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FOSTER NEGRO HEALTH THE An VOL. 27—NO. 17 IN TWO SECTIONS A D VO CATE In depen den t Peper D evo ted PORTLAND. OREGON to th e In terest* o/ th e P e o p le SATURDAY, MARCH 7,1931 SECTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS NEGRO PORTER SAVES CO. $1,000.00 IN HOLDCP GEORGIA NEGROES MUST BE OFF STS. BY 10’C 'The South Enlarges Negro T Educatio LOCKS DOOR AS RULING SAID Ï0 W RITES PRESIDENT HOOVER FOR A JOB AND HE GETS IT ENGERS « F 17373654 - WINS RIGHTS FOR RACE Montgomery, Ala -When the Sou them Kid vs ay's crick Inin, the Cres- Los Angeles. Cal., March 6.—A rent Limited, touthbounil (rum New sweeping victory which is believed by York to New Orient*, reached here many to be one of thr most decisive Monday night, February 16, it wa* re triumphs for the Negro race since thr vealed that a lone bandit had held up | I ''mancipation proclamation, matrrial- passengers lounging in the observa ,rrd here last Monday w-hrn a ruling tion car just after the train had left i was handed down compelling Los An- Ncwnan. G a, about 7:20 p. m. and 1 grlrs playground and recreational of robbed four of them of $2**6 25 in cash ficial* to admit Negroes to thr city’s jnd a radroad ticket to Los Aniirlr*. | bathhouse* and swimming pools. i .,lil | The decision, coming a* the result T he robber wa* prevented from rn- of an intensive Iwo-yrar fight launched terttiK the dining car, just ahead of by Mrs Fthcl 1‘rioleau, a prominent the observation bv the quick wit and Los Angeles woman and widow of thr shrewd action of the Sexto Pull late Maj. t. W Prioleau, Attorneys man porter. M Pierce, who happen F C. Jennings and Hugh McBcth of ed to <er what waa happening and the West Side Property Ownrrs' As crawled on knee* and hands to lock sociation, was handed down by Hon. the forward door of the observation Walter S. Gates of the Superior Court car The steward of the dining car heir The case had hern continued 25 lud more than $1,000 in his cash ac times before thr final deciding verdict count. and it ia believed that the Wage Long. Hard Fight prompt work of Pierce, the porter, Mrs Prioleau took action against saved the money from the robbbrr's the playground commissioners of the Hi wap ■tv of Los Angeles alter beT two chil dren had been denied aecra* to the ---------- O- swimming pool The Wesf Side Prop - rrty Owners’ Association alao joinrd in the battle against discrimination. Attorneys Jennings and McBeth con HAITI'S NEW MINISTER W EL tributing their services to thr cause In making his ruling Judge Gates COMED BY PRES. HOOVER declared that the Negroes of Los An WashinHton, March $—(CNS) — geles are entitled to all the rights of Dantes Itclli-Kardr presented his let other human brings, not becauar ters of credence to President Hoover some statute or law said that they last Monday at Minister of Haiti and are entitled thereto, but by reason of expressed gratitude for the part taken their very existence xs citizens of their by President Hoover in aiding Haiti community, f f is decision contended through the m v cs tiH a tio n of the For that Mrs. Prioleau wa* right in her tes mission for governmental reforms contention that her children should and the assignment of an American not have lirrn segregated and that minister in place of a Marine officer thr position of the park cotnmiasion- as II iKh Commissioner Mr Belle- er* who claimed that they would pro garde is the first of the newly elected vide separate accommodations waa un government. fair and illegal. "If it it desired to provide sepa rate bathing facilities for Negroes,” ADVERTISING POSTER the judge indicated, "it would be proper and necessary to authorue ATTRACTIVE them through law and within the lim its of the constitution. There ia no A largr. attractive poster featur such present authority and such facil ing the appearance in Portland of the ities are therefore without the sanction Chicago Civic Opera Company on of law.” he declared. March 12. 13 and M. has been issued through the courtesy of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Copies of the poster are bring distrih- tiled throughout the state, where they will hr displayed in offices and win George For Federal Bench dows of business firms. 1 Washingtu)!, March 6.—CongTSSS- I man Oscar Dc Priest, following the 1 passage of a bill in thr Uited States 700 Mississippi Farmers Senate creating two nrw federal judge- Meet At Utica Institute ships in the northern district of Illi nois, has intimated his desire of seek Jackson, Mis*.—(CNS) — Nearly ing one of the posts for Judge Albert 200 colored farmers attended the 26th George of Chicago, who was recently annual conference of Negro farmers appointed a member of the State at Utica Institute last week. Board of Pardons, George was former ly a member of the bench of the local municipal court, hut was defeated in November for re-election. S. W . C o r . 4 t h a n d DANTES BELGARDE ARRIVES U S FORMER MUNI IUDGE CHOSEN Bradford Clothes $25.00 to Shop $45.00 W aahlntflon "Where Young Men Buy” Several students from Pacific Col lege spent the week-end in Portland. Some of them were guests of Allan Rutherford. --------o-------- f’/ense Pay Your Subscription MOltCAN APARTMENTS 78‘) E. Burnable Street Between 24th nnd 2iith Modern Five-Room Furnished Apartments Henf Reasonable Call F.Ast 0423 Mrs. H. Troutman 1385 Grand Ave N. Wal. 6610 MRS. ZEPHA BAKER B E A U T IC IA N Specialixing in All Lines of Beauty Work C. J. Walker Toilet Good* for sale Texarkana, Ark., March 6.—Tired of waiting for action on the part of the United States employment serv ice here, to which he had applied for a job, Fcnnie Hoston wrote President Hoover for a job and got it. Hoston was one of many applicants to the local branch and after waiting several weeks wrote to the president of the United States. The letter was referred to the Department of Labor and thence to thr government employ ment service, and now Hoston ia at work improving city parks at one dol lar a day. "If you want action you have to apply to the head man," de dared Hoston, when he went on his new job Friday morning. SOUTHERN NEWSPAPER PAYS T R U E TO fORMER PORTIANDR A letter to The Advocate from Mrs. A. V Ballard of Norfolk, Va. con tained the following clipping from a Norfolk colored new^iaprr We are reprinting it for the benefit of Mr Ballard’s many Portland and North west friends: Thousand Pei Cent Increase in High School Enrollment, 300 Per Cent BILL OVER RTPÜBLICAN VOTE New York, March 5.—By a vote of 34 to 1, the one opposing vote being that of a Republican, the Democrats of the Indiana House of Representa tives pasted a state anti-lynching bill, following speeches and conferences there by William Pickens, field sec retary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. An interesting political situation if created in that state, reports Mr. Pick ens, by reason of the fact that the House is Democratic and the State LOCAL GROUPS SPONSOR WEEK Year Round Program To Feature Observance of Event this Year "Esteemed Citiien Passes Away Here "The funeral of Armstead Ballard, whose late residence was at 442 E. Butte street, occurred at St. John's A. M E church, F'riday, February 6, at 2 p. in The Rev. L. L. Berry was in charge of the services and delivered the sermon. A solo was beautifully rendered by Lawrence Harrison. The Rev. G. W. Watkins, pastor of Bank Street Baptist church, read the scrip ture and offered prayer. "The deceased was a native of Suffolk. Va.. many friends from there attending the funeral Mr. Ballard had taken an active interest in business and fraternal organistions wherever he resided. He was a charter member of Rose City lodge of Els, Portland, Ore . where he made his home at one time and also a member of Pihloma- thcan lodge No. 712 of G. U. O. of Odd Fellows, in Albany, N. Y. He was a member of Class No. 1, St. John’s A. M. E. Church, Samuel Tucker, leader. "The pallbearers were Cecil Johnson, Frank Tucker, Charles Ferebee, At torney Robert C. Stith. Attorney Jo seph Hall and William W. Jackson. “The deceased leaves a widow. Mrs. Annie Bagnall Ballard; a sister. Mrs. Caroline Smith, who resides in Suf folk; a brother-in-law. T. E. Bagnall, and a host of friends. "Interment was in West Point cem etery. A number of floral tributes at tested to the esteem in which the deceased was held.” AUSPLUND DRUG STORE SIXTH à O L II AH S T R U T S PORTLAND. ORK Washington, D. C-, March 5.—One of the main objects of the forthcoming annual observance of National Negro Health Week from April 5-12. inclu sive, will be the outlining and promo tion of a year-round health program. The announcement, which was made by DrliughS-Commings, sur geon general of the United States Public Health Service, which ia co operating with the various agencies in promoting the observance, stated that the need of a year-round program for the conservation and preservation of health was very obvious and is one of the aims of the National Negro Health Week conference, of which Dr. George W. Bowie* is chairman and Dr. Al gernon U. Jackson, Washington, D. C., is director. Every city, town, village hamlet and community is being urged to or ganize health week committees. As pointed out in the proclamation, de signating the date of National Negro Health W’eek. the first step is to or ganize with sub-committees, such as committees on supplies and materials, publicity, speakers, clinics and pro gram. To facilitate the work of the various local organizations a standard health week program has been devised by the national body and other literature which will be of much help printed by thr United States Public Health Serv ice that can be secured at a nominal cost either from the United States Public Health Service, or the head quarters of the conference at Wash ington, D. C. Much stress is being laid upon the importance of local committees seek ing and securing the cooperation of state, county and city health depart ments and of local newspapers, fra ternal organizations, churches and schools. With all of these agencies working together it ia believed that the work will be more effective. MARTIN'S BEAUTY SHOP SINGLE GIRLS 3 46 William» Avo. Answer this if you are single, send, ns your name and address and re ceive a one dollar coupon and valu able personal information FREE! ROMENA M A RT IN IN CH AR G K SHAMPOOING PRESSING m a rchi l in g o r O U R T R O lT f l EY EB R O W A RC H IN G SCAI.P TREATM ENT M A N IC U RI N G AND PROMPT 9RRVICR P. H. BODDIE, 1211 S street, N. W , Washington, D. C. Senate Republican. The Democratic House having passed the anti-lynching bill, it remains to be seen what the Republican Senate does with it. “I spoke to several Democratic clubs in different parts of the state,” reports Mr. Pickens, "and they wired their Democratic representatives. Five days after my Indianapolis address and four days after conferences with Dem ocrats of the House, the bill passed, 34 to I, the one being Republican. Now thr Republicans must show their (tuff in the Senate.” in Property Values Reported at In ter-racial Meeting. Birmingham. Ala., March 6.—An increase of 339 per cent in the value of Negro public school property in Alabama in the last ten years and of 1000 per cent in colored high school enrollment in the state sioce 1917 were among the encouraging educa tional gains reported at the recent meeting in this city of the State Com mittee on Inter-racial Co-opcratioo. It was shown that the number of Rosenwald school buildings, teach ers' homes and vocational shops has grown from 197 in 1921 to 399 in 1930, an increase of 103 per cent. The average annual salaries of colored teachers increased 107 per cent in the 11 years ending with 1929, and the length of the school year increased in the same period 26.5 per cent. Enroll ment in the elementary grades in creased 19.3 per cent, while the num ber of teachers showed a gain of 54 per cent. Prof. A. H. Parker, principal of the Birmingham colored high school, made an interesting report on the work of that institution. A full four-year high school with industrial features; this institution is housed in a building cost ing $438,959. Started in 1900 with 18 students and one teacher, it now has 2732 students and 74 teachers. BETEEN RACES T HANGOVER OF RECONSTRUCTION DAYS Savannah, Ga., March 5.—Much concern is being manifested in the re cent curfew law, which is now being enforced, that all Negroes must be off the streets here by 1 o’clock a the morning. The law was inaugurated as one of the steps taken by the police to curb holdups and robberies. Negro citizens are contending that the crimes are not committed by members of the group any more than by other nation alities and therefore can see no reason why the law should apply only to Ne groes. According to the ordinance, any Form Association for Prevention of Negro found oo the streets after 1 Lynching and Join South-Wid. o'clock and unable to offer "satisfac Anti-Lynching League —- Eleven tory explanation” to the police, will States Represented. be taken to the station bouse for in Louisville, K.I.. March 6.—Sixty- vestigation. seven prominent Kentucky women The passage of this law recalled the gathered here yesterday on call of the situation that existed here just after Commission on Inter-racial Co-opera the close of the war when Negroes tion, constituted themselves the Ken were not permitted to congregate in tucky Association of Women for the numbers on the streets on account of Prevention of Lynching, issued a vig the fear at that time that a race riot orous statement in condemnation of would result. During that hectic pe mob violence, and affiliated themselves riod respectable citizens and taxpay with the South-wide Anti-lynching ers were arrested by prejudiced police Association of Southern Women. on any pretext and many of the lead ing business men were subjected to in dignities at the hands of the police. TO OUR PATRONS That the present law will bring about It is absolutely imperative that vou the same situation is the belief of many Washington, D. C-, March 5—Pre come or send in and pay up your in-) of the citizens of both races. debtedness to us. As we have so often sident Hoover has signed the Depart ment of th e Interior appropriation i *—*or«, most of ous business is •' x ca«h basis. We cannot give you bill, including an item of $1.560,000 good service and a good paper unless for Howard University. An addi we have money to pay our bills. If tional sum of $200,000 for physical you pay us we can pay, if you do not, improvements t o grounds is car we cannot. Some of our patrons have ried in the first deficiency bill, making rcounts more than two years' past a total current appropriation of $1.700.- 000, or a total of $3.009,000 during the due, others months’ and this is meant for those who do not pay, only. It last two years. Memphis, Tenn.—Because he re This year's appropriation provides goes without the saying that some pay $400.000 toward the construction of a fused to sit in the rear of a street library to cost $800.000 and completing car, Moses Young must pay a fine of Native African Actor a fund for the construction of an edu $5 for violating the jim crow law. The police stated that Young sat in the Objects to Segregation cational classroom building. “white section" of the car and refused to move to the rear despite the fact Chicago, Feb. 18 — Mut ia Omoola, j New York, Feb. the native African, who is playing the . . . 25.—(CNS)—The that there were plenty of seats avail part of the gun-carrier in the new ,uc- | a !,™,ored cast idea ha, stepped from able in the “colored section.” cess. Trader Horn.” refused to play th* >'**' » *•* »^reen and there is In passing sentence upon Young, hi, part until hi. young lady friend was “J bf an »H-col<*ed production called Judge Fitzhugh said: “There is no seated without being segregated. The “U,x,e ,£> Harlem' Jack,e YoUn*’ excuse for your conduct. You were opening performance was held up un now singer and dancer at the Hot too impudent and insulting, and I am til the official compromised by putting Feet Club, on Houston street, has going to fine you $5 as a lesson.” her in a projecting booth which satis- been cast for the lead. lied the native actor and his girl com panion and all was well. Please Pay Your Subscription By KENTUCKY WOMEN HOWARD GETS U K FINED FOR VIOLATING -C INANCE ------------------------- —— ---- The Oldest Negro Business In Portland Is . . . . The Advocate Publishing Co* Make Portland's Published Every Saturday for the Past Twenty-Six Years! Publishers of “The Advocate”—A 16-Page Newspaper In Two Sections! Own BEATRICE H. C A N N A I) Y, Manager Store ANNOUNCEMENT DeNORVAL UNTHANK, M. D. Your S h o p p in g H e a d q u a rte rs After March 15th. 1931. 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