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PORTLAND. OREGON, B ATURO AY, JAN UARY 14, 1933
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PRICE RIVE CENTS
NEGROES VICTIMS OF RE
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BRANCH ACTS TO SAVE CONDEMNED NEGRO
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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 ;
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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
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.. 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
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k
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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-
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and
gives
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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 ___
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____ _ 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
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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 ?
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DREAD NEEDED SAYS BISiP