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MAR< 11 23, 1929
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SECTION 1.
ADVOCATE ADDS 12-PAGE MAGAZINE SECTION
MASSACHUSETTS HONORS NEGRO CONGRESMAN
Great Step In Journalism MISSING-LINE CONTEST STILL DEPRIEST TELLS SOLONS
RACE WANTS JUSTICE
Why Weird African Drums Were
Barred From Cuba
MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE RECEIVES
TH RU T H E AIR
By Foater Ongo
HERO IN WRECK
W hat ii the Mystery of the African Bonga Drum?
A Stirring Article on Science’ s Battle With Tropical Diseases,
Graphic llluatrationa
(Filed for Copyright)
'Tii a week since last I wrote you
This here letter’s number four
I I’ve had three from you already
Dr. I). I). Craw ford Takes !)aily I am wanting more.
,
j Do you know how much I love you?
C h a r g e in l . r i s i s , R e s c u e s
Long for you to love and care
j You give uplift animation
Many Passenger*.
Won’t you phone me thru the air!
Has Science Banished Tropical Terrors?
With
An African Slave W ho Became Reli
gious Prophet
CONGRESSMAN-ELECT FROM ILLINOIS
Oscar DePriest Speaks to House of Representatives at
Boston —
Is Entertained at Luncheon
My Mayor Malcolm.
By Elliott’s News Service
Boston, Mass., March 14— Massa
chusetts has again lived up to its
The Story of the Black Prophet W ho Started Arabic Religioua Cuatoma
reputation for fairness and its tradi
evening
tion of bestowing honor to whomso
ever due, this was demonstrated last
awful
Friday
when the
Massachusetts
FEMALE BOXERS EARN $100.00 A MINUTE
House
of
Representatives
declared a
money
The etory o f tw o color«*«! girt* who ere boxing champion* o f Europe.
recess to receive Hon. Oscar De-
the air!
IS YOUR MARRIAGE A HAPPY ONE?
Priest, congresman-elect from the
Negro Waiters Are
Soon I'll send for you dear honey
Ami other helpful book reviews.
Loop District of Chicago.
Employed on Round
"The crash over", says the Constitu Come by train away out west
After being received by Gover
DREAM INTERPRETATION
j
Girls
out
here,
they
sure
are
handsome
tion’s front-page story, “ the preacher
the World Cruise nor Frank G. Allen, the congress
tly All YouhNir Mohumintti.
helped to extricate the conductor from But sweet Georgie I love best;
man-elect, accompanied by William
ADVICE TO LOVERS
> the wreckage and received instructions 1 I have saved up half my money
Kobe, Japan, Feb. 17, 1929 L. Reed, secretary to the executive
Uy Julia Jorumr
from him how to prevent anther possi I Yoi* must come by “ Pullman” fare To the Editor:
B | council, and Representative Thomas
ble wreck. He sent the flagman to Travel just like a swell lady
WINNERS OF LIMERICK NO. 5
1 thought you would be interested R. Bateman, of Winchester, house
Manchester to give the alarm and sum- Now I’ll phone you thru the air!
Which appeared In the March 2 Isaue.
to know that the Dollar Steamship floor leader, was escorted to the
Hurry-up and send in your lot!
Company chartered the Ruth Alexan house chamber. He was introduced
STRUGGLING HEARTS
der Coast-wise ship and employed all \ to the members of the house by
12th I n s t a l lm e n t of thla « w e e p in g aerial.
Speaker Leverett Saltonstall, and
colored crew.
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PICTURES OF STAGE AN D SOCIAL CELEBRITIES
This is the first time in history that spoke briefly as follows:
PUZZLES AN D DRAW INGS FOR THE KIDDIES
Negro men have had the opportunity j “ Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen
of getting employment of round-the-1 I want here, in this House of Repre
KITS REID PRAYS FORGIVENESS
world cruise. All boys doing fine and sentatives, to pay my respects to the
enjoying the trip.
FOR
CASTING
VOTE
FOR
MRS.
LEE
Appearing Exclusively in
A crew was selected as follows:
W. H. McHitton, headwaiter; L.
Cooksey, Seattle; Till Toms, San
Says Whole Legislature “ A Bum Set” — Fears Taxes Diego; A. S. Cobb, New York;
PORTRAIT PAINTED
Frank Taylor. Oakland; A Martin.
For March 3 0 , 1929
. . W ill Eat Up All Her Savings — Decides to Stage
Seattle; L. Bills, Ogden; George!
(This newspaper is not complete without the Feature Section. Be sure you get your
Fagen, San Francisco; John Redman !
a
“
Spending
Orgy”
and
Move
to
Copy.)
Seattle; C. Honeysuckle, New York I
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City; L. Fredricks, Seattle; Sam
An Old Age Pension State
Berney, Oakland.
This Section Presents Stories o f the Ancient arul Modern History o f the Negro,
Yours truly,
'
L. COOKSEY,
written by Leading His torian; Special Articles by Well-Known Sociologists,
f
e
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Ruth Alexander, Dollar Line,
Psychtdttyisls anil Scientists — Pretty Colored W om en and Maitls II ho
Naples, Italy.
■ Atlanta, Ga . March 18— Rev. D. D.
Crawford, of this city, Corresponding
Secretary of the Colored Baptist Asso
ciation of Georgia, is being acclaimed
today by the Atlanta Constitution and
other papers as the hero of a train
wreck which took place near Man
chester, Georgia, yesterday.
---------- OTHER BIG FEATURES-----------
Other evening at a party
Introduced to Tillie Nix
Had to take her home that
Nearly got me in a fix;
It was raining something
Water falling eveywhere
Called a cab. took lots of
W on’t you phone me thru
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THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION
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“ARROW TIPS"
Hold the Limelight in Many Sections o f This Country and Abroati.
I
By Kits Reid
FIFTY THOUSAND
FOR MOREHOUSE
FROM ATLANTA
Interesting, Entertaining. In fo rm in g , W hol«‘som e,
Eefresiling and Faseiiiating
Color«*«! C.iti/«n- Pledge Very
Generously to Endow ment
Campaign— C. W. Gr«>eiie
leads Lanvasscrs.
In k eep in g with its spirit o f p rog ress , “ th e old relia b le ” —
’17V te A d voca te " — p resen ts to its rentiers a 12-fHige illustrated
Feature S ection , prin ted in Itro co lo rs. W e are fortu n a te in being
aide to give this additional serv ice to ou r su bscribers w ithout in
creasing th e p rice o f ou r su bscription .
Thank the Lord for one result oi
Atlanta Ga., March 18—The Negroes
Hoover’s election. He has requested
of Atlanta have pledged more than
the resignation of Burke, Commis
$50,000 to the endowment fund of
sioner of the Indian Bureau.
For
Morehouse College and the solicitors
many years this man has been re
arc still busy in the hope of increasing
sponsible for the most vicious meth
the total to $75.000. C. W. Greene
ods of starving, mistreating and rob-
heads the campaign which is carried
| bing of the Indians. Mind you, I
on by fifty canvassers in three teams.
am not saying that he himself did
This campaign among Atlanta’s col
the starving and robbing, but it has
ored people is part of the general
all gone on under his administration,
effort to raise $300,000 for Morehouse,
i The methods are those pursued by
to match the conditional offer of a
the U. S. Government for the past
like amount from the General Educa
100 years. But under Secretary Wil-
tion Roard of New York.
“ T he A dvocate'' is o n e o f a fe w o f th e m o re than 3 5 0 news-
/tapers and periodicals published by C olored ¡w op ie, which carries
this service.
W e h o p e ou r su bscribers tell oth ers about “ T he A dvocate
and get them to sem i in th eir subscription at o n ce . D o not miss
a single issue o f this attractive, authentic, interesting, entertaining
and educational fea tu re.
T h ere is splendid m aterial, written by
well-known historians and authors, fo r th e student o f N egro history.
K e e p ev ery c o p y f o r fu tu r e r e fe r e n c e .
I f you lik e it, “ T h e A d voca te ” w ould he h appy to have a word
fro m you to that effect.
PIANO
EASTER M ON DAY NIGHT BALL
By St. PiUip’s Guild
H IBERN IA H ALL
Admission 50c.
Por Hand’s
WILLIAMS AYE. at SAN RAFAEL
878 Union Avenue North
Now Being Enlarged and Remodeled
Trinity 1676
PEARL MITCHELL
Everybody Velcomel
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MR. R A N D O LPH ’S SCHEDULE
Pianist — C«»arh — Accompanist
Monday, March 91 Reed College before Student Body; 19-m; 3:30 P. M.,
Special Meeting, Pullman Porters only; reception room, Bethel Church;
7:30 to 8:00 P. M„ Central Labor Union, Labor Temple; 8:15 P. M„
Mass Meeting, Bethel Church.
Tuesday, March 96 -Willamette University Student Body, Salem, Oregon.
11:20 A. M., and before classes in Sociology and Economic*; at 8:15
P. M., he will address the Oregon Council for the Prevention of War
in the Annex of the Portland Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria at dinner.
Choral Director
—t—
FIRST A. M. E. ZION CHURCH
Studio
Own
Cornerstone Re-Laying
Sunday, March 24 — 2:30 P. M.
MONDAY NIGHT — MARCH 25
¿/{million Free!
The portrait of Tayor Gordon,
singer of Negro Spirituals, along
with a number of New York’s
celebrities is being exhibited by
Bob Chandlar at the Valentine
Galleries in New York City.
Portlanders will remember Mr.
Gordon who sang a concert with
J. Rosemond Johnson song writer
and pianiste, at the municipal audi
torium about two years ago when
they were presented by Mrs. E.
D. Cannady.
Organized 1862 — Rebuilt (Present Location) 1917
BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH — LARRABEE AND McMH.LAN STS.
Subject! “ PULLMAN PORTERS FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE"
Taylor Gordon
Portlaml's First Negro Church
announces
the opening of a class in
Private and Class Lessons
. . . HEAR . . .
BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS
A. Phillip Randolph, General Or-1
ganizer of the Pullman Porters Un
ion will arrive in Portland for a
two-days’ busy engagement. Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, he will speak
to pullman porters at Bethel A. M.
E. church. Larrabee and MacMillen
Sts. Mr. Randolph urges the porters
to come out promptly and in large
numbers to this meeting which he
says is very vital.
Monday night,
he will address a mass meeting at
Bethel church to which all people,
colored and white, male and female
are urged to attend.
Monday at
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A lberta Y’ v o n n e M ayo
Subcsribe for the Advocate
General Organizer o / the
Big Mass Meeting on
Monday — Porters
To Meet Same Dav
At 3 :0 0 O'Clock
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START WITH NEXT ISSUE AND KEEP ON READING!
A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH
The Advocate does not necessarily
share in Kits Reid's views, but wheth-
tr we do or not, her opinions are
«ane, and logical and well worth
reading. It it your privilege as well as
ours to disagree with Kite and shr
invites your opinion upon subject:
she discusses from time to time in he'
column.
announces
h
Excelsior Lodge, F. & A. M.
Store
DR. J. L Caston
will preach
THE STORE FOR
EVERYBODY
MT. OLIVET CHOIR WILL SING
Rev. Daniel G. Hill, Jr.
will preside
Opening o f Her New Studio
312 KRAEMER BURNING
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T h * Q uality V S trou*
tom i
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EVERYBODY COME!