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■ RUN ON COMUNIST TICKET THE, An In d e p e n d e n t ADVOCATE Paper D evo ted to th e In to ro o to mf th e P o o p lo PO RTLAND , OREGON, HATURDAY. ACOURT 2«. 19*2 VOLUME 28 NUMBER 42 PRICK FIVE CRNTS 19-YR. OLD BOY INDICTED FOR INSURRECTION FATAL SHOOTING ENDS LOVE CAR NOM INAI REJECTED thw arts a ttem p ted kidnaping nominate NEGRO FOR SENATE IN INDIANA IN SOCIALIST PARTY OF FACTS REWARD WITH DEATH PHEONIX. Arts., Aug. 18— An 18- Iyear old bathing beauty contest win ner and bride of two months was shot N «w York City. Aug. 17— Aubrey Lee to death In her home. 909 W. Lincoln SCHOOL BOY I NVENTS CRADLE A LY LE 8 . diminutive comedian of the Hi by her husband a musician, one LARM TO P REVENT KI DNAPI NG famous Internationally known vaude year her senior, who turned the gun ville team ' Miller and Yylea." died on himself and committed suicide. No K N O X VILLE . Tenn., A u « 17— A Thureday night at Dr. W iley Wilson ■ one knows why the young tragedy. Atlanta. Qa., Aug. 1 8 - (C N A ) For IND IANA PO LIS. Ind.. Au« IS— SOCI ALIST P A R T Y DROPS CROSS- novel cradle «lärm system perfected The dead are John Lucas and Mrs. circulation of books sad pamphlets by ■ fifteen year old school boy who Theodore Townsend. Negro worker, Sanatorium at 200 W. 138th Street. WAI T HC FROM NEW YORK Bertha Bmtth Lucas. The shooting oe- describing the true conditions of tba hopes lo put an eud to kidnaping waa nominated for U. 8. Senator when I.yles had been 111 for two months ST AT E TI CKET may In. available for «nxloua mothers the state convention of the Commu of a bronchial infection and gastric ul- C B rr- * few mlnut** * f,er lhe co»P *« Negro orker*. and attempting to or returned from a visit with his grand ganise Negro and white tollers to ■win. II was learned rerently. nist Party met here recently. J I I JotMM» of 8 ««»ttlr. I formo» r#»» mother. N KW YORK. Au* . 1« Thtt HocUI- Lyles waa 19 years old snu was born gether. the state of Oeorgia la plan The yiiuii« Inventor. Samuel llrld- Townsend will run ou the platform ltaiir«ttf p ro p tirto r in l»*rr l»«»|»li»C li» lit I'urly tif Now York When officers arrived they found Hint«* lint In Jackson. Tenn. He attended Flak ning to take the life of 19-year-old An finti ti Mulinili«* U h - » non lo o|»«i! liuti tlrt»pi»o<| from It» balUit Kruuk C'rott* «ea, greatly dlatreaaed over Ibe Lind- of the Party with Theodore Luesae gelo Herndon. Negro organizer for the lierKb kldii«|iln« fate, haa beeu al who was nominated for Oovernor. University at Naahlvllle where he be- (Continued on page four Col six) otti. walili«*. N«*«ro, who wiim iinmliiul«*«! ut Unemployed Councils of this city. work on the development of bla de Luesae la now serving a twomad-S ,ca» « Interested In amateur t h r e a t r i- --------------------------------------- th«* MiNitt convention of th«* Smiulut Herdon haa been indicted on a Mr «m i Mrt W K«*«*to «r r r««porit*<l I'arly in Utica, to run for the tifflc« vice which haa already attracted wide hall year sentence In the state prison caU aD<* t«»m ed with Flournoy Miller. n rni||f)r||ryTfi rn n ftlWip charge of Insurrection. Conviction on attention and may he manufactured for leading the straggle a p ta M the • '• “ » * «u d en t From campo, threa K L U U IK L m im d lU K W » H ly workint on t pitti» whort* thwy hopr of Ueulenanl Governor Chari** II. _ this charge carries the death penalty. ‘ * ‘a Partnership continued thru tu be* Mut't«*t«ful In op«*nlti« tip ib r NtMiiian. whin«, hat hern Nuhttliuit*d | aa awm aa patent rights are establish eviction of unemployed workers In , ed. Indianapolis The convention sent a Y»ara on small time vaudeville ch- K ìhm » c ity K I P llttll Thr> pUn lu up « » ««m ilitate for ihlt (Miti According lo people who have aeen committee to the Putnamvllle prison cu*** *° »tuvdom in Shuffle Along in m i e • rrMl«ur»nt «m i pool ruunt W« ( ruNNw.iithr. It it announced, will ------- part: the cradle alarm. It really doea the to Inform Luesae of bla nomination. 1921. v» uh Ih»ni inut h tut e«*»« run for C ongr*»« m th* S lti dUtrUt. Following the success of their pro work The ayatem Includea a baby Alleu Puckett of this city nominated DEMANDS CAUSE I NVESTI GATI ON ' The • CCB**d did cal* and attend Harlem, which la. of court*. prmloni duction "Shuffle Along'. Miller and _____ public assemblies and mass meet Alien Ituglaml was arreated a few inanlly Negro. In Ihlt wty tin 8< m I m I crib, equipped with a trap door and ! Townsend. Luesae and other eandi alarm bell connecting with lhe uurae’a dataa on the stale ticket In making 1 »-yl** produced and starred In “ Run-j daya ago on charge of violating lhe lat l*urty hopet to avulil giving of i . . . . . .. " on ,n,? »«ate tit a«., tu tnaatua i ___ .. . In response to repeated calls to our ings— the purpose of said meetings Kang-Kang. and the ofllce j or tnformation regarding the beinE *° organize— a combination of Maun A d He la accused of transport my mlddle-ctaaa sup- I p" r mother a room and with the police the nomination of Townaend. Puckett nlB* * ,“ ,lon ! »lated This action will demonstrate ,l*MU •ucceasful “ Sugar H ill" of Uat Emergen(.y Employment „ ^ perrons white and colored. lug a while woman from Sacramento |Njrtl,ril The crib alia on an elevated plan before the working class of the stata a e * »° " They were featured In Oeo we pubu>h use The accused did Introduce and did lo Portland The woman la held as In lhe floor Stepping on this part that the Communist Party believes r* * White's Scandals, the late Llo- fo ljowi circulate papers and writings with the witness of lhe floor alarta the bells ringing not only In word, but In deeds In e- ren i Zlegfleld a Midnight Frolic and . Intent and purpose of Inciting Insur- all around the place making enough quality for the Negro masses, sod will i “ Charlot's Review," the latter appear- I Registration for employment under rection, to wit: Mrs Carrie Walaon. of Baltimore. ance taking them to Europe. emergency relief program of the I noise lo wake up lhe whole neigh lead the struggle for Negro rights Mil la here while serving III the ra "Book A. ‘The Life and Struggle of Today Lylea' fretful complaining < l¥*' Emergency Committee Is handl- borhood. A trigger is then thrown pacity of a maid voice Is well known to theatre-goer* ed at tde Registration Bureau. 192 (Continued on <page four col. six) Inch causes the cradle tu drop a few HARLEM SENDS DELEGATE TO of both races throughout the country F1™t Street, corner of Taylor. A sim- j Inches and a ventilated ltd to fall and Mr and Mrs «1 W. Kenney who AN T I WAR CONGRESS and in larger cltlea of the continent. ilar bureau for single men who do lock itself down over the sleeping have been making ihelr home In Sea In their fisticuffs" and "trick arlth- have dependents is maintained at baby. Ilia for the past year or more, have NEW YORK. Aug., 1« (C N A )) — m etlc" acts, they have played prac 55 First Street, corner of Pine. Newspapers have been a.ked to returned lo Poniamt Mr. .Keuuey be publish ■faleitu.tla loaned by a candi A parked mass meetlug at the Abys KUgiiuiily for employment under ticalty all of the larger vaudeville ing railed to resume lila former post dat» for public office concerning lhe MISS BOWLES P L AN S FAII CAMP. sinian Baptist Church last week chose this program la determined by the fol- houses lu America lion aa waller at the Portland llo le l operation of the drivers' examination Mrs Viola Carter, teacher and promi Lyles waa married and had two lowing factors: where he had worked for many years „ , w and which ore full of mlslnfnr- New York. Aug. 18-Miss Eva D. nent social worker, to repreaent Har- 1. Applicants must have been resi children. HI« home waa at 149 West Bowles, secretary of the national C M against i lem at the World Congre before motion and falsehoods dents of the City of Portland or of -118th Street. I These farts are made known In lhe A. Stores Inc . who la cooperating In War. which fa to take (dace lu Parts Multnomah County for at least six J II Harris, a pullman porter » h " interest of truth and accuracy funds organising the llouaewlvhes leagu e on August 27th. months continuously prior to their C ity haa roomed for a year or more at the menial quallflratlnna II aeema to mr. throughout the country, haa sent ques The audience was deaply stirred by registration for relief employment. Com missioner I residence of Mr slid Mrs J. S Do fur aeekera of public office as well as tionnaires on Negro buainesa to presi the speakers, who described the hor 2. Applicants must be married men dents of all Housewives groups. In rors of war. and Its coat In lives and nald. 274 Wiliams >vv . haa moved It) newspapermen with families, or single men with de preparation for an Intensive fall drive money, l-ouis Howard. Harlem attor the home of Mrs Jones near Broad Having heard so many reports In pendents for whose support they are 1. There are not 60 offices main by which It Is expected a strong group ney. and an officer In the army In way on Williams eference to the City of Chanute,. responsible. tallied over B1" stale to give opera of housewives will be built up behind 1918. assailed the Jlm-Crowing of Ne 3. .Applicants must be un-employed. Kansas, being tax free through Muni- tors' examinations There are iwo; Mrs E D. Caldwell of Oakland. Cal one In Salem und one In I’ortland. Negro hualtteaa in every community. gro troops and the segregation of the and must be la need. It in to be re- c *»*1 Ownership, J wrote to Hon. H. In her message to the bouaewlvea gold-star mothers. la visiting her liuahainl who Is a rook Five traveling «lam inerà cover the 60 ntembered that this is a relief pro- -M Loy. Mayor of that City, request- on a dining car She la slopping with town of lhe alale, tarrying all Ihelr Mtss Howies stressed the necessity of l-augston Hughes, who Is now in the gram rather than an employment pro- Ing further Information on the subject. Mr and Mrs J S Donald al Ihelr equipment with them There Is no of- centering attention on one object at Soviet Union taking part in the mak gram. Therefore, families with an in- -------- time Her message said in part: ing of the sound film, “ Black and home, 374 Williams Ave. come from any source in excess of | Mayor l e y advises me that Chanute fire maintained, no rent paid, and no "Out of the study of business among White", and Mrs. Ada Wright, mother 120.00 per month are not eligible iw has the Commission form of Oover- staff employed regularly lu any (own Alex Coffey, (lie barbecue man. who except Salem ami Portland Four he T-cgtoes In your community you will of two Hcottaboro boys, who Is now 1 participate in this employment. ment. consisting of Mayor, a Commias- able to plan . utr ra il activities. on a tour of Europe, will also attend has a place of business tin Williams cal parlllnte men are used at Isola led The only variation from the above kmer of Finance, and a Commisslonet County Committeemen of the Re restriction is in the ease of veterans of Public Utilities. Chanute owns and Ave., la quite Industrious as well aa points lu the alale at coats of from Please do not ‘.r.’ to cover lh » w'tole the Paris Congress publican party at a recent meeting of the armed force of the United operates its three public utilities, ele- situation at once, bul cliooa.» carefully thoughtful To judge by the way he la ¡¿ ,# $, 5 |M.r mon(h held at the Lincoln High school, a- States who served during any of the ctricity, gas and warter; and gas and und center upon aume specific phase, ii.t 1111 ti a " r M m u Dtpraaalon h* J. Th«* o ff!«•«• for««* at h«*Md<iuar* and endeavor to work through It uu- mong others, announced the name* wars jn which this country has been electric plants are debt free, and the wnrkn for Ih#* oily In th«» «lay and runa t«*ra conaiat of on«* tnMiiuK«*r. um* «*x- attorney Wyatt W illiams and C. engaged. tll there Is noticeable progress und hla bar I hm -m* aland at nlirht. electric lighting rates are the lowest '«m inar, and a«*v«*n rl«*rka. Ivey on the executive and con final accomplishment." Under State law veteran* are ellgi- In Kansas. Chanute makes so much gressional committees respectively. William Duncan Allen an.l his sia- s Th" oftlr" »*«*rtl«n.l con ble to qualify for emergency relief money from their municipally-owned ter. Misa N. Allen are taking a two- o t four examiners and one clerk, It Is said to be the first time that mploymeut whether they have de- utilities that it is not necessary for weeks Masiera course In piano study- ¡ 4 The operation of the division NEGRO SEEKS WAGES such recognition has come to the col |H.nden,)| or not Veteran* are also eli- the cltlxens to pay any local taxes. i„g «u h the famous Mme Llastnlew- does not add one dollar to the tax OWING SINCE 1899 ored voters In Oregon glble, provided their Maximum mouth- but taxes are paid on County. School J Mr Willtams is employed and haa jy income from any source does not and State levies. The salaries of the ska at the Ituth Bradley Ketaer stu burden of the state New York. Aug. 18-The first Issue T E X T R K A N A . Tex.. Aug 17— A Ne- been for many years, as head bell- exceed 124.00 per mouth. 5. There la no provision in the of "T h e Negro Market" . a brief ma dio In lhe Studio building policemen. Firemen. Street Cleaners, law for requiring fiOii.imn mo,o r i. . . to d,.votwl oi tha gro who worked as a section hand for'm a n at the Hotel Portland and he and all other employees are paid from the Cotton Belt railway in 1899 ha* jalso engages in the practice of law Sherman Pickett, o f 418 Vancouver lie examined. the profits of the City-owned utilities. National Negru Business l,eague. the eutered a claim for wages he "never with offices in the Lumbermens Bldg PLANS T A K E FORM AS CONFAB Ave, went fishing last Sunday and 6 The Secretary of state has | Nationale.M.A. Stores, Inc., and the APPR O ACH E S HERE The electric lighting rate Is 6 cents Monday mornings ul Swan Island H e| n<<v<tr tha, |„, |«| require com ! Housewives' l.eague , was published took the trouble to collect." "A in ’t ’ Mr. Ivey la a red-cap at the union -------- for the first fifty K.W.H.; five cents esulili some fish hut enjoyed «•»»• ¡ pulsory examinations of the ureaent |al,t w eej, The magaxlne is a aort of nevah had no use fo' that money station, where he has been employed till Jes lately," he explained for a good many years. (B y Evon) for the next fifty K.W .H.; and all over thrill of fishing ns much us catching ' 400 .000 operators, house organ" . and Is distributed free Mr. Williams gained wide recogni- The meeting of the ex-service men one hundred K.W.H. the rate is (our ‘ them Mr and Mrs. Jerome Frnuklln 7. The law In Its year of opera lo those Interested "This modest VICTIM OF FORD MASSACRE DIES tlon during the primary election ou Wednesday night at the Williams cents, minimum charge fifty cents. will Join him and Mr*. Pickett on a jtlon Is credited, along with other In effort represents no ambition to fill -------- | campaign by registering for the first Avenue Branch Y. W. C. A. was at- The power rate etarts at three and fishing trip uguln tomorrow. ! strumentanti»«, with reduction of no the place of the Negro newspaper or DKTROIT. Mich. Aug 16 (C N A )— time a large number of voters and tended by approximately fifteen. one half cents and graduates down to chlents, reduction of fatalities, und magaxlne. " says the leading editorial. What has become known as the D ear-1 organising them Into a strong non- Another meeting will be called on one and one half cents per K.W.H. Eugene J. Carden, of 1094 mnrylund j I»etter driving conditions, hy nil who “ It Is rather a sort of ‘house organ' . born massacre - the shooting down of partisan political club. It will be re- lbe j 3 r,i 0f August to complete plans Ave. Is on an auto trip which will Electric energy sales amounted to have come In contact with It. or news letter, which will lie distribu Negro and white unemployed on Mar. called that this organisation went on for tbe entertainment of the Amert- keep hlni out of the city for several . $140.000.00 during the past year. 8. Ur,»liken driving, recklessness, ted among those who are seriously 7 of this year by the police of Dear- record as unanimously endorsing the rail Legion delegates. The plan is to weeks unfit and Incompetent drivers, and aware of this market and Its potential born and the private dectlvea of Hen- ' candidacy of Beatrice Cannady • organise all colored ex-service men Chanute sells municipal gas to con mlsunderslandliigH of the traffic law* value 111 outlining a procedure for the claimed Its fourth victim Franklin to LADIES A U X I L A R Y ACTIVE, ■[ ......" " 7 ” . ' | ............ ry K„r,I claimed Its fourth victim Franklfn for representative to for the representative for the American Legion convention sumers as low as fifty cents for the NEW MEMBERS ENROLL . ' * V" ,,," n , u r " " k ‘ ,'* ro 0 success 11 v en er e e when Curtli Williams, a Negro worker State legislature. Her Intrance Into which will be held In Portland from first ten thousand cubic feet, and fur the operation oncriltloll of lhe the law aw of nil ill . ............... . . . . . . . (l( reluBiiierclinnilla retalmerchandlalng in an orKulllieif organised . . . . died here last week. Williams had the campaign Is said to hare done September 12th to the 15th inclusive nishes It on a graduated scale down Mes,lames Mary Turner and Bea 9. The law was passed with only ¡way, as well as to hold and strengthen been clubbed and then gassed when mueh toward stimulating Interest In Tentative arrangements and commtt- to as low as thirty five cents per trice Franklin were liilllnted lulo lhe . „ . . . „ „ .. one dissenting vote hy the Inst legl* hla place In other fields of Commercial tees were formed at the meetiug on thousand, making the average coet to I sidles Auxilary of Hgt. Joseph « M l * | Illl(1 wlth „ „ , „ mp a „,„„ mea- .... . . . Obviously the contents he went with others to the Ford plant 'colored people In the politics. to demand work, and had been In the | • 1 - ______ -Wednesday night. Camp of Spanish American War Vela the consumer about forty-two and ■are, the traffic cih IV. has been cited and the editorial treatment In a publl- hospital ever since. Inal Saturday night Mra Shelby Hol a* the oiitatanillng constructive legls- I Post Numbr One has officially ap one half cents per thousand cubic cation of this type will Interest only Williams waa 37 years old. and a pointed W ilber Mercier as chairman feet.. Oas sales amounted to $147,000. den la preaidant and Mra. Marvin Me- 'Intimi of lhe entire session. a limited grmvp of readers. . .Those former Ford worker. jot the colored activities. The Post 00 for the year 1931. Illuni* Is the secretary. Editors are Inclined lo he fair and who understand Its purpose will recog A muss funeral for Williams was v has secured for the colored ex-service Another high light of the Auxilary ()f newM)Il|H>ri( lIe|)end (111 thl,(r nise Ha potential value and will, we he]d he„ 9aturday by wh,,„ and men building headquarters, probably meni Ing waa the report given hy Mrs. for Kn„ „.formation con- are aure, help ua to meet the nominal It would not be out of order to say Negro workers. Previous to the burial the former Elks Building. Many cars that the free lighting of the streets Mahle Hhepard, delegate to the En- !<>)|r|)ln)( d, of „«a m in a»Iona coatof mimeographing and mailing.’ the body lay In state In Ferry Hall have been promised by influential and other service rendered the City, campment at Newport. Her report |(| h„ rewHh In our first an for three du.va, under an honor guard !cttizeus and by the Post, to be used if paid for at the prevailing rates wiih vivid and thrilling and elicited miai report and 1 hope that It may TUSKEGEE CLUB HAS SS000 Detroit. Mich.. Aug. 11-The City ( ab the trains and to take the charged by the utility companies thru- of Negro and white workers. -praise from the members. be lined aa a basis for any edttorlul Company, a Colored concern, which deI(>|Wteg to ,he head„ uarters and to out the State, would amount to $20, At the close of their business, the discussion of this Important legisln Tuskegee Institute. Ala.. Aug. 18--The hundred cabs Indies Joined the men and together distribute them to their respective 000 00 per year. lion. Associated Investors Club, composed kirnnn p rr i/ m n P r $ T HI p r i U T r OPer,tM m° re ,h“ n 8 " " " " " " they listened lo lulereatlng and help Signed at N young men who are members ful remarks from several of the mem ... d d p* ople' was bm l by the Bo° ' them about the city and Its environs About a year ago Chanute purchas Hal Ilona, Secretary of State of the Tuskegee Institute faculty, has ker T. Washington Trade Association on sightseeing trips.. Numerous so bers and officers of the Dept of Ore ed one hundred and alxty acres as an -------------------------------------------------assets of more than $8000. and more at Its weekly meeting Tuesday night. gon Spanish American Waa Veterans. cial events have been planned for the air port, which, together with the e- Mra. A. Ballard, of Norfolk. Va„ than $7,$00 o f this Is Invested In listed The company also operates a filling The burden of their messages wns delegatea. The Post Is to sponsor a qulpment. cost $76.000.09. This a- ST LOUI8, Mo., Aug 17— (C N 3 )— securities. The Club studies the mar formerly a resident of I’ ortland sends station and tire and battery service. for bigger and belter .camps. huge ball for the colored delegates. mount was paid out of the profits of T1IE ADVOCATE a renewal auhnerp- ket thoroughly and acta only on the Attorney Pearl Abernathy, first color Atty. Chas. H. Mahoney, Newton A. There Is also to be a mammoth ball the City-owned utility plants. tIon and nnka to he remembered to advlre o f experts. The holdings of the ed man to seek the Republican nomi Dolphin and Atty. H. B. Talleferro William E. Olhson an honest and for all leglonaires. Messrs. Ervin nation for United States Senator from Club repreaent diversified types of bu Inquiring friends. gave talks on the company. President straightforward young man ha* been In conclusion 1 will say that there siness enterprises. Net earnings were Missouri, lost In a heavy Repub Peck appointed a committee to pre- Flowers, Eugene Minor. W ilber Mer nominated for the Important offlc* of cier. and Leonard Crosswhite were are 2,000 cltlea In the United States Mrs. George Holliday, of South 13th shown during the |>ast six months, al lican primary here last week by Hen parefor another business drive. County Auditor and If elected, will lected board of governors. Mr. Flow that own electric plants, and about ptreet la at home from the hospital though the security market Is down. ry W. Kiel, thrice mayor of thla city. make good at the position. Please pay your subscription to ers. chairman of transportation and 75 cities like Chanute which hayp no and hlle reported to he doing nicely A F. Bradley In president of the Club, Abernathy as o ts of stg candidates local taxes. ^ r . Minor, chairman of housing. TH E ADVOCATE. la not permllted to receive company. and W A Shield Is nerretary-treasurer. for office. News Briefs LY L E S OF “ M ILLE R A N S LYLES." DIES IN NEW YORK C ITY EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT Jj heln1Bfhlctm,,nt ?ad* % orami E ANSWERED DAL DOSS - A S N O T E D ** Ralph « DFPRESSION HELPS NEGRO REGAIN RACK SALARY j NEGRO MARKT! OUT BOOSTS TAXIS NEGRO SEEKING SEAT IN SENATE LOSES IN PRIMARIES 1,18108 ,,f a,MM,e and also to ,ake