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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1931)
MJURED WHEN CARS Hll THE. A D V O C A TE An IN TWO SECTIONS Voi. 27 Nu. 27 Indapandcnt P »p«r Devoted to the Interest* of the People PORTLAND, OIOGON, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1931 SEÍTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS 668,000 COLORED CITIZENS SIGN DRY PLEDGE NOT TOO LATE FOR BIG OPPORTUNITY VOTES L ib erian Ju n gles CARS CRASH SENDS TOUR CARTER WOODSON HITS i 10 P. M. WEDNESDAY, MAT 13TH INJURED TO HOSPITAL SNAG WITH LEADERS I- B e in g C le a r e d In YOUNG POLK IN INJURED MARKS END OE AUTO MISHAP TY VOTES: NOT TOO LATE TO ENTER H u n t For R ubb r ('Uranium, N I I . May 7 (C N S)— Dr Clarence True \Vilx>n »ay. 666,900 GERMAN SCULPTOR BELIEVES NEGRO PERFECI ARI IVPE in the South have »iirneil |>lc<lnr. to up hold the ('on.tnutioti, especially the Itth amendment I lie pledge» were provide. I hy the M rthodl.l National Hoard of • Temperance, I'rohihition and I'obhi Moral», of which Dr. WiUoti i. the New i )rrlati§, May tl Albert Meek er, a young German sculptor ha» Rone grnrral arc t clary Dr. Wilaon made hi» »tatement m an to the SeRro lor his art medium addre»» at the 103ml »essum of the New Me eker, a native of StuttRurt, G e r llsttip.huc conference of the Methodii* m an y, came to New Orleans five year* I piaeopal Church lie taid that hy July 3 r d , i u u i i aftrr emiRratiiiR from hia 4, a million Southern Nrgrurt would be coun tr y From the first his studies »igiicd up ami that a campaign would have been lamost entirely of the N e then be open aimetg the Colored people g ro racr of the North "The Negro is the most perfect model because he is wo natural." Meek er says "There is no stiffness, no pose about his walk, or his Resturr lie may hr awkward sometimes, hut never studied " Among hi» most loved pieces are "The Dancing Pickanniny," a charm iu r figure of one of the tiny (deck boys wli.» do a tin*|4fi song and dance act MAN MUSÍ Sii IN ELEC TRIC CHAIR TO MUSE the »tree!» nightly; "The Negro ON HIS CRIME on AiiRtlu«," to Negro women gossiping Arkon, Ohio. May 7—Down in the jungles o( I iberia. West Africa. Am erican Industry i, n< w in the midst of a great search for rubber There on 1,000,000 acres, leased for 99 years in 1936 by Harvey Kireston. Jr. the I'trestonc Kulilier company it spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to establish a site for "Ameri cans to produce their own rubber " Now 4 4.000 acres are planted, t'.'.uoo more are »min to lie, loo.ooo acre» are i^idrr development and 350.000 have been explored "The man from Liberia." D. A Ko»s manager of the plantations, now in America, ¡« certain of the complete •ucce»» of the project and is convin- red that Liberia has advantages over other countries in the growth of rub ber Driving east on Halsey Thursday at 6:50 P.M , Melvin Dawson, 16, operat ing his father's Ford and J H. Kelly, driving a similar car crashed into each other at the intersection of 11th St. Kelly was driving south on ltth Both cars were badly damaged Dawson's car continued Hast on Halsey approxi mately 90 feet, turning over 3 times and crashing into a parked car owned hy Wilbert Dawson of 530 Halsey St. Melvin sustained painful back injur ies and was cpnveyed in a Ruck Am bulance to Kmanuel hospital Riding with young Dawson were Luther Wil son of 366 Interstate Avenue. 13, and Barbara Kills of 36.1 Benton Street Both were treated for bruises and cuts at the police emergency hospital Rid ing with Kelly were Mrs KeMy, 1504 Delaware and Tames Olson, 1495 Bos ton Avenue. Reports at the police station did not disclose whether or not the occupants of the Ford coupe were injured Kelly took charge of his car while Dawson’s was towed to the police garage EXALTED RULER FINLEY WILSON AÏTENDS MEET IN SOUTH Washington, May 7—Rumors of a cserious rift among officials of the As sociation for the Study of Negro Life and History, Incorporated, are afloat because of an article issued by Profes sor Carter G. Woodson, A.B , A M , Ph D , attacking the Board of Trustees of Howard University severally and Those* Who Have Been Thinking of Entering Big Free Dis- collectively; among other things, quoting Professor W. H. H. Hart, for triEiution anil Those W hose Names Now Appear in List, merly of the Howard Law School, as saying "they are not worth a damn" But Who Have Not As Yet Started, Will Find No Better and, also, making the broad statement Time to Start Than Right Now. that the Howard Board “is an irre sponsible body of persons who profit more by their connection with the University than the Institution does THE ADVOCATE’S BIG CAMPAIGN hy their service on the oBard." Professor Woodson launches a gen IS PRACTICALLY JUST STARTING eral attack upon Howard University officials and employees The release was sent out by Pro ^ ork Done During Opportunity Days Will Easily Bring fessor as through sponsored by the As sociation for the Study of Negro Life Success to Real Candidates In This Campaign — There and History, his own name appearing Is a Hudson Straight “8” Valued at $1500, Here for nowhere in the release. It is stated that he has been forced to send out You — Get Busy! ’ __ a second memorandum to newspapers assuming personal responsibility him self. as the officers of the organization refuse to have him use that organiza WILL BRING SUCCESS - ___ _ ^ , tion for an attack upon the tru^ees > and officers of Howard University. over a lug »ty, ami "Flight,* which ( mcitUMh, Ohm. M i l ) 7 Joe I horn i h r best described a» a Negro Madon aw, mint »it hi the electric chair in na study. < >hio i»cnitc!iti«r) not t»» he electro | cuted. hut to imue *»n hi» narrow r* GEORGIA ELKS CLOSE SESSION cape from .the chair, Judge Dennis Ky AT SAVANNAH John Moore, third of thirteen Port an ruled »Saturday ACQUITTED Thouta» wan charged with a»»au1t Tulice »aid hr »tahhed a man near the heart, hut the victim recovered Thonia» alwo muwt werved a year in the priwon > HE LIKES TO FATHER SEEKING COLORED YOUTH HOUSE BOY. 19. ADMITS KILL Medford. Oregon, M»y 9—Traveling ING MAN AND W IFE »how people have alway« attracted Mr. W ater Valley, Mi»«. May 6 (AP) Sheriff Doyle announced today that Sam (irern, 19. N'rgro hm i.r boy, had conl(»»rd »laying W II Wagner, m er chant and hanker, and hi. wife. Mr* Mamie Wagner, in their home here Monday night Sheriff Doyle »aid Green named »ev- eral N’egroc* and thrrr white men a. having been implicated in ihr killing of the «4-year-old bll.ine»» leader and hi. wife, who were »truck down with an ax Rtibhen Baker, 31 year old Colored youth, and perhaps he could not re.i.t the one which played in Berkeley, Cal, April 7, for he <li«appeared from home that day. Hi. father, Clifford Baker, a porter on the S. P. train«, which pa»* thrnogh Medford, i» anxious to locate him, and anyone knowing of hi» whereabout* i* requested to write to Mr. Baker at 3011 Door St , Berkeley, Cal. Young Baker is 5 Teet II inches tall, and, according to his father, has had little education 'A C entral Office in a Suit-Case land men to go on trial for charges of criminal syndicalism, was acquitted by a jury this week in circuit court after a trial had lasted over a week. A loud demonstration greeted the ac quittal, made by the hundreds who had jammed the courtroom since early morning awaiting the return of the jury which was out over five hours lien lioloff, first of the thirteen to be tried was returned to the county jail and hail set at SUtHJO at the request of attorney Irvin Goodman, represent ing the International Labor Defense, who is fighting the appeal of his ease The International Labor Defense filed papers for the repeal of the crim inal syndicalism law with secretary of state Hoss this week. The law was passed in the post-war period anil had not been enforced for over ten yc«rs until the raids here last September NEGRO PORTER HELD ON LIQUOR MAKING CHARGE; FORGOT PIPE Savannah. May t—The annual con vention of Georgia Elks, which was held layj week and came to a close Thursday night attracted members from all over thr state and the city was thronged with visitors Grand exalted Ruler J Finley Wilson and Grand Secretary J E. Kelly were in attendance at the sessions Sadness swept over the city when the news of the passing of Mrs. Ade laide Anderson May 1, was made known Mrs Anderson was the wife of Dr J. W Anderson, of 975 79th St X. and had been ill for only a brief time, having gone to a local WAITERS EMPLOYED BY hospital the Monday preceding her HOTEL DENNIS death, for treatment. Atlantic City. May I—A favorable indication of the lessening of econ omic pressure and the consequent bet terment of conditions generally is sen in th recently acquired attitude of owners and managers of the larger hotels to place Race waiters in newly opened dining rooms and to replace them in their former positions in the cases where they had been ousted This trend was evidenced on April 37, when the Hotl Dnnis, a pretentious breach front hotel here and operated under the same management for 30 years, employed a crew of Roce wait ers for one of their newly opened Eur opean dining rooms. N’at T. Goodwin head waiter at the Dennis for 12 years is in charge of the room. Pendleton, April 39 —James Sharp, colored porter in a local barber shop, ............................................. .. tried to manufacture a little fire-water last night hut succeeded only in mak ing the fire. Water was supplied by the Pendleton fire department Jim, it seems, had craved some of peach and prune brandy, the kind they make down in Tennessee. Accordingly he purchased a couple crocks to make mash in, a shiny new copper wash boiler, a few feet of Copper tubing, and enough dried prune and peaches for the inakin’s. Last night, everything being ready, Jim built a good wood fire in an old heating stove he was using to heat his still, set up in the basement under the old French restaurant.- There was Your no chimney in the stove, however, and when night patrolmen saw smoke Shopping pouring from the basement about 1 am. they called the firemen, who Headquarters found more smoke than fire. When taken to the city jail with a few ounces of his finished product, Jim disowned the still and told Chief f ^ U 4 t f V <* fa r . T n i Q uality S tör « Lemons hr had been watching it for k * Ü î another man. M ake Portland's Own Store The town of Rupert, Vt., geta Its telephone asrvlea through tho portable switchboard ahown In thla picture; not that It la carried around nowadaye, but becauae It waa originally a portable telephone teetlng out fit. When a nearby telephone company decided to open a central office In Rupert tome yeara ago, the eult-caae equipment wee handy and filled the bill. Now telephone tervlce It being furnlehed by the New England Telephone end Telegraph Company, and a modern ewltchboard It toon to replace thle little one which could, If nectetary, ba tuckad under eome- one’e arm and carried away. Work done during “Opportunity Days" will easily bring success to the real candidates in this campaign. The laggard, unwilling to devote some time or thought to the big gifts, how ever, will reap no reward. This is a campaign for live wires. If you are ambitious, if you are awake, if you are willing to devote some of your time to a proposition whereby more than I I 500 in gifts is at stake, then you should be a candidate—and you should enter this gift distribution to day. You ran secure a large beautiful automobile, a valuable gift, or a part of the cash offered in a very few hours' earnest application to the bus iness of helping yourself. There is an automobile valued at $1155. There is one cash prize of $100, and three others of $60, $50, $40 each. And the basis of the dis tribution is guaranteed cash commis sion of 10 per cent of your total sub scription sales if you do not earn one of the big gifts. DIXON FIGHTS YOUNG FIR PO W IL L MAKE 173 POUNDS FOR DIXON There will not be much of a weight difference between Geòrgie Dixon and and Young Firpo when they enter the ring in the 10-round main event of Promoter George P. Moore's show at the Auditorium next Tuesday night. While Firpo will be the favorite, undoubtedly, in this bout, there are many who have been following Dix on’s career since he regained his for mer condition who are doping him to win This is on account of his good right hand and the fact that he has knocked out all three of his opponents since his return to the squared circle. He first stopped Joe Bitto in Los Angeles in three rounds, then "took” Romeo LeMon here in eight rounds and stopped Gene O’Grady in Med ford in nine rounds. Funeral services were held last Mon day at Finley's Mortuary by Rev. J L. Caston. pastor of Mt. Olivet, the church in which the deceased held membership and which her husband built The Mt. Olivet choir sang In terment was in Lincoln Memorial Park WORK REPAID cemetery. The funeral parlors were Winning this fine car or any of the George is one of the candidates in filled to capacity with friends who the Advocates' subscription contest paid their last loving tribute to the (Continued on Page 4) for the Hudson straight 8 Coach. deceased Mrs Anderson was dearly beloved for her fine character and un tiring efforts to make her beautiful modern home in Rose City Park, one Service CLeaners of the most attractive in the cityt In fact, it is a sort of show place for CASH and CARRY visitors who come to the city. She was widely known as a cateress and 191 East S r o a d t f a y her services as such were much sought LADIES M ENS after. She leaves to mourn their loss, a S u its a n d O v e r c o a t s C o a t s a n d D re s s e s husband, Dr. J. W. Anderson, a daugh cleaned 6c pressed cleaned & pressed ter, Mrs. Ruth Anderson-Goren, and three grandchildren, one of whom is up Miss Doris Anderson, all of Portland 75c 75c and A CORRECTION Last week's issue of The Advocate stated that the Old Rose Club would worship tomorrow at St. Phillips Mis sion, in honor of Mother’s Day. We should have said the Rosebud Study Club. The names of the two clubs be ing similar caused the error. A CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to our many friends for their kind words of consolation, numerous lov ing deeds and beautiful floral offer ings during the illness and death of our beloved. Rev. J. W. Anderson, Husband Mrs. Ruth Anderson-Goren, Daughter Miss Doris Anderson, Grand-Daughter INFORMATION COUPON THE ADVOCATE 312 Macleav Building, Portland, Oregon Please send me EREE and without obligation, full information regarding your EREE GIFT ELECTION. 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