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RUMO R PICKENS TO QUIT THE ADVOCATE An Voi. 27 No. 27 IN TWO SECTIONS In d e p e n d e n t Peper D e v o te d to th e PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, In te re st» of th e P e o p le MAY 16, 1931 SECTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS I.L.D. WINS 1st SCOTTSBORO DEFENSE STEP EPISCOPALIAN SCHOOLS MERGE, MORE FUNDS E COMING STUDE CANDIDATES BUSY IN INTEREST OF OVER PLAYCROND I o i Angeles. Cal. May I4,-(CN S)— T a n I'mveraity of Southrrn < alitor nia atudrnta were atablieil in a free- for all tin lit between atudrnta and acv rral colored lioyt for |ma>raaion of a public playgiuuml Tbtiraday The con dition of the atudrnta injured was not aeriona (C N P )—-Richard II Moor«, union ally known Nr « to la b o r leader and member ol (hr national lommttlee oi lfir II I), will »peak in Portland on July * and U in behalf of the Scotia- boro boy,. Moore will v tail I‘or t land aa fart of a national tour under the aua|>icea of the I.L.D. A maaa meet- inn ■» lieinn tdauned to be held in 1‘ortUnd for the Seottaboro caaea, at WilUam Piclcans, field aecretary ol which a local I 1.1) speaker will y iir a report in the near future l.eadera the National Aaaociation for the A d and membera of local organizations vancement ol Colored People, who the arc aaked to net in touch with John Moore, local aecretaty at IVIfd Third atreet, to help in the arrannrinrnta for the mretmar The I 1.1» attorney won a channr of vrnttr for the hearing on a motion for a new trial thia week I rttrra and trlcnrania of |ITytr»t. dr- iitandinn a new trial with a 'jury of white and Nrnro wurkcra. have he«n floodinn the Alabama novernor'a o f - ! Tier daily NAACP DENIES REPORT î IN NEW YORK DAILY NOIED COLORED LABOR 1EADER HEARD IN LECTURE HERE Frank a nationally known colored orator and UI»or or Kanirrr, wat in Portland Friday and •poke at Reed College Friday noon and Friday and Saturday evening on tin* »trrrt at Fourth and Alder Mr C ronkwaith i« Raid to be one of the Socialint party n fnretnott orator». lie i* a graduate of the Rand Social School of Science of New York City lie is probably beet known for hi* work a* a special organizer for the Hroth«-rhi»od of Sleeping Car Porter» lie is also assisted in organizing work New York New* aayt hat been re for the I levator Operators, Elevator queued by the N A.A C.P. to resign. Constructors, Mrchattics, Barber», Mil The aaaociation recently iaaued a new* lion Picture Operators and Laundry releate branding the report falae. It I* rumored that Mr. Picken»’ letter Workers. lie t* the founder of the trade union to the International Labor Defence. committee for organizing Negro work- I pledging hi» support to their effort» •ft .m ,I for the |,.ist t » o \i .i. - lie I i . m ’n ‘ be Scottsboro cases caused a nft edited the Negro Labor Service. | in official circlea of the aaaociation. STACKING UP BIG J J L VOTE LEADS **■ New York, May 14— fA N P )— Im portant changes are taking place in the system of nine Schools and col leges in eight southern states, fostered by the Protestant Episcopal Church. Negotiations are under way to relate N A.A.C.P. Contett Grow* in Interest Chief Operator Retire» After Notable Career VOTING VALUE WILL BE CUT With final reports only eleven days ONE WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT #f. the popuIari,y contest of the local -— | N.A.A.C.P. speeded up with the hold- ( andidates Busy Collecting Early Promises Now — Work Done intf of two In the Next Ten Days of Rig Votes Will Easily Bring Success to Any Wide-Awake Candidate. MISS EMMA LA N D IN Four year* after becoming a tele phone operator In tht Main central office In Chicago, In 1887, Mlaa Lan- din waa made Chief Operator In tha Central exchange. In 1892 ah* waa transferred to tha Randolph office In tha aama capacity, where aha served until 1928. Then aha took charge of the Dearborn central of fice, with Its 275 operator« and dally avaraga of 140,000 call«. Now aha has retired, after 39 yaara In charge of tome of Chicago's busiaat tele phone exchangee. JAZZ KING CALLED GREATEST AMERICAN NEXÏ Í0 T. | C. A. One of the meetings was the regular report session when each of I the candidates added to their pre- j vious totals. More enthusiasm was NOW IS THE TIME Richmond. V a , May 14,-(CNS)— Thomas A. Edison was voted the great est living man m the world by the 33 members of the senior class at Arm strong High School of this city last week. The students in answer to a questionaire placed Duke Ellington, the jazz king second. George Carver third. Du Hois fourth. Hoover fifth and f>r. R K Moton. sixth. W A S H IN G T O N D O C TO R GETS FO U R Y E A R S IN PRISON Washington. May 14,—Dr James T Itine, prominent physician and manu facturing druggist, was sentenced to four years in prison here Friday, after being convicted several weeks ago for performing an illegal operation on a Fight. Sleep. Arrested— T w o colored young girl who later dies! at a local men were reported fighting late W ed hospital. nesday at 871 / Russell street. Police found Amos Bryant and Sylvester Thi bodeaux tired of fighting and asleep. Torn clothing, scratched and bleeding faces gave evidence of the conflict. In Enough telephone central office the room police found six gallons of equipment to care for a city of fig wine and a pint bottle o f the 50,000 Is required for this bank spirits in each man's pockets. They ing group. Interconnecting their were arrested on liquor possession h e a d q u a r t e r s and aoma 40 charges.—Journal, May 7. branches by meant of 220 “tla ............................. .......... .. linos,” 430 trunk line«, and a pres ent Installation of 2,900 telephones. Calls within tha organization aro dialed direct, as are local city calla. Out-of-town calls, and all In coming calls, ara handled at a manual switchboard. A separata teletypewriter system transmit! written meeeaget by wire. M ake Portland's Own Store Your Shopping Headquarters ( ■ Tw* Q u a l i t y S t o n « m * Iast Monday ! night at the Williams Avenue Y. W. Gritting their teeth with absolute determination, candidates in The Advocate’s $1500 Gift Distribution, are today going at top speed to capture the leadership in the race for the handsome big Hudson “8” automobile— beautiful, luxurious— and the purses of gold coin. The big initiative is big votes, and there are but nine working days left in the big vote schedule. Each participant is trying to outdistance his or her rival__ and to write up enough subscriptions during these final days of the biggest vot« offer to see him of her safely through the period close. Competition is growing more keen as the end of the big vote schedule approaches. No stone is being left unturned by determined candidates to get hold of every possible subscrip- tion while their vote value is biggest. 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Patton, Director of sheriff, and Charles Hoskins, special the American Church Institute for reservation agent, a liquor orgy that Negroes, New Yprk City, has, accord followed pay day on the Umatilla In ing to Dr. G. Warfield Hobbs, Direc dian reservation was ended here this tor of publicity for the National Coun week-end Will May and Frank Glenn cil, done a matchless job by recogniz the Negroes, were arrested and will ing this system o f schools and putting be prosecuted in federal court. Offi millions of dollars into them. Eighty- cer Hoskins said today that the two five thousand dollars will go into two would be taken before the U. S. Mar additional buildings for the Divinity shal to have their bonds set this after School at St Augustine College. 25,000 noon. They sold about 10 gallons of dollars having been given by a single whiskey to the Indians from a shack generous donor. 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