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• ■ WANTED ' , ........ .. ...... ■' Subscribe to YOUR Club. Fraternal and Social Newt This is YOUR N ew spaper . . . so help m ake it yours by sending in these happenings ncfriurer Progressive Negro Newspaper IVeekly «________________________________ - PORTLAND. ORE.. SEPTEMBER 14. 1945 VOLUME 2 PRICE 10c NUMBER 10 Two Negro Teachers Enter Portland Public School System CIO Delegate Pledges Support To Chest Drive SID WOODBURY Campaign Manager 1945 War Chest Campaign Guilds Lake Killing To Be Thoroughly Aired The b ru tal killing of a Negro, Erw in Jones, 36, in his G uilds Lake home by a P ortland d etec tiv e is to be thoroughly investi gated in a C oroner’s Inquest ac cording to Thom as B. H andley, D istrict A ttorney. Jones was k ill ed on th e night of A ugust 21st w hen detectives investigating the m urder of a w om an sought to search his house. The detective, Bard Purcell, w ho says he fired w hen Jones m ade an atte m p t to use a pistol on tw o o th e r detec- tives who w ere at Jones door was exonerated of any blam e by his superior officer C aptain Jam es Flem ing. A ccording to investig- tions carried out by different o r ganizations in th e city including the In ter-racial C om m ittee and Rev. George W. Brow n of G uilds Lake this is not true. The C oroner's Inquest w ill be delayed until Mrs. Jones, wife of the m urdered m an and his tw o children re tu rn from th eir home in S hrevesport, La. Jones fam ily left for th eir home im m ediate* ly following the shooting to re tu rn his body to his home and. Efforts w ere m ade to have the city of Portland bear the expense of the re tu rn trip as Mrs. Jones and the children w ere present at the shooting and are m aterial w it- (C ontinued on page 5) 0 CD fi» H* O c t - O © c+ H c t Ü <<4 © cf Up 4 01 -> • h ;;,: oh - c-KO Srtn • tí <4K' ©H • cl a t-» Jf cn O to H* o* H £B ^ O Hj »-b ft} H» © Q ►i © p * » J e rry H. T urner, delegate to the CIO P o rtlan d Council from the P o rtlan d local of U nited T ran sp o rt Service Em ployes of A m erica, last week pledged full support of his union in th e 1946 Portland - M ultnom ah C o u n t y U nited W ar C hest cam paign, O ctober 1-19. T u rn er also a n nounced th a t R obert Dancey, presid en t of th e local UTSEA, F ran k B ritton, secretary, and Jo h n Nichols, treasu rer, will serve as a com m ittee to solicit among the un io n ’s 43 P o rtlan d m em bers. T u rn er served as secretary of the local UTSEA union from its organization in 1938 until last year, w hen he was appointed a m em bre of the greivance com m ittee and delegate to th e CIO council. He also is a Mason, m em ber of th e U rban League, and tre a su rer of the Negro Citizens and T axpayers League. He a t tended N orthw estern U niversity as a lite ra tu re m ajor. A son, Cpl. J e rry R. T urner, is assigned as counselor at Ft, Sheridan, 111. He has been in th e arm y since 1942, and g ra d u ated from the U niversity of O re gon as a sociology m ajor. G en eva T urner, a daughter, g ra d u a t ed from the U niversity of Oregon in 1934. She is no wa social w orker w ith the M ultnom ah F am ily R elief Unit. In announcing his union’s ! pledge of cooperation, T u rn er said: “The union w ill be w illing to cooperate in ev ery w ay pos sible to pu t over the U nited W ar C hest cam paign. We, as a u n ion, have alw ays tak en an active p art in civic events of all kinds. Every m an becam e a m em ber of the U rban eague, contributed to the national fund for Negro colleges and joined the Negro Citizens and T axpayers League. The com ing U nited W ar Chest cam paign w ill have th e full and sincere support of the UTSEA (CIO). Sid W oodbury, cam paign c h a ir man, recently announced th a t th e goal for th e 1946 U nited W ar C hest cam paign has been fixed at $1,398,742. This figure re p resents a reduction of m ore than $215,000 from last y e ar’s total. More than half the W ar Chest quota will be assigned for needs of th e 52 m em ber agnecies of th e P o rtlan d C om m unity Chest, W oodbury said. C hest needs have increased over last y ear because of P o rtla n d ’s grow th and in creases in service, W oodbury e x plained. Em blem of the cam paign w ill be th e Red F eath er, badge of courage since eariest history, and the them e w ill be “Give B e cause You C are.” W oodbury pointed out th a t people w ill be asked to give because they care for our servicem en, our children and adults on the home front, and for the sick, hungry, hom e less people of Europe, China, and th e Philippines. Former Vanport Teacher First in Portland Public Schools ELD. J. C. LEWIS Pastor Closes First District Conference For the first time in the history of the city of Roses, Negro teachers were present and taught classes in the Public Schools. Two teachers, Mrs. L. O. Stone and Mr. Robert G. Ford, chosen by the Board of Education a few weeks ago took their places in the classrooms of the George Eliot grade school at the corner of N. E. Rodney Avenue and Knott Street at the opening session of schools on Tuesday, September 11th. Mrs. Stone is the wife of Rev. L. O. Stone, rector of St. Philips Episcopal church across the street from Eliot school. She formerly taught in the public school system of Van- port, a Federal Housing Project on the outskirts of Portland. Before coming to Portland she taught in the public schools of Kansas City, Kansas. She did graduate work at the Col umbia University, New York City. In 1936 Mrs. Stone visited Portland, Oregon as a delegate from Kansas to the National Education Association. ~ Mrs. S to n e’s e n tran ce in to th e H ncnol T r in H ivo« work of a teacher Portland was U U ^ p C l X 1 1 U U l V w d a vo lu n teer w o rk er in th e K inder- TV I D g arten D ep artm en t of th e O ffice U nusuai rrogram of C ivilian Defense. H er capabili- * ties a ttra cted atte n tio n and she Rev. J. C. Lew is . . . pastor of th e “C hurch of God in C h rist” 338 N. W. F ifth A venue, and The G ospel Trio of V anport S u p erin ten d en t of the R ussellville C ity ren d ered a very unusual and d istrict; has ju st closed a b eau soul stirrin g pro g ram a t Zion tiful i-rtiingr o f w*|91 has been th e A. M! E. C hurch last Sunday first d istrict conference of this afternoon. The e n tire program church to be held in P ortland. was carried out in gospel songs. The m inisters of Portland gave The trio consisted of Mrs. Alice excellent su p p o rt and Rev. Lewis H ayden, w ho is sponsor, Mrs. was highly honored to have as Thom as and Mrs. Miggs th e ac his guests, S ta te O verseer Rev. com panist. N um bers w ere sung W. L. M cK inney and S tate M other both by Mrs. H ayden and Mrs. R itta Douglas as well as Supt. Thom as. Mrs. H ayden comes to Douglas of C alifornia, who is the P o rtlan d from New Y ork and husband of th e above m entioned Mrs. Thom as comes from St. Oregon S tate M other of the Louis, Mo. To h ear these tw o C hurch of God in Christ. ladies sing to g eth er you would Rev. T. W. Russaw, B. T. Wells, th in k th a t they had been train ed S. W. W hitted, J. C. Foster and to sing together. T hey really Rev. B. M. M cSwain, leading m in m ake your soul rejoice to sit isters of the d istrict w ere on ! and h e ar them sing. Miss M artin hand each day and the m eeting form erly of Louisiana and has closed in a lovely m anner. been m aking h er home in Van- Rev. Lew is will leave shortly port ren d ered tw o solos and also on an evangelistic trip which will gave tw o unique Readings, one last ap p ro x im ately five weeks. ' en titled “I a in ’t Looking For At Zion A. M. E. w as offered a position in th e P u b lic School system of V anport. She accepted an d ta u g h t in V anport for some tim e. H er p resen t posi tio n is th e resu lt of the en v iab le record she m ade w hile teaching in V anport. Mr. R obert G. Ford, the o th e r teacher, is a fo rm er re sid en t of O klahom a and ta u g h t in th e p u b lic school system s of both S h aw nee and Enid, O klahom a, eight y ears in th e fo rm er and th re e years in th e latter. He is a g ra d u ate of M organ S tate college, B alti more, M aryland and P h i B eta Sig ma. Mr. Ford cam e to P o rtla n d in 1943 to w ork in one of th e W ar Ir.nustries w here he was em ployed u n til recently. Mr. Ford is m arried an d has a d au g h ter 19 y ears of age and is at present a resid en t of V anport. A M ethodist, Mr. Ford atte n d s th e B ethel A.M.E. church. He has a d ram atic flare th a t he expresses in th e form of one-act plays w hich Much C row d”, The audence a p he w rites as a hobby. plauded to the ex ten t th a t Miss T he ap p o in tm en t of these te ac h M artin had to re tu rn and give ers is of course on a p ro b atio n ary | another. basis as it is th e law of the state Solos w ere also rendered by of Oregon th a t all new ly elected ! Mrs. A lm a Sm ith and Miss Alice teachers be emplQyed on a pro- j D rew both m em bers of the senior j b ationary basis for a period of choir by whom this program was th ree years. The tra in in g and ex- sponsored. Closing rem arks w ere p e rience of both Mr. Ford and The fall term night classes of m ade by Bishop W. C. Brow n Mrs. Stone arg u e well for a suc- he Portland F.xtension C enter of of Los Anglees, Cal., and E lder cessful p ro b atio n ary period, and the Oregon S tate System of H igh L. M. McCoy of O akland, Cal., w e expect th ey w ill e v en tu a lly be placed on a p erm an en t basis. er Education w ill begin on Mon who are visiting here. Miss M artin is re tu rn in g t o _____________________ day, Septem ber 24 From M onday ■ Louisiana to resum e h er w ork as to T hursday inclusive, the classes school teacher there. A fter the will m eet in incoln high school, program a delicious chicken din- w ith the F riday night and S a tu r ! ner w ith all the trim m ings was day m orning classes scheduled ! served to all who w anted to stay for the cen tral library. W ASHINGTON - The Army A total of 133 courses w ill be for supper. This d in n er had been offered d u rin g the year and the I served all day in th e church g e r v jce Forces of th e W ar D e dining room by th e senior Mis- partm ent has cited Mrs A nnie subjects w ill include classes in art, business, dram a, economics, sionary Club. All departed w ith M athew s of N ew Yo rk C ity for engineering, education, w ritten m em ories th a t w ill last a long m ain tain in g p erfect a tte ndance English and literatu re, history, time. Rew J ^ F . ^5mith pastor of and excep tio n al efficiency record th e church also gave rem arks at o v er a period of m ore th a n tw o home economics, landscape arch i th e closing of th e program , years as an em ploye at P icatin n y tecture, m athem atics, home g a rd rsenal, N. J. ening, music, nutrition, public Mrs. M athew s trav els 60 m iles health, physical education, psy and Spanish. C atalogs m ay be obtained from p er day by bus to perfo rm h er chology, public speaking, jo u rn a l the P o rtlan d C enter office, 814 w ork and at th e sam e tim e m ain- ism, sociology, science, geogra (C ontinued on page 8) phy, Russian, French, G erm an, Oregon building, Portland. Nigh! School Term to Begin September 24th Mother of 10 Cited For Arsenal Work