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HAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. FRIDAY. NO\ IMHhlt 5, 11154
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PARKING MISHAP LEADS TOMAN'S MURDER
65-Year-Old San Antonian Killed by Auto
John Williams Succumbs Five
Hours After Being Struck
. While Crossing Street
A 66-YEAR-OLD San Antonian was run down and mortally
injured, Friday evening, at Dakota and Gevers streets, his
dying some five hours after being admitted to Robert B. Green
hospital.
The traffic victim was John Williams, 411 South Gevers
■treet, an employee, for the past seven years, of the Elks club.
Driver of the accident car was listed as Floyd J. Porterfield,
41, 134 Grecian drive.
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Alabama Pastor
Claims Plan
To Bomb Schools
Plot Set, He Says, to Bomb
Jim Crow Schools
"Out of Existence"
Bv the Associated Negro Press
ALEXANDER CITr, Ala.-A lo-
cal Negro minister was supposedly
approached last week by two men
with a plan to blow up a new $200,-
000 Negro high school here.
According to Hev. M. Munn,
the minister, the scheme was part
of a plot to "bomb segregation out
of existence." He said the master
plan calls for Bimllar bombings
In four other states. The Alexander
explosloa wis supposed to touch off
the chain reaction.
--Bey. Munn is pastor of Great
Bethel Baptist c'uircb.
He said tlie men, one Negro and
the other white, told htni they were
out to make "converts" of Negro
leaders In the South and that "the
plan" calls for eliminating classroom
Jim Crow by "getting rid of Negro
■chool buildings in this section."
He did not say whether he was a
candidate for conversion.
He said lie was first approached
with the scheme on Oct. 18 while
lenvlng the local post office. At
that time, the men, whom lie de-
scribed as about 50 years old, well-
groomed and seemingly educated,
n*l>id lor "a conference" and he it.-
yilcd thcin to bis home. There, they
Intd bare their plans, he said.
He was to get two men to help
him blow up the school and organ-
he a group to distribute antl-segre-
gallon literature, the pastor said.
Rev. Munn said the men also told
Williams was attempt lug to cross
from the west to east side of (lev-
ers, shortly after <1 o'clock, when
be was struck by the left front end
of the I'orterfleld car, and burled
some 40 feet from the point of Im-
pact. The vehicle skidded 39 feet
before hitting Williams.
Both of Williams' legs were brok-
en, as was Ills |ielvls, and he suf-
fered Internal Injuries.
Williams was the sixth Negro
traffic fatality of the year for the
city and county.
(See PASTOR, Page S.)
Education Week
To be Observed
November 7 to 13
The local observance of Ameri-
can Education week, Nov. 7-13, in-
clusive, is being sponsored by the
Alamo Teachers council, W. J.
Sampson, president, General theme
of the week Is "Good Schools are
Your Responsibility."
Each of the city schools is plan-
ning special activities for the ob-
servance, and parents are remind-
ed that American Education week
ban been specially set aside to give
them an opportunity to get acquaint-
ed with teachers, principals and
.-supervisors who play such nn impor-
tant role In their children's lives.
Parents nre being Invited and urged
to visit the schools during the week.
One of the high lights of the
week's program will be a rndlo
broadcast, Wednesday afternoon,
Nov. 10, over radio station KTSA.
Passenger Injured
When Car Crashes
Into Parked Auto
H. C. Wagner,. 52, 119 Rite road,
■ passenger In un automobile driv-
en by Jesse Pullin, 47, 1.37 Ala-
bama, suffered liead injuries and
bis right foot-was almost severed,
when the car crashed into the rear
©£ a machine parked in the 3500
block of Nebraska street, Satur-
day night. Wagner was carried to
Brooke Army hospital for treat-
ment
The parked car was owned by
Donald Tanner, 35, 028 South Olive.
Pullin was arrested and booked
for driving while intoxicated.
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STUCK IN MOUTH
Herman Priestley, 711 El Paso,
was treated at Robert B. Green
Jiospital, Friday night, for nn Ice
" pick wound lu the mouth, said to
fiave been Inflicted by Miss Juanlta
Rodriguez, 23, Bin Saitillo, at the
,C1 ?aso atreet address.
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Citizens Urged
To Closely Watch
Library Situation
Although a proposal to limit the
San Antonio pul/llc library "to the
field of books" and curtail it* audio-
visual educational services, has been
abandoned because of widespread
protest, library patrons were being
urged, this week, to keep m clone
touch with the situation.
Some feel that an effort will be
made again to limit the functions
and services of the San Antonio pub-
lic. library only "to furnishing . . .
the best books, pamphlets, period-
icals, and other printed material.. .
Such was the recommendation of
a nearly six-page report presented
by a committee of Samuel L. Fly.
chairman: L. A. Winshlp, and ]>o
Brewer. Brewer Is president of the
library board of trustees.
Interested citizens have been re-
minded that. Brewer, following ver-
bal gymnastics at the Oct. 28 meet-
ing, had assured San Antonians that
they will have an opportunity to Ire
heard by the board if they desire
to speak In favor of retaining the
audio-visual educational services—
motion picture film, phonograph rec-
ords, and related services.
ratrons are being admonished to
avail themselves of such an oppor-
tunity to be heard If the Issue should
be reopened.
A vlgorouus opponent of the serv-
ice-curtailment recommendation was
S. .T. Davis, only Negro trustee.
He presented a four-page mimeo-
graphed statement of objections to
the Fly-Winshlp-Brewer report and
recommendations, and took sharp is-
sue with the report's findings.
Davis recommended that the trus-
tees hold a series of open hearings
to receive the public's reaction to the
proposed discontinuance of audio-
visual educational aids and serv-
ices.
Davis' motion for public hearings
EDGAR WESTMORELAND
GOES TO INDONESIA — Kdgar
P. Westmoreland, a director in the
department of vocational education
for the District of Columbia, has
been appointed as chief adviser In
Indonesia under an agreement com-
pleted recently between Tuskegee in-
stitute and the ministry of educa-
tion of the Republic of Indonesia.
Under the agreement, n staff of 11
technicians will be sent to Indonesia
to help develop a system of practi-
cal education to aid in the indus-
trial development of Indonesia.
B. 0. Davis, Jr.
Made General
By ALICE A. DUNOTGAN a
For tlie Associated Negro Pi-p«m
W/ASHINGTON—Col, B, 0. Davis, Jr., of the air force, hag been
" promoted to temporary brigadier general, it was announced
at the White House last Wednesday.
Gen. Davis, son of retired Brig. Gep. B. 0. Davis, Sr., is
now serving as director of operations in the Far Eastern Air
force, with headquarters in Japan.
The junior brigadier general was borp in Washington, D. C„
18, 11112. He received his high | ganlzer of the celebrated 3.'i2nd
(See LIBRARY, Page 3.)
S. A. Woman Falls
From Automobile
As It Turns Corner
Mrs. Rosalie Miller, 20, 1014 Wy-
oming, was injured, Monday, when
she.fell from the family automo-
bile at Lamar and Walters streets.
The car, driven by her husband,
Harold Miller, 27 was traveling
east on Lamar. As it turned left
onto North Walters, Mrs. Miller
fell from the vehicle.
She was carried to Baptist Mem-
orial hospital by her husband. The
extent of her injuries was not im-
mediately ascertained.
Suitor, Disapproved
By Girl's Father,
Jailed in Row
A romance, which was ob-
jectionable to the father of the
girl Involved, led to double
trouble for her {(-year-old suit-
or. Tuesday.
Radio Patrolman .1. Pelago.
Investigating a disturbance call
wan given this story.
Frank August, 28, 1103 Ri-
tas, Apartment 4, was desirous
of "going out" with the daugh-
ter of Early Moore, 247 Ken-
rick. Moore does not approve
of tlie romance. Because of this
disapproval, August is alleged
to hare created a disturbance,
ami to have brandished a knife.
( Pelago placed August under
arrest, and was en roule to
police headquarters with the
two men in the police car.
The angry young man, ac-
cording to the officer, suddenly
exploded, cursed Moore, and
declared:
"I'm going to kill you, you
SOB!"
August was hooked for dis-
turbing tlie pence, and abusive
language, and jailed.
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South African
Race Bias Laid
To Dutch Church
By the Associated Negro Press
NEW YORK—An Iranian dele-
gate to the UN recently accused the
Dutch Reformed church of South
Africa of l»eing largely responsible
for racial segregation in that coun-
try and its mandated territory of
South West Africa.
Making the charge was Awni
Khalidy. Iran's permanent repre-
sentative at the 1'N. He blasted
the Dutch Reformed church during
a debate on Southwest Africa before
the general assembly's trusteeship
council.
lie attacked the denomination for
its espousal of apartheid* saying
that when the Ma Ian government
first advocated it. the church en-
dorsed the doctrine. Apartheid is
the policy of complete separation of
the races.
Pointing out that some individual
Dutch Reformed leaders have since
rejected the segregation principle,
Khalidy, nevertheless, accused the
Dutch body of digressing from
Christ's teaching.
"How far removed is the Dutch
Reformed church and its doctrine
(See CHURCH, rage 3.)
Dec. jo, jjmz. ne received nis high : ganlzer of the
school education at Central Illgh fighter Amp which
school, (.'leveland, Ohio, where he credit iu Italy,
was graduated in 1929.
Ife attended Western Reserve uni-
versity, Cleveland, for one year, and
University of Chicago for two
years.
In 1032, he entered West Point,
graduating in 10.30 He was gradu-
ated from the Infantry school, Port
Bennlng, (Ja., in 1938. He then trans-
ferred lroirt the infantry to the air
force where he was graduated from
th# Tuskegee flying school In 1942.
Assigned to Fort Riley, Kan., he
served as military aide to his father.
Later he was put In command of the
, served with
Following the war, he went to the
War collefe. from whieh be was
graduated:but of the air division In
1950.
During World War II. lie flew 00
combat B|issions and riceived the
decoratlort of Legion of Merit. Sil-
ver Star,,I}lsiiBguished Flying Cross
and Air medal with four opk leaf
clusters.
Both Davis' are the only two Ne-
groes eve* to attain the mnk of
brigadier general. The senior Davis
was appointed by President Kisen-
famous With Pursuit siptadron serv- hower recently to serve on the D. C.
^ Africa. or-1 Battle Monument commission.
in Bab
Mounts to J
mh
^'ONTINUED interest of San Antonio Register readers in Car-
**' nation's-first awnual Hometown "Healthy Baby contest" is
indicated by the volume of entries which have been received by
Rtgistei*' to date. Some 75 snapshots have been submitted by
proud parents whff hope to win for their Rabies one of the val-
uable cash prizes being offered by the Carnation company, pro-
ducer of Carnation Evaporated milk. Considerably more entries
Hoodlum Pack
Attacks, Robs,
Chases S. A. Man
Gang Said to be Same
That Recently Beat
Another Man
A 23-year-old Fitzgerald walk
innn was attacked, beaten, and
robbed, Thursday night, Oct. 2N,
at Rio Grande and East Commerce
streets, by a pack of six hoodlums,
said to be the same gang that re-
cently lient a man in the 3000 block
of Nebraska.
Last week's victim. Elroy Lee,
23. 113 Fitzgerald walk, said that
the six men, who had l»eon sitting
on a bench at the corner of Rio
Grande and Commerce, s!opi»ed
him, and asked him for a match,
then for a cigarette.
When be replied that be had
neither, one of the gang asked him
why not. When Lee answered by
asking his questioner why be didn't
have cigarettes and matches, the
hoodlums told him not to get
smart.
Then they asked him if he had
any money. When he replied no. one
struck him, another took bis wal-
let. containing $4, bit him again, and
told him to run. .
Lee said that they chased him for
five block*.
I^ee declared that the hoodlums
ranged in age from about 17 to 25.
Twenty-Six-Year-Old Man
Stabbed to Death
In Street Row
STABBED eight times in the face, chest, neck and head, RoJ
Sanders. 26, 521 South Polaris street, was dead on arrival al
Robert B. Green hospital, Sunday morning, Oct. 31, following «
fight at San Jacinto and West Poplar streets.
Charles Goodwin, 25, 1208 North Zarzamora, who. accord,
ing to police, has admitted the fatal knifing, was arrested and
booked for murder, in the case. The slaying was the ninth homi.
clde of the year Involving Ne
S. A. Man Beaten
By Trio Trying
to Take Auto
■groes.
The figlit, apparently, stemmed
from a fender denting and paint
scratching mishap.
Goodwin, In a signed statement,
said that he and bis wife had gone
to a tavern in the 1300 block of
North Zarzamora, In their car, and
there an acquaintance bad asked
them to (tarry him to East Com-
merce street.
Goodwin said that he stopjied. and
parked, on Sail Jacinto street, off
Poplar, while the acquaintance went
into I'rank's place, 1002 West Pop-
lar, to see his girl friend.
According to Goodwin, he and bis
wife had been waiting iu the car
about five minutes when another
nutomobile drove up. and in park-
ing. struck the right fender of
Goodwin's machine.
Goodwin declared that, without
getting out of his car, he asked the
driver:
"My friend, do you see where
you struck the front of my ear?
That is about a job."
The driver answered him, he
claimed, with obscene and unprint-
able language.,
Goodwin anil the other man got
out of their vehicles their meeting
at tlie rear of Goodwin's car. where,
he said, the other man, identified as
Mrs.MinnieWren,
Resident 32 Years,
FoundDcadinBed
Well-Know n San Antonian
Had Suffered Heart
Disease, Some Time
Mrs. Minnie Wren, 48. toiS South
Pine street, well-known in local cir-
cles, and a resident of the city for .'i'i
years, was found dead iu bed, late
Thursday night. Oct. 2.S.
A Medical Arts building physician
said tlmt he bad been attending Mrs.
Wren for a heart ailment for some
time.
A friend. Mrs. Agnes Fields. M6
Iowa, became alarmed. Thursday
e\ening. after telephoning Mrs.
Wren several times and getting no
answer.
She then called Mrs. Lewis Hark*
030 South Pine, a neighbor of Mrs.
Wren's, and asked her to Investi-
gate. Mrs. Clark, in turn, called
the Rev. J. H. Sanders. 030 Ken-
tucky, cousin of the decedent. llev#
to the
arc expected before the closc of this
contest oil Wednesday, November 17.
Simple rules have l/een established
for this contest which is conducted
just for the readers of the Regis-
ter who reside in San Antonio, sub-
urbs, and this section, and who
have Infants of three years of age
or younger.
All that Is required is a snapshot
of the child taken within the last
three months and the official entry
blank which has appeared in earlier
issues of Register. Additional entry
blanks may be obtained from Regis-
ter offices, community groceries, ice
houses, drug stores, clinics, and doc-
tors' offices. Entries must be post-
marked not later than midnight,
November 17.
The Job o( judging thltf Contest has
been assigned to a panel of promi-
nent local citizens who hate been
busily screening entries, as they
arrive.
An unusual aspect of .'this con-
test is the research objective for
which it is being conducted by tin1
Carnation company. For over f»0
years, Carnation has made dairy
research a major part of its opera-
tions. Near Seattle, Washington,
(See INTEREST, Page 3.)
Saturday, when lie was attacked by bad a chance to get bis knife, which
lllNUI tllOII ll ll/i Ink i-iii.) ! 1. _ a .1 ..... .
Sanders, struck him on the nose.
Two other men who were with I Sanders gained entrance
Sanders, according to Goodwin, ap-lhoiise through a window.
proaehed him from behind. 1 Mrs. Wren was In bed, AeaA. fcfee
Goodwin alleged that in ukruggling ] had last l»een seen alive early in
with Sanders, they fell to the I the day,, by a neighbor, Mrs. Corinne
ground. One of the other men kicked ! MMInrtffer. wlio saw her walking on
I him. while he was on the ground, f Pine street.
I he said. Goodwin declared that all She was a native of Seguin. where
I three were drunk, and were cursing. I she attended school, with her cora-
A 2<J-year;ohl employee of a down- J Goodwin stated that while he and I bur to San Antonio 32 years ago. la
town motor company was injured, j Sanders fought on the ground, he 1033. she was imurted to H. K.
Wren, who prcced^Fher in death'
in 1942.
Mrs. Wren's mother. Mrs. Nealde?
Johnson, died when she was a small
child, and her father, Sam John*
son. passed in 1040.
The decedent was a member of
Mt. ZIon First Baptist church#
from where funeral service* were
held Wednesday morning. The pas-
tor, the Rev. C. W. Black, officiat-
ed. with Collins funeral home la
charge. Interment was In Eastvieif
cemetery.
Survivors Include IT. W Corley,
and A. J. McClure. ndonted bro*
thers: uncle. Tcpp Sanders, and
I her relatives.
three men who. he said, attempted
to take from him a car that he was
delivering to its owner.
Leonard .Tollnson. (130 Belmont,
employed by Jordan Motors, told
indloe that he was delivering a car
to 8,V» Cravens drive, in Highland
hills, when, at Fair street and New
Braunfels avenue, he was approach-
Hi by three Latin-Americans, who
tried to take the vehicle from him.
In the ensuing melee, Johnson was
struck several times on the face.
He was treated at Robert B. Green
hospital.
He said bis assailants were from
17 to 21 years old.
Dixie Negro Educators Call
For Immediate Desegregation
By the Associated Negro Press
UDT SPRINGS, Ark.—Southern white leaders who bad hoped
* ^ that leading Negro educators might lend some measure of
comfort to plans to defy the Supreme court, received a rude jolt
here last week when the most representative group of Negro
educators assembled since the decision, called for complete com-
pliance with the high court ruling. Sponsor of the meeting, held
at the Baptist sanitarium and bath house, was the Phelps-Stokes
SanAntonioMan's
Arm Ripped
In Tavern Brawl
VA Says Segregation Abolished
WithMinimumUntoivardlncidents
By the Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON—Tlie Veter-
ans administration say ra-
cial segregation lias been abol-
ished with a "minimum of un-
toward incidents" in all vet-
erans' administration hospitals.
In a letter to President Eisen-
hower, Harvey Iligley, tA ad-
ministrator, reported that tlie
Eisenhower program of desegre-
gation had been fulfilled by the
V.V
ilitr!ev said that a year ago,
when the VA under the Eisen-
hower non-segregation policy set
out to end racial barriers, seg-
regation existed in 47 of the
16(1 VA-operated hospitals and
homes for disabled veterans.
Now, he said, all tliwe facilities
have been racially 'Integrated."
Eisenhower wrote Iligley that
the success of the desegregation
program demonstrates the
American people's "social matur-
ity and their determination to
have in America fair play and
equal opportunity."
fund of New York, a private foun-
dation interested in southern educa-
tion, and active in African affairs.
Dr. F. I). Patterson, director of the
fund, resigned his position as presi-
dent of Tuskegee institute. Alabama,
to take his position with the founda-
tion.
The group, which included presi-
dents of leading Negro colleges and
universities, said in a joint state-
ment llmt the decision dramatically
distinguishes "our Way of life in a
democracy from that in totalitarian
countries."
"Time will prove," the statement
said, "that our fours have no foun-
dation in fact, just as has been
proved by the infplementatlon of
previous court decisions. .Segrega-
tion breeds fear; and when the bar-
riers of segregation nre at last re-
moved, we will wonder why we
feared at all."
Pointing ouf that change without!
bloodshed an<( revolution was possi-
ble because.'of a Constitution which
guarantees Bfftiality and justice to
all, the e<Mco!ors said "that to
evade or dfer.vilii it is to destroy
our government.''
"It is ou?hope.'' they said, "that
all of the mlfcges and universities
of the Sout4, Negro and white, will
immediately1.Implement the spirit of
the court's derision by accepting, ir-
respective of race, all (nullified stu-
dents who seek admission."
The leader* said the.v were con^
Tinned that
sense of fair
noted tbatv"integration in puhlhi
schools involvitlir both students and
teachers is already working well in
some southern schools.
Stating t"baL it was unfortunate
(See EDUCATORS, Page 3.)
Tn an altercation involving
oral" persons, late Friday night.
Oct. 20. at a 2NOO block Nebraska
street tavern. Alfred Clay. .32, 2123
East Commerce street, was sevcrelv
knifed.
Clay's left arm was ripped from
the shoulder to the elbow, and he
was stablied in the left shoulder
blade.
Oscar Jones. 44. 120 G street, was
arrested and booked for aggravated
assault.
Jones, according to police, ad-
mitted the cutting, his saying that
he used a knife "as a last resort"
after being struck several times,
Jones, officers said, declared that
the knife bail been given to him by
his son. who bad been with him. but
had left, "as he (the son) had had
trouble the night before, and was
expecting more."
Miss Mildred Wilson, 21, who
was with Clay, and who Is said to
have started the fight, was booked
as a material witness in the case.
Two other women, one 24. the other
21 years old; a 17-year-old youth,
and two young men. who were taken
into custody in connection with the
he opened, and began jabbing into
the chest of Sanders, who. Goodwin
claimed, was on top of him.
Sanders, according to Goodwin,
got off him and walked across the
st reef.
When he gi»t up. Goodwin said
that hN wife. Jessie Mae. told him
to get into the car, and they left
the scene.
Witness Gives Statement
A statement given by Sterling
Norwood. 20. 111 Adaes. differed, in
some important details, with that
given by Goodwill.
Norwood and Julius King. 207 Ly-
ons, had lifted the knifed man from
the ground. Into Norwood's auto-
mobile. and had carried him to the
hospital.
Norwood, in his statement, said
that he bad driven to Frank's place
about midnight, and. as ho parked,
he recognized a car belonging to
Sanders, with whom he bad worked
at an automobile company.
As Norwood got out of his car. he
sev-llieard what sounded like a fight,
and. investigating, saw four persons
in the street—Sanders. Sanders'
companion. Goodwin, and a wom-
an. whom he recognized.
The fight apparently bad moved
from the side of Sanders' tar to
the middle of the street. Neither
the woman nor tlie other man with
Sanders took part in the affray.
Sanders. Norwood said, "ran
around, trying to avoid Goodwin."
and picked up a rock from the street
and burled it at Goodwin, but miss-
ed. Sanders ran around ami 1/etween
the cars until the two men came to
the center of the street.
Goodwin reached into his pocket,
as if to pull a knife. Norwood said
that be could not see the weapon,
but that Goodwin's actions indicated
that lie was using a knife.
Goodwin, lie declared, lunged at
Sanders, striking a heavy blow on
Sanders chest. Sanders fell back
on the ground, between the cars, and
Goodwin bent over him. making
slashing motions, after Sanders had
fallen.
Goodwin then ran from between
iere is a "fundamental case, were released,
ilny in the South," and
AcademyStudents
Nablied as One
Filches Socks
Two 14-year-old out-of-town stu-
dents of St. Peter Claver academy,
were taken Into custody. Saturday,
when one of the youths fibbed five
pairs of socks from Solo-Serve de-
partment store.
Turned over to juvenile officers.
the boys were lectured and returned
to the school.
A third boy, also a student, mm hi
younger, who had lieen with the
two. followed them to the juvenile
office, because he did not know
the way back to school.
One of the lads Is from a Texas
town, one Is from out of the state.
The out-of-state youth bought some
shorts and a pair of shoes at the
store. The other lad picked up the
socks and .put them into the bag
which contained the purchases made
by his companloon.
The boys were taken Into custody
In the 100 block of Soledad, after
leaving the store.
The socks were returned to the
store.
Three S. A. Women
Of S a m e Address
Treated for Cuts
TJiree women of a K street ad-
dress were treated, Sunday, for
knife wounds. Lucille Smith, 31t
K street, was slashed ou the left
arm; Betty Mae Smith, same ad-
dress was slashed about the face;
Frances Sterling, 48, same address,
was cut on top of her head.
WRONG STREET
The ml el tes of M Elizabeth
Johnson, 30 Involved in nii Incident
reported in, Inst wfek's issue of
Register, w«s|Wi;oiieoiisl.v Kiven n*
213 Roberts. It should linve been
215 Hobart
SUFFERS EYE INJURY
■7»hnn$ Jacl^on. 3<~122 Puppy,
was treated al Robert H Green
hospital, Saturday. f«>r " ™' "v<'r
his right eye,-'received In an nller-
cation in the 700 Mffek *>t South
Pine street.
fe»
H.* i
(See MI'KDER, Pace 3.)
Young Davis's Promotion Recalls
That of Dad's,First Negro General
By CHARLES PIERCE
For the Associated Negro Press
NEW YORK — Promoting
young Col. B. O. ilavis to
I lie rank of brigadier general
which is a well-earned promo-
tion, recalls the elevation of his
father to similar rank, just
about 15 years ago.
At that time, young Davis
was just out of West Point
two or three years (he graduat-
ed in 1936) and was cutting his
eye teeth in army life. l>avis.
Sr.. colonel, retired, was called
back by the late President F. I>.
Roosevelt and given tlie rank
of brigadier-general. The pro-
motion was hailed far and wide
iu spite of tlie political tinge
pointed out by some journals.
The new general stepped right
Into tlie hottest controversy im-
aginable. Assigned tn the in-
spector general's staff, Gen.
Davis toured military installa-
tions—not to report on ronditons
from the Negro aspect, but on
(See PROMOTION, Page 3.)
Youth Arrested
For Theft of $176
From Cash Register
A 17-year-old Bluebonnet street
youth was arrested, Tuesday, and
booked for theft over $50, his hav-
ing allegedly stolen $170 from the
cash register of a service station
at 2353 East Houston.
Eighty-five dollars was reported
to have been recovered from a v®
cant lot. where It had been hiddei
under some rocks. The youth, «<r
cording to officers, admitted havinf
spent $0.
« ,
WANTS IN
Mrs. Mary Daniels, 216 Ferguson
complained to police, Oct. 28, i
man, whose ex-wife rooms
Ferguson street address, had
tempted to get Into the house,
had created a disturbance. The 1
fled before officers arrived, ^ j
Dl'gUSOIh
:, that 2
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