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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!
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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
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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
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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
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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
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