The Informer and Texas Freeman (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1944 Page: 2 of 16
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This Story Will Pluck Your Heartstrings
A TRUE STORY FOR I ate it more now than my humble.
A NEW YEAR pen can tell. You see it’s like this— Canteen for it was the last time 11 “Yours for a
This is a simple tale of two souls our ship went directly to Italy, right | danced and it was the last time that home and abroad,
into action. I was among the first
ber that last night at the Stage Door | my legs were shot away.
1 11 “Yours for a People’s Victory at
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THE INFORMER, Saturday, January 15, 1944
Brother Cuts .
who lived on opposite sides of the
tracks. One was % little brown miss
from White Plains. The other was
the mangled wreck of what once
had been a white man.
She wanted to do her bit for her
country. She thought the best thing
she could do was to make the last
hours of the men of the armed
forces happy. So she journeyed over
to the neighboring White Plains
USO center to enlist as a hostess,
White Plains is guarded by Negro
soldiers but the USO ‘center does
not admit Negro soldiers. She would
not let this change her. Once or
twice a week she journeyed to New
York City to the Stage Door Can-
teen on Broadway—the place that
knows no color line. It is one of the
few strongholds of practicing de.
mocracy.
He had already been in the
fight. Somewhere in the South
Pacific storming-some Jap-held
bridgehead he had had his face
blown to bits. God had been kind
and preserved his body. But had
- Ged been kind? All the art of
"plastic surgery, all the inches of
skin taken from his body and the
bodies of his comrades couldn't
femake that face into the normal
“features of a homan being. Had
“ God really been kind?
He was grotesque.
A hole where a mouth had been.
Two holes where a nose once
breathed. Deep inside of him there
was still a heart and a mind and a
soul. So he recovered. He forced
the army to take him back. He was
sailing the next day—sailing to
some unknown bridgehead, to some
' rat-infested rampart of fascism. He
wanted to have a final minute of
happiness. He wandered into the
Stage Door Canteen.
This Thing made in the Image
of God with his features destroy-
ed by the hatred of man, asked
the hostesses for a dance but they
turned away—terrified! No one
would dance with him. Ills heart
„ agonized for that brief moment,
more than his body had ever hurt.
Then the pert little brown lady
of Westchester stepped forward
and said, “I’ll dance with you.”
He sailed that night. Weeks went
by. Just the other day she received
a letter—“somewhere in Italy,”
and it went something like this:
“My dear Helen:
“I will always remember that
last night at the Stage Door Can-
teen. You were so kind and yet
what you did you did It without
showing you were kind. I appreci-
NEGRO FARMERS HELP ASSURE
MORE BEAMS FOR U. S.
CIVILIANS
Although Negro farmers, like the
other farmers of th* South, grow
dry beans and peas mainly for home
consumption, the fact that they are
not buying theirs off the grocers'
shelves contributes substantially to
the assurance that U. S. civilians
will receive a larger share of the
bean and pea supply this year.
Our civilians will receive 11,500,-
00 100 lb.) bags or half of the sup-
ply of dry beans allocated for all
needs in 1944, and two million bags,
or.29 per cent of the supply of dry
peas, the War Food Administration
said last week in announcing allo-
cations for the new year.
; Dry beans and peas are highly nu-
tritious. They contain considerable
quantities of proteins and also iron,
thiamine, niacin and riboflavin, and
I ever will dance. That morning we
that landed. I will always remem- I landed I was slightly unlucky—both
(People’s Voice)
HARRY."
** (MARVA LOUIS IN DEBUT.
Sister In
Family Brawl
HOUSTON— Mrs. Cora Lee White,
27. cf 1212 Winter, was treated in
Jefferson Davis hospital for cuts re-
ceived in a fight with her brother,
police records revealed this week.
Mrs. White suffered a deep cut
on the left erm. She was released
after receiving treatments. The
woman told police that she and her
brother who was home on leave got
into an argument that later led to
a fight. Mrs. White said during this
fight her brother cut her.
Police apprehended Corp. Walter
Chrazar and turned him over to
the Military police. He was listed
as being stationed at Camp Polk.
McDonald Rites
Held December 7
LOS ANGELES. California.—Mrs.
D Marie McDonald, prominent edu-
cator. club and church woman died
here December 17 and her funeral
services were held here recently.
Mrs. McDonald was dean of wom-
en at Clark university in Atlanta
and become nationally known for
her work in .the educational field.
She was a member of the Sigma
Gamma Rho sorority. Mrs. McDonald
was the first race woman to super-
vie Peck Hall in New Orleans,
Louisiana.
She is survived by a daughter.
Mrs. Faye Stanmore, formerly of
Houston and more recently of this
city; a son, Harry McDonald of
Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. H. Jack-
son and Mrs. Elizabeth Rred of New
Orleans; a niece, Miss Elizabeth
Comeaux, of Clark university.
Pastor Seriously
Beaten By
White Hoodlums
NEW YORK.—ANP)—The Rev.
Een Richardson, young assistant
pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist
church, suffered fractures of the
jaw and skull from beatings by
white hoodlums in the Times Square
arca New Year's night. His condi-
tion on Friday was reported still
serious, at Bellevue hospital,
Joseph Ford, executive secre-
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cording to a prediction made by Ted Yates, our N. Y. correspondent. Marva (Mrs. Joe Louis), who will
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Sophisticated Lady of Song” will appear on a six-weeks tour In the South and Middle West.
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By J. DON DAVIS
IN WHICH WE TOUCH
THE LIGHT AND HEAVY—
ROSS RED BAITED
HOUSTON-The red baiting cam-
paign against Malcom Ross, FEPC
head, takes me back some three
years. At that time I was begging
sundown America to put the brakes
on in joining the red smearing
campaign, I said red baiting was
the new technique employed by
die hard reactionaries to frighten
white liberals to cover and to hush
the voices of militant blacks. Mal-
menian over the Baltic unit are
to the Fascist threat that Hitler’s
armies once were.
The road that the Austrian paper
hanger once started out on to take
Moscow is now the death littered
road that leads back to Berlin
Don't be surprised if Pravda makes
a startling announcement relative:
to the Armenian over the Baltic
Army.
Preacher, Another
Man Sought For
Shooting Here
HOUSTON-Police revealed
week that they were searching for
a preacher, and another man in
connection with the Tuesday night
shooting of Sanford Bibbs, 53, of
this
Negro Community Council
Begins Year With New zest
HOUSTON — Although meet-
ings were temporarily postponed
during the holidays, Monday night,
January 3, 1944, found the Hous-
ton Negro Community Council in
session at the YWCA, 1419 Live
Oak street, where weekly sessions
are held each Monday at 8:30 p
m.
In 1939 Alfred Nash, almost
single-handed organized and found
the Negro delinquent youth coun-
cil. Later others join with h ni,
prominent among them were the
Rev. Bolten, Samuel Payne, Geo.
Nickerson and the present presi-
dent, Freddie Brooks, who was
then the chief investigator. Ac
cording to the chief county proba-
tion officer, W. E. Robertson, much
good was accomplished during the
short life of the delinquent coun-
cil.
The name of the organization
has been changed to the Houston
Negro Community Council, so that
Sergeant Herbert C. Tyler, of j every citizen may realize that it is
1031 Dubois Street, Detroit, Michi- his or her duty to contribute some-
thing toward the reclamation ol
our Negro youth.
Bureau of Public Relations.
U. S. War Department
SERGEANT HERBERT C. TYLER
gan, is section chief of a gun crew i
of a 40 mm. (Bofors) antiaircraft
artillery battalion in Italy which is
credited with the shooting down of
two German planes and the capture
of four Nazi prisoners. His batta-
lion, the 450th Antiaircraft Artil-
lery (Automatic Weapons) Batta-
lion, is the first Negro combat or-
ganization to go into action on
European soil. (Photo by U. S.
Army Signal Corps.)
tary vf the Feoples committee, an
adjunct of the church, said the
minister's assailants are unknown.
It Is known, however, that Rich-
ardson was rescued by a white
marine who fought his way to the
center of the crowd surrounding
the man.
Richardson, described as both
brilliant and progressive, is assis-
tant to the Rev. A. Clayton Powell,
well-known pastor of the church
and retiring member of the city
council. The injured man was for-
merly chaplain -of the famous 309th
Negro regiment of New York.
CARLAND
Lucy Hugh AME church. Rev. W. H.
Jefferson, Pastor. Sunday school opened
at the usual hour with Supt. C. W Walk-
er and teachers at their posts of duty.
Watch meeting service was well attend-
ed.
Edward Copeland was hit by a passen-
ger train.
These Questions answer
many a laxative problem
Ques. Are all laxatives alike?
Ans. Certainly not. Qucs. Are all
laxatives herbal laxatives? Ans. No.
some are saline, emollient, etc. Ques.
Is Black-Draught herbal? Ans. Yes.
Black-Draught is purely herbal—
usually thorough and satisfactory
if directions are followed. That's
why it is often called “the friendly
laxative.”
B’eck-Draught has been a popu-
lar-selling laxative with four gen-
erations. Costs only 25c for 25 to
40 closes. Comes powdered or gran-
ulated, which many say is even
easier to take. Caution, use only
as directed. Next time, try Black-
Draught in the familiar yellow box.
are widely used as substitutes and
extenders for meat dishes.
AMBITIOUS colored women desir- i com Ross’ case is the latest cx-
Hing to qualify as secretaries in
ECivil Service or business, may
Learn board, room, and $50 to $75
: a month: work and live in good
-homes while attending our Night
Classes, or, attend day school and _
earn less. We will place you signed by bis commander-in-chicf.
promptly. You may enter school
at any time. California College,
N15 W. 7 Street, Los Angeles 14.
“Calif.
ample of what I was called a young
fool for predicting.
Ross, has proved his right to
wear the colors of Americanism by
efficiently performing a task as-
Because he had the nerve to carry
out an order he is labeled a Com-
munist. Ross hasn’t run to cover
and I hope he never will. The great
A PRIEST SPEAKS OUT
Some three decades ago
mother put me in her arms
my
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and 4
| lie must be erased from the Ameri-
can scene, if freedom is to reign.
In labeling men like Ross Com-
munists the reactionaries! pay a fine
tribute to the theory of,, Lenin. I
care not what the political views
of those who speak Out for me are.
I say thank God, and give us
More Communists if Malcom Ross
symbolizes them.
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THE RED MENACE
I have heard and read much of
the above caption. I am ready to
agree that there really is a Red
menace. If you doubt me read the
papers and see what a menace the
glorious Red Armies under Nikolai
Vatutin, Ivan Konev, and the Ar-
th Bust
’ A without massage?
carried me to the Catholic Parish
that served our community back
in Louisiana, As I advanced up
in my teens I was an efficient
acolyte and later one of the most
active young men in the church.
Then came the Italo-Ethiopian war
and I withdrew as a communicant.
I was peeved at the Italian clergy’s
sanction of II Duce's rape of the
African kingdom.
During the past summer, I read
an article by one Msgr. Pether It
Wynhoven, a Hollander, who is
stationed In New Orleans. 1 was
glad of my withdrawal from the
church of Rome, for the Wynhoven
man wrote an article on us that
would put even Ted Bilbo to shame.
Father Jerome A. Drolet, a labor
minded priest, was busy trying to
help my friend Willie Dorsey re-
gain control of a union that he
had been the spearhead in organiz-
ing.
I didn't see a fine 01 word from
Father Drolet, “friend” of sundown
America, in answer to Wynhoven.
I joined others in giving Wynhoven
hell. I was even more pleased at
my withdrawal a few weeks back
when I lifted the Rev. Ben Rich-
ardson's article on the decadence
of the church from People's Voice
and Father Drolet ’in answering
resorted to red baiting two of our
foremost colored ministers.
I have always admired Ben Rich-
ardson. He is ■ practical preacher.
He knows the Bible and preaches
2418 Blodgett, who was shot by an
unknown assailant as he sat in his
house.
Mr. Bibbs suffered gun shot
wounds in both legs, the bullets
entering about six inches above each
of his knees. The man was admitted
to Jefferson Davis hospital after be-
ing carried there in a Bedford am-
bulance.
Detectives Smith, Graham, and
Graddy of the homicide who in-
vestigated the shooting, discovered
that the assailant had climbed on
the roof of a garage and shot at
Mr. Bibbs.
Police began looking for one Rev.
Will L. Weathers, who works and
lives at the Freem Stables on San
Felipe Road, and was reported to
have been hanging around in the
neighborhood.
The officers discovered that Mrs.
Fannie Fields, who has been liv-
ing with Bibbs for about a month,
had formerly lived with Rev.
Weathers. The preacher was report-
ed to have a .45 calibre pistol. Po-
lice records show that the slugs 1
taken out of Bibbs legs appeared
to have been from a .45 calibre
pistol.
Also being sought for questioning 1
is Earl Campbell, who Mrs. Fields
lived with at one time.
No one saw the shooting and no-
body could give a description of the
guilty person.
Police state that the two men
sought are wanted for questioning
in view of the information picked 1
up by the investigating officers.
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drinks one. He urges other minis-
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ters to do likewise. Adam Powell
is a progressive, too. Father Drolet
called them Communists and I was
vexed because Ben and Adam arc
fighting for me, not because of
vested interests or assignment, but
because they are my kinsmen.
I feel a little different towards
my former church • since reading
a letter to Wynhoven by the Rev.
Father R. A. Auclair, S. S. J
Galveston.
“You are not unlike several
priests I know, who teach in and
out of season, that the colored
people should know their place
even in the house of God! They too
appeal shamefully to the law of
the state."
Father Auclair and his fine kind
will win many friends for tin
church in spite of Hollanders like
Wynhoven. I plan to see the liberal
prelate on my next visit to the
Island.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Rev. Ben Richardson mentioned
above, was beaten by two white
thugs in Times Square. Should 1
tell you why? The boss was all
right on the article in which ne
The Purpose of the Council
It is generally conceded that a
large number of organizations in
Houston and Harris County are
interested in delinquent youth work
and some good is being accom-
plished. This council proposes to
eliminate much of the wasted ef-
fort and over-lapping work of the
various organizations by: 1. Ask-
ing all interested citizens, church-
es, clubs, and other organizations
to take out a membership with the
council for financial support. 2.
Extending a standing invitation to
all interested citizens to visit and
become a part of our regular meet-
ings; examine our records — in
short, see what we’re doiny. 3. A-
bove all, send us cases of delin-
quent nature. We have experts to
deal with them. Our objective is
to work among the Negro youth
of Houston and Harris county by
preventing crime, reclaiming
youthful delinquents before they
become hardened criminals and to
cooperate with all organizations
that have as their aim the reha-
bilitation of youth and the conser-
vation of a sound social order.
Others Talk, The Council Works
The present council’s board of
directors is composed of the fol-
lowing members: Fred Reeves,
chairman; Freddie Brooks, presi-
dent; John Daniels, vice president;
Ted Williams, secretary; Miss Mil-
dred Pryor, treasurer; John Banks,
investigator; Miss Lycurgus White,
J. Don Davis and James E. Hugh-
es, publicity director. Other mem-
bers are: Miss Marie Brooks, Miss
Helen Brooks, Larve James and
Officer Cain. These people repre-
sent a cross section of the good
citizens of Harris County.
Old Age Assistance
Roll Declines In Jan.
AUSTIN.—The Old Age Assis-
tance rolls containued to decline
during December, 178,645 persons
being certified for January checks,
which is 806 fewer than received
aid in December. Payments in Jan-
uary are $2.30 below the authorized
grant. This compares with the $2.44
cut effective in December.
The blind rolls sustained a net
loss of one recipient durring De-
cember, $114,528 being distributed,
to 4.860 recipients in average grants
of $24.47.
The Aid to Dependent Children
rolls lost 218 families, representing
470 children. In January, $210,279
will be paid to 10,173 families rep-
resenting 22,530 children in an ave-
rage grant of $21.20 per family.
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was in to see me last week and
the things he told me were more
than revealing. One thing, you see
what I mean, when I say see the j
chief when he is wrong and he
will straighten up and fly right
B. C. Cash is back from the army
and wifey Ethel C. is a gay soul.
. . Had a letter from Pvt. Raymond
Monroe, who is stationed at Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo, He is anxious
to get home to his better half and
daughters.
Corporal Lawrence Flood, Hous-
ton, write :
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refreshing to know that what we 1
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form and color. I kept up with
your coverage of the Louisiana
maneuvers. Very good. 1 am sure,
this would be a good one, for
if you could cover it."
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