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VOLUME IX OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1935 NUMBER FOUR
PROMINENT BUSINESS WOMAN SUCCUMBS
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Scottsboro Verdict Reversed By Supreme Court
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DROPS DEAD WHILE
ON WAY TO CHURCH
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.