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HEAR SCOTTSBORO CASE : th e " " " "" An VOLUME 28 NO ad vo cate «5 In d s p B n d B D t Papar D evo ted to PO R TLAND . OREGON t th e I n t e r e at« q f th e P e o p le SATURD AY, SEPTEM BER 17, 19*2 PRICE r r v * CENTS SIMILARITY OF PRISONERS CAUSE OF MYSTERY CALL FOR FUNDS TO SAVE NEGRO BOYS finger ' prints 01400825 MAMMOUTH RE-PIONEER LAID TO T L RESI mi HKNN KTT H A L L GETS EXECUTIVE POST KKK BORNS FIERY CROSS ARNETTE WINS NEW Hr. Arnold ltennett llall, recently realgned prealdent of the atale unlver- alty, haa beeu named director of the Hrooklng» luRtltute of Governmental Heaeurch. Washington. U. C... mem hera of the »tale board of higher ed ucation were Informed Monday. The Hrooklnga Institute was found ed In 1916 aa a recognized aoufce of Information on how extravagance lu public office might be curtailed. (B y Claude D. Black, for C P A ) W ASH ING TO N, D. C. Sept. 1 5 - New York, Sept. 16— (C N 8 ) — In spired by city officials who have been Take a good look at yourself. Ton persecuting Negro and white workers may not be yon. At least this came near to being true of one WlU West In Denver, following the breaking of who found that there waa another the Jim-Crow bathing restrictions at Í BON OF FOUNDER APPEARS human being in the world juat like Washington Park, the Ku Klux Klan HUGHEY A R N E TTE W INS Salmi. Oregon, A uk Zt— Jotinny ■ ■FORE N A TIO N A L BAP last week burned a fiery cross at the 1 himself In every respect with one ex Junes la gone That familiar figure, TIBT CONVENTION M ASTER'S DEGREE IN EAST ception — the finger print, a mark rear of the Unemployed Council's | wllh It» characteristic ahufflliiK walk, which It la affirmed no two persons headquarters in the heart of the Ne- j wlllnnvnr uKaln lie annn un Salem llnary Alirn Boyd Gives Karla Anil gro section. have alike, according to information alrwela, ami leaves thn “ old tim er»“ Figure» Of Thn Nallun'a lairgeRl Arresta llave been made light and j A fter Saving gone through the Dry- submitted by the office of The Bureau lu Salnm with another gap to remind M ILLS BROTHER STR ICK E N Printing. PublUtilng Ami llellglm i» left, elnce the attack by police on the ant »chool. Stadium high and getting of Information of Washington. them of the passing of the yearn. W ITH HEART A T T A C K Manufacturing Inalllullun Washington Park demonstration.^*!* A- B. degree from the College of The strange case of the "unrelated Johnny Jonea died Wodneeday after- (B y C. N. 9 1 Thirty were arrested on the spot, and - Puget Sound. Hughle R- Arnette. son twins” came to light In the coarse of New York. Sept. 8- There la a blue tSpecial lo Tile Advoratnl ,m" n « ' 5 3" " VI,M k ,n five for attending the trlaL A ll wit- jo* Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Arnette, of 91« tabulation of data relative to Eugen note in Ihe Mills family today, but unt New York. September 16— An In llouaton. T e i.a , Sept 7 - Morn than * hrr* he h* d f,,r ,h* MT#r nesses who testified in the trial were ' North Cushman, well-known Tacoma ics. In recording such material, a national campaign to raise three hundred th irty .I«h t «hou.aml * ' h* '1 b" " ' ,* " n «Mr*»!'“ the blue note which has made them tensive Negro residents. Is back in Tacoma system known aa “ The BertlUion for a number of monlha and hla death International favorites on the ether — funds for the defense of the Scotta- also arrested. three hundred ality eight dollara »nd | Among the latter are Harry I. Coh- from New York City, having Just ro System" la employed. It la a method waa not unexpected their'» 1» a deep, deep blue sadness of boro boys was launched last week by fifty four renta in hualnea* done for en. a reporter for Federated Press, ceived his Master of Arts degree from of body measurement» pertaining to Johnny had hla part lu many of the heart Harry, of the famous team, the International Labor Defense, as the year waa reported al the Nation and Charles Guinn, who testified on | Columbia University. And he Is not the height, standing and sitting; the al Itapttat Contention of Atnerk-a in erenta In local hlatory. Ilia aerrlrea was stricken with a heart attack ear an appeal wa sent out to the work the police brutality at the demonstra-j done with his schooling yet! He be- reach from finger tips to finger tips: aeaalon In Ihla rlly by Henry Allen aa raterar were In demaud al wed ly Sunday morning and rushed to the ers of the United States to help In I tlon. Chief of Police Clark haa threat-1 gan » year ago with a scholarship in length and width of head; length and dink», aoclal functlona. and Indue Wilson sanitarium Hr. Wilson said the emergency situation which has tloyd. the llerordlnc Secretary of tin of left ened to drive them out of town. A- the department of English at Colum width of right ear; leagth arisen. National Itaptlat I’ubllahl Hoard plant meet In a» The folk that had llred In hla condition was serious mong the other defendants were Pat bta. and has been found so excellent foot, length of left mlddel finger; Salem for many yoara didn't feel lhaj The family, noted for Its ardent de- The campaign wlU Include affairs A detailed ataletnenl of the opera- in his work that he haa been award length of left Utle finger, and length a lirlile rould be properly married o ff votlou to each other, waa »ummoncd. of various aorta, and wide drives in j Toohey. district organiser of the Com tlon of thla. regarded aa the natlon'a munist Party. 16 Negro workers, six ed a second scholarship, the highly of left forearm. or a tea lim n quite Ihe right eclat If The mother said she would remain at the various cities of the country, cul larKeet and beat known plant, waa white workers; one a Negro girl, six prised "Dean s” scholarship, valued a* When W ill West, who la In eLaveo- waa aubmlltnd to the Fifty-second an Johnny. In hla rarefully-bruahed »w al her son's bedside until he completely minating In a national tag day. Oct. white girls, and three members of the « 000. He haa excellent prospects of worth. appeared for his measure- low tall coat, waa nol there to o ffic i recovers. The remaining three mem 1 and 2. nual aeaalon of thla parent body Thr Young Pioneers. t securing the chair of English In a ents. he waa asked It he had been ate In the aervlnx of refreahmenla. ber» of the famous quartet will con The case of the seven Scottaboro aerretary waa iireaented by t)r. J P. A fine of fifty dollars was imposed southern college, In the prison before. T o this question “ Johnny Jonea feeda" were tradi tinue their nightly broadcasts. boys condemned to death will come Hohlmum of l.lttlm Kot-k, Ark. chair on the orgauixer of the International — Tht Tacoma-Newa Tribune. the reply waa negative. The record tional at the Elk»' club alnre the eery up for final review by the United man of the Hoard and a fifty year Labor Defense, although he waa five | _______________ clerk was certain that he had «sen D ETROIT COP SLAUGHTERS Slates Supreme Court October 10. paator Hr Robinson characterised beginning of that lodge In Salem, and blocks from the scene of the demon i the ue m a n ¡ previously; furthermore, he man NEGRO WORKER Thla Is the final court of appeal. It him a . a “ chip off the old block", a h“ nT.o U " ’ o m t M o n * strations at Washington Park. had no record that West had been Thn genial colorali man cam « to waa pointed out, and the last chance worthy son of a noble s ire “ Ilia re He la now out on appeal, after serv end or that he had Salem In U79. aa definitely aa Hal D. New York Sept IS— (Bulletin) — before court to save the lives o f the ceptlon and welcome waa a lu«ty ing tour days. > escaped rom the institatlon. Paitan. Salem pioneer, can remem While protecting a fellow-worker innocent Negro boys Should the Uni hrarted notburat. Imlnlged In by Among the other defendants w e r e 1 The clerk went to the files from ber Johnny was Just a lad of 20 or from aelaure of hla effects by n con ted States Supreme Court hand down meaaenger* from nearly forly »täte» which he wlhtdrew a photograph and so, al that time He was employed at stable, a Negro worker waa killed, a decision against the boys, the ILD Pat Toohey. district organiser o f the I In the Union The acene waa mora Peler Emerson’s restaurant and also and another wounded. In Detroit, on will have carried the rase to the last Communist Party. 16 Negro workers, DR K ERR NAMED AS CH ANCELO R presented it to West. It was so much Impreaalre, due to the fact that Ihe six white workers, one Negro g ir t alx his accurate likeness that he was tak at Ihe old fhem eketa hotel and at Thursday court o f appeal, and exhaaated the le Secrotary la a native of Texaa. w hite girls, and three members of the ; en by surprise. The prisoner contend Strong's restaurant before branching A targe number of Negro and gal measures possible to save them lila report dealt wlth the Plant by William Jasper Kerr, for 25 years ed that he was sure that he had not out for himself In the caterer's trade. white workers had gathered to pre from legal lynching at the hands of Young Pioneers. departmenta lleclosed hla exhauallve A fine of fifty dollars was Imposed pregldent of Oregon State College, been in Leavenworth prior to hla pre Hla mother. "M other" Tltua, waa a vent the aelxure. Constable Harold the capitalist courts. report wllh a trlbute to hla llluatrlou« on t he organiser of the ILD. altho mgde chancellor o f all o f sent term. nurse for many of the old-time fami ■towers, seeking to satisfy a 2327 "The International Labor Defense, falber His contention created mystery. he was five blocks from the scene of (>reKon-g institution* o f higher learn lles and many a man now prominent Judgment against the unemployed which has spent more than 818.900 ; Officials had W’ est’s finger print jin Salem waa u»hered Into the world worker, fired point-blank Into the In the Scottaboro defense, la faced the demonstration at Washington lQK Park. He is now out on appeal after u , K err wgg etected by the atate made which revealed the fact that he through Ihe ministrations o f Johnny crowd. with the necessity of »pending furth board of higher education late on was a different man entirely nt the Jones' mother She died here aererai er huge sums to bring the case before serving four days. that the finger The International L*bor Defense Tuesday the 7th after an executive same time proving years ago. the U 8. Supreme court." Carl Hack HY K IT S RIEH has sent a call to all workers and SMglon which lasteo several hoars print ts the sole method of distin I Johnny la survived by a slater. Mrs. er, acting general secretary of the I. mass organisations throughout the ; u w u under9tood that the name o f guishing persons Infallibly. Anna Smith, a worker In the local L. D. said in a statement Issued to- . The man looked so much like W ill Salvation Army, and hy one daughter ' day With the growing terror agalnat J'.ountry„ to * 1™ prole,t to | Dr George Frederick Zook, president T O T A L D ISARM AM ENT. NOW Mayor Begole of Denver. of the University of Akron. O.. was West, incidentally, bore the name of ' and a grandchild In Portland the worker« In the United 8tates mul placed in nomination but was voted William West. It was discovered that Kttneral itervlcea will be heiu at ine tiplying the burden laid upon the IIJJ the men were not related. Officials ¡down five to four, ' Higdon A Son chapel Friday afternoon month by month, and almost week by Curious It la that It la alm o»! Im at 2:20 o'clock, with the local Sulv:» ( direct and full supervision over the were so much mystified that in order week. Its resources, drawn entirely possible these days to stir up nny tlon Army In charge Interment will University of Oregon at Eugene. Ore to satisfy their reaction to the mat from workers, are strained to the real interest In Ihe unemployment si be In the I. O. O. F. cemetery gon State college at Corvallis, and ter. they went to the cell where the limit and beyond. tuation and 1 hare been wondering was registered the three state normal schools at other W ill W est” A number of prominent Salem men. “ Belwen now and October 10. the why Ihe apathy. It la surely Ihe near- Including Henry W. Meyer*. George j New York. Sept. — Paul Itobeson. and there found him performing his ! Monmouth. Ashland and LaGrande date set for the Supreme Court hear rat thing to heart of our world prob- Waters Hal D Patton Judge I. H ,l,’ F,' r * n<1 * cU,r. punctuated his work duties as usual. ing on the Scottsboro case, at least lem and yet If It hr the subject of M(,Malian Dr H. H Otlnger and H ; wl,h Zlegflsld a "Showboat", and on four t housaud dollars must be raised thr awful cloud of out-of work that 1« K M. rcdjlh w , „ , rrTP „ honorary |T “ »*d a r he sailed aboard the Freuch DONT SPEND YOUR M O NEY A 'L E L IA W A L K E R W IL L for the defense of this case alone. hanging over Ihe working world to-1 pull hearers. Active pall hearers will i liner. Lafayette, for France, to be W H E R E YOU C AN N O T W ORK. “ The Scottsboro case. Involving as DRAWS CO NTEST SU IT day la brought forward In any «roup. ^ of Elkg «<*ne about six weks It does the lives o f seven innocent Mr Robeson'* part In "Showboat” , It la met with a shrug and -•well. W aller Smith, Harley King. Sam But W R IT E R FEARS LO C AL LEADERS Negro boys, ts of supreme Important^* FIFTE E N RACE MEMBERS ON that of Joo. was taken over by Robert what can wr do about It?“ H AVE SET PRECEND ENT H ARD ler, Mr Matlhla, W aller Thompson to the workers of the United States G. O. P. COM M ITTEE Itainea, who has been his understudy. Indianapolis. Ind. September— Mrs. TO OVERCOME and George Harnhardt. and of the world. The fight against Mr. Rallies, formerly a singer in Hu: — »uggeat Ihe speakeasy gov Mae Walker-Perry and F. B. Ransom, this legal lynching Is the right a- (Tw in City Herald News Service) "Blackbirds", and "Rang Tang", as ernmrnt control of liquor, the repeal Portland. Oregon. Hotel Multnomah heirs to the Kennedy estate were galnst Ihe oppression of the Negroes Minneapolis. Minn., Sept 3— Fifteen sunied the part while negotiations of the 18th amendment —and whoop made defendants In a suit filed in Fourth A Pine Sts . Sept. 13— T o The In the United States and In the colo DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY Minnesota Negroes are among the with Jules Bledaoe. who originally ee — Ihe crowd la o ff —n match haa Probate court by William Powell, of nial countries, and against the most Advocate. City; W H ERE TOO c a n n o t WORK 350 pesons named on the Republican played the part were pending. It was been touched to the -powder of a d o I am Past Commander of Johnnie Akron. Ohio, contesting the w ill of murderous form of Jtm-Crowlsm State Central Committee. Sam Hals- reported that Bledaoe was holding »er Rdf Interest and nil aorta of con Mrs. A'Lelia Walker-Kennedy. the Baker Post. No. 291. Minneapolis. vicious framing of the Scottsboro let. secretary announced Wednesday out for more money. versational pyrotechnies result. No 2-- Fear ofholtl-iipa Gunmen boys, and the attempt to railroad Minn. Am now Service officer of said daughter of Madam C. J. Walker, the morning. There was no Indication as to one saems to see any danger In the founder of the beauty preparation Post. 1 have attended all conventions know that pnllc ewlll not r-e them to prison, has been aroused hy The 15 Negro committee members whether Robeson would return to the apathy with which the worker and reive complaints from their vic the II,D Workers and Intellectuals of the American Legion for seveial manufacturing company bearing her are Rev. H. W. Botts. Mrs. Ada En- Zlegflcld show when he comes hack Ills wife greet the question of starva tims. all over the world have joined In de years and have never met with an name. Powell is assertedly a cousin glehart. Mrs. Chas. M. Foree. Rev. I. tion — no coal In the basement for affair as serios as the one that we of the late Mrs. Kennedy. 3 Possible loss of total Invest from Europe. Earlier. It had been an manding their freedom. H. Fisher and E. H. Payne and Gale nounced that upon the completion of next winter nntl no Jolt for dad. Is Powell In his complaint alleges that ments hy -padlocking. "Scores of huge mass meetings and have met with upon our arriva In P. Hilyer, all o f Minneapolis. Ham Its New York run, "Showboat" would II illscotirnginenl ? Is It the American 4 - Rents doubled beenttse of demonstrations on their behalf have Portland: referring to notice on page Mrs. Kennedy was of unsound mind mond Turner, Miss Ruth Brown, Tim be taken on the road and that there habit of "If we wait long enough »onto when she wrote the will bequeathing pndlnrk possibilities 4« of the official program which states been held In the United States and In othy Howard. C. W . Wlgglngton, S. one else will do It?" ts It faith In 5 Business smnll and uncertain Is sufficient work contracted for to Europe Hundreds of thousands of that Headquarters for Colored Le- onerhalf of her stock in the Walker Ed Hall and Mrs. Lola Edwards, all last two years. It was also announced Hoover? Well he has the faith of the in company to her daughter, Mrs. Perry ns compared with the pre-war wet workers of every race and nationality glonnairse will be established of St. Paul. George B. K elley. Luther that the New York cast would follow moneyed dnaaee and that fa d jlon e reatnurants. charge of one W. A. Merrier, chair and the remainder to Mr. Ransom. have taken part. Dawson and Rev. David Beasley, of should warn the rest of un. I Itnvc the production on the road. Mrs. erry Is the president of the com 6 Non paying customers, pollen "Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two man. Duluth. Seeks Material for New Show been trying fo find n reason for the men and their friends. My Idea of the Legion Is. there are pany of which Mr. Ransom Is general of the boys, has received acclaim In The 350 appointments represent a It was stated here that Mr. Robe enthusiasm which Is being put Into manager. no Colored Legionnaires. W e are all 7— Social stigma placed on the fifteen European countries, on her cross-section of every walk of life the rntnpnlgn against the 18th amend son's departure for Europe was in According to the Powell suit con apeakensy owner and hla family. tonr under the nusplces of the II.D Just Legionnaires every where 1 have and assure voters in all parts of the ment The only ono I pan figure out quest of material for a new show for 8— laiaa of high class pat and the International Red Aid. which ever been. Mr. M errier and Portland testing Mrs. Kennedy’s will, the lat state a voice in the affairs of the Re Is Dial of Ihe old game of camouflage. New York's winter season, but It Is ter's estate was valued at 3 1 . 000 , 000 . have started somtehlng which 1s with ronage hecauae of home delivery. is the world organisation of which publican party. As long ns wo enn be stampeded Into not apparent why he should go on • * » the II.D Is Ihe American section. Up out precedent in the annals of the A- nrgtiment over Ihe repeal of the 18th such quest while he Is still in good merlcan Legion and we deplore the The Christian Science Monitor on her return, she will tour the U. S. FORD FAC TO R Y U N IT S RE-OPEN amendment, Juat so long will our at from which the above la quoted com- standing wlththe producers of "Show- "The Scottsboro boys were framed coming of the day In the American which we can't understand allow tention he diverted from Ihe econom ments ns follows: "Just why anyone boat" and the future of the produc and sentenced to the electric chair as Legion which we all agree is the most themselves to be used ss a tool tn Detroit. Mich.. Sept 8— A fter a Ic crisis through which America I* should he surprised at litis list of rea tion la ao promising. part of the program of the capitalist tolerant organization known to Amer the hands of some man or group of complete suspension of production blundering The alngnn now should he men to emharass a race o f people, ican civilization. When some self- ap sons, would he difficult to state. At rulers of the United States to terror- for the past three weeks, the gigan R EPEAL HUNGER! LE GIONNAIRE DELIVERS nny rate, they nre Ihe reasons actual lie the Negroes, halt the growth of pointed leaders of our group either I most feelingly condemn the action. tic Ford factory units at River Rouge. » » # GREAT SPEECH That seems to be what hsa been done thro' Ignorance or for some reason ly given. Somehow they do not seem j unity Itetween the white and Negro Tuesday, reopened. The shutdown was How many Advocate readers saw Iti to he untaYornblo to prohibition. Pos at this Convention and I deplore the worker* This Is not an Isolated case, of Its fight for the Scottsboro boys. coming of the day when unscrupu made for the taking o f Inventory. M in nell poli», Minn. Sep. 3— (C r A ) tile New York World of March Slat sibly that la the reason the wets feign but one of many. By smashing this Only those emlpoyed when the u- 1930, the list of reasons given why astonishment at their character, and One of Ihe greatest apeches at the A- attempt at legal lynching, a vigorous The danger Is Immediate, the need lous men of our group will Join this nits closed were ordered back tc urgent. More funds must be raised the operators of apeakeaalea In the are so extremely rotloont about men merlcan Legion state convention was most tolerant organization on earth blow w ill have been dealt to Negro work. The Ford enterprise being th« to save the Scottsboro boys from the | made hy Isaac L. Moore, Minneapo city for their 20- to • 1 opposition to tioning the result of that poll.” and allow themselves to be used to persecution and murder, and a solid largest user of colored labor la Mich electric chair, and It must be done at lis légionnaire and former Command • a a prohibition. For the benefit of thus i Inject that monster intolerance Into basis established for Inrreaslng unity igan greatly affects economic condi once. er of Johnny Baker Post N. 291. ac who may not huve aeon the result of the Legion against men whose cause Hoes nny one recnll having seen between white and Negro workers. In tions in colored communities In De "The National Tag Days. October cording to reports filtering hack front the poll on thnt subject conducted by nny Item ns to the poll In n Portland is lawful, whose motives are sincere their struggles against capitalist op troit. 1 and 2, will he part of a wide cam the convention at HetnldJI. Minn. t eh World, here they nre: pnper? and whose only crime Is being black. pression. paign to raise the funds necessary to » * » Mr. More Is an ardent légio n man. their own teachers. — ISAAC L. MOORE. DON'T SPEND YOUR' MONEY and wns the only Negro delegate al The ILD makes an eleventh hour Insure hearing of the case before the 1 — Extreme hagard due to 3705 • 4th Avenue South. Mpls. Minn. W H E R E YOU CANNO T WORK. WHERE YOU CANNOT WORK! the State meting. append for quick and liberal support U. S. Supreme Court. possible official raids. TÎ0NAL APPEAL SUPREME COURT TO RE VIEW CASE OF SO. LADS GETS NEW mm A iikow FOR EUROPE SAYS SEPARATE AR-