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United States Supreme Court 0. K, s Texas Jim Crow Vote Law —- ■ * vaAvMWUWWW , V.V.'.W.VWAVM 5c -,- Per Copy /JUSTICE/EQUALITY mw/MWMwm —/ jvwwawpwvw* VOLUME IX OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1935 NUMBER FOUR PROMINENT BUSINESS WOMAN SUCCUMBS XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX Scottsboro Verdict Reversed By Supreme Court /S' ■ ■ ' ■ ■ - — — ■■ ■ - ■■ ■ „ ...... , . . . - — (S DROPS DEAD WHILE ON WAY TO CHURCH _ FALLS TO GROUND AT 24*hC AND GRACE STREETS. SARAH A. HIERONYMOUS Mrs. Sarah A. Hieronymous, 2416 Grant Street, wife of Mr. Pres Hie ronymous, left her office with Mrs. Grace Kemp to attend the Metropoli tan Spiritual Church, 24th and De aaur Streets. As she reached 24th Street she said to Mrs. Kemp, “If it is too warm and close in church, I'll have to come out for some air”. As they approached the vacant lot on 24th Street opposite Grace Street, Mrs. Hieronymous slumped to the side walk, without uttering another sound. She was placed in a car and taken to the office of Dr. G. B. Lennox. In the meantime Mr. Hieronymous was called and immediately went to Dr. Lennox’ office. He met the doctor on the steps, but didn’t seem to realize that his wife was the patient in the doctor’s office. He was told in the office that Dr. Lennox had been called out on an emergency. On descending the stairs, he noticed a group of people around a car, and as he approached, Dr. Lennox said to him, “Your wife is dead. Nothing >—-— can be done now”. Mr. Hieronymoua told an Omaha Guide reporter that he could not real ize that h.s wife is dead, as she was, seemingly, in very good health. She had recently driven the truck on three trips to Des Moines, Iowa, and had been feeling fine. After the doctor’s statement, Mr. Hieronymous asked the driver of the !car to take her to their home, where [ she was placed on the bed, and the I doctor was called a second time. Again she was pronounced as dead and beyond medical attention. The funeral will be held Friday, April 5, at 2:00 p. m. from the J. D. Lewis Mortuary, and interment will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Sarah A. Hie<ronymous was the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Delley, of Columbus, Missouri. She was born September 19, 1887. She left Columbus when she was 15, and went with her parents to Topeka, Kansas, where she lived for six years. She then went to Denver, Colorado, and lived there two years until she came to Omaha. She has spent twenty-five very busy years here. She first came before the public when she had charge of the Monitor, a news-paper published by the late Rev. John Albert Williams. Her next venture was in the catering business, which she did until depression quieted that line of work. She, then, entered the transfer business, which she oper ated for long-distance hauling for about three years. In October, 1932, she became the wife of Mr. Pres Hie ronymous, who was also in the trans fer business. They merged the two businesses and she took charge of the office. Occasionally s he requested her husband to permit her making trips, sometimes as far as Chicago. She was a lover of out-door life, and her chief sport was fishing. Mr. Hieronymous said that he hadn’t the least idea that she was ailing. hen she started for church, she came out the door and said, “Mrs. Kemp and I are going to Church”. Those were the last words she spoke to him. Mrs. Hieronymous leaves to mourn her loss, a husband, mother, Mrs. Lula Delley, two brothers, Clarence and William Delley and a niece, Annabelle Delley. Her mother, brothers and niece are all of Topeka, Kansas. They arrived in Omaha the morning after her death. Condition Critical After Being Cut in Abdomen and Stabbed in Lung Henry Walker, a World War Veter an, 1011 S. 13th Street, was cut in the abdomen and stabbed in the lung while walking down 13th Street, Sun day, March 24. He says he did not realize that anything was going on until he felt a severe pain in the ab domen. Immediately he was stabbed in the lungs. It is rumored that his abdomen was split open. The accident occurred in front of a filling station at 13th and Pacific. He was taken to Lord Lister hospita Iwhere the atten dants hold little hope for his recovery. It is alleged that one Willie Griffin, •ommonly kno-yn as “Catfish Willie”, with whom Walker had had an argu ment on Saturday night, did the cut ting. Griffin is held with out bond, pending the outcome of Walker's con dition. r~ Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY URGES PASSAGE OF BILL New York, April 4.—Dr. C. H. Tobias, Senior Seeretarv of Colored Work of the Y. M. C. A., who has been active in support ing the Costigan-Wagner anti ivnching bill, sent an additional check to the N. A. A. C. P. this week along with the following comment: ‘‘I am glad to learn that there is likelihood that if the bill is forced to a vote it will pass both houses. Regardless of what the outcome may be, it seems to me that every lover of orderly gov ernment is obligated to support this effort for the outlawry of mob violence. Such a bill* ,of course, will not of itself cure lynching, but it will at least serve notice to the world that the gov ernmen is opposed to such a crime.” Jim Crow Vote Law 0. K.’D. By High Court The U. S. Supreme Court sustained the method employed by the Demo cratic party in Texas, to keep black people from voting in the primary. Mr. Justice Roberts, delivering the opinion, said: “The State convention has the right to arrange for primaries.” The decision was the outgrowth of a case involving the 1932 Democratic con vention. It was brought to the Su preme Court by R. R. Grovey, of Har ris county. Tho contention is that a state can not deny the right of franchise but a party can. Comment cannot be prop erly made until the entire decision has been read. GOOD WILL STORE OPENS ON NORTH 24th STREET Good Will Store, No. 3, was opened last Friday at 9 a. m. at 2308 N. 24th Street, next door north of the Grant Street Pharmacy, with a full line of second-hand, repaired gar ments. furniture and cooking utensils, to be sold at cost of labor put into the merchandise. North Omaha is invited to inspect this new business place in thi3 Com munity. TRYING TO EVICT TENANTS BECAUSE THEY ARE NEGROES New York—(CNA)—Vigorous pro test action forced a halt t® attempt of real estate firm of Duross and Com pany to evict Mrs. Whitehead and her son from their home at 333 West 16th Street here last week. The dispossessory notice charged “non-payment of rent” although Mrs. Whitehead had offered a relief rent voucher. Eviction proceedings were initiated against the Whiteheads be cause they are Negroes Mass picketing, meetings and dem onstrations under the auspices of the Unemployed Council forced the land lords to withdraw the eviction notice. Mediation Board Calls Randolph to Parley on The Porter Case. New York. March 29th, 1935—Accord ing to reports received at the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Sleping Car Porters, A. Philip Ran dolph, National President, was called to a parley in Washington. D. C. by George A- Cook, Sescretary of the Na tional Mediation Board, on procedure and methods for the determination of representation through organization in the Pullman Porter’s case. M. P. Webster, Chairman of the General Executive Board, located in the western zone office in Chicago of the Brotherhood, will join Randolph at the parley in Washington, Friday, March 29th. Following this conference, action Will be taken forthwith by the Nation al Board toward arriving at a decis ion as to the Brotherhood’s right to serve as the lawful agency in the ne gotiation of agreements concerning rates of pay and rules governing working conditions with the manage ment of the Pullman Company, states Mr. Randolph. According to the porters' leader, Randolph, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, affiliated with the now in its strongest, most favorable American Federation of Labor, is and most strategic position, from the point of view of the Amended Railway Labor Act of the 73rd Congress, and the enthusiastic and militant response on the part of the Pullman porters and maids from coast to coast to the mes sage and program of the union. HUNDREDS ATTEND CONCERT AT ST. JOHN Spring Musical A Great Success— Leading Choirs Participate. More than One Thousand people met at St. John A. M. E. Church last Sunday to hear the most of Omaha’s leading Choirs in a very fine Concert. Those who were present witnessed a very fine spirit of cooperation shown by the various Churches, send ing their choirs to represent them in this, the first musical of this kind in the city of Omaha. Citizens of long standing say this was the first in their memory. It was great to see and hear such fine singing from,' those about us. The choir uniforms, their decorum, their singing, and all about them, bespeaks credit for it’s home Church. Zion Senior and Imperial Choirs, Mount Morriah Choir; The Choirs from Pilgrim Baptist Church; Hillside Presbyterian, St. Phillip’s Episcopal and St. John Churches, all did them selves honor in uniting in this com mon effort to promote the spirit of solidarity among the Churches of Omaha. Rev. P. F. Jones, Pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church held the thousand or more present spell bound on his very strong message on “The Relations of the Choirs to Public Worship”, He gave the choirs plenty food for thought. His message was one that should be long remembered and put into practice by the choirs and congregations. We pause here to express our sym pathy and regrets to Bethel Baptist Church and choir of South Omaha, who could not be present because of a death in their group. We also wish to state that Bethel A. M. E. and Cleaves C. M. E. could not be present because of other engagements. Primitive Baptist, of which Rev. Hilson is pastor, could not be present because there was a rally on at the church. We truly hope this will be just the beginning of great things that are to come in the future. Mr. McVay worked very hard to put the program over and wishes to thank all who helped to put the program over. ANGELO HERDON APPEAL IN U. S. SUPREME COURT Washington D. C.—CXA—The brief in the appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court for the reversal of the chain gang sentence of Angelo Herndon was filed here today by Whitney North Seymour noted onstitutional lawyer. Sey mour was retained by the Interna tional Labor Defense. Simultaneously with the filing of the brief, the International La bor Defense issued a call for an intensified campaign of maw pro test to force the Supreme Court to free Angelo Herndon. The legal brief prepared by Seymour challenges the constitu tionality of the Georgia slave law of 1861 under which Herndon was convicted. The brief characteriz ed this statute as a restriction of the libery of speech and assembly, supposedly guaranteed by the 14th amendment. Associated with Mr. Seymour in the preparation of the brief was Walter Gelhom, Herbert T.1 Weehsler, and Carol King. The U. S. Supreme Court has not as yet set aside a date for the bearings on the Herdon case. Chairman Harlem Labor Committee New York.—A United Negro Trades within the frame of the American Federation of Labor to bring all Ne gro workers into the labor movement and to break down all union barriers thoughout the country was formally launched at a testimonial dinner to Frank R. Crosswaith, general organ izer to the International Ladies Gar ment Workers Union and Chairman of the Harlem Labor Committee. Dele gates from all unions covering Indus FRANK R. CROSSWAITE tries in which Negroes are employed will be summoned from all parts of the country in a short time to complete the details of organization. The brilliant gathering of BOO guests was a cross-section of the labor movement. Practically every Union of importance was represented. Support for the project which has been in the minds of leaders of the labor movement for many years was enthusiastically promised from the floor. /Julius Hochman, General Man ager of the Joint Board Dress and Waistmakers Union, acting as toast master, summed up the spirit of the spirit of the speakers when he said that a United Negro Trades has been too long delayed and pointed to the absolute abolition of all prejudice of every type and kind in his own Union as the standard toward which the Ne gro would have to shoot. “The time is ripe now,” he said. “We are venturing through a new kind of world in which historical pre judices and outmoded habits of thought are being weighed and found wanting. I firmly believe that equal opportunity for the Negro in all un ions is very near.” Crosswaith, in the address of the evening, depicted stirringly the cross currents in which Negro workers are (Continued on Page 2) DAUGHTER DOES >TO GIVE CARD PARTY. There will be a card party given by the Daughter Does of the I. B. P. 0. E. of W., No. 223, on Saturday night, April 13, 1935. There will be prizes awarded, dancing and refreshments. This will take place at the Elks’ Hall, 2420 Lake. Everyone is invited. GUILTY OF GRAND LARCENY SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS On March 11, Thomas Coulter, was arrested and charged with stealing one electric drill, one Underwood type writer and one blanket, which were valued at $75.00. They were the per sonal property of the (John Opita Motor Co., 20th and Dodge Streets. Coulter was bound over from police court on March 16th and on Wednes day, April 8, was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in prison for grand larceny. It was brought out in the trial that he had serv^i a term far murder previously. No Friendship can excuse a sin.— Jeremy Taylor. PATTERSON AND NORRIS CONVICTION IMPEACHED -c Athletic Field Opened at Atlanta University Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 21.—(Special)— The Atlanta University Athletic Field was formally opened Wednesday afternoon in the presence of more than 3,000 persons. Many athletic events, in which all the colleges in the city participated, took place as part of the dedicatory program. The plans for the athletic field, the latest feature in the building scheme of Atlanta University, were drawn by Mr. Gavin Hadden, of New York, who is recognized as the foremost architece and engineer in the country for gym nasums and athletic fields. Provided on the field are two football fields, a baseball field, two tennis courts, three handball courts, a jumping pit, a 220 yard straight-a-way, and a quarter mile track, There is sub-soil tile drain age on the tennis courts and football fields, and the running track includes layers of different grades of cinders to a depth of twelve inches. Every part of the field is built according to the best design. The work on the ; field was done by the Barge-Thompson Company. the athletic held is located east of the new University dormitories. It is the realization of a dream of Presi dent Hope, who, with great foresight and wisdom, saw the advantages of such play facilities not only to the students of Atlanta University and affiliated colleges, but to all the com munities in which the graduates will live and work. In opening the field Doctor Hope stated that he hoped this was the beginning of better health, better scholarship, and higher charac ter as the result from judicious ex ercising on the field. Games on the handball courts were played between Atlanta University land Clark University, Gammon Theo logical Seminary and the Atlanta School of Social Work, and Morris Brown and Morehouse Colleges. On the baseball diamond, the alumni of Clark University and Atlanta Uni versity constituted one team and were beaten by the alumni of Morehouse and Morris Brown Colleges. Colonel A. T. Walden, president of the Atlanta University Alumni Association served as umpire. Other interesting events taking place during the afternoon were the 440-yard walk, participated in by the alumni of the colleges, won by Morris Brown College, a 100-yard dash and a 440-yard relay won by Morehouse College, and a 440-yard relay for wo men won by Spelman College. The high jump was won by Ric Roberts, alumnus of Clark University, defeating W. C. Kelley, adumnus of Morehouse College. An archery ex hibition was given by Spelman Col lege. The tennis courts were opened by a volley between President Hope of Atlanta University and President Archer of Morehouse College. The Morehouse College Band furn ished music throughout the program. The hundreds of spectators who lined the banks and rushed across the field to keep in view of the track events entered fully into the spirit of the occasion. Mrs. Florence Terrell, 2602 N. 24th Street, is still confined to bed, suffer ing with pains in the side, arms and lower limbs. She is under the care of Dr. Herbert S. Wiggins. 5 DECISION MAKES HISTORY IN FIGHT FOR NEGRO RIGHTS. Washington, D. C., April B.—Ala bama, smacked squarely in the face three times, once by fair-minded Judge James E. Horton and twice by the United States Supreme Court, is determined to push forward with the persecution of the Scottsbero boys, whose innocence of the crime for whieh they were indicted and tried has been overwhelmingly proved. This information, given out by Lieut Gov. Thomas Knight, Jr., who as at torney general of Alabama served as chief prosecutor in the three trials since 1931, comes on the heels of a de cision Monday of the nation’s highest court that Alabama erred when it ex cluded members of the Race from the jury panel in the Scottsboro cases, and that trial of the cases, even in a southern state, must conform with the provision of the National Consti tution. The judgment of the Supremo Court is an outstanding victory for the Race and is being so hailed through out the country. Four years of unceasing pounding of world protest by millions of workers, Negro and white, all over the world roused by the International Labor De fense, yesterday found its mark as the United States Supreme Court in a unanimous decision wiped out the death sentences hanging over Clar ence Norris and Haywood Patterson, condemned Scottsboro boys, by throw ing the eonviction out of court, and paved the way for the liberation of all the rest of the youths. DIES AFTER FIVE YEAR ILLNESS Mrs. Wilma Bratton, who has been suffering with tuberculosis for the past five years, passed away Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs- Charles Barnett, 939 N. 26th Street, Saturday, March 30th. The funeral was held at Myers’ Funeral Home, Wednesday, April 3, at 2 p. m., and burial in Forest Law^ Memorial Park. Her survivors are a husband, Charles Bratton, father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnett, two brothers, Paul and Harley, and one sister, Mrs. Anna Brown. PROMINENT MUSICIAN DIES IN KANSAS CITY HOSPITAL Bennie Moten, nationally known dance orchestra leader, died Tuesday morning at Wheatley-Provident hos pital, Kansas City, following an op eration for the removal of his tonsils. He had not been confined to his bed before entering the hospital the night before the operation.. BISHOP CLAIR IN TOWN Bishop M. W. Clair, of Covington Aria, M. E. Church, will hold service here at Clair Chapel on April 9th at 8:00 p. m. Bishop Clair is reputed to be Amer ica’s greatest Christian orator. You should hear him, and get a new inspiration on modem day topics. Theodore Bell, jjr., 4-year-old son of Mrs. Josephine Bell, 2112 Grant Street, has been seriously ill for the past week. It was necessary for his ears to be lanced on Wednesday, April 3, and he will undergo a tonsilectoray in about a week. t Friendship is the marriage of the soul.—Voltaira.
