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THE, An Vol. «fl—No. Iß ADVO CATE ln d * p « n d « n l Pmpmr D « v o t* d Io PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY, IN TWO SECTIONS «ho In to rc a ts of th o r Ï <m P o o p lo DECEMBER «1, 19«». SECTION I. PRICE: 5 CENT» MINISTERS ARE TABOO IN PORTLAND NAACP HAITIAN MASSES STAND FIRMLY FOR RIGHTS TAKES PREACHERS ARE WHITE FIRM MINISTER STAND F EX. an— w '- 2 PASTOR QUITS WHEN CHURCH BARS NEU ROES i u m five iff SIX HUNDRED MEMBERS Sunday afternoon, the l'or tl a n d «ranch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple held it* annual election of officer* Only about 21 of the more than not) member» were pretent to do their duty. Irvine Flower» « i t re-elected presi- dent, Virgil F. Keene. Vice Pre»ident; Mr» Alice M Ingertol, secretary; 1-, A. A»hford, Trea»urer Mr*. L e n a Bower«. Mr» I.enora lletulerton and U r u r i G V Gray»on. W II. Brown and Clarence E Ivey were elected to a»»ociate with the other officer» of the branch to form the e»ecutive com mittee For »ome time it had been rumored that »ome of the member* were de- •ir<>u» of removing from the executive Continued on Page 3 By K its Reid The Advocate wishes its readers Deroit. Mich. Dec 1», Becau*e the church council relu»cd to admit Ne- groca to the memberahip. Kev. A. J Helm, white, roigned a» pallor of the Bethel Evangelical Church of Detroit, according to an announcement made here Sunday. A colored man and woman had at tended the church for »evcral year* and recently had applied for member- »hip The paitor recommended that they l>e accepted, but the church coun cil »lcadfa»tly refined on ground» of color. Di»cii»ting the affair, Dr Helm de clared: "To reluic church member ilup to anyone not of the »ante race ia to deny the molt obviou* teaching of Je»ui and to give the ethical »auc tion» of l Ti^fitianity to race preju dice." A M ERRY XM AS and Happy N ew Year Robinson Is Grateful In a letter addre»»ed to the editor of the Advocate, Rob Kobin»on, U. of (). football »tar, expre»»e» hi» grati tude to all tho»e, especially the hotel men. who a»»i»ted to make hi» trip to Texas, hi» home, possible. Mr Rob inson addressed the letter en route on the Finpirc Builder. & * ¿ Í. - atar* ■ r - ^ / / / fff BULLET BARELY MISSES BEN DAVIS ASSAULTED; BLAMES ELKS’ FELD Atlanta. Ga., Dec. 19-(CNS)-Ben jamin J. Davis, editor of the Atlanta Independent, and formerly Republican National Committeeman from Geor gia claims tha’ a disgruntled faction in the Atlanta Lodge of Elks is to blame for an attempt upon his life late Tuesday night when he returned to his home at 230 Boulevard. Northeatst from a lodge meeting. According to his story, as given to police next day, he had returned from the lodge meeting and was entering his home when one of two men loiter ing at a nearby signboard, shot at him with a revolver. The bullet crashed through a window, narrowly missing Davis. Davis, who is exalted ruler of the lodge, recently triumphed with his sup porters in elections of the organiza tion. Knight* of Pythiau« to E1« m * 1 Officers A Qrdup »f Typloal R»»t and Rsoraatlon Room* of tha Ball Sy»t*m—Uppar C*nt*r Plotur* Show* Chrlctma* Party In Progr*M. W 4 use by one group after another for a large part of the day. Any one girl 1« there for only a short while, but the room la In service most of the time. At night, too, and In •tormy weathor these rooms are especially Appreciated as a cosy spot for oporators oft duty. Coty they are. Indeed, with their Inviting atmosphere —attractively furnished with comfortable settees, ehalrs and lounges, gay curtains In the window*, shaded lamps and tasteful carpet* or rug*. Picture* hang on the walla and there are desks and tables where one may scribble a note and telephones con venient for uee. In many of the sitting.room« phonographs or pianos are pro vlded and dancing Is a popular pus time. Magazines are generally available and often books as well The telephone companies frequent ly arrange to have a branch of th« local public library established lr the operators' silting room, ao thal the supply of books la changed al Interval*, and the hooka may b< horrowed and takon homo as well as read on the premises. And noth ing, perhaps, adds a more home-ilk* touch to a room than a well stocked bookcase. All the furnishings and equip ment in thee* room* are supplied by th* telephone companies. Includ ing facilities for game* which are much enjoyed. In th* larger building* personnel assistants, under tho supervl»lon*of the head of th* telephone trafflo force, are In charge of th* sitting- rooms. They Introduce the girls to on* another, direct the new girl* where to leave their hat* and ooat*. and help to m»ke them feel that the room I* their* and that th*y era welcome to make us* of It whenever they are off duty. Locker-room» are also provided. In which each girl has an Individual compartment where ahe can keep her hat, purse, etc. Coots are hung In larger compartment* which ar* shared by several operators. Um brella rack* In which the umbrella* can be locked up are also furnished and of courie mirror» are an In dispensable necessity. The telephone head-eets that th« girls wear at the switch board ar* also kept In Individual compart- mepta In a rack near th* door of tha room where the switchboard la. Each operator has her Individual headset. In the larger telephone buildings quiet rooms are also provided for any who may become Indlspoaed and wish to rest In quieter but - roundyigs than are obtainable In the general sitting-rooms. These quiet room* are equipped with sim ple medical supplies. But It is the sociable sitting- room* that form the gathering place for operators during tha rest Intervals and they are tha renter for what might be called the aoclal life of the central office. At no time, probably, are these pleasant surrounding« more keenly appreciated than at the Christmas season, when hotly and mistletoe and perhaps a tree give a sparkling background to the Christmas dance. Then, and at the other operators’ parties throughout the year, many of the telephone girls come to feel that In business life as well aa In school and college life, »ome of the most lasting satisfactions grow out of the human relations that are established and th* friendships that ar* formed. The members of Syracuse Lodge, K. of P. will hold their semi-annual election of officers December 27. From present indications, there is promise of much rivalry for the most import ant offices. It is thought that the ma- jorty of the lodge's eghty-four mem bers will be on hand to cast ballots for their favorite candidates. Make Portland's Own Store Your Shopping Headquarters rlA , Ò r. .-gfiyaak sa g t,1 T m « Q uality ________ SEVERAL [ M S ARE RELEASED FROM JAIL reading. It ia roar privilege ours to disagree with Kite invite* your opinion upon subject» the disensee* from time to time is her column. ‘‘Several men betrayed Jesus, but not one woman." The quotations that have been ap pearing at the head of this column are taken from “The Scourage of Christ” by Paul Richards and have been quoted in the Crisis. The more I think of religion, the less I think of the churches. The more the churches spend on architecture, useless spires, fine carpets, finer or gans and elaborate lighting systems the less significant becomes the mes sage preached from the pulpits. Now adavs unless one attends church and “worships” in the regular orthodox and accepted was prescribed by the IS a fff HAT to do after lunch un til It'* time to go back to work, 1» one of the minor problem* of bunlneia life. Soma «troll aimlessly through atorea or "window-shop,” If th* weather I* Rood; others take the opportunity to write a letter or snatch a few nilnutoa of reading, provided a quiet place can be found. For telephone operators, how ever, the pro Idem practically solves itself. In all the buildings oper ated by the large telephone com panies throughout the country aoma »pace Is provided for the personal use of tho oporators. Pleasant ntt- tlng rooms are made available where they may spend their time nfter lunch and during the fifteen* minute rest periods which they en joy twice a day. Telephone eervlre, of course, ha* to he continuous, ao the girls take tliolr lunches and rest periods fn groups, only n part of the operators being off duty at any given tlm*. The sitting rooms, therefor*, are In The Advocate does not necessarily share in Kits Reid’s views, bat wheth- (Continued on Page 4) Pleasant Rest and Recreation Rooms Provided For Telephone Switchboard Operators’ Benefit By R IC H A R D STO R R S COB Arrow (T ip o Washington, Dec. l#,-(CNS)*D i a- trict bootleggers have gone to the dogs! At least Orin Whiting, 48 years old did, figuratively speaking, by using his hound to make deliveries of pint bot tles of liquor, according to police. Whiting was taken in a raid which netted a gallon of whiskey. As the legal question of disposing of a can ine transporter of liquor has not been settled by the courts, the hound, which was captured with the bottle strapped in a pocket on its side was released. Port An Prince, Dec. lS-(CNS)—• With hundreds of heavily armed mar ines and gendarmes parading strate gic points, and arrests being made in discriminately of suspected revolution ists, the marine headquarters report “all quiet on the Haitian front.” Fifteen persons were arrested last night under the curfew regulations of the marines, which order all persons to be in doors by 9 P. M. Many of these arrested previously are still be ing held, while a few have been re leased with orders to leave the capi tal. In the meantime, the heroic strug gle of the Haitian masses has forced the release of four of the principal leaders of the revolt: Gaston Woel, Jean Brierre, Schiller Nicholas, and Max Vieuz. * * * URGES NEGRO ON HAITIAN COMMISSION Washington, Dec. 18,—Simultaneous with the report that President Hoover had requested that a commission be appointed to investigate the Haitian situation, a country-wide appeal was made for the appointment of a Ne gro on this commission. Among those urged for the post is Dr. George Cleveland Hall, prominent physician and surgeon and civic lead- cr of Chicago, and John R. Hawkins of Washington. PETITION SIGNED TO UNFROCK A. J. CAREY Chicago. III. Dec -(CNS)-Bishop H. B. Parks, senior Bishop of the A.M. E. church has received a petition sign ed by hundreds om members of the A.M.E. church, which urges the un frocking of Bishop A. J. Carey, of the Episcopal District of the A. M. E. church, and a member of the Civil Service Commission of Chicago. They charge that the gossip which has been connected with Bishop Carey for months is extremely embarrassing to loyal church members. Will Occupy Their New Modem Home Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson, are domiciled in their beautiful new home on East 79th and Beech streets—one block south of Sandy Boulevard. A group of close friends have been in vited by Dr. and Mrs. Anderson to in spect their home this evening. It was constructed at a cost of seven or eight thousand dollars and is modern in every detail. TOPEKA PLAINDEALER OFFERED FOR SALE Mrs. Thelma Chiles-Taylor, daugh ter of the late veteran editor of the Topeka Plaindealer. Topeka, Kansas, is offering the paper, with all its mod ern equipment, for sale. The Plain- dealer is the oldest publication among colored newspapers in Kansas and was founded and edited for thirty years by Nick Chiles who lately passed on. CHICAGO VOTE Pickens Scoffs at Roncoe R. C. Sim m on«' Candidacy Against Oscar DePriest New York City.—If Simmons wants to be Congressman from Chicago, our advice is. that he try to satisfy the Negroes of America, especially those of the North, and more particularly those in the First Congressional Dis trict of Illinois. It was those Chicago Negroes who sent De Priest to Con gress, and those Negroes will deter mine De Priest's successor. Roscoe Conkling Simmons is sim ply hunting in the wrong woods, when he is seeking an office from the hands of Chicago Negroes by running down South and trying to make good first with “our white folks”. The Mont gomery Advertiser (Simmons* politi cal support) has always stood for de nying the Negro even the right to vote let alone the right to go to Congress. Every boost Simmons can get from a source like that ought to be a kick for him when the campaign gets going in Chicago, next year. If he wants to go to Congress from Chicago, he had better run on back there and tell Chi cago about it. J. R. Charleston, of 931 Rodney Avenue was stricken last Thursday with paralysis while at work on his car and had to be brought home. The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for some time. The stroke paralized his left limbs. He is quite cheerful although confined to his home. S /e a io n '//r e e lin g 4 to o u * 0 t r y o n f r i e n d I </»</_ / / * i ty/. rtÿ ÿ à
