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BURNII TO DEATH II HUSK THE ADVOCATE An In d ep en d en t IN TWO SECTIONS Voi. 27. IN«. .»I Paper D evo ted to th e In to ro ete of th e P e o p la PORTION!), OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 13. 1931 SECTION ONE PRICE FIVE CENTS LEADERS SEPARAT’D BY SMALL MARGIN VOTES STUDENTS PROTEST TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR H I FEW H E U PICKENS WRITES TRIBUTE LONDON TO HIS FATHER WANTS TO ELKS AL JOLSON PLAY THE LORD IN New York. June 5 William Pick- ena, Field S ecretary o f the N ation al Aaociation for the Advancement of Camlulut«'» Hit T o p S|M-i‘il in tluni|»iiifcii f o r H u d - o n C a r — Colored People, ia among a liat of well-known Americana who co n tri 1 4 ixt Hip Y ule O f f e r ( .I iini ' m T hin W eilnemla> Niplit bute each one chapter to a book e n titled “ What ! Owe to My Father ul I 1 : (MB P. >1. Alno. C olli O ff e r Kmln! Columbia, 8. C. — (C N S )—June 9 T hr book ia puhliahed by H enry Holt — For the fira t tim e in its history & Co., w ith an introduction by Jam es W estm inster Abbey Friday waa the I M r--, . Illrf S, lint Executive of the (•rittinir t h r i r trt»th with abaoliit« eagerneaa, hoping and tru atin g th a t scene of services hold exclusively for «Irtrrfimmtion, cm niw U trs in T h r Ad- th eir choice may WWW uiider the Hoy Scouta o f America. fifty member» o f the newly-formed v i m Atr's c irc ula tion cam paign ami wire firat and lie acclaimed the cham Isirtdon branch o f tha Elka of the frwt Rift tliHtrihution a r r go in g t o pion of rham plona, the proud winner World. Wedneaday day a t top in t h r r a c r f o r the of a new lludaon car, Before the services the N egroes a s voting will lie the heavieat of the rn v rtv d vatu nhlr Rift». sembled in P arliam ent Square. The T hat ia our prediction. ThP gong sounds lit 11 o'clock cam paign. officers wore purple and w hite sashes. W ednesday night on th e 1> ir th ird W hat randniatea do now will tie p e r Many of the m em bers wore white period Vote nnd point schedule; the haps the g reateat aingle factor in duck trousers and blazors w ith P an determ ining th eir atalua in thia cam Inst I iir vote on New Subscription*. am a hats and one waa attired in even < ninpuiRii hr•adtiuartem will lx* paign w hether they end a victor or ing clothes. open until 11 o'clock W ednesday niRht finiah a» an “glao-ran." We believe Coral (iablea, Fla. Ju n e 10 (CN A) The sermon inside the Abbey was th a t no candidatea right to wait on candidate* and credit their thia tru e The careleaaneaa of a white p ris preached by the Rev. Frederick Lew votes and |*>inta and subscription», now have enough vote» to a»aure him on guard carry in g ignited dynam ite is Donaldson, Canon of W estm inster. or her of any aingle g ift in the liat. in a priaon van in which aome Negro on this iitiftortant schedule period W reaths were placed a t the graves of Karh and every g ift ia yet to be won priaonera were being taken to jail. and Huxton. 1 4111 Aeeulil|ilinll \A miller« and Wedneaday niglit will largely W ondrr* r a n In* a eo m p lis h rd be- The guard waa in charge of the keya Livingstone, M acauley, W ilberforce Rem em ber—each and every candi of the van im m ediately ran o ff and and Buxton. tw e en nnw ami closing tim e W cdncs- d a y night. V u th r pile up rapidly until date who inteiida to be an active the priaonera were left to ro ast to One of the larg est garlands was th e cloning ho u r T he n e x t and final p articipant in th r prixea and commia- death. placed on a sta tu e of A braham Lin week area th e » m a l l e t vote sched- aiona muat report by Wedneaday Several priaonera horribly burned coln outaide the Abbey in the square. ule of th e e n ti r e c a m p a i g n in effect. nig h t, June 17. were aaked to aign affid av its c le a r The London lodge ip a branch of T h e ie a n no final fa v o ra th e la*t ing the cow ardly guarda from all the Negro Elk order in th e United To llip Public week of the r a m p a ig n Help your favorite with your sub- blam e, th a t nothing will lie done to States. acriptioii thia week. Aa cloae aa the convict theae guarda o f m urder ia Kart* In lint S ever in thia aertion haa a r a r e of race now atanda. youra may be the aaaurred. a n y kind been ao rloae o r an holly deciding hunch of votea th a t will contested. Krienda aeem alm oat aa mean a amall fortune to your fav o r Remember your aupport now intereated aa r a m l i d a t r a them aelvea ite. and a re w a tc h in g w ith a n x ie ty and Continued on Page .1 Nashville, Tenn.— (C N S )—Ju n e 10 Dr. Henry Allen Boyd, prom inent B aptist leader and editor of the EIGHT CONDEMNED NEGRO BOYS IN JAIL; Nashville Globe, was defeated in the ASK N. A. A. C. V. TO DEFEND THEM Irvington-on-H udson, N. Y. (C N S) run-oof of the councilmanic race Ju n e 11 Villa Lewaro, the $300,000 here last T hursday. Bell his white mansion of the late Madame C. J. opponent poled 336 votes to 194 for I'iili-iis, P rrn rn l at lnt«-rvi<-w, D r iiim n m “ Ca»mmunial* W alker, will rem ain in the custody of Boyd. Boyd, who was running in an the w ealthy w om an's e sta te as the entirely N egro d istrict w as alm ost T a riim — N. A. A. (!. P. A tturnryg at result of the auction of the property certain of victory. A num ber of his here F riday. Madame W alker, who friends contended he was elected but C ourt I Ira ring. died May 25, 1919, lived in her coun the hoses who control the election try home less than eight m onths a fte r m achinery reverse the vote. itaro nstruction. New York, Ju n e f> (By N. A. A. C. before the Hoard of D irectors of the Mrs. W ilbur M ercier is reported 111 Van M ater Stilw ell, president o f the I*. Press Service) The eight Negro N. A. A. C. P. on Monday, and when at her home this week. C ontinental Loan and Savings A sso Imys condemned to death in Scotta- the a rran g em en ts are concluded the ciation of New York and one of the Imro. A labam a, are being re p re se n t a tto rn e y ’s name will be publicly an oldest practicing atto rn ey s in New Elkn A nnual Roal Excursion ed in court today by a tto rn ey s re nounced. York C ity, offered the only bid, At the interview in Kilby Priaon at tained by the N ational A ssociation Ju ly 1, 1931 which he said was in behalf of an for the Advancem ent of Colored which both Mr. Pickens and th is a t unnamed client. Mr. Stilw ell opened torney were present, Mr. Pickens fe lt People. The N. A. A. C. P. will r e the bididtig a t $.riO,lMHl but lost the ceive tonight telegraphic and long obliged to w arn the condemned boys property. F. B. Ransom, tru stee of distance reports o f proceedings in th at the Com m unists were seeking Madame W alker’s esta te , made the only to use them for th eir own pur- court and will prom ptly make thia poara. Speaking of the Comm unist only o th er bid, of $110,000, in behalf Inteat newa public. o f the estate. At an interview in Kilby Priaon, on tactics to the boys, Mr. Pickens »aid Mine. W alker amm assetl a fortune Mny 31, all eight boys In the pres- | in p a rt: through her invention o f h a ir tonic. "T h eir chief aim is to use you as a aencr of William Pickens, N. A. A. An organ in the residence is valued C. I‘. Field Secretary, aaked Ala- m eans for in terestin g colored pimple at $25,000. Only a lack of buyers hiitnn's forem ost crim inal law yer, re- in the Comm unist P arty , and in th at kept it from passing to o th er hands, Inini-d by the N. A. A. C. P., to defend they a re likely to m ake you a g re a t according to Benjam in Wise, the auc them . Final arran g em en ts with this sacrafice in A labam a—They have be tioneer. attorney and hia firm are to come Mr. Ransom said the estate m ight (( imlimu-il on Page 11 run the place as a hotel and Wise said he w as considering obtaining perm ission from the village o f Irv ington to run It ns an a rt museum. The next chapter in the h istory of Villa lA*wnro will depend upon the a ttitu d e of Irv in g to n 's Board of Trustees. BURNED TO DEATH MME WALKERS MANSION GOES EOR $60.000 BOYD LOSES FOR COUNCIL POST Ä ' New York— (C N S) — Al Jolson, wel Iknown w hite comedian has gone serious and says he has all but bought the rig h ts of “The G reen P as tu re s" in which he desires to play the p art of the Lord in a screen version of the fam ous play which has been running on Broadway for over a year. W ithin recent years Jolson has be come fam ous as a player of “ Mam- mie” roles in the talkies. DR. ISAACS. PROMINENT IN THE BAPTIST CHORCH DEAD N ashville, Tenn.— (C N S) — The Rev. E. W. D. Isaac, secretary of the B. Y. P. U. of the N ational B ap tist Convention and editor of the N ash ville Clarion, died here last Sunday. Funeral services were conducted W ed nesday w ith Dr. L. K. W illiams, president of the N ational B aptiat Convention and several other prom i nent B aptist leaders present paying th eir respects to th eir deceased asso ciate. D r Isaac, who is 68 years of age, was born a t W askom, Texas. He was educated a t Bishop College. He taught school fo r several years later taking up the m instry. He was fo r years prom inent in B aptist circles in Texas before coming to Tennessee. NEGRO PRIZE WINNER 1HANKS 'GOO' FOR FORTUNE Boston, Mass. June 10— (C N A ) Joseph P. Kennedy, the N egro w ork er of Boston who suddenly found him self the possessor of $150,000 th ru his holding o f a ticket on the Irish Hospital Sw eepstakes, a ttrib u te s his luck to the w atchful care o f God over him. It would appear th a t the N egro • Continued on Page 3 IV.— SW-'f J f. Wit A,‘ . . . AT . . . EAST SEVENTY-SECOND STREET One anil One-llalf Miles South of Foster Hoail MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE 1 5 — R t 3 0 Srnilit- llo i J iiz 7 . O ivlicntra Ailini»»ion 11.15 Per Person w h i c h inrl iii lrn d a n c i n g iintl it npei iiil c h i c k e n i l i m i r r CHARLES R. REDD, Prop. REED » N T S London— <CNS) June 11 — In E n g land, Paul Robeson says, he "fits in” but in America he feels he has no rig h t because of his color and even in France he ia not comfortable. The above is the reason gays, the fam ous actor-singer, why he has deserted the U nited States for the United King- J e t fo r a perm anent home "In th e United S tates discrim inat- nstion against the N egro is general," Mr. Robeson said, ‘Everyw here he ia made to fool th at he is a t the bottom of the social scale. As for specific instances affecting m yself, there is DOCUMENT SIGNED no lack of them. A mericans who ask BY PRESIDENT OF fo r such instances know well th a t STUDENT BODY cannot w ithout difficulty get adm is sion to a f i r it class hotel in America. “Spontaneous response” is th a ex If I am adm itted, it is because I hap pen to be wel known. “My brother pression used by one student in de scribing bow his fellows a t Reed Col would not be received.” lege last week responded to a request to tend a petition to the Governor of A labam a for a re-trial or com m uta tion of sentence of the eight colored youths sentenced to the electric chair fo r alleged assault of two w hite pros titutes. Fully 97 per cent o f th e stu dents approached signed the petition. In other w ords, only three per cent refused to aign, said o u r inform ant, W ashington— (C N S) — The S tate "and*they w ere o f the ignorant, back D epartm ent was notified last Mon w ard class.” Inform ation regarding the case of day by Charles E. M itchell, the A m erican M inister in Monrovia, th at the nine u nfortunate lads of the w ork Edwin Barclay has been elected ing class in th e South w as obtained President and Jam es S. Sm ith, vice from m agazine articles and new spaper reports com ing to the university. president of Liberia. The docum ent which w as forw arded Mr. B arclay w as secretary under President C harles D. B. K ing and to the A labam a Governor la st S a tu r has been A cting P resident since the day was officially signed by Glenn la tte r resigned upon th e exposure of B arbur, p resident o f the Reed College slavery conditions in Liberia by the Student Body. Those who led and organized the international commission made up of representatives of the League of N a petition are am ong prom inent students tions, the U nited S tates and Liberia. of the cam pus. They are Bryce Wood, Mr. Mitchell has been instructed to president N. W. S tudents' In tern atio n m aintain the inform al diplomatic re al Club, and p ast-p resid en t o f the lations. Form al recognition will not Student Body; M arian W arne Wood be extended until slavery and san i and Mildren Cline, both past-p resi tary conditions a re adjusted satisfac dents, A. R. A. A ssociation o f Campus W omen; C harles H am m erquist, editor tory. “S tudent T hought,” Cam pus m aga zine, and N athan Berkham , president New Y ork—(C N S)—June 10-- A l of Social Science Club bert Kellogg, fifteen year old boy, Bryce Wood will leave in a few was sentenced to serve eighteen days to a tten d an international meat months in a reform atory Tuesday fo r to be held in the E ast. the th eft on the n ig h t before of a This case, known as th e Seottsboro handbag containing $5,000 w orth of case has a ttra c te d world-wide a tte n form er motion picture actress. tion. ASK FOR RETRIAL 1 A COMMUTATION ELECTED PRES. OF LIBERIA . A Carnival JNi^lit In Harlem COTTON CLUB SAYS HE ‘FITS! TOLAN IS VICTOR AGAIN •irv Philadelphia — (C N S) June 10- U nder the flying colors of the U ni versity of M ichigan, Eddie Tolan, the fleet footed runner from th e w est, captured the 220 yard dnsh here S a t urday a t the fifty -fifth annual in- tereoleginte A. A. A. A. title gam es. In the cen tu ry dnsh he was beaten hy only a few inches by F rank Wy- koff of Southern C alifornia. Tolan’s victory was one o f the flv^ won by "W hen the a tto rn ey fo r the Alabama Power Company was asked by the the east, nine of the o th er events go ing to the schools from the W est Jjiudgc to defend the nine boys in the Seottsboro case, he told a friend th at! his company is in business to sell 'juice' to ‘burn N iggers’ and he welcomes Coast. th a t sale.” HEARING IS POSTPONED UNTIL JUNE 13 BY JUDGE; ATTORNEY IS THEATENED New York, June 6, (By J. L. D. Service)— General George W. Cham- lee of Tennessee and Joseph R. B rod sky of New York, In tern atio n tl Lab or Defense attorneys, argued the mo tions filed fo r a new trial fo r the eight Negro boys sentenced to die in the eloetric chair on July 10th. The hearing has been continued by Judge Hawkins to June 13th, to allow fil ing of final affidavits and briefs. Chamlec and Brodsky appeared in oourt w ith affidavits proving th a t Ruby Bates and V ictoria PPrice, jh e two girls involved in the case, are notorious p ro stitu tes, as well as a f fidavits from the tra in crew, show Service ing th a t the nine boys w ere not taken of the sam e gondola car as the girls on th e night of the arre sts. Tha prosecutions in the original tria l made the claim th a t the sh eriffs removed the boys and the two girls from the sam e car. They were not contradict ed by Steve Roddy or Moody, state appointed attorneys. Judge H awkins alolwed the state ten days in which to file adidtional affidavits and fo r Brodsky and Chamlee to file briefs. All the jurym en in the tria l (of five of the boys) appeared as w it nesses, and under Chamlee's exami- (Continued on Page 4) Cleaners CASH and CARRY 191 East ¿BroadvOay MENS LADIES Suits and Overcoats Coat* and Drezsei cleaned Ac pressed cleaned At pressed 75c 7 5 c and u p ONLY NEGRO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN ORG.