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IN TWO SECTIONS
In d ep en d en t
ADVOCATE
P aper
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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SATURDAY, APRIL 2 5, 1931
SECTION ONE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
LABOR TO HELP NEGRO YOUTHS
ADVOCATE’S CONTEST GROWING
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PEOPLE EVERYWHERE URGED
10 HELP SAVE VICTIMS
Birmingham, Ala
COMES AFTER VISIT OE “BETTER HOMES"
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GROUP Ï0 DOWNTOWN OEFICE OF DOCTOR
PORTLAND SCHOOL TEACHERS ON DELEGATION Of LOCAL
RACE HAIRED GANG AND LAWLESS AMERICANISM
ON OHIO STATE PRESS
Columini», O (C N S ) April 84— Four
tolorr«! boy* srt a iiu u ik the outtUrnling
track tu r t at Ohm State University this
upriiig
They are Robert Brown, «1
relay fame, Vernou
vci*. a <U*h man.
"Oftterich“ Ilortense, hroadjump artist
and W illiam Hell, of football fame, who
i* a hammer ami wrt|(ht» man.
ARTIST HOLDS C R O I
III HE GEES CHECK
Washington, April a t-J u le s Bledsoe,
well known baritone and the man who
made "O l’ Man Kiver” o f Zirgfrld's
"Show Boat" famous was heard in a
recital al the Washington Auditorium
hy a small audience Wednesday night.
I lie program was delayed for nearly
an hour liceali se o f a misunderstanding
about the contract, blit when Mr. Ills'»■
doe had his *'$1,00 cash in hand” he
gave a performance that was wortli
waiting to hear
The program offered
spirituals and selections from the ojieras,
Among three new songs introduced for
the first time was one, "D oes Ah Luv
You", hy Mr. Hlesdoe.
lie was received enthusiastically and
called upon to sing two request songs,
“ Water Itoyy* and “ The Volga Boat
man".
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WIFE QUIT
New York (C N S ) April M— Accord
tug to information current here last
week, Paul Robeaon, ccleluatcd actor
and singer and Ins wife, Mrs. l-.sther
Kubeaon, have separated.
Kohcson. it is said ia living at the
Hotel Wentworth, SO VVe»t 46th Street,
while Mrs Kolicson 1 » living in the Dun-
liar Apartments. Mrs Robeson, is said
to have stated that the Hidden rise to
fame o f her husband was one o f the
reasons for their rift, while perhaps
she acted unwisely in letting Paul live
alone in Europe so long liefore she went
to accompany him.
Kola-son is scheduled to return to Kng-
land sometime the latter part o f this
moult.
Paul Jr„ with Mrs Robeson's
mother, is now in Austria.
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P R E S ID E N T H O O V E R A P P P O IN T S
N EG RO H O U SIN G C O M M IT T E E
Washington, (C N S ) April SI Presi
dent IliK ocr has named M i s s Nannie II
Bitrrough, president o f the National
Turning School for W om en and (tirla,
Lincoln Height, district o f Columbia, to
head a national committee on Negro
Housing
Aims ami purposes o f the committee
arc similar to those o f the National A s
sociation o f Colored Women, which lias
carried on a program o f development of
standards of home life among Negroes
for several years. Sixteen other repre
sentative colored men and women have
been named on the committee.
Service Cieaners
CASH anti CARRY
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LADIES
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Suits and Overcoats
Coats and Dresses
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cleaned t* preued
75c anJ Up
(iamlidates Slow to lake Advantage o f Gererou« Offer __
(C N S ) April 34—
CONTESTANTS IN Hit.II S< HOOL CIRI S' l*ni’ l I AMITY CONTEST
The International Lalnir Defeme will i
e| M iii»u f by l«H«l N A A. I I* Krttling Irli |u figli! : Mite Lillian llrlla n l, M i»« .»Pin al the death sentence imposed o n ,
Julia Mar KUamhard, and Mi*» ll«»niia Abernathy
right colored youth* hy the Jackion
County Court at Scottboro last week
MKMIIK.HSIIIP CAMPAIGN OFF TO GOOD START
B efore a U rge crow d o f interested members ami friends, the annual for attacking two white girl» on a freight ,
m em bership drive o f thr loral National Association fo r the Advancem ent train near Stevenson, Alabama, March
o f (Vdurrd People got off to a flying atart at the W illiam » Avenue Y. W. 14.
PORTLAND HOTEL
C. A. laat Sunday
Thr rontrat form o f cam paign * a i decided upon by
Douglas McKentie, district represent
COLORED W AITERS
thr M em bership Cam m lttee, o f which Mr». C. I.. Ingerxoll ia chairman. alive, and Allan Trauh, New York at
Three yc.ung high arhool girls arr to vir with each other to *rr who will be torney, i«*ued a statement after a con- ;
By Henry J. Berkow itz
named “ Mi»a Portland “ The young women »elected were Miaa Lillian ferenre with the prisoner* who are in
Itellaid; \N«» Honita Abernathy and Miaa Julia Mar Blanc hard. Miaa Uellard the Jefferson Comity jail for aafe keep |
ia bring sponsored by Mr» l,ena Bowers, who will act aa captain fo r h er; mg claiming tliat tlie youths had been
Miaa Abernathy by L. A. A »h ford, and Mi»» Blanchard by Mr». N orm a Keene "fram ed" and that a notice o f ap(>eal
Wilhama.
would lie hied immediately.
Each 11.00 mem bership will rntitla the conteatant to 100 v ote»; m em ber The statement charged that the prison
ship» which Include the " ( ’ rial»," 250 vote# and donation» o f $5 or more ers were tiring "railroaded to their death
will receive I M vote».
Anyone Intereated In the candidate» m ay aoliclt for a crime of which which they are ah
■andidacy o f any conteatant and have her credited with any memberahlpa
volutely inn«»cent." and that their so '
solicited
From the rnthuaiaam m anifested Sunday, this drive promiara to
called confessions were obtained after
lie the largest ever held in Portland, and each o f the contestants is goin g
brutal beatings by the sherif and his \
to win tlrat price. There will be an award for rach candidate so that all
deputies
efforts will be rewarded.
T im hg al courthouse Ivnchmg m |»art
Progress o f the contestants w ilfh e given w eekly and the drive wifi rloae
.»ltd parcel o f the whole campaign of
in May 22
A carnival ia plannrd by the W om en'» A u xiliary for the laat
the southern bourbons to smash down
week o f the con test, when “ Miaa Portland" will be made known. A ll aup-
any rrostancr o f the masses o f Negroes
lairtera o f thr candidate» are asked to report each Saturday night at the
against unemployment, starvation, and
Y. W. C. A ., ao that new tabulations can be made.
denial o f every right supposedly granted
the whole people o f this cou ntry/' the
statement »aid.
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Wins’ Campaign
HOOVER PAYS FOR
Washington, (C N S ) April 24— A n
other unusual factor in American history
was niailc la-t week when 1’ resident
Herliert Hoover i* said to have paid the
expense o f his nation-wide radio ad-
IrC" in connection with the fiftieth an
niversary excr-iccs o f Tttvkegee Insti
tute.
The President spoke from the
White House over a special wire to the
assembly st Tuskcgce, The address was
then rebroadcasted to thr nation by both
National and the Columbia broadcast
mg system*.
ELKS CLUB ROOMS YIELD LIQUOR
Sanford, N.C. (C N S ) April 24—Local
police officers raided the rooms of the
colored Klks Lodge here Saturday af
trrniHSi and found 52 pints o f liquor.
Nineteen pints were found holt led,
the remainder was in fruit jars which
measured two gallons and a quart. The
pints found l»>ttlrd were o f the “ short''
variety and officers estimated that 02
short pints all told were captured. John
Gilmore, who is in charge o f the club
rooms, was not there hut warrant was
issued for him and he will face Judge
McPherson in recorder's court on W ed
nesday and explain “ how com e" the
whiskev was in the club rooms.
N iW O R LE A N S COP DRO PPED
FOR B E A T IN G N EGRO
New Orelans, U . April 24— ( C N O -
Officer Anthony J. Shields, white o f
the local police force was dropped from
the dc|>artmriit here Tuesday after he
had been found guilty of drunkenness
ami heating Albert Morgan, colored
Witnesses testifies! that Shields was in
toxicated and heat and cursed the man
George Latimer left Monday for Chi
cago to attend the National Bahai Con
vention.
Mrs. Cinita Knowles also
went,
An item appeared in the press s a y
ing that the N egro w aiters at Hotel
Portland have been replaced by white
w aitnesses.
This
intelligence
was
som ething o f a shock to those w ho
have lived and dined at that hotel r e g
ularly. The change aroused our cu ri
o sity , because most o f the w aiter»
w ere traditional figures in the dining
room o f the Portland. Som e o f them
had been there fo r 30 years.
Upon investigation, it developed
that the dism issal o f the crew cam e
w ithout the slightest w arning. A t the
end o f a day's w ork, the men w ere
told by the head w aiter to g e t their
pay and not return on the m orrow .
They w ere naturally shocked by this
unexpected dism issal.
R eceiving no notice w hatsoever, not
being told w hy they were let out, nor
given references fo r another position
they were en tirely at a loss. W hen
talking to one o f them who had been
in the service since 1902, he said to
me that no one questioned the right
o f the management to ch ange it» pol-
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M ake
Dr. DeNorval Unthank and his family
were the victims o f Portland's latest
outrage against a Negro member o f the
community, when vandals stoned the
windows o f the house at 750 Knapp St.
street, Friday morning into which he
was moving his family. Dr. Unthank
had arranged to buy this home with a
local realtor and had concluded the
deal when early this week, he was visited
by a delagation from the Better Homes
group o f that neighborhood. This dele
gation showed him a petition signed by
seventy-five residents o f the neighbor
hood, objecting to his moving in. The
doctor offered to move if they would
pay inn) a bonus o f $7iAI on his con
tract. The apparent leader o f the group
called this blackmail. (T w o teachers on
the delegation spoke o f their personal
acquaintance with Booker T. Washing
ton anil said that Dr. Unthank was not
following in his footsteps. They stated
that Washington
would never
have
moved into a white neighborhood. The
group left without coming to to an
agreement.
Friday morning when the
doctor and his family arrived, they
found the windows all broken. A group
o f men friends went out to stay with
Mrs. Unthank and their 16 months-old
hahy in case any more violence devel
oped.
■Meting mayor. Commissioner Pier,
told the Advocate to call the city xt-
torney’s office and find out if there was
any legal recourse for the city in this
matter
Captain M oore o f the city
police department promised to send o f
ficers to the Unthank residence in re
sponse to a call by the Advocate.
Dr. Unthank came to Portland in the
fall o f 1930 and established a practice
here. He is a graduate o f University
o f Michigan and received his medical
degree at Howard U. Medical School in
1926. He has a long record o f excel
lent service in Kansas City where he
specialised in eye, ear and nose work at
the Mercy-Wheatley Hospital. He is a
member o f leading college fraternities
such as Alpha Phi Alpha and Chi l>elta
Mu and Kappa Pi, honorary medical
society.
Since his arrival in Portland he has
liecn sought after by the same societies
that had the use o f his services in Kan
sas City, He is a contributor to the
columns o f the Advocate.
Porfland’s
GEES MARRIED IN U1AH
Own
James C. Kitchen o f Ogden, Utah,
formerly o f Portland, is receiving con
gratulations from friends on his recent
marriage to Miss Norra Scott, 29, of
Salt Lake City. Mr. Kitchen has many
friends in Portland who will want to
wish him the best on his new adventure
including The Advocate. Mr. Kitchen
at U5-26th Street in Ogden.
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Your
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Cleveland, Ohio, (C N S ) — April 24—
The freedom o f former Councilman T.
W. Fleming from the Ohio State Prison
where he is serving a bribery sentence
o f 33 months to 10 years is expected
here this fall.
Now
Mail the .>000 Nomination Blank, or call at
The Advocate Office.
There is probably not a business man in the entire country
wht) would not like to clear $1155 in the next few weeks. Certain
it is that the average is not picking up over $100 a week these
days. Yet, The Advocate is puttHig up $1500 in cash and a
Hudson “ 8” automobile, to be given in a few short weeks for
the man or woman who will make some effort to help themselves.
There is over $100 a week in it these next few weeks for
the person who will go out and do! There’s $1155 in it for you.
There is a beautiful eight-cylinder car and cash prizes and a cash
commission for every active candidate who does not win one o f
the big prizes. You absolutely cannot lost.
Big Enough for You—
If you were approached with a proposition that stood you
to make $1155 in the next few weeks, you would stop short and
think, would you not? It does not make any difference how big
you are; the bigger you are, the more you will pause. You would
hear the proposition— you would consider it. If at all reasonable,
you would take it.
^
Right now, in these times, when men are thinking o f the
necessity o f getting money— when men are trying to increase
their income— $1155 is a sum that is to be desired— no matter
who you are!
Nominations to Appear
M
The first list of nominees will
appear soon. You should mail
the nomination blank now, so
that your name will appear in
the first published list.
Those who have already ent
ered this election should put
Detroit. Mich., April 24— (C N S ) —
T HOLDS DR. SWEET HAD
RIGHI TO PROTECT HOME
fo rth every effort to g e t som e busi. The suit for $150,00 damages for the
ness so that they w ill appear w ell up
death of Leon B. Bremer, who was shot
in the list.
Others who have not y e t started during the Sweet riots in 1925, was dis
should im mediately send in their missed Wednesday by visiting Judge
nominations, or com e to the office and ^Charles E. White, o f Berrien County, in
nominate themselves and receive in the Wayne County Circuit Court here.
structions in just how to get votes.
The suit was started by Lbon Breiner,
Then go out and interview a fe w o f
special adminstrator for the Breiner
their friends. Those w ho act w ith
estate, and named Dr. Ossain H. Sweet,
out hesitation will naturally fare well
Henry Sweet and eight others.
in the gathering o f votes. I f you are
anxious to start off w ith a good show
Breiner was shot and wounded fatally
ing, strive to attain that end.
in a riot at Garland avenue and Char
The A dvocate’s “ E verybod y W in s" levoix street.
In gviing his decision.
cam paign is really ju st opening.
Judge White said that Sweet had a
There ought to at least be as many legal right to protect himself when har
active candidates as there are prizes. assed by a mob and hat there was no
There ought to be m ore persons en ter cause for action against him.
ing, who know what $1155 represents
— who have an idea o f how really big
0
“ U N K i S S w,„.-
is big enough to interest the very-
biggest men and w om en in this terri- '
tory. But what has been the resu lt? I
E verybody has been e x p ectin g som e, j
one else in and no one gets in. E v e ry - 1
one expects that everyone else has a
million subscriptions, and no one has ;
any o f any consequence.
W ork In Spare Tim e
V ery little is required o f you to
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WHITE DAILY SEEKS MEDAL
FOR SOUTHERN NEGRO
Columbia, S.C. (C N S ) — April 2-4—The
Carolina State, a white daily lure
'* scekin« ,ht C jr ” iRU' her° meduaI f" r
a nineteen year old colored youth who
saved the life o f a prominent white phys-
ician here when the latter was about to
tie gored to death by a bull.
IN F O R M A T IO N CO U PO N
THE ADVOCATE
312 Macleay Building, Portland. Oregon
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Attorney John Jamison left today for
San Francisco on business.
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