San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1960 Page: 1 of 8
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Progress Without Struggle
-If there in no RtriU't;le, there it
•• progress. Those who profess to
favor freedom, end yet depreciate
agitation, are men who want erope
without ploughing np the ground.
... Power concedes nothing without
• demand. It never did and never
jrflL"
•—Frederick Douglas!
San Ajvtotmq Register
RIGHT • JUSTICE'• '■PROGRESS
at; Edition lit
City Edition 12e
ALL
the SAN ANTONIO find
SOITII TEXAS News
While It is NEWS. Com-
plete National and World
Wide News Coverage.
WHS g ppl— ■«. Out *TCHy. It,
Once-Doomed Man
Acquitted of Rape
By All-White Jury
White Georgians
Take Only 90 Minutes
To Reach Verdict
a «cial to the Associated Negro Press
ATLANTA, Go. — A 22-yenr-old
lather of three children was found
ot guilty of the criminal assault of
•a AtlaAta white woman, after an
•ll*white jury had deliberated only
•M hour and thirty minutes in de*
riding on a verdict in the defendant's
: favor.
The "not guilty" verdict came at
the third trial ordeal Melvin Lewis
Hmith has been put through on crim*
/ inal assault chsrges. The first hear-
ing'waa declared a mistrial when the
•IMrhite jury deadlocked.
Gets Klertrte Chair
Hmith was convicted and sentenced
to tha electric chair, Inst March, aft-
er another all-white jury found him
guilty as chsrged in thnt Indict-
^ jaent that nsmed another woman as
lfc*".>tim.
It was at thst point that a Mel*
tin I<ewia Hmith itofense committee
waa formed to spnrk efforts aimed
at gaining for Hmith the right to a
■ third trial.
More than $5.0110 was raise<f in the
defendant's behalf and comment legsl
cmnsel was hired to lead the defense
efforts. The case went to the Gfor-
gin supreme court, and that high
tribunal paved the way for a third
trial, that, Thursday. mw Smith's
acquittal by another nil-white jury.
Technically, and in actuality. Hmith | months he conld recite the slphnbct
is still not a free man. The 22-year-1 ■
(al<l defendant was tried on an assault'-, ^
yfaidieiment for the thiril time that, VimrCmP I 011ft tfk
> Nl onl. one of the two alining OUUI CHIC Willi I IW
^nenen as the victim. ^ *
* It is still possible thnt the ata'te
can rail up the second rape indictment
fpHn the files snd bring young gmitb
Jpack to trial on almoat identical rape
chargi■ voiced apsinst him by the
roommate of the woman Smith was
ju«t aquitted of raping.
Indicted an Twa Other Counts
Tao, Hmith *as indicted on two
a;her charges at the same time the
Indictment was relumed naming him
defendant ia the case just ended, De-
fenae counsel had made a motion thnt
•II four indictments be compressed
dad' put ou (rial together st the very
outset of the rerently ended trial,
hut the motion iras overruled by Judge
K. K. Andrews.
fortaXAITTKIPArj^*«i
IAKV 6, Iteo Willi Supplement. Out ml (Ity. I it
IT'S % (I I It NKMM'W'ilt
Lynching
'Peacemaker' Won't Discuss Georgia White
ii | f*t • • | j Girl, Gets Life
Her Income lax, Jailed
By the Associated Negro Tress
CHICAGO—A member of a
national group which calls
"SUGAR CHILI?' GROWS |*P—Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson of
Detroit, Mich., who wss a child piano prodigy at the age of six, is now 21.
To protect his earnings of the past 1ft years and to provide future security,
be has established a trust fund at the Nationnl Bank of Detroit. Here he
is shown signing the agreement. I«o king on, left to right, lire "Sugar Chile'*"
father, Clarence Robinson; Probate Judge Thomas C. Murphy, who super-
vised Frank's income; Herbert M. Kiges, attorney and family adviser; and
Guy deW. Waller, assistant trust officer of the bank. Frank is now a
student at the Detroit Institute of Techonology'.
Fifteen years ago a chubby, round
faced youngster of six with a con-
tagious grin, played the piano to
"SKO" signs all the way from I^oa
Angeles to I^ondon's Palladium, lie
even played for President Harry Tru-
man in Wsahington and appeared iu
a movie with Van Johnson.
Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson of
Detroit won n child prodigy almont
from the day he won horn. At six
At eighteen months bin greatest gift
became npparent—an amazing ability
to play boogie-woogie, which he did
entirely by ear. His mother, who
died when he waa four, used to sing
while be played. He in probably bent
known for his renditions of "Cale-
donia" and "Hey, Bop-A-Re-Bop."
When Frank was six he made his
first public appearance on the stage
(See SIC AK. Page 7.)
Review Arkansas
Teachers Law
It in not certain whether the solicit
♦r'a of Ace will pre*a the additional
ehargea eontaiaed in tha other three
indlrtamtaT especially In tha wake of
* ~ the "aot guilty** verdict just re-
turned by tha all-white Jury Thurs-
day.
High-level soarees In the solicitor's
office have been quoted as saying
that the proarcution is considering
dmiming the remaining canes since
Sm'th wa« acquitted Thursday on the
same state evidence that would be
needed to push the remaining canes.
In the trial thnt led to Smith's nc-
qnttsl. the main battle centered
around the defense attorney'* charge
t* at prosecution attorneys had at-
tempted to suppress evidence needed
tSeaJTRV. Page I.)
Wed, and Foreign,
Negroes Admitted
By 'White' College
My tite Associated Negro Press
WILMOKK, Ky. — An nil-white
school for 70 years, Asbury college
will open its doors to Negro studentu
for the first time In September. But
theie'ii a catch. They must be mar-
ried.
That action was taken last week by
the college's board of trustees at its
annual meeting on Hie campus.
The over-all integration plan wan
described as a "revolutionary step"
(Special to San Antonio Register)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—An Ar
kansas law requiring public school
teachers to list all their organisational
affiliations will he subjected to the
scrutiny of the I'it i ted States Su-
preme court.
In response to an appeal filed on
Nov. 2JI. last, by attorneys of the
National Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People on behalf of
B. T. Shelton, a school teacher, and
the Arkansas Teachers association,
tha court, on Jan. 2S, agreed to re-
view a lower court judgment uphold*
In* tha validity ot the statati.
Through Robert f* Carter, NA-
ACP genersl counsel, of New York
City, and J. R. Booker aad Thad
Williams of Little Rock, Shelton
and the teachers association contended
that the Arkansas law was designed
to cripple the NAACP and is in vio-
lation of the equal protection and due
process clauses of the fourteenth
amendment to the Constitution.
The statement as to jurisdiction
filed with the Supreme court raised
the question as to whether a state
may require public school teachers
to file affidavits listing sll of the or-
ganization* to which they have be-
longed or contributed for the last five
years "without contravening those
safeguards to academic freedom nnd
freedom of association protected
against stute Interference by the four-
teenth amendment to the Constitution
of the Cnited States.**
Despite his 20 years of service, Slicl-
(ftee TAW, Page
Charge Citv Sells
C
Swimming Pool
To Spite Negroes
Ht the Amwiated Neuro Prt^l
1lICItMOXI>. Vu Tin- nle of n
eity-owned mvinmiiiiu pool in llreens-
bj Dr. Z. T. Johnson. Anbury presl- lioro, X. t'.. to a jirivute eorporation
dent. It mil* for the enliege to admit to mold i tit vara (ion wi.s attacked iih
Nesroea ntlder the follow in* cate-j voiil h.v attorneys representing the
g„r|(n; INAACI' tii'r In*t wrrk.
] \firofa from foirisii IhikIb. | Tht* NAACP fontfii'Vil in n benr-
Xntir* mitrrinl Nfuroi'* > bo urc inn iii M"rnl court Iiitp that tho
fr.iinttte h ..
|(T I (SM POdl.. !>■(< .)
But He
Can't
Work
R, tk« Associated Negro Prcu
Boston. m >_«hurt,. iur
Mrn. se, hu k«M ifnt,nerd
to' IS month, !■ Ihr heuM of
rormllaa by Jnd|« Unri« W.
• Kob«rt, m rtiargM *f Mo iMip-
inrt sad Mag Ike fstktr of tkm
llkflllasto rhlldna.
Hvshs tsM Jsd|l Ratorts
IW ks was ana Ms to nrii ka-
raass af hi, kcaKh.
Iks Jarist 'tosC ' a diss «<sw ad
Itself "Ilia Prarmuktrs."
quits a farorr In I'. N. district
court last acck when iihs rc-
fuwd to discuss her Income tax
affairs with the government.
Miss Kroseanna Robinson. 3ft-
jrear-old sacial wocher. employed
by the Helhlehem community cen-
ter. is charged with tailing ta
file returns for IS.1I through ISIUI.
and refusing to discuss her Income
wllh the Internal revenue service
far those years.
As a matter of fart. Miss Rob-
inson was so firmly set against
answering any questions that she
even refused ta walk into court,
and U. N. deputy marshals who.
an one occasion had ta carry her
Into tke courtroom, provided a
wheelchair In a subsequent visit.
Her Hfnaal to roo|>rralf \r\rd
Jadga Rdsrtn A. Itnlisou to the
extent Mat fee onlrrrd lirr Jailed
until awll Saif as she ilrrlilrs to
dlsraM tha ease with the court
•ad federal authorities.
la caoatf Sll. Miss Kohiuson
added a hit More to the ronfusion
hy goiag m a hunger strike and
deniaadlag a maid he brought In
to deaa up her cell. Warden
Jack JahMpn. howe\rr. took a
dha flaw af her antics. He told
her that laamtes rlean their own
cells, aad ordered matrons to
leave tha faad for her in the cell at
each meal «time. If she persists
la faitlag. il* said steps would
he tahea ta fareibiy feed her.
Her ea)|r> comment so far has
been s
"Pat bars against my a III. It's
(M TAX. Page S.)
In ^Mistake9 Killing
Girt Killed Negro ,
Youth She Mistook
For Ex-Boy'Friend
By the Associated Negro Press
savannah. tJa.-A 17-jrear-old
white girl was convicteil here last
week of killing a Negro youth snd
sentenced to life imprisonment. She
i* Katie Ann Creel,
in Alabama
Negro, With Blonde
Companion, Pulled from
Car, Beaten, Kidnaped
By the A'* s«tinted Negro Preaa
BIRMINGHAM Ala.—City and state police were trying Mon
day to uncover the suspcctcd lynching of an unidentified
Negro who wag riding in a Cadillac car with a young blonde
white woman.
A service station operator reported to police that he had
seen six white men yank the Negro from the 1057 Cadillac, late
Her conviction *us voted by nn ail- Saturday night, heat him with clubs and drive off with him.
white jury which had recommended „|K.r„i„r, cimries Holman.
clemency. 1 mN.. mid police Ihut our of the whit.
rhe < reel girl had been charged 110r[| |)1)t| tuW11 over liie wheel of tin U nman t irPW
with the killing of Willie Joel Ross.|,|riv,.„ „f( wiM, TV Ollldll I IICS
also 17, who was found dead on «! blonde. He sai.l l lie Cadillac bor |_.._ _w
downtown sidewalk last ronrtli °' ] < ,h i r. license iilaies. If" II _ «. 11 .
July, lie had been shot in both Innifs llidniau said lie conbl not ci^e en ntttC 91 MlOlflv
and in his beart with calibre bul- nc'iirntt* des<-ri|i(ioii of any of tbe r-
' sons involved and aildeti
The teen-age girl, who admitted
failed to get the license number
"I kaow alf"about yoar Ml-
rata heattk." said the Judge.
"You're not taa delicate ta father
seven ihlldren. however. R see ma
to bm your raaualtmeata now
eveead >oar actual earning pow-
er."
The "Indelicate" Mr. Haymen
has children by thrre women, of
whoa, only one ia his legal wife.
The Boston welfare department
Is paylag Slon per month to sup-
port Ills children.
Judge Indicted is Alleged
Fixing of Traffic Tickets
By the Associated Negro Press
fiHICAOO—Chicago's only Negro municipal court judge was
L Monday, along with a Negro traffic court referee
(aMisUnt judge) and two Negro former clerks in the traffic
CMTt.
. They were included in a group of 33 persons indicted by
a grand jury that hu been investigating the traffic-ticket
fixing scandals.
Tke Negro judge
. .... . .. Is Henry C.
Ferguson, 70, a University of Chi-
cago law school graduate and a for-
ntf law partner of i ditically power-
ful Congressman William L. Llaw-
"ike referee named iu the indict-
aMat, ekafgiag mnlfensance In office,
li James C. Crosson. 51, son of a
goath Carolina Baptist minister.
I riamsil along with the four Xe-
I; (raca ware another municipal court
' Judaa. J aha J. Sullivaa; Joseph L.
mil, Clerk a( tha municiiinl court,
i thee* atkar referees, ami 2t clerks.
' Though tke Jmlges were reportedly
Indicted. Monday, Ibey refused to vn-
aeta <ke kaaeh and were sti* aerviua1
at the end of I be week.
Judge Ferguson, who is regarded ns
one of the most erudite members of
the municipal court bench, assailed
tile jury's, action as "a vicious, low
piece of Hatter politics by small men
with small minds."
"Character Assassins"
Referring to the chnrgc of conspir-
ing to defraud the city. Judge Fer-
guson added, "K there is any con-
spiracy, they arc the consp-rators,
conspiring to astcss'iiate the charac-
ter of decent people,"
The Ne-ro jurist who was last re-
elected in If S3 to a term that expires
(Sea 4HK.EV Fata e.)
Chest X-Ray
Unit's Schedule
Set for Month
The ttexar County. Tuber* ulosis as-
sociation, in its continuing yenr-
around campaign for the early detec-
tion and treutment of Til. has
nuiioiiiiced the schedule, for Febru-
ary, for the assocint ion's mobile
X-ray unit. The nssiciation makes it
easy and convenient for every resi-
dent to get periodic chest X-rays, and
" is urging every person to get an X-ray
at least once n year.
"Me sure you don't have tubercu-
losis." an association spokesman
emphasised.
February —Las .Moras yard, Las
Moras and Salinas streets, 3 to o:.'S0
in the afternoon.
February J)—REM CO, 101 Laredo
highway, 2 to 5 iu the afternoon.
February 10—Edison high school,
701 Santa Monica street, 9 in the
morning to '.i iu the afternoon.
February 'nefnernfor No.
a* , Ilrazos and Tninp:co streets, ,'J to
•jvl'l iii the afternoon.
February 12—%,ici*oria rt?firYsv,A ^HJ
Lnbir street. 1 in the afternoon to
7 in the evening.
I'V runry 15—City jail, Market at
S\ S in the morning to 1 in
the afternoon.
Fejiiuiry JH—Juvenile Mnnufuc-
titritr: company, 407 North Flores
street, S in the morning to 2 in the
afternoon.
February 1S—\. C. Toudouse com-
pany, 1211 W'c*t Commerce street, 0
in the morning to 4 In the afternoon.
February It)—Totidciwe mart, 4007
South Flores street, 1 in the after-
neon to 8 In the evening.
February 20 -Toudou&e mart, 40117
South Flores street. !) in the morn-
ing to n in the nTternoon.
February 23 — MncArthur high
(gee BCHKPtLK. Page •.)
Machines Looted,
CandyStolen fromBar
Arthur Clay, 39. 2.'WJ Lyons, owner
of Clay's bar. 150 Outline, complained
to pol'ce thnt between 10 o'clock,
Sunday ni?bt, nnd 10 o'cloi-k Monday
moriting. thieves forced entrance into
bis «stnblisbment, and looted a juke
inix a«td bowline mnchine, obtaining
nb ut $05. Ten candy bars were also
Woman Who Tells
On Interracial
Lovers, Threatened
By tha Aasoelated Negro Preaa
NKW ORIJCANS, Ia — Mrs.
Marilyn Celioua complained
laat week that threatening tele-
phone rails and threats of death
have her near a nervous break-
down because aba disclosed ta
police oae af tke Kouth'a moot
serious Crimea, miseegeaatioii, in
ila worst form—between a Xegra
maa and a whita waman.
It waa bar tip that led pollea
la arreat Edward I. RlarkweH.
I*, a munlelan. and Frances
blah. sa. rot Ice charged them
•IMi living toccHier In an ua-
marrted state and af violating
atala.iawa asalnat atlacageMtloa.
. Mra. Calloae. SS. has given no
eaplanalkm af how she knew af
tk« Illegal rnmnnre- ar why she
aaanmed Ika rapanslklllly at ra-
porllng it la the authorities.
' mr^MM'kMilalbaa that aba
l-bren involved
new vmhws
$—-
Daddy Grace
Leaves fife
Out ot Will
B; the Associated Negro Prcsa
XEW BEDFORD, Mass. — The
wife' of the 'late Charles Manuel
Sweet Daddy'1 Brace, 78-year-old
bishop of tha House t>f Frayer for
All People, was left out of the will
of the famous religimiH leader, while
the hulk ul the estute, estimated in
the millions, went to his church.
The disclosures were inade iu near-
by Taunton. Muss., as Bishop Grace
was being, buried, in colorful rites
here. The remits said -Mrs. Jane
Lombard Grace, Grace's s|«>use, waa
not mentioned in the will.
S|>ceifirnlty mentioned was the
House of I'rayer for All Nations,
founded by Grace- An undisclosed
sum was left by Grace "for the propa-
gation of the faith as 1 have preach-
ed it all mj life," according to the dis-
closures.
Another amount of $70.."i00 was
left in specific bequesls, probably to
close relatives. "
Meanwhile, Grace, one of the most
colorful figures during his lifetime,
was buried in impressive rites here.
The funeral here was the climax of
others held for Grace in such large
cities as Washington. D. t\. anil I.os
Fender Benders
Set a Mew Record
For Vehicles Hit
the crime, told police at the time of I in whiph ,llp „|liu. ,, r,
her arrest that the shooting bad been I rj,un.
a case of mistnken identity. She said A |H,|i(.p sn.,jMllt B.|,„ fU,
thst Ross closely resembled s dark i,|,IltiIV withheld said:
skinned vouth-a former boy fr.eml- ■«>•„ ,fr,id we mitht have
who had beaten her and that she fired| , |vn,h|n« but we don't know
before renlning she hail made s, ,, rollW ^ , farce."
ini.tuke, I police ordered the cars and men!
She told the jury during the trial ,,i,.kr<| The: said, however, there
££ Of Neighbor
Officer Reports Gun
Wietder Hurls Weapon
At Police Car
■i.
Han AntoflAo fender benders left M ion.
another trail-of destruction a* they)
cm shed and £frnged for a total <*f at
least $10,749, in damages, with !MJ
vehicles Mqjt iav<dved in 40 acci-
dents duringftfee "wreck |teriod."
The M VfMrlen iuvolved marked
new reeoedi fir tke number of vehi-
cles in accllMts in s nre« k period.
iHimages waw a«4 immediately ascer-
tained for tlfc The previous larg«st
number of whines involre<l in acci-
dents in ft ssveck perifsl was 04. The
property dMMKft inflictetl. however,
did not ap(«|ftcb the nearly $1?V.0<l0
damages raoacded rhe last week of
November,' Jiftt.
Police lid# eaeb of 12 persons as
not haviajt • driver's license.
Four dri«m were drunk or under
the inflv^Mtk ^alcohol or drugs.
that she had been drinking the night
of the crime and thst the liquor may
have impaired her sense of recogni-
Rural Virginia
" ; County Quietly
Integrates Schools
Only
•us were injured.
By the Associated Negro Press
FIX)YD, Va. — Mparselv-populated
Holman
count:
A blue snd white Cadillac with ico
u, . , , a ii .i an snd while licenae plates, believed to
Floyd county, lying astride the Alle- , . .... •
-...-'Iu. «... .i. — _ i be those of Ohio, pulled into the su.-
aciidents
Wi
WoekV .
Isouise • Tbfti
gbany mountains, was the scene of aj
quiet aad ineidentless integration of
its blgb schools last week. Only a
handful of newsmen, school officials
and two state policemeu in plsin-
clothes were on baad when the sixth
area within the state lowered its
tjj^cp^iaaee n tk federal
iflse class-
Mrv Ktbel H. Sii.tt, 4"J l.'l I orie,
eoinftlained to police. Satur-lnv, that
were no lead, iu the case. i ft neighbor, a .'UKvear-old w-.tn tn. fir-
Floyd Mann, director of the stat, 1h'r W
department of safetv. iu -Mont- rpr.«ched, she .. re,..«■; I h..«e
gomery. said be has received no off,- """"J." ''T1 'i'1'
cial report of the incident. He said A^niing t« Mr.. Scott. Mr-. Sar-
he had iieen contacted by the Feileriil ' • I'"n,*. CI. 1,1 'lie
lluresu of Investigation hut said I,. r""t. porch "f the Scott re.oleu.-e.
had to await official notification beS "ml warms s d, -
fore plot tins a course «.f action. toMwiice. .....
Ju.t Inside City limits Tl" l'"1"-';
The incident, police said, occurred f f"[,h Mr"
at a service station .hi the Bessemer ,u' "h,x " w"m, 1n l
super highway just inside the r-fv;'1* '''"r Mra. I.ake left entered a
limits Of Rlrminrham. ' J'""* ",r"" ,l"' ,n >
few minutes, emerge«| with a Hiiinll
calibre rifle, nnd «tan>lius fn the
atreet, started shooting at Mr*. Scott'a
honae.
officer N. Cox *a>i| that sho« tiuc
lion sIk.ui SI yards fr.rni where 11..1-! * '"j"* "" •' •>' approa-hed. and
man was pumping ga-. The car *h'n M,P T-ake aiw h.m. .lie
occupied by a Ne,ro man and a white ,1"'w «' P'1""
Woniin | Mr .. I .eke was arrested hr (iif-cra
Almoat immediately sfter the Negro
gave the f«dlowing «c-
wsa speeding ami on the wrong aide J* "P
of the street, and both she and Mrs. *M ^nlm wijg Jo Floyd high:
Mary J. Tnmwr, 43, 1215 Wyoming. ""d 'ouf t9 Cheek high, 14 miles to
failed to uae proper lookout, police
refiorts indicate, when they were in
collision. Report filh losing control
of her vebicla, Mrs. Ibarra travele<l
.*15 feet after Ibe impact and struck
and knocked dewn s loose fence post
owned by C-hvis Miller. WW) I'ieaaan-
ton road. Mrm Ybsrrs sustained $500
Mamsges; Mm Turner. $100.
Police reports indicate Raymond
D. Murphree 17. 045 iHirby boule-
vard, exceeded « safe speed, followed
too cloaeljr, ftftd failed to use proper
lookout. We4ft*>sday, when he col-
lided with thai rear of a pickup trm k
operated by CHtit Shaw. 00, Mus-
kogee, in the 2000 block of t'nstro-
ville road. Dam.-tge to Shaw'a truck
was $05: to Murphrev'i vehicle. $125.
According to police reports. Melvin
Kichirdson, 58. ls'25 Ka*t Houston,
followeil too closely, and both he
and Mra. Dorothy LuKountnin. Hit,
^20 Lamar, failetl to use proper look-
out, in a ceilisi'-u, Wednesday, at
Auatin Milam. Mrs. La Foun-
tain had'Hp, operator's llcenw. Dam-
ages of $225 ami S125 were Kustained,
respectively, bf liiohardaon and Mrs.
La Fount sin.
A 1046 vehicle operated by Alfred
Williams, 117, 020'^ Kast Commerce,
was totally demolished, We<lnesday,
when, at Centpe and North Cherry, it
cndlideil with k 11 37 sedan driven by
Mrs. ChristitM ,1. Dibrell. .'W. 102:i
Hays. Mrs. r |^hr-ll had $300 dam-
Htoppe«l. two earn, oue of tbeui a
105® Plymouth, the other unidenti-
fied. pulled in behind the Negro.
Then several
_ .. —
pipe, or sticka. tie attendant a*id.
Thrown hi Bach Kant
Holman said then tbey dragged the '
screaming man to one of the car*
(8ee RlFl.lv
♦
Page S. i
(See LYNCHING, Pag# 9.)
the west.
All of tha iiewcomera. srere regis-
tered for the second term 10 days in
advlnce of the term. Their white jN w
classmates had been briefed in recent 1 O •
weeks about the behavior toward j |4 iirip|*Q I \A|*\iPAC
their new fallow student*, and bail;* UlICI <11 i/CI fllCo
known for a week in advance even w. 1 1 r If r 1
wher. ,hey would .1. in ,he "<> Held for iirs. Ldna
Floyd high boasts an enrollment of I
.155 white students.
4—
in behind the Negro. _ _y %
icrsl white men jumped |ft<h W VIiiiIam
r3rihA!J w*3nu,cr
* — 'Rites Conducted
Monday Mornin®
Angeles. Ilis body had been borne,ages. Willia'uia, police re|sirt, disir-
cross country from I-os Angeles where
It* died of a heart attack.
Ilelivera Own Knlogv
">ViIbldd.v." a« his followers
culled him, was as mi'uiuc in death
nR !•<• .ens in iife. This was noted nt Intoxicated and no operator's license.
" 'er'nl" net*.'wl'iere ii'i-linii i. v.tiii
garded the aud was driving
under the infliaam'.' of litpior, nnd lsith
use.1 improper ltsikout. In addition
to the negligent .silli.iou charge. Wil-
liams was alao booked tor driving while
the fnnera
preached bis own eulogy via tape re-
cording. The special recording wn*
made shortly before bis death. Ac-
cording lo rituals, no one but Daddy
Grace should speak nt bis funeral.
$20,000 Coffin
(.race's body was viewed liy mil-
lions. many of whom were curious to
see the man who cut such a dash
during bis lifetime, in the several
cities where it lay In stnte. The bish-
on's hisly was contacted In a SLMI.IKKI,
glass-topped, snllil bronze casket dresa-
(See GKACE. Tag, S.)
$150 Damages Done
As Heater Sets
Church Wall on Fire
Blue Runuet Church of God in
Christ sustained some $150 damages
from a fire, Sunday..jo<>rning, Jan.
31.
Firemen said thnt a heater, too
cloee to a wnll of the tdifice, at 107
8outh Pine street, set the wall
a blast1. The fir* waa discovered at
8:32 by a custodian. The heater bad
is lighted earlier, to warm the
church for the day's services.
Damage was confined tp the wall of
the buildiotr
ometer test, or t< he checked at
Robert B. tSf^n hospital, where lie
was curried by polii-e, for injuries.
Improper parking and improper
lookout were - indicated by police
against Miss Janet K. Flato, 211. 1«H>
tN'est Norwood nmrt. causing her to
collide with ft ..machine driven by Mrs.
Robbie B. Wade. 30. .WOl North
Main, Wedneadny, at West Norwowl
and McCv^?wgb> Damage to Miss
Flato's 1050 Porsche coupe was
Mrs. Wade had no damages.
When the Wakes on his machine
failed, Wedoaadi.y. at East Com-
merce and 'fjhKnlle, Raymond Cis-
neros, "^.1, 11® Allende, was struck
by n 1C60 setlau driven by Ilenry
Sistrunk, J2t; Fargo, and a ve-
hicle operated h.v Francisco J. Gon-
tales. 50, Marion, Texas, their sus-
taining reapartive damagctv of $150.
$10tt, and Cisneros, who had
no operatorfamcense, disreganietl the
atop sign, pamte report* indicate.
A nSHT^miwagon driven by Mrs.
Dorothy H, -Xeitrey. 37. 242 Ma-
PV-ite Heads
Section of Texas
Collegiate Ass'n
tSjwMial to Kan Antonio Register) I
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas — Lloyd"
D. Mayfield. president of the Prai-
rie View Htudent council, was elected
chairman of five schools of the Tcxah
Intercollegiate State association, re-
cently, at Southern Methodist univer-
sity in Dallas.
The schools which Mayfield will
serve as chairman are: Rice institute,
Houston : Lamar College of Technol-
ogy, Beaumont: Prairie View A and
M college, Prairie View; Texas
Southern university. Houston: and
the follow\T\g participating lion-mem-
bers schools: Alvin junior college,
(See SECTION. Page S.)
Parlor Wright
Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon, January fr«*n
New Light Baptist church, the Rev.
P. S. Wilkinson, pastor, presiding,
for Mrs. Edna Parlor Wright, 727
East Huisache avenue. Burial was in
East view cemetery.
A native of Edna. Texas, she wa*
the daughter of Mr. and Mr«.
George Barnes. She attended the
public schools of that city, and at
an early age became a member of
Scruggs Chapel Methodist church, un-
der the pastorate of the late Rev. J.
II. Napier. She was first married to
Cornelius Parlor, and they were the
parents of two children, one of whom
preceded her irt death.
She moved to San Antonio iu 1032
and became very active in the nffuwr
of New Light Baptist church. She wjis
a member of Choir No. 1. and Ruth
Missionary circle. In 1040 she wus
married to Alton Wright, who pre-
ceded her iu death two years ago.
Survivors include a daughter. Miss
Edith Parlor: a Aister, Mrs. Jes*ie
(«ee *•)
Funeral services were conduct e*
Monday morning. February J. at 11
o-'elwk from Greater Corinth Baptist
church for Joe William Shuler, long-
time resident of this city. wh< lived
at 701 Hedge* street. TU* Rev. B.
Tyree Alexander. pa«r. r. officiated.
The decedent was tae *. of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shuler.of
(ionzale* county. Gonzalez. Texas, and
was the oldest of a family « f 1u chil-
dren born to them. H- f-mM the
elementary schools in rhe c-vu:nunjty
of Slay ton, Texas.
Aa a young uiau h>* m« vei t > Hous-
ton, where lie became a memlter of
Mt. Corinth Baptist cburei aud waa
later ordained a d ac,Mt. II- ser>e«l
iu thla capacity until iaie to San
Antonio in 1!)ls. I'pon m vinj ht.'re,
he Itfcame a member of t!reat.«r Cor-
inth Baptist church, a.ii continued
to serve as a deacon in rhi« church
until bis health failed.
Survivors include three sitf-rs. Mea-
dnmes Mabel L. Browning. ll< ustou;
Elizabeth and Johnnie Mae Shuler;
five sons. Rev. Jiv Campbell Shuler,
Waco: Sam Shuler. T.ulinz: J< e Wil-
liam Shuler. Jr.. T enver. Colorado;
Private Willie Cli.irle* Shuler. l ««rt
Gordan, Georgia : arid Allen Jamee
Siinler: nephews. CUftoa Steward,
Rev. S. E. Steward. Pre*i on Shuler|
brothers. Allen Shuler. Lewis Shu-
ler. and James Shuler: gratnlcbil*
uren nnd numerous o'her relatives.
Interment was fa RmtviVv ceme-
tery with the Collfn-t Fnnera I homo
in chnrp^.
Att'v General Offers Bill
To Safeguard Voting Rights
By ALICE A. DUNNIOAN
For t.ha Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON, D. 0.—Attorney General William Soger* ha*
proposed a new civil rights bill which will accelerate tha
elimination of discriminatory practices in voting.
This bill, which has the blessing of the President, will tub.
stitute for the federal registrar proposals now Being considered
by the senate rules committee.
The new administration bill would authorize federal court*
BERTRAM) W. HAYWOOD
TO WHITE HOt SK C ONFER-
belle driut' Awulned *1« damage., jENt'E—Bertrand W. Haj-wood of
aud a nktei operated by Al.imo San Antonio, a aenior at Huston-
Hutehiuasn. % i L"J!l IMell. $•"<>. in a Tillotaon college, Auatin. ia slated to
Is V I-.- .* fSaaa Paxlnl
eolliaion. R'«£e-Ml:i>. at San Pedro
(M.U. m, |Kiliee « |iort. when
ITatehltom aikil, an inproiier rifht
turn ami in use |iro|ier looli-
IhliKElV 'a«e *.>
attend the 1060 White House confer-
ence nn children and youth, which
will be in session la Washington, D.
C., March 27 to April 2. He, is the
(Bee HAYWOOD- rage fct
in voting rights cases to appoint a
"voting referee'* to certify whether
applicnnta are qualified to register
and vote.
This proposal waa officially an-
nounced by the attorney general at
a press conference held Tuesday at
the justice department.
Procedures would be established un-
der the new proposal whereby referees
could attend elections and make a
report to the courts if a person entitled
to vote under the decree was denied
against those named in the decree.
Ootlining the differences hetweeS
the administration bill and the regi#.
trars bills introduced by several uiem*
btrs of the senate, Rogers said that
under the pending bills, complainta
of voting violation* must be reported
to the civil rights commission. At
least nine complaints must be uiada
against n single registrar before an
investigation is started.
If the commission investigates tha
conditions In a certain area nnd finda
a
f
this right or if his vote wns not;that the registration applicant has
counted. If those rights are denied]
eontempt proceediags could he followed' |gar MLt fate it) ,
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