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The Advocate
T he B ridge l i l w i m
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Haca» In Or egon
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V O L U M I I f — NO. 12
In d ep en d en t
A D V O C A TE ,
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The Advocate
In Every White Hama
In Oregon In IM I
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M A R C H 4. I t i :
P R IC E
P IV I C IN T I
SA VAGE MOB L i NCnS MAN
FUN MONUMENTINI HfflWR RATE AVIATOR
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‘Digesting .
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ut
curroKO c
P A ID
IN
mitchkll
FULL
Waro I 1« eoi a rkarge on Iba hum-
bla servir* (hai I bara attempted to
render through ihla rulumn alara Ila
la m p llo » nearly ib r n reara ago. I
would runaldar tha bill "paid In fu ll"
after reading lha editorial, preauniab*
lr br "B ook" l a i » ion in the Kanaaa
Whip, of Topeka, laaue of February
fill, reading aa follow»
N O. 30*47
DENIES ASSAULTED BY RACE M A N «!i
POLICE PROTECT “DE LAWD” WHITE MAN
E
LOCAL NAACP OFFICIALS
CONTINUE BRUTAL’ FEAR H AR O N MAY BE
ATTACK ON IORDAN FED. OFFICERS TAKE PRECAUTION:
THE
L O U IS IA N A
L Y N C H IN G
AS
R E L A T E D BY A CO LO RED MAN
EYE W IT N E S S TO T H E ORGY
• Reprinted from the Pittsburg Couri
er of February 25th)
'I Never. Forget The Crie# of That
Dying Man. Phantom Reporter writ
es aa He Recalls That Night of T e r
ror.
LOS ANGELES. Calif.. M a rl—A N P
— Death la always tragic but In this
new venture that Mr. Banning tried-
so hard to lead the race they should
carry on. He la a martyr to the cause,
and a noble young mao died nobly.
Steps should be taken to provide a
monument to hla memory.
Thus spoke Rev. Dr. Oriffith. pas
tor of the Second Baptist church as
he conducted the last rites over J.
Nashville. Tenn . March 2— (B y A- Herman Banning in tha beautiful cha-
>’ P ( — Proof that not all the tales of pel of Conner and Johnson's Under-
attacks by Negroes given out by the taking establishment last Thursday,
police are tr t". was contained in n He was burled on the hllladsle In Ev-
signed statement Tuesday, placed In ergreen cemetery
the hands of police here by J. L. Me-
Pall bearers led by Wm. Powell
Cloud, that somebody had erred when were dressed la black aviation unl
it was reported that a Negro had at- forms with a gold wing insignia pinned
tacked his 22-year -old wife.
j°n the left breast. The body of Ban-
Mr. McCloud admitted that he and uing was dressed the same way. There
hla wife had been held up by n color- was not a dry eye In the little gather
ed bandit, hut asserted In their state- log. Mr. Sam Moore, white, owner of
ment: "The Negro told us he waa not Banning cross-continental plane and
going to hurt us. but wanted our mon- other white friends were as deeply
ey” .
moved as the colored mourners. Step*
He was at a loss to understand how will be taken at once to purchase n
anybody could hare reported that hla monument,
wife was attacked.
Som e« here wllhln the broad eg-
CO LO RED SL A Y E R H AN G EO SY
NEW YORK. March 2— (By A N P l
pana# of the United Htatea of Am eri F R E E I D E N T I V E Y ' S L E T T E R S A Y S
SO UTHERN MOB
I —Marc Connelly and Rowland Steb-
H I'S NOT SU R E OF C O N D E M
ca. a brilliant mind, a regenerated
bins, author and producer, respective
N E D M A N S IN N O C E N C C
Editor's note: Becauae of the tense
»otti. anawerlng lo lha No "10447",
(A s reported In the dally white pressi ly. of "The Green Pasture»", were re-
feeling In Louisiana following the lyn
bide» hi» lime and awaits lha hoar
llluggold. l-a . Feb 20
Nelaon ^ue, (wj ,n , letter Tuesday by the N.
ching of Nelson Mash the name of
when "e a rle ir" »ball roll bark Ilka Yet On Ot he r H a n d He W o u l d B a r g a in Nash. Negro, who kldnapel a hank
A. A. C. P to cancel the remainder of this eye witness to Ringgold's "Bloody
W
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H
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If
Jordan
W
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Donoue-
a scroll; tke priaoa bar» ibal rwatraln
caabler and hi» wlfa In an attempted (he engagement of the »how nt the
eo Ot he r O r g a n i sa t i o n s A n d In d i v i
Sunder” has been withheld.
hi» freedom until Ibe full measure of
robbery and killed the man. for de National Theatre In Washington, D.
duals. W ho l» Content Of Latter I*
justice Is meled out; and "society"
fending the woman against attack, C.
H i g h l y Illu m in a t in g O n St an d T a k e #
SH REVEPO RT. La.. Feb. 1»— I've
ha» collected II» full debt
was lynched by a band of angry cltl-
The Association gave two reasons Just seen a human wolf-pack In full
"H e pars' He p a r»' H » p a r »' Th»
rena at ths scene of the slaying yea for ,u ^ n e s t : becauae threats had
cry! I've Just seen men — yea. and
»(rlped or grar uniforma are symbols L O C A L M I N I S T E R S A N D O T H E R
terday
been made against the life of Richard women, too —stripped of their veneer
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of an InaittuUon lhal crucifies human
Ae news of the crime spread sever- H Harrison, who plays the role of
of civilisation, tnke the life of an ig
»oula lo araugs (he Illusions of sort
al hundred ctttnena organised posses "De Law d" In the play, so that It Is norant. deluded, black man
C all e d "Oodl»»» and C o m m u n i s t s ”
a ir ; ibal H la a moral fore». capable
and raptured Nash 15 miles away and necessary for him to hare police pro-
And t omgbt. as I ait here trying to
of mating out Juallre lo (bo»e who
bmught him hack to Ringgold, where tertlon. and becauae withdrawal of the write the story of Ringgold's “ Bloody
(By Dawn Uovslacal
Iranagrea» Ila r lr ll and moral cod#
officers said he confessed the slay- play would serve aa "a rebuke to the Sunday” , a day which blasphemed Hhn
j'ortland. Oregun. March 3 -S p e c I
"W ere I (o name ibe moat brllllaal
A V IA T O R 'S W IFE IB D E STITU TE
Ing
intolerance and prejudice In the capt- who gave His life that we might live.
literarY men of my group, the No to The Advocate—Correspondence now
The
crowd
spirited
the
Negro
away
tsl
of
the
country.”
I can't seem to close my ears to the
10447. would stand heelile Ihoee of In the hand» of the Jordan Defenae
LOS AN G ELES Cal.. Mar 1 (A N P )
to the scene of ibe slaying, hanged
Mr Rtebbina who. with Mr. Connel-
crlee of that mob of bloodthirsty
Dullols. ri< kens. Simmon» Hughe», Committee Indicate# that Clarence K
— Mrs. Herman Banning, wife of the
htm
fmm
a
tree
and
riddled
hla
body
|y,
strongly
denounced
th#
policy
of
whites whose throats rumbled to the
and W ilkin» And were I obliged to Ivey. Charles Robinson, and other of
transcontinental aviator who lost his
with bull«la
racial exclusion practiced at the Na cry. " W e ll burn him at the stake!”
choose from Ih » whole fieut ih » one ficial» of (he National Association for
CHICAGO Mar I — (A N P ) A move- life two weeks is reported to be ill and
tional
theatre,
staled
that
the
exla-
Nor
can
,
ahu,
,h#
tK
o
n
ilfii
cry
whose »la r shines the mor. fu m an ! the Advancement of Colored People
tenre o f a contract would preclude i „ f ^
NeUon Maah whoae rolc, ro<M> ment has been started to seek plays destitute at her home. 101» E. 25th at.
from amid the greater number of are continuing their campaign of at
by and of the group, on the part of
Banning had been able to make but
giving consideration to the requests
muted app«.a| „ he kx>k#d
•hackle» that retard each in hi» tack on Theodors Jordan, colored, now
A Dllworth Faber according to an an- 1***1« money as a result of his aerial
sphere. I would seek lha solitude of under sentence of death at the Oregon
Hessen» snd chanted "Oh. God' For- '« „ c e m e n t made k m '
exploits and died without providing
Stale Penitentiary.
give them, for they know not what
fhe grim gray walls of
Authors of the group are being urg for his widow. Insurance for aviators
they do.”
The organisation which, a few days
prison, lo pin upon the breñal of No
ed to send in their manuscripts to the is practically impossible to obtain.
10447, a »tar of hope; (he gratitude ago. assuming the responsibility for
‘‘A Bl oody S u n d a y
above address for consideration. Ac
saving Jordan from the gallows. Is now
o f a race
Tonight the hands of more than 300 cording to Mr Faber, all manuscripts
MRS. Y O U N G S D E A T H C O M E S AS
indulging
In
a
series
of
letter-writings
"t'nromplalnlngly. he languishes be
white men were drenched In the blood wm be carefully read and considered
SH O CK TO M AN Y
hind steel and stone and writes beau resulting In atlacks addressed to Jor
of a 24-year old Negro, aftermath of with the idea of producing those se-
llfully of the heller things of life, dan which have aroused wide-spread
, i,n« of *•>« »rentes! travesties on Jus- lected in Chicago during the Spring,
like a great 'General'; directing a Indignation In many quarters.
i ,ice ,hl* country has ever seen.
Summer and Fall of this year
The death of Mrs Ella Young, of
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week
The
Advocate
published
liattle on many ironia, he conducts
They told me that Louisiana was
A „ manu*cnpt, should be typed on
4i>24
N.
Garfield
avenue
on
last
Sun
a system of Information so »(upend In full a letter written hy Charles Rob
just a step removed from barbarism ,)ne side of the paper and those not
day
ws*
s
distinct
shock
to
her
many
•U». a» In affect the reader* of more Inson. attorney, called In by the N A
Tonight I'm willing to believe It. I'm selected will be returned to the writ-
ihan half a hundred (colored i new» A C P. on the rase, to Jordan, and friends whs had failed to realtxe Just
wtillng to believe, tonight that a N V |ers.
"We believe " said Mr. Faber,
witnessed
by
Clarence
F.
Ivey
and
V.
*»ow
III
she
was.
The
end
came
about
palter» In the United S iale» When I
gro In some parts of Louisiana dare
we ,r e opening up n real chan
see No 10447'» rolumn alongside that K Keene Robert Creamer, local at- - *’ ** Sunday of acute heart attack
not call his soul his own.
know his nei an(j opportunity for Negro Writers
N E W YO RK. Mar 1— (A N P )S ecrecy
o f my own. »haring with mine the torney, commenting upon the letter >'*’ « wa* found lying by her bed dead
body Is not his own.
and also that out of our efforts will surrounds the production of the Hall
aallj
by
her
next
door
neighbor
and
friend.
esine page». It |g with a feeling of
T o w n Had Been Ugly
be the means of discovering much ta* Johnson group o f singers in a play
"It Is one of the most rlclnus exprea-
l* Jamison, of 4028 N Gar-
doubtful e<|Ully of what fa ll» from my
AU day Ion gt he city has been in lent in the group.**
sponsored by a white producer from
slons
of
animosity
1
have
ever
read
•»•‘
tiue
who
had
Just
been
over
pen. lhal I appreciate the honor
an ugly, bloodthirsty mood. I'm light
Mr. Faber is well known in Chicago the Rialto. Rehearsals have been con-
It
is
certainly
s
brutal
thing
to
send
‘
°
on
h«
r
a
few
hours
before
and
j
"Surely the kind hand of Provi,
skinned. and even down
here they and for a number of years has been ducted in local halls in Harlem for the
* * ” ’ **• "P ****’ ' * r* ' oung all night
deuce, searching oyer the universe to a man under sentence of death.”
don't know that the blood of Negroes interested in the “ Lelttle Movement** past month. Guards have been posted
Although Robinson. Irey snd Keene •»> Saturday to minister to her.
for those who suffer fate, will touch
flows in my veins
that has the support and cooperation at doorways to permit no one to enter
Mrs.
Young was horn fifty-four
the hem of hi» garments, and cause In llie above-mentioned letter announ-
of Mrs. George Cleveland Hall and save members of the choir and the
to fade the cruel stripe», the stigma red their Intentions lo withdraw from Tears ago In Kansas City. Mo and she
(Continue«) on pane two)
other social leaders of this city. •
principles.
been a resident of Portland for
of a prison slave that ridetti »w lfily (he case declaring that Jordan a police
record,
among
other
factors,
had
In-
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a» the wind», to »c a lle r It» filth and
T U R N E R S P E A K S AT
fluencer their decision, the following officer and member o f Bethel church. ,
II» tirami, even before hi» going
F E L L O W S H IP M E E T IN G G
______________________.Bethel choir snd chorus; she was a
'T h e law of reciprocity' I» it not
talented
anil
Industrious
woman
snd
(Continued on page three!
•lead? Arise and loos* the shackles;
Eugene. Oregon. March 1—Geneva
hud many friends
w id ely has been paid’ Olve to him
Turner, junior in sociology, at the U.
Funeral services were held Friday.
the rewa.fl of your bargain, as lie ha*
of O.. spoke on the subject of "The
March 3rd at Bethel church with tl\j>
F ra n k li n D. Roosevelt
given In you Hear his knocking at
J. P. Finley, morticians. In charge
• A Novelette b y - T r e n v a n t ,hat a Rmall car ha(1 hera 8M>n rt„ h. Outlook of t he Negro Youth" at a
your door, which echoes the ears of
Rev. Hill delivered the principal eu
Anderson
Eastern Neerspa- ¡nK into the alley between his place World Fellowship meeting held re
twelve millions of colored Americans?
F ra n k li n Delano Ro osevelt who was
cently at t he Y. W. bungalow.
logy and the church choir furnished
Ily his adrice and gentle kindness un
per writer
|and the theater, immediately after the
• he music Interment In Mount Scott ‘" ' “ ^ r ,U d “ th* ‘ » '" T - ” ' « " « 1
Miss Turner, of Portland, gave an
der reversed rondlUnns. he has light
shots
were
heard.,
but
no
definite
des-
dent of the United S t a t e s of Am e ri c a
(F or the National Feature Service)
Cemetery.
economic and social background of
ened the yoke ahnul their necks and
scrltlon of the car could be given by
toady, Sa turday . M a r c h 4, 1933 at the
the American Negro, his home life,
Surviving are three daughters and
lighted the darker avenues of their li
A story of what happened when rl- the spellbound bystanders. Olive Les-
N at io n 's Capital. People from all ove r
and the problems he 1» dealing with
seven
grand-children:
The
daughters
:
ves. and awaits al the fork
of the
the United St at es attended the color- val racketeers In the Nation's Capitol ter. termed by most critics "the pret
today.
nre Mrs Edna Henderson, of Chicago;
road! to lead them through green
began muscling In on each othtT's ties! soubrette on the stage today" was
ful affair.
During the term the group has dis
Mrs.
Mae
Olhson
of
Merced
Falls.
pastures watered and grown In the
fields, and territory, and how a woman playing at the Rialto on the next day
JO RD A N A P P E A L B E IN G
cussed conditions in various phases
Calif.; Mrs Cleota Halrher, of Brem-j
'
"—
flickering shadows of a gloomy prison
and
a
reporter
ended
It
in
a
great
bat-
after
the
latest
killing
occurred
She
PREPARED
erlon. Washington; a son In law Mr I Owing to lack of space, a large
of life In America.
by the ray and hope of one that has
was Joe French's sweetheart, and had
tie of wits and chance.
M. M Hatcher of llremertor.. The amount of corespondence In connection
lived not alone for himself; hut for
been given everything her heart de
March 1— grand-children are: Benjamin Moore. w**l> * *>« Scottaboro and Jordan cases
P O L IC E S E IZ E P R O M IN E N T
Klamath Falla. Oregon
them and their (lod
which Is his
sired by the notorious gang leader, and
FAR W E S T P H Y S IC IA N
Irwin
Goodman.
Portland
attorney
re-
of
Chicago;
W
alter
Gibson,
of
Merced
l*a<*
*°
,,e
omitted
from
this
Issue,
French were the leading racketeers rhCkete„
..The
Spw tator-, that
•Iso.
tallied
as
co-counsel
for
Theodore
Falls.
Calif
,
and
Melvin
M.
Jr..
Cleota
in
Washington,
and
had
a
corner
on
know<„
newspaper
columnist,
whose
“ It has been my pleasure to ex
LOS ANGELES. Calif., Mar X - (By
change with No. 104(7, complimenta Jordan, young Negro, recently convlc- Marie. Christina Odell. Frank Nolan
The Advocate would appreciate It almost everything. Including the num- Identity
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waa a punie
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many rea-
Marmilllon was taken In
and arknowledgmenta to each for his led of the murder of F. C. Sullivan, anil Gerald James llalclier of Bremer- very much If our subscribers would b'"r*' n,* ht >’lubs. liquor, and what-not. denj ^ cnpltol papers, who feared AISiF ’ ^
an(1 hl8 uncanny , blllty to fer. to custody by the police and held with-
writings It Is my further pleasure to 8 P. dining car steward and senten- ton. Washington Mr and Mrs Hat pay «heir bills promptly so we can un*“ Brooks ttnd “ no,hpr “ ">hltlous Ma ^
nnaheath the sword In his name, as red lo he hanged, arrived In Klamath cher motored from Bremerton Mon- give you your paper on time
" " » " l * '» • Rre‘ ‘m* n' B,arUH' pa» ,n* ret out their misdeeds, was upstairs out b* il ,n ‘ onnpc*lon wlth the d« a,n
________________________
«h,,m ln‘ ° ,hp «'•‘•ground
By accl-
a l p t lk 4 M r drinking 8 percent of
‘ 17-year-old daughter of Mrs. Viola
he has for the millions of us. To scale alls FonMilay morning of last week day t o attend the funeral and look
dent or maybe not. on September 2 .
when F>ppman was shot, and Scott. 1539 E. 39th street.
the helghta of society, higher to the to make a thorough survey of the after Its arrangement,
The funeral was largely attended A I D S W H I T E M A N I N F L O G G I N G Federal cops raided Buck's smart nlte looklnk
The charge against Marmilllon la
lhe w|gdo,
Ma 4lh
Impregnable wall, which like an Ice case with W. P. Myers, local defense
and the floral pieces were numerous.
club, the Alcolon. and found ten quarts floor
of TantMe h r watched the murder by abortion.
berg, alaude haughtily In contempt of counsel.
W ILM IN G TO N . N. C.. Mar. 1— A N P of liquor on Ihe premises, and pad- course of the fleeing car.
Archie Henderson, girl's sweetheart
Goodman lias been retained In
thoae who are beating back
, .
.
stated he gave physician }25 to treat
“ In closing, muy I admonish that uaalst In the Jordan defense hy the In C O L O R E D D E M O C R A T I C C L U B NO. Dalias Bradshaw. 24-yearold while locked the brlght-spot. White and
The police advanced the theory that hgr
^
2 O R G A N IZ E D
man. and Roy Jones, about the same French were jailed, and released on
we all shall t ake up the gauge of bat ternational l-abor Defense Society.
Brooks and Freeman had conspired
age. have been taken Into custody by bail, for their trial, under Federal
Mrs. Scott claimed physician told
tle our cry shall be: 'U tterly for No. ' The Portland attorney ordered a
to "frame” White and French, and
On last Sunday afternoon al the the police and are being held pending laws.
One month later shots rang
her daughter had been pregnant for
10447!' I .et It he In unison, that Its complete transrrlp of testimony made
put the liquor in the Alcolona. and
volume will he like the peal of migh to present In the appeal of Ihe case home of Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Payne, of the outcome of Injuries Inflicted upon out. and when the excitement and then tipped off the Feds knowing three months.
Dr. Marmilllon Is president of the
ty thunder which will rock the foun to the Supreme court. Al randt. clr- **« Cherry street, a senior democratic Stacy Holland. 21-yearold white man. hubbub had subsided. Harry Brooks that the cops In that neighborhood
Bradshaw and Jones are said to have was found riddled with bullets. The
I. Z.
Western Medical Association and own
datlon of society, to e el.o through cultli court reporter, began on the <',uh was organised with Mr
were being paid for laying o ff the A l
the hells of Justice and expend If» transi rip Monday, and It la estimated Triplett, president; Marvin McGinnis. lured Holland Into the woods where next night while the police were un- colona. and that French and White er of the Marmilllon building at Thlr-
force In the dark archives of Mockaon that about 30 days will he required ^1™* ' * c* President; t. H. Payne. Sec they tied him to a tree and whipped bending every effort to find out who had engineered their deaths as re- -ty-third and Central avenue
Prison' — When the victory shall have for the work The appeal will then on,l v ,c * President and F. D. Young, him After the whipping. Bradshaw Is killed Harry Brooks. Al Freeman was venge
Buck and Joe were arrested
be filed Immediately.
secretary Another meeting will he «aid to have shot him.
shot to desth in a hall of bullets In >n(j oharke)| „ j y , the killing»
Olive
^ ounB c ° l<’ t'«<l Democratic I<ea-
been won,”
Jordan, who was sentenced to be h*l«l kt
the same plac* tomorrow. B an - 1 Before -flouting him. Holland told
front of his pressing club next door |^star atea out
to hp) her*sweotlc H "« of ° r* * on Held a most interesting
And for such an expresalon, from
* Thii Sn(>, ,
. „ ¿ " „ . T . . , ! n*««*lng Thursday night, a report of
e comparative atrnnger, gladly do I hanged on Fehrusry 17, has been da5r a* 2 v M and all prsons of the the police. Bradshaw asked him If he to the Rialto theater, where he used >nil
and "The Spectator" wark and interes-
which will appear In next week's Issue
mark the hill for my humble service— granted a 44-day stay of execution * * 1' of 25 an<* 0T,,r are cordially In- would rather be shot In the head or In this front as a shield for his real
. Vlied to bo present.
the heart. Holland selected his bead, business. No clues were left, except)
(Continued on page 3 Col 2 )
i?t The Advocate.
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