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FEORO HI8T0BY—EVERY WEEK
JEREMIAH A. BROWN, who row)
from carpenter's helper to the Ohio legis-
lature, wuVrn In 1840 In Plttaburfb,
Pt. With little formal Khoollng, he wrat
to work at IT, (or a prominent carpenter.
At 28, he took up residence In Cleveland,
Ohio. Ills first political j"b wns that of
court bailiff. He was later elected to the
Ohio legislature, where he waged a fierce
fight against the famous "Black laws" of
that state.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, TODAf, SEPTDMHI K
30, 1949
With Supplement, Out of Cltj, lie
PRIl'E TEN CENT!
Crashing Autos
Hurt Bystanders,
Smash Trailer
plan's Leg Broken, Wife
Injured as They
Examine Trailer
Two automobiles, colliding, Sat-
urday afternoon, at Hacklierry and
Wyoming streets, nut ouly damaged
each other, and a trailer attached
to a third car, parked at the curb,
but a man and his wife, standing
near the corner, were painfully and
severely Injured as a result of the
crash.
John H. Kennedy, .15, 0.12 Wyom-
ing street, suffered a broken right
leg. ;nd was severely bruised.
ills wife, Mrs. liable Kennedy,
84, received n badly lacerated right
leg. and contusions.
The couple's eight-year-old daugh-
ter, Barbara, was nut Injured.
Drivers of the cars Involved in
the suiashup were listed as Wil-
liam V. Bra ley, 25, 134 North drive,
and Mrs. Bessie W. l'ne, 43, 2512
South Pine. Both were booked for
negligent collision.
According to Officer George Mar-
tin, Braley was driving a 1040 car,
rapidly, west on Wyoming, and
Mrs. Pue, also driving rapidly, was
traveling south on llackhcrry In a
1040 sedan.
At the Intersection, Bra ley's car,
•fter skidding, ran Into the left rear
aide of Mrs. Ptie's machine spinning
It around, with Its ramming into
the Kennedy trailer, parked on the
aonthwest comer of llackhcrry and
.Wyoming.
Kennedy was standing between
the trailer and the automobile to
which it was attached, examining
a recent repair Job. Mrs. Kennedy
was Handing on the grass, near
the curbing. Their little girl was
nearby.
A Hlld's ambulance carried Ken-
nedy to the Robert B. Green hos-
pital! Mrs. Kennedy was taken to
m doctor's office in the neighbor-
hood for treatment.
Neither Mrs. Pue nor Braley was
Injured.
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Numbers Player
Slain Soon After
Winning $13,500
By MARK HYMAN
For Th* Associated Negro Press
PHILADELPHIA. Pa. —John
Henry Davis, 40, was stabbed to
death last Saturday morning five
hours before rumors spread
throughout north 1'hlladclphln that
he had hit the numbers for {13,500.
The news gathered momentum
and spread rapidly throughout the
city, before Darls' death was made
public by the police. Ills assailant,
%ho wns believed to be n man
known as "Signifying Al" Coleman,
Is a fugitive.
A continuous stream of witnesses
were brought Into the third defec-
tive division, and questioned, but
•11 were released.
A few minutes after Davis was
atnblied he was taken to St Luke's
and Children's Medical center whero
he was pronounced dead shortly
after his arrival.
Davis had been stabbed In the
Chest and left temple.
When detectives arrived at the
hospital to question the fatally
wounded numbers winner, he was
atlll lying on stretchers, and gasped
out a final breath before he could
be questioned. He was Identified by
• nephew,
Davis was carried to the hospital
in a cab operuled by Isadore Smol-
cms, who had been hailed by
Raymond Thomas and Wilbur aud
James Barnes, brothers. The three
men accompanied the cab to where
Davis was lying In a pool of blood
in his second floor apartment
When questioned about the stab-
bing, the two Barnes brothers told
detectives that they had been In-
formed of the stabbing by Ray-
(See PLAYER. Page 5.)
TwoHurt inRifle-
Ice Pick Duel
By The Associated Ncsro Press
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.—Two
men from Northhampton county
were injured last week while en-
gaged In a rlfle-lce pick fight. Both
men were hospitalised, and face in-
dictment on charges of assault with
a deadly weapon with Intent to kill
and Inflict serious bodily Injury.
The men were Roscoe Mitchell,
who was shot with a .22 caliber
rifle, and Alfred Squire, stabbed
In the right side with an Ice pick.
The fight whs said to be the result
of a series of arguments between
the two men.
,
Heart Attack Fatal
To S. A. Woman, 73
Mrs. Carolina Risher, 73, 414
Hllam street, succumbed to a heart
attack, early Sunday morning, at
her residence.
According to Officer 'V. G. Wil-
liams, a Medical Arts building phy-
sician said that Mrs. Ri slier
anffered a heart attack about 4:45
Sunday morning. The doctor report-
ed that the aged woman wns dead
When he readied the residence.
REV. JOHN T. KINO
RITES HELD—Funeral services
were held here Tuesday afternoon,
September 20, from Corinth Baptist
church, llev. J. Henry Hnrdcmnn
officiating for Rev. John T. King,
former San Antonlan, who died
Wednesday, September 14, at Tyler,
Texas, where he was a member of
the faculty of Texas college.
A native San Antonlnn, the de-
cedent was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel Bouldln King, this city. He
wns n graduate of. St. Peter Claver
school and attended Lnngston uni-
versity, Tuskegee Institute, and
Kansas State college.
A former vocational teacher In
Oklahoma, he was the founder and
first teacher In this field nt two
high schools In that state. lie also
served ns physical education direc-
tor and athletic coach of Booker
T. Washington high school, El
Reno, Oklahoma.
lie served ns director of pro-
grams of the laymen's department
of the Chlcakasha district associa-
tion, nnd was grand lecturer of the
Knights of Pythias of the Jurisdic-
tion of Oklahoma.
lie was called to the ministry In
1030, nnd served as pastor of Mt
Ullead Baptist church, Brackett-
ville, Texas. Returning to San An-
tonio, he became a niemlier of Cor-
inth Baptist church, this city, In
1042, under tho pastorate of Rev.
J. Henry Hardeman.
Rev. King had been In Tyler since
1047, having been appointed, that
year, as an Instructor In the depart-
ment of vocational training.
The decedent is anrvlved by his
widow, one sister and other rel-
atives.
Philly Ex-Butler
Held onExtortion,
Blackmail Charge
By The Associated Fegro Press
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Leonard
Branch, 50-ycar-old former butler
to a West Philadelphia family, was
held under |1,000 bnll for court ac-
tion here last week. Branch Is
charged with extortion and black-
mall against his former employer,
Robert J. Bennett
The former butler was arrested
In Bennett's office. According to
the accused man, he was seeking
back pay due him. He was dis-
missed from his Job as house serv-
ant in 1043 after his employer's
wife died.
Bennett Btated that Branch has
made frequent demands for money
since his dlsm'ssal. He declared
that many of these demands were
met since he felt that Branch need-
ed the money. Branch was In his
employ for 20 years. Bennett stated
that the former butler has been aa-
noying him recently both at his
home and bis office with requests
for money. Bennett declared that
he gave Branch $3,000 In 1040.
Branch told the magistrate at
the hearing that the money was
spent on necessities of his family.
Mrs. Lillian Brunch, wife of the
accused man, corroborated all state-
ments made by her husband.
Mrs. Branch declared that her
husband has been "swindled" out of
back pay for many ycara.
Girl Swallows
Sleeping Pills in
Suicide Attempt
Will Try to Kill Self
Again, if Given the
Chance, Girl Says
Because she "couldn't bear to see
her mother undergo an operation" a
17-year-old East Commerce street
girl reportedly made an attempt
to take her own life, Tuesday eve-
ning, police icoords reveal.
According to Mrs. Ethel Bessard,
2308 East Commerce street, mother
of the girl, lier daughter, employed
as a waitress In a 700 block South
Pine street enfe, purchased a box
of sleeping pills and some aspirin
early Tuesday evening, and, after
writing n suicide note, nddresscd to
Mrs. Bessard, gulped down an un-
known quantity of tho drugs.
The young woman was taken to
Baptist Memorial hospital by a fel-
low waitress, and, following emer-
gency treatment was released to the
care of her mother.
Miss Bessard said In her note
that she feared her mother might
die If she underwent the operation,
and after being hospitalized declar-
ed, It Is reported, that she would
again attempt suicide, "IT given a
chance."
Mysteriously Injured S.A. Woman,
Hurt Sunday, Still Unconscious
Cops Confiscate
Two Revolvers as
Woman.MateRow
Two revolvers were seized by po-
lice, Sunday morning, and turned
over to the homicide division fol-
lowing an altercation, nt South
Gevers nnd Hedges streets, between
a man and his wife.
Police, called to the scene to
Investigate a fight and reports of a
man brandishing a gun, found
George (Truelovo) Gllmore, 630
Burnet street, with a pistol In bis
Officers quoted Mra. Kutle Gll-
more, the man's wife, as saying that
her husband was running around
with another woman, that aha (Mra.
OHmore) bad pnt a revolver In her
purse, and had "come down to
settle things."
Gllmore took tbe pistol away
from her, officers said. Another re-
volver was found In his car. Of-
ficers put both weapons nndcr po-
lice custody.
Girl Scout Camp Site
Purchased Near Waring
TVfEGOTIATIONS for the purchase of n established camp for
Negro Girl Scouts have been oompletsd, according to an
announcement made this week by Mrs. •'John F. Camp, pres-
ident of the San Antonio and Bexar county council of Girl
Scouts. It will be the first council-owned and equipped camp
for Negro Girl Scouts in the Southweit.
The site chosen for the camp is near Waring, Texas, on the
S. A. Man Visiting
In Kerrville,
Dies Suddenly
Stricken Sunday morning, Sep-
tember 18, In Kerrville, Texas
where he had gone for a week end
vacation, John E. Daniels, Jr., Ne-
braska street, died a few minutes
later, the victim of a heart attack.
Relatives said that Daniels and
complained of minor pain and
fatigue, but had not been confined
to bed.
A native of Brackettvllle, Texas,
he attended the public schools there,
nnd was a veteran of World War I.
He moved to San Antonio following
lile discharge from the service and
had lived here continuously since.
Twice married he was the father
of four children. His survivors In-
clude—Mrs. Bunion Brazil, Los An-
geles. California; three sons, Eu-
gene Daniels, San Antonio; John
Daniels III, Kerrville, nnd Robert
Charles Daniels; four sisters, eight
brothers nnd many other relatives.
Burial was made In the National
cemetery, Fort Snm Houston, with
full military honors.
Rankin Says He Spells It N-e-g-r-o,
Pronounces It LikeOtherDixiecrats
Bv Tho Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON.—In refer-
ring to colored people,
Cong. Jobn Rankin (D.. Miss.)
told reporters last Wednesday,
he always spells the word
N-e-g-r-o, he pronounces It like
other southerners "niggra," but
to the listeners it sonnds like
he is saying "nigger."
The flare-up was brought
about by a discussion on the
floor regarding the recent riot
at Peekshill, N. V. Cong. Javits
of New York. In a one-minute
speech, expressed his regret
that sueli an incident occurred
nnd emphasized the need of a
federal Ian. "The matter should
he attacked from the federal
level," he said, "as wrll as from
the level of the slate and the
community."
He pointed out that the con-
stitutional rights guaranteed
minorities must be respected—
espe-lall.v lialrd minorities.
This brorght Rankin leap-
ing to his feet to tell the New
Yorker that the sympathies of
the American people ere with
the veterans anil not Willi "that
nigger Communist."
Cong. Mareantonio then
sprang up to call for a point of
order. '"The gentleman from
Mississippi used the word "nig-
ger," declared the New York
representative. That word, he
contended, is a reflection on the
two members of the house of
representatives who are of the
Negro race.
Rankin shot back that he
pronounced the word just as
he had been pronouncing it as
long as he had been able to
talk, and he would continue to
say it
Speaker Sam Rayburn of
Texas said he understood the
Mississippi gentleman to say
"Negro." The remarks from
Rankin are r.nt subjected to a
(See RANKIN, Page 5.)
Guadalupe river, and Is described as
being healthful, sufc. and rich In
natural beauty. It has been ap-
proved by a representative of the
National Camp bureau.
Schools, teachers, parents, friends,
and organizations made finaucial
contributions that have made pur-
chase of the camp possible.
Sirs. Camp pointed out that the
Council of Girl Scouts is a Com-
munity Chest agency, hut that the
budget does not Include funds for
the purchase and operation of a
camp, which must be entirely main-
tained through campers' fees, rental
fees, and gifts.
The advisory committee of area
number four, Mrs. Camp said, work-
ed untiringly to secure the neces-
sary funds for purchasing the site.
Members of tho committee are S.
T. Scott, Virgil Walker, S. D.
Kane, Mrs. Bella Cameron, R. J.
Ilavia, Mrs. Charles Andrews, S. II.
Gates, G. P. Inge, Jr., Mrs. Eliza-
beth Wrenn, Mrs. Cora L. Jackson,
and O. R. Thomas. Recent additions
to the committee are .Mrs. M. L.
Preacher, Mrs. Vera Parker, the
Rev. O. W. Black, Mrs. Roberta
S&gSS&i*
Itis Bottle o£ Wine
Raymond E. Crlss, 44, 111
lanrton street, "got mad," late
Thursday afternoon, when his
wife, Mra. Addie Criss, 42,
broke his bottle of wine. In
fart, he got so mad that he
slanmied her with what police
described as "a large rock."
Officers Investigating the in-
cident, which occurred at a
tavern In the 100 block of And-
more, quoted Criss as saying
that he had slriirk his wife,
because she had broken his
bottlo of wine, and he had got
mail.
Criss was booked and Jail,
ed.
White, and Miss Katharine Bever-
ly. Mra, Joe n. Wanl is executive
director of the council, and Mrs.
Zudora Whhlow is field director of
area four.
In securi'!.' the camp, Mrs. Camp
declared that "the local council, In
carrying out Its resiion«lbilltles of
providing a rich an,I varied outdoor
and campli „• experience for every
Girl Scout, has been well assured
that the community, In lending Its
support to the :■ nt campaign for
funds, la Ir hack of the Girl Scout
movement"
The ohji.-tivc* of the camping
program were given as being—to
stimulate real enjoyment and ap-
preciation of the out-of-doors
through Dtogn lively adventurous
experiences; to provide training In
citizenship through the give-and-
take of Cor numlly living, in which
each girl b; s a part in planning and
carrying oi t the camping program,
with the Irfp n( adult leaders to
contribute « the physical and men-
tal well leitig of every camper,
and to hel;> In the development of
such qualities as resourcefulness,
Inltlutive, Ml self-reliance.
Woman is Found in Pool of
Blood on Wash Rack at
Filling Station
UNCONSCIOUS since she was found, Sunday morning, Sept.
25, in a critical condition, lying on a wash rack, at a
B CHiCAGO.-5^o*t^nParge south South pine and Sanders streets station, the riddle of what
happened to a 45-year-old woman, identified as Mrs. Eegenia
Hawkins, 814 Piedmont street, still remained unsolved late
yesterday (Thursday) afternoon.
The woman is badly bruised about the face, arms, and body,
Two Teen-Agers
Indicted for Chi
Officers Murder
Cop Shot Nine Times
As He Questions
Boys, 15, 17
side boys were Indicted for murder
here last week following the mur-
der of a white police offloer, ac-
cused by the boja of using racial
slander.
The slaying took place early Tues-
day morning when Policeman David
P. Keating approached Sidney
Johnson, 17, nnd Roosevelt Baccus,
15, to Investigate a package carried
by oue of the boys.
A few minutes later passersby
and two other policemen heard the
officer yelling, "I've been shot."
They found him lying in a pool of
blood. The shooting set off one of
the biggest man hunts in the re-
and has a deep wound In tbe center
of her forehead.
Investigators have been unable
to determine, to date, whether Mrs.
Hawkins was the victim of a hit-
and-run driver, or whether she had
been brutally beaten. Until she re-
gains consciousness, It appears that
the question will remain unanswer-
ed.
. A Lead?
Police said that, this week, a man
Young Romans
Ankle Broken by
Hit-Run Driver
Twenty-Year-Old Woman
Run Down in 2000
Block of Nebraska
The body, face and arms of 20-
year-old Dorothy Lockhart were
severely bruised and lacerated, and
her right ankle fractured, early
Friday night, wheu she was struck
by a hit-and-run driver in the 2000
block of Nebraska street.
According to Officer F. A. Tou-
douze, Miss Lockhart was walking
In tlie street, east on Nebraska,
when a large blacn sedan, traveling
west, struck her with its right front
fender, after skidding 18 feet,
he fuund the woman lying on a wash The car, alter hitting the young
T_nr 1-uir - v.u. In s pool to blood, In tbe rear * woman, lpcd Iroui the acme. A.
cent historv of the south side, where , ba(1 appeared at police lieadquar-
the majority of Chicago's 400,0001ters who told thcm that ,le hai!
Negroes live. seen the woman in the company of
In less than 13 hours after the two men' nb,rat 2 °'eloek' Sunday
slaying Baccus, the younger of the morning. She was found at 3 o clock,
two, had confessed. The two boys What' lf anything, has developed
gave themselves up to Negro Po-
liceman Lester Davidson, 20, of the
Stanton avenue, station.
Davidson, off duty at the time,
came back to the station, recogniz-
ed the youths nnd guessed why they
came. He had known them when he
was a captain In the Illinois nation-
al guard last year at Camp Ellis.
The 15-year-old hoy admitted he
fired almost an entire clip of auto-
matic pistol bullets at Keating
hen the officer halted him and
from this lead—if it Is a lead—to
vestigators have declined to say.
August Mitchell, 801 Virginia
boulevard, and Earl Massey, 730
South Hackberry street, heard
someone moaning in the vicinity of
tlie filling station, and told Calvin
Sparks, address not listed. Sparks
notified police.
Officer D. Gue-rero, sent to the
scene to investigate, reiwrted that
'•For no reason at all," a 26-
year-old Piedmont street man said
that he w.n *tab'jed in the back,
Sunday nlfM, by an ex-girl friend,
as he sat In a 1000 block East Com-
merce Btre ; restaurant—with his
current tw etheart.
Sufferlni a superficial knife
wound In tile right part of his back
was Masoi McAfee, address listed
as 1517 JMedaiout street. He was
treated at Robert It. Green hos-
pital, when; lie was carried by n
Carter ambulance.
McAfee raid that he was In the
restaurant with his girl friend
from Segti'n, Texas.
A girl ho "used to go with" en-
tered the cafe, stuck a knife in
his back, tad fled.
McAfee .-aid that he would file
charges against tho blade wielder,
a Omaha itreet resident.
♦
Aged Mississippi
an Reported
Whipped in Jail
By JAMES B. LaFOl'RCHE
For The Jlswciated Negro Press
McCO.MP., Miss.—An unidenti-
fied 68-yn:' Id Negro woman Is
said to bav been beaten in jail here
two week ago because she was
thonght to be In possession of In-
formation held vitally essential to
£?>e prose* :! : of another Negro.
The agi woman was alleged to
have been severely lashed with a
cat-o-nlne-tail type of whip after
being made to lift her skirt and
expose her nakedness. The beatings
were adailiilstored at intervals of ^
five minutes the latter time being j
allowed fur a rest period.
The victim was described as being
n "good woman, honest and inof-
fensive." The incident is said to
add to the already long list of whip-
pings of Negro prisoners. Whites
too, are aaid to have shared similar
experience-
Informal ion was disclosed that
the whipping of prisoners In numer-
ous Mississippi counties Is a very
common thing. It was stated that
in the Courthouse at Magnolia,
Miss., a whip is kept on hand for
thla purpi
The white populace hero Is en-
raged at the beating of the aged
woman am! has asked that the mat-
ter be given wide publicity. No one
here condol es the praeticc of tor-
turing ptisoners to the extent that
(See WOMAN. Page 5.)
PUILET) 555* CAR
In a complaint to police, Sunday
mornii i Mrs. Corine Anderson, B30
Victoria1 jtreet, charged that her
husbaud 'Abe Anderson, same ad-
knife wounds across his chest and dress, ha,i "pulled ber from a car
right fide. jand knoe ed her down."
All four were arrested and book- Anders, n was booked for drunk-
ed for vagrancy. lenacss anj held
_ SlnCO lM f|| the joiiugcr - i ■ .
[too young to face the electric chair. 0n farther Instigation. Date*/
The boys said Keating was ahot t,TCa Alex Sandoval and J. J.
[after he asked: "What are you It,no' reported that they found fieri
niggers doing out this time of morn- hand bag, and a few pieces
ing?" of clothing in .Sanders street, about
They said the officer demanded 25 feet from plne-
WomanFisted,Hit
With Chain. Fires
Twice at Husband
A 30-year-old man became the
target of a couple of slugs—both
missing their mark—from a .38
calibre tevolver, Thursday evening,
Sept. 22, wheu he assaulted his
wife.
Officers Harvey C. Hill and Vf.
K. Brown reported that Lorcnza
Steward, 114 Brown, struck Ills
wife, Dora, in the face with his fists,
end hit her ou the head with a
chain, in an altercation at the fam-
ily residence.
Mrs. Steward retaliated with a
.38, firing at licr husband twice.
Steward was booked for ag-
gravated assault, and jailed. Mrs.
Steward was booked for assault
to murder. The couple, police re-
ported, has a very young baby.
*
Man, Refusing to
Buy Wine, Said
Attacked by Trio
When he reputedly refused to
buy wine for two men nnd a wo-
man who appronched him as he
stood at a 300 block Hedges street
address, a 02-year-old Belmont
street man told police that he was
nttneked by the trio, suffering
slight stab wounds on tbe right
arm.
Tbe complainant, Henry Fields,
415 Belmont street, himself armed
wltli a bloody knife, said the at-
tack took police about 2:30 Sun-
day m o r n I u g, with his being
"forced" to defend himself.
Apprehended n short while later
were Daniel Norrls Woods, 24, Jobn
Clinton, 38, and his wife, Mrs.
Mario Clinton, 26, named by Fields
as the other principals in tho
melee.
Clinton, also armed with a knife,
pnd who allegedly nduiltted slash-
ing FtelSs, was taken to Brooke
GcnertU-bospit*! for treatment of
(See Mt'RftFR, Page 5.)
Two Cooks Killed
In No. Carolina
R.R. Train Wreck
By The Associated Negro Press
NEWTON, N. C.—Two Negro
cooks, Bob Freeman of Salisbury.
N. C., and Hersten Logmire of
Knoxville, Tenn., were the only per-
sons killed when a twin diesel lo-
comotive of a Southern railway
passenger trala hurtled off the
track on a sharp curve just inside
the city limits here early laF^.week.
Several of the 40 persons injured
were reported in serious condition
at Catawbc General hospital.
The train wns en route from
Salisbury to Asheville. When the
locomotive jumped the track it car-
lied six cars with it—mall, combina-
tion baggage, and passenger cars,
three coaches, and tlie diner. The
last four cars, all pullmans, became
uncoupled from the forward sec-
tion nnd rolled past the wreckage
on the undamaged track, stopping
a block away.
Cause of the wreck could not be
learned immediately, although It
was known, the train was 22 min-
ute late when it bit the sharp
curve. One local resident said a
(See COOKS. Page 5.)
From that point, the woman had
apparently been dragged to the spot
where she was found, officers find-
ing a trial of blood and tracks, and
Indications that "an unknown ob-
ject" had been dragged.
Late Thursday, hospital attend-
ants reported that they thought
the woman would recover, but her
condition remains critical, and she
had not regained consciousness at
that time.
Investigation of the case la con-
tinuing.
Home Products
Agent's Wares
Taken from Car
A case of silverware aud house-
For Beauticians
Meet, Named
The Texas State Association oi
Beauty Culturists league, to con-
vene in Its seventh annual conven,
tion here October 2-5, nnuounced
this week, their guest speakers and
artists.
In keeping with the theme of the
convention, to raise the standard
of the beauty culture field, through
cooperation, unity and the promo-
tion of public health, the beauti-
cians have selected Dr. C. Austin
Whlttier as guest speaker for Tues-
day morning at eleven o'clock. The
program will be held at Hardeman'*
gymnasium, and the speaker's sub-
ject will be "Safeguarding Publie
Health."
Mrs. Cordelia G. Johnson, Jersey
City, N. J., national president, will
be the speaker at the public niasi
meeting, Monday evening, at Sec-
ond Baptist church. Tbe education-
al clinic will be conducted by Mra.
bold goods was stolen, Thursday I 8
night, Sept 22, from an automobile
parked in tbe 300 block of Hedges
street, as an agent for a houie
products compnny prepared to
stage a demonstration of her wares.
Mrs. Mary Alice Myers, 1221
Wyoming, told police that she was
scheduled to give a demonstration
at 344 Hedges street, and had gone
into the house, leaving a large case
containing her products, silverware,
and household goods, in the back
seat of an uutoraobile.
When she came out to get the
case, It had disappeared. Loss was
estimated at $40. A suspect was
named.
Minority Qroup Workers Slow in
Applying for 2700 Housing Jobs
By The Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON.—Qua li f i e d
Negroes and other rarial
minorities have heen slow to
apply for the 2700 new jobs in
the field and central offices of
the governmental housing agen-
cies and tlie several thousand
more openings on local housing
authorities, local planning, and
redevelopment bodies through-
out the nation to be created
within tlie next few days when
Congress is expected to approve
administrative appropriations
for tlie housing art of 1919, it
was learned this week from
authoritative sources.
Conservative estimates in-
dirate that the Housing and
Home Finance agency and its
constituent administrations will
expand the staff by close to
2.000 new employees—the ma-
jority in the Public Housing
administration, mostly in the
field offices; the next largest
in the office of the administra-
tor of the HHFA; anil the re-
mainder in the Federal Hous-
ing administration, mostly in its
field offices. Moreover, the farm
housing provisions of tbe act,
administered by the department
of Agriculture's Farm Home
administration, will probably
add an estimated 700 more em-
ployees to Its staff, mainly in
its field offices.
Raymond Foley, administra-
tor of the HHFA, recently call-
ed upon all the field and cen-
tral v,officcs of federal housing
agencies to recruit and employ
uew personnel tor expanded
programs In accordance with
merit without regard to race,
creed, color or national origin.
"The responsibility for effect-
uating these poli.ics is not a
matter of irivatc opinion but
of public duty," he stated.
"I want to also stress the
thought that mere formal ad-
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Miss Hillary of Hollywood will
be the featured guest artist. She
Is an outstanding artist in the field
of creative bair-styling, aud bat
won wide acclaim. Ima Beal Waddy,
artist-instructor, will assist In In-
struction aud demonstration.
Miss Valese Cunninghum of Hick*
Beauty school, San Antonio, will
give a demonstration on "What
Every Beautician Should Know."
A feature of the state style show
and dinner dance will be the crown-
ing of "Miss Cosmetologist," state
queen. This affair will be held at
NCO club, Fort Sam Houston, Wed-
nesday evening, October 5.
A large delegation is expected to
attend the convention.
Woman Drinks
Poison Solution
Miss Irma Giles, S3, 212 Mlckle-
John street, described by ber brother
as having been emotionally upset
for several days, was treated at
Robert B. Green hospital Sunday
morning, following an alleged
suicide attempt.
Tbe woman's brother, Robert
Johnson, said that bis sister mixed
powerful caustic, a cleansing
agent and bleaching fluid, with ber
drinking a quantity of this solution.
Following emergency treatment
al the hospital. Miss Giles was re-
leased to her home.
Four-Room House
Gutted by Flames
A fire, of undetermined origin,
completely gutted a four-room
dwelling at 427 Bscll street. Sntur-
jtlay afternoon. Mrs. Mngdclene
I Washington wns listed ns the oc-
cupant.
I The exact extent of tho damage
j was not Immediately determined,
bot was believed not u> exceed |700l
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