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PAO ! T H R U T ho A D V i K . A T E N.A.A.C.P INVESTIGATE SOUTHE’N CAMPS Hymns Replace “Number, Please?"as Telephone Building Becomes Church VERBAL SN A PSH O TS (lly W J W heaton) ll Is u pleasure to know that I.Y- MAN Kick'd Kan lieruudtuo, was sue eesaful for the nom ination a s con gressm an from Hie newly cre sted H ill d istrict. f,ymun King had much leg is lative experience as a sta le senator. As u d irecto r of the division of fl nam-u he showed splendid execu tive ability, More, I.ymuil Is a man of hon est Integrity. He will add to the stren g th of C alifo rn ia's rep resen tation In the l,ow er House. Hla sin cerity of purpose In the past urgues well for hla future ca re er us a nallon al legislator. • • • T h li form er tslsphon* building In K sn sss City. Mo« h s* bssn bought by Ih* oongrtostlon ot th* brook«ul» Methodist Episcopal Church, South R ight: Rav. R. B. KlmbraM, paator. At North Conway. N. II . a (aw yoara ago, • church building which had outllrod Ita apan of uaolulnraa aa a rallgluua odlOt a was (lu h lu > il by tho Carroll County I'alophuno Compauy and co n v ert«! Into a Irl» phono coo Ira I ufflro Now. In Kansas City, Uo.. an oppoalto tranalonua lion baa takou plain. T ho congregation of tho llrouk atdo Mothodlat Kplscopal Church South, In Kanaaa City, haa pur chaaod tho talopbono cnutral office building known aa tho Jackson Ki change, from tha Houthwnalorn llcll Tolaphona Company, and la r » modallug tho atrucluro ao that It may aarvo aa Ita cburrli. Tbua cables ara to ylald to hymns, and wbara, until a abort tlm * ago. "N um ber pleasaT" was hnard mil Ilona ot tlmas a yaar. tho Itoi It It Klm brall will now bo heard Instead a s ba dallrora bla ragular Sunday morning aorinon. Tho operating, room, onca llnod with switchboards, proaldaa an adequsto auditorium. Tho Jack son K*< haugo building baa an Inleroallng history. Kovoral years ago. who» Sovouty-tlrat atraol In Kansas City » a s wlduued aa Orogory lioulcvard, an and to tho cachaña» building Impended. slnco It stood In tha path of that widen ing. lint tho building was moved south out of ha path ot tha street widening and enlarged by the tide phone company. At the tim a this was dona. It was said to ba tha largest telephone exchange build ing that ever had been mured in this rountry without Interruption of service. A abort time ago. It became ñocos- sary to abandon tha Jack son Ks- change, when telephones serving that section of Ilia city were changed from manual to dial opera Iloti It was not feasible to con vert the building to tha new type of operation, and ao dial telephone scu rire In that locality la now being provided In a new building con structed especially fur that type of operation. From Country’s Highest Telephone You May Call the Rest of the World EXPELLED FROM BELGIUM ENROUT 10 WORLD CONGRESS I.L.O. F O R C E S M ARYLAND TO PU T N EG RO ES ON ORANO JU R IE S FIG H T TO P U T TH EM ON T R IA L J U R I E S AISO TOWHIN, Md.. A u*. 2 9 - As a result of the I. L. D. victory In the Kuel I L ee case, the co u n ty , au th orities a t Towson Md . have been forced to put two Negroes Into the Grand Ju ry . Names of Negroes were put In the lists from which grand Ju ror* »"<> V»«» J uror* w®r® drawn, but none "®r® drawn for any tria l Juries. T h is ’* l*1* f |r,t d ® * *B years that N'fr groes have beeti even considered for Jury duly In Maryland In the Kuel L ee ca se , the l-L D won a reversal of the death verdict LEVEE WORKERS PAIO IO CENTS >• cen ts a pound, w hereas sto re prices were 1% cen ts a pound. The procedure nt one cam p Is typi cal of all w bers com m issaries e re tbu rule The men do not know the prices [charged for anything and a re not an- | swered If they ask. They get no Item lied statem ent. T h * boss-man tells | them the amount due them In wages :>nd their Indebtedness a t the com m it i ssry and gives them any amount tnta reckoning allow s them. One man received 31.60 for five w eeks' work and he knew th e amount ; he had got from the com m issary could 1 have been bought from any store for six dollars I New York. N Y . Aug 3 1 ,- M r a Ada B R U T A L IT Y AND F IL T H W right, m other o f two of the Scotta- . In a Mississippi cam p th e report boro boys, was arrested last week In sta te * the co n tractor him self took the C harleroi, Belgium , and expelled from lead In brutal treatm en t. Whipping Hie country for addressing a group of are said to occur daily. At one cam p strik in g m iners in behalf of the nine two men were whipped for refusing lo Negro boys. Mrs W right has been tou work at night a fte r working a ll day. ring Europe for several m onths, rou B ru tality waa reported In about half sing In ternational protest ag ainst the ,,n tb ® «round th a t he had been de _____ [th e cam ps visited. fram eup and threaten ed electrocution nled constitu tional rig h ts because no Very little atten tio n Is given to the of the boys T h is la the second tim e Negro nam es were on the Jury Rata. New York. Aug. 31— Negro workers san j U r y fa cilities for Negroee, al- the Social-D em ocratic governm ent of I At« was fram ed on m urder ch arg es bla new tria l will com e up on Se p t in the flood control cam ps along the though whUe worge r i a re fairly well T h « primary «Irctlo n held In Cali Belgium has expelled her. M ississippi R iver are being paid an c a r e i for Crowded, floorlesa un fornia, Auguat «TO, lit'lri »M»v<?rnl m ir She was on her way to Amsterdam , em ber 2«. It waa announced. Forced to comply with the Court average wage of ten ce n ts an hour screen ten ts, filthy qu arters, poor and p rl***. Stan* Sen ato r Tnlluut Tubbs to attend the W orld Congress against <!tfBated Hutnuol Hhurtrldic«*, ancum Im perialistic W ar, called by Romain of Appeals decision, th e Tow son au for s tw elve hour day and a «even unvaried diet, lack of garbage dlspo- Lent, for tilt* nom inallou of United Holland and Maxim Oorkl, world fa th o rities put the nam es of Negroes in day w eek. It was revealed In a sen- sal for Negroes a re prevalent eondl- S ta te * sen ator on th«* Hepublican tic mous w riters, to which she waa a de to th e wheel from which the Grand satlon al expose made public here t o - ! tlons. Only one camp operated d irectly by ket. Tubba Vd the field of aeim lorial legate of the In ternational Labor De Ju ry was drawn David T . Gwynn, and day by the N.A A.C.P T h e A ssociation sen t an Investigator on a personal tb® governm ent wa* vis tiHpIrunta by it com fortable muriclc. fense. B ecau se she had Just com e from Dr. Josep h H T hom as, Negroes, w ere to M emphis. i tour of the cam ps from New O rleans |bad l*1® twelve-hour da ConjrreMatnau Jo « ('ra il, L *o Youngs- F ran ce, the Belgium governm ent sent drawn with tw enty-three w hite men, T h e flood control work is being done gular pay days, however, w ith noth worth, and Rav. Hob Sh u ler were a- her back a cro ss the border Into to serve on the grand Jury. No Ne groes were drawn for service on the under U. 8 . governm ent co n tra cts by ing held back from th e wages of 3*0 mong the ones who also ran. Alt hough F ra n ce. private com palnes. a m onjh with board and $90 without Itev. Sh uler lost the endorsem ent of At C harleroi, she addresser a huge tria l Juries. T he report declares conditions of ; board. the Republican party he will be a fa c Sacco- V au xett! Scolsboro- Mooney "virtual sla v e ry " exist in th e camps. NIGHT A copy of the rep ort sen t by the DAY tor In the November run off ns he won dem onstration ot coal m iners who are I P hysical violence In handling of work |N. A. A. C. P. to P resid ent Hoover the conditions was referred by Law the place on the P rohibition ticket on a strik e in th a t a rea The Belgian men, un san itary camp site s. Irregular i ren with ce a R request for of action to co rrect ichey, one hla secreta ries, for which party he wsm registered . troops and police who have co n cen tra pay days, overcharging by m eans of to the war departm ent, which ha* T he umtlyMijf of his vote d eterm ines ted th ere to d rive the strik e rs back the cam p com m issary system , as well ch arg e of Good .control work along llev. Shuler as a dangerous rival In to work, attack ed the m eeting, and a s the long hours and low wages were th e river. the triangular battle o f votes in the ¡a rre ste d her and J l» u ls Engdal. ge cited as abu ses found to be general, j T h e departm ent ot Ju stice in Investi November election M c A d o o wou the neral se c re ta ry ot the I.L.D.. who has If no answ er call B e a co n 3207 gating the reported violating ot the D em ocratic nom ination over Wurdell accom panied her on her trip. One Fourteen Hour Day by a big m ajority. One of the su rpris T bo wives of the strik in g m iners At the F o rre st Jo n e s cam p near eight-hour law In th e cam ps, th e N. A. A. C. P has been advised by Roy ing featu res of the electio n was the crowded around h e r to protect her. Delta, La , th e co n tractor agreed to I S t. Lew is, assistan t attorney general. big d em ocratic vote. Cole Hlease, for but w ere clubbed and beaten back by pay the m en 31.25 a day for twelve S e cre ta ry of W a r P a trick J . H arley, m er seuutor from 8. Carolina was gi the police, und tour of them arrested. hours-5:30 to 5 :3 0 , but b e said th ey ! to whom a report was sent, haa not M ass m eetings to protest this arrest ven a sound basting in his com e-back usually worked fourteen hours a day. asknowledged receip t of tt. effort. Kveti Carolina has becom e tired and expulsion, and to demand for the At the N eal cam p In the sam e neigh- Acknowledgement of the receip t of of dem agogic blarney. S co ltsb o ro m other the right to present borhood, a th irteen hour day is worked i the report has been made by secretar- • • • her appeal to European w orkers wher on the day a h lft-5 A M . to 6 P M .-a n d jea moat 0f tw enty-six sen ators to Tin- W ar Mvtnurl.il and Municipal ever they a re gathered together, have an eleven hour day on the night sh ift. i whom It was sent asking for com Opera house Buildings in the Civic been called all over Europe, by the T h ese m en a re paid 51.90 a day and ; m ents. All the sen ators a re “aw ay C en ter are ready fur th e dedication In ternational Red Aid. of which the at the end ot the week fifty ce n ts ls ! form W ashington." T h e N. A. A. L. which tak es place Adm ission day. I.L t>. la the A m erican section. taken out tor drinking w ater and fifty P. w ill continue to press for an inves Kept. 9th under the au sp ices of the T h e In 'ern ati.m -il Labor ce n ts fo r ten t r e n t in addition to [ tig ation and a correction of the con Native Kona and D aughters of the tal treatm en t of Mrs. W right and the their board as charged by the co m m ts-; ditions revealed In the report. Ooldeu Weat and the A m erican Re B elgian women has been sen t to lb s sary. gion. A Idc parads preceded th e dedi B elgian governm ent by Cart H acker, Say s the report on Camp T eale. cation ex ercises which w ere of au Im actin g national se cre ta ry of the I.L.D. T h e S c o tu b o ro c a se com es up before where T a te La whence Is the contrac- j pressive ch aracter. T h e Civic C enter to r: “Colored labor is hired a t 11.50 I of Ksn F ran cisco Is featu red to be the U S Suprem e Court for review . "Y ou will need us while your com e oue of the m ost beautiful of the O ctober 10. to $2.00 a day T he co n tra cto r admit- j Lagionnaire G uests are in nation. T h e arch itectu re of th e two Northern Ireland has one te le ted th a t th is was high pay for Negro | Your H om e" phone tor each forty seven of 1U buildings give added dignity to the labor, but said be made up fo r it by population. IF IT 'S PLU M BIN G OR HEATING civic stru ctu re of which the inuguicl- D O N 'T S P E N D Y O U R M O N E Y working them hard and long hours DON'T G I E S S ! CALL C H E S S’ " W H E R E YOU CANNOT W O R K ! c e n t City UaU Is the cen ter. T hey work two sh ifts from 6 to 6. Pay j Long distance telephone service s • • days a re Irregular. At the tim e of this ' has been Inaugurated between Can P lea se pay your subscription to 751 W ASHINGTON ST . Tho C alifornia S ta te F a ir now be visit there had been no pay day for j ton and Hong Kong. China. T H E ADVOCATE ing held at C acram ento, the Capital five w eeks." Is being visited by thousands T h e his There are m ore than 704.500 Camps visited at M illiken Bend. La.. I American Telephone and Telegraph lory, |>ast and present, of C alifornia Delta, La , W ayside, Miss.. L a k e ViJ- ! Company stockholders, and no one la depleted in the exh ib its which Bbo lage. Ark . Grand Lake. Ark., and En- person owns as much as one per the resou rces of the ‘'Golden S ta te dora. Ark. all operated on a 12-hour cent of the stock. It la revelation to the native and a sh ift day T he report polnta out that source of wonder to the out sta te vial The comm ercial telephone service a ll the flood control work ls from tor. One often h ears the com m ent six weeks to six m onths ahead of I recently Inaugurated between Great "W e ll! you can 't bln me the C alifor Britain and Soviet Russia lx avail schedule, m aking the long day un- 1 nia!) for stick in g out his ch est. It’s able to all parts of G rest Britain and necessary. Northern Ireland, but Is restricted wonderful S ta te . " T h is exposition to Moscow for the p re sen t 12 dollars for six m onths work of the sta te 's resou rces are not con One man a t a cam p near M yersville. fined to Its live stock and other varied The widespread Investment In Miss., stated he had received 312.35 j products ot the farm and ranch, but for two m onths work, tw elve hours I terest in the Bell System Is Indi d epicts the progress tn huinanltism a day. seven days a w eek and not an \ cated by tbe fact that more than <n ita ra re tor the Indigent aud the 280.000. or about 40% . of the stock hour missed off the Job. At another j unfortunate, C aliforn ia is In the van- holders ot tbe American Telephone cam p in this v icinity, m en complain gaurd of the untou of sta te s. The end Telegraph Company, the parent that they a re forced to work fourteen school displays give you n step by company of tbe Bell System , own hours a day with no overtim e for the j five shares or less eac) stop visualisation from th e k ind ergar two hours above the regu lar twelve. ten to th e university. U nless you visit T hey are allowed only tw enty m inutes and study the S ta te F a ir you will not for dinner. know your sta le. A fter Hours Call - E ast 0419 C O M PL IM E N T S OF At W ayside. Miss, was a camp C alifornia D em ocrats are m aking which paid 51 60 a day or 510.50 for great preparation for the com ing visit seven days a w eek. From th is sum of th eir presidential nom inee. F ran k ls subtracted 35.00 for food, ten t rent, lin D. Rooaevelf, Sept. 22ml. Gover etc., leaving them 35.50. But they had nor R oosevelt will Invnde the territo ry not been paid even th is am ount for of his political opponent for the presi four weeks. dency of tho n atio n ; H erbert Hoover. Payday a t a M eyersville cam p had Many contrad icting statem en ts have bold up fir e w eeks. In a Lousian * been made of tho physical condition CLEANING * R EPA IRIN G cam p when th e In vestigator asked of Governor R oosevelt, anil many will what they w ere paid the m en and wo avail them selves of th e opportunity H ats C le a n e d ., Sh oes P O R T L A N D . O R E G O N men in the grop laughed and finally and Blocked lo Judge for them selves first hand. Shined one said; T he sudden resign ation of Mayor -S E R V IC E and C O U R T E S Y • "You mean what us gets paid, or Ja m e s W alker of New York elly what us works fo r?” whose Investigation by the H ofstader 334 W illiam s Ave. com m ittee for Im proper use of Ills o f C O M M ISSA RY P R IC E S H IGH ER fice lias attained natlonul im portance, Camp com m issary prices a re from Geogre R ancher . . Phone T r 8755 greatly com plicated the p olitics of 100 to 500 per cen t or reg u lar store New York S ta le . It Is rumored that prices, the rep ort d iscloses. In an Ar I M I M M I I M I S H M I M I I I I im M e iM t i I I H H I l B l I B H H I H I i n i M kansas cam p a 12-pound sa ck o f flour Sam uel Seabury, ch ief counsel for the was sold for 60 cen ts a s a g a in st the co m m ittee will oppose form er Mayor 'sto re price of SO c e n ts ; th e cam p char W alker should he d eterm ine lo seek ged 51-50 for sh irts selling elsew here vindication at th e polls. Som e go so a t 35 c e n ts ; an 8-cent can of condens- far as to say that the action of Gover jed milk was sold for 20 c e n ts ; and nor R oosevelt, who presides at the , B E S T « .. ! corn meal was sold a t the cam p at h earin g * nl Albany, widened th e rift already existin g betw een form er Gov ern or Al Sm ith who was Ills ch ie f con tend er for tho presidential nom ina tion a t the Chicago convention. BRdwy B E a con 5251 4341 BRUTALITY AND FILTH CITED IN INVESTIGATION L. F. CHESS Plumbing Heating Repairs 3 SERVICE CARS Facts About the Telephone Greetings to the Atep P ike’s Peak, Colo., 14,109 feet high, la tha highest telephone on tha Nerth American continent. Since It Is a standard Hell System telephone, linked with the central office at Colorado Springs a few m iles away, from M one may call »2 per cent of the world's telephones on this s»d four other continents. Bottom picture shows Pike's Peak, taken from main street of Colorado Sp rings; at upper right Is stfelter house at sum m it; and In clrdle la tha telephone In actual use. Colored American Legionnaires ^ioVetty Pressing SH O P M iller & Tracey 178 ELEA STREET Tested And • Proven Best« "B L In d fold ” teat may be all right for c ig a re tte s — but when buying face powder, it's it good Idea to keep your »yea wide open. Not unlike oth er a rticle s of m erchandise, th ere are good face powders on the m arket and face powders not mi good — In fnct, Inferior and dangerous to on e's com plexion. Oura haa been tested and proven best. little te st yourself. U se this sim ple Put one hnlf tenspoonful of our face powder 'll y-mr hand and pour in an equal quantity of w ater. T h e w ater will run off which proves em phatically that It 1« w ater proof and wo g uarantee It to ho free ot lend, hlsmulli •alts or any other harm ful Ingredients. Beware o f Im itations! 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