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NEGRO EDUCATION TOLD TH E An V O L U M E 23— N U M B ER »1 IN T W O S E C TIO N S In d ep en d en t ADVOCATE P aper D e v o te d to th e I n t e r o sto d/ th e "W " - "ia ------ “** “■ * P e o p le P O R T L A N D . OREGON, S A T U R D A Y , N O VE M BE R S, 1332 IN T W O S EC TIO N S P R IC E F IV E C E N T * A C O P Y HOOVER ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF PEONAGE RHAMBO MURDERER GETS DEATH -a GO*“ 1 i KILLER'S SUICIDE 1Digesting . . . News ATTEMPT FAILS CHESTRA READY . . Tße (V ev^s Briefs^ PROGRAM MONDAY NIGHT TO BE T H E R E A L ISSU E A rrow T ips BY KITS RIED NOTED LEADERS ON COMMITTEE The Advocate wishes its readers to that the opinion expressed by Sacrifice of adequate fire and police know the writer of this column la not nec- protection to save 7H cents a month eaaarily The Advocate’s opinion. —Ed New York, Nov. 2— Led by Negro to the average taxpayer, la the Issue editors and the Negro presa, colorad la tha fire and police measure on the people of the United States have for- at the election Nov. 3th. ac “ And herein lies the tragedy of the cording to compilations prepared by age: not that men are poor.—all men ClUsena Safety Connell. know something of poverty: not that “ We are aeked to pass thla measure men are wicked —who la good? not DY C U rrO R D C. MITCHELL aa a matter of economy", sera Frank that men are ignorant, what la truth? ______ Tebbetts. director in the safety coun Nay. but that men know so little of cil “ Putting the Issue In cold figures "***n."— W. B. B. Du Bo Is. Mrs. W. 8. Hedger, of Gearhart. Or., we find that If the measure as pro- Tha Advocala wishes Ita readara to spent this weak In Portland as the posed Is carried and tha program of Aa I read over the Hat of candidates know that tha opinion expressed by bouse guest of her brother and slater, reduction Is carried out to the letter on the ballot, the above quotation Mr and Mrs. Charles Strain, of San It will mean lust 90 cents difference tha wrltar of thla column la not n»c Portland, Oregon. November 5— from DuBois occurred to me and It esserli, The Advocala'a opinion. - Ed RaFael street. Mrs. liadger spent her la the tax bill of tha average tax pay- I W i t h Ilio approach of Ih» opi ni l i * con me to be a fitting quotation for time here shoppolng and mingling er. By the average taxpayer la meant carl of Ih» Purtland Symphony Or' with friends. She left for home on the home owner who pays ISO a year thla column at this particular time. chvalrt'a 19X2-31 season, rnunlc (ov Saturday. Mrs. Badger reports that taxes. The person paying 1100 a year Apropos of the mess of men who of Tha Quadrennial Circus! ara aro «raltlna »aa»rly for Monday fer themselves, how much do we Mr Badger Is recovering from the In- will save 15 cents a month, SLAIN MAN WAS W E A L T H Y AND litichi. November 7. No affurt la b»lna —O — lury sustained when he lost his thumb "The question naturally arises as to know about them? How little they I aparad lo uabvr In Ih» ' M u n i r eatlval'' H IG H L Y R E S P E C T E D BY N sit Tuesday (November 9th) the while sawing wood, the saw accident- whether such a program is economy, know of the lob ahead of them? with ih» racoanltlou tbal It d»aarvea. Circus will tie In town. It will be a ally severing I:._______________________Both the fire and police departments Many of them lust plain scrubs ask B O T H RACES free-for-all and tha last day of the Mrs Badger’s brother Frank Strain **• down to bedrock in personnel and ing for the office and hoping to be e- race« All those who have registered la operating the school bus during the equipment at thla time, the fire de lected lust so the pockets may be fin- Auatln, Taxaa, Nov. 1 Mr« liala for tlrketa will be able to attend tha Walker, promln»nl and popular Den- illness of Mr. Badger. partment being undermanned to tbs ed. Some we know never had an Ideal, Cirrus and speak their little piece. vnr Klrl anl lane» and dry-eyed aa ah» Among the nice things done by Mrs. **1®nt of 32 men according to the re- or if they did. kept It so well bidden I Even transportation wlU be supplied. and b»r mother, Mr» N W Ithamlio, on® co“ ‘d suspect It. I Badser whila In Portland waa a call port of the fire underwriters and the If wanted hoard the death penalty pronounced wondering why It would to tha Advocate editor expressing her police department being the smallest . on I'arl Stewart. 23. for tho niurdrr of any city Portland's site In the Uni- not be * A00«1 fl* » to nominate them The Cirrus will be good. It is bound appreciation for The Advocate. She ted States. To reduce any further on® Y^ar OD Probation as It were— on June 31. of N W Ithambo. weal »fated that her nephew’s Uttle daugh to be. With so much advance publici ter's picture appeared In the Advocate means making these forces entirely,an<* then elect them after they had thy and Influential Auatln undertak ty everyone Is familiar with the train Rotogravure section several weeks a- Inadequate. When the fact that the »nnounced and we had lired with er. the father and huabaml of the ed animal arts. Elephants that ran go The result being that as soon as Iwo women. to the average tax payer la t o i “ *eir Principles for twelve months. ♦ roar Ilka Ilona, purr Ilka cats; lump she saw little Jacqueline Jean Kirby Th« anurder of Ithultilar »•> one of on,T ®nd one-half cents per ~ °me of eTen trust the twist, bend and bow like seasoned ac Ihe moat ahucklliK and revoltlns In she wrote to the child's father, which month, the program sounds foolhardy. .om*“ on h*“ 0* w® robats And Donkeys of every , descrip recent Texua hlatory. throwing the . is her nephew David Kirby a graduate "And Just as sure as our present lhe nos band s business af- tion! With and without ! i e r b.r“ T; of Toskegee and ever since that time protection la reduced In any particu- alata Into an uproar, and aettlna the ®* w*u “ “ »e ¡“ dr Borne that are gifted In the art of they have been coresponding rgularly. *•«•. we are going to be hit by an In- “ a‘ e *• Texas Itanaera, atate, county uud ci of ns are rather careful panlomlne and make-up. until those ty police off In a terrific whirlwind "That's another reason why I like crease la fire Insurance rates. Seattle n , * et to° nenr an? on* who Is with poor e y e sight can hardly dislla- The of activity in an affurt to find and Advocate'', included Mrs cut its service -ecently and Immedi- [ « “ tod In any way with a public util- gulnh the Elephaut from the Donkey, Badger. brlmc the murderer to Justice The en au ly got a 43 per cent increase in lty “ ut,it and e*P«ct to scrutinise1 without their being labeled. tire law oiiforoomeni agencies of ------------------------- Insurance rates and the underwriters candidates thro that one pair Taxaa. especially of the particular Mr. L E. Johnson, narrowly escap- ■»* making a new survey at thla time “ * T ?1**' ° ° thou “ d do llkawlae- And the Npgro! Oh. yea. he will aectluu where th* crime v a t commit ed being serfouttr injured when he **»lch authorities say la bound to Mr‘ voter. ___ „ take a mighty Important part at the fell while trying to board a street boo*! ra,«a another IS to IS per cent. ted. were feverishly encased mi the ~ Circus. Vehicles, pushed by tha strong cer while the car was In motion. Early An Increase In Insurance rates tn Port- caae, I f a v a l i s e Ihe alaylns of one of 1 aaw a Paragraph the other day in Elephants, or drawn by Donkeys In morning fog prventad the motorman >“ d would entirely wipe out the 7t* • copy Texan* outatandtns and beloved fig- toe Christian Science Mon ced the Hoover Administration to act tandem will be at Ih. Negro’s door urea. hen he cents a month saving made by reduc- *tor »“ at made me think. It explained on the N. A. A. C. P. charges that and he will ride to the Circus ring in B* Tha crime wai committed on ihe tlon of fire and police protection. th® Socialist. Norman Thomas’ peonage is being practiced on the style So much courtesy will be »hown att«nipted U> flag tho car. It Is tho*L nisht of June 31. Hlrwart l o o k a liu* "The sponsors of this curtailment Part3r» 80 little publicity in the Mississippi Flood Control project, ac blm that to be diplomatic, the Negro from San Antonio, where he lived, to Mrs. Mary Bettis, mother of Mrs. program are principally the owners columns of the big Journals— this cording to Walter White, secretary of will be seen kissing the Donkey while Auatln: arrlvlns there he walled Esther Akins has been quite 111 for the of large Investment properties. To be workingmen s party is running its the N. A. A. C. P., 69 Ifth Avenne, Ithambo on the phone telllns him Willem van Hooastrat.n. conductor h' *• »>“ **>“ * £ * Elephant. Surely. past few weeks at ths Utter s home. ,o r ® toeir saving will be more than Presidential campaign on a fund of New York City. .... ........ ....... ........... an „ aa an actor, the Negro is unsurpassed ------------------------- that of the average taxpayer. And hardly 1100.000. Not a single para- that he wanted him to pick up tho of Portland's symphony orchestra, Dr. R. R. Moton. president of Tns- Of course, there will be some sec body of Stewart's dead srandmother Internationally famous figure In tha Fr lends of Mrs. Elisabeth Carden that ts the fly In the ointment By graph have 1 seen In newspaper or tions of the country, particularly In are happy to welcome her out again, slashing fire and police protection to magazine that does not praise Nor- keegee. heads the committee on In no mafie», miles out on the Aliatili world of muale. vestigation appointed by President the south, where the climate la a lit Mrs Carden recently recovered from toe bone they will save a few dollara “ a“ ^ oma* Round Hoi k road Hhumho. who nev the Ideal cM djdatr er made such pick ups hlmaelf, the Mr Willem van Hoogatrstcn. who tle torrid, where the Negro will pay a major operation. In taxes. And by concentrating fire «Jen the opposition press calls him _______ work being done by one of tils corps commences his eighth year as con hut little attention to the great circus fighting apparatus and equipment in ,hat- Then 1 looked up the space the , A r fe nu” lb®r ^ eei?f® V® e“ ' day. But. then, you can't blame the nn downtown districts by means of super Monitor gives to Roosevelt, whom we ploye<1 on toe project which U the ni uaatstalila, finally conacnled lo ac diirlor here. Ima most appropriately company Stewart, some five miles chosen Beethoven's 7ih Symphony Negro If he thinks more of enloylng u , Mrs. Jerome Franklin, . .. mother and . fire stations they hope to reduce in- know is not an ideal candidate. I main cause of the interest of the col- happiness — ra Miss oul on thla road. Hlewarl told Itliaiii- for Ihe first coneeri The rholre Is of life and the - pursuit of — — _ Catherine _______ _ Franklin, ,,_. _ . . aunt _ , of , nrJlllc<, r4tei downtown. They hope and noted the columns of adverse . ored People in the case. ho to slop ihe ear. Stewarl then al- double significance, as Mr van Hoog- ther ,her “ than »an to 1» attempt to attend the “ «<»«* l annady went to Salem last to profit both ways by a passage of comment of Hoover— and wondered leges he asked Ithumbo to give him a straten conducted last spring at tho Circus lust for one performance and s *™rday to witness the football this measure while the average Tax- » de«P bewildering wonder as to the lob. he too. being an undertaker, bad historic He. thovrri festival In Bonn, nin the chance of having some of the wlUameU® Bearcats payer will lose both ways.’ size of the Roosevelt campaign check that wandered Into the Monitor's vest ly In neivl of work, when Ithambo re- Germany, and has accepted the Invi wild animals, and some that are not and toe College of Puget Sound Log- wild. Just stubborn. Jump their traces «e™ George played daring part of pocket—how else can the publicity plled that he hull uo vacanrlea and I at Ion tn return next year to conduct and proceed to claw, beat, bruise and ! wo Quarters. The game ended In a be explained? could nut poslhly place him, Stewart the 1933 Beethoven concerts. perhaps kill a number ot Negroes Just .Vie. drew a gun. and forced his victim lo Tho Portland season will be two ------------------------- But to get back to onr list of can write out a check for throe hundred concerts shorter thau last year, but because they persisted tu coming to j Mr- and Mrs. E. L. Jamison wero didates— hare you made a list of dollars, and lh»n writ» a note to the excellence of the programs has the Circus. • • • guests at dinner on Tuesday ot Mr. those who know anything of the sol- Mrs Ithambo. t>d!mg her his life was In no degree been sacrific'd, rather But what of the aftermath? Already and Mr* Jerome ranklln. emu duty that confronts him? The In danger, but for her not to notify It 1s anticipated that Ihe orchestra best answer to that question I have Ihe police, and signing the missive, will offer symphony audiences the fi I can tee the Negro press blazoned ' with pictures and fonfesslons, “ Why | Stay off Armistice Day. Particulars “ your baby, N. W. Ithamho" The hap nest series of programs ever preesent- this Sunday found yet | ,s DBTid Grayson's story The Vesper services services mis Sunday Qf Jonag Q 10 -.AdTenture# ln content I Stuck By the Ship", or "Why I de- ^ ‘ «r. Adv. less victim, »idling what he thought cil This Is only natural, as with M l will be In charge ot Mrs. R. F. Morri aerted the Ship In a Storm’*, all de- i ment“ . When Jonas was asked was an opportunity lo escape. Jumped season under Ihe baton of Mr van Washington. D. C. Nov. 3— The Of . . . , . . , how ___ . . . _ _ __ pending upon whether the Ship Is I Mr. and Mrs. Llllard Evans have son. The program will be as follows: . . , .___ . from Ihe car, and started to run: Ste Prayer. Mrs. M. E Fullllove; Scrip- *‘ d df r<? apply for ot nJ“ ' fice of Education. U. 8. Department ll<M<gs(raten. the concerts grow more 8aTe<i—or „ unk And whether the Ele- taken over the Albina hall at 334 Rus- ning a big truck when he knew noth cf the Interior, is planning a radio wart fired, the hullol taking effect In and more splendid. phnnt or the Donkey reign supreme eel street and according to all reports 2 " ing of the mechanism of the truck, program on Negro education to ba Ihe back of his head, being somewhat ■ A n e w plan announced la solos: Guy Holmes. Mrs. V. E. Keene. broadcast orer the National Broad deflected, however flattening out. Vonrerl Informal gathering In Ihe we will learn, hy reading the Negro they have renonovated the place and Mr. Boniface. Rev. J. D. Wilson will he replied: “ Oh, you atnt got to know — you casting Company’s network of star and not lodging Hi his skull, still con- w|ng of the auditorium, which preaa, that the Negroes mads It pot- cleaned and redecorated It to the be the principal speaker for the af point that It Is hard to recognize It got to put it over.” tions. Thursday. November 10, from scUma but In exrrutiatlng w„ , be h„ held h(>,d 46 minutes mlnutra proceeding preceding , Bible. exrrullnllng agony, the will * • • as being the same hall. They also ternoon. Tea will be served at the so 3:30 to 3 p. m. Eastern Standard Time, wounded man i— — was helped Into **-- the program, and open to all tlcket- cial hour and the public Is cordially Whether the Elephant or the Don- have reduced ths rent on the hall, thus Incidentally—is a single candidate in connection with the observance of bark seat of the O car. one Of lUlambo's holders l,n|,lliri< At »I these lh,-»e gathering» itemeli« 1 gatherings, persons Invited. key occupies the gilded stable and making It possible for any one to rant on that list offering his or her serv i-, American Education Week. It was an- new fine Dulck sedans, by Stewiirt lefts familiar with symphony muale csa to the common people of the ¡ nounced to-day by Dr. William John Shortly thereafter Stewart sent ano ntny he Introduced to the melodies so the green pastures Pm afraid that it It for their clubs, social and fraternal An Interracial discussion group com- T ^ ”.h w liT ^ ' ^ t e ? They say elect me and 1 WlU ' C o o p «, U. 8 . ' Commissioner of Edu- ther bullet crashing Into the wounded delightfully and easily that their en will make but little difference to the meetings This com e, as good new. to man s head. Itil» penetrating the tem joyment nt Ihe concert Itself will be Negro, during the next four years, many who do not wish to pay high p Pri. 1 «!. morninr heeinn.ne do the peoples' bidding but you know cation, I know that the ' m ” fr ple and plowing thru Ihe head to e- greutly Increased In fact, these gath for drought and famine are upon us rental, for ever, time they want the Noyember 4th and concluding on Dec. and “ " .stei's ler 8 voice” TO,ce 1° I As formerly, the program is being use of a hall. It is hoped that the rare 9th for the pur||ose of creating an un- i “ * “ ' “ 11 determine the vote blood Is thicker water—even merge from the other aide and crash erings, the first of their kind ever aud on every I pUlined in cq8Peration with the Na- . . . . _ than . . will sustaiiv Mr and Mrs. Evans, both into the lining of the car. With the held on the Pacific coast, wlH give to th., „ measure that comes before them. On- t| onB| American Education Week, ” ,y b ^ T . derstaudiug between the two races. we might worthy citizens In this step they hare dead man In the hark seal, Stewart listeners n quick comprehension of Ihe fringe of the pastures Mrs. J. D. Wilson is the leader of this ly the legislation that Is Insignificant November 7-13. It is being arranged w ” V* taken to try to prepare a place for will “ get by". Will we never learn— by Dr. Ambrose Callver. Federal Of started the motor rar, _ ,h'' ,nur " f 'he nympho- but haT0 „ photul[r. p h. the colored people to hold their vari new organization. we who want things done for the fice of Education Senior Specialist ln speed, toward the Mexican border; | ny. together with the definite ability ed. ous civic nnd other entertainments. travelling at breakneck sped through to follow Ihe melodies throughout. human end ot the problem? Nothing Education of Negroes. I Miss Chrystalee Maxwell entertain Miss Jesle Mott, the youngest dau but greed and selfishness — but hold, oul the night to eo(ver 160 miles. Sle- ! ed the grade school girl reserves of It is hoped that radio parties for Ilf llll94MM9t#4ll!l4i6ll9ilMI4M9lt4494IIS49till9tt4444M44t4#IISI4ll I At any rate the Circus will bo In ghter of Mrs. U. 8. Reed has been con- which she Is the advteor. last Satur there, wart rnine Inin u curve, shunt a mile m el. ''thev m a k e ' Ä ! toe p u r p le of Hs.enlng In either at town Tuesday. By all means attend fined In bed since Thursday. We hop« worse west of Dawson, which he failed to day afternoon at a Hallowe’en party. “ r L . h.„T 0 ¿ 1 .,^ school or in the homes of patrons It. Speak your piece; take your bow, for her a speedy recovery. negotiate, hitting a small bridge, and nearer we get to the Socialists Ideal— will be arranged. and then exit for four years. plunging Into a shallow ditch. Allan perhaps these funny people that pre The Committee of Management of Many reported having listened in tinning the auto, the murderer made the Y. will hold a public reception on tend that they are statesmen and A D V O C A T E S C I T Y M A N A G ER tently nnd Interestedly at Ihe radio hla way Into Dawson, calling his mo November 11th at 8.30 P. M. at the j stateswojnen” are really "tools of or Meter to declare a moratorium on FORM Of G O V E R N M E N T inn#,,« a k — a tiKiiiin Dnn.ininh ther from a garage, telling her to ___ i Inst . . . Sunday morn Branch In observance of the 25th an destiny." the legislature for two years at least? Carl E Sloan, candidate for City a national hook-up come lo Ihiwaon and pick hint up; niversary of the present National Commlsaloner saya, “ I am an ordina Ing. this alio did. taking hint to ('nralcnnai How about that petition to Govern- H E L P ! ! ! Young Women's Christian Association ry citizen, seeking office for the first where he evidently atayetl nil tiny. ¡time. But I have been a student of the T H E W O R L D 4AMOUS Mrs. Isndore Mnney Is Indisposed of America. An Interesting program Tlml night (the next tinv following has been prepared by the chairman. City government for years, and have this week with a cold. the crime) Stewart appeared In llub- Mrs. Bonnie Bogle. The honor guests observed the errors of Judgment or linrd elty, arousing nn undertaker by management In t'ortland's administra Annual Thanksgiving Dance auspi will be the ex-commlttee management Ihe name of Andrews to whom he tion until I believe that only by chang ces C O U R T OF C A L A N T H E T H U R S members. The affair is to celebrate told lb 1) Inin of him nnd a eompnnlon ing to a city manager government can DAY. N O VE M BE R 24— A LB IN A Hall. tho past and to dedirate to the futu£s coming ueriiaa (he tlentl hotly of Hum- the support of Its members. the present abuses be corrected." Admission 35 cents. Adv't. ho, while they wero running dope be Mr. Sloan advocates municipal ow tween San Antonin nnd Mexico; Miss Catherine Fair president of the nership of Electric power. He says J A C K L U IH N Stewart toltl Andrew» that he fenrod Business and Industrial Girls Club ¡It Is a grout weapon In reducing rates, Jack Luthn. candidate for commis will attend the Inter-club council on being Impllented In the t-rltne ami of 'and a way to reduce taxes. sioner of the Port of Portland. Is a fered the Ituhhnrd City man money | "A City manager form of govern successful business man with a pleas Thursday evening at the central Y. to drive hint to the Mexlenn hordes ment would substitute efficiency for ing personality —the kind who will In the monnllmo. the crime had The Girls Friendly Society will have chaos, nnd would ellmtnnte largely devote himself to any worthy cause been discovered anil the hue ami cry t Its Admislon service on Sunday. No- ,the political elements thnt are retard- which he undertakes. waa on. tho llangora getting their SO— DIX IE A R T I S T S — 50 ,, , ... . . . . vember 13th nt 6 P. M. at the Eplsco- I Ing n ir n iir iip n ir r o u ii " our progress Mr. V 'ton la without race or class pa, chnrch „ „ KnoU and Rodney 8t> first lip from tho gnrago man nt It In Mr. Sloan’s belief that the prejudice and la well fitted for the Dawson who overheard Stewart cnll The public la Invited. Mrs. Thelma .huge majority of Ihe men who have position ho seeks. his mother. Then Andrews entered ON OUR S T A G E Unthank Is the leader and organizer In the past served us commissioners When the Gren Pastures was In of thla interesting Society of girls. the rase, and nt the trial It was In the City government have been Portland some time ago, Mr. I-ulhn mainly Ihe tentlmnny of Andrews, to politician» first and business execu- entertained tho leading members of gether with Ihn cheek and note thnt i lives second. George Johnson, of Troupe. Ttxas, the cast at a luncheon at one of the Ithamho had been fnreed (o write, Is here on a visit to relatives. Mr. Sloan Is n taxpayer, married leading hotels, but which Stewart had lorn up nnd land resides with his family ut 1276 hidden under a bridge, where It was Boston Avenue. The Progressive Political League of The Advocate acknowledge» with found hy diligently searching rangers pleanure receipt of a post card hear- which Attorney Wyatt W. Williams la that formed n wnvo of Irrefutable ev- Ooorgo Cannady arrived home yn»t Ing the likeness of the National C. M. president hold a political Instruction Idenee. Other Important witnesses In night to pans the week end. He had A. Stores in New York City. i meeting on Thursday night. It la re tho rnso worn Jnek Newton, former ,Just finished playing In the football! ------------------------- ported and selected a full ticket. employe of tho Rhnmbn ostahllsh- | game. Willamette vs. McMinnville and I William Johnson, the fleet-footed inent, Gill Mao Lucan, with whom Paid Advertisement ¡made three touchdowns of the four In private waiter at The Portland, la a GRAND A R M IS TIC E B A L L G IVEN Slowart lived In Han Antonio; Jack [favor of hi» school. Willamette. Tho pntlent nt the Good Samaritan hoapi- BY EX SE R V ICE MEN. B E S T MUSIC Gordon, taxi driver; nnd Jim Martin, game ended with a score for W. U. tal a» a result of an operation for j IN T O W N . E V E R Y BODY W I L L BE Texas Hunger. Il»»»................................................. .dlof 2(1 to nothing ITH ER EI nppondlcltls. BRILLIANT PRESENTATION - VERDECÍ RETURNED IN FEW MINUTES Y.W.CA NEWS STORY OT NEGRO T SEE WARNING VOTE SB] X NO fo x I « ii'iiiH u n i NOW! J \ o»din«t fire and polie« meatiirc