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I —- VOLUME VIII OMAHA, NEBRASKA, APRIL 21, 1934. Number Fourteen. r - *«* I Reappointed Judge Of rCourt Washington —(CNS)— The Wash ington Daily News in commenting on the delay in the appointment of a successor to Municipal Court Judge James A. Cobb- whose term expired March 18- attributes the delay to Presidents Roosevlt’s fishing trip and adds "courthouse observers feel that Judge Cobb will be his own successor” “Judge Cobb- only colored man on the local bench- has been urged for reappointment not only by the Dis trict white and colored bar associa tioss but by many persons prominent ir> policital and civic life in other sections of the country. Cobb was appointed to the bench by President- but scores of letters have been received ot the White House in recent weeks from prominent Dem crats leading the colored judge and asking his reappointment. Vote Opposition To Segregation New York, April 13— At its re gular monthly meeting here on April 9 the board of directors of the Nation al Association for the Advancement of Colored People adopted the follow ing resolution on segregation: “The Rational Association foi' the Advancement of Colored People ii opposed both to the principle and the practice of enforced segregation of human beings on the basis of race and color “Enforced segregation by its very existence carries with it the indi cation of a superior and inferior group and invariably results in the imposition of a lower status on the deemed inferior. Thus both principle and practice necessitates unyielding opposition to any and every form of enforced segregation ” John R. Wells Age 101 Dies Washington —( CNS )— John R. Wells- the well-known municipal em ployee, died here last week at the age of 101. The deceased centennarian often stated that he could recall the day Lincoln was assassinated “as if it was yesterday.” Born in Prince Georges County, Wells came to Wash ington shortly after Lincoln freed the slaves and was living here when an assassin’s bullet felled the great e ndancipator. Omaha Family Hurt In Crash Mrs. Clifford Sessions, accompa nied by Mrs. Beatrice Elligton re turned here Thursday a. m. with the body of Mr. Clifford Sessions. Mr. Clifford Sessions was fatally wounded in an automibile accident in St. Paul, Minn. Sunday April 8th. He leaves to mourn his loss, a wife Mrs. Alma Sessions, a daughter Mary Sessions, a sen Clifford Ses sions, Jr., two cousins, Mr. Webst er and James Edwards and a host of friends, both here and in Kan sas City. Funeral services were held at St. Benedict’s Church Friday at 9 a. m Interment was at Holy Sepulcher. Dt. and Mrs. A. Porter Davis, life long friends of Mrs. Sessioss, of Kansas City, Kans, Mrs. Mattie Fridia and Mrs. Nannie Wyla sisters of Mrs. Sessions, Dr- Webster Ed wards. Rev. W^i. F. Taylor and Mrs. Janie Hawkins of Kansas City, Mo-, drove here to attend the funeral. James Cole Found Not Guilty Gambling/ Drinking Bad For Waiters, Says Head Waiter COMMENTS ON ANTI-LYNCH BILL Hon. Walter White. SAYS ANTI LYNCH BILL vote for its passage and to resist to WILL PASS IF IT CAN BE VOTED ON Walter White Pleads for Treble Ef forts In Pressure on Sena.be Aa Measure Is Slated for Argument on Floor About May 1; Best Chance in Years, Despite Opposition New York, April 13—The Gostigan Wagner federal anti-lynching bill will more than likely be passed by the senate if it can be got out on the floo for a vote This was the opinion of Walter White, N. A. A. C. P. secretary, who returned here today from two days of conference in Washngton with Senators Costigan, Wagner and Van Nuys. Senators Wagner and Costigan have pledged that they will take the mea sure to the floor of the senate about May 1 after three important bills, now before the senate have been acted upon. It is conceeded that the sugar tex and air moil bills will have the right of way for the present and that no bill can make any headway until they are disposed of. The anti-lynching bill was reported out favorably to the senate yesterday, April 12 by the full judiciary com mittee. Senator Van Nuys of Indiana ana Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona stood firmly against any at tempts in the committee to sidetrack the bill or smother it in cof.runittee. Unofficially it is reported that Senator Ashurst, chairman of the judiciary committee, has received 5,000 teegrams and letters urging passage of the bill. Hundreds of messages have been received by other senators. Trebled Effort Needed. Despite the eycellent cooperation thus far, trebled effort is needed from now on to force the bill through, Mr. White declared-Letters and tele grams by the thousands should be sent to senators. They must be in formed that their constituents want this bill passed. Telegrams and let ters should urge senators to aid in bringing the bill up for a vote and to the last ditch any atttf n.pt to filibust er. To support on the floor an amend ment which will make the bill apply to all persons injured or killed by mobs instead of only to those taken from the custody of officers of the law. “While the outlook is brighter than at any time for the passage of this type of legislation,” Mr. White said “there is plenty of opposition to • Already plans are underway to ‘knife’ the bill. The white and col ored people, north and south, who have fought a great battle thus far, must redouble their efforts. We cannot relax. Hold mass meetings. Pass resolutions. Send letters and telegrams and resoutions. Get your friends and other organizations to do ikewise. Raise money and send it to the N. A. A. P. C. at 69 Fifth Avenue, New York, so we can issue the necessary literature and spread the message to the people who want to help in this fight. We have an even chance for victory, but we will lose if we stop to rest. With money the people will not fail at this critical time, for if they do, they will not be failing any or ganization or group they will be failing themselves—fussing a golden chance to help the effort to wipe out the hideous crime of lynching from America.” Killer 1$ Freed In Alleged Atteci -. Bradenton. Fla.—(CNS)—A few hours after Joe Kopman- promintnt citrus grower- shot and killed a col ored prisoner accused of attacking Kapman’s small daughter- a coroner’s jury today held the act “justifiable homicide.” and the grower was freed immediately. James Franklin- colored yardman was killed as he walked between two officers from a physician’s office, where he had had a physicial and men tal examination and had denied the charge. No Photos For Ohio Oivii Service Applicants Columbus 0-, April 13—According to an opinion rendered on March 29, in response to a reflation of the state House of Representatives re q usting information on the policy of the state Civil Service Commission in “requiring applicants to disclose the identity of their race and to sub General John W- Bricker holds that “no person can be denied the right to take an examination by reason of his failure to set forth in his applica tion his race or to attach there to his photograph.” This opinion marks a victory in the fight of the Ohio branches of the N. A- A- C. P. against this discrimin atory requirement that has resulted in injustice to Negro applicants The National Association for the Advance of Colored People in the light of this opinion is seeking to have a similiar decision made with reference to the Federal Civil Service, according to a comunication received here from Walter White, secretary N. A. A. e. P. To Meet Sun. The local branch of the N. A. A. C. P. is having their last Series of mass meetings Sunday at 3 p. m., at Allen's Chapel in South Omaha Mrs. Hazel Lowise and Mr. Roy White will be the speakers. The public is cordiually invited to attend. Urges Passage Of Anti-Lynch Bill Norfolk Va-, April 13—Under the diretion of Thomas L- Debney, chairman of the local petition com mittee, 215 Norfolk citizens have signed a petition asking Congress to pass the Costigan-Wagner anti-lynch ing bill- It has been sent to Sena tor Edward P- Costigan at Washing ton D C In his accompanying letter, Mr. Dabney writes-"This petition is still being emulated fcftr signatures in the churches here- We expect to se cure 1000 signatures within a week or so . . . -We are solidly behind you and the N- A- A- C- P. in this fight and we do hope that the bill will pass both houses of Congress. ” MANY NEGROES AMONG SORROWING TOWNS PEOPLE Body of Edward William Pou,veter an Congressman from North Caro lina was brought here for burial last week and among the sorrowing towns people who wee at the station while the train arrived were “nearly a thou sand colored school childen who stood at attention, an Anieican flag at half mast at their head in tribute to the dead Congressman. The Congressman is reported to own tombstone, it reads “I know not what record of sin may await me in the world to come, but this I do know. I was never mean enough to despise a man because he was poor, because he was ignorant or because he was black.” EASTERN WOMAN HOLD INGBIG REVIVAL AT PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Mrs. Rev. F. A# Waites of Philadel phia Pennsylvania The Pentecostal Revivil has begun with the prominent holiness Evange list and success***) pastor, Mrs- Rev. F. A Waites of Phildelphia, Pa-, who an-ived with Mrs. Waites, is the suc cessful gospel Singer and Evangelist, Rev Mrs- Elizabeth Fox Sweet. Mrs. sweet is a converted sanctified, bap tised Catholic. Both womien are wonderful Spiritual Gospel preachers tnat hold the people spellbound,every where they hold Revivals. Mrs. Waites has the gift of healing and at the services at the Omaha All-Nation’s Pentecosta 1 Church, 2302 Grace St. every night at 8 o’clock. Revival services healing meeting will be held. On every Wednesday night, Mrs. Waites will hold special healing services for all manner of diseases. If you cannot bring your sick bring handkerchiefs to be annointed. Bod will heal accordingto your faith. Revival will continue indefinitely. Watch the Guide for information. Racial Art Scored By French New York City—Art snobbishness received a stinging blow at the twen ty-third annual meeting of the Col lege Arts Association at the Metro politan Museum of Art here last week when Jean Lurcat, well-known French artist called narrow nationism in art fallacious in a dissuasion of The Place of the Artist in the Community Mr. Lurcat, whoe address in Eng lish was read for him by the Dr .An dre, argued that a great school of art can come into existence and de velope only in a place geographically and morrally open to all; that a school worthy of the term “great” must reach beyond national and ra cial grounds, and that divisions that break up society into categories work against universality and, there fore. against the artist AGED WHITE WOMAN SAVED FROM DEATH BY COLORED MAN New York—(CNS)—John Foster of thi3 city saved the ife of Mrs. Jo sephine Balazona, white, when he found her with her clothing aflame He did so by quickly stripping off his eoat and wrapping it about her body SPANISH WAR VETER AN RETIRES Washington —<CNS)—First Ser geant William McGauly the last re maining member of the 24th United States Infantry Regiment’s campaign in Cuba in 1898, under Col- Theodore after thirty-eight years of service It Is Economy Now To Use Electric Appliances s"sp“*e One Who Is Inter* ested li Walters Program April 11th, 1934. Mr. M. L. Harris, President of, Omaha Waiter’s Association 1820 N. 24th St Omaha, Neb. Dear Mr. Harris: I want to congratulate you on the wonderful move you have taken in Omaha in ehalf of the waiters there. I am so glad that some one came along and saw the need of getting the waiters together. I hope you will continue to do your part ecauses I elieve it is much needed there. Now Mr. Harris if you keep the club clean you can not fail. Having gambling and drinking around is a bad thing for waiters, which is one of the things that we must get away from if we expect to hold our own in the HOTEL WORLD. We must learn SERVICE, Foods and Salesmanship—and above all others we must learn to give our best effort to our COLORED Head waiters and Captains. Keep your mafobers from the Back Doors of the Hotels in Omaha. Keep them in your CLUB ROOMS and when they are needed let the HOTELS CALL your CLUB, then you can demand pay for your work, having the HOTEL MANAGERS to vsit your club house is a fine move. Let them see that you are teaching the waiters—service and salesman ship . Again I Congratulate you I beg to remain yours truly Irving W■ Gray. Hotel Del Prado, Chicago, 111 C. W. A. Projects Caisc Complaints . ..Washington—(CNS—One hunndred New York Conference fo United Ac tion on CWA and Unemployment , with headquarters in New York, came here Monday and filed protests with both Harry L- Hopkins, Federal Emer gency Relief and Civil Works Admin istrator. and Harold L- Ickes, Secre tary of the Interior, against the rc duction of CWA projects*.-Resolu tions favoring unemployment insur a nee and demandng that an end be put to all forms of discrimination in CWA and Emergency Relief projects were passed._— __Also that (a) Negroes be register ed in all places of registration and not at “jim crow” special registration of fices; (b) that degisnation and use of race identification queries be re moved from relief and unemployment applications; and (c) that Negrowhite collar workers and professionals be employed and otherwise provided for upon equal basis with the whites._ TALK ABOUT HOT ELECTIONS The merged Mic City Community Center and the Omaha Urban League is really having a hot campaign. Three times the Board of Directors have voted a choice for president and no president is elected yet, so says the chairman of the nominating com mittee, Mr. Herman FriecOander. Mr. T- P- Mohamitt says we should elect a president and give the Center a name. Monday in oar regular meeting the full board will meet and go into a huddle to try the job again There is talk of declaring the whole election void and appointing a new nominating committee and nominate and elect officers- The following Continued on Page 5. Beats First Degree Murder Charge James Cole who was charged with murder in the first degree by the Ccunty Attorney, was found not guilty in District Court Room No- 1 Thursday April 19, about 3:45- The jury was out from, 1:30 to 3:45 When they returned to the court room and read their verdict: “We, the jury find the defendent not guilty.” Friends Request Him TO File Henry F- Myers. Mr. Henry F. Myers, chief deputy for the United States Marshal’s of fice is being persuaded by his many friends to file for sheriff of Douglas County in the August primaries on I the Republican Ticket. He was choe en Chief Assistant to the Supervisor of the census in Omaha in 1930. Mr Myer took the examination for this place along with 500,000 others throughout the United States- He was the only one to receive a grade of 100 per cent- He has been a resident of the city of Omaha for 33 years and has always lived on the north side- He has been chief deputy for the United States Marshall, for the past three years- The work he is would have to perform as sheriff. He now doing is similiar to the work he was chairman of the Douglas County Central Committee twice and vice chairman once, and he has also acted as Secretary of this committee twice He has been a member of the State Central committee for 8 consecutive times for 16 years. He has also been a mmber of the Douglas County com mittee for 26 years- Mr- Myer’s served as County Treasurer for two years- He is a Spanish-American War Veteran and served with Co- D. 157 Indiana- He was a volunteer entry and his services were in Porto Rico- Mr- Myers served during the Wod War on No- 1 and No- 3 of the Selective Board- He is the only man in the United States that has had the honor of serving on two of these boards at the same time He was elected to these jobs because of his honesty and his good work- He was chairman on both of these boards- Mr Myers was never at any time coa nected with the Metropolitan police force of Oipaha- He is a married man, and a father of three children, all graduates of Qfmeha High schools Hs wife is president of the Parent’s Teacher’s Association- Mr- Myer’s ran for County assessor 4 years ago and made a fine showing. It is said by his many friends, that he will be nominated and elected if he can be persuaded to resign from his present position and run for the Republican nomination for sheriff in the Au gust primaries. -. DON’t Forget April 23rd Don’t forget the big bgnefit bell given by the Omaha Waiter’s Bene* fit Ball at the Dreamland Wall, on Monday April 23rd- Music will be furnished by Lloyd Hunter’s Bed Hot Orchestra.
