The Informer (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 14, 1940 Page: 2 of 16
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1940
(Continued From Page 1)
where the younger Loti studied hor-
ticulture.
After the younger Lott's return,
the business grew by leaps and
bounds. Mr. Lott was a devoted fam-
ily man and was proud of his wife.
Mrs. Jessie Lott, his daughter-in-law
Muble, and his five months old
grand-daughter, Deanna Lou.
“As for Mr. Lott’s civic life, the
“Hard Ward Civic club members
“ sroke with sincere regret of the
death of the man who was often
“‘called,the spark-plug of the or-
& fization.
He was one of the founders of the
club in 1934, and ter red as chairman
it is hard to just say which project
eno he entered the club until his
v end. For the first four years he
served as chairmaa of the bridge
Yard street committee, for the las'
" tw. years he has held the post of
chairman of the member hio com-
n.ittee.
club said, “He was a faithful and
to tiring soul. , We shall miss han
g catly. It was le who sponsored
0.1 last project, h.at of improving
the streets of Gray and Webster,
of the same organization from the •
was his because he was so inter-
woven into all phases 'of the com-
munity’s life."
Clay and Clay Poneral Home had
charge of the body fo.- burial.
Mr. Lott is survived by his wife,
cor and family, live brothers and
ti i sisters.
CONTEST-
A Ht was instrumental in the raising
of monies for all projects.
egourspeaking of Mr Lott as a mem-
leer, R. R. Grovey, president of the
Your HOROSCOPE
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vona
Know your future as revealed by the
stars. Are you lonely, unfortunate in
speculation, worried? Solve your
questions according to astrology,
which tells you of hidden opportun-
ities and how to take advantage of
them. Send your birthdate and 10c
to help cover mailing cost, to EM
GEE, P. O. Box 5794, Cleveland, O.
(Continued From Page 1)
some of the prizes which Clark's
Credit Store has so generously of-
fered must hustle. There are sprint
prizes still open for boys who get
the highest gain. Also bags are still
on hand for the boys who get a
total of fifteen pcints. But, best of
all is the fifty dollar prize consist-
ing of everything a boy or girl will
wear from shoes to hat, including
■ underwear, tie, socks, shirt, suit, and
(hat. There is also a second prize
of a sweater and a third prize of a
hat. Some of the boys are near
enough to the goal to overtake those
in the lead now while those in the
lead have an advantage if they
drive as hard in the fight to keep
the lead.
Who will win the prizes?
STRIKE-
(Continued From Page 1)
Gary, Lee Randolph and Cornell
Jones.
It was noticeable that of the
MRS. L. G. PRATT has been read-
ing The Informer for eight years
and has just taken out a two year
subscription to the paper to show
her faith in Negro leadership and
progress, Mr. A. W. Jackson in his
book, “A Sure Foundation,” says
that Mr. and Mrs. Pratt have made
a fine contribution to North Ray-
wood where they run a grocery
store. Mr. Pratt is a building con-
tractor and she is a school teacher
by profession. They are sure to be
recorded among those who believe
in making a better way for the
youngsters who must come after
them. We are proud to add such as
Mrs Pratt to our Honor Roll.
L L. LOCKHART, retired Mail
Carrier and Deputy Grand Master
of the Masons, has raised a family of
intelligent young men and women in
this community and he and Mrs
Lockhart have, year by year, worked
for the uplift of the race. Mr. Lock-
hart has had practically every honor
that could be bestowed upon an in-
dividual .including the honor of hav-
ing served on the Harris County
Grand Jury. The Masons will give
a banquet on the 17th of this month
at the Pilgrim's Temple, honoring
Mr. Lockhart at which time Hon.
Wm. Coleman, Grand Master of the
Masons and W. M. McDonald, Grand
Secretary, will be present.
Such names as these caused the
Honor Roll to sparkle with brill-
iance and with character. We are
glad to honor Mr. Lockhart and to
have him honor our press by his
support with a two-year subscrip-
tion.
MRS. BIRDIE JEFFERY, 1911 St
Emanuel street has been recently
elected as the first vice president of
the Jack Yatas P.-T. A. She is gift-
ed with the power of healing and is
also a reader. Mrs. Jeffery says that
her interest in helping people makes
her interested in helping to build a
bigger press. She will be on the
metal plate on the new press. It is
fitting that the Honor Roll of The
Informer should be made up of such
substantial citizens as she.
WANTED FOB RUSTLING
HOUSTON.—Walter Miles,
“Poor Boy”, 24, about five feet, ten
inches, is wanted for alleged cattle
rustling. He is suspected, df hiding
out somewhere on East 384th St. in
Independent Heights.
alias
MAN-
MONWA
(Continued From Page 1)
has a police record for being ar-
rested last December 2, on a felony
charge.
Judge Ragan made the inquest
and ordered a post mortem. It was
found that the man was the son
cf Mrs. Liza Carter, Spring.
ess
REPORTER-
(Continued From Page 1)
Ark. She stated that they then
forced her to go down near the
Marcus Steel Company plant on
Pease, and there attacked her agein.
She was taken to Jefferson Davis
hospital and examined by Dr. El-
lingson, who confirmed her report
that she had been attacked.
0
Officers arrested Cross and Wash-
ington and after they were identi-
fied by the young women as their
attackers the young men were
charged with rape and assault, in
Judge Ragan’s court.
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people crossing the picket lines at
the Phenix, Borden, and Lone Star
plants, there were no colored who
came for themselves or families. The
colored men there were buying milk
for their white employers. Negroes
respect organized labor.
Jaycees Subscribe
Another two year subscription has come in from the Junior Cham- ■
ber of Commerce and they have requested that the votes from the J
subscription be applied to Mr. Hogrobrook. Their letter follows:
2742 Brooks Street,
Houston, .Texas,
Dec. 8, 1940
Mr. Carter Wesley, Editor Houston Informer,
2418 Leeland Avenue,
Houston, Texas.
Dear Mr. Wesley:
We the Houston Negro Junior Chamber of Commerce believe first,
of all in YOU; we like 10 refer to you in our meetings, that FIGHTING
spirit that you possess is an inspiration to our group to catch and make h
a mark for our people. 4
Second, as a part of our policy we believe in NEGRO BUSINESS
It is the hope of our race toward relieving most of the unemployment 4
among our group.
And as a result of our beliefs enclosed you will find the sum of $4.75%
(Four Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents) for our name to help make 1
history in your firm by a subscription to the best paper in the world, 4
The Informer.
Our votes may be applied on a young man’s count .that we have 1
faith in, also. The best president in any young group, Theodore Hogro- 9
brook.
Yours for Continued Success, 1
Roy Leeland Hopkins, Asst Sec’y.
Dallas Man
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"Necessity is the mother of in- had another type of airing device.
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vention.” This statement was espe-
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Joh nson, 36-year old inventon/ of a
new device for airing dual-wheeled
truck tires.
Then his mind went to work, and
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For many years Mr. Johnson
traveled as a tire-runner for a
large company, and often he had
trouble airing the inner tire on the
dual-wheeled tractors and trucks
which he had to work. One day the
thought came to him that if he only
White Principals’
Salaries Double
Those Of Negroes
1 RICHMOND, Va—(ANP)—The
Supreme Court decision forcing the
Virginia Board of Education to
I equalize the salaries of colored
: teachers will affect the salaries of
| colored Richmond High School
■ principals who are now receiving
! exactly half the amount paid white
high school principals.
Average salaries for the session
of 1940-41 are as follows: White
principals serving in white ele-
mentary schools, $3,156.90; white
principals in Negro elementary
schools, $3,188.00; Negro principals
serving in Negro elementary
schools, $2,248.33; white principals
serving in white high schools, $4,-
720; assistant principals, $2,850; Ne-
gro principals serving in Negro
high schools, $2,500; assistant prin-
cipals. $1,800.00.
ANSON
Bethsodoa Baptst Church: Ser-
vices were good at all churches
Sunday. B. Y. P. U. was held at the
usual hour with the president in
charge.
The Weeping Mary Baptist
Church had services all day Sun-
day. Rev. M. H. Harris, pastor
preached a wonderful sermon dur-
today the chances are that he may
make a young fortune out of an in- ■
vention which should click; and if
it does click will change things
around quite a bit. As it is now,
the only way air can be put into
the inner tires of the large trucks
you see rolling over the roads at
rapid rates of speed, is to take off
the outer tire and then get to the
inner tire that way. Through Mr.
Johnson's new invenion, which some
intricate movements which are a
little too deep for the writer to ex-
plain, you leave on the outer tire,
and put the air into the inner tire
quicker than you can say Jack Rob-
inson.
Inell Johnson is a brilliant young
fellow. His mind is always working.
We suspect that in his home he has
gadgets that save time and energy,:
for he showed us some things that
he has worked out which ought to
make him some money some day.
For example, he has an object,
which looks like a cross between
an axe and a blackjack which he is
thinking of selling to one of the
major automobile companies to fa-
cilitate taking off tires from the
rims which are easily put on, but
which are hard to get off.
He is a graduate of Moore High
School in Waco, and is married.
With such an inventive genius for
a husband, Mrs. Johnson should
have it easy around the house.
When Poisons Slow
KIDNEYS
and Irritate Bladder
Flush Them Out For 35 Cents
ing the 11:00 o'clock services, from
the subject. “My Neighbor’s Needs.” “
Luke 10. He preached from the
subject. “The tired soul," during
the evening services.
All of the Churches of the city
are invited to share in the anni-
versary services of Rev. J. L. Lee.
‘SBRJRN
GIVE A
W. L. D. JOHNSON, SR., Princi-
pal of Blackshear School and head
of a whole family of teachers and
readers, is the 55th person to take
a two-year subscription in support
of The Informer's effort to establish
a larger paper in this section.
Prof. Johnson is known as a build-
er and a driver toward success in
anything that he is interested in. He
is one of those rare leaders who
never gets old. He works as well
with youngsters as he does with
older people and takes on new ideas
as easily and readily as young peo-
ple do. He, therefore, naturally be-
longs in the fibers of a press which
is the symbol of a growing and dy-
namic institution.
HOUSTON-Charlie Porter, who
has been subscribing to the Texee
Freeman and the Informer since
1903, called today and asked wheth-
er the press was in operation yet
He said that he just wanted to see
that new press.,Then he told of the
time when the paper used to be a
little narrow sheet and said that it
had practically no news in it and
he expressed his pleasure at the way
the paper had grown to where it
could have a 32-page press with all
of the conveniences and all of the
facilities for putting out a real
paper. He said that he just wanted
to look at it and see it. .
There are many others who are
interested in seeing the press and
interested in seeing the products
which will come from the press.
The press is about assembled—all
of the decks are on and the press-
man is just putting on the finishing
touches—screws, bolts and little
parts here and there, ana making
final adjustments before having
electricians come in and wire 1k
Other Necessities
But the press isn't the only link
in getting out a paper. The mat
roller must be connected. The large
to build a Pit and dig holes, get
your machinery down in the holes
and then you have to find a way
to cover those holes with wood.
Superficially, it looks like you make
trouble for yourself.
But it is an inspiration to walk
by and look at, that great press •
which towers to the ceiling of a
budding that’s more than 20 feet
high. The press is narrow and long
and it makes you think of a whippet
or an eagle as compared to the
broader and shorter press that we
have been usnig.
Franks, the foreman, is cleaning
every spot on it and has already
ordered paint and is painting the
press. He is as proud of that press as
the old lady was who got a new
pot for wash day* and didn’t have
to go to the creek any more.
More News for Readers
What's the press going to mean
to the reading public? It’s going to
mean 20 pages of news where they
have been getting 12 pages in the
past. But pages alone are not of
importance—it’s the quantity and
quality of news, they will get. The
new press means that the readers
will get a better printed paper,
sharper focus on their cuts, clearer
metal pot has to be piped for gas---. _ . — =
and checked over. The pump to reading and fuller coverage of news
pump the metal out of the pot has
to be installed and connected. The
that they are interested in
shavers and trimmers for the stereo
plate have to be connected.
From the standpoint of the man-
ager, it looks like there is never an
end to the things that have to be
done to get that press running.
Looking out in the plant, one sees
a world of machinery and equip--
ment — because nearly everything
used on the old press has to be dis-
carded and new equipment to fit
the needs of the larger press has to
be installed. When you see all of
the equipment that's stacked out in
the plant you think that surely
there can be nothing else. Then the
foreman casually asks you whether
or not you know when the turtle-
backs will be in.
You rush around frantically to
order turdlebacks so as to get them
here in time. Then about two days
later, he asks you about chases.
Then the pressman wants to know
I whether or not you have ordered
the new blankets to go on the press.
A Great Day
In other words, it will be a great
day in this pant when the press is
, finally in operation and the people
on the outside who are interested
need not be ashamed to express their
keen interest in seeing what’s going
ti happen because the people in the
plant who are taking part in it are
just as anxious, exclied and nervous
over it You go to a lot of expense
Those out in the state who have
been paying seven cento for a 12-
page paper and always feeling that
they didn't haze quite enough when
they had finished reading it, will
now be able to get a 20-page paper
for ten cents and get the full cov-
erage of everything that happens in
the state. They will now get what
they have not been able to get
from any paper before, and that is
a complete coverage of the news
in the state and of the national
news of interest to them, together
with all of the features that they
like plus many more.
The people in Houston, instead of
getting 12 pages, will, get twenty
pages, which means that they will
get much more local and social news
and many more pictures which we
have had to leave out because there
J. E. ROBINSON, Supreme Vice
Commander of the American Wood-
men, has just returned from Georgia
where he has spent time in the in-
terest of his Order, to spend the
holidays with his family here. Mr.
Robinson says that he is glad to be
back in time to take a two year sub-
scription as an endorsement to the
effort of The. Informer and as en-
Coliagement to, Negro, businem „. * The come ssC
Mr. Robinson is the 56 person on 4*" "-" -— -------
the list which becomes the Honor
Roll to be stamped on a metal plate
which will be permanently attached >
tp the new press as a symbol of in-
terest in Negro progress. It is fitting
that he should be on this Honor Roll
because he has been interested in
every movement for the uplift of
Negroes, whether it is in the Cham-__-
ber of Commerce, N.A.A.C P. or Member of Audit Bureau of
what not. Circulations
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we are hoping that we can find a
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will mean that we will have to
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