Advocate_1936-04-25

' .. \. ,..r ''• ,~· ......r• ...i .,./ I " THE ADVOCATE An lndepend~nt Paper De.voted to the lntereata oJ' the People Vol. 33 No. 37. Mrs. G .. Dismond, prominent society matron of New York City, who recently passed highest civil service test for position as teacher in a government social service pro– ject. Miss Dismond has done special newspaper work. • I arifton"Art- C:ohec~ion. -1 • ~ml. and To Be Shown For First PORTLAND, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1936 'Mulatto'7th CI iffo rd Month On Flowers NEGRO FIGHTER ON LOCAL CARD :'llntchmaker Stuh :,,;elson of the Twl'ntieth Ccnt,ui·y Club has com· pletl•,1 hb se('onrl main event for Price Five Cents GEd. S. SCHUYLER AUTHOR ancf WRITEI J WILL SPEAK· HEIE Broadway i An EULOGY ,/"'7. I (Reprinted by Specl:\l l~eqL1est) NJ.JW YORK, Apr. 27-(C)-Th,· 1 next Tuesday ni~hl's boxing show The Si1sma Alpha Theta fratern – at Tho Auditorium with the sign- It~- announces a lecture by the no· ng or Chalky ,vrri;ht and "·mie Davies for an dgltt-rounder at 130 surprise of the theatrical sea,son on \Vit;11n a "stone's throw'' of the Broadway is tlw "nine live"" of fai·m ~n which he spent u Jan;-e ''::.\Iulatto'', passionate drama er in- pnrt t his chlldhood ,lay;c, )'outh· terracial sex life in the South hy ful ('Jifford Flowers was laid to Lnngston Hughes, whi<'h hat- now rest 'terally •neath a hlanket of pounds. Al Spina, the l'nrtland Italian ib.ol, am] llahy-l•'ace :\fatheson, who is one ,of the few battlers to hohl tt~· annoounces a lecture by the no– tecl Geoq~e S. Schuyler, of Nerw Yo1·k, at Bethel A.:\t.E. Church next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. l\lr. Schuyler's subject w-Ul be: "A!- entered its SON:enth month at the flowe :1. It was 011 \Vedne~day af- Rpina e,·en In a 10-roundl·r, nwet rlcan Ci\'ilization and the Ethiopl- Vnnderb!Jl theatre. 1 ,. 1. 1101 , 11 • tile foui·th of :\,Jarcl,, in the top :-)lot of next ,veel,',; HARLEM GETS $60,000 HEGRO SHOJ! STORE ' an War.'' l\Ir. Schuyler will arrive Cha}l<'I C1•owd<'<l card. Tho ,_ignin,; o( Wright and Daf· on :\!onday and will be the guest Hlp-h school boys and girl,; with bool,>< under arm, coll~e young !es addl' plent~· of ,·lass to tht> card o( Dr. De:-Sorval Unthank. He ~11 men a1id co-eels; the b\li<ltf<>ss man ancl :\Iatchmn1«•1· :\'eJ,...on is l\lso also speak briefly at the Y.W.C.,\.. and Ji-1,oroer and the white-haired, planning ,;enir:ti other :;urprlses. banquet on \Vednesday evening. t I l t I 11 \Vri"ht is one o( tlw best I, nown NE\V YORII, A_ll\: ';',-(C) -A new cru c • an< cane-suppor ec e'er~, The public is invited to hear htm more than thn!e hundrt>• of them. fli;hter:; ln the hush1!'ss. Comin{; $6,000 shoe store, owned an,l 011- Tuesdit" n1·..ht at =etl1el out of retlt·em<>L'l after a y!'ar of ' " " · erated by Negroes, has just opened whit{· :ind <·olored, fillnl tn ,wer- flowlH;:; the spacious Colonial fha- chauffering- for \lac West in Hol- at 2207 Seventh avenue, near tnst Pe l a Holman & Lutz, E. 1-lth ,·ind Jywoocl, Ch:tlky h:ts he,•n husy ill street, the only store of its kind T'urn:':cle to a, 1 10 ... theii· rcsr,ect and the XorthwE>st ut1<IP1· thP direction owned and operated by Neg-ro,·s in .._, '' " 10,·e for the deceased and hl,i sur- of Dan• .\IillPr uf 'l'acoma. ,vi'ight viYor1t. And after .th!~ sei·v~ce ~hc~.· 1 ha~ whippt>1l Cl:t.u,1~.\',~rn~r, .Yo~'.'.; filed Jn to the Jong fun!'ral eort('!;'" C01 puz and Htu..1. Ht o\\ n m ,mt'{ c. - the city. The owner is Clarence C. King, wo for the past seven years has built up a large clientele as a house-to-house shoe i<alcsman. l·'it– lings and fixtures of the new stm·e, which are modernistic anti lrt~tc– ful, cost $885, and tht· ;,;tor,k o,J April 1 was '';,)lued at $5,2,u. , Tiu~ store spE>cializes in Alr-0- P,·di'l' construcfrd shoes, for which :\fr. King .is noted. Assodatecl with ;\Lr. I King is Dudley E. Barrow, :;on nr a. WPll lmown boot maJ-·,·,·. ~;rnest Barrow. MRS. ScHUYLER TALKS By JOSEPHINE SCHU YLE}{ t<;•1hit:1 S6Jo'l("\'"j •n c,,i1V'l'l"O'~'l~· t~:.·~ Itall 's Bad Luck (<.'nntinued on pn,;c Four I si\"e main "'""nt.~, · I Ha,·ips ha:; J>l(•nt~ on the l.Jall. --11'he lri>,h-:'11• xk;in la,! has yet to RACE PLAYED PART mahf' n lo~ing f!;.:-ht hen· and h;,s · fouf, t tht>m all from Freddie :'llil- lN HAUPTMANN CASE ]t>r <lpl\ n. I \\'fight Will lw M'l'Oncled l,y the Tn•~:--"TOX, ~- J., ,\pr. 2:,-(CJ- 1·olorful G,orf;k Dixon, on•Him•· The Bruno Hieharcl 11:iupt•manri Portlan,l f,l\oriL,•, h1·n· next \\'t'l'k. death <lrnma, which >lJlJll'O:tl'11t•cl ~ts finale In a most uncc•·ta!n 1na11111•r, ha~ httd its <·olnred angl<'~ of in· ti>re,:;t fl·om the Um,, of Tluptm ,nn's arre<'1 for th!' munh r of th,• i,!1111 h!'rgh baby. ' \\ II iam .\lkn foun<l tl1t· Lind– bergh hahy on i\Iay ·1 :! 1 1B3:!. Ch.~rl<•s SU(J>hen of Fleinini.:ton, aided o(fi<'ials ln ~ ..ard1in;.c tl1•• Sourl: id ).[ou1tta!ns wh,•re h•• wn.~ ;\l,1th1.;:-on. hill,•ti 1,, fight 81,in;o. •·h~(;;<'l in frorn <'ali(orni.1 rhuni 1!:1~ tn i;tart 1ra[ni11i; 11\ the Labor COLORED CONDUCTORS OH H. Y. SUBWAYS ovri,, ,h- hi,in.,_p ,• t,,i!iru".- ' • In~~ S'" .. u,i <' L.)! 'f/..~•r; .:;~Jl "l••••·· a ting a "'"'\" \ ork subway 11,ain .Tames A1·thur JonPs, a dcath-..ell mate of lfauptmann from Newarl,, was notecl Tuesday morning, b:i,• a NEGRO BANDS TO PLAY AT TEXAS FAIi DALLAS, Texas, April 25-Two nationally famous ~egro bands wlll play at the Texas Centennial Ex.– position which opens .Tune 6, 1936, according to William A. \Vebb, general manager. They are Cab Calloway's and Duke Ellington's. The)· will play four shows daily on October 18, 19 and 20th. These dates are on ~pec!a I Negro celebra- tion clayts at the Southwestern \Vorld',; Fair. GARLAND ANDERSON TO, ADDRESS CHURCH .f. '( '41 l "l ' .....,,~...._... '4,-... ~ <4,...,..l .... · Time In Portland For the last 2500 years (and who knows how Ion;; hl'fore that) enemie,s have hanas"' <I l~thiopia, harrassed ancl gone a way ,;adder and wisE>1· wa1Tiors. i',·rsia, Ancient Rome and modern Britain have all tired to grnb Ethiopia and failed although each of them in turn has conque1·ed Egypt. ,sayH Hauptmann hn tcs ja>'.r.•. Jones reportt>r of C,ilvin's Newspaprr <larland A nilerson, µhilosopber, won a new trial and life imprison- Service. The n•poner boarded an psychologist. ancl playwright, con– ment because no colore<l was <·ail- lnde·p,•nJt>nt System (city-owned) eluded a four-day lecture engage– ed on his jury panel. cxp1·e;;s train at 12ath street and ment here ,veclnesclay at the The Hannon (.New York) I 0 oun- Rev. J. D. \\'ilson, former pastor of :\It. Oli\•et Baptist Church ar- datlon's Collection a.rt · rived in Portland loast Saturda.:,· will b~ shown at the Art )luseum 1,ewnning on or a.bout the seconcl wee~ lln .May. It has been a,scm– blecl t~ ·· thP Fount.!ation :u, on<· of a group o(}"imilar sh()Win~s wh!C'h • 1 ~iJ.ve been he1'1 throughout the . . country. Jt,twen·r, thi;; Is the first from his field in Berekel~, to offi- ciate at th<' funeral of :.\Irs. Lucille Crosswhite. Sunday night he preached to a capacity house at •,is form,·r church, and returned home Tuesday evening; Rev. and Mrs. L. R. Kinard, ac- time tho Ex\1ib!t has e,·f>r come to the Korthw~st. Thes<> exhiloitionH a recent graduate of :Uonmo\l!h resulted fr m a series of awards Normal, left 'Veclnesday on a mo– for Distil) ;:uished Achi,•,·enH•nt tor tour which will take them to all the impol'tant cities in the Elast. among .N•·1,.7'les. 'l'he aw.>ll'cl,; co,·· commanfed 1.,y )11:,-,; Lillian B<>llard, They plan to he gone the Whole crdl the va ·Ions field,; or creati,·e summer. wo k, including Fine Arts. Interest :VI0mbe1·,; of Zion ehurcl, of of he 1 ,uhlw In the I•'ine Arts ma- which the Rev. ;\fr. Kinnard is pastor, said good-bye to the tom·– ing party at an informal reception New Yr rl,. lt has grown tind at the church ju,;t prior to their aJ>Jl:L~.. nt throu14hout the departure. ter[al entPrNl was s,, g reat th.!t the fin•t t>X\tibit wa s held in 192!1 J 92!l. One of the nicest silver teas gi1·– en this season was sponsored hy a i::1·oup or ladies heac!P{l. by :'llrs. Frank Adams and :\Jr~. ;\1:u-y Alex– ander in honor of :\1iss Lillian B('l– be Jar. lt ·was held prior to her de- partm·e at the \Vllliams a,·e nu •· ,;>10wing at the Art l\Juseum Y.W.C.A. of thirty-one pie-0es of -------- , o il paintings and sketch- During his visit lo Portland, Re,. J. D. Wilson was the house gupst of :\Ir. ancl :\fr;;. B. Tinsley at thPir home in Alberta. Th e Jess Ini;er- '•ent .Tnhn!<on is one of soil family had him lo dinner on Co:u,t Artistst to win Tuesday afternoon at thefr homl' ,gnltlon. He is a In \Vooclwarcl avenue. On )lonclay Mural Pnintei·s' As- afte1·noon, he was the special gue1<t nnl .\rt of Califor- of Mrt:1. Beatrice Heecl on an in – J 934 . was spection tour of the rece ntly r1>– A~sociation modeled )Iille r & Tracey P arlors. )!embers of ,l oseph ,n1ile Auxil– iary are 1,ponsoring a card party tonight at the Court House. A de– there licious supper and canls all for 25 Cl'nts. ~ es will be awarded. All interested are invited to,ittenq. in 19 35; l\lrs. Helen Logan-:\felket· i::< stop. , a Cuban I ping with h e1· mother, Mrs. Clal'a n sldera ble I l;ogan at the G . N. White resi– dence on 10th avenue. ;\Ir. )Ielker ls employed in the dlning car se1·- vice. Once the Black Kingdom was conqurede, but it took another Af– rican to do it; Egypt. But how {licl it end? 1''ith the J<Jthiops sitting on the back of their imprudent neighbor. lf Italy :should now sucee,·d in her attc>mpt to swallow the Lion of Judah, she'll get th.e wo1·st case of in~Ugestion she e,·e1· had. A pronounced culture cannot, like a wilderness, ho succ•'SHfully assimi– lated. The territorial troubles of England in India and Ireland will be as child's play compa1·Nl to what Ethiopia will do to [taly if the Romans win thi~ war. Science Elc,,ates F<>malc Dr. Gregory Pincu;;, scientist, ha!! just succeeded in m:tl ing u, .. male rabbit unnecessa1·y in lh1, procn'– ation of the Specie;i. The sam 1, ex– pedment, it is belieYC!d, will "oon prove successful with human be– ings. This is as momentous a clisco\'ery as, when in the dim past, it was found that men wf're fathers u 8 well aa l:!ons. That put an encl to :..Lat1·iarchy, the rule of women, ant! Patriarchy began. ·what will be the effect of the new disco,·ery, substantiating the first wisdom of the race, be? Few women, I think, Will want to try the new way of motherhood. On the other hand, J expect most of them will be pleas, d to haYe it known. Fo1· so long th1> belief that woman played the neg– ative part in sex has been used as an excuse to oppress her. 1\"oman now will ha\"e a scientific basis for he1· m!litanc~-. Let us hope she will not go too far as men did. Genius ancl Jazz Yehudi Menunln, young gcnius of the violin, was asked the other <lay his opinion of American jazz. Ife did not think it great music, he said. Then he sm·prised the report. er by bringing out some r~ords of "Zulu Jazz.'' These, he loved, he said, and was thrilled hy, "It ;,ounds like those people F. Harold Johnson, mes,;enger to G0Ye1·nor Hoffman, has h<'en l,t>11t l.Jusy hy the Go,·ernor·s actiYit~· in the case. Robei·t l\limy, Camden tailor, at– tempted to identify Hauptmann in <"onnection with the cal'e, but fail-, j rode to 145th ,street. Leaving the Church of Christ on the subject, train, he notecl iL clark brown-skin "Ilow to Be Prospe1·ous." ::.\fr. An– colorecl man was operating- the rl.ei· son has written three plays, two electrically controlled doors, by of which have a!L"eady been pro– which passengers entered and left duced ancl the third is being re– the train. vised for prnduction. One o! them, "Appearances,'' played in Portland in 1928. During his Portland visit, :\Ir. Anderson stopped at the Ben– son hotel and lectured also at the )letaphysica; library. ed. REVEREND WILSON VISITS PORTLAND ! NOTED TRAVELER SPEAKS TO CLUB I I I )Jiss Sylvia :'l!atte~on, world- tt·a,·eller and ie<'tu1·er, recently of San Francisco, clelightecl members Rev. J . D. \Vilson, former pastor of the Martha \Vashingt(ln Home– of Mt. Olivet Baptisl Church spent making Club at it;i meeting helct sevet·al da~·s in the city lasl week last weei< at the .\laney re,iidence from his charge in nerkE>ll•y, C..i.l. 011 Schuyler ~treE>t. She told of in- DEATH OF MATRON BLOW TO COMMUNITY ifornia. teresting hig 0 h!i;;ht,; of h er tra,·eh The death of l\Ir;;. Lucllle Cross. He arrived here on 8alur Y, in foreign !ands 2nd also gave white on Thursday saddene-d the stopping as the house-guetst of Mr. some special hints on <'olor combt hearts of a host of associates and and )!rs. Derric Tinsley of All_11•1·u. nations for the home. Slw possesses friends who have been most kincl Sunday night he prnachecl to a full a beautiful Bahai spii-it and show- to her grief-stricl<en husband, :\£r. house from his old pulpit in :'llt. ed a loving- interest in the work LE>onard Crosswhite and thear son Olivet church. )1 of the organization. :'lfrs. J. \.V. Dobby, survivors. Her funet·al was )fonday he was the s pecial ~uest I.a.timer, her hostes:;, was ah;o a conducted on last Monday by Re,·. of :\£rs. Beatrice Reed, lady nL- \'isitor. The d elicious luncheon was .T. D. Wilson of Bet·!,eley, who made tendn.nt at )liller & Tracey ;\Jortu-1 enjoyed hy an interested g 1·ou1,, in. a special trip to Portland at the ary. After presiding at the fun - <'luding the p1·esident of the cluh, request of the family who were eral services for :.\h-s. Lucille Cros,;. · ;\Jrs. Elmer Flowers and its foun- personal friends f f the beloved white, the sad mission that brow:ht him to Portland, he left on Tues– cla)' night for his home. Rev. \Vilson and his charmin.; wife made so many friend;; durin'\" his pastorate he1•e it was hard for him to hreak away. He is always welc:onw in Porlland. ---, SALES TAX OPPONENT WANTS NOMINATION der, ;\frs. Elsie Maney. SUFFERS INJURY FROM HURTLING GOLF BALL minister, to conduct the funeral. The deceased, who had been in ill health for a number o! years, wa1,; a member of the Baptist church and of the Kenwana Bridge Club, the latter turning out in a body ,\ report _to Tlw Acl\·ocate con- to the fune1·al whieh was very veycd the sit<l intcllh.;cn!'e that )lrs. beautiful although extremely sad. ,ferry TurnPr of Gran t :;;treet ~us– tained painful ln.iuries when ,she was aecidenlly hit by a golf ball It is said of her pai;sing that it was quiet and lovely. He1· death re– moves from the community a be- by a neig-hhor·s boy who was prac- loved citizen and from her home li<'ing strokes nearby. :W1·s. Turne1· a. devoted wife and fond mother. who has bl'E:'n in ill h ealth for a Ion;; time was enroute to the fam- 1 David C. Epps, 1·cpi;bJican can– didu le for statP n•1wc:sentatiYP, is making an a,;g-rc•,1,il·e campaign and winning- Yotes stea<llly. lie of- '.ly l·ar for a rlrin, Sunday when fers as his prog ram : Production JU><t bef(lrP Pntering the car the 1 hall strurl, her on lite h ead caus- EDITOR OF ADVOCATE HEADS FESTIVAL GROUP for u;:;e for the unemployed ; pub- 1. . lie di~lrihut ion of llunevilk powet·; m g her to hl'<'ome unconscious and a one hous,• lec;-islature; 1wotec·tion of c!,·iJ rifhts. Epps is oJ>pose,l to militatT tt"tinincr .11 Hchool.« ancl pleclc:-,•s i·ompuisory the ()UIJli<" hims!'if o vote a;;ainst any Sales Tax; he is a g1·,t<luate .. r Franklin hi;.:-h ~C'hoo! and th<> rn:n·r~ity of Ore;;on. Epps s:1~·9: "I pledge myself to introduce a " l:h·il H.i.!!"hts BIil" at Lu fall to tlw ground. HeL· NJndi- lion was so s,•riou;; that he son, .J PITY, .J 1·., I 'niversity of Oregon freshman and he1· eldP:st daughter, Geraldine ln Ca iifornia were sum– moned to hE:'r hedsicl<'. As we go to pre><s, howen•r, re1,c,ns state that h er eonclition is imJH'tl\'ecl. mean business,'' he declarecl, listen - the lec;-is!at1:1·r- if L'IPctc·d. Hl' ha~ NINO MARTINI COMING On l~ridaJ·, ;\lay 1, 1nen1uers of ing to the records. man}· fr;,•nds h ere :imon,; tht> c,,111r· ).ino :\lartini, operu, radio and movie star will be Hcen in person, )tay 8, at the municipal Auditor!- The editor of The Advocate, Beatrice Cannady-lt'ranklin, has · been requested to head the In– ternational Section of the Junior Rose Festival this year. The initial meeting of the committee of ar– rangements was held in the East , Side Commercial C I u b rooms Thursday evening with Ray Carr, general chairman, presiding. :Mrs. Franl<lin hopes to have a greater International section in the parade this yea1· than last and wishes for. the ,va iters' Organization ar f!pon- The native African composes estef'm: a ?nong- t 1wm are noti.:d soring a dancing ente1·tainment to music for pleasure, not profit; Charkl-i "Chu,·:·• \\ 0 illian,s, Mrs. usher in the ~umme1· season's a,•. maybe tTiat'"' why lt sounds greatn·. eel C 'itil.PP ~ whn hold him In hii;h tlvities. The ladies are getting out The first dietum in "Tin Pan Al- Pearl Htewart, :'llrs..Jessil' Co!l's– their summer dance frocks to make ley' ' must be "w!ll it sell' And mass Grayson, E,l,;ar ,villiams, and It a gala occasion. production ahvny1< rhea pen!': an ar- 1men1her!< nf tlw Haff of this n ews- (C:ontinued on pago Four) tlcie. paper um. Reserve seats now. Mail or- 1 mer committeemen and women t• der di·ess-Ruth Isherwood :Art be on the lookout for contac Bureau, 801 Studio Bldg., Port. soon. The junior Rose J<'esth·a! ar land, Ore. BR. 453 i. Prices 85c, I parade will be held on Saturda H.10, $1.50, $1.75, .$~.()0. - Adv. aftz..noon, June 13th. .. ~ \'