Portland State University PDXScholar Portland Observer Historic Black Newspapers of Portland 5-12-1939 Portland Observer-May 12, 1939 Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/portlandobserver Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation "Portland Observer-May 12, 1939" (1939). Portland Observer. 3. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/portlandobserver/3 This Book is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Portland Observer by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. The West's Observer News Up-to-the-Minute The Portland Observer Is The Negro Weekly Latest News AN INSIGHT ON THE NEWS Volume I 5 Cents Per Copy PORTLAND, OREGON, MAY 12, 1939 ....... Number21 Equestrian Experts l-Dedi·;t;d"t';ii~i;~-·r KNOWS BUSINESS Form Club Conference Spurs 1 -- . 8000 Voters Defy 1 Our hearts filled with rever- ! Sunday, May 7, at 10:00 a. On 1ence; our hands willing to J m. twenty-nine sports lovers of Fight j serve; our souls filled with ecs- [ Anti.. Lynch Portland's swank Negro society Klan In Miami l tasy; our voices lifted in praise; ! 0 met at the ranch of Vic Mayberry -------------------------o Birmingham, Ala., May 11.- Thelma Dale, young sociology stu­ I and our spirits ever humbled I Miami, Fla., May 11-(CNA) for the purpose of forming a riding TIDES RISE IN SOUTH ( Ben Davis, Jr., for CNA) .-A dent leader, vice-ch:.irman-at-large; i because she, is ours. I -Militant Negro citizens defied club. A hearty· breakfast was wide campaign for passage of the Edward Strong, re-elected as exe­ after- "'·-~~-··-··--.-.·-··-··--·--+ FOR ANTI-LYNCH BILL Ku Klux Klan threats and cast a anti-lynching bill, President Roose- cutive secretary; Gladyse Ran­ served to those present and Popular Co-Ed to wards pla nswere laid to ride, swim record vote in a city primary dec- velt's social measures, and vigorous dolph, treasurer. dance and play tennis. Wed Law Student opposition to amendment of the Unions Represented Birmingham, Ala., May 11.- tion here 24 hours after the Klan Wagner Act, featured the out- Dr. F. D. Patterson was elected Initiation fees were set at $1.00 The engagement of Miss Julia (Robert F. Hall for CNA) .- had staged a terroristic auto parade per month; ~tanding resolutions adopted by the chairman of a new national adult per person; dues, SOc Blanchard to Mr. Kenneth F. The South is experiencing a high in which wtenty-five fiery crosses $5.00 for 13 hours of riding; one third All-Southern Negro Youth advisory council as a greatly sim­ Smits was announced at an in­ tide in the movement for the enact- were burned and placards were dis­ Conference at its closing session. hour SOc; 7Sc an hour on Sundays. formal gathering in Potter Hall, plified and improved organization ment of the Federal anti-lynching played warning Negroes not to organi­ These rates apply to members only. The conference represented plan was adopted. There are to be Linfield College, last week. Miss 750,000 persons, Guests are charged a small fee of bill. This is particularly true of participate in the primary. zations totalling 14 regional vice-chairmen, repre­ Blanchard, a member of the senior primarily Negroes, the largest rep­ $1.00 per hour. class of Linfield, is the daughter of the Negro communities, where this A huge truck carried the crosses, senting the 14 southern states, and JESSE B. BLAYTON resentation in its three-year history. The club will soon announce its Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Williams, movement, in spite of numerous and was followed by some 7 5 cars a national council. Professor of Finance and Account­ At its closed business session in contest to select a name for the or­ 2726 N. E. Going Street. The is nevertheless reach­ of hooded white men. The Klan Every southern state was repre­ ing, Atlanta Un1versity, Atlanta., Ga., shortcomings, the Masonic Temple it voted to ganization. bride-to-be was recently selected who is also a practical business ex­ sented among the 603 official dele­ ing unprecedented heights. again showed its true colors, by conccntra te on four fundamental The election of officers were as as a member of a nucleus for an pert. being senior partner ln the firm gates, the highest number of dele­ of Blayton and Adair, Certified Pub­ This is undoubtedly due to the covering the license plates of their issues in a special Southwide anti­ follows: Mrs. Hill, president; Honor Society of Senior Women. gates in the conference's three-year lic AccoUlltants. president of the fact that the Negro people in the cars, a violation of the law, but discrimination drive: jobs; right to Mrs. Lorraine Britton, vice-presi­ She has enjoyed wide popularity Atlanta Negro Chamber of Com­ history. Alabama furnished the vote clubs; adequate educational dent; Mrs. Ruby Wright, secre­ in both scholastic and social realms. merce, and executive vice-president South are more fully aware today, no police were to be found to arrest largest delegation. There were 108 of the Citi2ens Trust Company of facilities and the promotion of tary; Mrs. Bonita Duke, corres­ The benedict-to-be is a former resi­ that at any time since Reconstruc- the law breakers. labor delegates representing eight Atlanta. 1\lr. Blayton has also held health especially in act!Jally suffer­ ponding secretary; Mr. Rueben dent of Kans~ City. He is a grad­ for the past seven years the post of of the discrimination and per­ of the most influential CIO and tion, Hangmen on Parad~ ing backwood areas. Sullivan, treasurer. uate of the University of Kansas Grand Keeper of Finances of the AFL unions, eight farm delegates, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. Recently secution which is their lot . At the The concluding general session There were 29 charter members and at present a student of the A dnagling hangman's noose was 192 students, 54 unemployed. he lectured a.t Howard University, same time they realize that it is not took place in the Sixteenth Street present. Northwestern School of Law. He Washington, D. C., on Negro busi­ held conspicuously from one of the There ·were religious (among them necessary to submit to these condi­ Baptist Church, at which Dr. F. is, at present, employed with the ness. -(Calvin Service) cars. 18 Catholic delegates), fraternal, D . Patterson, outstanding educa­ State Unemployment Compensa­ tions and that an organized strug­ social, civic, cultural, inter-racial Percy Norris Dead The Klan's unsuccessful scare tor and President of Tuskegee In­ tion Bureau. The date for the gle against them will achieve genu­ organizations, social welfare and STUDENTS FIGHT demonstration was held on the eve stitute, and Charlotte Hawkins Seattle. - Percy Norris, mem­ wedding has been decided upon. ine improvement. It is of great other types of organizations repre­ of the primary. Cards, lettered in Brown, principal of Parmer Insti­ ber of a well-known pioneer fam­ AT N. U. significance that an increasing sented. JI MCROW red, were thrown from the car tute in North Carolina, were the ily, met a heroic death Thursday, Voters' Benefit Assn. number of Southern whites deplore windows by the hundreds, and main speakers. May 4. Mr. Norris was killed as Open Membership Drive Evanston, Ill. May 11-(CNA) these conditions and support the read: "respectable negro citizens Condemn Florida Murder DAYTONA LYNCHERS he was attempting to warn others -Northwestern University stu- Negro people m the struggle are not voting tomorrow. Niggers The conference also voted a of impending death. His funeral At a Board of Directors meet- dents this week prepared to renew against them. stay away from the polls." It was resolution condemning the lynching JAILED FOR MURDER Saturday was indicative of his life. ing, Sunday, May 7, the members their fight against the institution's Discussion of the present anti- signed with one-inch letters, of Lee Bell, a Negro taxi driver Many friends attended to mourn d the board unanimously voted to Jim Crow restrictions. lynching bill, therefore, revolves "KKK." The parade passed 11. the passing of one of Seattle's fin­ in .Florida, on April 30, and one Daytona Beach, Fla., May start the spring membership drive Following blunt refusal of their around the general conditions of through the Negro section. freedom of the five -( CNA) .-Everett and Earl est young men. urging the on Monday, May 15, 1939. request for establishment on the the race in the Sout has much as it An effigy of a Negro was hung Scottsboro boys still in Alabama Blackwelder were being held on For the benefit of Negro voters campus of a dormitory for ·both does around the specific crime of from a power pole just on the edge murder charges this week after a 23 Indicted in prison~. in th~s ~ity ~ho. are._not, ac_qauint-l white and Negro women students, lynching. This discussion reflects of the Negro se('t!on. A large red­ ap­ cu,unt/, jury fouuJ tl1l} "die! ·.-.il- Ohio Numbers Game the drssaustacnon ot tht: l'ie­ Dra\' ng ~nost enthusiastic ed With the' mtncactes ur t1ty' aud 1~ coeds announced they would go that lettered sign pinned on the figure, aLa reso­ fully kill" Lee Snell, Negro taxi people in the South is spread- plause, was the adoption state government, the Association ahead with their efforts next gro read: "This nigger voted." On Roosevelt driver. including new lution commending Mrs. Cleveland, May 11.-(CNA). will arrange a series of lectures school year.