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W ANTED SUBSCRIBE TO Club, Fraternal and Social News This is YOUR Newspaper . . . so help make it yours by send ing in these happenings. a Oregon’s n a^egro Weekly nc^uirer PORTLAND^ ORE, SEPTEMBER 15, 1944 Published each Friday VOLUME 1 YOUR PROGRESSIVE NEGRO N EW SPAPER PRICE 10c NUMBER 10 MISSING BOY, 9, FOUND DROWNED Truman’s Home Town Son of Vanport Los Angeles Trolleys Resident Lost Boasts “ No Negroes” Now Use Negroes Since Sept. 7 th COLORED NOT ALLO W ED TO E A T IN RESTAU RAN TS CAPT. TILLMAN OF VANPORT OR VISIT M OVIES W H ER E TRUM AN NOW LIVES. POLICE DIRECTED HUNT The body of 9-year old Bobby Earl Williams was found Wednes day afternoon floating in the Ore $ ■'m - * W yX;.vX^vX;‘;X^y!£I£‘;X,X^v.vXj>t*¡*>X*!v' % -• § * y,.fi t SSf v *4 ■ > <■,' * * 6S2^S?tÌZS'-- Senator Harry S. Truman is shown being greeted by Senator Tom Connally, o f Texas, in l.amar. Mo. LAMAR, Mo. (RNP), Sept. 12— Lamar, Mo., which boasts not a single Negro family, and renowned as the territory of the Jesse James and the Younger bandit gangs, wel comed home a native son, Senator Harry S. Truman, Thursday night, August 31, to receive the official notification and to accept the nomi nation as the Democratic vice-presi dential candidate. Senator Tom Connally o f Texas, greeted by citizens as “ the old re bel,” made the notification speech. Citizens of this southern Missou ri town looked with awe upon five Negroes who came to Lamar for the notification ceremonies. Inclu ded among them were J. E. Mit chell, editor of the St. Louis Argus, St. Louis, Atty. Robert E. Cobb of Jefferson City; Atty. R. L. Vaughn o f St Louis, assistant in the state attorney general’s office; and R E. Wood, chaufeur for Attorney Gen eral Roy McKittrick. Senator Truman’s nine-page ac ceptance speech was a plea for vhe re-election of President Roosevelt on the basis o f his experience. “ There is no substitute for exper ience,” said the Senator. Commenting on his speech, the Kansas City Star Friday said . . . “ It might be observed at the out set that Senator Truman himself is the beneficiary of a change in lead ership and o f a decision to replace a man experienced in the office of vice-president of the United States with a man without such exper ience. The discarding o f Vice- President Wallace at Chicago, in favor o f Truman, is proof that the Democratic Natioi.ir CVnvkntic.n believed that other considerations might outweigh experience in the selection of public officials. The ar gument for experience cannot, therefore, be given the overriding place attributed to it by Senator Truman.” In his speech, Senator Truman made no reference to the Negro. Women of the Methodist church who had prepared meals for the press were befuddled when Negro reporters sat down to be served. The Negroes were served when the pastor ruled that “ We Methodists make no dividing line between races.” Senator Truman was bom at La mar, but his parents moved away when he was 4. In Independence, Mo., where the Senator has lived for many years, the streets on which live the majority of the 800 Negro citizens are unpaved and the street lighting is poor. Negroes are not permitted to any theatre in the city, but must travel to Kansas City to see a movie. There is no public restaurant where they may eat. VANPORT REGISTRATION > c+ c* O 03 O h > o œ ftH a ct «<1 co CO 9 $ s no r » JO M » to BOOTH O O' <+ ►s & CD «< The Los Angeles Railway Cor poration has complied with the di rective o f August 9, which sought to end discrimination in the em ployment of Negroes, Malcolm Ross, Chairman of the President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice, announced today. On September 1, three weeks after the corporation agreed to comply “ within a reasonable time,” P. B. Harris, President of the rail way corporation, wrote to Harry L. Kingman, FEPC regional director, as follows: “ This letter is in compliance with directive issued by the President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practices Case No. 66, Paragraph 4, which states, The committee fur ther directs that the Los Angeles Railway Corporation notify in writing the committee’s director for Region XII when it has affect ed compliance with this order, and such notice shall be given within gon Slough. It w a s discovered accidentally by 2 fishermen, M. B. Barlar, of 3815 Broadacres, Van- port and J. D. Hayward, 248 D Ft. George Street, B u r ton Homes. Vancouver, Wash, about 1:30 in the Bobby E. afternoon n e a r Williams the Sawdust dock of the Swift Packing company. Little Bobbie Williams, 9 years old son of Cpl. and Mrs. Julius Wil liams of Vanport, had been missing from his home since Thursday, that the youngster was still miss September 7th. Bobbie was a news ing. A member of the staff of the boy for some of the weekly Negro Portland Inquirer heard of the dis papers and made frequent trips to appearance and communicated with Portland alone; thereby giving the the Sheriff’s office and Captain authorities the inclination to be Tillman got busy, sent a squad car lieve that he was possibly stranded after the parents, had the boy’s in some unknown part of the city ., description broadcast and krpt in . He wee about three' feet tall; lias constant touch with the ofVcvs of a dark copper-colored complexion, the Inquirer in order to try to de The keen features and curly black hair. termine his whereabouts. When last seen he was wearing a search ended with the finding of yellow and brown striped polo shirt Bobby’s partly decomposed body. The Coroner was contacted at a and overalls. He wore neither hat late hour Wednesday evening, he nor shoes. Captain Tillman of the Vanport stated that the condition of the Sheriff’s office had talked with body showed that the Williams boy the parents of the missing boy as had been dead for some time, prob late as Tuesday evening neatly ably since the day o f his disap midnight in an effort to locate the pearance. He added, there will not missing youngster. The disappear be an inquest. ance of Bobby seems not to have been so widely known until it was brought to the attention of Capt. Tillman. He found out that although the boy had been missing since September 7, it was not reported to his office until Sunday, the 10th. There had been a Broadcast of the description o f Bobby and the mat ter was dropped as no one bother ed to let the Sheriff’s office know Mrs. Williams (Doris Mae) is a swing shift worker in the Vancou ver shipyard and formerly lived in Burton Homes. Cpl. Williams has been in the army since November, 1943 and is home on special fur lough until his son has been found. Cpl. and Mrs. Williams reside at Unit number 11917 Apt. 9278 Mea dows St. They have one other small child. COUNCIL HOLDS FORUM Vanport Liter-Racial cW *ciF sponsored a forum at Community Center No. 2 on Tuesday evening. The principal speakers were Dr. D. N. Unthank, Negro physician, and Mr. McNaughton, president o f the First National Bank. After the speeches there was general discussion and a question and answer period. An audience of about a 100 at tended. The subject discussed was “ Race Relationships and their Implication To Our American Way of Life.” This is supposed to institute a series of public forums and discus sion of interet to the residents o f Oregon, especially Multnomah coun ty. TO THE NEGROES OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY PORTLAND, GUILDS LAK E, A N D VANPORT CITY Registration Is Now Open at the County Court House, Fifth Ave. and Salmon Street, Room 141 In order to VOTE in the November Elections you first MUST register. In order to register you will have to go to the County Court House. * Located a period to be fixedq by the said regional director.’ This is to state that the Los Angeles Railway Cor poration has complied with the di rective and that it has employed Negroes for car ami bus operators and has also upgraded Negroes in the shops and garages. Directive has been complied with both on the Los Angeles Railway Corporation and Los Angeles Coach Lines.” Mr. Kingman reported that fif teen Negro men and women are al ready serving as conductors and motormen in training and that six other Negro workers have been up graded in the shops and garages. The project has been carried thru smoothly. Chairman Ross has written a let ter of commendation to the corpo ration for the prompt action taken. He also commended the Amalga mated Association of Street Rail way Employees, Division 1,277 (A F L ), for its cooperation. • __ v' To reach the County Court House take the Williams Ave. bus or the Alberta trolley car or the Seilwood bus. Get o ff at Salmon Street (1000 S. W .) and walk at 2509 N. VICTO R Y two blocks west. From St. Johns or Interstate bus transfer at Oak Street to the Mississippi bus or Broadway trolley. Get o ff at Salmon Street and walk two blocks east. A pt. 2966 Open From From Vanport ride bus to end of line (9th and Oak), walk east on Oak to Broadway and take the Broadway trolley or Mississippi bus. Get o ff at Salmon S t, Walk two blocks east. 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.