FAMOUS VILLA AUCTIONED
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An
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IN TW O SECTIONS
Voi. 27 — No. 5
P»p«r
Devoted
PORTLAND, OREGON
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SECTION ONE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1930
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ENCOURAGE WHITES TO STUDY RACE HISTORY
MANY OF COLOR ATTND WHITE HOUSE CONFAB
PBZES DFFEBED Judge'U ses ^iVork Of Negro Artist
FOR BEST ESSAY
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BEIIER H REIATIUNS
H M D AS 1 H I
A tlanta, Lid Due. J To prom ote
I h r « U lt i ) ul the NrRft» w ith ih r l»r
lief O ui H
ill l>riii|{ about 4 better
under »tam linu betw een tin* raer» atol
m ore am icable relation» t tic* Cullimi»-
»mu on I uteri 4< iul C ooperation lu» a n
nounced th at a price of $lHO will be
aw arded to the »out hern w hite I ur I i
tuhiMil »tutlrnt present inn before April i
I, I9 JI. the bc»t e»»av un wliat tl\e i
LAW BREAK UP ’BROWN MAN’S’
DEMONSTRATION FOR WORK
S hreveport, l.a , Dee —(B y the A»*o
d a te d N eijro P re » » )--P o lic e broke up
an unem ploym ent d rm o m tru tio n in
w hich betw een 200 and 300 unem ploy
n t m en particip ated h rre this wrek
O ffice r! ih w a rtrd plan* of the Kr<>U|) to
«taRe 4 paratle th ro u g h butine»» »treets
and forced it to « ra tter T h ere was no
violence. H eaded hv ( 'h a rle t D oii||U«.
the Rrotip intended to m arch behind a
banner i Inch read; *’\Vc w ant w ork or
food.**
Police confiscated the »i^n
T h e if roup Mothered near the old
pariah jail.
M ult of the m em ber» were colored
^iiURla*. w ho «tated lie a rra n g e d for
*he m « m and w as one of the leader» in
the plans to stag e the parade, said hi»
wife wa« in the hospital w ith a new -horn
baby, and lie had tw o »mall children
at fio m r crying for food. H e »aid he
had liad no em ploym ent in som etim e,
was peunile»». and all h it effort» to o b
tain w ork w ere futile. " I have offered
to w ork for $5 a week, but no one will
give me a jo b /' D ouglas said.
N'rifro tu« coutrihtited to the prnitre»«
of hi» c o u n try and the p a rt he ha«
plaved in A im tn a n hitory.
Aim to E nlig h ten W hite*
An ad ditional prize, the a n n o u n ce
m en t, of $100 will be aw arded the
•chool tiu k in g (lie br»t use of the com-
rm»«ion pro ject for »tudy of A m erica's
tru th n u n .“ the title* having been »elect
ed l»«c*tu»c it call* a tte n tio n to the
fact he N*-gro*» c o trp n a r o n e -te n tb
of the population of the I'n ite d State«
Special effort» are being m ade to in
trre«t w hite «indent« and w hite ir h o o h
tt» «tudy the hi»tory of the A m erican
N egro in o rd e r th a t they m ight know
Mr» M T . ( ra w ford, w ho ha» hern
th at he !u» played an im p o rtan t part ill ill h ra lth for a long tim e, died at h rr
hi the g ro w th of thi» c o u n try and in
residence, ICM K T ru th S ir e n N orth.
pre»crving ami tlrfcndiug it.
M onday. F u n e ra l services w ere held
from M tllrr A T ra rry '» (u n rra l parlor»
hy Kcv W K Lovell, pa»tnr ol Zion
( hurch. of w hich »hr wa.» a m em ber
She wa» al»o a m em ber of D ahlia T cm
pie She leave» a husband. Mr. C raw -
A v" > e p p rre lativ e audience li.te n rd ,o ri| , IIlrm t, „ l>f lh r
Stroller*,
to the m trrc .to .it r e p o rt, m ade hy the j
n t o u r n h u |„ „
delegates M ra d a m r. R o .e Nichol* and
Jr»»ie G ra y .o n to the N ational A».c. j
1 — — o-
c a tio n of C olored W om en, w hich wa» _
held m Mol S prings, Arkan».!». in June. ( j ( X ? 8
lO
L C C fis lu tu r P
M onday rvcninit at th e W illia m . A vr- 1
Hue Y. W C. A Several m usical n u m
New Y ork.—A Pennsylvania atation
ber» w ere given »» well a . com m unity
singing led hy the O reiton S tate C h a ir red cap, Ja m es K. S tephens, realized
m an of Music, Mr». G rayson
T he h i. life'» am bition last week w hen he
m rrtin it wa» presided over hv the S tate w as elected to the assem bly Irom the
P resid en t, Mr*. D olly ra rie s .
Mr*. 10th district in th r D em ocratic lan d .
I’a rir» also m ade to m r very in te rrstin g »Idle which sw ept New Y ork S tate
Stephen» unexpectedly defeated his
rrm a rk s c onrrrninK her recent trip to
California. T h e E xecutive H oard m ee t Republican opponent by 428 votes. It
ing w as held before th e p ro g ram be- is the first tim e th at the d istric t has
gan. Mr». Rose N ichols, the chairm an, sent a D em ocrat to the assem bly. S te
presided, and m uch in te re stin g busi- phen» is an overseas veteran, m arried
iic » s concerninit th r S ta te F ederation and is a g ra d u a te of H ow ard U niversity
was discussed.
and th r B rooklyn Law School.
DELEGATES MAKE REPARE
DcNORVAL UNTHANK. M. D.
ARTIST DOES
Famous Villa Lewara COLORO COVER
FOR JUDGE
New Y ork, Dec. 3— E lm e r S im m s
Cam pcll, you th fu l illu stra to r, has the
d istinction of having “ Ju d g e ” the well-
know n hum orous w eekly, accept his de
sign for th e cover of its N ovem ber
football issue O p p o rtu n ity 's cover for
N ovem ber is also by y o u n g C am pbell,
a form er St. L ouisian, w ho a fte r doing
c lrv e r w ork in one of th e best know n
a d v ertisin g e stab lish m en ts in th a t city
and stud y in g a t A rt In stitu te in C hi
cago, cam e to N ew Y ork to fu rth e r
his studies. H e is em ployed by a large
a rt studio here.
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New Y ork, Nov. 2 9 —A fo rtu n e in
fu rn ish in g s accu m u lated th ro u g h beauty
prep aratio n » is p a stin g to w hite people.
O i th r first o l a three-day auction
to dt»|>oftc of the $.150,000 effects of the
late M adam e C. J. W alker, N egro
w asherw om an w ho invented a hair- |
stra ig h te n in g tonic for h rr race and
M adam e W alker died in 1019. p ro b
quit w ashing. $10.000 w as n e tte d — ably the w ealthiest N eg ro w om an m
Am erica. Mrs. L rlia W a lk e r R obin-
m ostly from w hite society w om en.
A 12-piece h and-carved m ahogany »on, her d a u g h trr, recen tly decreed the
bedroom suite b ro u g h t $250, a F le m furnishings, as well a s th e house, a
ish oak billiard table $225, ten high- show place a t Irv in g to n on the H ud-
back a rm ch airs in th r »ante wood $175 , »on. should he sold at auction.
DUBOIS SAYS WHITE RACE
IS DAMMED. NOT NEGRO
B O S T O N . M ass “ T h e w hite m an
bro u g h t th r N eg ro here against his will,
hrld his w om en as concubines, th r ra re
as slaves," declared D r. W . E. B. D u-
Bois. ed ito r of th r C risis, in an open
discussion w ith D r T h o m a s N. C a r
ver. w hite p ro fesso r of econom ics at
H a rv ard U niv ersity , here last Sunday.
T he m eetin g w as held at F o rd H all
S peaking on the subject, “ Should
N egroes Be E n co u rag ed to Social
K quality" Dr. D u llo is stated, “ to d ay in
this civilization if p ersec u tin g co n d i
tions continue, fhe w hite race is d a m n
ed. not the N eg ro .” D r. C arver c ritic is
ed th r m ilitant leadership of th r N rg ro
and su g g ested th at a m o re docile leader
w ould accom plish m ore.
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New O rleans, La., Dec. 5.—O n e d o l
lar stood betw een M atthew B elvins,
and freedom w hen he faced F ederal
Ju d g e R obert R. E rvin on a ch arg e of
violating the prohibition law . B elvins
had been in jail since early in A u g u st
unable to m ake bond. F ollow ing the
usual custom o l assessing a norm al
fine in cases w here d efen d an ts have
alread y served considerable tim e a w a it
ing trial. Judge E rv in o rdered B elvins
to pay one dollar. B elvins had no dol
lar, no job, and the outlook w as not
prom ising.
D eputy M arshal F ra n k
Phillions, who had b ro u g h t him into
c o u rt from the jail, reached in his
p ocket and pulled out a bill. “ Y ou can
pay me back a fte r you g et o u t,” be
said as he handed the d ollar to th e d e
fen d an t. Judge E rv in observed th e p ro
ceedings from th e bench. “ 111 save
you half of it,” he said. “T h e fine is
ch an g ed to 50 cen ts.”
AWARD OF $3,335 IS SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
WON BY VETERAN
URGED IN HAITI
Cape G irardeau, Mo.. D ec 4.— E thel-
bert W icker, W o rld W a r v e te ran of
M issouri C ounty, was a w ard e d a v e r
dict in his s a il for w ar risk m sn ra n cr
by a ju ry in federal co u rt last w eek
H c will receive $3.335.19. re p re se n tin g
m onthly p a y m e n ts since he becam e to
tally disabled, M ay 22, 1919. and in
ad d itio n will receive $23 per m o n th in
the future.
W ash in g to n , D. C., Dec. 1—T h e
U n ited S ta te s com m ission on educa
tion in H aiti yesterday recom m ended
to P re sid e n t H oover th a t the U n ited
S ta te s a ssist in establishm ent of an a d e
q u a te educational system for th e C arib
bean republic.
T h e recom m endation was based on
belief th e U nited S tates should do this
“in consideration of its vital in te rest
in th e p ro g ress and stability of states
c o n tig u o u s to the a pproaches of the
P a n -A m e ric a canal.
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T h e com m ission recom m ended im
m ediate cessation of capital outlay for
m o re farm schools in H aiti, w hich it
said w ere not needed as m uch as p ro
N ew port. R I. Dec. 2— T h ree N egro
g ress in o th er educational lines
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W e w ish to ex ten d o u r sincere
th an k s to o u r m any friends for th rir
lecils of kindness a n d floral offerings
lu rin g the illness a n d d eath of o u r b e
loved m o th e r and g ra n d m o th er, Mrs.
M atilda Johnson, w ho w ent to her r e
w ard last Sunday.
C larissa
R andolph,
d au g h te r,
Rev. and M rs. C. H . Binfortì are
Prince P a ries, son.
exceedingly happy over a T h an k sg iv in g
Louise R andolph, g ra n d -d a u g h ter.
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■ U p w ard s of 1500 b arg ain h u n ters
and sig h tse e r, th ro n g ed the m ansion
and g ro u n d s to view the Jap an ese
p rayer tree and to hear th r $25.000 24-
k arat m dd inlay organ. F ew cam e to
buy and m ost to gasp over th e leg en
dary trea su re s w hich had been closed
to them in the o w n e r's life.
a
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and luxurioua O rie n ta l ru g s which
Italian kings a re aaid to have w alked
on, from $20 to $100.
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SPECIAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
Race Represented for First
Time at Decennial Child
Health Congress— Equal
Treatment and Increased
Facilities Demanded for
Negro Children.
T h e N eg ro child cam e in to its ow n
at P re sid e n t H oover's W h ite H ouse
C onference on Child H ealth and P ro
tection. held in W ash in g to n , D. C.,
N ovem ber 19-21, 1930. A lth o u g h P re
sident Roosevelt called such a confer
ence in 1909, and P resid en t W ilson in
1919, th e 1930 conference m ark s the
first tim e that N egroes have served
b oth a s m em bers of the com m ittee p e r
sonnel and as delegates. A s a general
re su lt of this participation due recogni
tion w as given to the problem s of N e
g ro children heretofore overlooked.
P relim in ary re p o rts as well a s dis
cussions a t the sessions in d ic a te ^
th o ro u g h g o in g analyse* by tbs severe!
co m m ittees of th e special problem s
laced by N egroes in th e field of
H ealth, E d ucation and D ependency.
A m ong th e p ersons particip atin g on
com m ittees w ere D r. R. R. M oton, T u s-
k e g re In stitu te , A la,; D r. E ugene K in-
ckle Jones, N ational U rban L eague, N.
Y .; M rs. H . R. B utler, A tlanta, G a.;
T. A rn o ld H ill, N. Y .; Dr. A lgerm an
B. Jackson. Mrs. Jan ie P o rte r B arrett,
S u p erin ten d en t
V irginia
In d u strial
School for G irts; E rn e st (Atwell, D i
re cto r of C olored W ork, P layground
and R ecreational A ssociation of A m er
ica; M iss E d n a C olson, V irginia S tate
C ollege; M iss M ary W illiam s. T u sk e-
gee In s titu te ; F o rre ste r B. W ash in g
ton. A tlan ta School of Social W o rk ;
Jesse O. T h o m as, N ational U rban L ea
gue; Ja m es H . H u b e rt, N ew Y ork U r
ban L eague; R. J. Elxy, B rooklyn U r
ban L e a g u e ; a n d L aw rence A. O xley,
N. C. D p a rtm e n t of Public W elfare.
NEGROES ATTACKED ON JOB
C ouchatta. La., Dec.— (B y the A sso
ciated N eg ro P re ss )— N early fifty col
ored laborers hired by a road c o n stru c
tion firm w ere given refuge in the old
Red R iver co u rt house here W e d n e s
day a fte r th ey had been a tta ck e d in
an unem ploym ent rio t sta rte d by w hite
residents o f the n earb y section w ho
w ere out of jobs.
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