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Dr. Lennox
On the Job
May 15, 1933
Mayor Roy N. Towl,
Executive Office.
City Hall,
Omaha. Nebraska.
Dear Mayor Towl:
I wrote you while you were cam
paigning for city commissioner and
several time* previously have had
communications with you. Having
also written to several others who
were campaigning for office, with a
reply to same, failing to hear from
you. my letter evidently has been an
oversight on your part
After talking with one personally
acquainted with you. Sergeant Bail,
ey. who speaks very highly of you, in
every way possible, I gave you my
support, preventing stumbling blocks
wherever opportunities enabled me to,
and I was in a position to do so any
number of times
The t'arly part of 19*8 it was pro.
claimed by many that you would be
our next Mayor, and this proclam
ation has evidently proved correctly.
We are glad you were victorious, and
ml this time will be able to rectify any
number of entanglements of our city.
We are seeking a clean city, and must
have loyal, trustworthy and fair
minded Commissioners who will be
true to all of their fellow citizens; to
their city, state, and to themselves.
I am very sorry that the.cnmmuni.
rations I previously had with . ypu
~rre n*t satisfactorily to the extent
consideration was given regarding
* same.- At this- time I should like to
bring bcfore the city- council for
their consideration and support, the
tccormg of a reduction in the ex
treme telephone rates in Omaha, un
dercontrol of the Statp Railway Com
missions, who state before a rectific
ation can be brought about, this mat
ter will have to be taken up with the
city council
Commissioner Floyd L. Bolien,
with whom I had comunication also
acknowledges that Omaha has the
highest telephone rates of any place
in the state. Stating from his judge
ment. the same is unreasonably high,
and if a complaint is made and sign,
ed by members of the city council,
the commissioners’ would set this
matter down for a hearing.
Taking everj*l^n»T into consider
ation, especially the average working
man's wage of today, telephone rates
are not *n proportion, and at this
time more keenly felt by the class
given the minimum amount of their
prorata of employment.
I am hoping you will bring this
matter before the city council at the
earliest possible date, as it will great
ly aid each and every citizen of Om
aha if this reduction is received.
Thanking you very much, I am
Respectfully yours,
Dr. G. B. Lennox.
June 19th, 1933
Dr. G. B. Lennox.
21221* North 24th St.,
Omaha. Nebraska.
Dear Dr. Lennox:
Concerning the Welfare Board and
representation:
We are working with a temporary
set-up and are forced to curtail ex
penditures.
Nevertheless we »re making a
check on the question of pro.rating
representation and will be glad to
co.ope rate with you after the new bud
get in July, at which time it will be
necessary to readjust many of our
activities.
Some of the departments will nat
urally employ more colored people
than others and we will check the en
tire payroll.
Very truly yours,
Roy N. Towl, Mayor.
Scottsboro
DR. BRIDGES SAYS GIRLS RE
FUSE to let him make MEDI
C A L EXAMINATION AND
NEITHBR ONE WAS HYSTERICAL
OR NERVOUS ABOUT IT AT ALL.
Important excerpt* ®f hi* opinion
follows:
“Dr. Bridges said when these two
women (Victoria Price and Ruby
Bates; the latter testifies no rape took
place) were brought into his office
neither was hysterical or nervous
about it at all. He noticed nothing un
usual about their respiration and their
pulse was normal.
Patterson called for the widest pos.
sible united front in pushing the cam.
paign for liberation of the Scottsboro
boys and Mooney, appealing to all mil
itant workers, trade unions, liberals,
fraternal and other organizations to
join.
Funds are urgently needed, Patter
son declared, to carry on the fight for
the release of the Scottsboro boys,
pointing out that despite the decision
of Judge Horton, many legal and oth
er move remain to be made before the
freedom of the boys is achieved.
“We aak all workers and other sym.
SEEK RADIO BROADCAST FROM STRATOSPHERE "T
DURING PICCARD’S FLIGHT AT WORLD’S FAIR
Chicago, June 00.—Radio broad
catting from the stratosphere will
be attempted for the flrat time in
July when the balloon that carries
Lieutenant-Commander T. O. W.
Settle and one of the Piccard twine
•tarts Its ascension from Soldier
Field an the grounds of A Century
•f Progress—the Chicago World’s
Fair.
The problem ef installing the
radio broadcasting apparatus In
the gondola was not easy. Accord
ing to OL B. Hanson, of the Na
tional Broadcasting Company, there
was s multitude of details to be
worked out so as to make the ef
fort possible.
Experts from broadcasting cona
nnies' laboratories worked dsy
and night to hare the equipment
reedy for the flight Ur. Hanson,
who manages the company's tech
nical operations and engineering,
pointed out why the Job was a
tough one.
•Putting the sending equipment
tn the gondola for the purpose of
talking back to the world would
appear easy," he said, "but when
even the food that le carried la
governed by the weight factor, the
limitations Imposed called for in
finite Ingenuity.
| Will Note Cosmle Raya. "IF
"Bear in mind, that to reach
higher altitudes than man has ever
attained, the stratosphere balloon
must hare a high gas capacity and
a light load to carry. Many other
things besides radio mnst be car
ried It Is planned to carry two
persona, a pilot and an observer,
else a a amber ef scientific In
strument*.
“Due to the rarity bf air at altl
kodaa above ten nfflee, the gondola
mast he airtight and Capable of
retaining normal atmospheric prea
•uro. Food and wstar as wan as
•xrroa tanks mast be carried; !A
merimam ed 100 pounds is all ’that
can bo permitted tor the radio
equipment**
I These limitations forced the use
*b* high frequencies of me
Hre band. In this ras“ a
•f 17,300 kiloeyrlfg has
rted to carry the v<r -eg
gondola. This iri*| (
maximum trans- issio-i ,
minimum of welrht tn i
fact, the transmitter designed for
this purpose weighs but sixty
pounds with complete equipment of
power and antenna, and will hare
an output of three watts, which is
the equivalent of the amount of
electricity used by the tall Ught
of an automobile.
A receiver has also been provid
ed for the observers to keep in
touch with the ground crew. This
portion of the radio equipment
will be conducted on a frequency
of approximately 6,100 kilocycles,
or a wave length of 49 meters.
The weight will be about forty
pounds.
Rick Receiving Locations.
Because the flight may last as
long as twenty four hours, ar
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rangements have been made to
clear the networks for spot broad
casting from the balloon during the
flight The three most Important
periods during the flight wUI be
the take-off. the point of iMtinmw
altitude and the return to the
earth. The exact time of these
events Is problematical, which will
keep the engineering staff con
stantly under tension.
Mr. Hanson also discussed the
problem of the selection of suit
able receiving locations, so that
one or more short wave pick-up
points will always be within range
of the balloon’s minute transmit
ter during the flight Tbs balloon
may drift as far as three hundred
miles or more Pick-up points must
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to arranged within that radius In
all directions, each connected by
wire to the Nations) Broadcasting
Company's control room in Chi
cs go.
In order te to prepared to deal
with emergencies such as the do
scent of the balloon In desolate re
gions such as northern Michigan
or Wisconsin, or even in one of tho
great lakes, the sponsors of tho
flight—A Century of Progress, the
National Broadcasting Company
and tho Chicago Dally Newa—plan
to follow tho course of the balloon
in a Goodyear d' ~thle slap
equipped with a rad; the high
er frequencies, which can relay
messages and supply assistance, U
necessary.
Jean Piccard inspects newly-designed gondola, ia which he or his twin brother ima.
to break record for a flight into stratosphere. Insert is Lieutenant-Commander
pathizers to help with immediate con
tributions, so we can carry the fight to
complete victory. These contributions
should be sent to the national Inter
national Labor Defense headquarters,
at 80 East 11th Street, New York City,
Patterson said.
VICTORIA PRICE TESTIMONY
WAS “EVASIVE AND CONTRA
DICTOR” JUDGE HORTON
ADMITS.
ATHENS, Ala.—Stating that there
is no single fact in corroboration of
the testimony of Victoria Price, Judge
James E. Horton scathingly attacked
the major lines of evidence offered in
the recent trial held before him in De.
catur, of Heywood Patterson. Going
into considerable detail, Judge Horton
placed special stress on medical testi
mony offered by the State in his de
cision granting a new trial to Patter
son. twice condemned to death by
cracker juries on false testimony and
twice saved by mass pressure directed
and mobilized by the I. L. D.
The entire case, as outlined by the
State, is such that “the natural in
clination of the mmd is to doubt and
i to seek further,” according to Judge
; Horton.
“Such a normal physical condition is
not the natural accompaniment or re.
suit of such a horrible experience, es.
! pecialy when the woman testified she
fainted from the injuries she had re
ceived.
“If her faint was feigned then her
credibility must suffer from such
feigned actions.
“And this witness’s anger and pro
’ test when the doctors insister upon an
examination of her person was not
compatible with the depression of
spirit likely to be caused by the treat,
ment she said she had received.
“With seven boys present at the
beginning of this trouble, with one
I seeing the entire affair, with some
' fifty or sixty persons meeting them at
! Paint Rock and taking the women, the
white boy. Gilley and the nine Negro,
es in charge, with two physicians ex.
amining the women within one and
one-half hours, according to the tend,
ence of all the evidence, after the al
leged occurance of the alleged rape,
and with the actions charged commit
ted in broad daylight, we should ex
pect from all this cloud of witnesses or
from the mute but telling physical
condition of the women or their clothes
some one fact in corroboration of this
story.
“Her (Victoria Price) manner of
testifying and demeanor on the stand
militated against her. Her testimony
was contradictory, often evasive and
time and again she refused to answer
pertinent questions. The gravity of
the offense and the importance of her
testimony demanded candor and sin.
I c*rity.
“Orville Gilley, a white boy, pulled
I back on the train by the Negroes, and
I sitting off, according to Victoria Price,
I in one end of the gondola, is a witness
| to the whole scene. Yet he stays on the
irain and he does not attempt to get
off the car at any ol the places whe»e
it is slowed down.
“He does not go back to the caboose
to report to the conductor or to the
engineer on the engine, although n
compulsion is being exercised upon
him, and instead of there being any
threat of danger to him from the Ne
groes. they themselves had pulled
him back on the train to prevent him
from being injured from jumping off
the train after it had increased its
speed.
“And, in the end, by a fortuitous cfr.
cumstance, just before the train pull,
ed into Paint Rock, the attacks cease
and just in the nick of time the cloth
ing is restored and the women appear
clothed as the posse sights them. The
natural inclination of the mind is to
doubt and to seek further.”
HEYWOOD PATTERSON WINS
NEW TRIAL; I. L. D. VICTORY
DUE TO MASS PROTEST;
JUDGE’S DECISION SHATTERS
FRAME-UP.
ATHENS, Ala.—The last prop hi
the prosecution’s lynch-spirit inspired
framp.up against the nine innocent
Negro Scottsboro boys was knocked
from under the case when Judge
James E. Horton was compelled
through mass pressure to grant a new
trial to Heywood Patterson, first of
the nine to be retried at Decatur, Ala.,
and sentenced to death.
In issuing this ruling demanded by
the International Labor Defense law.
yers, George W. Chamlee and Osmond
K. Fraenkel, Judge Horton branded
the testimony of Victoria Price, one of
I the two women in the case, “on its
face unreliable and improbable and de
clared the evidence offered at the re
trial of Patterson “preponderantly
favored the defendant.”
This tremendous victory for the I.
L. D., which has defended the boys for
more than two and a half years, came
after world wide mass pressure in
creasingly demanded liberation of the
boys.
“As heretofore stated.” the Judge’s
ruling said, “the law declares that a
defendant should not be convicted
without corroboration where the testi
mony of the prosecutrix bears on its
face indications of unreliability or im
probability, and particularly when it
is contradicted by other evidence.
“The testimony of the prosecutrix
(Victoria Price) in this case is not
only uncorroborated but it also bears
on its face indications of improbability
and is contradicted by other evidence
and in addition thereto the evidence
ereatly preponderate in favor of the
defendant.”
This ruling, after Judge Horton and
other officials were made recipients of
a barrage of letters of protest by
masses of Negro and white workers
from throughout the world, is in di
rect contrast to his acceptance of a
lynch verdict rendered by a jury
admits the lyneh-atmosphere at the re
cent retrial of Patterson. At that time,
he failed to set aside the verdict which
today he branded as based on the “un
reliable and “improbable” testiin^r.. •
Victoria Price.
Heywood Patterson was not broug 1
here for today’s hearing.
Attorney General Thomas E.
Knight, who prosecuted the Scottsboro
case from the beginning, made the
pretense of being unimpressed by the
fact that even legally his case was
again completely shattered.
He made a show of asking a date be
set immediately for a quick re-trial of
Patterson. No date was fixed.
The next term of the Circuit Court
begins at Decatur in the Fall.
The fact stressed previously by the
I. L. D. defense lawyers that the State
at the trials of the boys did not call
Orville Gilley, a white youth who was
abroad the train on which the nine
Scottsboro boys were supposed to have
attacked the two white women was
emphasized by Judge Horton as of maj
or importance. Gilley, at the time of
the first trial, was under arrest, but
because he refused to say he had seen
an attack on the women when as a
matter of fact he hadn’t, the prosecu.
: tion decided not to put him on the
stand.
TWO NEW! SCENES IN “UNCLE
TOM” REVIVAL IN NEW YORK
New York City, (CNS) The play
wright, A. E. Thomas, who revised
the Aiken seriph of “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin”, for the current revival by
the Players at Alvin Theatre is cred
!ited with writing two new interpro
! lations into the revision. After eighty
years of dramatic license taken with
the play by countless gentry of the
theatre in puting together various
versions, Mr. Thomas admits two
contributions in the save auction
scene.
The first was the introduction of
Aunt Hagar, the slave mother, and
her last born son, Caesar, with whom
she pleaded to be sold to the same
master. Both were in the book, but
hitherto had been neglected in the
play.
The playwright brought Aunt Ha
gar on to the boards solely to give a
| role to Kate Mayhew, now 80 years
old, who played Eva with Lotta Crab
tree as Torpsy in a memorable tour of
Indiana in 1865, the last year of the
l war that freed the slaves. New York
first say Miss Mayhew in the Eight
een Seventies, when she appeared in
variety sketches at Niblo’s Garden.
The other Thomas interpolation
was the purchase of Topsy by Miss
Ophelia, also true to the record. But
Topsy’s biting the finger of the auc
tioneer is Fay Bainter’s own way of
making Harold Gould wince, and her
final impudent gesture to Simon Le.
gree, who bid 50 cents for her, is
strictly original.
DOINGS AMONG THE AMATUERS
Holmes Revamped
I Under Manager Clannie Lee, the
Holmes deserve high honor. They gave
the U. P. Boosters a run for their
money. Clannie had to almost make a
new team glad to see the opening for
new men.
The Boosters, under Owen, won
easily. Some of the release, suspended,
hired again players were in evidence.
Rex Ou Hit Trotters, But Loose a
Tight Game
i All the glamor necessary for a
world's series was displayed in Sun
days Rex, Trotters game. Base steal
ing. pinch hitting, spectacular fielding,
errors and whatnot. The game was a
thriller from start. Trotters getting
two homers in first inning and netting
3 scores. Rex come back to make 5 and
held lead until 7th. When South
Omaha broke loose—Rex 7, Trotters 9.
Big Red gave up the sponge in the
3rd inning.
Kirksey gave up in the 5th. The
heat was terrible. Hilton and Smith
hit 4 homers in the first inning. Grady
of Holmes went out on raw ice water,
j Spratt hit a w>ld one for 3 bases. Har.
vey says indoor ball not the old rock
ing chair has got him. Lawson likes
the game he is with the Holmes now.
Moten went out under the sound of
Holmes beg end bats. Young has more
clean comedy and wit than any player
in uniform. Who has most hits, Isaac ?
Clement, Rex center fielder made a
spectacular catch of Hodge6 liner to
deep center to double Kirksey of 2nd.
The pitching and batting of young
Crump was the feature of Rex Trot
ter game some say. Others say it was
the relief work of Marcy Williams says
you ? It is rumored that the boys with
C. C. asked for releases and were re
fused.
DOVE BALLARD DIES IN ALA.
WETUMPKA, Ala.— Dove Ballard
died here last week in a tuberculosis
sanitarium while awaiting a ruling of
the state supreme court on his appeal
from the death sentence for the slay
ing of a deputy sheriff in 1931. Bal
lard fled to Detroit after the shooting
and the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People held
up his extradition until the state of
Michigan made an investigation of
Alabama courts to determine whether
Ballard would get a fair trial.
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TENNIS
OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP MISSOURI
VALLEY TENNIS ASSOCIATION
July 27 28, 29, 30—1933
Paradeway Courts
17th and Woodland Avenue
Guests of
Kansas City Tennis Chib in
Kansas City, Missouri
The Annual Missouri Valley Open
Sectional Tennis Tournament is sche
duled to be held at Kansas City, Mis
souri, July 27, 28, 29, and 30th. The
Championship events listed are Men’s
Singles, Men’s Doubles, Ladies Singles,
Ladies’ Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Jun
ior Singles (open to boys who have not
reached their eighteenth birthday be
fore January 1, 1933), Girls’ Singles
(open to girls who have not reached
their eighteenth birthday before Jan
uary 1, 1933), Junior Doubles (same
qualifications as Singles).
Elegibility:
The players who enter the Missouri
Valley Open Championship must be
bona fide members of a club that is a
member of t)ie American Tennis Asso
ciation. The fees are as follows-: Men’s
Singles and Ladies Singles—One Dol
lar .($1.00) for ee.ch Singles entry;
Men’s Doubles. Ladies Doubles and
Mixed DoublesTwo Dollars ($2 00) per
! team for each entry; Junior Singles!
and Girls Singles. Fifty Cents ($0.50) !
for each entry. The entry. The entries !
must be in the hands of the General;
Chairma riof the Tournament on or be. j
fore July 26th. All entries must be
accompanied by entry fee. Drawings I
| will be made at 9:00 p. m., July 26th j
| at- the Kansas City Urban League, j
J 1905 Vine Street, Kansas City, Mis-1
souri.
Courts:
The Paradeway Courts are all “chet*
courts, and together with the 27th
Street Courts offer eight of the finest:
courts in this section of the country.
They are being woiked on daily andl
will be in real championship condition
by the time of the Tournament.
Prises:
Suitable prizes will be awarded in
all events. The winner of the Men's
Singles Championship will receive, in
addition to a leg on the Challenge Cup
and the CALL TROPHY, a suitable
“carry” trophy; the Ladies’ Champion
wil receive a leg on the Challenge Cup
and a suitable “carry” trophy. A Con- .
soTfcifbn trophy will be awarded to the
winner of a “round robin” match be
tween those eliminated in the first
rounds of play.
CONDITION OF MATCHES: All
matches will be the best two out of
three sets except the semi-finals of
Men’s Singles and Doubles which wrill
be three out of five sets. Additional
information may be secured by writ
ing W. Robert Smalls, General Chair
man, 1905 Vine Street, Kansas City,
Missouri or John Smith, Tournament
Chairman, 1828 Vine Street, Kansas
City, ’ Missouri.
AMERICAN TENNIS ASSN.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Anouncement
was made this week that final arrange
ments for the conducting of the 17th
Annual Championships of the Amer
ican Tennis Association had been com
pleted. The scene of the National
Championships this year will - be at
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.. du
ring the week of August 14th to 19th.
Local
Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man must prevail. These are
the only principles which will stand the acid test of good
citizenship in time of peace, war and death.
(1) We must have our pro-rata of employment in
businesses to which we give our patronage, such as groc
ery stores, laundries, furniture stores, department stores
and coal companies, in fact* every concern which we sup
port. We must give our citizens the chance to live res
pectably. We are tired of educating our children and
permitting them to remain economic slaves and enter in
to lives of shame.
(2) Our pro-rata of employment for the patronage
to our public corporations such as railroad companies*
the street car company, the Nebraska Power Company*
the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and other
establishments which we are forced to support by right
of franchise. Also our pro-rata of employment in re
turn for the taxes we pay in our city, county state and
federal government.
(3) To encourage the establishment of a first class
hospital that we may get the best that there is in medical
science from our doctors whom we know to be nearest us*
also to encourage a high respect of them and encourage
more of our girls to take nurse training.
(4) A one hundred per cent deportment of our cit
izens in our public or private places of business, especial
ly on street cars. If we are to be respected we must act
respectably, especially in public places where we are con
stantly before the public’s eye.
(5) A one hundred per cent membership in the Om
aha branch of the NAACP. should he had to encourage
the efforts put forth by the founders of the organization
and to assist the general office to establish a five million
dollar endowment fund to maintain operating expenses
and to further the principles of the NAACP. AH peo
ple of aU races must be educated up to a higher principle
and a more thorough understanding of interracial rela
tionship that our country may in reality be a government
of the people, for the people and By the people in whole
and pot in part
(6) The re-establishment of the Christian Religion
as Christ taught it for the uplifting of mankind, elimin
ating financial and personal gain. A practical Christian
Religion, week day as well as Sunday. An attitude to
ward our feUowman as a brother in order to establish a
principle which will guide the destiny of each other’*
children; our neighbor’s children today are our children
tomorrow.
(7) Courteous treatment in aH places of business
and the enforcement of the State Civil Right Law.
(8) To encourage and assist in the establishment of
the foUowing financial institutions near 24th and Lake
Streets: A building and loan association, a state hanlr
administering aid and assistance to our widows and
children.
(9) To encourage the erection of a one hundred
thousand dollar Young Men’s Christian Association
Bunding near 24th and Lake Streets.
(10) To enlarge the Young Women’s Christian As
sociation that it may supply sufficient dormitory accom
modations. ,
(11) To teach our citizens to live economically with
in their earning capacity by printing in each issue a bud
get system for various salaries.
(12) To make Omaha a better city in which to lire
by inaugurating a more cosmopolitan spirit among our
American citizens.
(13 To put a stop to the Divorce Evil by passing a
State law making the mistreatment of a wife or a hus
band by either of them, a criminal offense to be decided
by a jury, first offense, jail sentence of a short duration;
second offense, one of longer duration; third offense,
from one to five years in the penitentiary. This, we be
lieve will make men and women think before marrying.
(14) We must become owners of the city govern -
ment by paying a seemingly higher salary to those whom
we employ to administer its affairs, a salary thajt wifl at
and, also, a first-class trust company for the purpose of
tract men of high calibre.