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- VOLUME VIII OMAHA NEBRASKA JUNE 2, 1934 NUMBER—FIFTEEN.
Raymond Hudgins Charged With Manslaughter
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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
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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
