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companion. Angelo Morris, Weathers
was identified by both of them.
Morris made his identification so em
phatic that even the white police be
came suspicious, suspecting that the
white man might be trying to cover ]
up something.
Weathers, however, after a prelim-'
inary hearing, was bound over to the
grand jury under the heavy bond.
Two days later, the white waman
called upon Lt. John F. Scott, col
ored commander at the Station Ave
nue police station, to explain to him
that she had been wrong, that Weath
ers w-as not the man and asking what
she might do to get him out of the
trouble he was in.
Lt- Scott advised her to-go to the
state’s attorney, in whose cusody
Weathers is while awaiting action of
the grand jury.
Weathers will probably be freed on
the representation of the state’s at
torney, backed up by the w’hite wo
man’s testimony, that there is no case
against him.
“But if all this had happened
down at my home,” Weathers told re
porters, “there would be no chance
to prove yourself innocent. They
might have lynched me before the
white woman had made up her mind
to tell the truth. Or the white wro
man might not have made up her
mind, fearing the scorn of her own
people. I’m sure glad I’m living in a
town where a fellow’s got a chance.”
The Surest Lynching
Preventive
From the Bristol, Va. Herald
Courier. May 2. 1935.
Senator Glass, opposing the
anti-lynching hill before the Sen
ate. quoted the late President Cool
idge as saying that if the States
did not more vigorously asserts
their rights the Federal Govern
ment would invade them and take
them away. “And that.’’ the
Virginia Senator added, “is what
is happening in this bill.”
It would he interesting to know
vhnt State right the pending
at ti-lvnehina- hill would invade.
If it is the right to prevent mob
murders, or to find and punish
those who commit these crimes,
that is a right which the States
seldom exercise. They seem jeal
ous of it only when a Federal
anti-lynching law is proposed.
Looking at the question from
another angle, the Federal Consti
tution provides that no person
shall he deprived of life without
due process of law. That provi
sion is violated every time a lyn
ching occurs. Indeed, mobs often
interfere directly with the due
process of law by seizing their
victims from the bands of its of
ficers. Should this provision of
the Constitution he regarded as a
dead letter?
There was an attempetd lynch
ing at Shelhvville Tennessee, some
time ago. It was averted when
the local nuthorites asked Gover
nor McAlister for troops and the
troops were sent. Four of the
would-be lynchers were killed
when the mob elashed with the
troops in a defiant and determin
ed effort to invade the courthouse
and take a prisoner from the
very presence of judge and jury
and kill him.
This newspaper has cordially
commended Governor McAlister
and t;Jio local authorities of
Shelbyville for the stdrn meas
ures taken by them to uphold the
lav' in this insthned. But has
any member of that mob, which
later ran amuck and burned the
county courthouse .been appre
hended and brought to account?
If so, the fact has escaped notice.
Drastic steps may be taken to
prevent lynehings, but as long as
mobsters feel that they risk no
penalty for their crimes lvnch
ings will continue to he perpetrat
ed.
There is a growing sentiment in
the South for a Federal anti-lyn
ching law, not because the pros
pect of such a statute is pleasing
but because under it lynchers
would be hunted down and
haled to court and sent to prison.
And that is the surest preventive
of lynching.
Kansas City Youth
Wins Scholarship
Reuben Brown, of Kansas City,
Mssouri, was awarded the first prize
of $1,000.00 in the Elks’ Midwest
Oratorical Contest, which means a
four-yea rscholarship to any class A
college he chooses.
Running him a close second was
Madree Jackson, Omaha’s own, who
had been under the able instructions
of Mr. Oscar Washington, a recent
graduate of Creighton University,
and an orator of note.
Other contestants were Roland
Rhodes, Virgil Harris and Floyd
Love. The judges included Miss
Mary E. Graham, Miss Elsie M.
Mountain, Thomas A. Webster,
Charles A- Calloway and L. Herbert
Henegan.
Elmore Williams was master of
ceremonies, and music was furnished
be the Lincoln High chool chorus.
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Awarded Degree
Ninety-nine graduates were aw
arded degrees and certificates at
the commencement exercises
held in Jacobs hall at the Muni
cipal University of Omaha last
week. It was the largest grad
uating class in the history of the
university. In addition to those
awarded degrees at the annual
commencement 20 additional mem
bers will receive degrees upon
eompletit’on of their work dur
ing the summer session.
Stanton W. Salisbury, chaplain
in the United States navy, who
was gradual ed from the Universi
ty of Omaha in 1923, delivered
the commencement address.
Miss Bernice Perimeter, junior,
3151 Davenport Street, was
awarded the D. A. R. prize for
her essay on ‘The Constitution as
an Instrument of Progress.’’ The
Alwilda Worthington Ckk his
tory award was won by Miss Lu
cille Mitchell, 3520 Ames Ave.,
for her essay on “Responsibilities
of the American Citizen.’’ Mrs.
James S. Ainscow, regent of the
Maj. Isaac Sadler chapter of the
D. A. R. presented the awards.
Joseph C. Stone, 513 No. 22nd,
St., a junior, won the award made
annually by Alpha Kappa Delta,
national sociological fraternity,
for outstandnig research work.
Dr. W. E. Sealock, university
president, awarded the degrees.
Oxlev Named CCC
Educational Director
United States Commissioner of
Education J. W- Studebaker today
announced the appointment of How
ard W. Oxley as Educational Direct
or of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Mr. Oxley has been educational ad
viser for all the camps in the second
corps area with headquarters in
New York City. He succeeds C. S.
Marsh, who resigned as Educational
Director of the CCC to become As
sociate Director of the American
Council on Education.
To his new position Mr. Oxley
brings a wide and varied experience.
He was high school principal in Hard
in, Mo., superintendent of schools at
(Jerico Springs, Mo., professor at
Iowa State College, educational ad
viser to Liberia, and director of office
training for the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey.
As Educational Director of the CCC
with headquarters in the Federal Of
fice of Education, Mr. Oxley will
promote the educational program in
which more than 170,000 enrollees are
now voluntarily enlisted- To nearly
every camp commander is assigned
an educational adviser whose respon
sibility it is to develop the education
al and recreational work of the
camps. At present there are 1,401
advisers in the camps. This number
will be increased with the increase
in the number of the camps.
Japanese Scores
U. S. “Superiority”
New York June 7.—ANP—In
a Navy address at Tokio last
Tuesday. Vice Admiral Sankichi
Takahashi of the Japanese navy
is reported condemning the
‘‘sense of superiority” which the
United States and Great Britain
seek to sustain in respect to he
Japanese people.
“Japap must seriously consid
er,” said the admiral, “the sense
of superiority of the United States
and Great Britain; as shown by
the naval ratio system, toward
Japan and the envy and suspicion
of those and other powers regard
ing the development of Japan’s
national power.
“Japan demands nothing by
an effort to abolish the irrational
ratio principle and the fixing of
a common maximum strength of
the principal naval powers. Japan
is also insisting on a reduction of
all naval s rengths, thus giving
each country security in national
defense.
“If we stretch our imagination
and are allowed to frankly state
what we think, it is conceivable
that the linked States and Great
Britain think that if Japan is
granted equal power rt will be
have in a way tending to tie up
their investments and trade in the
far east. If this is the case, they
Reign of Terror
Sweeps Alabama
Selma, Ala., (CNA)—Ed Arr.old,
Robert Washington, two militant
workers, and an un-named third Ne
gro worker are the latest victims of
police terror here.
Arnold was taken from his job last
Monday morning, held “for investiga
tion” until Thursday. He was then
“released” to be turned over to the
same band which last week kidnapped
, and flogged two white workers who
were investigating conditions in
Selma. The band was made up of
police and landlords.
Arnold was taken to the same lone
ly spot, about fifteen miles out of
town. He was flogged with a horse
whip and dumped by the roadside.
When he returned to Selma, he had
lost his job. He has been forced to
leave town in order to find work to
support himself and his family.
Tortured, Beaten By Thugs
The next victim, Robert Washing
ton, was sent to Selma to recover a
car stolen by the polce in the raid of
last week. Washington went to the
sheriff’s office and claimed the ear
He was immediately thrown in jail
“for investigation”- The last heard
of him was that he was presumably
still in jail—although it is understood
that since, he has been “released” in
the same manner as the others were—
to be tortured and beaten, or killed.
The un-named third worker was ar
rested in an out-of-town section in the
sharecropping territory. He was tak
en to the county jail in Selma, held the
same as the others and released to be
beaten and dumped.
Answer To Sharecroppers Strike
This outrageous series of illegal ar
rest and flogging is the landlords an
swer to the militant cry of hundreds
of sharecroypers who have adopted
the fighting policy of the Sharecrop
pers Union and answered its call to
strike.
Mass Campaign
Planned in Harlem
Picketing To Begin
New York, (CNA)—A plan for
mass campaign against job discrimi
nation to be launched against depart
ment and chain stores as well as the
public utilities, was adopted at the
last meeting of the Joint Conference
Against Discriminatory Practices.
The campaign will also include or
ganizing the present employees in
these establishments.
According to the announcement,
picketing is to begin this week on
125th Street.
The Joint Conference represents
over 60 of the most influential organ
izations and churches in Harlem.
City Officially
Designates Colored
Undertaker
By W. R. Johnson “for ANP
Hartford, Conn., June 13.—Sid
ney M. Johnson, Negro undertak
er of Hartford, Conn., has been
awarded a contract to bury the
indigent- Negro dead due in part
to a protest made by the Hartford
Branch of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People.
Heretofore it has been the cus
tom to send application blanks to
a selective list among whom the
Negro undertakers have not been
included. The successful bidder
has usually in turn made an agree
ment with one of our undertakers
to take care of Negro cases.
This is the first time a Negro un
dertaker has received a contract
from the City of Hartford.
Tt is generally agreed that this
action is a step in the right direc
tion and the branch is to be con
gratulated on the part it played.
Personals
Hr. L. E. Britt, who returned to
the city last week from Missouri
where he had been in several hos
pitals for the past six months,
has been confined to a local hos
pitals for the past six months,
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THE MUSICIANS
Did you know Paul Commerse
was a M. C. and quite a good one
too? These musicians around here
have a lot of hidden ta’ent, but
we’ll uncover all of it some day.
The City Service Orchestra, of
the Recreation Department, ap
peared on the program at the
Musical Recital given by the
Sunday Musical Club at the Hill
side Presbyterian Church Sunday.
How did you like that Congo
Rvthm band that played at the
Elks’ last Monday? A "lot of these
Tvats around here have really got
heir oi', and how.
We see a certain club is pre
senting a new band m the person
of Gene Coy and bis Twelve Black
Aces. They are supposed to be
good, but we’ll see. A band
that comes around here will real
lv have to be mellow for us to
like them. So what.
Wonder when the Kats are go
ing to swing forth in all their
new glory?
After all, fellow musicians
should try to have peace and har
mony in their midst. Don't you
think so? Of course, we “hear no
evil, see no evil and speak no
evil.’’ but you boys really should
try to get along.
Shorty Gray has bought himself
■ a pretty gold saxaphone. Those
Dixie Ramblers must be getting
popular.
Children’s Day
Program A Success
The Children’s Day exercises at
Pleasant Green Baptist Church were
held at 3 P. ML Sunday. Due to the
efficient instructions of Miss Eugenia
Johnson the children rendered a won
derful program
The flag drill, the participants of
which were boys of all sizes carrying
flags of all sizes, was especially
good
The pageant was also good, with
Helen Hytehe, Martha Hall, Clara Al
ford, Joe Melton, Tee Gane andClark
Washington as the principal charac
ters .
The floral decorations were beauti
ful. After the program, everyone
was served ice cream and cake by the
members of the Starlight Band. It
was a Children’s Day that will long
be remembered.
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