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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1932)
The Advocate Com ing Stories by E dw ard W orth y Edw ard la w io n D orothy W eal F.« U <■ IN tiM a SI . rkt-M* A d »»f«U I«t Kepi • a m i s i ! » * « ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION— October I, 19.12 Th e Finest W riter* Send T h eir Stories First to the Illus trated F e a t u r e Section w n IIB fO N » I « TIO N 14 f « H I M » K V C t l IM A r i A T U I I »».«T IO N W IF I IN rHÈ CLEAN U P ’ Will Linda Make Her Escape from Ace’s Strong Room with Its Electric Doorway? Will She Be Able to Join Fred Harris, Evangelist, in His Drive Against Numbers Barons and Nite Clubs in Harlem? Will the Big Gamblers Stop Now that their First Bullets Failed to Find a Vital Spot and Wounded the Clean-Up Preacher Instead of Killing Him? Hi M l K I I Win W H A T t lA il M AI*t*KhBO I- f»d* Allan in A i* M u ti» s r a b «r * t. t»<# lo r n l o i n (l u l l I s il» in I n * *111) B in t Ilari • r m u g i i s i i | f l l i l fitfftt h*r hum * I • hs is ■•t rying on s . smpslgli troni » »*;wl t#nl ts rid llsrt e-« of its pi of night Ilf* V I 'I t l o g th* T o w Torn tre I 111 I s , Tt * 4 Is shot s! but I I I |ill»4 I»» »>»n* untinosi« ssssilsul lin d a » j o '.is* I » l i t « tha Are espirea h i t •»••n s i * i .tor n» him of h*r d*s re In gull I** I» furious Me .lítela l*» rum if Linda » ‘ ¡l lallu tnc s P » * d to g o « ip * i» drive against l i s t i m i s mgttl lie he Otti g l * » Her i t i tr »»itola l»ut It pt ed • di lea continues. It# « a m a har. tifa «ill be tai . ■ ml I I I *» » Lin da rafusa* d>sd*ir*ruby to taka •uggastion a r d ha. Ittlur •»(*<( titea t forca a pini««.»* tf*«m l»*r h!*a » » r r s • n.f sod tenly a men leaps Itirougt» »ha d ast and hurl« • f lb- A • hs t N 1 » W O* » ll N W i l l ! TUB H TO HY In tlu* CH AITICI) V ifm l diìk .tcu Litui* » lit -lied » t i l l bated breath a* U.t tw i nu*n fought savag-ly back ami furtli across (lie room » l i l . l i w r a . the Acr * headquarters W ho » a II.U wli > ha.I coin«, to l et rei» oc W ho ha.I d i m l to rrioa Ihc Arc Her shortly question* a« »**i r am arrici all.* waUl.ed the Arc Ina «.»«ailant, rye* burning catch with tlw aeauinuUtrd hatred of in any year, all ! back him against tlir .it«**!-jacketed door. 1 AH ' It was AC IMmlnullve Al Collina pltii.i plonker ».th her a l l F r a long time «lie bad known that I k liked her, lull aomrhow ahe had never given h.in rrrdlt tor i •nough to step into a bre.uh like i The Are waa nearly (wire aa big •nd with hla nang. mane time, more |> .wrrful than Al Yet I • moiled Ilian bore In couragrotlalv frantically, with (laying anno (hat seemed endowed with aim. mi In credible alrength The Ace In that hrinf moment of hesitation, A l’a revolver was in a clion. The Ace went down him now. waa forcing hint back right han d an«l thigh. ward* aetoaa the r M l, bending It out ot 111* finger* Just ba. k arroaa the comer o( that Linda pressed the desk button of you p or folks Are we going to let mali gany desk With (ury born aa he waa reaching (or It hlmaelf, which released the heavy door and them go on this way. robbing you aev|»-r*tlon be atrugglrd to tree sudden realisation of tier presence togellier they swe.it out of the robbing your children of the ad himself. but tile Are waa iindonbt edly the stronger. Ir n tingerà bit Hooded him lie released liu death- room, down Hie long, narrow hall vantages Uiey should have? Are we hit.i Ina neck, black apula danced grip on Al and whirled suddenly way and lnt> Hie street." g-iug to ait by and starve while feel m hla i f h upon Hie girl. But .the hailed him At the Harlem Hospital they these gangsters, these racketeers Linda, watching this anmalng In hi* tracks lilt note pointed Into found Fred alm Vt completely re grow fat oil what you earn?" Struggle from a corner of the room, And In reply Uinta came a full •aw plainly that At ato d not the the grim mur./le of hla own re covered from hla gunshot Injuries alight * 1.1 gluiat of a rhanee against volver. He lieaitated. then look hla Gathered about hts white enameled throated roar: the Ate Slowly flirt body waa g iv gun from her hand at though ahe cot, they laid tentative plans for a ' NO!" retaliatory campaign, plans which ing muter the .drain bending back wero a baby Harlem, at last, was waking up. In Htat brief second of hesitation would have startled all gangland «rari» sUkenlngly under the clawing Stirred by the sincerity and the tr fingere of lite larger man How long Al t rrw lver was out and in action had they been made public. refutability of Fred'« arguments, Its could lie eland thi* torture? The Ace went down with a bullet through A week laler Hie young evangelist citizens were gradually being arous Ace-» (ace held a vnlle n>.w, a grim hla right hand and the lleahy port returned to hts Oos|iel TVnt, and nf Ills thigh Hla gun clattered to with t il. » game Linda Allen and Al 'd out of the deadly torp:r which mocking smile of determination. had enguHed them (or so many In a few brief seconds Collins Lindas name and reputa- years. Bhr gathered her wlta quickly the floor lie had aluiniied to the ground, fk H oii was sure to draw crowds Into and looked about hoi{ /rantlcally " I f the police won't put * stop to »'.wild she help? There on the desk, hails ted. Al picked up Hie A c 's the tent, and Fred's persuasive ora these evils," Fred told them, "we'U where the Are always kept It for hie revolver and crashed It. butt d *wii. tory could be cotinted u | m > ii ‘. o do have to get busy ourselves. Every own prid.ecll.Mi, lay a gleaming bilic across hi* head "Jilst,'' he said the rest. man among you will have to do his ateci revolver, Bhc watched him briefly, "for good luck." "W e have within our midst." he part by refusing to patron las those ..Inda rushed to him, cyea e x told his many hundreds of listeners bust nesses which you know are con- now. panic atrlckrn. aa he clawed for It with hla one free arm. Then pressing the sincere gratitude which each night, "one of the most In t rolled by gangsters and racketeers with a sudden determination die filled her heart. sidious systems of racketeering ever Refuse to play the numbers any rualied to tile dank; setard It herself "Come on," lie rhp|>ed out “ We'd known to man There's the numbers longer, refuse to give your money to The Ace, Ills attention lined upon better get out of tills dump pronto. racket, the night club racket, the those who guarantee you nothing In Ills struggle with Al. had almost Itie Ace'll have liLs whole gang on beer racket, and dozens of others, return Refuse to go Into those completely forgotten about. Linda our tralla before tomorrow, and bc- all formed for tlie single purpose night clubs and cabarets where you Now a* he saw her grab the revolver,’ lleve me It's gonna be tint". of taking money out of the pockets are overcharged and fleeced at every with a bullet through his turn. Rcluae to pay your good money for liquor which you know a likely to be poisonous and highly diluted. It's only In this way that we ll ever run Hiese hoodlums out of town. There's no way In the world they ran continue to exist in the lace of such a concerted drive as we »re planning lie re now!" It was amazing to see how rapidly tlie movement look hold on the minds of Harlem's populace Night ly the crowds at the gospel tent grew larger, nightty their denun ciations of gangster rule grew stronger A broadcasting «^ te m , sensing the Increasing interest in the young evangelist's war against gangdom, carried Fred s voice Into nearly every home In Harlem three times a week And tlie newspapers, watching the extraordinary move ment with increasing Interest, chimed Ui with stirring editorials. "The time has come." they all agreed "when the concerted action which has long been Harlem's greatest need seems to be ripening into reality, tn Fred Lewis, milt- Continued on Tage lour
