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SECTION ONE
SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931
PRICE FIVE CENTS
9 NEGRO YOUTHS SENTENCED TO ELCTR1C CHAIR
HUDSON STRAIGHT 8 TO HEAD LIST OF AWARDS
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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.
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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
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and w
v o m e n ^ P o n f.n “ Í ñ Í t h e
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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