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The Advocate Th* Bridge ■ tlw H n Th* Negro and Whit* t h e Mac** in Oregon An —O — vo l ” 2 9 ^ ” n a d v o c a t e In d ép en d an t Paper D evoted to the In terest* o/ the : OUR GOAL The Advocate In Every W hit* Horn« In Orogon in 1111 P e o p le PORTLAND. OREGON, B ATURO AY, JAN UARY 14, 1933 U m "ÏÎË r 7 PRICE RIVE CENTS NEGROES VICTIMS OF RE a -....—— BRANCH ACTS TO SAVE CONDEMNED NEGRO -a TENCED d r . DUBOIS IO K THOT RACIAL INJUSTICE INNOCENT «FATAL TO MANY AND SCOTT MAKE-UP ¡Digesting . . . . . Tße Inerts WOMAN LA W Y E R W INS BIG CASE BT CLIFFO RD C. M ITC H E LL AG AIN ST RAILROAO M IN NE APO LIS. Minn . January 9 - Mias L. O Smith, brilliant colored wo man lawyer here won against high powered attorneys of tbe Great North era railroad last weak, when a Jury In the District court. Judge Mathlaa Raldwln presiding, granted damages of (3000 to Clarence Ctearee. a youth whose Jaw was broken by a special agent of the railroad. September. 1931 when he walked through tbe yard* of tbe railroad The first trial was held in June and Cleave» whd formerly went under the aliaa of Tom Carh. was awarded 81000. Tbe rat,'road attorneys appealed but In the second trial Miis Smith won to a greater degree than the first M a t Smith who has been practicing law successfully here for aeveral years baa won uuilluted praise for her handling of the caae. A NEGRO CONTRIBUTOR'S MAGAZINE Mr Orrau I. Grossman. who wax re cently appointed aaaiatant manager of ENRAGED P R IV A T E SLAVS FOUR the Portland District of tbe Metropoli About three months ago this column A T U. S. IN F A N T R Y POST tan Life Insurance Company. was devoted to suggestions for "Young The following la copied from a letter Mr Uroaaman deserted the profea Negro W riters". That particular re Jim Crow Rregulation* Culminate which The Advocate editor wrote to ■ion of Dentistry for the Insurance lease was written merely by way of re- In S*rlou* Outbreak the Daily Journal Editor after reading l.ueln ***. In which he haa shown r ire j ply to hundreds of letters received hta editorial. "Soak The Disinherited” , executive and organizational ability j from aspiring writers over a period FORT H UACHUA Aria. —Trouble which was published in The Advocate N E W YO RK C ITY. Jan — Using the of two year», Portland. Oregon. Jan • — Charla* shlrh haa been brewina between of last week: editorial “ we". Dr. W. E. B. Du Bola, ( W Untune»*. fo r m e IMatrlrt A ll« ru.'jr whit* oflrera and Negro soldier* here Portland. Oregon. January 3. 1931 - ! edltor 0j ,j,e (-rigUj Magazine, in the I had hoped that by contributing at Portland. haa been retained by tbe ance Ih* publication of a segregation T o The Editor of The Daily Journal: January issue of that publication pub- my thought« on the subject that the Portland llran* h of the N A A C I* order last March flared Into open vio I have Just read your editorial anenT. Usbes a retraction o f the editorial in matter would be dropped, as fas as I lo defend Theodore Jordan, rhanted lence .set Wednesday «h e n a private. “ Soak the Disinherited" in yoor issue the April Crists reflecting on Dr. Scott was personally concerned. To my sur e llh murder, fo lio «m s an exhaustive James Abernathy. *<>adrd by InaulU. of even date and hasten to add my of Howard university. prise a condition quite to the contrary Investigation Into the clrrumataucea of (lu„ #nd klll*d , wo c, p t,|na and their endorsement to the sentiment therein Declaring that "it was furthest from has arisen and an even greater amount the caae wire* The dead are Captain and Mrs expressed. hta mind to reflect upon the Integrity. of correspondence has been received Jordan was secured of attacklnr a John Weaeely and Captain and Mra Mississippi does hold a rather uni ability or seal in behalf of Howard on the aobJecL dining car aleward and beating Itlm David I’ almr; a Lieutenant. II It Mat que record in establishing precedents university of Emmett J. Scott. Dr. Du ; -------- Into unconsciousness last July at thewa was wounded Abernathy him in more ways than one. For example: j ¡s says "W e cheerfully withdraw Not only do the correspondents Klamatb Falla. Oregon The steward, self w it killed by guards. In an authentic report of a recent in ,n y word that reflect upon him or up- thank me for analyzing the situation after lingering In an unconscloue c.-n The trouble occurred when Captain veatigatlon of work on the Miaslaipp! on , nv m„ mb« r of th i Board of Trus- they were up against but most of them dltlon for aeveral month*, eventually Weaeely drove to the army supply poat Flood Control project. Intended to con «eem to think that because this col died without regaining conectouanees to order gaaotlne Something happened (Tlease turn to page three trol the devastating floods of the Mis amn is read in every p v t of America Inveatlgatlon by Clarence h l»c y . ,nd t|jn p r ie d « ahot Weaeely and then sissippi over the adjacent land of the that I can considerably advance their presid'-nt of the Portland branch, and dr„ „ |h. honi(, |o ku) M ri Wesse Delta States. It is revealed that Miss cause by placing their aim before the Mr Robinson, reveals that throogh |y ^ minute taler he killed the other SOLON PNEUM ONIA VICTIM isslppi works Negroes on the levee in public in the hope that some progress third degree torture Jordan was In c, ntaln and hla wife and wounded the I private camps for as much as twelve ive and capable race member wlP r* duced to sign seven illffereni coat** ||( g|( U |l | when hla arreat wa* sought and in many cases, fourteen aud six ■pond by providing a medium of na «ion» no two " f »h ii h worn Meat leal. t lM t l t f l gtratMMUMMaa g g i teen hours a day. In addition to over-' tional circulation far their particular and "would have signed seventeen Ing the (rouble are ahrouiled In the long daytime hours, they are worked benefit more #o have ended the tortura". On terrecy of the cenaorehlp that rlaoka -Cut Courtesy "T b e Scribe" ROOSEVELT TO T A K E GEORGIA at nights without one cent of overtimo hi* arm la a scar from a three Inch the poat Statements given out by the Mr. Oro tarn on My conclusions In the matter convin MAN TO W ASH ING TO N AS V A LE T pay: the rate of pay has been as low burn which Jordan claims was caused commanding officer allude to "faneb-d as ten rents an hour and even leas, His promotion Is well deserved, ces me that there is a wonderfu' fi-lJ by the application of a "lie detector” fcr|,vaiirea' and in a multitude of authenticated ca and his friends and patrons whom be for a "N egro Contributor's Msgs lin e ” . Washing’ on. D. C Jan IS—(C N S ) — which was placed on hla arm and at Troubles between officer* and men served c* field man. arc most happy ses the men have been summarily dls « Such a magazine would adopt only Irvin H McDuffie, who became Mr , tached to a light iockei and lef* to began last March when the officer* to note his steady climb although they Roosevelt , vale, while the latter contributed matter, stories, essays, po charged without pay; have received “ try" the atm Jordan's clothes were ordered the Jim Crow and segregation regret to miaa hi* weekly ealls cats, features and drawings from tii* on a vacation at Warm Springs. Ga. only a fraction of the pay stipulated removed anil he w ai kicked tn tbe of Negroes and Indians In places of The Advocate congratulates Mr two vears before he was inaugurated and have been forced to purchase at pen of aspiring writers groin, permanently injuring him A amusement, schools and other public Giossman and call, his attention to Governor of New York and la slated Company stores and Commissaries gun wae held to hla head by detectiv facilities At that time the men drew Such contributor*, judging from the re acordlng I* Jordan a affidavit, and up a protest to the war department, (he fact that we predicted he aryuld t0 accompany Mr Roosevelt to W ,,h wb* r« ,he Trlcea , r e **^ rtio n a te E l be given such promotion about the j, (8 quoted as saying amples: 12-lb sack of flour 60c. regu- correspondence I have received, are to he heggrd ilit m to pull lbs trigger pre charai terlsing tbe order aa un Am eri be found in every community in the M— 11 <•*"'- "1 have been with Governor Roo.e- lar " * ’• *alt P °rk 15c re« uUr fic; cot‘ ferrlng death to further brutality can and unfair and asked official lu ton pants $2. regular 98c; condensed countr Each contributor wounl not on velt since 1927. and honestly I didn't There la also grate doubt that Jor terference milk 20c. regular 3c and so on. In ad- ly have the satisfaction of seeing their know anyone could have a disposition dan had anything whatever to d i with , The Jath Infantry la stationed at the "brain-child" in print but they could, • s good a . hi., there', no other man ««ttiom to this. men and women as the beating of the dining car steward f-ost. O ffhers are all while and sol well, have been subjected to brutal and would, act as a distributing agent like the Governor. or had any knowledge of the crime diers ur* colored heatings. for the magazine, and in this U tter ca “ I never would have given up bar Mr. Ivey has mails two trips tn the The following excerpts are taken tacity they could commercialize their benng lo become Mr. Roosevelt's va prison at Salem tn Interview Jnidan efforts, thu* earning, indirectly, a cum- let If my leg had not been scalded, verbatim from the reports and re|Hirts that the entire prison "The sub-contractor, engineers and ' petence for their contributions. making It hard for me to keep up mt force la of the opinion that Jordan la ork". McDuffie M id. “ If It hadn't oth' r whlt* men on ,he l ° b armed not gulRy. with rifles and revolvers." With thousands of such contribu t'pon consideration of the facta lu been for that accident I would have 'There is no mosquito netting, no tors. from all parts of the country, an the case the National Association of missed whht will be the greatest ex Editor Thinks Race Should Fight For pet-lance of my life, being valet to the ,urn" ure <* an> klnd bat * ,ra» l* far' immediate nation wide circulation fice has made a contribution of |lt>0 nished for the men to sleep on.' Rights, But By Legal Means Noth President would be assured, and would be con toward the expenses of act tiring a new "A minnimum of 14 a week is taken mg To Gain From Violence stantly increasing because of the very trial for Jordan and plans are ra. Idly j Two daily papers carried the follow " If any one had told me then that from their pay for the commissary aud active effort that each contributor being matured for the difficult and Ing interesting nows Item recently: I’d go to the White House as a Presi Atlanta. Ga . January 12—"lost Ne dent's valet. I'll have said he was era- they are obliged to trade there ” would make in "selling” the idea and probably long-drawn out legal halite Miss Clara Mao Ingcrsoll, of l'or* "T h ey do not ask the prices charged the magazine to their reUtlve*. friends tn save hie life The Portland Branch i s n d " t h r n r . 7 Negro gi'ri''.o",'1„ '. llf, * T™ " " ' U ' “ * V ™ " * * " " " dr“ m" ' ° f * nT' hln* ,ik* for anything and are not answered If . " .. 1 .. with officers of the law, hut to battle acquaintances and neighbors. asks -¡lurches, lodge* and Individuals for registered muse In the state. It for our rights legally in the courts, and help finance this caao m.hlrh la of vit This 50 year-old colored man. bora ,h,,y “ k T l"*5 r * * ' no waa announced here after sne had economically through mass owend hu Elberton. Ga.. la a barber by trade ment. The boss-man tells them the —Cut Courtesy Oregon Daily Journal Apparently, the demand for such a al Importance to the future o f Negroas passed the examination of the Origon sines, giving employment to Ne- * nd j 7 yt,ars of hia life In At amount due them in wages anil the In the northwestern section of the Representative R. R. Butler, of the magazine It undisputed. The question atat* board of nurara groe* which would make for Indepemt |an,a - p a r t the time in bualness for amoam of ,he,r Indebtedness at the Secon(J Q ai, trj<t wt,0 dled of then Is In securing a competent per country Contributions may be aent to Mlsa Ingeraoll was born in Colum- <w««. ■ ... . . i j i __ _____ . . L ... era . . n o m m ld a g r t r and o io o a I them n n ni n n V a ■ ' commissary and gives any a enee. This would do more to benefit hmiself Clarence K. Ivey, president. #46 Tlbb pneumonia In Washington, on last Sat son to “ put Is across” . There have Inis, Ga. After finishing the college the Negro than all the communist ells street, Portland. Oregon All con been many attempts made at filling Ha has traveled with the Governor m'mnt ,bl* « » * • ■ * • a» ° » a ,b<?la urday afternoon, January 7. course, she enlrred nurse training a( trlhutlnna will ha duly acknowledged propaganda In Russia il l over the country on his numerous One man said he received t l 50 after this demand, usually by "fly by-nlght" In th* last general election, ex Gov. John A. Andrews Memorial hospital. Thus thè Atlanta World. Influential m p , n..fore Mr Roosevelt wa* elect worklnK flT<> week" and h# knew the W alter M. Pierce was elected to suc promoters who lacked both the neces with the official receipt of the Port Tuakagra Institute, where she was local Negro dally, comments on the re- pd Governor of New York. McDuffie amount had Purchased at the com ceed Rap. Butler. Mr. Piarc* will taka “ T abll,*Jr and finance* to make their land nranch of tbe Association and a graduated this year While iu training careful accounting made of all nunioya - , , „ , . . . cent tragic clash near Dadeville. Ala . wa, hla only companion on trips thru m,aaar>r could haTe been h01**1“ kt project successful. on March 4. Mlss .ngctsoR rec.tved two honorary l „ wh(rh four offlcer. w tr t lhot aud midd„ any store for M raised and expended. awards, one for the highest average. (hr<w killed, aa a rcaiilt ap id hin, ,11 over New York State on " w’ hlplpngs occur daily." The regular meeting of the branch T o property launch such a mags and another for being the most corno*- 1 i parently of communist propaganda hla two strenuous campaigns for the! ,n ,hre* area* alon* : Memphis. [ will he held Sunday (tom orrow) at ♦ slne.the owner, or owners, should tent emergency nurse I The World makes It clear that tt dots governorship, made three trips thru Vicksburg and New Orleans, those | P M at the Williams Avenue branch have a sufficient financial backing to ' not advocate tame submission to In -he State barge canal to Canada, and Ne* ro workers are being cheated j Y W C. A A* «bin meeting tho tateat carry their efforts for at least a year, ROARK BRADFORD'S “ JOHN HEN Justice. On tho other hand, it states two years ago crossed the Atlantic uut of $1.412.2-6 annually in wages , report i of the Jordan murder cast will cither tn the form of outright owner R Y " STORIES TO BE BROADCAST It* belief that "the Negro Is entirely with the Oovernor when he went ;o T h e s e figures are based on the differ Preachers' Emphasis Should Be Shift he given and the new Board member« ship of the necessary capital, or 3 pro *d From Theology To L ift, Gammon too passive.” At the same time tt Paris and Versailles. He also went fu f* between what the levee workers will he installed. rats investment from each ssnlring Student* Are Told NEW YORK. Jan 12 -T h e American At an enthusiastic meeting hold on holds that "helligerency of the type with the Oovernor on his tong swings are now pald and wbat they w°uld be contributor. Negro * folk legends rill he brought displayed near Dadeville la worse than through the west and south in the re V ld ,f ,h<>y workwl under a prevailing Thursday night of last week, pledges Atlanta. O s , January 13—That ms- rate of wage law. The total amount wore made to raise funds to help to radio In a new series of sustaining har|n„ the back to the blows of pre- 'cent presidential campaign. T o any who might undertake this nriurrnttia n r li lln u lfc ir .l'a programs Itatisxl based un on l.o Roark Bradford's fight the case A number of persons Jodie*." McDuffie said his w ife has been a of work under contract In these areas ny Preachers are giving people the dry project I shall be glad to ooopersl* tones of theology rather than the famous story of "John Henry" to be "M ilitant resistance Is absurd." says maid |n a prominent Atlanta family ,,a * lTen aa $28-109.113 96 volunteered to take Itsti and solicit and help to provide a definite medium bread of life, was the conviction ex presented by the Columbia Broad the World, “ particularly In Dixie The for 23 year* would probably Join him Mississippi also holds another roc- fund*. for our aspiring writers. casting System over s nationwide nit- Negro is without funds or armament \ n Washington, but that she w m ld ord — lynching. In a forty-siz-year pe pressed by Bishop Wilbur P Thlrkield of New York, in his Founder's Day ad work each Sunday night beginning ott P O R TL A N D LA W Y E R TO ASSIST for fighting He may be shot down in uot be on the White House staff. He (Please Turn To Page Three) dress Friday at Gammon Theological OUR GOAL — TH E ADVOCATE IN ttomorow), January 15. The program the name of the law. for he hss neither has one son. Joseph McDuffie, by a| MYERS IN JORDAN CASE EVERY W H IT E HOME IN Seminary, this city. "Many theologi to he known as "John Henry --Black law nor Us enforcement agencies on former manage, who lives tn New OREGON IN 1 9 3 3 cal schools", he said, "should reorgsn executive Board meeting in the Eu Klamath Falla. Oregon, January » — R ‘T* r W,U ,ollow th* ,hla side. The gun and tho sword la York. ize their work to meet the needs of gene hotel. There will be round-table Charles Robinson, attorney of Portland °.f ,h* fabul° “ * atyon* m*n of the Ml* th„ way to „M ain justice for the ROUND T R IP FOR CORPSE SAVES slssippi country In dramatised Ir.cl N a g ro ” today, with less attention to He- McDuffie accompanied the Oovernor discussions, breakfast group dlarut-, has been obtained by the Colorod T R IP BY R E LATIV E S dents from Bradford's hook. The ra to Portland on hla recent presidential »ton*, general sessions and the Annual ,*>rcw and Greek and s grea* deal more The World also points out the fic t Association of that city to assist W. P. dlo adaptation Is being prepared by that tn these reruirlng tragedies, dns campaign and was lound Is his praise banquet. j*0 practical needs of Individuals Myers, defense attorney for Theodor* COLUM BIA. Ga.. (C N S )— Economic Geraldine Garrick and Jusno Hornau sirppo.irdlly lo communist Influence, of his employer Speakers tnrlude R. H. Jonas. Prltie- nnd society." Jordan. Negro, sentenced to hang at Title Central Oregonian; Luclen P A-1 The emphasis of ministerial training caused El jah Thurman, d«z. creator of the role of "C row n" In "none of the white Red leaders Is evor Salem February 3. the New York Theatre Oulld's pro slain- the Negro hears the blunt of the rant, naker Democrat Herald; H O should be shifted from theology to “ “ . “ * < M l , P P ' r tP * °~ “ 1 F IF T E E N T H A N N U A L OREGON Myers stated that aditionsl time lias Ball. Hood R iver News; H R Frail preaching. Bishop Thlrkield said, and frelKht o « l c * here for a round trip rate duction of "P orgy". violence." been granted for his motion of re-(rlul. PRESS CONFERENCE C ALLE D ___ ..... .............. . ....... _____ R __ W . __________________ ____ _ to accept ,t0 ._ c* ^ ° . The opening broadcast of "John ing. Oregon Journal. Portland; people should be _ Invited . , * corI>e®- Interviews with representative Ne It will he made sometime before Jan Henry" will be heard from 8:00 to gro leaders here and In Alabama re Sawyer. Rend Bulletin; W illiam Wat- Christianity as a way of Ufe. rather I He oxplalncd. It waa Mid. that rela 13, M y«rs said tf the motion for a new The Advocate Is In receipt of an In "portuind "orrgom an. W V *rae than as a system of theology He pled ,,Te* ,n Chlra* ° wanU‘d a look at 8 15 P. M., Eastern Standard T in a, oil veal the fact that they are In com trial Is overruled, the case will he ap Sunday. January 15. The second cpI píete agreement with the views ex vitation to attend the Fifteenth Annual McKinney, Hillsboro Argus. also for higher standards of Intellect the deceased before burial here pealed l.o tho supreme court, he said. T h rifty heads of the far-separa'ed sode will lie on the sir from 8 45 to pressed by the World Being a minor Session of the Oregon Press Confer ual and spiritual life on the pnrt of Jordans was loeontly found guilty of ministerial candidates, and for a new fa" ' ily “ W * 1» “ ' ar chcaP*f to tran"- 9:00 P. M Eastern Hlandurd Time ity group In numbers, resources, and < nee to he held January 19th tn 21 In | first degree murder In connection with If) type of evangelism adapted to changed port tbp corPae ,n ,bat manner, than Each period will he complete In Itself power, the Negro has nothing to gutn tho School of Journalism, University OUR GOAL — THE ADVOCATE the death o f F. T. Sullivan, wlvlto EVERY W H IT E HOME IN of Oregon, Eugene. to send the dlstant velatives bere for conditions. Southern Pacific steward. (Please turn lo page Ihren ( Please turn to page (lire«)' 19 3 3 The meeting opens at 2 p.nt. with tin the final fites. NATIONAL OFFICE AIDS FOCAL BRANCH IN FIGHÎ NEGRO WILL BE E « I l G l FB I FASS NURSES' E H : NEGROES DIE 10 REDS GO FREE ? j DREAD NEEDED SAYS BISiP
