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4 BATH THE EVERY SIX M O N TH S ADVOCATE An Indopandtnt IN TWO SECTIONS Voi. 27 — No. 6 Papar D avotad PORTLAND, OREGON to tha I n t o r « at« o/ the People SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930 SECTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS COURT CONVICTS TEACHER WHO STRUCK GIRL LABOR LEADERS MAY PAY WITH THEIR LIVES E P R IN C IP A L W H O STRU C K NICQRO G IR L C O N V IC T E D OK A SSA U LT IN W H IT E P L A IN S A u t o K ills A c t o r In "Green P astures ■ RENNOVATES CHURCH ■ CLUBWOMEN AGAINST BELIEF T h r officer» ami member» of Bethel A VI F. church a rr renovating and re decorating the interior of their church on lairrahee ft McMillan »Irret» The W hite Plain». Dec. IO I liarle» O. work i» bring done by member» of the Ileaiiian. principal of the Fa»tvicw church. Ateiuie School in W Inti Plain*, N A , Iti» a keen cotivieteil here •>( a**ault in the third degree for striking and injuring a colnred girl »ludrnt, Alimi I telle Stepney, the « u l lieing represent ed in court by W illiam T . Andrew», •peiial Icital a»»i»tant at the National o li n e of the National Association (or the Advancement of Colored People. C ikK K N SliO K O , (South Carolina) N KW S, oi November 15, IV JO, ha» th r (t*llowiiiK to »ay of Roland Have»: “The kiipreiue art of Roland Have» ha» jufttly acclaimed him one of the Krratcftt artu t« of the *#«*, and hi» place of eminence in unique. I'oitrniinK a D E N V E R U N IV E R S IT Y voice of indeftcrihahty beautiful quality, STUD ENT H ONORED with perfect m attery of it» u»r, there Denver. Colo.. Dee K Recently Mr» wa» noticeable in the «inner a »ulxirtliti- Gereldine Light* :r wa» one of »ia ■lion of »elf a c h a ra c te ris e of the |ier»oiii n n t i a t e c I n t o Alpha Chapter, really «rrat ” Mr Have» tintf» in hi« native Alpha /e t a Pi. national honorary (¿eurifia D o ember 18th. rom antic language fraternity J litt jneniltervlin« of t i n » fraternity i* eompoaed of faculty member* of th r U niversity Romanic LaiiKuaKr d e partm ent, honorary member» ont»ide the departm ent, and graduate and ac tive »tudctit» of the dpcartm ent. Invitation to mcmher»hip i* extend- ed only to thoae «indent* w h o have December 6, 1930 attained Inwh srhidafship in tlte work Mr» He.itrice Cannady, of the departm ent, and Mr» Lightner Publisher, The Portland Advocate. 1 » the only Race mem ber in Al|dia Portland, O regon Chapter. My dear Mrs Cannady: Mr* l.itthlner i» a *i»ler of Howard Please accept th r rather late con Troutm an of Portland. gratulations of myself and the entire III RAI D staff on th r recent anni- xcr*ary of The A D V O C A T E . May it Have many more y ear, of fruitful life Portland ami tlte N orthw est owe a real debt of uratitudr to The A D V O C A T E and yourself (nr its cordial race relations. M a lte r David H epburn. re|K>rted Y ours very truly. mi»»intt Dec. 7th. from hi» home. 49/8 C E C IL K N E W M A N , YVoodttock Ave,. returned to hi* home Editor. at II p. m the u m r day after liavintt wandered around in Sell wood since 3 :00 p. in Young H epburn wa* not harmed in any way from the experi M k r r im a n H. H o lt / ence. ROUND HAYES 10 SING IN HIS NATIVE STATE DENVER WOMAN HONORED MINNEAPOLIS E0II0R PRAISES THE ADVOCATE'S RECORD LAD FOUND 0 K PROCTORS Washington nt Broadway EN PA SSA N T By Allyn Hill W hen I die. I want the nun to drop it» golden notes into the »ca, So white waves may sing My threnody for me. W hen I die, I want the light to ttream Like »ilver river« in nty room. Death will not he dark— Closed shutter» bring on gloom. GIFTS SIEERS A WICKED WHEEL Eugene Carden returned irum a m o tor tn p to Cahloriua last Tuesday al- icrnuoii, having driven trout ban I-ran visto in la hours and 45 m inutes m a l’vacn ol a new Pierce Arrow. Mr. Carden lelt San Francisco at the same time Ins em ployers train and he a r rived in l'ortlau d an hour betore the tram arrived, unpacked his car, cleaned up and met his em ployer, Mrs C. S. Jackson at the train. Some speedy hoy, eh! Well Gene knows hi« car and his highways too. O PERA PR ESEN TED LOR MLR W O M ENS HOSIERY — BAGS UNDERW EAR SU P E R S — JEWELRY UMBRELLAS NOVELTIES Your Patronage is Earnestly Solicited Reprinted from "O pportunity" Magazine, Nov. 1930. Note: Allyn Hill is a brother of Rev. Daniel G. Hill, J r , of Portland. Holliday 8C Holliday T o n io ria l P a rlo ra :: PORTLAND, OREGON Equipped with tlte Very Lalrst, We Are In u Position to Care for Men, Women and Children Come—Let Lis Serve You! HOLLIDAY & HOLLIDAY 1 Union, Ore.. Dec. 2 A group of La Grande women comprised the guest h*t of the Union W oman's club at the regular nieetiiiK held Thursday of last week, th r feature of the affair being a repetition uf a program given recently by the Young W om en's Educational Auxiliary of the I.a Grande Methodist church, covering the topic, “The Negro in Music and Literature." Mr» S. F Miller presided at the meeting. The various numbers on the program were announced hy Miss Namrl E Doty, who opened with a review of the negro'» place in liter ature Mr» Ray Fuller sang two song«, the words of which were written hy Paid Laurence Dunbar, the negro poet, and Mi»» Doty gave readings from “ C ounter Cullen." Mr». Tom W al- •ingrr read »election* from the works of other poet» A quartet, composed of Mrsdames Ray Fuller. Ralph Clark, R. F Tyler and W ill Adler, in costume, sang several negro melodies. Mi»» Amanda Zahrl, head of the English departm ent at the Eastern O regon Normal school, closed the program with her very clever review of Marc Connelly's "T he Green Pastures." The program was greatly enjoyed by a large attendance of club members and visitors, and at its close light re freshment» were served hy a com m it ter of the club. BUY PRACTICAL I in■■ st die. So mourn and cry—but quick! I want your eye» umlim mrd by tears. Rather laughter weave Deep wrinkle* with the years. 125 NORTH SIXTH STREET DIVE PROGRAM TO PARTICIPATE MORE OFTEN IN JA ZZ F O R M Rules for bathing in the Benedictine ! monasteries of the Fourteenth century j ® have been discovered at London. Eng rmm n n i l j p l DCDflDTO MAkIV land, in the regulation» of St Angus tine's, Canterbury and St. Peter's,! W estm inster. Monks were allowed to take baths twice a year—before C hristm as and Pentecost Previous to the Fourteenth New York. Dec. 5—C. E. Dickinson. century, four liath s were allowed an President of the Ohio Conference of nually, but this number was cut in N A.A.C.P. Branches, reports that six half because bathing was considered persons in Columbus Ohio, have takeg a luxury except when necessary for out $500 life memberships in the N a the sick. tional Association for the Advancement Only four monks could bathe in one of Colored People and that the im day, so it took more than tw o weeks mediate prospect is the number of new- to accommodate the sixty monks in life members will be increased by five. the m onastery. No baths were allowed on Sunday. The monks had servants to wash them. At W estm inster these servants received extra food and beer on “bath days." The baths were taken sitting in a tub. instead of standing, as was prob Rose City Lodge of Elks held its ably the secular custom at the time. annual election of officers W ednesday Monks were not allowed to stay in night at the Elks new hall. The result the baths to "soak" after they had been ; of the election is a follows: R. S. Blas- washed. 1 singame, Exalted R uler; J. D. H unter, At first, bathing was conducted in | Leading K night; A. O. Jones. Loyal complete silence, but "th at good cus K night; Lilliard Evans. Esteemed tom has hern entirely abandoned in Lecturing K night; J. F. Goode. Tiler; these modern times" of the Fourteenth i Fred Dodson. Esquire. T rustees: A. centurv. O. Jones. O. S. Thomas. J. N. Man UfllU DKAIlufl l\LI UK 10 IflA W LIEE MEMBERSHIPS IN NAT L 3 4 6 William* Avt*. KORRNA MARTIN IN CHARGR SHAMPOOING PRRSSING MAHCKI.I.INGG COItRTROtrg EYEBROW ARCHINO SC A LP TR EA TM EN T MANICURING AND PROMPT SKRVICR mmm BE EMPLOYE FOR CONVICTION The recent announcem ent that con-j struction of the Baha’i Temple at W il mette, Illinois, has now begun, has] brought many inquiries as to the Ba-1 ha'i attitude tow ard the race problem } in America, it was stated today by I George O rr Latimer, chairman of the I local Baha'i Assembly. "American members of the B ah a'i. Faith,' according to this statem ent, "have for many years realized that the m atter of inter-racial relations will never be solved until the spirit of true religion is shown by all racial elements alike. “ As long ago as 1912. ‘Abdu’l-Baha I made clear to American Baha'is the supreme gravity of the rela tions between white and c o l o r e d Press Release— (by I. L. D .)—The races on this continent, sum moning his six defendants in the Georgia sedition followers to take the initiative in loyal cases are liable to be tried any day in ty to the principle of spirtual oneness view of the communication to the In which Baha'u Hah declared over fifty ternational Labor Defense by its a t years ago to be the foundation of the torney there. The court has but to new age. In the event that this prob give three days' notice to the defense. lem is not solved. ‘Abdu'l-Baha pre These defendants, of which are tw o dicted. hostility between white and Negro young people, are being tried colored people, in conjunction with in under an act of the state that was car trigues by foreign enemies, could lead ried on the books from 1859. It pro to the overthrow of American civiliza vides for the death penalty being exer tion.'' cised in the case of anyone who “in cites to rebellion" aad th r evidence against these six young defendants is that they called a meeting of both races to discuss the economic condi tion of workers of both races. The International Labor Defense is fighting for the release of these de fendants and will be glad to answer any New York, Dec. 5— President Hoov inquiries on its work made by apply ers nomination of William N. Doak to ing at the headquarters in Portland of be a member of his Cabinet as Secre the local branch, 2275$ W ashington tary of Labor, brought today a sharp St.. Room 233. public letter from the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored I People condemning the appointment on the ground of Mr. Doak's and his union's anti-negro attitude. L D. THE DEFENDANTS CASE CREATED WIDE INTEREST ELECT OFFICERS NATIONAL A S S O C m PROTESTS MCKNIGHT BURIED Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Miller's M ortuary for the late Roscoe M cKnight, who died last Friday a week ago at Emanuel H ospi tal. Rev. J. L. Caston delivered the funeral sermon. Mr. M cKnight, for many years a resident of Portland, is survived by a widow and many friends The funeral was largely attended and the floral offerings were beautiful. A New Book O ut C H IC A G O , III., Dec. 11.—Grand New York, Dec. 10—A thorough opera trim m ed with jazz made its ap- pcaraucr m Chicago last night with the going survey of the American Negro world prem ier of "Camille." The Chi and of color problems in the United cago civic opera was the scene of this States is published in Paris, written unusual spectacle. The audience gave hy Magdeleine Paz under the title "Frère Noir" (Black B rother). approval in a warm hut som ewhat reserved manner. It was an old story, dressed up in I A DVOCATE AGENTS modern clothes and m anners, adapted from the novel and play by Alexandre The Advocate is on sale each week at Dumas Fils, and set to music by H am the Elks' new hall, E. Richardson's in ilton F orrest, 28 year old Chicagoan the Hotel Medley, the Friendship Pool and former office boy, who said he Hall, west side, on 6th St. Holliday ft- hoped it would he the forerunner of Holliday’s Barber Shop and at Foster's a series of truly American operas. Cafe, cor Williams and W cidlcr Sts. A. O. Jones, popular fratcrnalist, has moved from 451 F.. Clay to 68 Clark JO IN T H E R E D C RO SS! Street. MARTIN’S BEAUTY SHOP N E W Y O R K , N Y„ Dec. II - Wesley Hill, negro actor, who p o r trayed the Angel Gabriel in Marc Connelly's biblical fable, "T he Green Pastures," was killed by a taxicab yesterday as he stepped from behind an elevated line pillar in H arlem . He was 55 years old. Hill had been on the stage 40 years, beginning his career in a medicine, show and winning popular favor in "Uncle T om 's Cabin" at the Chicago w orld's fair. STATUTE TO SIN G L E G IR L S Answer this if you are single, send, us your name and address and re ceive a one-dollar coupon and valu able personal information F R E E ! P. H. B O D D ip . f i l i S street, N. W , W ashington. D. C. ley and W yatt W illiams. The Secre taries and T reasurer remained the same. They are Lee C. Anderson, Sec re ta ry ; W . D. Allen T reasurer and George W. H arper. Financial Secre tary. E. D. Cannady is the District Deputy. At the close of the election a social -session was had. Rose City Lodge of Elks and Dahlia Temple, D aughter Elks will hold a joint annual meeting tomorrow- attcr- noon at the hall. Rev. Daniel G. Hill, Jr., will preach the sermon. This m eet ing is held to com em m orate the Elks and daughters who have passed on in to the Great W ide Guess. The public is cordially invited. HOOVER'S APPOINTING DOAK SENDS ADVOCATE FIVE DOLLARS P o p u la r D ra y m e n G. Freeman and sons, popular dray men are still on the job at 430 H oyt Street. When you get ready to take holiday trip let them move your lug gage for you. They also do genera! hauling. Mrs. J. D. Ryan of H ouston, Texas, who has been a constant subscriber to The Advocate since 1913, sent her check for $5.00 this week for another tw o years' subscription. HOME CAFE MOVES The H ome Cafe, formerly housed in the Pullm an P orter quarters has moved to the Elks’ new hall. Mrs. T urner is still in charge and she is I wish to thank all friends for they The local branch of the N. A A. C. serving the same fine meals which P • held its annual election of officers num erous courtsies during the illness characterized her other place. and death of my beloved wife and for list night. A report of the election will their expressions of sym pathy and flor be made in the next issue al pieces. D O N ’T S P E N D Y O U R M O NEY M. P. C R A W FO R D , JO IN T H E R E D CRO SS! 1494 E. 10th St. N. W H E R E Y OU C A N N O T W O R K I Make A CARD OF THANKS Motor in — Motor out Portland's Own FIRST CLASS CHICKEN DINNER A N D LUNCH PLACE MRS. ID A P O W E L L and BOB W H IT E , Props. Phone SU nset 5098 R O O M S FO R P A R T IE S A N D B A N Q U E T S Store R. F. D. 3, Box No. 1292 Foster Road, E ast of Buckley Avenue Your Shopping Headquarters G. FREEMAN BROTHERS TRANSFER Office Phone: HKoadway 1885 430 HOYT STREET :: Portland, Oregon Residence Phone GArfield 8019—340 Tillamook Street (Sc; m sur''*-'"* ™ * Successors to E. Richardson Bagfiafte Transfer ONLY NEGRO NEWS PAPER PUBLISHED IN OREGO
