CHARGES PLOT TO KILL ANTI-LYNCH BILL
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___ VOLUME Vin Omaha, Nebraska Saturday May 36th 1934 NUMBER FIFTEEN.__
Women Murdered: Thrown From Car
WINS INTERRACIAL
RECOGNIZATION
Rev- Nathaniel Hawthorne Jeltz, D- D
Rev. Nathaniel Hawthorne Jeltz.
D- D-, Phildelphia, internationally
famous Negro evangelist spoke Mon
day at 8 p- rn- at a brotherhood
Christian contact service held at
Broadway Methodist Church, First
Street and Broadway, Council Bluffs,
Iowa
Dr Jeltz delivered his celebrated
sermon “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”
Mrs. Jeltz directed a largo chorus of
Council Bluffs singers in Negro spirit
uals
]>r. Jeltz is chairman of the commis
sion on evangelism for the A- M- E
Church for America and Canada and
is recogntzod as the out-good-will and
Christian brotherhood. In the last
ten years he has conducted ’43 inter
racial services in leading cities- In
the First Methodist Church at Des
Moines three weeks ago 1,600 persons
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nTa. a. c. p. charges
PLOT TO KILL ANTI
LYNCHING BILL
Small Bloc of Senators Puling Wire*
to Keep Measure from Reaching
Floor. Association Declare*
New York, May 21—A clandestine,
but vigorous well organized plot is
at work to kill the Costigan-Wagner
anti-lynching bill in the senate, it
was charged here today by Walter
White, secretary of the National As
sucition for the Advancement of Col
ored People
The measure is being blocked by a
amall group of senators containing
some members from northern and west
em tales as well as the usual southern
senators, the N. A- A- C- P- state
ntent charged
“A poll of the Senate taken three
weeks ago reveals that there are en
ough votes favoring the bill, passed
by such powerful and large organ
izations as the Y- W- C- A-, the C- M
B. Chunfi and others have won over
to the measure several ^her
tors- Mo»t recent advices from Wash
ington reveal that 54 votes can no*
definitely be county for the bi^
.enators are opposed and 12 a e
5 undecided- In the House a com,
«t northern, wootem^nd bond
.r states’ congressmen, together wiwi
a few from the south, insure an over
whelming majority for the bill
“But a small bloc of senators some
from the south and a few from the
north, are desperately trying to P~,
vent the bill's being voted on- Some
of these senators come from states
where the Negro vote !s large- These
senators fear that if they Tote for
the bill they may '«
white voters nd they know that *
vote against the bill they will surely
antagonize ail of theis Negro consti
tuents and many white onea_
Endorsed b, 40 Million Persons
“Organizations with a total m ember
8hip of more than forty million have
endorsed the Costigan-Wagner anti
lynching hill and are actively support
ing the measure, among them being
the Womens Missionary Council of
hte Methodist Episcopal Churcch.
South- The organizations which have
endorsed the bill are the Young Wo
men’s Christian Association, the Wn
WILL FILE FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
Senator Kenneth S. Wherry, of Pawnee City. iNeb
aska, who filed for the United States Senator.
Senator Kenneth S- Wherry of
Pawnee City has announced his cad
didacy on the republican ticket for
the office of United States Senator
from Nebraska,
Senator Kenneth S- Wherry of
mayor of Pawnee City Nebraska also
as state senator, and at the last elec
tion was a close candidate for the
republican nomination foj. govenor
In announcing his political stand, he
identifies himself as a progressive
republican of the Norris type.
North Omaha received Mr- Wherry
wth open arms at two meetings last
week- At that time he said, 1 am not
ready to announce candidacy for any
office, but am visiting various com
munities in an effort to arrive at a
decision Should I decide to file for
any office, I make no political promise
I cannot fulfill However, I do say
to the people that I shall rightly,,
wisely, and judiciously conduct such
offices as the voters shall entrust to
me- My legislative record in the
Nebraska Senate is open- I ask you
not to take my unsupported statement
or any one elses- Review the record,
and see where Kenneth S- Wherry
on any proposed measure ”
era League Against Lynching, the
Congregational and Christian Church,
the Federal Council of Churches of
Christ, the Committee on Race Rela
tions of the Society of Friends, the
Josephite Order (Catholic), the Meth
odist Federation of Social Service,
the Women’s International League
foj Peace and Freedom, the American
Civil Lierties Union, the League for
Industrial Democracy, the Fellowship
of Reconciliation, the Board of Na
tional Missions of the Presbyterian
Church, fhe Social Justice Com
mission of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, the American Fed
eration of Teachers, the Young Men’s
Christian Association, the Church
League for Industrial Democracy,
the National Urban League, the C
M- E- Church, the City Councils of
Cleveland, of Toledo and of Duluth.
Minnesota, the New York State As
sembly, the Holy Name Society of
Newark, the Nashville. Tennessee.
Pastors Asaocation. the Hartford. Con
necticut, Federation of Churches, the
Oakland California. Council of Church
W^men, the Maryland Anti-Lynch
ing Federation, the City-Wide Forum
of Baltimore, the National Student
Council and the National Public Affaiy
Committee of the Young Women’s
Christian Assocition, and the Na
j tional association for the advancement
of Colored People
“Trohe Winter Capital Lodge of
Elks of New Orleans sent a petition,
signed by ten thousand Negroes of
that cjty of Senator Huey Long fol
lowing a newspapr report that Sena
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LATEST IN
WALKER CASE
Raymond Hudgins under question
gave his version of the slaying of Mrs
Osceola Walker- Hudgtn says, “Oceo
la Walker and I went to the home of
Mrs- Strowder, 2210 North 27th St,
at 1:30 Friday morning. We rented
a room for the night undressed and
were fixing to get in bed- An argu
ment arose between us- Oceola Baid,
,T am going to kill you and myself.’
She grabbed her purse from the bur
eau, oened it I saw a pistol and be
came frightened- In an attempt to
wrest the > weapog from her, it was
| discharged while i.i her hand
‘The landlady and her son rushed
upstairs, and seeing what had happen
ed, Mrs. Strowder said, ‘Get her ont
of here-' I called a car- Another
man helped me place the body in the
can- Then I took the woman and
dumped her out at 29th and Yates, so
it would appear that she had been
killed on the street-”
Police in searching the premises at
2210 North 27th St. found the gun
used in the slaying hidden in the
basement Th<s gun hafl been hand
led so much that finger prints were not
available, Hudgins is being held for
further questioning. The Coroner’s
in quest will be held Monday at J. D
Lewis Mortuary
FILES SLIT FOR
DAMAGES
lira Ella Turner. 2413 Caldwell St
filed suit in district court against W.
T. Grant Store- The suit follows
'Severe injuries suffered by Mrs
Turner as a result from a fall on an
oiled and lippery floor while shopping
in the store- Mrs- Turner has been
under the care of Dr- G- B- Lennox
since the day of the injury, Febr. 19.
1934
JUNIOR LEAGUE MEET
The Junior League, an organization
of young women interested in pro
jects related to the interest and en
couragement of th community was ree
ently organized at the Mid City Com
munity Center and Ifrhaft League
building under the efficient leadership
of Mrs- Vera Cowans, president and
Miss Mable Ray, sponsor, plans are
under way for a series of events that
will both be enjoyable and beneficial.
The Leagues holds its meeting week
ly at the Center Other officra include
Mrs- Mable Johnson, 1st vice presi
dent; Mrs- Carrie Jewell, 2nd vice
preident, Mrs- lone Hanger, secretary;
Mrs- Edna Jackson, assitsnt secretary;
and Mrs- Ruth Wheeler, treasurer
Mrs- Robbie Davis—Reporter.
TRIES TO
KILL SELF
When the fire department answered
a call with policemen at 2526 Ohio
they found Lillian Johnson, lying on
the floor near the front door and three
gas jets open in the kitchen- It seems
neighbors had smelled the gas and
called to have it invetigated
Dr- Gooden took charge of the case
and the girl was revived- Mrs. Johnson
is the housekeeper of Steve Hurd
boot black at Paxton Hotel Barber
shop- This is her second attempt to
take her lfe- No arrest were made as
the case was booked as a suicide att
empt
Harry Baker. DePriest
Opponent For Congress.
Dies In Chicago
New York City—(CNS)—Hary Ba
ker, white, who was recently nominat
ed on the Deiriocratic ticket to run
against Congressman Oscar DePriest
in the coming election, died here re
cently- Baker had opposed DePriest
each time- The later ran fo,. Congress
times the latter ran for Congress.
Arthur W- Matchel mey be selected
to run on the Democratic ticket ia
place of Mr- Baker- It will be recalled
that former Coongressman Martia D
Madde. died after a renomination aad
DePriest was selected by a committee
of which he was a membr, to fill the
vacancy
CAVEMAN GETS
90-DAYS
Washington —(CNS)— Leroy Mm
kin 24 got fresh with a white women
panion last weak and is bow doing M
days in jail- Leroy seem to be n care
man at heart- He met Ruth Herrieay
•ne night last weak and demanded that
she accompany him to a nearby house
She refused, so ha forced her there
in Court the woman told bar story
"Leroy got rough-”
Unable to cope with either Leroy or
the situation Ruth4 Rushed into the
street naked, where she was arrested
"I didn’t do that. Judge-" said Le
roy- “She chased her own self out of
the house”
I suppose she hit her own self on the
! head with a bottle replied the judge
"Itlbe 90 days in jail for you Leroy”
And Ruth in sharp contrast to her
last public appearance marched from
room dressed in a pink evening gown,
green stockings and round hat
I SOUTH SIDE UTILITIES* CLUB SETS PACE
REV. W. S. METCALFE
Rev. W. S. Metcalfe who held the position of inspec
tor of weights and measures in the cityof Omaha with
honor for nine years He is pastor of AllenChapel A. M.
E. Church and President of the Utilities Club of South
Omaha with a membership of 300. The Club that is do
ing things for the South Side vouth.
One of the most interesting hap
penings in South Omaha recently is
the organization of the South P-iaha
Utilities club- This club is com
posed of men and women and minors
whose purpose is the opening of chan
nels for Negro employment and busi
ness interest
Through the organization is only
four weeks old, it already boasts of
a membership of 250 wide awake
citizens who act as well as talk- In
this four weeks of existence the
group has accomplished the following
amazing achievements:
The placing of Titus Alton, 2627
Jefferson Ave- on an Alamito Diary
route, and Lawerence King, 2914 W.
St- on a World Hearld route- In
both instances the finance for bond
required by the companies was paid
by the club
I The placing of Miss Bertha E- Pick
ens 5219 S- St- as an amatuer singer
over radio sttion KICK between 10 p.
m- and 11 p. m. every /Saturday
The organisation also boasts of two
Omaha Guide replresenttives, M(r.
Marcellus Greene, 6104 No- 25th St
and Mr- Bush 29th and R St
The membership is free and up
lifting program is rendered at each
meeting- At present the first part of
the program consists of a study of Ne
gro National anthems
Surely such meritorious wiork is
to be commended and is an example of
what our race can do if organized.
If you have a business inter
some worthy man or woman, or if
you are interested in the advancement
of the Negro at all. line up and en
courage this group of progressive
citizens
‘GO SLOW,
MARY’ BIG
SENSATION
Bernice Saunders Steals
Show from the Leading
Characters
Did Mary Go slow! Well, I should
say not- It was the one most delicious
ly dinusing plays ever produeed
Little Miss Bernice Saunders played
the part of Dolly Berdon. a little devil
and whose acting was nothing short
of genius stole the entire show away
from the leading characters, Alvin
Goodwin playing the part of Mr. Abb
y and Miss Minnie Prey or playing the
part of . the wife
No less notable was playing of Geoj.
ge Barton did his staff with superb
humor- The story followed three wee
ks of the life of a married mao- who
has a small idea about the importan
ce of a woman’s work in the home.
He finally is shown the light after a
cleverly laid plan by his wife
It was a good live comedy in three
acts and well directed and made notab
le by Mrs- M- A- Sterling.
The rest of the cast included. Mrs
Berdon played by Mrs- Alma Sessions
Sally Carter played by Fannie Lou
Levison; Harry Stevens, played by
William Green, Bobby Berdon played
by Robert Williams and Murphy pla
yed by Sam Barton
LATEST POLI
TICAL DOPE
Commissioner John Hopkins will file
for Demoertie nomination for Sher
iff of Douglas County
Judge Herbert S- Rhoades, presid
ing judge of the Court of Domestic
Relationships, will file for Congress
man of the second district-_
Johnny Owens will file for State
representative of the ninth district on
the Democratic.
John Adams will file on the Republi
can ticket
WORLD WAR VETERAN
DIES IN ILLINOIS
Mr- Fred McCranejr. died at the
Veterans Hospital in Hines. Illinois,
where he has been about two months
He was 43 years of age and a World
War Veteran- He was a member of
Cleaves Temple C- M- E- Church at
25th and Decatur Sts
He was born in Mississippi- Ser
vice will be held from Cleaves Temple
at 2:30 p- m- Saturday. Rev O. A
Calhoun will officiate- The Roosevelt
American Legion Post No. 30 will be
in charge of the services- He leaves
to mourn his loss one brother, Mr- P.
E- Anderson and one sister, Mrs
Virginia Foster.
ASSAILANTS
LEAVENO CLUE
Mrs- Oceola Walker.2627 N- 25th St
late Thursday night or early Friday
morning met death from gunshot wo
unds inflicted by an unknown assasin
The murdered women’s body was
riddled with four gunshot wounds, her
i body and legs were badly scarred._
: _The body was found at 5:o’clock
! Friday morning lying in a gutter at
the corner of 29th and Yates Avenue
evidently hurled there from a passing
car
Police as yet have been unable to
locate anyone who saw the women at
anytime after 11 :o’clock Thursday nite
until tho body was found. The la:
time Mrs- Walker was seen alive was
ll:o’clock Thursday night She vaa
seem getting into a sunset taxi cab
near 24th and Patrick Ave- Police ara
checking movements from that time
Funeral arraignments have not been
made The body is at the J- D- Lewis
Mortuary
Mrs. Walker’s surviving relatives
are Miss Lavar Powell daughter Clyde
Powell __Bennie_Ray_and Viola
Jones, sisters Cara Clay John Clay L
B- Clay and Will Clay Brothers
TWO ARRESTS MADE IN
MUDER CASE
Harold Jackson, of 2602 North 30th
St- Noticed a body of a woman lying
on the side of the road on 20th St
between Yates and Burdette at 5:30 a
m- He called the police and after
investigation, the woman was pro
nounced dead by Coroner Steinweiner.
It was learned that the girl was
Oceola Walker, who had been in the
company of Raymond Hudgins in the
evening and the shooting had occur
ed at 2210 North 27thSt- Hudgins
said that the woman shot herself in
the presence >f himself and Joe Strow
der who lives at 2815 Miami and they
hauled her to the spot and left her
there
A post-mo tern examination showed
that the woman had been shot through
the right breast with a 38 cal- rang
ing to the left
Hudgin lives at 1916 North 25th
Street and is hed for investigation.
DAVISDENIES
CANDIDANCY
“I have been approached and urged
to file for the Legislature on the Dem
ocratic ticket- Here and now I wish to
say that our success is in proportion
to the planning, co-operation and on
ity of purpose of the individual party
memdera, showing strength. Helter
skelter filing by numbers of individu
als will tend to sap the strength of a
candidate, who can win. losing for us
a Race Nominee, I deem it wisdom for
the various aspirants to face facts an
look toward hying a race represent
ative, rather than playing “ Dog in
the manger”
Mr- John Owens, incumbent, natur
ally is filing for opportunity of re-el
ction There are also two other race
men mentioned as possible candidate*
One white candidate has already filed
All of these on the Democratic ticket
In a field such as that I cannot see
that my entry would be conducive
toward assurance of a race nominee,
rather versa. For the sake of race So
lidarity and party success* I am Some
what cold to the proposal. It is my
opiniop that the play as staged will
go on without me as a principal.
Owen’s has made an admirable rec
ord in the legislature, is conscientious
honest and sincere. His legislative
victory in the redistricting measure,
commends him to the thinking voter.
Therefore I choose not to file for
the office of State Representative
from the ninth legislative Distric-_
Attorney Charles F. Davis
.. VISITS OMAHA.
Miss Easter Randall, a traveling
Evangelists and Lecture from Kansas
City Missouri and sister of Mr- M.
H- Randall 2234 1-2 Lake St- arrived
in Omaha, Tuesday to visit her brother
and his wife- Mrs- Alberta Randall
gave a breakfast in honor of her, Wed
nesday morning- Miss Randall left
Wednesday night: