The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-07-27
NEWS FROM
CLEVELAND, OHIO
BY c. C Austin


Lear INQ1bhWebli "a enterprise
staff and Friends ss,as1s ~ ta
The. Navy Air reserve terel
goes on the alert" nearly 800 naval
air reservists from the Cleveland
area are. on a (ready sbaais) today
as one, Of the reserve units likely
to. beneaiied into active service.
These are the big headlines of
the Cleveland Press ,today-war
and air its ugly implications face
the Worthwhile tomorrow Sat-,
July % is opening day OF Hone of
TIE largest religious congresses
ever held in America. When the
$4,000 representatives OF the 20
million Baptists of the world ar
rive in Cleveland this week, one
Of their first and major activities
will be a mammouth parade and
probably one Of the largest re-
ligious marches in recent times.
Like everything else in the Baptist
World alliances B. day congress.
the parade will be entirely free
from any kind OF distinction be-
tween the many races, languages
and sexes gathered here. The
congress win be unusual in that
it is one of the few occasions when
the two large groups of Negro
Baptists convene together. The
National Baptist Convention and
the National Baptist Incorporated
The two groups combined rep
resent about 5 million Negro Bap-
Baptist churches in the Cleveland
lists. There are more than &c
area. AT Cleveland stadium, Satur-
day evening, roll call Of nations
with choir of 5000 voices; Zoe
piece Baptist band. Roland Hayes
tenor. Major topic on Congress.
agenda will be rare relations
Cleveland is nationally known
to be the ideal and complete con
vention city. IT'S location is un
excelled. Since the Inauguration
of the direct coast to coast al
route in 1918. Cleveland has bee1
one of the mpst important sta
tons in the service. The Clevelan,
Airport is one fof the three leadin,
aiTports in the world. Your North
west Enterprise rowing reporte
likes this big busy city-It canno
4 be too busy for me. am on tn
| 60 all the time. think I hav
seen about rall the IT mile LAX
! Erie frontage. It is a beautifl
t.sight. There are 814 churches in
4 cfufifng all denominations. hav
Il enjoyed services at three of then
l am told there are 150,UOD Ne
groes here, know that wfereye
you gu in the big stores in tn
city, we are largely employed
There seems to be about 80 pc
cent Negroes employed in tn
city transit system. IT is fhrillin
10 zee as many colu1ed men an
'llwonfen bus drivers as white. A
IKE downtown department store
1aenTploy Negro women clerks, a
Y tine achain food stnnes, rolurea
y CLERKS are hired as clerks an
cashiers. Telephone operators al.
Il employed by the Ohio Bell Tele
u phone Co. No race clashes i,
\ cleveland due to the wen police,
cTty by colored police and whit
and their alertness; no sleepinl
son tthe job.
:. Extensive Negro businesses her
i 1eeTl prosperous and well man
Aged. The Call and Post Negr
: newspapers send correspondent
to Korea, Albert L. Hinton.
brilliant reporter and veteran o
20 years experience of service OF
the Journal and Guide of Norfolk
4 He twill work side by side with tn,
ace mewsmen of the United Press
Associated Press and other tor
news agencies.
| I EHve not visited the Gail ana
Post 1fffices yet, but hope tC
do SO soon Have been busy also
with the housing problem which
is the major problem in all cities
Since facing the job of finding
a desirable place to live is not
too bright an outlook.
I appreciate the reading of the
Enterprise.
I like the many fine accomplish
ments of somie of the clubs in pre-
senting of scholarship awards to
worthy youngsters; in this way
the club chalks up cross on the
scoreboard of success. I am truly
proud of my successor, Mrs. Betty
.Iohnson