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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO A li! AD VO C AT E THE An V O L . 2S— IN NO. 12 TW O In d «p «n d *n ( Paper S E C T IO N S D evoted P o r tl a n d to , O regon , th o In te rd it SATURDAY JANUARY 0 f 2. th e P e o p le 1932 PRICE F IV E CENTS S E C T IO N O N E BIRTH OF NATION BARRED FROM PORTLAND 'Digesting . . . 7 7 k - ( V c u ’.s RESCUES TOTS FROM FIREMany Groups luicrt* Murry one»' Ami Huppy One*!! AFRICAN RULER • • • Two •f‘u«an» ago wh« n thU column w . in 111 u »lulu oi embryo, 1 wum utile to elleud mi'iimpnute K rc«U aii thro* per»<mul t 'Miununl«ntlon» A y»*nr u r o . urter till» column hud «'X l© ruled Hm If throughout the country through tit«* inodium of eighteen different pnhlUti lions, hut very few personal greeting* could be mulled out 0 0 OB July 1C, 1931. the Kinporcr Haile S. lassie. "Conquering Idem If Judah," of his own free will sf«*pped from the ranks «if tbu few remaining absolute monarch h In thu world and graut«-d a constitution to his subjects. Thu emporer made the announcement from his throne ut a brilliant ceremony lu th«* pnlare He declared that h«* hud derld«»«! to establish a two chamber parliament with r«-Mpouslhlu ministers to carry out Its decisions. !!«» stat«*d that he would rule Ahysstula in con formity with thu constitution which 0 0 0 he propose«! to «’stahlish, hut thut "in lu making this announcement. I «•un order to pr«»v«*nt future disputes, the truly aay that 1 have found I’uace on crown would he secured (o the pre Karth and Hood Will toward Men " sent dynasty " 'T o r many years." the emporer Though physically hand!«upped I have learned to enjoy to the fullest said. "Abyssluians have l>e«»n Isolated from the world so that It was n«*«es the freedom that t un only be brought through a correct mental attitude and sary f«>r the emporer to govern like perspective of life and when you have a father. Hut now such progress has arrived at this mentul stage you are been made as to enabl«» ih« rn to take at peace with the world and all there up some share of the task we have I ijerforraed alone It Is In this (spirit to 0 0 0 that we have decided to institute a Riches, not gold, hut In the happi* legislative |n»«|y of two chambers, the ness thut follows an earned and **« • i members of which will he designat**«! «Minted re p eel. have hven generously I by provinces, subject to «*tir consent." A tut.mli later the Anti Slavery and bneowed upon me When o»- h. reached the dept ha of life there are Aborigines Protection Society of Ig n some things that gold will not buy and ition mode public letters from the em 1 utn proud to stnt«« that through this it*«» r«*r lu which he stated that the traf column many of the otherwise unat ficking In sluvi-M. for which Abyssinia had been so l«»ug notorious, had been tainable pessesslons are mine 0 0 0 lahollsbed ami that he planned next Hardly a week passes but what I to free those h«»l«l lu bondage. There find lu some publication. In some part lure some 2,000.000 slaves In the coun of the country, some tribute to this try. The society In la»n«l«»n was to column Sometimes the tribute com I furnish funds t»* aid In th«* project for «'M through a direct reference Some .their froedom. Th«» Empor«»r Halle Ro- times through a conspicuous position lassie pointed out In his letters that or extra mechanical make up In a pub Abyssinian slav«»s nr«« not mlatreated lication And at other time* through ami thut they are ul!ow«»d "to h«d«l piiMfs, own property, and embrace the comments of other writers. • • • Christianity." This Is quoted from "World Pro In personal communications. I am very fortunate In the contact I have gress." Th«» Standard Quarterly II«*- made, most of which has been entire* \l«»w, published by the Standard Edu |y unsolicited My mull is constantly cation 8ocl«»ty. bringing me messages* from stale and government officials, members of congress, legislature and state sena tors, tnisiness corporations, news bu reaus, and Individuals «if every walk In Ilf«» ami a great many strictly per sonal communications which make llf«» more Interesting and anticipation n pleasure. • • • So many editors nn«l publishers have extended their wholehearted support and practical co-operation that It Is almost Impossible to refer to them Individually urn! not ouiy the (Spedai) publishers that use this column hut u The Pepco has decurated lite walls great many others as well, have and nf Ihe Electric llulldlng. U h homo of- are constantly assisting me through ¡fli-e», wllh what are sald to lie the two oth«»r channels. lurgest hnlly wreaths ever construct- • • • |ed. Knch wreath contatns 02 pounds So. again, to all. readers friends nf holly. 28 iMMinds of red holly ber- nnd ac«iunlntances, 1 extend the sin rles and wllh thè framework. welghs rerest Holiday Greetings and best over 200 pounds. Kach wrenth Is 18 wlsh«»s for the New Year feet In illameter. or nearly 58 feet In drciimfercnce. and I* illuni liuti i-d by biiudreds nf colored eledric llgbts In addltlon lo the glanl wreaths.Ihe com pany Ima decoraled the building wllh -.everal humlred feet of lllumlnated cedar festmui The ebtlre dei-orallve si betne Is Ihe Papooo'* pari III Ilio an imai CbrlslmaM Éeslval of l.lglils. Hf » I IFF ASK FDR BREAD GEI e T Now. after neatly two years of col- uniiilttg. In wbleh time 'Digesting the News" has appetitcd lu «»ver silly puhll« utlgiis in («wry part of America, over forty of whom use It regularly as a weekly feature, my list of friends ar ijua in lances and admirers b u s grown to m u . h proportions thut It Is Imposlhlo to use even u selective sys tem in »ending out personal greetings and tokens of good will and I must content myself by extending the most sincero greetings and good w ishes, through this column Stockton. C a lif. Dec. 26 If you are starving lu Sfackton and demand bread, you get a big dose of cold water. This Is what happened to workers who marched to the city re lief agency f«»r food for families on th«» brink of starvation. Th*.» tire de partment was lined up, hose in huml vs I till foi th« III I I* • • I L D 1« de mamling the n»i«-u»t- of five workers who are now arreste«] m b PSESS use I.L.D. SETTO Of M U M U K TO SAVE LAO ORGE PAYMENT Of MONEY TO MRS. HENDERSON RUSHES INTO BURNING HOUSE, SICK CHILO OUT FAMILIES Of VICTIMS Three Alleged Lynchers Arrested. Special Grand J u r y Called, Nutter Sees T h e Governor ELL WITH- E IN KY. STRIKE APPLICATION io ' . I « FOI SUPPRESSION Mr*. Mahle Henderson, of 86 E. 61st :street la receiving the .praise of all New York. N. Y. Dec. 26— Vigorous I I Cortland a* the heroine lu a fire on action for the prosecution and punish P R E S I D E N T OP R E E D C O L L E G E , ¡December 22nd which badly damaged ment of the lynchers of two colored j SEC. C O U N C I L O F C H U R C H E S the. home of Mr. and Mr*. Joe Crane, men In Greenbrier County. West Va., WOMENS ORGANIZATIONS 10« K «1st street. Is promised In a letter to the Nation PR E S. N. A. A. C. P. A N D Little Kalph Crane 8. owea his life al Association for the Advancement I T H E A D V O CATE ACTIVE to Mrs. Henderson who rushed Into of Colored People from Governor Wm J AGAINST EXHIBITION the burning house filled with stiffllng G. Conley. In the meantime. West I ■moke and brought him out to safety Virginia Branches of the Association -- PINEVII.LE. --------------- , K y„ Dec 25— “We are While Mr. and Mrs. Crane were a- are pressing the enforcement of the sending greater forces into the Ken- way from home on Tuesday, sparks Sralllr. Wash. Dec. 26— Because State anti-lynching law.which provid- jtucky coal war area and mobilizing M A Y O R S A Y S T I M E F O R P E A C E they demonstrated against war, »even from a vapor lamp used In the treat- *? S if more miner8 for the defense work worker* are standing trial In Seattle ment of little Italph. Ignited and set ?,* f^f i„ a ,t..i - i . t i , i.. ____ I * °* eac** lynching mob victim, and in preparation for the general mine flre to davenport in .h.. the living room now for “ unlawful aa«eml>laKe." City fir.. a special grand jury has been called strike to be called January 1. News Just a few days before Christmas— police broke up the demonatration hint where Ralph and his little sister. Ma to deal with the case of three alleged from Kentucky Indicates that the re to be exact It was on the day before November 21 with nljtlit atlck*. The ry were sleeping Almost instantly the lynchers who have confessed their lgn of terror against both Negro and Christmas— news went out that the International lj»bor Defense la hand bedding was aflame and spread into ticipatlon In the crime. white workers willbe sharpened by Motion Picture Censor Bd. had unani ling the defenae on the «round of other parts of the house. .Mary tried In hls letter to the N mously passed the “ Birth of a Nat ion“ 'fre e assemblage. free epeerh lor to get her little brother out but could Governor Conley states that as soon 1 coal-company-controlled officials. This was the word sent today to | photo film, and that It would start not as he was terror stricken and re workers." as he heard of the lynching he had eastern Kentucky officials as well showing at the old Heliig theater on fused to move. She then ran over to the Henderson home, three doors a- instructed State Police to make a as to members of the National Miners Christmas day. thorough Investigation to bring the The news came as both a surprise Union in the strike zone. Over 75 way and summoned Mrs Henderson guilty parties to justice. new thugs have been sworn in by and shock to the polored population who threw a coat over her head and T G.Nutter, president of the Char and others in Portland. A surprise Sheriff John H. Blair, the I. L. P has defied flames and smoke and rescued leston N. A. A. C. P. writes that in learned. This ns the sheriff who be because on four previous occasions the youngster. n e o . 4 per8° nal interview “ the Governor came ......... ^ lu, muu notorious last , spring and 5um sum in recent years (the last, six months The fire department was summoned New York. December 1«— T. Arnold ___ ago) the film had been barred on the i , Ü,_J,U fondemnatlon mer for the arregts. kidnappings, and and succeeded ill extinguishing me ........... , Hill, Director of the Department of flumea but not until they had com- i stated , that he , dynamite his * -sy«..v». deputies His «**e ground that it was inimical to .. , * 1 ® ta . . -------- * Jobs ------- of — Industrial Relation* of the National pletely destroyed Ihe living room and I oud loa' e no stone unturned in pro- ruje in Harlem and Bell counties was the peace and happiness between the Urban the - ...... League announces ;.... r 7 . that . n r..r ru- “ '|«U furnishing and damaged other p or-! 8t>'u,inK eve.r/ Participant in the exposed by Theodore Dreiser and the races in the community. The City It down several m-r which has gained wide circulation , loM of th„ house the approximate ,cr*J"e no «»tte rw h o he might be.” National Committee for the Defense Council had voted among Negroes that the John Wuna extent of fl.OVO. The arrested men are three bro- of Political Prisoners and has been times—why would It come up again? maker Company of New York and of The answer was clear when It was The Crane family which consists of ,h.prs- Ea^' Bnd jBC,t ra,led "lawless’ by even Governor Philadelphia was about to discharge Mr and Mrs. Crane and their seven i who8e automobile were iounu Jhells Flem D. Sampson's hend-plcked in- learned that the American Legion Its Negro employes. Is absolutely childreu are staying with Mrs. Crane's l 8‘tnf1' iar1 *° » ome found at the scene was to sponsor it and would get a vestigators. without foundation. The National l'r- parents. Mr .and Mrs W. 11 Warren. ! !I1P lynching. | Of the 18.000 Kentucky miners in- percentage of the proceeds for their hau League Is making a vigorous and of 843 K 12th Street North while their , nk .. ' f emln Ca“ *e Troubl e volTed ln the g , , . ^ 3000 will be Ne- charity work and to help stage the continuous fight to offset the tenden Legion Convention in Portland next home Is being repaired. lKi^^Kir'»!n K»n0.fc,C«< l ^ t.*.hf , t he iT?“ ‘ Kf°es. Negro miners will have joint cy to displace Negroes with white In speaking of the occurence. Mrs. I *>le w hich brought about the lynching. ieadersh|p in defense work of the I. L. year. workers which has been disclosed In The Motion Picture Censor Board nittlarann nmiltwf Iv inaiats a a in A* Tina. Henderson modestly insists that that chn she 8CIlt tO tllO N. A. A. (... r*. troni ft I110U1- tv D., a as a trull well as In thn the itnlnn union. At Tins many sections of the country. ber in MarFrance. W. Va.. a drunken ley, Kv.. for instance, a Negro is head passed the question of granting the In a letter from Grover A. Whalen, hadn't done anything more than any policeman and a white bootlegger of ', un,on l o c a l At all mass meet permit to exhibit, on to the City Coun one else would have done under the former Police Commissioner of the same circumstances. “ If I hadn’t done were the cause of the initial disturb- igs being held throughout the area in cil. This body, ln the absence of the City of Now York to Mr. Hill, he had ance The report sta es that the po- preparatlon for the caIllng of the Mayor, voted a tie on Wednesday, the following to say: “ Please do not It. some one else would” , she conclud- Ice officer accompanied by the boot- strik prel,aratlons are belng made December 23. give any thought to the rumor which | e<l Mr and Mrs. Henderson are n- egger. caused a fight at a dance in f Mrs. Elmer B. Colwell voiced her , L D defense work. you mention In your letter of recent mong Portland's most honored and Leslie, W. \a. Following the f'ght ______________ protest against the “ vicious” picture date. The colored members of our respected citizens. Mrs Henderson is there was shooting and the officer. upon the floor of the Council chamber stuff are highly efficient nnd trust a talented singer and has been heard Joe Myles, was killed, and the boot- Just as she had done before the Cen worthy. sor Board at its meeting the day be ¡more than once over the radio. She logger wounded dying two days later fore. j was recently presented In a song re It Is said two pints ot liquor were cital at the Williums Avenue Branch found on the body pf the policeman. (Continued on page four) The report states that the shooting, Y. W. C. A. with which the two lynched colored men were charged, was actually done Edgar Stern Awarded Signal Civic by a white man. The winter term of the Portland F I N E D O N A P P E A L BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Dec. 24—So Honor Because Of Service .. Center of the University of Oregon Maxel Adams, according to the dai great is the fear here of rising re will open Monday. Jaunary 4. Classes SAY H E H A D NO L I C E N S E To The University sentment among absolutely destitute will continue meeting In l.inroln high ly press, arrested August 3. at 111 N. Negro workers, that police are sys school anil Ihe Central library. During i3th street, where deputy sheriffs and New Orleaus, La.. Dec. 27—In rec tematically raiding homes in the Xe- the fall term 1955 adults were enroll state police found liquor. Tuesday Accordtng to the daily press, Arthur ^.0 ssections of the city for guns. ognition of notable interracial service ed In the hundred or more courses of was fined $2» by Circuit Judge Lusk fered during Ihe late afternoons and on «,* r appeal from district court, Trott. colored, herb doctor, of 26S -phis |a done under the pretext of In ronectlon with the establishment evenings. ¡where she had been fined *,5 by QHsan street, was arrested by offi- searching for liquor. Negroes found of Dillard University. Edgar B. Stern, Classes will be given In anthropol- Judge Mears. She was charged with i-ials recently on a charge of practic- with weapons in their homes are fined New Orleans business man and pres ing medicine without a license. His jioo. the I. L. D. is informed; and ident of the University's board of ogy, architecture, art, bacteriology, possession of liquor, ball was set at $750. He is alleged to are often forced to labor on chain trustees, was accorded today the ci business English, business law. adver- | — ~ ~ have prescribed drugs for the use of gangs on the road. ty's highest civic honor, the award of tlslng. Investments. merchandising, include T H E A D V O C A T E in the New a medical student. Ed Thosienberg. the loving cup annually conferred by education, written English and liters- I Year' s budget the Times- Picayune for distinguished lure, cartography, nnd map roadlng. I --------- —------------------------------------- N O N - R E S I D E N T R E G I S T R A T I O N service to the community. Scandinavian, history, journalism, mu- | Mr. Stern was the leader of the sic, health education, nutrition, philos- | movement to merge Straight College, ophy, physical education, public slu nk | Salem. Oregon. Dec. 17— Ninety New Orleans University and the hos Ing and sociology. AIRCRAFT REGISTRATIONS thousand tourist automobiles have pital Into a single great institution of News of the passing of hls father, Thirty airplane have been licensed In The University office Is at 814 Ore been registered in Oregon during the University grade, named for Dr. J. H. ltev. I). G. Hill, Hr., was received by Oregon by the secretary of state since gon Building. eleven months of 1931, which, averag- Dillard, Rev. Daniel G. Illll, Jr. of Portland ¡the first of the year, a decrease under ! ing three persons to a car. have bro't a few days ago. The end came nt hls 1929 when IIS ships were registered INJURED W H E N S T R E E T LIGHT 270.000 visitors tothe state, show rec MISSLE HOLDS MAN AS THIEF home In Maryland on Saturday, Dec nnd under the 19.10 list of «0 aircraft. F A L L S ON S H O U L D E R ords in the Department of State at 19th from natural causes. Rev. Hill This decrease in slate registrations Salem, where tourist registrations are (Repirnted from the Journal Dec. 23) had been falling for sometime and the has been due to n proportionate In- Randolph Bnldwln. of 227 Halsey maintained both for the protection of end wns not wholly unexpected. l.nHt ! crease In registrations under the fell Because he guessed wrong as to the street, met wllh »painful accident on the state and the out-of state motorist. icalibre of a bullet embedded ln his year Rev. Illll went east to visit his emi Department of Commerce, ns air- Salnnlav, Dec 2«th while waiting for father's bedside. The number of visiting cars regis arm. Barney Douglas. Negro, was late , -------, ,, ,111 more or less separate areas. This pianos [tcensed by the government the “ Go" signal on the corner of Fifth lie Is survived by four sons, two of uro not required to purchase a slate & Washington streets. A defective arc (Continued from last week) gives the Negro the majority of the tered this year slightly exceeds figu- | Tuesday identified as the "chicken whom are ministers, and liy hls wid license. Those used In Interstate com liaht fell uid struck him Injuring hls The Negro race hBs no deep-sented viters In several political units. This res compiled in 1930, but whether this t h ie f at whom Hugh H. Diersch, 325 ow and five daughters. Kor «2 years merce are required lo obtain federal shoulder divisive political conviction. All Ne- political advantage, growing out of Is due to a larger number of tourists West Trenton street, had fired a shot he was paHtor nf the African Method licenses, thus a larger number of air Mr Baldwin who Is a rnllroad em- Rroes have the same political creed, segregation, should be utilized to the actually entering the state or whether In the early morning, 1st church nt Knoxville nnd held Jm craft registered wllh the Department nlove was treated at the emergency the procurement of rights and prlvi- fullest extent to elect members of the knowledge Is becoming wider Douglas applied Tueday at the portnnt pastorates in Mnrylnud nnd In of Commerce. hospital before being taken to his leges under the ( , nstitutlon and the their own race to Congress of the U- spread that registration for a visitor's Veterans hospital for treatment of a Ihe District of Columhln. The total number of airplanes on h ‘ oonvai.'se'ng rapidly and law. Party label Is but a badge of lilted States, to the upper and lower permit is an assistance to the tourist gunshot wound in hls arm. which ho lie wnH educated by ihe Quakers of the state records for the years pre . ))r a( |,|, po(,t ,,f dll|y convenience ami expediency. The man branches of the State Legislatures, to himself Is a matter of conjecture.” said had been accidentally inflicted Chester county. Pennsylvania, nnd ceding those given above are: 925. * wllh Ihe toothache concentrates at-.the board of alderman In the various says Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state while he was cleaning hls 32-calibre received his degree in urts nnd the 15; 192«, 15; 1927. 16; 1928, 53 tent Ion on the aching organ to the cities and all other elective offices j "From January 1 to November 30. revolver, ministry nt Lincoln Ilnlvernlty. Liu neglect of other equally Important functioning within their area. This is 1930, 90.179 visiting motor vehicles Diersch, earlier In the day, had re coin.I’ h IBs birthplace was nenr Ha members of the body. With the Negro the entrance wedge which will bring were listed, while during 1931, 99.839 ported to police that he had fired OPPORTUNITY for January has an gerstown, Mil. questions of tarrlf and revenue, tiller-¡the race back Into the political equa- out-of-state cars called at branch sta- hls 38 calibre revolver at a “chicken attractive cover by Earl It. Sweeting i tlons throughout the state to register thief” . nal policies and foreign relations tlon. Nornmn E. Hastier contributes a It Is a matter of Indifference to the ¡their cars and obtain information a- The bullet was removed from Doug- EDITOR T O ADDRESS YOUNG striking article—The Church and the rare as a whole whether the Negroes bout the state. Its motor vehicle laws, las' arm and was given to Detectives P E O P L E ' S C O N F E R E N C E Color Line. exploit this political opportunity as p* scenic attractions, and its posslbl- Harry Goltz and Robinson. They pas- I The Negro In The North Homo Aspects of the Negro Com — I We urge Negroes In the North to Repuhllcans, as they do in Southside uties as a home for the visitor. The sed It on to Robert Craddock, ballistie The Editor of The Advocate has ac munity Is sidy discussed by Ira Do A. Japan has now followed Great 'vote for men, measures and more- Chicago or as they do ln Harlem, New registrars try to be helpful In every expert In the police bureau. cepted an Invitation to address a Reid. way to the tourist by supply service Craddock Immediately identified the E A Carter the editor, writes of nrltaln’a lend In deserting the gold ! meats, which they deem best caleulat- York. group of young people nt the Klrst and data.” bullet as one having been fired from Colored Women Presbyterian ihureh on next Monday William G. | l o ' n y o u n g Negro far- standard of coinage. There Is simply ed to advance the welfare of the race. "While the peak registration of a .38 calibre gun. and when he cum- Women hae been given equal polit- afternoon. They are holding a con lory superintendent, In The Strength not enough gold to keep the Inter-, regardless of party label. Especially nntlonnl commercial machine running. do wo advise that they question all (cal power with men. In the Northern 1929, of 103,000 foreign motor vehlcl pared Dlersoh’s revolver and the ference on Interracial matters sail of Spirit. There Is nn odd short, story by Ar What gold there Is. Is largely controll candidates, of whatever party, bidding states, where the franchise ts unre- es will not be reached, the fact that markings on the bullet, he said that wish her to lead the discussion. tec Fleming, a lawyer of Akron. , ed by two countries—tho United for their suffrage to declare how they gtrlcted Negro females are more nu- tourist travel has held up to so high undoubtedly the mtssle had been fired sland and will vote on matters effect- merous than the males, and conse- a level during the year and has ex- from the Diersch weapon, And poetry by Sterling A. Ilrowti ” taAP8 nl,d ■’ ’•ance. AN A D V O C A T E SUPPORTER The "ol«*ldn of this situation will Ing racial advantage and advance- quently have greater political poten- ceeded every year hut 1929 Is Indies The bullet had entered Douglas' left Randolph Baldwin, well known rall- and othera live of the constantly Increasing In elbow and lodged In the biceps, Itiallty. The Book lection carries ravlewa PWbaMy come through rehabilitation ment. rond man and supporter of The Ad Political Units } ______________________________________ terest In Oregon as a vacation land Police guard has been set over vocate paid two year's subscription to hv Dewey Jones. George Schuyler and l(,i "liver. It should be restored to Negroes In the North are concentra- j and as a potential home-state. .Douglas at the hospital. (Continued on page three) The Advocate Saturday. Joanna Colcord. |a fnt,r ,n rplB' ?° d' K ted In large cities and are segregated j world trade Is to lie stabilized. “THUGS” MADE SWORN OEFICERS 10 UPHOLD LAWLESS 1 FACE JAIL I REVEREND HILL'S FATHER DIES I May Get $10,000 For Lynching Protest Exhibit (BY CLIFFORD C. M ITCHELL) 0 _ LEAGUE ON WATCHOUT JUSTIFY LIQUOR RAIDS TO DISARM NEGRO HOMES WINTER TERM STARTS Results of Non- Partizan Confab JAPAN LEAVES THE GOLD STANDARD Ä " “" . . . . . . .