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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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Pleasant Rest and Recreation Rooms Provided
For Telephone Switchboard Operators’ Benefit
By R IC H A R D STO R R S COB
Arrow
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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.
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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.
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