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VOLUME IX OMAHA. NEBRASKA, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16, 19S5 NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
NINE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
INDICTED BY ALABAMA
JURY.ON RAPE CHARGE
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J. Harvey Kerns
Selected To Speak
— At Urban League
J. Harvey Kerns, former
executive secretary of the Orn"
aha Urban League, and now
employed as supervisor in the
New York Federal Adminis
tration ,has been selected by
the National Urban league as
one of the speakers on the 25th
anniversary program to be held
in New York, November 26th
and 27th. Mr. Kerns will speak
on “Objectives the Urban
League Should Set Forth for
the Next 5 Year Period in the
Field of Workers Education
and Vocation Training.’’ Mr.
Kerns was released from the
N. Y. office for two months in
August to direct a teachers
training institute in V orkers
education which was held at
Livingstone College, Salisbury,
N. C. To this Center, 53 teach
ers from nine southern states
and the District of Columbia
were sent for eight weeks in"
tensive training. Among the
notables appearing on the 25th
anniversary program are : Gov.
Lehman of New York, Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, Eugene
Kinkle Jones, Dr. Ira De A.
Reed ,executives of the League
Board Members and persons in
terested in social problems
from various sections of the
country will attend the anni
versary program.
Police in Jersey City, N. J.,
have equipped an automobile with
a loud speaker to call motorists
attention to traffic rule viola
tions.
Mechanism invented by a Con
necticut man to be mounted on an
automobile utilizes the spare
wheel of a car to roll the vehicle
close to a curb for parikng.
Pursues Doctorate
Dean of and Director of in
struction, Tennessee A. & I. Col
lege, Nashville was granted a
year’s leave to complete his
rh D. at Columbia University.
Professor Gore is AB, De Paw,
and Ed. M. Harvard College.
He is matriculating with a fel'
lowship by the General Educa
tion Board. He is the son of
Rev. W. W. Gore, a Baptist
minister of West Baden In
diana.. Photo by NNF
Eighteen Indictments
Returned; 1 Negro
Served On Jury
NEW TRIAL SOON
Seottsboro, Ala., Nov. 16,
(IP)—Two indictments against
each of the nine Seottsboro
Iioys were returned Wednes'
day by a grand jury called
after the original indictments
were ordered quashed by t h e
United States Suprmee Court
last April.
The boys are charged with
criminal assault on two white
girls on a Southern freight
train near Paint Rock, Ala
bama on March 25, 1931. Since
that time the boys have been
under three death sentences
growing out of the charges.
One of the women claiming the
attack has repudiated the
story and served as a defense
witness in the last trial. The
other woman, Victoria Price,
a Huntsville, Alabama mill
worker is the lone state wit
ness.
Lieutenant Governor Knight
will personally direct the pros'
ecution as he has done in the
past two trials. Along with
Wade Wright, solicitor of Mor
gan. County where the fourth
trial will probably be held .The
eases which have attarcted na
tion'wide attention, will find
several outstanding lawyers
presenting arguments for the
defense of the nine youths.
Twice the United States Su
preme Court has reversed the
decision of the Alabama courts
and ordered new trials.
Alabama today made history
when a Negro was on the jury
which returned the indictment.
There will possibly be one or
more Negroes on the jury for i
the trial. This was the grounds!
for the U. S. Court’s decision
handed down last April and
the state ,is attempting to
make it air tight for the next
attempt at the Supreme Court.
The state has already spent
over $100,000 in prosecuting
the victims
Although Ruby Bates one of
the victims of the alleged as
sault has repudiated her pre'
vious testimony and now
claims that the whole affair
was a frameup, the state de
manded indictments charging
the youths with asault on her.
There were a total of 18 indict
ments returned against the
nine victims.
The trials will be ordered
sometime this fall. There is
little doubt that a change of
venue will be granted and the
trials will be held at Morgan
County. A close guard was
maintained at the court house
during the last trials but no
state troops were ordered out.
Samuel Leibowitz .noted crinr
inal lawyer of New York, will
represent IIeywrood Patterns
and attorneys for the Interna
tional Labor Defense will rep
resent the eight other boys.
SWEAR IN CHICAGO ATTORNEY AS CIVIL SERVICE COM.
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WENDELL E. GREEN
Prominent Chicago criminal lawyer and civic leader, snapped as he was being sworn in
recently as a republican member of the civil service commission following his appointment by
Mayor Edward j. Kelly. James McCabe, reputy city clerk, is administering the oath of office.
Others in the picture are James S. Osbore, secretary of the commission, Commissioner Joseph
P. Ooary, Robert S. Abbott, Southside editor, and John P. Harding, president of the commission.
Urban League
Prepares For
Silver Jubilee
New York City, Nov. 16,
(ANP)—Details of the program
of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary
Conferenc. of the National Urban
League to be held in New York,
November 26 and 27, were an
nounced this week by T. Arnold
Hill, acting ex.cutive secretary.
Among the speakers who have
accepted invitations to appear
are: W. Frank Persons, in
charge of the federal govern
m.nt’s Employment Service; the
Very Reverend Monsignor Robert
F. Keegan, president of t h e Na
tional Conference of Social Work;
and Lawrence A. Oxl. y, chief of
the division of Negro Labor in the
federal Department of Labor.
Invitations to the Conference
have be.m sent to the leading so
cial organizations throughout the
country and a large attendance
is expected on the part of those
interested in social service activi
ties for Negroes.
There will be morning and
afternoon sessions of the two
days, and a luncheon meeting on
Wednesday, November 27. The
conference dinner session will be
the Twenty-fifth Anniversary
Dinner Meeting which will be ad
dressed by Governor Herbert H.
Lehman and Dr. Fred rick D.
Patterson of Tuskegee.
The complete conference pro
gram includes:
Tuesday, Novemb r 26, 1935
10:00 a. m., THE URBAN
LEAGUE—“Yesterday and To
day.”
11:00 a. m., THE NEGRO’S
PLACE IN THE PICTURE.
“From the Angle of the Nation
al Government.”
“From the Angle of the North.”
“From the Angle of the West.”
“From the Angle of the South.”
2:00 p. m., POLICIES AND
PRACTICES OF THE GOVERN
MENT’S EMPLOYMENT SER
VICES.
2:30 p. m., Discussion of the i
broad field of the Negro and his |
future relations in the social
field. What shall the N gro do to
assure his proper place in the!
picture?
7:00 p. m., ANNIVERSARY |
DINNER.
The speakers for this will in
clude: Governor Lehman, Eugene'
Kinkle J ones, Frederick D.
Patterson, and possibly a member
of the President’s Cabinet, and
others. L. Hellingsworth Weed
will preside.
Wednesday, Novvmber 27, 1935
10:00 a. m., THE NATIONAL
URBAN LEAGUE!—“Which Way
After 1935?”
1.0:30 a. m„ WIIAT WILL BE
THE ATTITUDE OR POSITION
OF THE LEAGUE TOWARD:
1. The Government and its so
cial work program?
2. The Labor Movement?
(Company, craft, industrial
unions, workers’ councils,
rank and file movements,
etc.)
3. The Youth Movements?
12:15 p. m., Conference Lunch
eon: SOCIAL WORK TOMOR
ROW.
Among the speakers will be the
President of the National Confer
ence of SoScial Work, the Very
Reverend Monsignor Robert F.
Keegan.
2:00 p. m., Discussion: Closed
Session for Urban League Staff
and Board Members.
WHAT OBJECTIVES SHALL
THE LEAGUE SETT FOR THE
NEJT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD?
Creighton Boosters
Will Make Trip To .
Milwaukee Nov. 22
GAME EXCURSION
The Creighton University
j Boosters are making arrange
: ments for a special trip to
| the Creighton-Marquette football
[game, November 23, at Milwau
kee, Wisconsin.
A special committee on ar- .
rangements has been appointed:
Dr. M. J. Healy, V. J. Skutt, Ike i
Levy, Dr. E. S. Malonay,, Dan
Gross, Tom O’Connor, W. J. Bar
ber, and James English.
This committ.e has arranged
special train rates,entertainment,
and many other features for the
trip. The special coaches will
leave Ofaha Friday, November'
22, at 8:15 p. m., and return either i
Saturday or Sunday, via Chicago.
A general invitation to Boost
ers to participate in the trip has
been extend d. Any memibers of
the committee will receive reser
vations.
OWENS SPEAKS ON OLYMPICS
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Jesse Owens, American sprint champion was advised by his
Coach at Ohio State University that he was not to protest
against American participation in the coming Olympics to be
held in Berlin. It is obvious that Mr. Snyder either is sympa'
thetic with the Nazis or does not want to lose the opportunity
of producing an Olympic champ in his protege Owens.
He warns Owens that “you will be at the bottom of the
ash can if you protest—a forgotten man.” Already Owens is
acquainted with the fact that he is the forgotten man in this
country. There are many Negro athletes who believe that our
fight should be waged in this country where there are condi
tions equal to those in Germany.
Except for a few liberals throughout the country, the Jews
are not sympathetic with the Negro’s problems in the South.
Why shouldn’t they along with other minority groups protest
against Jim Crow in Alabama, the Scottsboro Cases and the
Ilerndon Case. The fact is few have taken time to think that
minority groups must mass their strength to show power against
injustices. The more progressive Jews are now thinking along
this line. The National Jewish World War Veterans last
month endorsed the anti-lynch bill and Jewish organizations are
enlisting the support of Negro organizations.
There is little fear that strong resentment to the Olympics
will create a wave of anti-semitism in this country. That Ger
many is a fascist state whose chief aim is too make life mis*
erable for the minority groups is well known and to fight
against our athletes competing in a country where racial pro
secution is such should meet with the approval of every right
thinking man or woman in thecountry. “Dirty Jews and Ne
groes are not welcomed to compete against Ge^rmany’s ‘best’ ”
so they say and we say to hell with Germany’s “best” and let’s
Jew, Negro, and all others interested in keeping our athletes
out of this fascist state come forward wnth a vigorous protest
against America’s participation in the games.
ATTORNEYS WILL ARGUE
FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS FOR HERNDON
Rumors Say That Bill
Peebles Eloped With
Omaha U. Student .
REPORT IS DENIED
Humor reaching our office
Thursday morning that Hill
Peebles son of Dr. Peebles well
known dentist had eloped with
the niece of Mrs. Jessica
Wright were unconfirmed up
to press time Thursday.
A call at the home of Mrs
Peebles brought forth a strong
denial of the elopment. At the
Wright home they stated that
the young woman had gone
home to Kansas City. She was
a student at Omaha University.
MITCHELL IS
VISITING
INDIES
Makes Secret Speech
. To Native Groups
At A Reception
. PRAISE DEMOS
St. Thomas, V. I., Nov. 16,
(By Adolph Gereau for ANP)—
Congressn^an Arthur W. Mitchell
of Illinois, visiting h.re, was
guest at a reception given in his
honor at Government House by
Governor Cramer last week dur
ing which he made a spe.ch
which won him the admiration of
the inhabitants of the island. But
the speech was unexpected and
newspapermen, much to their
chagrin, were caught napping.
No one took down what the rep
resentative said, and later when
he was asked for a resume he
cooly replied by asking, "Well,
what did I say?” Mitchell said his
wife and various colleagues in
Congress had warned him against
making speeches, and when he
found no one had recorded his re
marks he breathed a “Thank
God!” • — §
“No embarrassments will come
ot me as a result of what I said,”
he told reporters.
However, Mitchell did laud
President Roosevelt and the New
Deal before the officers of the
marine corps, government offi
cials, legislators, business men
and prominent citizens attending
the reception. He told the island
ers to line up behind the present
administration i n Washington.
Mitchell told his listeners the
Democratic party had a lot to of
fer the islands and asked the isl
anders not to fail to n^ake an ef
fort to help themselves as then
the nation would come forward al
so helping.
The Illinois Democrat is devot
ing much time to fishing and so
far has been quite successful in
his catches. The prize is a mon
ster barricuda which he is having
prepared to take back with him
for exhibition in the United
States.
Away from the various enter
tainments in his honor, the con
gressman is going around seeing
the citizens on their daily rou
tines and speaking with them to
get a true picture of their condi
tion. Above all he is encouraging
islanders to take an interest In
what they want and reveal their
desires to him, so he may take
back a list of their needs to the
other members of congress.
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Laws Under Wrich He
Was Indi’ted Will
Be Tested Soon
^ACES CHAIN GANG
Atlanta, Nov. 16, (ANP)—
Angelo Herndon, 21-ysar-old com
munist, who faces a chain gang
sentence of from 12 to 20 years
far “inciting an insurrection,” was
given a respite from his sentence
when his attorn ys last week filed
action toward a writ of habeas
corpus on the grounds that the
constitutionality of the law under
which he was convicted had not
been tested. A hearing has been
s-t for Nov. 12.
If Herndon is successful in
winning his release, he plans to
continue in the work of the com
munist party, he indicated to
friends just before surrendering.
The youth stated:
“If life is spared me and I am
sure that the people of America
will sea to that—then I will de
vote the rest of my life to the
same work that caused my arrest
—I want to see shining workers’
hoiryes of marble wherj today
these grimy shacks stand—”
The International I^bor De
fense has redoubled its attempts
to get 2,600,000 signatures on pe
titions to be given Gov. Eugene
Talmadge of Georgia, requesting
Herndon’s liberation.
Statements circulated Thurs'
doy that a warrant had been
sworn out for his arrest were
also unconfirmed. At police
headquarters there was no ord
er for his arrest. Both families
denied the accusation that a
warrant had been sworn out for
the arrest.
Editor Seeks Post <
DR. M. D. POTTER, D. D.
I Presiding Elder of the St.
Petersburg District of Florida
of the A.M.E. Church; editor
and owner of The Tampa Bul
letin, the largest Negro news
paper of the Orange Blossom
state, is a candidate for the
editorship of the Christian Re*
corder. Florida delegates are
unanimous in asking the Oen
eral Conforence in 1936 to elect
their leader to the post. His
vast experience in the field of
journalism makes him the out
standing candidate; measuring
up to the great demand for
cultural .religious and financial
progress of the Church. The
Recorder will do itself proud
to have an editor as Dr. Pot*
ter. —NNF.
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