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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
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IV.— SW-'f
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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-
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