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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1932)
The ADVOCATE P A B « TWO SATURDAY, AUGUST *7. IMS A S N O T E D ** * Ralph • IIM M K m « S lt ir S i; at S il Fast Twenty-Sixth Street N.. Portland. Ore. Telephone: UArBeld 7522 .................... EJttor and PaWuAee WHERE TO BUY THE ADVOCATE BEA T R IO . t\. 0 ANN AD Y ___ .iuuMM UuMfrr and Competitor _____ YANCY FRA N K LIN .............. ....................... Contnbutmp Adtfar W ILU AM PICKENS ............ ..................Contributing Editor Rutherford s Barber Shop. S40 WU- W. J. W H E A T O N ................ ....Society Editor and Reporter liams avenue, in Foster's Pool HalL R O S A L IE BIRD ................. The bilks building. SIB Williams DeNOR\ A L U N T H A N K . M. D----------------- ___________________ Health Editor NANCY L E E ____________________________ -------------------------- L ore Editor «venue. Med lev Hotel Restaurant. Interstate CLIFFO RD C M IT C H E L L R A L P H CLYDE. K E L L Y M ILLER. Columnists Avenue (in Medley H otel). Subscription Rates (Payable in Advance): One 4 ear, $2.30; Six Months. Friendship Pool Hall. Sixth, near $1.50; Three Months, $1.00 Glisan (W est Side). Entered as Second-Class Matter in the Post Office at Portland. Oregon, Holliday and Holliday, 12S North Under the Act o f 1912 Sixth street. hold the works against the onslaught But every bond is In hearty faror of repealing the unemployment situ o f the enemy. ation. Again we hear talk and read A century from now a file of the about better times Hut as yet. we P O R T L A N D IS GROWING advertising pages of the newspaper have not seen but little sign of such and m&gasine of today would provide | -------- a complete history of the customs If at any time you are inclined to encouraging conditions. Between the and characteristics of the period, tie the least skeptical about this cl- two we believe if the unmploymeut I The operation of Ihe dtvlaion Drat fifty K \\ H .; five cents These advertisements record what the ty's continued growth.ho;> right into situation were repealed, more people *or people are wearing, the problems of an automobile and drive around the would be benefltted than would be ;,l,r the next fifty K W H ; and all over does mil add one dollar to Ihe (ax one hundred K .W II, (he rate is fo u r’ burden of ihe stale. ihe day. current thought and the town. You w ill be agreeably surprix- by the repeal of the prohibition cents, minimum charge fifty ceni*. memiment. V There ia no provision in Ihe traits of the generation. ed to find that Portland Is growing The power rate starts al three and Uw (or r,,lulr,njl 500.000 motorists to Pick up any issue of the family steadily and rapidly. In erery section one half cents and graduates down I » ^ examined newspaper and there in word and building operations are under way- TH E CONVENTION one and one half rents per K.W.H. picture is the story of the day. P ro -, Houses are going np in erery ti The Secretary of state has i. i . _____ ..... , ___ I Electric energy sales amounted to . . . . . . ,, serve that issue and posterity a cen- neighborhood, and there are many of It is reported that from fifteen . . . . . . . . . . . never said that he ould require c om- $140.000 00 during the past year. tury from now can tell what the men , them. Portland is growing — east, hundred to three thousand colored ipulsory examinations of the ureaent and women of this generation were. west, south and north. And Portland legionaires will be among the dele- 1400.000 operators Chanute sells municipal gas to con what their mode of transportation has plenty of room to grow gates to attend their Convention in 7. The Uw in Its year o f opera sumers as low as fifty cents for the was. how they were amused and en- A drive over the city and around Portland uext month, tion is credited, along with other in tertatned The advertisements have |t is good for sore eyes. It is restful; : Colored citixens have been calltn. first ten thousand cubic feet, and fur strumentalities. with reduction of ac made the past an open book. it is delightful — this sort of a trip upon to Join others in helping to nishes it on a graduated scale down cidents. reduction of fatalities, and Picture a man in the year 1032 In Portland. One comes back in bet- make the convention the success it to as low as thirty five cents per thousand, making the average coat to **rlv' n« eondltlon-. by all who channcing upon a file of such news- ter spirits. There is building activity j ta hoped for. They have been request- the consumer about forty-two and have come In contact with it paper for the year 1932. Turning to jo n every hand. Some parts of our ci- cd to open their homes and list tbelr S. Drunken driving, rock leanness, the advertising pages he would s e e jty are more active than others, of cars for the comfort and enjoyment one half cents per thousand ruble nnflt and Incompetent drivers, and arrayed before his eyes the styles course, but the fact Is that one can 0f these men who. when their country feet.. Gas sales amounted to $147.000 misunderstanding* o f the traffic laws in clothes, types of automobiles in scarcely drive on a single street called, answered with the offer of j00 *or **le -v ear li>' " have heeu curbed and reduced through use and from the number of automo- without seeing one or more improve- their services and their lives, It would uot be out of order to say the operation of Ihe law bile advertisements, he would arrive m enu —repairing or building anew. Mr. W ilber M ercrier has been nam 9 The law waa passed with only at the conclusion the automobile was The building activity in Portland ed as the general chairman of the that the free lighting of the streets one dissenting vote by the last legis k |0 j^. and other service rendered the City. in great favor and universal use. By is a good Index to the city’s pros perl- 1 Colored committee. It lature. and with its companion mea _________ the same __________ reasoning _ __ he would learn ty. It Is a barometer of good times member that Mr. Mercier cannot do lf pald ,or ** ,h* P " f **II be rates sure. Ihe traffic code, has been cited that the radio was in great demand. Portland is noted for Its homes It is the job alone, no one man could, and <har* e<! bv ,h<> utlli,)r th™' as the outstanding construrtlve legis even exceeding in popularity the pho- a home-owning community A home- it becomes the duty of every citixen out the S,ate' wouW am‘,unt to mo lation of Ihe entire session nograph and player piano. owning community usually thriyes — to do ail in his power to make Mr. j®0000 p* r ye* r Editor* are inclined to be fair and Training In the art of sleuthing grows, and keeps on growing. This Mercier's work lighter and successful, eaders of newspapers depend on their would not be necessary for the read- city is going lo grow and keep on And now that we are to be the A,K>U| a >'*‘ar a* ° Chanute purchas editor* for fart* Full Information con- er of the advertisements of the past growing. It is written in the present hosts to this great army, let us all ,d om‘ hun,lr,'<l amI a l,*Y acrP8 a’1 00 , renting Ihe division of examinstlous to inform himself, from the cancer- activity here. do our share and cooperate with the * lr port’ whU h' ,oae,h,'r wlth ,hp *■ is Included herewith in our first an cure ads. that obesity and exceeding The present activity means more committee in charge to make the oc- dutpment. cost $75 000.09 This a- nual report and I hope lhat It may thinness concerned the public as activity in the future, for there are casion memorable. A great service can moupl '* ‘,s I**1'1 ou* 1,f ,h,‘ Pr°Dts of be used as a basis for any editorial greatly as the malignant cancer. ‘ others who are desirous o f owning be easily rendered by those who ,,be ' tty-owned utility plants discussion of this Important legisla In conclusion 1 will say that there Advertisements are also a record homes. There are others who are de- have available rooms to list them tion. of economic conditions. revealing sirous of booses to rent. Portland with E. J. Minor of the bousing corn- are 2.000 cities In the United States that own electric plants, and about Signed market prices and estimating the sup- mast have both and it is getting them, mittee and their available cars with ply and demand j Keep an eye on Portland and watch Ervin Flowers, chairman of Iran»- 75 cities like Chanute which have no Hal Ho**. Secretary of Stale local taxes. For the discerning contemporary it continue to grow. portation. TH E A L L REVEALING AO reader, the newspaper advertise- ------------------------------ | ments afford more interesting and In his speech of acceptance. Presi ; FOR SALE valuable information than he can pre- dent Hoover said that he would make 6 room house with basement on serve for posterity. ¡his position on the subjects to be Ave Equity |750-Call at 402 In reading the Negro newspapers I considered that there could be no Panama Bldg, a century hence, it will be discovered j mistake as to his meaning. The Pres j 5-rm house, $15. Call that Negro businesses advertised j ident was. no doubt, sincere in the 1 FOR R E N T very Uttle forming the exception to ; statement but many different inter- Trinity 3501 Mrs. Paul Haack Adv. (.pretations have been given it. The the rule. two beast, the Camel and elephant, make a very incongruous team. Vice- P O LIT ICA L EXPEDIENCY president Curtis, replying to the notl- j f ¡cation speech of Senator Dickerson (By W. J. Wheaton 1 When the fight was on against the at his home in Topeka. Kans . said appointment of “ No chaste Negro that while he. personally, stood on a women" Montgomery, every one of “ dry plank", he was perfectly willing the United States senators, regard to run on a “ wet one". The good vice- j less of party, was flooded with let president was placating the "Carrie j ters and telegrams protesting the Nations" while seeking to allay I h e ' suspicions of the "M oists” . confirmation. Just another case of "P o litic a l' These representatives went to Pre sident Hoover and told him that ft expediency.’’ N e x t M o n t h ________________________ I would be unwise to allow a repetition R EPEAL U NEMPLO YM ENT of the Parker case by bringing the Take Advantage of (Contributed» fight to the floor of the Senate. It would not only Jeopardise their chan In every nook and corner In Port ces for reelection but would minimize the chances of the Republican party. land. and perhaps elsewhere, there Had there not been an election in the is mnch talk about repealing the pro offing it is doubtful if the name of hibition Amendment but a lot of peo Montgomery would have Been with ple are strongly against its repeal. Be Good to Your FEET! VITALITY \ AUCH PRICE ADVANCES SUPPORT NEW LOW PRICES ____ © »4 and $5 Pr. WOMENS ____ ® *5 and $6 Pr M E N S ....... MISSES ................. © $4 Pr. @ »1.75 to »3-50 Pr. Children's ® *3 50 to »4.00 Pr. B O V ' S ___ Portland Agents G. FREEMAN BROTHERS TRANSFER h ic H-BRO wn Successors to E. Richardson Rancane Transfer Office Phone: BRoadway 1885 THE EAST INDIA HAIR GROW ER Without a doubt, the best article of Its kind — a com bination H AIR GROW ER and H AIR STRAIGH- TENER. Gives the hair a natural soft and silky appearance, stimulating hair growth in the most hopeless case. Z h iw o w if x W ill Prom ote a Full (Jrowth o f Ila ir. W ill also Keatore the Strength, V ita lity and the Beauty o f the Hair. I f you r H air ia D ry and W iry , T r y - Our High Brown Hair Grower stands as one o f our highest achievements — It is s prepar ation we look upon with pride SO GOES THE N A T IO N ) As goes the State of Main«, so goes the Nation. Maine holds elections in September and for a number of years hac been used as the political baro meter in forecasting. A big reduc tion In the Republican vote would be received as the omen of a victory throughout the nation for the Demo crats, and if the Republican vote In heavy there will be Joy in the ramp o f that party. In order to sway the votes both parties will unllmber their Mg guns. The Democrats have as signed some of their best political gunners to lay down the barrage, while the Republicans have enlisted their expert defenders. Including sec retary Mills and senator Moses, to 430 H O YT STREET :: Portland, Oregon Residence Phone GArfield 8019— 340 Tillamook Street H A IR G R O W ER W I T H O U T AN E Q U A L . EaSt India Hair Grower I f you are battiureri wfcb F allin g Dandruff, Itch in g Scalp, or any Ila ir i Trouble, we want you to try a ja r o f 1 F A S T IN D IA I I A I f t G R O W E R . The r s m e d j contains medical properties that Igo to the root* o f the riair, stim ulate» the skin, helping nature do it* work, Leaves the hair soft and silky. Perfum ed with a bairn o f a thousand flowers. The best known remedy fo r H eavy and Beautiful Blaek E ye Brows, also restores Gray H air to its Natural Color. Can be used with H ot Iron fo r Htraightening. Makes the hair soft and lux urious.— stimulating a healthy growth. — Distributor— MRS. BEATR ICE F R A N K L IN H CA/ERTON air gro WER I 520 E. T W E N T Y - SIX T H N. lllllllt lS Illllt lllllllH U IIIII1 M A D E Portland, O N L Y G Y Oregon T H E OVERTON HYGIENIC MFC.CO. C m i C a g o — P /ice Sent by Mail, 60c ; 10c Extra for Pottage 1 Oil, OH, tion for S O B N T ’S O U T F IT H*lr firowBr, 1 T « 1 Shampoo, | I Fa«# CrsBm and ¿frac for Billing, 12. 25c Extra Poataga. S. D. L Y O N S 318 N. Central TION HOLDS A N N U A L CON . i MENTION A T HOWARO UNI. (Concluded from Page One) opportunities (or study of medicina in Ihe standard while schools (4) Con tinue our study and cooperation In mining level of Intrrneahlp nnd eape d a lly alreaa and Influence necessity of residents (51 la-nd our full and ac tive Influence in our respdcllve com miinltlee In furor of Ihe ueslgnmenl of n complete Negro personnel to nn additional veterans hospital unii In Ihe aouth. 1(1 Give thought, atudy and asalstance to the e duration and employment of Ihe Negro Trained Nume. (7 ) Uee our Influence and co operation with the health agendea and the Negro preaa and other groupa to educate and protect our people against exploitation hy quackery ami uoelruma and rharlantry |XI Cooper ate with and support the Negro Drug gist (Pi Welcome Into the field of professional organisation the Nation al Dental Aaaorlatlon as an Indlspcn sable health agency. CLAS/IKIKD FOR RENT ( room house with garage 453 Rod ney Avenue Phone KAnt 0276 Detroit. Mich Auguat 34 (CNSI "There could be no political obatade FOB ItICNT which could Induce the Soviet Union ¿-room house, good basement and to abandon the project of making a furnace. 296 Cherry Garfield 70*3— film of Negro life." said James W $12 50 per month Adv. Ford. Negro, candidate for the vlre- [ I president on the Communist party ticket. "The reporta in some of Ihe j MRS. /.ERMA BAKER while and Negro pwpem. lo Ihe effect that the film, Illack and White", lias i been abandoned because the Soviet Union feared to offend the white rul- Specialising In er* of the United State*. Is snulhrr All Lines Of llcauly Work haseless slander against Ihe Soviet BEAUTI CI AN Union ’’ C. J. W A L K E R TO IL ET OOOO» Mr Ford, who is on lour tor Ihe — for sale — Communist election rsmpslgn. was 34* Williams Avs. reached here hy a representative of | Ihe Crusader News Agency MUrdock 101t "W e have no information lhal Ihe | project has been abandoned," said Mr Bird "It Is nol impossible that technical obstacles have In-on en- I countered which may mean a cer S. W. l o t . 4lh amt lain amount of delay Certainly (here I U u b liixlo, are great difficulties in producing a j picture representing Ihe whole hlsto- I ry of the American Negro, from slav ery day* onward, with a cast of only | 22 Negro actor* tl I* certain, how "Where V’ounf M m Buy” ever that no political consideration* could tndure Ihe Soviet Union lo *- bandon Ihe film Soviet Itussia Is known ns Ihe only country In which all racial harriers have been smash j ed. In which race prejudice 1* a crime to be punished by Ihe courts When I _____ two white American engineer*, under ■ 288 EAST 1st STR EET contract at the Stalingrad tractor (near Clackamas) (factory, refused to share their mess- Trlnphune • KAst (092 table* and their quarter* with a Ne WORK GU AR AN TEED gro worker, the Soviet authorities did PRICES REASON AB LE not hesllale for a moment lo break — Give OB A Trial their contracts and expel (hem from Ihe country." Hr ad ford Clothe: $25.00 to L Shop $45.00 Suf>erior Hand J Laundry 8GT. JOSEPH WH ITE Spanish Am erican W a r MEMBER FOR RACE drawn. It was a matter of political expediency. If Portland is the wide-open town that the Dally press says it is, it is liable to become the closed down town within a few days, if the talk we hear from certain high up offici als is sincere who Bay the lid is to be clamped down on all forms of vice and lawlessness. If these law enforcers are to succeed in closing up Portland, they will have to engage the aid of a regiment of soldiers to stand guard on every corner in the c i t y . However, w e a r e not b o sure that the citixens of Portland are ready for a free-from-vice city. If they don't want it, the sheriffs office and police cannot make it one. And that's that. i COMMUNIST P A R T Y EXPELS FOOTWEAR BRIQ U E' N A T IO N A L MEDICAL ASSOCIA FROM OLYM PIC VILLAGE | laia Angeles. Calif (O N A ) Aug *4 Clarence Muse, star of Ihe Bill I Sharpies troup of radio entertainers, was barred from tha Olympic village Newspapers hare been askel to during Ihe gamra because of his col City publish statements Issued by a candi or, according lo a alalement made by Commissioner date for public office concerning Ihe Sharpie* operation of Ihe drivers' examination Sharplea reporta lhat Norman Man Having heard so many reports in law. and which are full of misinfor nlng. chairman o f the Olympic, en eterence to the City of Chanute,. mation and falsehoods tertainment committee, had asked for Kansas, being tax free through Muni These tad s ara made known In Ihe a Bat of the uameg of hie troupe. Up cipal Ownership. .1 wrote to Hon 11 Interest of truth and accuracy- funds on learning that Muae la a Negro. W Loy. Mayor of that City, request mental qualifications, it seems to me. Manntng'a secretary telephoned Mr. ing further Information on ihe subject L , M.„krr„ of w M le o fn r, „ w„ ,l a. Sharplea. aaylng lhat mi Negro could Mayor Loy advises me that Chanute newspapermen. come to the village has the Commission form of tlorer- 1. There are nol (0 offices main "She said," Sharplea atatea, “ that ment. ronaiatlng of Mayor, a CommUa tained over Ihe state to give opera she was authorised by Manning lo loner of Finance, and a Conunisaionet tors' examinations There are two; (ell me lhat the entertainment com of Public Utilities Chanute owns and one in Salem and one In Portland. mittee was very happy lo have me operates Its three public utilities, ele- j ¡Five traveling rxamlucrs rover Ihe BO come to the village ctrtrity, gas and warier; and gas and town of ihe slate, carrying all their "But, she stated. Muae was not to electric plants are debt free, and Ihe equipment with them There is no o f accompany us She said that Manning electric lighting rates are the lowest fice maintained, no rent paid, and no had lold her that no Negro rnlerlaln- in Kansas. Chanute makes so muen staff employed regularly In any town er would he allowed Inatde (he gate* money from their municipally-owned except Salem and Portland Four lo of Ihe Olympic Village " utllillea (hat it is not necessary for cal part time men are used at Isolated Sharplee waa forced to call o ff hia the citixens to pay any local taxes, points In Ihe state at costs of from engagement, as II waa Impossible to but taxes are paid on County. School S10 to »15 per month proceed without his star and State levies. The salaries of the !. The office fores at headquar pollc-meu. Firemen. Street Cleaners, and i. 4 other employees are paid from ters consist of one manager, one ex NO P O LIT ICA L OBSTACLE TO the protlta o f Ihe City-owned utilities. aminer. and seven clerks. PRODUCING FILM IN USSR 3. The office at Portland con SAVS JAMES FORO The electric lighting rate is « cents sists of four examiners and one clerk. Clyde THE ADVOCATE ERRONEOUS REPORTS ANSWERED HAL HOSS NBGRO ACTON W AS B A R R IO PREJUDICE VETS LINDEN. N J Aug 24— (C N A l— Because he condemnt-d the action of his daughter In refusing to dance with a Negro. Andrew Mallngn. while waa last week publicly expelled from Ihe Communist parly here. About a month ago. at a dance ar ranged by the ILD. Matlaga’s young daughter repined nad Invitation of n Negro to dance In thin action she was upheld hy her fulher. When Negro nnd while workera, fellow members of Ihe Communist Parly, brought charge* against Mia-1 laga. he attempted In defend himself by saying that this waa a "purely personal affair". Thin statement was bitterly condemned b y Rebecca Grecht, while. Jersey organizer for Ihe Communist Party, when she pre sented herself at a meeting of Matla- ga's party group lo urge hi* expul sion Mlsa Grecht, In her speech, explain * ed the significance of Ihe fight for e aoclal equality for Ihe Negro people. • She pointed out that the position of * Matlngn Is. In essence, the position of • • the lynchers of the South, since It • leads In practice to persecution and * oppression. When Mallngn Insisted • that his expulsion was unjustified • j because he was "In the habit of talk- • • \ Ing to Negroea, discussing political • | questions with them", etc., Mia* • ! Gretch-, supported liy the white and • | Negro membera of Ihe Party present, • • pointed out that ihe question of so- • d a l equality was the touchstone of • the whole matter, and that on this • I question Matlaga was In agreement • • ■with the Southern landlords and bos • ses. • Matlnga was expelled from the Com • munist Party by unanimous vole of • • the Linden group. • Meet# 2nd A 4th Saturday Nights VE TE RA NS Elmer C . ,7$artlette PIANO — H ARM ONY — VOICE PIPE OROAN Diploma from National Academy o( Music, California Stats Certificate for Mualc Instructor R E ASO N AB LE TERM S Beginners and Advanced Pupil* 462 Stnnlon St. • • • • • # • Oklahoma City, Okla. Phon* QA. 9826 * • • • • • • • • « W IL L A M E T T E U N IV E R SITY Founded February 1, 1st2 _____ 8ALEM. OREGON - A Christian Institution of high- er learning, lairated at the Cap- Itol of the Slate of Oregon. A beautiful campus opposite Ihe Capitol building. Ilulldliigs and equipment attractive nnd ndn- quale. 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