which did not agree to It,
either through action Of It's Legis-
lature or the governor.
Russell would authorize an ap-
preparation Of $500, 100000 for the
program for the remainder of the
1949 fiscal year, ending next July
1. and $1,000. 100000 for each of
the four succeeding fiscal years.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

eminent to designate Fair Employ
ment Officers and Boards which
shall be responsible. under the
immediate supervision of the de-
partment head, for carrying out
such policy.
In compliance with said Elk
ecutive Order, Fred H. Chiles, a
graduate of Tuskegee Institute.
student of Seattle University and
an Examiner. Issue and Change
Section, Underwriting Division, In
surance Service Of the U. s. Vet
Grams Administration was design
ated as member and secretary
of the Fair Employment Hearing
Board of the Va. Branch No. IL
of this city. Mr.. Chiles' name
had been previously recommended
to the Veterans Administration,
Central Office, Washington. d. c.,
for approval of his qualifications.
Mr.. Chiles Is the only colored
member on the Board and has
been employed with the Veterans
Administration and its offices
since July 1, 1889. He was first
employed at the Veterans Admini-
stration Facility at Tuskegee, Ala,
was transferred to Central Office.
Washington, d. c., in February,
1912, and assisted in the opening
of VA offices at 346 Broadway,
New York, City, in June. 1912.
and Branch Office No. IL In this
city in June. 1916. Since his ar
rival at the Seattle office, he has
won seven awards for meritorious
suggestions which have aided In
economy and efficiency of opera
ton within the VA.
Mr.. Chiles is also teacher
and assistant superintendent OF
the First A. M. e. Sunday School,
secretary of the Beta Omicron
Chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity, and a member Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lewis
Ford Post No. 2S9 of this city.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

l. Why labor repeal provision re-
being
the funds collected year?
o. Why do labor unions repeal the which
tects the right of citizen his other
workers hired for the picket lines?
Why do labor unions abolish the right
for the say
what they the
Why the labor-unon
the law which fobids them
political party?
Why the abounion leaders want repealed the section
the law which labor sixty notice
calling a thus permit wildcat
strikes whereby work stopped small
a whole line of employees forced quit
Why labor-union leaders from the
the unfair labor practices
commit thus leaving labor unions immune
combining all unfair
TO
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

The man who needs financial
aid to reduce his indebtness to
a minimum to complete the pur-
chase of the new home for the
Peoples institutional Baptlst
Church. He promised his God: -
"Here will build my Ebenezer.
Here will ! build an edIfIee that
will give expression to beauty
and holiness" 1t goes without
saying "st. Clements Episcopal
Church" Is complete. II Is
the most complete In every detail
of any edlfice owned by Negroes
on the Pacific Coast.
Reverend Penick and his congre-
cation are proud of the record of
the Peoples Institutional Baptist
Church. The church was organi-
zed in Jan. 1912 in the Masonic
Hall, 21st and East Jefferson with
20 members. The membership has
increased to more than 500.
The Peoples Church has earned
for herself the well deserved name
the "Service Peoples Church" for
it has ministered faithfully to the
needs of those in the armed forces.
In their new quarters, the church
will continue the Social, Recrea-
tional and Religious program on
larger scale and with a greatly
increased number of full-time paid
workers.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
Mccarthy to Be
Lincoln Speaker

The 4Sth annual Lincoln Day
Banquet, sponsored each year by
the Young Mems Republican Club
of King County, will be held Feb
ruary IL in the Masonic Temple,
Harvard Avenue and East Pine
Street.
Senator Joseph r. Mccarthy OF
Wisconsin will be guest speaker.
The banquet will begin at $3.50
O'Clock. Tickets may be ordered
from Charles r. Pollock. club Sec
rotary. Room 4, Ferry Dock.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. : amp

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. = amp
- Attorney Willard B. Ransom,
Indiana State NAACP president,
has announced the admittance of
four Negroes to the AFL brick
layers union here. 1t is believed
that the color line has been end
ed in this union for many other
applications of qualified Negroes
are being processed.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
Outlaw Khan, Urges
Florida Governor

TALLAHASSEE. Fla.-Gov Full
Ter Warren said he will ask the
1949 Legislature to outlaw the Ku
Klux Khan "and any other terror
list organization" in Florida.
Warren's statement was made
a few hours after the Khan staged
a 43-car parade through this Flo
rida capital. Six men who took
part in the parade were arrested
for displaying improper license
tags. Four gave Georgia addresses.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

A Man WANTED
BY MATILDA GRANT

- III a@4E 1nf+ANN
run ye to and fro. through the
streets Of Jerusalem, and see
now. and know, seek In the
broad places thereof, II We can
find > man." der. $50
Down through the ages, there
has been the need for men with
great faith, vision and courage:
men born OF God with a determis
nation to build and maintain q
moral standard for individuals and
for the Nations of the earth; men
who will comport with the teach
ings of Christ, who gave HIS life
a ransom for all. s'
A man with unusual faith and
courage was needed in Seattle's
earlier days. In January, 1910,
these attributes became manifest
In Fountain w. Penick. who serv-
ed the Mt. Zion Baptist Church
for two years, with much success
to his credit. God deemed it wise
In January of 1912 to move him
from that church. With profound
love and faith In his God he,
like Abraham, went out, not
knowing whittier he went" He
visualized an organization that
would glorify God and serve all
the people in a very practical
way. Thus the Peoples Institu-
tional Baptist Church" came to be
and stands as a monument to his
honor.
Reverend Penick's deep interest
In the entire welfare of mankind
brought to him the honor Of be-
ing the first Negro appointed as
a member Of the Board Of Direc-
tors of the Community Chest and
Council Of Seattle and King Coun-
ty. Other distinctive honors are
his through his position as men,
Der of the Public Appeals Board
for Seattle and King County. APP
pointed by Mayor VIM. +. Devin;
Chairman of the Executive Board
of Friends for Racial Equality,
member of the Executive Commit
tee of the NAACP; and vice-Mo-
derator of the General Baptist
Association of Washington. Con-
sequently, the import Of his in
fluence is felt very keenly in
religious, civic, and business af-
fairs throughout the State and
Nation.
Words of praise go also to Wv
ienne Lochrane Penick, wife and
inspiration to Reverend Penick.
She is Corresponding Secretary
of the Woman's Convention Auxil-
larry to the National Baptist Con-
vention, Inc, President of the
Woman's Department of the GEN
eral Baptist Association Of Wash
ington, Organizer of the Cosmo-
poiitan Century Club, and Record
ing Secretary of the Seattle Coun-
Gil of Church Women. Mrs. Pen
ick stands as a light to all min
ister's wives in that she posses
ses a strong Christian character,
and is able to deal fairly, impair
TALLY and justly with her CO.
workers. Her kind and unselfish
attitude toward the high, the
low, the rich, the poor, the learn
ed, and the unlearned, qualities
her to walk with Kings and never
lose the Common Touch"
The influence Of the Negro peo-
pie in Seattle has been enhanced
by the lives and deeds of these
two noble personalities. We do
most sincerely invite all Seattle
to share with us in giving honor
to two of Seattle's most humble
and worthy servants.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
TO INVESTIGATE
TREATMENT OF NEGROES

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. - (ANP)
= Representative James S. Hunter
of East Chicago, Ind, has per-
suaded the Legislative committee
Of the Indiana general assembly
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
|CHILES APPOINTED SECRETARY OF THE
VA FAIR EMPLOYMENT HEARING BOARD

Executive Order No. $780, decreeng that all Federal per-
sonnet actions shall be based solely merit fitness
and that there shall be discrimination because of race
color religion, national origin and directing the head
of each department in the Executive Branch of the Gov
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

The Rev. E. w. Penick greatest
inspiration, trampler over opposi-
ton and prejudice sets her foot
on every obstacle, achieving the
miraculous. She now looks forward
to joining in the conservation and
pure offering to their God.
Because of her personal popular
lty, her active interest and serv-
ice in religious, civic and social
organizations, Mrs. vivienne Loeb
rane Penick wins our honor for
Seattle Woman of the year."
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

World War II and a member Of
the Cook County Democratic ex-
ecutiye board. However, the ex-
listing vacancy was created by a
republican leader of the commits
sion.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02

Nomination for one of the fin
est women that God ever made:
Mary Church Terrell.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-02-02
SEVEN DAYS OF FINE ENTERTAINMENT
ENDING II A.M., BPM. 7:3O PIN. SUNDAY

EDITORS NOTE: We recall an editorial
under date of Friday, January %, 1922:
sSeattIe We spare this man.
sThe Northwest Enterprise which unhesitatngIy ded
Gates its service the people of Seattle and the Northwest
IN general appeals every conscientious Race and
to face the bar of public opinion and lay upon the
altar al injustice all msru all dstrust all jealousy AL
all elfishness and draft the Rev. F. W. Penick for
the duration.
SEATTLE NEEDS THIS MAN. Let us find place
for him make Seattle has few big in It's
midst to permit of Dr.. Penicks caber to lay down
his mantle on the of impending hostities.
Today repeat: SEATTLE, WE CANNOT SPARE
THIS MAN"
Seven years have passed; still say: Seattle, we
cannot spare this
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-09
Knesset Approves New Tax
To Aid In Absorption Of
New Immigrants

TEL AVN (JTA)-The Knesset
this week approved a new tax to
aid in the absorption of immi-
grants. The levy will affect per-
sons with annual incomes of 5000
or more. Finance Minister Ellie
ger Kaplan assured the Knesset
that every cent received through
this channel will be used exclu-
sively for immigrant absorption.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-09

a single expression of ecstasy.
His work is over, he shouts, out
of breath. He's on his way to
visit his mother who has a job
in the Beth Ha Kerem one
of the suburbs of Jerusalem.
Together we walk over the
ancient hills, surrounding Jeru-
salem. We pick ripe figs and
my tiny companion, with his
hoarse voice, intones the song of
the Palmach and then decides
on the melodious monotony of
the oriental tunes he knows so
well.
Suddenly, he stops, picks up a
piece OF paper @. page from
an Arab book. Violently, he tears
it to shreds, his eyes blazing:
That's what the Arabs in Yemen
did to our Sefer Torah.
And now he's running down
the hill again
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-09

Joseph Berger native Of AUSTRIA oyuy embraces his wife
and daughter on New York pier after lOyear separation
Brought here under the sponsorship Of United Service for
New Americans Berger last his family in 1882 when,
fearful of the Naz menace he struggled them of the
Instead he seized by German police and spent long hard
years in concentration camp The work of U.SNA. in
settling thousands of displaced Jews in America is made
possible through the United Jewish Appeal campaigning
for Support of the United Jewish Appeal is
essential for this work to cOntnue-sO that thousands Of
other Jewish victims of Nazm may leave the DIP camps for
good new life in America.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-09-09
New Arrival

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. EiSenstein
announce the birth of a daughter,
Diana Lynn, on August IS. Mrs.
Eisenstein is the former Miss Isa-
bel Matos of Bronx, N. Y.