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Vol. 27—No. 15
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PO R T L A N D , O R EG O N S A T U R D A Y . F E B R U A R Y 21, 1931
SECTIO N O N E
PR IC E F IV E C EN TS
HOOVER PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEGRO ACHIEVEMENT
P A U L R O B E SO N T H R IL L S CAP ACHY HOUSE
A Good Reason For L in c o ln no P a r tic u la r F r ie n d to N e g r o
Robt. Lichey’s Smile
WILLIAM PICKENS DENIES
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DEMOLISH LAW OL
SEGREGATION
The above ia Ihc likeness ul Uaalrr Walter Harney Benton .two montha
old. the eon ol Mr. and Mr* W B Benton (Dorothy llatkins). of l.o* Angeles,
California and gieet grand eon ol Robert l.nhey ol J22 William* Ave., Port
land. Matter W . B. it not a little one a * you c a n tee and when two montht
ol age hit mother had to buy two year older* clothea lor him Young Benton
it another prool that the rare i* not committing tuieide and that young men
are growing bigger and belter looking each generation.
T O E S 10 GO ON WITH PLAT HOTEL IN HANDS OF RECEIVER
UNTIL LADY PROPERLY SEATED WASHINGTON, (CNS) — John
ATLANTA, Oa. (CNS)—Judge
K. K. Pomeroy of Fulton County
Superior Court, Friday ruled At
lanta'a ordinance to segregate
Negroes waa unconstitutional.
The Judge also enjoined Chief
of Police James L. Beavers from
interfering with the residence of
Negroes on designated streets.
The ordinance provided that no
families of the Negro race shall
occupy tenement houses in a sec
tion wherein there ia more than
one white family.
New Time*,
New Metlird*
T. itiaher. local realty broker haa
been unmet! receiver for the
Native African Actor
Wiutelaw Hotel. Ilia bond wan
O bjects to S egrejation fixed at S 10,000.
Appointment of t h e receiver
ahip waa made upon the applica
Chicago, Feb 18 — Mut la O moo la, tion of Thomaa Blythe, Company
the native African, who ia playing the on November 4, 1926
part of the gun-carrier in the new auc-
ceaa. "Trader Horn," reluted to play
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SAY COLORED MINISTER FAKE
teated without being tegregated. The
opening performance wat held up un
til the official compromited by putting
Vancouver. Wn.—E. S. Undley, tec-
her in a projecting booth which tatia- retary of the chamber, received a no
tied the native actor and hit girl com tice from the Baptitt Evangelical board
panion and all waa well.
from Pocatello, Idaho, itating that a
certain Rev. D. D. Banka, colored min
uter. hat been receiving unauthoriird
donation* in the Northwest. A year ago
N egro Runs Amuck;
Hank*' collected a sizeable sum here
Trapped and Killed by the tame meant, according to Lind-
ley.
Chowchilla. Cal-, Feb. 17. John Ptem-
ford, Negro wat cornered by a potae ol
SO men early today and killed after he Six Drink Poison Rum ;
had run amuck aeven milea weat of
Dead
here and injured four peraont, one ter-
■outly. He wat cornered in a barn
where he wat betjeged for teveral
Che«lertown, Md., Feb. 17. Si» per-
hourt. Gunfire wat exchanged and one
ton*, all o f them Negroes, were report
of the bullet* mortally wounded him.
ed dead today a* result, authoritie*
aaid, of drinking poisoned alcohol. Four
others were reported near death.
The Advocate aincerely requett* ita
reader* to patroniae the firma whoae
advertiaementa are teen in The Advo
"All strength unlraa dedicated to the
cate. By ao doing you - help youraelf, weaker becomes destructive.’'—Keith
Ransom-Kehler.
the advertiaer and ua.
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GENERAI BELIEF Of LWCONL
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By WILLIAM PICKENS
Lincoln was no friend to col.
ored people in particular: he was
a friend to justice and freedom,
devotee of fairplsy-
He was not always “ righ t” on
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the “ race question,” but was sl-
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wavs resdv to get right. The
W ASinNGTON, (CNS)
I1 or
bequest we have received
i the first time since his coining in froni hb) position lH his willing-
Jto the White 11 1
- , 1 S P''e»,den! IH.s s t „ i,.arn and ’ change hi«
of the United States, 1 resident mjjid. jje was willing to acknowl-
Herbert Hoover, in his radio ad-
(hat he was wrong yester-
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<lre«a Thursday in connection with dav whioh
wag onjy another
the celebration of Abraham Lin- wav 0f asserting that he had be-
J. S. Jackson, executive secre- coin paid high tribute to the ach- coiire wiser since yesterday. He
larv of the Seattle Urban league, ievemeutx of the 12,000,000 Negro
many 0f the things attributed
will deliver two addresses at an citizens of the nation.
to him against human equality
economic symposium to be conduc-i
Part of the text of President an(j uniVt-rsal liberty, but he sai<i
ted Sunday at the First A. M. E Hoover’s address on Lincoln is as ,h em before he knew better, and
Zion church, y illia m s avenue and
follows:
neVer repeated them after he had
San Kafael street.
“ If Lincoln w e r e living, he learned better
In that lay hi*
he would find that this race of w ,(eriority to most men. He did
In a talk for the men at 3 p. m.
liberated slaves, starting a new uot chng to a false position sim-
Mr. Jackson will have for his sub life without a shred but the cloth- ^
be,.ause he h a d assumed it
ject, “ The Negro and the Social
Order
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once.
could
uraer. At S p. in. He will speak eduoatIon without organization.
If h.. He
w,»re
.live grow,
today he would
he Changing Economic 8ta 1 h. K tnii . v t.v it« own endeavors . 11 he were alive toaay ne wouia
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*>y 1U own endeavor ^ ia the movement« that aim to
I us of i he Negro.
a
muaiesi
p r o s ,r e s s P ( j to to an
an amazingly
. . ! I progressed
amazingly high
high remove oppression. He would
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program will b e given at both; leve, of spif.reliance and well-be
oppose disfranchisement, caste-
meetings and C. E. Ivey, presi ¡Ug t To j^ncoi„ ¡t would have
segregation, and lynching. He
dent of the lortland branch oft been incredible that within a life- would be interested in the cause
the National Association for Ad-jtjme the millions of children of of black men because they are
vancement of ( olored People will these slaves would be graduating
men, not because they are black.
preside.
from the public shools and col-
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leges that t h e race could have
“Green Pastures” Leads
builded itself homes and accumu
All New Y ork Shows
Negro Subjects to Have
lated itself a wealth in lands and
savings; that it should have car
A ttention of Study Club ried on with success every calling New York—Going into its 49th week,
"The Green Pastures," leads all pro
and profession in our country. . ductions for the length of service and
SAYS RACE PURSUING PRAISEWORTHY ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC LEADER TO
Heppner, Ore. — “Negro Contribu
Father—“Why is it thst you are al
tion* to Art” and “The New South”
are tuhjerts to be ditcutsed by the Wo ways at the bottom of the cists’’’
MRS. M A R G A R E T H Y A T T
Johnny—“It doesn’t make any dif
man* Study club of Heppner next
At tha World's Fair In Chicago In
Monday at 8 o'clock in Legion Hall. ference, Daddy, they teach the same
1893, Mrs. Hyatt won recognition for
Each of the topics will be handled in things at both ends"
har sxpertness as a telephone oper
three sections. Mrs. Frank Turner
ator. Tlmee have changed since
will report on music and literature un
than, and with them, methods and
equipment. Hare Mrs. Hyatt Is
der the first and Mrt. Russell Pratt
shown operating a modern tale-
»ill give a re\iew of tome Negro book.
phone switchboard In Loa Angelas,
Induttry and resources will be handled
whither aha want last fall to attend
by Mrs. Jeff Beamer under the second j
a meeting of tha Telaphono Pio
topic, Mrs. E. R. Huston will discuss
neers of America.
social life and customs, and Mrs. H. A.
Cohn will tell of mountain heights of
Mias Martha Root will be the house- southern states.
gurat of Mr. and Mrt. J. W. Latimer
Musical numbers will include a mu
in Roar City. She will arrive from Cal sical reading by Miss Helen Falconer
ifornia Keb. 23 for a ten days’ visit of Lexington, and a vocal solo by Miss
in Portland.
Charlotte Woods.
Intern ational N r » * Rrvl
number of performances with 393 to
its credit on Friday morning. Tickets
for this show are on sale in the box
office as far ahead as June 1. This in
dicates that the show will possibly run
through the summer.
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PROMPT 8RRVICR
NEGRO SPIRITUALS WIN
E
LAWRENCE BROWN PROVEN AS
SYMPATHETIC ACCOMPANIST
Coming as a rare feast was Paul
Robeson’s recital last Monday evening
at the Municipal Auditorium. It wu>
refreshing in many was—its conception
—its presentation—its style and its con
tent. For example the gifted bass-ba
tone opened and closed his lively pr
gram with a group of Negro Spiritual
Two other groups equally balance I
with English, German a n d Russia t
pifnbers, completed the viedc progra- -
which was exceptionally becoming ?<
his masculine personality, sbowinr
good taste throughout for quality . <
well as variety and color of material.
His is a robust voice but as sweet and
pure as is possible for a voice to be.
And in the words of a well known
critic “ ’tis the sweetest bass voice I
have ever heard.” “Robeson's voice is
all honey and sunshine" is not an ex
aggerated but rather a most accurate
description. His audience fairly beam
ed with happiness which was a reflec
tion of the mood of the singer who
himself declared that he felt in better
mood for his Portland concert than for
any other during the tour. Prolonged
applause after every group seemed to be
the rule and after singing his la*t
group. Mr. Robeson was especially gen
erous with encores. In two numbers
of the last group on his program, which
by the way were arranged by his ac
companist, Lawrence Brown, Mr
Brown joined in with his pleasing tenor
voice giving the “congregational" sing
ing effest which was the original style
of the songs. He sang the spirituals in
original Negro dialect which greatlv
enhanced their primitive beauty and
at once set a new value upon them
Lawrence Brown proved to be a most
efficient and sympathetic accompam t.
and the success of the singer is due in
a large measure to this fact, Mr. Brown
is remembered by many Portlanders,
having visited Portland in 1919 as ac
companist for Roland Hayes. Seers
Coman were in charge of Mr. Rob.
son's Portland engagement.
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