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VOLUME 1
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PORTLAND, ORE* OCTOBER 13, 19U
PRICE 10c
Y O U R
PROGRESSIVE
NEGRO NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 11
PAAB SOLDIER COMMENDED '• b . p .o. tw. endorsesdewey
Elks leader Throws W eight of largest Negro
Organization Into Campaign
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NEW YORK — J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted
Ruler of the Elks, with a membership of over 000,000
and Chairman of the National Voters League Inde
pendent Committee for the election o f Dewey and
Bricker, this week threw the entire weight of his
fraternal organization behind the Republican ticket,
declaring:
“ Our committee calls upon every sane thinking and
sober mindedAmerican to determine whether the best
interests o f this minority group and the nation lies in
a segregated wing of New Deal regimentation or un
der an administration pledged to grant and secure
first-class citizenship to every American regardless
o f race, color, creed or national origin.
“ Every sincere American is de- tion, and the Democrats writing a
sirous of giving his country the platform weaker on Negro issues
best and moat efficient and honest | than the Republicans and throwing
administration in the post-war era. out Vice President Henry A. Wal-
. and resents the tactics of the ma- lace, who alone of the candidates
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chine hoses in their efforts to villi- 1 at the New Deal convention spokp
fy and malign Gov. Thomas E. I up unequivocally, forcefully and
Dewey's position in support of a | dramatically for Americanism and
permanent KEPT for the State of equal equality. The Democrats sub-
New York and for the nation,” he atituted Senator Harry S. Truman,
declared.
a messenger of the vice and crime
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l.rft to Kin lit : Captain Herbert It 1‘ rtce. Com m an der sq u a d ron t
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Harpe*, o h o « » co m m en d e d tor l>ra\er>.
rporal Kobert
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gro Americans, who has usually to a controller of those vicious uc-
Or that eventful March «late, was the one who had faveti her taken a stand in national political! tivities which have throughout the
PORTLAND. ORE., Oct. ‘»— Cor
poral Robert W. Harpes, of Yoke- Cpl. Harpes was standing at the young ward It was then that Capt affairs that is best for all Amer- years stigmatised the Negro coin-
ra, Miss., was presented with a let corner of oth and Morrison streets Robert Maguire, Harpes command- > ¡t.an8f has been for a quarter of a munity as unfit and indecent for
ter of commendation for an of he- in downtown Portland, waiting for ing officer, heard of the soldiers' century active as a publisher amt habitation, us their vice prk'*,|en-
roism from Brigadier General Jas. the traffic signal to change, when act of heroism. He subsequently no- , civic leadei. His influence is wide; ( Ual candidate.
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M PaAer, OoTOfrafiding General of tiny Dr*vid WntenYKe’ i'de^ the pro- 1 Mried Crlonel R J Mr.-ghub, com his CWltdW' '
J hiK vidfivpLint i “Ibis is more than a political
the Fourth Air Force, at a presen- tective hand of his nurfee and dart marnhng officer of the Portland profound.
contest. It involves the future out-
tation ceremony held at the Port ed impetously into the traffic Army Air Base, who in turn sub- “ There has been considerable dis- j hs*k, the hopes, the aims,
and the
stream Acting with utter tlisre- mitfed an account of the incident cussion about double talk in this ambitions of all people of color
land Army Air Base.
The text of General Parker’s ci- gard for his own safety, Cpl. Har- to Fourth Air Force Headquarters
campaign,” the doughty (»rand
throughout the Horld.
tation read, “ It it with great pleas- pes darted after the child and in San Francisco. General Parker
Kxalted Ruler declared in a press "(>n the social, economic and ra-
ure that 1 commend you for the ! scooped him from the path of an then sent Harpes a personal letter interview at the Hotel Theresa last rial scene what is good for the Ne-
heroic rescue of David Watson on-coming automobile. Depositing; of commendation.
week “ In regard to douhle talk, gro in America is good for all peo-
from the path of an on-coming au- the boy in the arms o f his nurse,
Cpl Harpes is the son o f Mrs. what of the double talk of the Four pies everywhere because the Negro
tomobile at Portland, Oregon on or Cpl. Harpes merged with the pe- Susie Harpes who resides at Route Freedoms with the Negro soldier only desires to enjoy the full bene-
about March 1, 1944. Due to y ou r1 destrian throng and was out of 1, Box 11, Yokera, Miss. He en- jim-crowed and beaten, humiliated fits granici to all citizens who make
quick thinking and timely action sight before the stuimed nurse,! listed August 15, 1942 at Camp an,| sometimes murdered in an ar- up a democratic American society.
and with utter disregard for your Mrs. A. L Jamieson, of Portland, Shelby, Miss. He has been awarded my dominated by bourbon tradi-
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own safety, you saved this boy 1 could
express her gratitude.
th* Good Conduct Medal for exem-
from serious injury or possiBie
About a week after the incident,
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death. Such action reflects high Mrs. Jamieson saw- Cpl. Harpes
credit not only upon yourself, But walking down the street and stop- **>’ an(* t*10 Marksman Medal for
ping him satisfied herself that he proficency in the use of the nfle.
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upon the Fourth Air Force.”
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‘Dog House’
Thumper Has
I New Ambition
D EAN OF BAPTISTS JOINS D EW EY FORCES
Ministers Associa- ern Senators and Congressmen
head all of the all-powerful com
nal Committee Chairman, Herbert! tlon
Dr. Sims, when interviewed at mittees in the House of Represen
Brownell, Jr., announced today the
his#busy parish institution in the tatives and in the United States
appointment of Dr George H. heart of Harlem, said: “ The future Senate. The present astute politi
Sims, pastor of the Union Baptist welfare not not only o f my people, cian in the White House must do
Church of Harlem, as Assistant Di but of the mass of Americans, de the bidding, not only of these re
rector of Special Activities of the pends upon our putting now, a actionary statesmen, but as well
courageous and capable executive that of the professional iabor boss
Republican National Committee.
in the White House. The next pres es, of Tammany of New York, of
Dr. Sims is recognized as the dean ident must be above all, a president Hague of New Jersey, of Kelly of
of colored Baptists in the nation, of all the people, not bound by sec Chicago, and of the Pendergast
not only in length of service, but in tional, bloc or corrupt political ma machine of Missouri.
constructive civic and church work. chine ties.
Dewey will free the country from
He is the head of the New York
“ The present administration in this three-headed incubus. He will
Washington cannot so serve the usher in an era of peace, at home
masses of our people because the as well as abroad, and prosperity
South is in the saddle, since south- for all.”
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NEGRO SEABEES
A ID INVASION
Head of Negro Press
Visits Portland
Claude A. Barnett, head of the
PELELIU, Palau Islands— (De Associated Negro Press, visited in
layed) U. P.—Two Negro Seabees Portland for two days last week,
from Atlanta, Ga., played a big accompanied by Mr. Weir, repre
part in keeping the famed First
sentative of the Dept, of Agricul
Marine Division supplied with am
ture.
These two distinguished Ne
munition, food, water and other
supplies during the invasion of Pe- groes arrived here from California
leliu.
where they had been conducting a
The two men, Coxswain Walter survey to determine the trend of
Jones and Fireman First Class An- the newcomers to the West toward
drew G. Toles, were two of the | farming. This survey is being con-
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Mar' ne Corp Collie J. Nirhol-
son of Winnfield, La.)
SOMEWHERE IN THE PAC1
FIC, Delayed.— Marine Private F.-
Class Joe C. Dickerson, of Detroit,
Mich., who played the bass violin
with some o f the leading Negro
jazz bands in the country, now has
a new ambition. He wants to play
the “ Stars and Stripes Forever” on
the streets of Tokyo.
Dickerson was a member of and
arranger for Earl Hines’ famous
band before he jointed the Marines
in July 1943. He also played with
other outfits, including those of
Ted Tinsley, Clarence Love, and
Ruben Huges. At one time, Dicker-
son headed a trio, which was feat
ured at the Club Morocco, one of
New York’s swank night clubs.
His wife, Mrs. Virginia Dicker-
son, lives at 281 East Vernon High
way, Detroit.
GOV. BRICKER
VISITS
PORTLAND
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Crystal B. Fauset
Derides Democrats
Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, for
merly the highest Negro women in
the Democratic Party in the na
tion, the first colored woman elect
ed a member o f the legislature—
elected Democratic member of
Pennsylvania legislature 3 years
ago— who has announced her sup
port of the Dewey-Bricker Repub
lican ticket, spoke to a crowded
house in Newark Wednesday night.
In eloquent language, Mrs. Fau
set appealed to the Negro voters
of Newark and Essex County to
support Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey for President, Governor John
W. Bricker for Vice President, Hon.
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NEGRO OFFICE
W
RKERS
W O
ORKEI
SCARCE
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The shortage of Negro Office
Workers in the Portland Area is
alarming. That there is a shortage
has been proven conclusively in the
past couple of months and now the
condition is so grave that there
has been a suggestion made that
requests be placed with the South
ern schools for workers. The East
is plentfully supplied with workers
and high-pay jobs and it would be
almost impossible to get any of
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