Page 2 I ,., PORTLAND INQUIRER CLARK COUNTY NEWS Negro Art Exhibit Opens in D. C. A special Halloween motion picture show, including a horror picture, a comedy mystery, and short subjects, will be shown to three audiences Tuesday, October 31, at the McLoughlin Heights community center, Walter PollocK, project services director for the housing authority, reports. The first performance will be given for young children and will be followed by a costume party. Children will arrive at 7:30 p. m. A second show will follow the junior matinee and last until 11:30 p. m. or midnight, and will be for teen-agers only. At 1:30 p. m. Saturday the show will be repeated for swing shift workers, followed by the weekly Saturday morning dance. land Gasa Blanca club and for Portland radio programs, and was enthusiastically received at last Saturday's dance, Randall said. Dancing hours are from 9 p. m. to midnight. Ethel Bowers, eminent author of social recreation books and considered the outstanding authority in this country on the subject, will conduct a course in recreation in Vancouver during a week early in January, Carl Gustafson of the recreation association disclosed. today. Halloween Party A big Halloween party for children and adults, with an all-colored cast of entertainers is planned for 8 p. m. Tuesday, October 31 at the Burton Homes community center, Fred Bowman, recreation worker, said today. The Barnett Aden Gallery, of Washington, D. C., which has recently exhibited the works of a number of noted Negro artists now serving in the Army, Navy and Coast Guard, this week opened an exhibition of the paintings of Candido Portinari, internationally famous Brazilian artist, at 127 Ran-~ Professional and amateur artists dolph Place, N. w., Washington. will present a lively stage show, The exhibition, featuring Portiincluding jive and popular piano nari's paintings of Negroes, Indinumbers, imitations, tap dancihg, ans, Portuguese and Italians, openand singing, Bowman said. ed Sunday, October 15, and will A special feature will be a jitter- continue through December, 1944. bug contest for both adults and Hailing the exhibition as a symMiss Bowers will conduct a sim- yo~ngste~s. Firs~, second and third I bol of Inter-American understandBar course in Portland in January, 11 b f th d t pnzes ':1 e 1ve, ~ee an wo 1 - ing, Carlos Martins, Brazilian Amand will teach in several cities on d 11 h t 1 o ars m cas.~ respec 1ve Y· I bassador to the United States, dethe West Coast, having large war Attendance is not limited to clared: On the job fighting for Oregon Homer D. ANGELL for CONGRESS Re-elect an Experienced, Dependable, Effective Public Servant industry popul~tions. AI~ ~embe~s Burton Homes residents; all per- "It is a real pleasure for me, as of the recreatlOn associatlOn Willi sons living in the Vancouver area I feel sure it is for any Brazilian 1 attend the weeks' sessions. are welconle to attend, Bowman d 'th th t t d 1 Pd Adv Jas P Forsyth Jr Com An all-colored orchestra is being· concerne Wl e cons an eve-' · :•. · · · ·· · I Ch., Fa1lmg Bldg., Portland, Ore. organized by Frederick Dunn, for- said. opment of the close relations exist- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New Recreation Advisor · b d h merly of the Casa Blanca Club in mg etween our country an t e , _ Jack Henderson assumed duties B I D J · Ch 1 U · t S b Chicago, who asks musicians to ag ey owns umor orus mtec tates, to see what can e as recreation advisor at the Mill T d b register with Harvey Haynes or wo appearances were rna e Y 1 accomplished in the everlasting Plain community center this week, B I D J . Ch s M s f' II f t b · other recreation workers at the . . ag ey owns umor oru ' r · 1e c o ar y so great a pamter B I D C 't te succeedmg Erven Jourdan who Will Josephine Hasbrook music director as Portinari whose chief works so ag ey owns ommuru y cen r. . . . . ' . . . , , R . t. t' 'II I 0 t b 31 leave soon foi Palm Sprmgs, Cah- for the recreation assoclatlOn and r typically Brazilian in their SUbJ'ects eg"ls Ia 1on w1 c ose c o er . . . . . . ff' ' f?rma, recieahon assoc1hon o 1-, chorus leader, reports. have met with perfect understandCharlie Merritt's seven-piece all- r CJals report. The group sang during services I ing in this country." colored band played for the Bagley The .new advisor has. served in at Bagley Downs United Church, Robert C. Smith, curator of the Downs Community Center dance the Umted States Navy m the ath- and at 8:30 p. m. for the swing Archive of Hispanic Culture, Libralast Saturday night and has been letics service, and was .a recr~ation J shift at Kaiser Vancouver ship- ry of Congress, said: secured for the weekly dances in worker at Vanport City prlOr to yard. "Portinari's Brazil is a land 'of the future, according to Leo Ran- ac_ceptin!/:' the. Mill !'lain position. . Membership includes 22 children workers, Portuguese, Italians, Nedall, housing authority project J:l1s speci~lty lS ~mang and wrest- between the ages of eight and 14 groes, Indians and Mulattos. You services advisor. !mg. He 1s a natlve of Scotland. years. can see them in his murals at the The band is managed by Eugene Henderson said today that he is Florence Krein was singing con- embassy and on the walls of the Mosely and·the dance sponsored b_y 1 interested in enlarging the .adult tralto solos. Hispanic Foundation at the Library a committee of Bagley Downs res1- program at the center, and Will or- Accompanist for the chorus is of Congress. You can see them in dents. , ganize badminton and volleyball Mrs. Nellie Moe, of the associa- the pictures of this exhibition, 1l Merritt's band plays at the Port-Jleague teams there. tion's music department. which Portinari painted four years Langlie Deserves Re-Election Arthur B. Langlie, seeking reelection as Governor for the State of Washington, received 192,000 primary election votes. This fine support of his administration by the people of this state is unmistabable proof that actions do speak louder than words. ArthUl' Langlie did not let words or promises speak for him after he won a place on the Seattle City Council. His record of intelligent and honest service as councilman spoke for him and, in 1938, he was elected mayor of Seattle. OKLAHOMA SWINGS TO GOP ago. Since then his style has changed and his subject too. These works have thus become hist<;l'ic documents of a moment in the evolution of the people of Brazil." political bickering in Olympia. OKLAHOMA CITY-Describing Within recent months, the BarArthur Langlie's actions speak Oklahoma as being possibly the nett Aden Gallery has exhibited practices, wiped out a state deficit, speeded up industrial insurance payments, simplified and increased old-age pensions and has eliminated waste-all with a minimum of louder than any politician's words. firt southern or border state that the works of a number of Negro will break away from the custoina artists in the armed forces, includand traditions of the Old South, ing those of Jacob Lawrence, young Negro leaders here are opthnistic combat artist now serving with the /that the voters will put this state U. S. Coast Guard on a North Atin the Republican column for presi- !antic patrol vessel. Lawrence's Nedent in the election next month. gro labor migration portfolio, reHere there is a strong Republi- produced in color by a national nounced the filing on October 9 in can trend, which has led G. 0. P. magazine in 1941, is now on exhibit the U. S. District Court at Dublin, chieftains to the conclusion that at a New York City gallery. not only will Gov. Dewey carry Other Negro artists exhibiting the state, but that another Repub- at the Washington gallery included lican United States Senator will Charles Sebree, U. S. Navy, and Georgia Cop Held For Killing Soldier The Department of Justice anGa., of an information charging James Mitchell Bohannon, Chief of Police of the town of Summit, Ga., be elected. Two years ago, the Re-~ Jack L. Berkman, Albert Carter, with a violation of the Civil Rights publicans of Oklahoma elected Ed Frederic Flemister, Bernard Goss, Statutes in the killing of Willie L. Moore to the U. S. Senate. Charles White, Joseph Kersey,Chet In Supulpa, childhood home of LaMore, and Henry M. Letcher, all Governor Dewey's wife, the Repub- of the U. S. Army. Davis, a Negro soldier. licans have been gathering strength Paintings by Portinari were loanRe-Elect Walter J. Gearin Republican REPRESENTATIVE Multnomah County General Election Nov. 7, 1944 Paid Adv. ed for the current exhibition by the American Association of Museums, American Federation of Arts and the Associated American Artists; the Downtown Gallery, Grand Central Art Galleries and the Harmon Foundation, of New York City; the Howard University Gallery of Art, G Place Gallery and the Whyte Gallery, of Washington, and a large number of private collectors. In 1940, he answered the call of an Eastern Washington petition signed by 25,000 per10ons and was elected governor. His works since then have been legion: He has reorganized state departments, installed money-saving governmental The information, filed on behalf of the Government by U. S. Attor- in a community that has been nor- ------------------------------- ney J. Saxton Daniel, alleges that mally Democratic. Bohannon, "acting under the color D. Adolph Williams, principal of of law," shot Davis without provocation on the night of July 3, 1943. The police official had been called to a Negro roadhouse on the outskirts of Summit to restore order, the information states. After order had been restored, but while still acting as Chief of Police, Bohannon "wilfully, unlawfully and witl'iout provocation "shot and killed Davis with a pistol, according to the information. A coroner's inquest was held after the shooting, but no prosecution action was taken by State authorities. The case was then referred for action to the Department of Justice by the War Department. The Federal Government takes jurisdiction because the slain man was deprived of his life without due process of law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, and charges the defendant, Bohannon, under Section 52, Title 18, U. S. Code. the Booker T. Washington school, while not active in politics, said the sentimet\t for the New York Governor has been steadily growing Other Negro leaders in the state feel the same way. 1 "The Negro vote played a tremendously important part in the election of Senator Moore, who J piled up a 47,000 majority on the Republican ticket," said J. T. Ar~ strong, G. 0. P. leader and wealthy businessman of Duther, Oklahoma "The Republican Party has its greatest opportunity in Oklahoma this year." Attorney A. G. W. Sango, of Tulsa, echoed the optimistic note sounded by Mr. Armstrong. "Negroes in Oklahoma are an independent group," Mr. Sango said. "They understand the value of the ballot and they know how to use it. 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