San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1954 Page: 3 of 8
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<•>.»> ANTONIO KEUlbTER
Woman Dies of
Heart Attack at
Sunday Worship
Filial rites will lie conducted to-
dlny (Tlimsilny), at J- :!I0 o'clock,
fi'oip West Knil Itnptlst cburcli,
Itcv. J. A. Komjilo, nfflolntliiR, for
Mi«. Fumile Mac Hays, i!03U West
Btreet.
lira. Hays suffered a heart nt-
J»ck, Sunday morning, while at-
tendlns morning worship at West
Knd Baptist, and died a few min-
utes after she was slrlcken. Ac-
cording to her family slio had not
been in ill health prior to the fa-
tal attack, anil hail not required
thu services of a physician for at
least four years.
Born 111 Xoakmn, Texas, the de-
cedent had made her home in San
Antonio for -t years, and was well
nnd favorably known here. She was
an active member of the West Knd
church nnd was one of tlint body's
nurses and a missionary worker.
She is survived by her widow-
er, John V. llays; two brothers,
John and Sylvester Hargrove; five
sisters, Mrs. I.uln -Mae Wilson, Mrs.
Julia Erskine, Mrs. I^-oina Powell,
Mrs. Ollio Itoldin nnd Mrs. Hen-
rietta Williams, and many other
relatives.
Burial will be made in City ceme-
tery No. 3, the Mills Funeral home
In charge. _
'Skegee Reports
NoLynchings
Again This Year
TUSKEGEE, Ala. — According
to criteria used In the department
of records anil research, Tnskegeo
Institute, for the second consecu-
tive year, has no lynching* to re-
port. The five years. 1D4U-53, show
a total of six lyneliings.
Lynching* Prevented
However, In at least three In-
stances, lyneliings were prevented.
Reports on these follow:
On January 17, uear Mobile, Ala.,
Henry Lee Brown, 17, cscaiied from
ihcrlff's deputies while being taken
to Kllby prison at, Montgomery.
Convinced that he was about to be
lynched when his handcuffs were
removed nnd the deputies stopped
their cars, the prisoner Jumped
from the car in which he rode and
(an into the swamps, while shots
rere fired at him. He later gave
llmself up, was tried nnd acquitted
If the charge of slaying a white
Voman.
In March, near WIllcox, Ariz.,
Arthur Thomas, 2!>, migrant cotton
worker, accused of murdering a
white storekeeper, was saved from
lynching liy an officer of the law..
On May 24, at New York City,
Edward Cartagena, 42-year-old
Puerto Rlcan, was rescued from a
mob by two umpires of a bsr»ball
game and the mounted police. Be-
fore several hundred persons watch-
ing the game In Central park, Car-
tagena stnlibed his estranged com-
mon-law wife to death. Players and
spectators tried to kill him.
KenyaCopFined$140
For Beating Native
By this Associated Nesro Propp
KiKHBUi Kenya — A white po-
lice officer was fined $140 here lu*t
week for beating five Afrlcnns with
u rhino-hide whip.
He Is Frantz Panll Hvass, 45-
yenr-old Danish horn reserve offi-
cer, who had pleaded guilty to the
beating charges.
Two other white officers pleaded
not guilty to the same charges and
will stand trial next month.
Also convicted in court here wero
seven African police constables who
were teenwd of whipping Afrl-
cnns. They wero placed on proba-
tion for two years.
♦
Mumps Fatal
To S. A. Man
A 31-year-old San Antonio mnn,
who had been undergoing treat-
ment for mumps, was pronounced
dead on arrival at Brooke Army
hospital, early Monday evening,
four days after he was stricken. His
death was attributed to natural
causes.
The dead mnn Is Marshall flood
low, 123 Mobile walk. According
to the man's wife, Mrs. Marie Lou
ise Goodlow, her husband had be-
come ill ou Christmas eve, coming
home from his place of employment
with a high elevation In temiieva-
tnre. He was taken to a physician
and his Illness diagnosed as mumps,
for which he received medication.
Goodlow reportedly took worse
late Saturday afternoon when, ac-
cording to his wife, he was "unable
to breathe and his body beenme
stiff." He was rushed to Brooke
Army hospital, but was pronounced
dead on arrival. The body was re-
leased to the city and transferred
to Robert B. Green hospital by
Carter ambulance. However, exam-
ination by a staff physician, reveal-
ed that the mnn bad died from
natural causes nnd no coroner In-
vestigation was necessitated.
Funeral services wero pending
early this week.
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January 5 S e t
As GeorgeCarver
Day in Illinois
By the Arsoclatcd Negro Press
SPIUNGFIKLL), 111. — Gov. Wil-
liam Strntton of Illinois last week
proclaimed Jan. 5 as George Wash-
ington. Carver day In honor of the
late renowned world scientist.
The governor's action came as I lie
nation prepares to commemorate Ibo
Ilth anniversary of the death of
the scientist who was born in slav-
ery but gained national anil inter-
national ncclnlm through Ills suc-
cessful experiments with the pennut.
During the latter years of his
life, Dr. Carver was successful in
producing 300 different by-products
from the vegetable. His work in
that connection gained him renown
the world over.
The governor's proclamation read
In part:
"Whereas, the career of Dr.
George Washington Carver, who
was liorn In slavery but achieved
eminence nnd Instlng renown by
his work In Industrial chemistry, is
n continuing Inspiration to men of
all races, and
"Whereas, the Springfield Carver
Admirers, affiliated with the Amer-
ican Anti-Prejudice society, n na-
tional organization, is preparing to
observe .Tan. 6, 18P4, ns .the lltli
nnnlversary of the widely mourned
parsing of this distinguished scien-
tist . . .
"Now, therefore, I, William G.
Stratton, governor of the State of
Illinois, do hereby proclaim Tues-
day, Jan. S, 1054, ns George Wash-
ington Carver day throughout Illi-
nois, and request the appropriate
observance of the occasion."
Woman Booked
In Policy Raid
A "bootleg" policy game, which
bail reputedly been running about
$100 a day, for the past two months,
was broken up, Tuesday, when po-
lleo vice squad officers raided a
700 block South line street resi-
dence.
After wntelilng the house In ques-
tion for several hours, DetectlveB
B. G. Btickelcw and M. T. Hubble
launched their investigation after
seeing three men enter the plnce.
They found, In addition to the
three men — described as "players"
—■ a number of policy slips, n book
titled, "Aunt Sully's Policy Dream
Book," anil winning figures, the
largest $22 during the brief period
in which the policy game was be-
lieved to have been operating, tbo
detectives said.
A 80-year-old woman was book-
ed for operating the gnine which
is said by officers to have the
backing of what they described ns
"two well known gamblers."
Head —
Honor —
To Drop Report
Bv the Associated Negro Presf
TUSKEGEE, Ala. — Tnskegee
Institute declared last week that
It Is dropping Its famed antl-lynch-
lng reports, for 41 years the na-
tion's top barometer on race rela-
tions.
Dr. Luther H. Foster, Tuskegee
president, announced that the school
will replace this report with a new
annual survey covering employment,
politics, education, health and oth-
ers.
Declaring that the last report on
lynching no longer gave a true pic-
ture of the racial problem, Dr. Fos-
ter announced the new type of re-
port in Issuing what probably will
be the last Tuskegee nnnunl lynch-
ing letter.
S. A. Man —
(Continued from Page 1.)
residence, early Friday morning,
bleeding profusely from • wound
In the left elbow.
Named as wielder of the gun — a
410 guage shotgun — was the man's
lon-in-law, J. C. Thomas, 23, 027
ioutli Mcsqulte street.
According to Richardson, he and
Thomas were riding together when
the latter fired at lilin. No reason
Was given for the attack. However,
upon his arrest, a short time later,
Thomas, while admitting the shoot-
ing, declared that he had fired on
Hie older man In self defense.
Both parties were reportedly un-
der the influence of liquor.
.
Murders —
(Continued from Page 1.)
Indicted for murder.
Wheeler Johnson, 35. 2559 West
Grnmercy, shot to death, Sept. 25,
by his ex-wlfe, Mrs. Elizabeth I'olu-
dexter, 34, 1535 Burleson street,
when he allegedly forced his way
Into Mrs. Pnlndexter's home, to see
his children. On Nov. 24, Mrs. Poln-
dexter was no-billed by thevgrand
Jury.
Charlie "Chief Garrett, 85, Bll
Rudolph, shot to death, Nov. 17, by
Monroe Thompson, 41, 1137 North
(Continued trom Parfe 1.1
Pedro avenue with his wife, Dr.
Vatln Somerville, also a dentist,
as his associate, he rose rapidly in
the professional, business and civic
worlds of the west coast.
Associated with H. A. Howard,
realtor, also a Jamaican, they built
Los Angeles' first modern hotel for
Negro guests, finishing it in .Tilly
1028, anil naming It the Hotel Som-
erville. It is now ro-nnmeil the Dun-
bar hotel. They also built the La
Vada apartment house nt 241 E.
Vernon, the name being Mrs. Som-
ervillc's first name, which it still
bears.
Sirs. Somerville later left dental
work and operated a successful
weekly newspaper, the L. A. News-
Guardian. When '"Sugar Hill," the
Harvard Hobart-Oxford n v e n u e
district opened to Negroes, they
were one of the first to buy a large
pillnred mansion there.
Somerville resigned from his sent
on the police commission last spring
following the defeat of Mayor
Fletcher Bowron, who hail appoint-
ed him. He is active in NAACP
work and other civic activities, nnd
last spring made a good run for
councilman In his own district.
Centre street, nt the Centre street
address, in what appeared to be a
love triangle.
Suicides
Sam Mack, 40, 225 Lnwton, used
his toe to send a shotgun blast into
his head the morning of March 30.
Earl S. (Tit) Prultt, 55, after
shooting nnd killing Ills common-
law wife, Mrs. Anna Mae Truitt, 35,
from whom he was estranged, kill-
ed himself, April 20, In front of a
rooming house In the 300 block of
North Cherry street.
John Lee Ilarvey, 55, 702 Micklc-
Jolin, plunged 40 feet — from the
third floor of Robert B. Green hos-
pital — to his death, May 17. Har-
vey had been In the hospital eight
days — since May 0 — undergoing
treatment for second degree burns
received when fire swept his home.
Lengthy Illness
Fatal to Long
Time Resident
A long-time illness proved fatal,
Saturday. December 20, to L. K.
Smith, 412 North Pine street, n
resident of San Antonio for 40
years.
Smith had been in ill health al-
most two years.
A native of MillvlUc, Mississip-
pi, the decedent hnil moved to San
Antonio 40 yenrs ago, anil, for a
number of years, practiced tailor-
ing here. He was nctlve In church
and fraternal circles, was a mem-
ber of Bethel AME church and
sang in that body's choir. He was
also a member of the Knights of
Pythias and was for many yenrs
an officer in the local lodge.
Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday morning nt 10 o'clock
from Bethel, the Reverend Francis
Baker officiating. Burial will be
mode In City cemetery No. 3, Col-
lins Funeral home in charge.
Surviving Smith are his widow,
Mrs. Maggie Smith; one sister, Mrs.
Hattle Merchantson; three nieces,
three nephews and other relatives.
-At»4 mtiking I'out*
-Sirt ihopping f*W
(Continued from Page 1.)
lias taken the leadership in work-
ing for nn America of freedom,
Justice, equality nnd security for nil."
Now 42 years old, Dudley was
born In South Boston, Vn. He was
graduated from Johnson C. Smith
university nt Chnrlotte, N. C., and
from the law school of St. John's
university In Brooklyn. He first
joined the NAACP staff after hav-
ing served n year as an assistant
attorney general of New York
state. In 1045 he was granted a
leave of absence from the NAACP
to accept the position of counsel
to the governor of the Virgin Is-
lands. He returned to the associa-
tion in 10-17.
The new NAACP specinl assistant
lives iu Manhattan with his wife,
the former Miss Rae Oliey, nnd
their 10 year old son, Edward, Jr.
News —
(Continued from Page 1.)
trine of rnclnl superiority.
Denver, Colo.: Colorado-Wyonilnf?
Association of Collegiate Registrars
nnd Admission officers rotes to de-
lete references to race, religion or
cluiroh pivfVrcncte from application
blanks
Nashville, Tenn.: Vnnderbilt uni-
versity Admits first Negro student
to school of religion.
Atlanta, 1«h. : Voters elect first
Negro member of board of educa-
tion.
Gadsden Ala.: Oneral Assembly
of Cumberland Presbyterian church
rote*. to admit Negr • students to
theoloj^cai sumimiry.
Hewannc, Tenn.: P.onrri of trus-
tees of1 University of the South
votes to admit Negro students to
school of theology.
Peoria, 111.: American Federation
of Teachers votes to void charter
of any local teachers union prac-
ticing segregation.
Blacksbum, Vu.: Virginia Poly-
technic Institute admits first Ne-
gro undergraduate.
j Employment
Los Hoard of education
appoint® first Negro school princi-
pal.
Chicago: Governor appoints first
Negro cabinet member ns state di-
rector of public safety.
Philadelphia: Mayor appoints
first Negro battalion chief in city
fire department.
Milwaukee: Hoard of education
appoints first Negro vice principal
in city's elementary schools.
Kankaki". Ill,: Hoard of educa-
tion hires first NVgro teacher.
Washington: President issues ex-
ecutive order establishing Govern-
ment Contract committee to super-
vise compliance with federal fair
employment policy in government
contracts. District board of commis-
sioners order Inclusion of anti-bias
clause in all future contracts let
by the nation's capital.
New York: Police commissioner
appoints first Negro deputy inspec-
tor. State Commission Agaiust Dis-
crimination successfully negotiates
to modify employment policy of
Pennsylvania railroad. Company
hires first Negro brakeman.
Topeka, Kan.: Legislature adopts
FEP bill pattern after Wisconsin's
educational plan.
Des Moines, la.: Legislature sets
up commissi.,!! to investigate prob-
lem of racial and religious preju-
dice In state.
Los Angeles: Negro and white lo-
cals of nn^'cians uiutth merge.
Indianapolis: Railway hires first
Negro trolley drivers.
1 Housing
Allegheny county, Pa., Pitts-
burgh. Pa.i Toledo, Ohio: Housing
authorities rule that public ami
redevelopment housing units shall
be allocated without discrimination
or segregation.
Chicago: Housing authority rules
Negro tenants will be admitted to
previously • i i white public housing
projects. State circuit court re-
fuses to iiermit condemnation of
property owned by Negro doctor,
thwarting attempt to drive col-
ored family out of neighborhood by
turning the area into a public
park.
Washington: National Capital
housing authority ends segregation
In 2,000 public housing units, mak-
ing 87 per cent of all district pub-
lic housing Interracial. U. S. Su-
preme court (Rarrows vs. Jackson)
rules that under the 1-itli amend-
ment a state court may not award
damages for breach of racial re-
strictive covenant.
St. Paul, Minn.: Legislature pro-
hibits race restrictions in real es-
tate contracts.
New Haven, Conn.: Legislature
brondens non-discrimination provi-
sions of civil rights law to include
"all forms of publicly-assisted"
housing.
Denver, Colo.: City council bars
approval and recording of sub-divi-
sions containing racial restrictive
covenants.
Evansvllle, Ind.: Federal district
court enjoius local housing author-
ity from segregating Negro tenants
in public housing projects.
Toledo, Ohio: Federal district
court holds that municipal housing
authority may not deny occupancy
to eligible tenants because of race
or color.
San Francisco: State court of
appeals upholds earlier superior
court ruling that racial segregation
in public housing projects violates
U. S. Constitution; that San Fran-
cisco housing authority must aban-
don "neighborhood pattern" of resi-
dent selection nnd must admit ap-
plicants without racial discrimina-
tion or segregation. State supreme
court rejects apnea).
Fraternal, Business, Religious,
Professional Societies
Charleston county, 8. C., Pulaski
county, Ark., and Jefferson county,
Ky.: Medical societies admit Negro
doctors to memtjorshlp.
Charleston, S. C.: South Carolina
diocese of Protestant Episcopal
church drops racial bars and Invites
another year.
New llavcu, (
amends public a \
ute, substituting
nltion of plan--, d
lie accommodation'
rogation ami .vau-
lted acts.
Kingston, N. Y.
substantial dum.;
civil rights lav
who were refus al ;
dations after thtlt t
confirmed.
J.os Angeles: M i
lu^es to dismi-" » i
ami penalties a.' > i
road oract icing ri
iu violation of v ••
Washington; i . H,
upholds 3 st.'; si.ii
public eating pi • "*
Hcrvlce because ot
thereby voiditn; lorn;
gation tradition
in
gati<»n tradition. •: • r»*«i; o*
rants. All but a f"* :v capitni'I
independently-own" I niv . m pn t»» ♦Jf
Negro congregations to for
membership iu diocesan c nvention.
New York: Columbia university
announces it will withdraw recog-
nition from any campus . r^anl/a-
tlons except religious that
continue, after October, ]!*"»*>, to
deny membership on grounds of
race, color or religion. National
Health council elects Negro i>ret»-
dent.
Halcigh, N. C.: Bishop of «iio< «ko
of JtaleigU deeiee* that n uregntion
In Catholic churches of the diocese
"will not be tolerated."
Portland, Ore.: Pis. Ij.'m * of
Christ admit Negro hitriple?
churches to full membership.
Albany, N. Y.: Slate university
orders fraternities and sororities to
cut ties with their national organ-
izations in a drive to eliminate ra-
cial and religious discrimination in
extra-curricular organization*.
Public Accommodation
Boston: State Commission
Agaiust Discrimination a w n r <1 s
damages to Negro plaintiff dewed
accommodations at motor court be-
cause of ra -e. Legislature ' Jtends
anti-discrimination laws to prohibit
exclusion of any person from "any
place whether licensed c»r unli-
censed, which Is open to. srnJ a<*.
cepls, or solicits, the patronage of
the general public," for reasons of
ra<e, religion or class.
Baltimore: City cottn< 11 rrfuKes
to appoint realtor to Redevelop-
ment commission because lie bars
Jews from his housing n< «>»n jroda-
tions, public swimming poote and
golf club.
St. Paul, Minn.: Governor orders
removal of discriminatory resort
literature from offices of utate
tourist bureau.
New York: Slate Commission
Against Discrimination orders sum-
mer resort to discontinue "club"
membership procedures used at* «nb-
terfuge for religious discrimination
and to eliminate brochure refer-
ences to "selected clientele."
Olyinpla, W a s li.: Legislature
amends public accommodation ftat-
ute. substituting an Inclusive defi-
nition of places deemed to be "pub-
lic accommodation" and adding seg-
regation and separation to prohib-
ited acts.
Portland, Ore.: Legislature pro-
hibits discrimination In placc* of
public accommodation and presides
enforcement machinery. Fo€s of
measure fail to eollcct, enough ref-i
erendum petitions to block law for I victory during the year.
. I
'an.: I^UltttiN*
ruuiurtatI'tnS i-tat*
a inclusive octy*
to be | u0k
;Uid aildlug •'#»
*«t. >'l ll> pi • I '!>•
.: Jury aw.'mlS
• - under - ate
> patron*
. >ri a< ommo*
. it lorn % i >6
inal
court »«<•
duumg* ♦
tale iail-
i M'grei <«
i! rights Jrnsty
>i;m cine owj|l-
•' proliioii ii'fQ
from retusi'iS
•»'■»• or '"Jer*
tending
l restaur
'nt
pendently-owne i motion pi
theatres drop olo; lift*-.
Philadelphia • I • • d <'ti
court awards i.»i (Inmates i<)
four Negroes nrres'ed when they r«x
fused to be segregate! in an Oxf« "ft
Pa., theatre.
Kansas City, M • : ! S. Supn
court denies review »f lower
ruling opening mmiiclpally-owindl
swimming pool to Negro citizen*.
St. Louis: City'4 only legitime'*,
playhouse ends «egr-gu?i »u.
MiseellanettiH
Madison, W'm : .State supreirj
court rules state-ad minis! ered lifii
insurance fund may not r»\ieet hi p)fr-
• atlons from Negi • • • »n grotto#
that as a racial group they sre m
sub-standard rl-k
Helena, Mont.: Legislature rt*
peals bau on interracinl marrlsg<n«
Olyinpla, Wash., and l>«*s Moines*
la., legislature* adopt lolls prt>ill*
iting cemeteries from refusing '• >u«*
Inl on grounds of rice or color.
Tuskegee, Ala • Tuskegee li.sil-
tute reports 105- Is first ?«-ar
of lynching in U. H. since rec-rto
pre begun in 13S2.
The one ca*e in wiik-li Negio*«
expected to g*»t a favorable decMosi
in li>53 was postpone.! by the V. ft.
Supreme court for further argu-
relation in the unions puM
3
nicnls. It h tli» ca*? involrtnj
schools. A ruling here h <■*[*"
sometime in 1WI. If '!i* hl?li vl
liunal outlaws segregation. It prol».
ably will be th« gr-j'wt slnri'M
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