Advocate Register_1951-01-12

ADVOCATE EGISTE UNCF REPORTS LARGEST FUND NEW YORK-In a final r eport on the 1950 campa ign r esu lts of the LT!lit~d Negro College Fund, William J . Tr;!nt Jr., executive director, announced t hat the total of $1 ,200, 113, represents the !0r!rc~t amount raised in any one year by the fu nd since it was established in 1944, an d ex- Volume 1 Portland, Oregon, Jan. 12, 1951 Number 7 ceeds the 1949 total by $50,500. ~~~==========~==~~~==~================== 2 LYNCHED IN '50; 7 ESCAPE DEATH TUSKEGEE, Ala.-Two persons were lynched in the U. S. during 1950, accord– ing to the Department of Records and Re– search at Tuskegee Institute. One was Char lie Hurst, 39-year-old white rolling mill operator, of Pell City, Ala., on Feb. 22. The other was Jack Walker, 40-year– old Negro laborer, of Gay, Ga., last Aug. 18. S even persons were saved from mobs in 1950-four Negroes and three whites. WOMEN TAKE SPOTLIGHT ON HONORS FOR 1950 Courier names women familiar to Port· lander s as Women of the Year. Anne Arnold Hedgeman ...formerly N. C. for a Permanent F. E. P. C. and Port· land and Vanport visitor in that capacity and now an assistant to FSA:. NEGRO ENGINEER AFTER HAITI'S $20,000,000 DEVELOPMENT PROJECT One of the distinguished Americans at– tending the inaugural of President Paul E. Maglorie here Dec. 6, was a U. S . Negro who is in line for a contract for Haiti's proposed $22,000,000 hydroelec– trict power, floor control, irrigation, and drainage works project. The project, which will develop the Artibonite Valley, was first suggested in 1934 by A. A. Alexander, of Des Moines, Negro head of the Alexander & Repass interracial engineering firm of D es Moines and Washington. Alexander, who has built many costly bridges and other projects in the U. S . and South America, was the engineer member of the mission sent by late Pres– ident Roosevelt to Haiti in 1934. Mary Church Terrell. One of nations Th 1 St t D" f grand ladies, Camilla Williams, operatic e rna rea t~pose o smger. Abbie Clement Jackson, vice- Oil Paintings to Notables pres. ' Nat'l Council Churches, Edith NEW YORK- (ANP) - Thelma Sampson, alternate delegate U. N .. Dor- Johnson Streat, dance-mimic and artist, othy Ferebee, Nat'l Council of Negro set a record here recently. Miss Streat Women. disposed of one hundred of her famous Mrs. Adelaide Hill Named to Youth Post SAMBRIDGE, Mass., (ANP)-Mrs. Adelaide C. Hill, a member of the Har– vard University st'flff was assigned last week to work on protective and cor– rective programs for youths as a member of the Massachusetts committee of the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth. The announcement of Mrs. Hill's assignment came from the office of Gov. Paul E. Dever. Tickets are now available to the Annual Banquet honoring the Negro First Citizen of Portland. Noted speaker has been ar– ranged. Everyone is invited. Everyone is a special guest. Form a party for the occasion. Dinner is $2.50 per plate. Music and entertainment and photogra– pher will be there to take pictures of the affair. , Reservations can be made now. Send for your tickets now. February 20, Norto– nia Hotel. oil paintings to notables impressed with their originality and verve. The Oregon artists work will be on ex– hibit with the Schomburg collection dur– ing Negro History Week. FRAT DROPS BAN AGAINST NEGROES PHILADELPHIA-Phi Epsilon Pi, one of the largest white fraternities in the nation, voted a resolution last week which kills race bars to membership. As a result, Upsilon chapter at Univer– sity of Connecticut is now free to pledge Alfred R. Rogers, a Negro sophomore. This chapter was suspended last February by the national organization when it an– nounced that it was pledging Rogers. KELLEY FREED Robert A. Kelley was free and exon– erated of blame in the alleged fracas that resulted in the death of Lure Shivers, last week. A coroner jury's findings account– ed for all responsibility in actions and judged Kelley not responsible. Marshall To Leave For Japan On Jan. 11 NEW YORK - Thurgood M ar shall, chief NAACP counsel, will leave for Tok– yo, Japan, on Jan. 11 to defend N egro Gis from the Korean battle zone who have been convicted for various military off– enses. The announcement came fast on the heels of a statement issued from the head– quarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo which announced that permission had been granted the NAACP a ttorney to enter the theatre of operations. The action had followed an earlier " top command" refusal to grant Mr. Marshall entry and a subsequent protest from the offices of Walter White, executive secre– tary of the NAACP. In reply, G eneral MacArthur cabled: H ••• In any individual trial a soldier can obtain counsel to defend him if he so desires. There would be, of course, no objection to Atty. Thurgood Mar– shall representing the accused and com– ing to this theatre for such purposes .. " RALPH METCALFE FOR ALDERMAN CHICAGO-Ralph Metcalf, one time great in track circles and former Olym– pic champion, is being boosted for the Democr atic nomination for alderman of the Third Ward against GOP incum– bent · Archibald Carey. Metcalfe is currently a member of the Illinois Boxing Commission. Radio Programs of interest on Sunday: 8:30 a. m. KBKO Southland G ospel 9:30 a. m . KVAN Harmonizing 5. 12:30 p . m . KEX Southernaires. Sunday, Janpary 7, these programs were particularly interesting. The theme of each organization was brotherhood. Judging a person because of his worth and not because of his race, color, creed, religion, or national origin would cement the people of the country to a greater de– gree of security. We know it was coinci– d ental, but the programs and musical numbers were nearly the same that morn– mg. These programs are aired every Sun– day.