Portland Challenger_1952-09-12

Page Two Portl o..n d ~. tn~~r- An Independent Newspaper WILLIAM A. HILLIARD EDITOR AND PUBLISHER TED BURGER RICHARD BOGLE JR. MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR 3300 North Williams Avenue, Portland 12, Oregon MUrdock 4092 Published every other Friday in Portland, Oregon. The Chal– er is not responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts o photographs. Wisconsin Voters Indorsing / .t 'No Mess' or Best Man? A good many people are disturbed over the sweeping vic– tory of Senator McCarthy, Wisconsin; regarding the results of this election as being strong evidence of voters' dislike for th~ Washington "mess." McCarthy's successful campaign has been taken as the political thermometer by which to measure the results of campaigns which are yet to come. Little mention, however, has been made of the fact that voters of any party usually seem to favor candidates whose incumbencies have been marked by prominence. For the past three years McCarthy has enjoyed a rather distinguished political spotlight, it will be remembered. It is not the purpose of this article, however, to go on the r~cord as favoring or disfavoring McCarthy. . It seems rather reasonable to suppose that the cand,idate who is best known is the one likely~ to garner an election; al– though it does not :~.lways turn out that way. A voter might well expect to get more of what he desires from a cand_idate whose record is prominent. It has been wisely pointed out, even by Eisenhower,, that poHtical corruption can exist and tempt any officeh~lder, whether Democrat or Republican, depending on that particu- PORTLAND CHALLENGER Friendship House To Host Events The Blessed Martin Friendship House, 3310 N. Williams avenue, will host a program of varied events during the coming week. The DePorres club will hold their regular meeting Sept. 23rd, at 8:00 p.m. Newly elected officers of the Mother's club will preside Wed– nesday, September 24th at 7:30 p.m. The officers are: Mrs. Thel– ma de Pass, president; Mrs. Ger– trude Day, vice-president; Mrs. Hazel Williams, secretary, and Mrs. Ida Hanson, treasurer. September 25th the Volunteer supper will be held at 6 p.m. af– ter ·which the group will attend the regular meeting of the Ur– ban league. Starting September 29th the Friendship House will be closed for ten days while the staff work– ers attend the Friendship House council meeting in Chicago. Prince Hall Masons · Honor Anniversary The anniversary of Prince Hall, who established Negro F'reema– sonry in the American colonies, was celebrated Sunday in the hall at 116 N.E. RusseU .street by the members of Portland's two Prince Hall Masonic lodg~s. C. C. McCorrvey, master of Enterprise lodge, and K. Abram Hayward, master of Excelsior lodge, was in charge of the meet– ing which was open to the pub– lic. l~r .individual's strength or lack of strength to resist the temp- L ff f Ed •t tation. . e er 0 I 01 It is a point well taken by straight thinking voters. There- DEAR EDITOR: . , , . · l,·d. The members of Beta Ps1 Chap- fore, why shouldn t McCarthy s VIctory be taken .as an 1 ~ Ica- ter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, tion of the voters' desire to elect the best candidate for the wish to express sincere apprecia– offfce, regardless of party affiliation? tion for the articles which have appeared in the Portland Chal– Police Protection Naught lenger concerning our sorority news. ¥le have found your paper very informative and we look forward to each new edition. It is certain your project shall successfully prove its worth and that you shall continue to reach more and more enthusiastic readers. The recent episode on North Vancouver avenue. sur– rounding the shooting of an intruding car salesman ;by a mother of two, home alone, signifies more than ever the need of better law enforcement of the crime-plagued Wil- Iiams avenue district. Last year three women-seeking men walked into the Benington apartments and broke the door glass of a family's quarters looking for "a girl." Delta Sigma Theta Sor– ority, Inc. Beta Psi Chapter (Miss) Lena Hillsman, president Police were summoned, but a local cab showed up. · Protection of human rights is a basic desire of all decent– living peoples, regardless of the neighborhood conditio;1.s in which they live. Late Flashes One cruising through the much discussed "tough · Wil– liams avenue district" would get the impression from 12olice actions that they are more intent on stopping mixed . x:acial couples or groups than they are in preventing the presence on public streets of abusive, profane-spitting drunks. Atlanta ... Bishop S. L. Greene of the Georgia district of the AME church recently had his newly purchased home burned as tempers mounted in the west side housing deve~opment area. The lackadasical attitude shown by our Portland po– lice force in the Lewis shooting and Benington incident cer– tainly aren't to be tolerated. Hollywood •: .. Ex-nursemaid for actress .toeanne Crain, Vera Francis of B~ton is making her film debut ih a picture called Community voters should well bear these incidents in mind when they go to the polls in November. ,. "The President's Lady." She will be cast as a slave girl and ro– mantic rival to Susan Hayward. Record Count Basie has come out with another fine release on the Mer– cury label called "Every Tub." Paul Quinichette and his mag– nificent tenor are featured on two driving solos. However, the:r.e is a muted trumpet solo by an unnamed artist that almost steals the spotlight from Quin– chette. Tub is backed by "Jive at Five." The intro to it is slight– ly reminiscient of "F1ying Home." Quinichette on this one blows a relaxed and easy flowing solo. Woody Herman's second sin– gle release on his own Mars la– bel is "Celestial Blues." The best feature of this is its tenor solo and muted trumpet riffs. The flip side is a vocal arrangement of "Early Autumn." It is definitely not up to par with the instru- Oakland . ·. . Oakland's fire Review chief has recently drawn fire mental version. Listeners will from the NAACP because he sus– defeinitely miss Terry Gibbs' cool pended a Negro fireman simply vibe work. because the fireman requested Sonny Thompson has just re- change from the all Negro fire– corded a tune that is liable to put house to one closer his home. him at the top once more. It is Harrisburg. Pa.... For the first "Real Real Fine," parts one and time in Harrisburg's history their two. It bas a nice moderate shuf- schools will be on a completely fle tempo that will provide' nice integrated basis. This goes for dance music. On part one there teachers as well as pupils. is an excellently done bowed bass Chicago ... The Baptists have solo. Part two is divided between chosen Miami as their next year's Thompson's tenor and the piano. convention spot. They also elect– Listening to it makes one think ed Dr. D. V. Jemison to his four– of his first hit, "Long Gone." teenth year as convention presi- " A in' t Misbeha dn' " and dent. "Moonglow," two old standards, Washington, D. C.... Charles have just been turned out bY, Earl Franklin, 41, was named to head Bostic and his group, the .little the Democratic party's research band with the big band sounds. department. This announcement Naturally it swings but recogni- came almost at the same time as zabily so as only the Earl of Bos- the NAACP disclosure of their tic does. backing of candidate Stevenson. Friday, September 19, 1952 -lt-11-lll-ll-ll-11-tl-ll -tl--lt-ll-ll-ll-ll-11-ll-ll-ll-llf-111-RR-IIN- 1:11.... News In Brief By William Wright -at-tll-~lt-lll-111-tl-111-lll-11-ll-ll-ll-11-ll-11-tlll-ll-tiii-III-111-UI-III-111-I.-t Rumored: That Bob Gaines, now living in Ohio, is married. That J.D. "Mac" McCowen is about to do same in his home town of Los Angeles. Both fellows attended Oregon and Van– port (Portland State) while in Oregon. Mrs. Juliet Banks and daughter Renee are off for a two– week stay in Los Angeles. They will visit with Mrs. Banks' fath– er, Felix Hilliard and former Portlanders while in the south– land. Already in Southern Califor– nia is Mrs. Ruby Maddox. Absent from the city for a month, she plans to visit Mexico and return home sometime in October. Here for a brief stay last week was Mrs. Dorothy Benton of Los Angeles and her sister, Teresa. She visited with her son Walter who is in the army in Washing– ton. Off to Omaha for a few days is Mrs. John A. Minor and daugh– ter Earline. Miss Minor is a stu– dent at the University of Wash– ington School of Nursing ... a sister Betty is in the Bay Area of California for an indefinite stay: Another rumor-this one most likely to be - watch for Emery Baa.-nes to get married around the 28th of this month . . . Willie Payton is in the hospital for mi-: nor surgery. Scribe 'Whales' WithWitherspoon By Ted Burger Portlanders sojourning to Ben– ny's anytime during Sept. 9-13 saw "No Rollin'" Jimmy Wither– spoon whaling to near-sellout houses. It was an "'especial" treat for those who go for "after the sidewalk rolls up" blues (and who wouldn't). Adams Green fixed everyone with real spirited tenor. Also Ker– mit Scott, ex of both Coleman Hawkins and Earl Hines, shook 'em greatly with an educated tenor sax. Migl:ity fine arranger was and is Earl Jackson who holds his very own with an alto·. Other members of the capable aggregation are Buster Hardings, piano; Weston Williams, bass; and Charles Moore, drummer. Jimm;y and company return to home-town L. A. from whence they will leave on a three-month tour beginning Oct. 2 in Phoenix. * * * * Set to motor to Toledo, Ohio, to pick up her mother is Mrs. Viviane (LaViviane) Barnett, 1810 N. E. 1st avenue. She will have with her as company on the journey her companion and pet, Tiny. Talk has it that the Apollo Cab company is up for sale. (Listen to the Portland City Council broadcasts). Mrs. Eva Manning, mother of Miss Hazel Davis, 3526 N. E. Cleveland avenue, went to the hospital last week for a minor operation. Miss Davis graduated from Central State college in Wilberforce, Ohio, in June, ma– joring in clothing. Didja notice the note in the Journal's B. Mike column Mon– day, September 15, about sena– tor Dick Nixon, the GOP nomin– ee for veep coming to Portland this weekend, not making any :speeches Sunday while in Port– !and, EXCEPT maybe to a "Ne– gro group on Williams avenue" Wesley W. South. assistant ed– itor of Ebony magazine, was in Portland with the Stevenson car– avan. He is the only Negro re– porter traveling with the Illinois governor ... Ebony is editorially behind the Demo choice for pres– ident. Incidentally, watch for a change in Ebony in the next two or three months from their current sen– sational line to the more serious, intellectual level with emphasis on straight news. Reason: Too much adverse criticism to present Ebony copy. Look what Miss Joy Brock is wearing. The railroading dental student attending the University of Oregon school of dentistry. Clarence Pruitt is the fellow ber hind the diamond ... Don't know how much there is to this, but word has it that Belton Hamilton is either married or darn close to it. The gal? Some say "dunno" but others say Miss Alverna Oneal. Back from a jaunt across coun– try are Mr. and Mrs. John Nich– o·ls, 515 N. E. Brazee. The Nichols £topped in Los Angeles on the Washington, D. C. . . Edith way home and spent some time Sampson, a member of the United with Mr. and Mrs. Richardson of State delegation to the UN was that city. recently renamed to her post by Here for a day and then right President Harry S. Truman. back to Seattle due to an emer- New York ... Andrew Jack- gency, was Mrs. Charolette Wil– son sr., who was a teen-age sol- Iiams, mother of Joe Bowman. dier in the civil war, died here at Miss Angie Mitchell is thinking the age of 102. about getting married ... Miss St. Louis ... Dean Scovel Rich- Cutropia Jones is seriously con– ardson of the Lincoln University sidering a career in the Waves School of Law was appointed to and is just about ready to enlist. the chairmanship of the Commit- Benjamin Webb is engaged to tee on Cooperation wit.h .Bench ' second "lewy" ... This one hap– and Bar of the AssociatiOn of pens to be in the Wacs and is American Law Schools. a Miss Christine Thigpen station– New York ... Singer Arthur ed at Lettermans' hospital in San Prysock recently opened at the Francisco. Wedding time is slated famed Birdland nitery to a near to be some time in December. record breaking crowd. New York ... It is rumored that Sarah Vaughan and hubby George Treadwell are not having it too smoothly. Treadwell is planning a European trip as more or less a second honeymoon to Webb recently drove his fiance to the Bay Area and came back with Mrs. Edith Gomez, the for- mer Mrs. Edith Jackson Hilliard. Sign seen on S. W. Stark street between 11th avenue and lOth enable them to regain that old avenue: Red Cap Garage. spark. Luncheon Held Scene of a late summer lunch– eon last week was the quaint Co– lumbia Villa apartment pf Mrs. Rita Jones. Mrs. Jones had as her guests the Misses Cutropia Jones, Grace Cothinan, Jackie Perkins, Jesse! Young and Aletha Emanuel. Dick Bogle dropped into an It– alian specialty restaurant (Par– ente's on S. W. Morrison) to get some sandwiches for members of the L. A. Ram's football team and was confronted with derogatory remarks from a nearby drunk. Whereupon indignant waitress promptly ordered drunk out with comment: Damn predjudiced peo– ple, excuse me, can't stand them.