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PORTLAND. ORE., JULY 6. 1945
VOLUME 1
Park Owner With Black Jack
Orders Picknickers Out of Park
"So This Is Am erica"
Exlaims Band Leader
W ednesday. J u ly 4th, several
car loads of jolly 4th of Ju ly
picnickers, as has been th e ir
custom for years, left for V iking
P a rk for th e ir an n u al outing.
YOUNG NEGRO ACTOR SCORES IN
REPUBLIC'S ‘BIG BONANZA’
T hey drove to th e park and the
lady at th e gate accepted the
usual fee, fifty cents for each
c ar entering. All w ent well and
th e p a rty proceeded to unload.
J u st th en a m an appeared w ith
a black jack in his pocket and
inform ed all present th a t he was
th e new ow ner of the p ark ; th a t
he had paid $10,000 for the p ro p
e rty and th a t w hen he purchased
it th e re w as a clause stipulated
in his contract th a t “NEGROES
W OULD BE BARRED FROM
SAM E.” He th en ordered all to
leave and refu n d ed th e en tran ce
fee paid.
In this p a rty w ere several p e r
sons well know n here. The leader
of The B anjoski B and, of Se
attle, W ash., w ho had ju st re n
dered, free, a program at an All
C olored B end B ally, at V ictory
C enter, Tuesday, and m em bers of
his band, Mr. and Mrs. H ow ard
Payne, Mrs. M ert Barno, and
husband, Mrs. Essie M ae J o h n
son and husband, and m any o th
ers, w ere in th e group w ho w ere
ordered out.
T hey proceeded to another
p a rk to finish th e ir celebration.
T he lead er of th e B anjoski’s
band rem ark ed : “So this is A m er
ica on th e 4th of Ju ly ; y esterd ay
I did m y little b it to help the
cause; tom orrow th e y w an t m e to
give an o th er free concert a t a
shipyard, b u t today, Independence
day, J u ly 4th, in P o rtlan d , I am
driv en out of a place w here I go
for one m om ent of rest, to eat,
to bathe. This is even denied
me, and those w ho are p resen t.”
“So this is A m erica.”
R etu rn in g hom e those ejected
m et several o th er cars loaded
w ith p leasure seekers enroute;
th ey stopped them to save th em
from m eeting the new ow ner w ith
his black jack and his insult.
Those of you seeking pleasure
are w arned to stay aw ay from
V iking p ark or you w ill m eet th e
m an W ITH TH E BLACK JA CK .
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NEGRO VARIETY PROGRAM
GIVEN GENEROUS APPLAUSE
For the first time Victory Center held an “All Colored
Bond Rally.” Tuesday last at noon.
Mr. Charles Garrett was “Master of Ceremonies”, and
he was really charming and did an excellent job and was
master of the situation from the start of the program until
the finish.
Entertainment was furnished bv several well-known
celebrities. Banjoski and his famous Jazz band rendered
several lively latest creations, all of which were enjoyed
and each selection was applauded by the audience.
F.E.P.C.: A Challenge
To Democracy
Extension of R em arks of
HON. DAVID I. WALSH
of M assachusetts
in the S en ate of th e U nited
S tates
Mr. WALSH. Mr. P resid en t, I
ask to have inserted in th e A p
pendix of th e C ongressional Rec
ord an article en titled “FEPC:
A C hallenge to D em ocracy,” by
R ath er R ichard J. Roche, p u b
lished in Am erica, A pril 14.
T h ere being no objection, the
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Murder Suspect
Nelîbedr-fo n n tir
Roomer Arrested
P articu larly
im pressive, and
one w ho was given th e longest
and most outstanding praise and
applause was the drum m er, Mr,
A rth u r “Long G oodie” A ustin.
He is a wizard and m aster of
th e d ru m s and one of the best
th a t has appeared in this city.
All the o th er m em bers of the
band perform ed splendidly.
Miss
Susie
A nderson,
th e
noted torch singer, in h er sw eet
and m elodious voice rendered
“S en tim en tal Jo u rn ey " and as
she sang she really stirre d your
sentim ents. You could notice a
boy or girl, man or wom an, sec
retly and silently reaching for
the hand of his or h er m ate,
w ith a gentle speeze as th eir
sen tim en ts had been aroused.
T h —
,m m m
f t "
Ben Steen, w ho re a lly cap tiv ated
his au d ien ce in th a t rich, stro n g
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and
e n ch an tin g b arito n e voice,
The talented young Negro actor, Cordell Hickman, best remembered
O tto Johnson, V ancouver, Wn.,
w
ith
“P riso n e r of L ove”.
for his excellent work in “The Biscuit E ater,” is featured in Republic’s
sh ip y ard w orker, was a rre sted in
Ben has a m illion d o llar voice
rip-roaring melodrama, “The Big Bonanza,” which stars Richard
S eattle, W ash., F rid ay by Sgt.
and
his notes are clear-h is voice
Arlen. shown here, Robert Livingston, and Jane Frazee.
O. K. Robinson, of th e P o rtlan d rich, and his stag e ap p earan ce
Police Dept., and was placed in graceful and charm ing.
ja il for questioning in connec
Loud and continued ap p lau se
t s w ith th e b ru ta l m u rd er of was given him.
Mrs. Ina May B lackw ell, of 522
P riv ate Joseph B rooks of the
N. Ivy St., w ho was killed some Air base w as th e m ain speaker
tim e ago, th e exact d ate u n and he delivered a m ost p o in t
CHICAGO, 111.— D eclaring “a blood. He feels th e full b urden of know n, but police believe th a t it
ed and in trestin g speech-stress
W ar Bond driv e typifies th e s p ir all th e necessary bu t annoying was Sunday, J u n e 10.
ing the necessity of purchasing
it of th e com m on m an in w ar reg u latio n s w hich so encroach
The body w as found in a pool bonds and urging all to do th e ir
tim e,” A ssociate Ju stic e Hugo upon fhe custom ary freedom s of of blood in th e kitchen of her
part.
B lack of th e U nited S uprem e all of us. He w orks long hours hom e; she was clad in only a pair
At the end of the cerem ony
C ourt lau d ed th e p articip atio n and sacrifices vacations. A nd b e of pajam as and bedroom slip
Mr. C harles G a rre tt purchased a
of th e A m erican N egro in th e cause his freedom was at stake pers.
$500.00 bond and o thers th en
W ar Bond program , and o th er he has borne these burdens ch eer
The w om an h ad n ’t been seen purchased bonds.
w ar
activities, in an address fully, cooperatively, and w illin g for several days and th e body
On th e platform was Mr. Joe
m ade before C hicagoans, w ho ly. W ithout th a t cooperation our w as
discovered by Mr. Floyd C rane, lead er of “The Joe C rane
p u rchased $5,210,000 w o rth of v ictory could not have been Eastm an, 527 N. Ivy St., a fte r he
B an d ”, who a few w eeks ago
W ar Bonds to a tte n d th e South achieved.
noticed th a t a light had been perform ed for an all colored
C en tral A ssociation’s W ar Bond
“A w a r bond drive typifies the* b u rn in g in Mrs. B lackw ell’s hom e bond rally a t Sw an Island sh ip
D inner a t the M orrison H otel last sp irit of th e common m an in w ar for several days.
y ard and gave such a creditable
Tuesday evening.
tim e. These d rives are o ur o p
D etectives said they found 19 perform ance. Mrs. C rane w as
C om m enting upon th e W ar p o rtu n ity to do som ething ex tra stab w ounds in the h e a rt area, also there.
Bond pro g ram of th e South C en to help o ur arm ies in th e field. w hich m ight have been in flict
We co n g ratu late all the p a r
tra l A ssociation, Ju stice Black A v o lu n ta ry bond drive is one of ed by a knife, ice pick or a sim i ticipants on th e program .
It
said, “Y our group th u s rep resen ts th e m ost significant activities of la r weapon.
was really a tre a t as w as voiced
th e asp iratio n of th e great mass D em ocracy at w ar. It presents an
Johnson, 31, w as a form er room by all.
of th e com m on m en and w om en o p p o rtu n ity for each one of us to er, according to th e P o rtlan d po
of all w alks of life in A m erica say to ourselves: ‘I u n d erstan d lice. A receipt for re n t m ade out
tow ard to leran ce and u n d e rsta n d w h at th is w a r is about. Of my by Mrs. B lackw ell was found in
ow n free w ill I w an t to help the the house.
ing.
The detectives also claim ed
“It is no t idle fla tte ry or idle co u n try of w hich I am a p art. I
Follow ing the tre n d tow ards
w
ill
assess
m
yself
as
heavily
as
th a t Johnson was seen th e re on
rom anticism for m e to say th a t
fu
ller
utilization of all av ailab le
it is th e effo rt and con trib u tio n I can, as my co n trib u tio n to the th e probable day of th e slaying
and th a t he left th a t n ig h t on a m anpow er, th e Office of Price
of th e com m on m an in civil life com m on cause.’ ”
A dm inistration has increased th e
P
au
l
Robeson,
in
tern
atio
n
ally
tra in for Seattle.
which m arks th e g re a test civilian
nu
m b er of N egroes em ployed in
No relativ es of the deceased
assetof th e U nited S tates in the know n signer and actor, w ho was
its
field offices by m ore th an 54
b attle
ag ain st those enem ies one of th e guests of honor at th e w om an have been located here
w hose enem ies w hom w e have auspicious affair, sang several as yet, bu t a b ro th er in C alifor per cent d u rin g th e last year, an
conquered and th e enem y w hich selections. O th e r' en tertain m en t nia and one in S eattle have been analysis of field rep o rts by Miss
F rances W illiams, special assist
we still fight. For th e com m on for th e evening w as furnished by contacted.
The m u rd ered w om an carried an t to A d m in istrato r C h ester *
m an w ar is a series of sacrificies. th e large all-colored N avy o r
chestra
from
th
e
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reat
Lakes
a
m oney belt on h er person at Bowles, indicated th is w eek.
L ike all o thers he is left lonely
O PA ’s nine regional and 93
N
aval
station.
all tim es, b u t it w asn’t found on
w ith his sons gone to b attle. He
d
istrict
offices have 114 N egro
R epresenting the national of h er nor in th e house a t th e tim e
bears th e b ru n t of th e d isru p tio n
professional w orkers, 905 clerical
of civil life. He pays his tax es; fice of the T rea su ry ’s W ar F i of th e killing.
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Johnson is being held on in w orkers and 231 u nskilled w ork-
he m akes no spectacular profit.
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vestigation as w e go to press.
He buys his bonds. H e gives his
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0PA Officials Increase
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