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^ v v V/ flPB DC Per Copy - VOLUME VIII OMAHA NEBRASKA JUNE 2, 1934 NUMBER—FIFTEEN. Raymond Hudgins Charged With Manslaughter »- . . . —■ —-■ I ASKED TO PRESS PROIE ON THE DEMDY CASE New- York City—A strong telegram urging Govenor Ibra C. Blackwood of Routh Carolina to have the state at torney general’s office take “vigorous action” in the prosecution of the al leged lynchers of Norris Dandy was sent this week by the National Associ ation for the Advancement of Colored People. “The Laurens county grand jury at the evidence against alleged lynchers the evidence gainst alleged lynchers of Norris Dandy who was taken from jail in Clinton and lynched on July 4, 1933,” the wire said. “Eye witnesses to Dendy’s removal from jail have positively identified members of mob and owners of automobiles used- Testi mony and affidavits of these witness e* were given the grand jury in February. We feel positive action against alleged mob members by the the state is imperative if South Caro lina is. . . .to vindicate contention that the states alone can handle lynching evil and can be depended up on to punish lynchers.” R- Y- Dendy of New York, brother! of the lynched man, with the assist anoe of the national office of the N. A- A. C- P-, secured three eye witness i eis, two men and a woman, brought them out of Clinton, secured affida vits from them, and under the pledg ed protection of the governor’s office, took two of them back to Laurens county last February to testify before j the grand jury voted to “continue” j considering the evidence at the June! term Norris Dendy was lynched after he had truck a white truck driver in an argument at a colored picnic to which both men had driven loads of picnick j ers. Dendy was jailed for a few, hours,later a mob said to have ncluded two police officers of Clinton, took him out of his cell and killed him on the outskirts of the city- White peo pie of Clinton say the plan was to “give Norris a whipping” because he was “too smart” but not to kill him They explaned that Norris was killed, j perhaps. when he fought back at members of the whipping mob DR- N. H. JELTZ—INTERNATION AL EVANGELIST, OPENS UNION REVIVAL AT ST. JOHN CHURCH Tuesday evening, May 19th, at St John’s A- M- E- Church, 22nd and Willis Avenue, marked the opening of one of the most adventurous Revival Campaign ever to be launched in Omaha- Cleaves Temple C- M- E Church and Bethel A- M- E- Church united with St- John’s to sponsor a big city wide union campaign under the direction of Dr. Nathaniel Haw thorne Jeltz and his wife, world famous revivalist of Philadelphia, Penn. Services are being held nightly (except Sunday) at St- John's Church for an indefinite period- Cleaves Temple and Bethel are not holding Sunday evening services- The con gregation from these churches will be at St- John’s each Sunday afternoon and evening for union services Sunday June 3rd at 3:30 p. m- Dr Jeltz will deliver his famous sermon lecture — “When Chickens Come Home To Roost”—(This will be for men only, No Women or boys be allowed) — Sunday night the subject will be “HERE AM I—SEND ME!”— Monday.... night... June. 4th-. “DRY BONES” — These meetings will run for at least three weeks and the gen eral public is cordially invited to at tend- A big gospel chorus under the direction of Mrs- Jeltz, the wife of the evangelist, furnish music at every service Rev. Bryant, Williams and Calhoun pastors WELL KNOWN CHURCH I MAN DIES Mr- D- Whaly, a well known church man died at 2414 Patrick St- Thura i day afternoon- He was a deaoon of Mt- Moriah Baptist church for a num bar of years- As the paper goes to press the funeral services have not yet been had THEODORE (Ted) METCALFE Theodore (Ted) Metcalfe is a can didate for Republican nomination for Governor. His campaign is gaining momentun every day. He is Omaha’s favorite son TAXES ARE ALWAYS PASSED ON “I wish to heaven that we could once realize that every tax laid is a burden upon industry, upon agricul ture, and upon commerce. I would that we could get out of our minds that we can lay a tax on a big bank, or a big carportion, or a rich man and run the government. The taxes are passed on, and always will be. If I understand the laws of the United States aright, they are intended to be paissed on- They are described in the Constitution as imposts and excis es, and imposts and excises are, in contemplation of law, always to be passed on.” That isn’t a declaration of a “Big Business Man.” It is found in the Congressional Record—and was said by Senator Bailey, Democrat, of North Carolina. It would be a fine thing if every worker, every property owner, every investor, would read and ponder that It is sound economic truth. No busi ness, no industry, can pay a tax it self. It must get the money from its customers, or it must take it out of the py of its employes, or out of dividends to stockholders—who, in ' most cases, are jut average citizens, with a few hundred or thousand dol- * lars of hard earned savings in invest-1 meats which they rely upon. Excessive taxes conficate property. They confiscate jobs and savings They close factories, and foreclose homes and farms- They stand in the way of industrial expansion, and the investment of the capital that would provide more employment, more op portunities, more purchasing power They are a barrier to recovery. Efficient, economical government is essential to regaining and maintain ing normal times Bishtp Washiigtoi Boniig Itre Bishop Wm- A. Washington of the Western Diocese of The Church of Christ will convene the Mid Western! Convention at Christ Temple June 17. Our conventional work will be carried on during the day, but at 7:30 every evening from June 17th to the 24th Bishop Washington will have charge of the services- I know this announce ment will bring good cheer to the Bihop’s many friends he has made in Omaha- Also D. J. Washington DePriest te Visit Omaha Soon OSCAR DEPRIEST Congressman Oscar DePriest, re presentative to the United States Congress from the first Congressional ditrict from the State of Illinois, is planning on including Omaha as a sheduled stop on his speaking tour of the Country Congressman De Priest ie tentative - ‘ ' — ’ 1 ’ 1 ■— JAPANESE SOCIETY RE QUESTS INFORMATION ON N. A. A. C. P. New York City—The Japan New Liberalism Association of Tokyo has requeted information and literature of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for its use in Japan- A packet or litera ture and copies of The Crisis have been sent M- Shuji Suzki, editor of the monthly journal of the Japanese association by Roy Wilkins, as sistant secretary of the N- A- A- C- P REV. VICTOR HOLLY WILL RESUME WORK The Rev. Viator Holly, returning this week from Port Au Prince, Haiti, will resume his work as rector of St Philip Episcopal church, 1119 No 21st Street- The Rev. Mr. Holly now has a visa which permits him to con tinue his work in the United States He had a Department of Labor per mit to continue until December 31, 1934, but now announces that he may remain here permanently The Rev. Mr. Holly is the successor to the late John Albert Williams. known to you as the praying and sing ing man, will have charge of the de votional work. I am sure you will not miss this Spiritual treat Would you like a picture of the world’s greatest humanitarian? Who? We have just closed a deal for 5, 000 pictures of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They are free for the asking. A slight effort on your part is all that is required. Inquire at Hie Omaha Guide ly scheduled to appear in Omaha, un der the auspices of St- John’s A- M- E church- The date as yet is notdefin ite- It is thought that he will ap pear here around the 18th of June, depending upon he adjournment of CongTss- He will return wwest im mediately after the session is over THROWN FROM WRECKED CAR After witnessing a car turning over twice on 10th and Burt Sts- between. Webster and difomia Sts., Wednes day afternoon, rescuers were forced to tear the top off of the automobile to rescue the three persons, two of which were injured, from the wrecked car. The injured are: Mrs- Pauline Stewart, 28 years of age, living at 2214 North 27th Avenue and her sister in law, Alberta Stewart, 21 years of age, livingat 1808 North 21st Street- Mrs Pauline Stewart was driving the car. Both ladies were removed to the Lord Lister Hospital, bing badly cut and bruised. The third person, Mrs Stewart, son Charles, age 6 was in jured Reports have been received s this pa per goes to press that two ladies have returnd to their homes. BIRMINGHAM CITIZEN QUERY COUNTY OFFICE CANDIDATES Birmingham Ala—A questioriaire asking all candidates for county commissioner posts to declre them selves on employment for Negroes, sanitary conditions in colored resid ence areas, slum clearance, parks and playgrounds, hospital care, improved school conditions, increased registra tion and voting of Negroes, better juvenile court treatment of Negro deliquents, and improvement in treat ment of Negro inmates of penal in stitutions wa$ distributed by the color ed voters league here, of which Dr. Charles A- J. McPherson, secretary of the local N- A. A. C- P- branch, is j a leading member. Nazi Government Is Breakine Down According to the latest dispatch received by the American Gommitee of the International Relief Associa tion from the Central Office in Stras bourg, the Nazis were dealt such a blow in the recent nation-wide “ver trauens Leute” factory elections, that they did not dare publish the results. The dispatch reads, in part: “Despite the Nazi terror which is increasing rather than diminishing, the German workers are beginning to voice their protest. The results of the recent elections of the “vertrauens Leute” or workers representatives in the factories is a clear demonstration of this- The candidates for each fac tory were nominated by the Nazis. No other nominations were permitted. The elections were held in the usual Nazi manner with the workers close ly watched- Prison threats against the workers are increasing- And yet, the following are some of the gen eral results of these elections: In the armament factory of Fritz Werner, Berlln-Marienfelde, which has 1600 workers, 150 voted ‘no’, 250 crossed out the list, 400 altered the list on the ballot, and only 700 returned the ballot as it was, that is, voted in fav or of the candidates. In the AEG— Berlin, 25 per cent void ballots were turned in. Only 30 pear cent of the votes in the HAG—Hamburg were for the Nazis- In Blohm and Vos, on ly 25 per cent of the votes were for the Nazis.” Two significant documents accom panied this dispatch. One is a minia ture four page newspaper, 3 and one fourth and 2 and one half, in the form of a photostatic glossy print so small it must be read under a magni fying glass- This is the first newspa per published by an underground German trade union- More than a page and a half are devoted to the “vertrauens Leute” elections. It stresses the vital necessity for secret unionization as a weapon against Nazi repression The other 13 an article, “Arier and Nicht-Arier” (“Aryans and Non Aryans”), written by Professor Franz Boas, leading authority on race, at the request of the Interna tional Relief Association of which American Committee he is a mem ber. The article, printed on thin India paper in the form of a 19 page pam phlet less than 1 32nd of an inch thick, is published secretly in Ger many by the International Relief As sociation’s German Committee- Spe cial efforts are being made to get it into the hands of the Nazis and their sympathizers in the hope that it will help destroy the Nazi “race theory.” A little known phase of Nazi Ger many is the punishment meted out to anti-fascist women in the prisons. The dispatch goes on to say: “New and louder cries of and despair continue to come from the women in Berlin prisons. The Nazis invent third degree methods of in credible barbarity. One of the com mon practices is to beat a woman un til she is covered with blood, and then throw her into a community cell with a number of other women who are yet to be questioned- This is (Continned on Page 2) a Gun and Blood Stained Car Figure in Murder Hearing HENRY F. MYERS Henry F. Myers will file in a few days for Sheriff of Douglas County on the Republican Ticket. It is pre dicted that the second and third wards will go for him solidly. Watch for the Myers for sheriff club. Dean Houston to Give H. A. A. C. P. Keynote Address New York City—Dean Charles H. Housto.n member of the legal staff of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People and chief counsel in the George Crawford case, will give the keynote adddress at the 25th annual conference of the association in Oklahoma City on June 27th, it was announced today by the national office here Don Houston recently aroused a storm of comment by his addiess to •he na’io-a’ convents of the Y. W. C. A on race relations- His speech at Phildelphia was declared to be the most out spoken pronouncement on race problems ever given at a Y. W. C A. conventon Several months ago Dean Houston was chief counsel for Bernard Ades. I L D lawyer of Baltimore, who was threatened with disbarment by Maryland. Ades got off wth a reprimand Mr. Houston also will lead a dicussian of the legal defense program of the Association ia one of the day sessions. John P- Davis, secretary of the Joint Committee on National Recovery in Washington, which has been fighting for justice for the Negro workers and consumers under the whole recovery program, will speak to th N. A. A. C. p; gathering on June 28th. He will discuss the conditions of the Negro wage earners and farmers under the New Deal and he has discovered them by first hand, personal investi gation Roscoe Dunjee, editor of he Black Dispatch and president of the Oklaho ma state conference of NT. A- A. C- P branches, will speak at the Saturday night mass meeting, June 30 on “Oklahoma’s Scottsbore Case,” in which he will give the inside story of the famous Jess Hollin case which has been in the courts m that state since December 1931 CHURCHES St. Paul Baptist, 227 Palmetta Street Preaching at 11 a- m. Union Baptist Gulpha near Plea sant Street Preaching services at 11 a- m- Rev. Henderson, pastor. Roanoke Baptist Whittington Ave nue and Ozark Street Preaching at 11 a- m. Rev. R. C- Woods, Pastor. Eureka Baptist Games Avenue Preaching 11 a. m- Rev. L- J. Lewis, pastor. GOLF FOOTBALL FATHER OF 3 CHILDREN Raymond Hudgins, 191« North 25th Street, married, and the father of three children, Tuesday at a prlimin ry hearing at Police Court was charg ed with manslaughter as a result of the fatal shooting Friday morning. May 25th of Mrs. Osceola Walker, mother of two children an p&ralmont of Hudgins. T testimony of the state witnesses at the hearing was that about 11 p. ra. Thursday night, Majr 24th, Osceola Walker in the company of Raymond Hudgins went to the home of Mrs. Strowder, 2210 North 27th St- Hud gins rented a room, from Mrs- Strow der for him and Osceola to spend the night- After being upstairs in the room for 10 or 15 minutes, Mrs. Strowder heard a shot. Hudgins then came down stairs, saying Osceola had shot herself. It was then, suggested by Hudgins or the landlady that the Police not be called but rather that the body be disposed of Hudgins thn obtained the assistance of Joe Strowder, 2815 Miami St, son of the landlady to help him get rid of the body. After some wangling in which Joe insisted that the police be called, Joe consented to help Hudgins dress the body and it was then placed m an au-to and thrown into the gut ter at 29th and Yates Streets. Testimony also showed that there were no powder burns on the body. Firearm experts tstified that the pistol if held at armB length by Osceola Walker, would have left powder burns Hudgins did not testify at the pre liminary hearing The body was found at 5 a m last Friday morning laying in the gutter at 29th and Yates Sts-, by Hrold Jackson, 2602 North 30th St, who notified police of murder. Hudgins when first arrested and during police questioning, said that Osceola was attempting to kill him and in struggling to dis arm her the gun was discharged while in her hand killing her. Police found the gun hidden in the basement of the Strowder home and Iso the bloodstained car in which the body was transported Judge Wheeler held Hudgins for trial in District Court- Bond was set at $2,500. Attorney John Adams represented Hudgins. LOOK OUT ICE MAN YOU WILL NEED A JOB SOON More electric refrigerators were sold during the month of April in Omaha than during any other 30 day period. This announcement was made today by R. C. Gppert, chairman of the Omaha Electric Refrigeration Bureau The total sales from all retail outlets for April were 1.071 “This proves to us that Omaha homemakers are becoming more and more acquainted with the superior quality of eectric refrigeration." Mr. Geppert said. "Advertising and sales promotion on the part of electric refrigerator dealors have gone a long way in building up a demand for this useful household* appliance.” Mr. Geppert said that more than one third of Omaha homes have elect ric refrigeration, and that 1934 would undoubtedly be the biggest year in the history of the electric refrfgeratio industry. AND THATS THAT It is said that the little Council Bluff's Girl thought she was doing something smart the other night when she was with Vincent Rap. Just why, is the question that is being