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' nrr o S.S. BERT WILLIAMS LAUNCHED WANTED SUBSCRIBE TO Club, Fraternal and Social New* Thia is YOUR Newspaper . . . so help make it yours by send ing in these happenings. VOLUME 1 ornan Oregon's s^egro Weekly Published each Friday nauirer PRICE 10c PORTLAND, ORE, DEL EMBER 1, 19U URBAN LEAGUE SETS UP HERE RECREATION CENTER OPENED ON EAST SIDE YOUR PROGRESSIVE NEGRO NEWSPAPER NUMBER 21 14th Vessel Honoring Great Negroes Slides Down Ways Ship sponsored by W ife Shipyard Worker of the labor-management committee. With a well-timed blow’, Mrs. Da Petition Requesting Admission to Council of Social Agencies Honoring the name of one of the vid smashed the beribboned bottle Presented: Functions Outlined. Negro humorists of the American against the prow of the ship, show stage, the Liberty Ship S. S. Bert ering bystanders with foaming A petition requesting admission to the Council of Social i Williams, 225th cargo vessel to be champaign The huge ship gained Agencies for a newly formed branch o f the Urban League momentum and slid down the ways What was once a Buddhist built at Todd’s New England Ship- as the strains of the “ Star Spangl has been presented here in Portland. The National Urban cburob> attended bx Portland Jap- building Corporation at South ed Banner’’ mingled with the cheers League is a Negro welfare Olganization with branches in anese prior to their evacuation to Portland, Maine, slid down the of the workers. all principal cities. The forming of a branch here puts Port- other areas, is now another Indoor ways on November 18 into the wa- Following the launching the land on a par with other cities of its size. play center added to tlr many sim- ters °f ( ast‘o Ray. the l nited sponsor, her husband and a dozen The petition, presented by E. B. McNaughton and Harry ilar n a t i o n buildings under su-j States. Maritime Commission an- fellow workers with excellent at * t "\ o ... . : , ,, , ' . . , , . 1 pervision of the recreational d m - I nounced this week. A. D. Smith, ’ stated that This organization does not dupli-1 . ,.. D . D . T , i „ M _ _ •. , ° c sion of the Bureau of Parks. It will ; Mrs. Maxine R. David, wife of a tendance records were given a lun cate the work of any other agency or organization, nor does be formally opened today (Friday) leadman welder on the third sbi^t cheon at a Portland Hotel. Andrew it carry on functional activities except in those instances with Miss Hazel Mitchell, former- and a former welder herself, spr.n- B. Sides, president of the New where community needs require such. Neither does the Urban > ly with the staff of instructors at sored the ship in the presence of a England Shipbuilding Corporation, League carry on racial social work for other agencies, but the Clvic Recreation Center, in delegation from the Negro Actors presided at a luncheon and pre- Guild of New York, a group of of- 'rented Mrs. David with the tradi- charge. assists other organizations in more effectively serving the The newly opened center is at j ficials of the shipyard, and before tional engraved silver plate, as a Negro population.” 1137 N. E. Benton street, in the tri- a crowd of fellow workers. Mrs. I momento of the occasion. Specifically an Urban League in Elmer A. Carter, executive chair „ . | 7270. Railroads and hotels account1 angle of Williams Ave. Clackamas David was selected for the honor Portland will carry on a permanent i _ , , , , , , D * . , , , , by her husband, who was chosen to man of the Negro Actors Guild of v for 1100 employed and that there ; and Benton Street, and a block program of negotiations with or- were 271 gainfully employed in j west of the Williams Ave. bus line. pick a sponsor due to his perfect America, presented a famed paint ganized labor and management to It is a two-story structure with a work and attendance record in the j ing of Bert Williams to the ship , , ... , ., other occupations, reduce barriers that prevent the .... ,. , ,. , XT___ Ihe Board also reported from a full-size basement and a number of yard over a period of three years, as a token from his organization. utilization and upgrading of Negro . , . , ,, . , , ¡preliminary survey that apnr >xi- rooms which are to be put to good working on the graveyard shift. Leigh Whipper, outstanding Negro labor. This would include a voca- ! , , mately 2 u 7 families of newcomers use as game rooms, classes in This privilege is accorded various character actor, told a number of tional guidance program of counsel would remain in the area post war. crafts, story hour, and for meeting workers in the yard at New Eng- amusing anecdotes about Williams, ing, direction into job training and (Continued on page 5) The interests of the Urban rooms for social groups. The rais- lan,l Shipbuilding Corporation by workers education for better per ed and recessed altar, its draperies League include Housing, Industrial formance. Relations, Health, Recreation, Re and ornately carved framing stored In the field of research and in search and Race Relations. for the duration, makes an excel vestigation there would be con A tentative budget was requested lent stage for the auditorium. This stant gathering of information on amounting to $8675.10 to conduct commodious room has been re- . . . . . I The National Association for the the Negro question and exploring the work of the League for the styled to serve as a gymnasium or , , _ , , Stumbling over a piece of wood areas of needed attention. All pro first year. Mr auditorium wt*n W W l event. l Î f ™ 1“" " ’1 '1 “ f Cuteml Pwpid i. > • A ' in the basement of her home on holding conferences in San Fran- gramming would be based solely are to be staged. Thanksgiving Day resulted in a cisco this week for the purpose of on the facts as gathered, so that U It is planned to have play and establishing a Regional Office for broken foot for Mrs. Ruth English, all activities would be geared in instruction for both juniors and the Pacific Coast. President of lo 4320 S. E. 43rd Ave. Mrs. English with the actual facts, rather than adults, in crafts, dancing, badmin cal branches throughout the West paid very little attention to the in on rumor, emotion and misinfor ton, volleyball, ping-pong and other have been invited to participate in jury, but decided to visit a doctor mation. table games, and for children of the conference. The establishment after continued pain in her foot. The Multnomah County delega An inter-racial board of directors tion of members of the Oregon pre-school age singing, games and of a Regional Office on the West The doctor informed her that her was chosen to handle the affairs State Senate met in the Portland rhythm classes. Coast will save much valuable time foot was broken. of the branch consisting of seven Hotel this week. Election of offic Today and this evening it is to and expense by ending the necessi A couple more weeks will pass colored members and eight white ers was held and comment made on be informal open house so that the ty of communicating with the New before Mrs. English can visit her members. The colored members are several bills destined to come up neighbors may come in and see York office of the NAACP. cellar again. Dr. DeNorval Unthank and Rev. before the next session of the legis what facilities are to be available J. J. Clow to serve one year; Mrs. lature. to them here by way of recreation. Clifford Walker and Mr. Oliver E. The programs that have been pre One of the bills due to come up Smith to serve for two years; and pared for distribution, outlining ac before ¿he body is the new and Mr. Kelly Foster, Rev. L. O. Stone tivities at the building, bear a note more liberal form of the Civil and Mrs. Julia Smith to serve for of explanation—that schedules and > Rights Bill. The delegation declined three years. The white members of classes are tentative and will be to comment on the bill or how they the board are Harry W. Bruck, changed to meet requests and would' vote, preferring to wait un- James Hamilton and Harry A. D. needs of those using the building 0 ... . r, , , . , 1 r. „ til they see it- in its introduced Smith for one year; Roy Hill, E. B. , , . . when it is deemed wise to do so. McNaughton and Miss. Nell Unger _from when the ,e* lslature ,s m ses- The regular hours are to be from sion. to serve for two years; Mrs Elliot 3:30 to 10 p. m. daily except Mon Officers elected were Represen days and Saturdays, when the R. Corbett and Mr. Ed. Benedict for three years. The board is to be tative John Hall, Republican, Pres building will be open from 9 to 5 ident; Senator Lee Patterson, Sec p. m. self-perpetuating. retary. A supplementary program of rec In a preliminary report of a reational activities tarried on “ sample” survey the board has re from 6 to 10 in the evenings under ported that out of 62 industrial es direction of the park bureau at the tablishments there were 7541 Ne Elliot school, 2711 E. Rodney, groes employed out of a total of | which is in the neighborhood of the 132,634 employees or 5.68 per cent. The Vanport Housing Authority new Benton street center. That Negroes held a total of 5.04 announces the .addition of Mr. C. per cent of shipyard positions or Since the recreational centers are L. Emerson to its staff as Publici part of tjie parks program of the ty Director. Mr. Emerson comes to city they are open to the public | his new position with a background without charge. Groups, such as , well fitted for his job. He is for clubs and organizations, are en mer editor of a prominent maga titled to the use of the recreation 3 o no o H* Ü CL zine and lately had been engaging buildings facilities as well as in to arrive in West Africa recently brought back 500 West African sol c+ P-* pi > V« industrial surveys. As a Recruiting dividuals, and arrangements for diers of Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Gold Coast and the Gambia who Hid ct- c+ 1*<4 O n M ct LO »-J Representative for the Kaiser Co. such groups may be made with the been wounded in fighting in Burma and the Middle East. For the first cd CJl * CD y j time in the history of the four British West African colonies, their in the southern states, he was re director in charge. -4 M • soldiers are fighting overseas. West Africans have proved to be among • r sponsible for the presence in this it * the world’s finest jungle fighters and a full division—the 81st West » area of hundreds of the people with M W K *3 ; African Division— has distinguished itself in fighting irith the 14th whom he will now work. o a’ H* Army in Burma. They helped to drive the Japanese from the borders cl- *3 CO In his capacity of publicity direc p r to CO of India, served under General Stilwell in the north Burma theatre, • rç tor, Mr. Emerson wants it known and no the Arakan front recently pushed the enemy eastward to the «< that he is interested in all phases Kaladan River. Upon their arrival home, the wounded were greeted CD p -1 O by the Governors of the colonies. The more seriously wounded were o f social activities and will appre The War Department announced M tí sent to the Army’s new rehabilitation center at Accra. Picture shows: ciate any notices on any affairs Pb this week the stationing o f WACS Stretcher cases from the Italian and Burma fronts are the first' to p** <3 . that have to do with recreational O arrive off the hospital ship. A sergeant-major who was fighting with y activities within the project. He at the Fort Lewis Army Training CD (W them in the Burma jungle« said, “They have done a wonderful job CD can be reached at Community Cen center. The first contingent of col against the Japanese— they all deserve the Y. C.” ter Number One. ored WACS arrived this week. British Information Photo from OWI. N AACP To Open Regional O ffice Cellar Mishaps Cause Foot Injury No Comment” On Civil R ights Bill If— New Publicity D irector in Vanport African Wounded Come Home J,h;, ¡£p' ehv'“‘ IP Negro Wacs A t Fort Lewis
