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NEGRO WAITERS FIRED THE. /I n VOL. » 7 - -NO. is IN TWO SECTIONS ADVOCATE In d tp tn d tn l P a p tr D tv o tw d to PORTLAND, OREGON Ih * In l« r « (U « / th * P « o p l* SECTION ONE SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931 PRICE FIVE CENTS 9 NEGRO YOUTHS SENTENCED TO ELCTR1C CHAIR HUDSON STRAIGHT 8 TO HEAD LIST OF AWARDS Z TO on wn m) nit J elly beans J ohnson V i PORTLAND HOTEL FIRES GREAT LYNCHING MOB COLORED HELP IN ITS MENACES TRIAL FARCE SERVICE A GENERATION CHANGE OF VENUE DENIED BOVS Much excitement end comment went the round* M«t Thursday when it be came generally known that the Port land hotel which ha* (or many year* employed colored waiter*, let oat ten of them Wednesday night and al*o K. D Cannady who (or thirty year* had charge of the hat conceaaton at thi* popular ho*telry Three colored private waiter* were left on their job* — L- R Blackburn, Jainc* (iragg* and William* Johnson. It i* »»id that no reaaon v n given for the wholeaale <!■•< barge White waitre**e* have been put to work Many of the hotel'» gue*t* of long »landing are *aid to have expre**ed diaplrature at the change and it it rumored that *ome of them have definitely »aid they i-tiM not palronite the botrl a* V proteat. Effort* of an Advocate re porter to reach Mr Beyce, one of the hotel owner», hy telephone Thurs day (or amntcrvirw on the matter, met with failurr NEGRO GETS CLAMP SHIP Cleveland. O , April 18—Young Jack Tbnmpton, Oakland. C a l, negro youth, i* back on the throne today a* welterweight champion of the world Thompson regained the title he lost to Tom m y Freeman *ix month* ago by scoring a technical knockout over the titleholder in the tith round of their scheduled 15-round encounter in Cleveland'* Public auditorium last Wednesday night Freeman, with hi* left eye «wollen »hut, wa* unable to rripond when the bell clanged for the start of the 12th round MRS. FULLER HOSE10 OLD ROSE A program consisting of a solo by Mr* Clara Pickett, a talk on a Negro port, hy Mrs. ftrssie Johnson, a re view of the club'* activities by Mrs. Fuller and a talk by Mr*. Myrtle Campbell thoroly enjoyed Mr» Jami son was a guest. A t R K O Orpheum IN FACE OF LYNCHING THREATS Scottshoro, A la. April IS (C N A )- Nmr Negro unemployed boy*, going across the state of Alabama in vain loking for work, were taken from a freight train and charged with the usual lie of "rape" on two white girts who also were riding the freight, sev eral weeks ago The savage lust of these bosses demanded a legal lynch ing. which in their opinion wrould cover up the crude and illegal lynch ing A farcial trial was held amid the tensest mob spirit whipped up hy the bosses and the city official* in fast pre arranged manner, one hy one the youths were sentenced to the elec trw chaw On the last day of the lake trial, five were given the death sen tence The ages of the defenselss hoys rang» from 14 to 20 years. LYNCH PRESS IN C ITES MOB The court attempting to cover up the pre-arranged lynching, had ap pointed lawyers who had already given their opinion as favoring lynching. The trial was deliberately set for the Fair day and a vicious lynch campaign was carried on hy the local white press to incite the farmers to mob vio lence. The Birmingham Post and the Chattanooga News carried ahrieking headline» and inflammatory articles to make sure of the lynching The yel low press cried: "H ow far hat our vaunted Southern Chivalry sunk* How s it possible that in the venture of man ran exist souls like these nine?*' A mob of 8,000 jammed the town, thirsting for the blood of the nine young workers The capitalist prose cutor and judge and defense attorneys agreed on the legal lynching*. The guardsmen who surrounded the court in the usual fake gesture of "protec tion” openty declared for lynching A C A RD O F T H A N K S I wish to thank my many friends for their interest in me during my illne»s and while confined at Good Samaritan hospital which was evidenced by their constant visit* and beautiful tlowcrs CLA R E N C E AN DERSON RECOVERS FROM AUTO ACCIDENT l,rRny Morrison In Alilo lo Span TWlvs* Keys on the l’ inno. Which Bollori* Span of Fnnioin« (»orinan Artint. (Boulder Daily Paper) It was learned today that LeRoy Morrison, son of Mrs. Dewey Eman uel nf this city, and a fine piano player is able lo span one full octave and four additional keys—a total of 12. This feat is not considered of ex ceptional news value until a story in a Denver paper told of the ability of Walter Gieseking, famous German pianis, to span a full octave and de clare his accomplishment a world rec ord. The fact that Morrison it able t<> better the feat of the famous Ger man was revealed in a conversation today with Prof. Merle Blarn, instru mental instructor in the Boulder schools, who has Morrison as a pupil at Prep. Morrison is a prep and plans to study music st the University and make it his life work His father, the late Lee Morrison, was a well known musician. His orchestra gained fame throughout the entire country. Le Roy is 19 years old and lives at 2224 Pine street with his mother and step-father. He has a fine record in the Boulder schools. M. V. James, 351 Williams avenue, is an uncle of LeRoy and hi* aunt, Mrs. Myrtle James, is in California for her health. Hia mother, Mrs. Manuel and grandmother, Mrs. Jennie James, visited in Portland a number of years ago. COMMISSIONS GIVEN AWAY STUPENDOUS ELECTION WILL ALLOW EVERYONE TO WIN SOMETHING — CANDIDATES CANNOT LOSE! eTt W ” T! ! \ AdT , * t<‘ T T " 1- * m o,t stuP*ndoua “ Everybody W in. Something ethinn —automobile and gold free g ift distribution. ime, speedy Hudson s j ^ l t í r ' í ? ll^ includ'in”g 't h ; 'b 7 g : ; . ; Jdxome, stratght 8 sedan, and great bags o f gold and silver containing as be ‘‘ distributed among the the men men and and w v o m e n ^ P o n f.n “ Í ñ Í t h e Il0 ° - *° fc« “ tob u ü d among surrounding territory served by The Advocate. T h u j a to be a memorable event. It is to be unlike anything ever before attempted here. It is to be a “ Friend-Making" campaign. In addition to the big automobile and the purses o f gold and silver, The Advocate u making it possible for everyone who takes part in this distribu- DOES* vrin * Pri** Winn" “ EverTbody Win‘ ” “ *** >>^an and everybody That everybody participating in this Free Gift election may know in advance that everybody w in.. The Advocate has set aside a sum o f money to be paid in commissions. This is over and above the prize«. Did you ever hear o f anything more fa ir? No! and no one else ever Friends of Clarence Anderson will did! be happy to know that he was dis WHY DO WE DO IT? charged from the Good Samaritan hos Now. why does The Advocate put up $1500 in g ifts ? Why does The pital Wednesday where he has been tjnee March 9, recovering from seri Advocate guarantee every person who ia active in the campaign valuable There are two reasons- ous injuries to bri face and body sus consideration for his and her effort? FIRST— Thu is a FRIEND.MAKING ELECTION. SECOND— Only tained in an automobile accident on the -West side Mr. Anderson is at by eonducting a FAIR AND LIBERAL ELECTION, and with GIFTS OF VALUE TO EVERYONE who participates, will it be possible for The Advo home. >31 N. 15th Street cate to accomplish its aim. And what ia The Advocate’s aim ? How can The Advocate afford to give away ABSOLUTELY FREE, WITHOUT ONE CENT OF EXPENSE to anyone. MORE THAN $1500? HERE'S THE " H O W — In this election. The Advocate hopes to secure more subecribera__to en large its already large list— to secure renewals and to make it easy for those who may be delinquent in their subscriptions, to pay up. In this cam paign. The Advocate hopes to add to its great fam ily o f friend*. Thu will be accomplished not alone by the addition o f new subscribers, and by the renewal o f subscriptions and by the payment o f delinquent subscriptions, but the manner in which this campaign is conducted will, when it is over, be John Moore, secretary of the James a living advertisement for The Advocate. That is the aim Mclnerney branch of the International GET MORE THAN MONEY— Labor Denfense in Portland, and the O f course, this campaign will not pay The Advocate immediately in next defendant to be tried on charge dollars and cents. It would be unreasonable to expect th at Then, why, of criminal syndicalism in circuit court you may ask, do you put up so much money when you know in advance that this week, addressed a meeting of you cannot get it back from the subscriptions received? And the answer: workers to rally support for the trial There are thing« more valuable to a newspaper than money. Sub at the W orkers’ Hall, 191 £4 Third scribers are more valuable. Subscriptions give a newspaper prestige, power and enhance the value o f its advertising columns. Street, Friday night. The Advocate is taking its own medicine. It ia advertising. It is Moore, who it 31 and a veteran of the W orld War, spoke at length on spending money to create subscriptions— spending money to add to its the charge generally cast at Commun advertising patronage and to create a greater good-will. It will not pay ists of force and violence and cited The Advocate in dollars today. But the effects o f this election, the tub- the war experiences of himself and scribers who will be gained, the friends who will be made, will be o f lasting millions of other youths. He charged and inestimable benefit. The Advocate is simply investing in its future, in the present system of society with de the future o f thi* territory. Frankly, in the end, it will profit The Advocate. stroying ten million lives in the war CIRCULATION NECESSARY— Circulation ia absolutely necessary to a newspaper. But it is always as being the real perpetrator of force and violence. The lynching of Ne an expense. No newspaper ever made money on its subscription list. The groes, Moore said, is based upon econ Advocate costs the publishers more to produce it and deliver it to you than omic persecution o f both races, in you pay. However, if by the spending o f $1500 now, The Advocate will increase order to divide them and make capi talism more able to exploit them. He its subscription list to the point where more advertisers will use its columns cited the Scottshoro cases as an ex at a higher rate, to reach a greater number o f people, then, in the years to ample of capitalist force and violence come, this $1500 will be returned time and again to The Advocate. and charge the authorities there with A BUSINESS PROPOSITION— It is simply a business proposition and sound from every standpoint. being the conscious murders of these youths if they go to the chair. In No one loses, not even The Advocate. This paper will not realize the bene fits and cash in on them, however, as soon as do our readers, who carry on general. Moore said, lynching it based with us in this great g ift distribution. upon robbery of the Negro and in The Advocate's plan for this great gift distribution is absolutely fair very few instances upon actual crimes and square. Friends and readers o f this paper are to determine to whom of individuals. the gift* are to go. Votes are the deciding factor! All over thi* territory in Portland and surrounding territory, The Advo- W ANTEDI (Contimied on Page 4) E One o f the acta in the new eight-act policy that opened at the RKO Orpheum Theatre Thursday i* a dancing act presented hy Jellybean Johnson, one o f America's most famous colored dancers. It was this young chap who set Paris and London on edge with his excellent eccentric work. He appeared in the Kit-Kat-Klub in London, and at Lea Ambassadeurs, in Paris. Johnson was also with that inimitable pair o f comedians—Olson and Johnson— for three yean . Hia specialty is an alligator crawl that has not been duplicated by anyone on the stage. Mr. Johnaon apeak* seven foreign languages quite fluently. Hr has been signed up with a large motion picture company in Los Angeles to appear in several pictures at the close o f the Orpheum season. Hia home is in Los Angeles, where hii parents are— his father being a practicing physician there. Mr. Johnaon ia making the entire circuit in a classy roadster, which he drives himself. When asked why he was motoring, he stated that he was fond o f the out «f-doors and seized the opportunity to see the scenic beauty, as he traveled over the country. MT. OLIVET RE- DEDICATES Mount Olivet N egroBoy Claims W orld s Record The Portland branch, N. A. A. C. P , will hold it* regular monthly meeting at the Williams avenue branch, Williams avenue and Tilla mook streets, Sunday, April 19, at 4 p. m. Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz will be the speaker. Under the direction o f Mrs. Jesse W. Ingersoll, the association i* launching its annual membership drive in the form of a popularity contest between three high school girls. Each contestant along with the captain sponsoring her campaign will be in troduced at this meeting. The public is cordially invited. C. E. Ivey, President. Mrs Jesse W Inget-soll, Sec. Baptist Church, E. First and Schuyler streets, is finishing its improvements this week and an nounces through its pastor. Dr. J. L. Caston, that the re-dedication service to be held Sunday, April 2#th, at 3 p. m. will be an inter-racial and inter- religious fellowship. Notices have gone out front the church office and the office of the Portland Council of Churches to that effect. HEARD HERBERT HOOVER Many Portlanders listened in over the radio Tuesday to addresses made by Robert R. Moton, president of Tus- kegre and President Herbert Hoover, in a nation-wide hook-up. Local sta tion was KGW. The occasion was in honor o f the 50th anniversary of Tus- kegee. Many great things were said in praise of the Negro and the famous school founded by the late Booker T. Washington. > »■ ■ • .............................. . . . ___ M ake Por Hand’s Own Store Among the speakers who have sig nified their intention of appearing on the program are B. F. Irvine, editor of he Journal; Dr. Raymond B. W alk er for the Ministerial Association and the Gray Friara; Dr. O. C. Wright for the Oregon Raptist State Conven tion and Attorney John W. Kastc, who for a number of years has been actively interested in the work of the church. Dr. E. C. I-'arnhsm, executive sec retary of the Council of Churchea, will Give the dedicatory address; the Rev. D. G. Hill of Bethel A. M. E. Church will offer the prayer and the Rev. W . R. Lovell will lead in the Scriptural dedication. The Mount Olivet Chorus and Quartettes will render the music. Dr. W. H. Rogers of Hinson Me morial Church will preside. Your Shopping Headquarters ( Är. C-31770 Wanted: .. William Copelan, Chief of Police, Cincinnati, O., wants the following described colored men for the murder of a patrolman in that city on March 24: No. 1—Ike Milan, alias Isaac James, alias Isaac Jones, 28 yrs., 5’ 11-inches, 150 pounds, brown skin, front teeh protude. small lump over right eye, wore small mustache, brown new overalls blue serge vest and a gray cap. No I—25 to 35 yrs. 5’ 10-inches. 170 pounds, smooth fsce, wore blue suit, top coat, nome be lieved to he Jerry Toldetx— Police Bulletin The Bethelite Club sponsored a very enjoyable Tacky party at the Church last night. Artistic advertising posters announcing the party were made by Mist Cora Franklin. INFORMATION COUPON THE ADVOCATE 312 Marleav Building, Portland, Oregon Please send me FREE and without obligation, full information regarding your FREE GIFT ELECTION. NAME........... STREET. CITY. .................................... STATE............. Mail This Coupon for Information ONLY NEGRO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN STATE