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VOL. 8—NO. 4T
Colored Carnegie Library,
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MARSHALL.—In its annual meeting held here last
week, the Colored Teachers State Association of Texas elect-
ed H. B. Pemberton, Jr., of Dallas as President for the com-
ing year. There was no opposition. A. W. Jackson, in his
nomination speech, stated that it would be a tribute to the
Pemberton family and Marshall, the----------------------------
home town of the Pembertons, to I mentary Schools in the State, which
unanimously elect Prof. Pemberton.----------*----*
Wiley College,” Bishop College and
the Public School Teachers of Har-
rison County served as hosts, to the
Convention. Mayor L. W. Kariel,
and M. W. Dogan made The wel-
come addresses. Mrs. M. E. B Isaacs
Manard. of Houston gave the re-
ponse**
Red
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Governor L
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PELT On Sprint;
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HOUSTON.—Running with the long strides of
Woodruff, H. M. Morgan, of Tyler brushed past his €
tors this week to take the lead in the Bronze Govern
paign. But, he had no walk away because Theodore
brook put on a sprint that frightened the rest of the
ants and landed in third place by-------------.____________
sendstioms. Made by
A w. MeDonala of Galveston in-
troduced S. O. Parrish, the Presi-
dent. Professor Parrish spoke on
the theme of the Conference, “Edu-
cation and Jobs for Negro Youth.”
He made the following recommenda-
tions: (1) That Negroes be on the
alert in making, efforts to partici-
path in all of the Government agen-
teles such as the N. Y. A W P A.
Adint Education, A. A. A. and FS°
compose nearly 80% of the school
population. (10) That a research or
survey commission of five members
of the Association be named or ap-
pointed to work in the interest of
the Colored Teachers State Asso-
ciation in assembling data relative
to future goals and problems of the
Organization.- (11) That the Asso-
ciation condemn and deplore the
practice of some members of the
teaching profession who buy and
(See TEACHERS, Page 2)
ENDS OWN LIFE
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ciation coop-
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ted as the West
ciation, said or-
ccorded similar
liter District As-
1 teachers keep
opments in the
gram and make
ptation in the
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arts Sehour
That our teacher usms auossuvee
give more attention to training of
sural leadership and the develop-
ment of Community-wide programs.
(6) Thatt an organization of former
association Presidents’ be perfected,
said organization to cooperate .with
current and: future “Association’s
administration to reaching their
designated goals.. (7) That the of-
fice- of a full time Executive: Secre-
tary for the Association be con-
unued. (8) That the association en-
couragea more general emphasis
on Vocational Guidance in our
schools taking a wide range of pro-
fess onal - and non-professional ac-
tivities. (9) That the teachers train-
ing' Institute adjust ita program to
the more adequate training of Ele-
" services of their re-
els' and Counties. (5)
training institutes
: THE HONOR ROLL
This Honor, Roll consists of the
people, who believe in Negro
leadership and who are inter-
ested in: the growth and the ex-
pansion of a strong paper. They
have shown His intarnet and
have won pla
Roll by subser
on more to
order to help to
press and make
Negroes. They rep-----
ple who do not merely wish for
Negro progress but who do some-
thing about it.” . ..
The Honor Roll this week, in
the order in which the subscrip-
tions were taken out, is as fol-
lows: 7
- 1 J. W. Rice
16499
15. Jimmie Yeager
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DL E M
11.. Emmitte H
- 11 Dr.: R. 0.1
the salaries of Neg
public school teacher
of the counter sn Virginia, will be
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Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, it was announced
today by Thurgood Marshall, spe-
cial ‘counsel for the association.
1 “Teacherrepresentatives from
each county will attend the con-
ference,” Mr. Marshall said, “and
plan the next steps they and the
N. A. A. C. P. attorneys will take
to enforce the United States Cir-
cult Court of Appeals Decision in
the Melvin O. Alston case.
In November,' 1939 N. A. A. C. P.
attorneys brought an action against
the Norfolk, Virginia, school board
in behalf of Mr. Alston, a school
principal and the Negro teachers of
that city, to force the board to pay
the principal a salary equal to that
of a white teacher doing the same
type of work. Last June the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals re-
versed a lower court ruling, and
established the principal that dis-
crimination in the payment of
teachers’ salaries based solely on
the ground of race- or color, , is un-
constitutional. The United States
Supreme Court allowed this decis-
ion to stand, when it refused to
review the case in a ruling handed
down October 28.
Last week the teachers agreed to
accept a plan put forward by the
r interest and
on. this Honor
ig for two years
Informer, in
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but who do some-
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. 20. Hebert Taylor
1 21. Mrs. G. M. Farmer
22. Lo H. Spivey i
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' 38. Sid Hilliard
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lored
HOUSTON.—Mystery shrouded the motive which prompt-
ed the suicide of beautiful 17 year old Hazel Roy, 3411 Adelia
street.—A mystery that even relatives and the police could
not fathom, until an Informer crime reporter was put on the -
trail—a trail which led through the by-ways of sorrows, and
which revealed youthful heart- —------, ------1
leaving this world, for perce.
A stunned aunt, cousin, and boy J
5 breaks and tears.
Hazel Roy committed suicide last J
Friday efternoon by taking a bottle friend read the note not knowing
of carbolic acid, according to police just what she meant by the phrase.
reports. She .was rushed to the “the life I live. As far ", they .
Jefferson Davis hospital in a private 1 knew. Hazel was a moral girl, and
car, and died there later that eve-
ning about 6:30.
just what she meant by the phrase
She left a note to her aunt,
u Mrs. Letitia Boykins, 311 Adelia.
tosS HAZEL ROY. pretty Hous- in whose home she took her fatal
ts’s he committed suicide Fn- potion, and on the note she fold
' about being tired of “living the
. ' kind of life" she lived, and was
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seemed happy, but there was an-
other phase in Hazel's life that they
never knew.
Her Childhood
Hazel was born in a small vilage
in Louisiana and was brought U
Houston during her early childhood
She was a smart student in books
and made friends easily She be-
came a member of the Mother of
Mercy Catholic church, not knowing
that she would never have the
REV: T. J. GOODALL, Pastor of
Antioch, Baptist church, the largest
nd wealthiest ehurc.i property in
dousten. is the 33,h1 person to sub-
.c.ite to the Informer for two years
T mure, and thus become a member
■f The Informer's permanent honor
oll.
offer include, the payment of $129,-
5000-betwen now and the-1942
date. 12-3
MFAIPML PVE
RICHMOND, Va—in appreciation
of the work done by legal repre-
sentatives of the National Associa-
nig
Jus
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Co
tion for the Advanc
ored People in f-the
equality Of salaries
vorea (200: $1,000 tor#
Association. 4
Meted Equally
By CARTER WESLEY ,
The United States Supreme Court in its decision Mon-
day, reversing a conviction of Edgar Smith, a Negro, because out
Negroes were excluded from the Harris County Grand Jury, not go
emphasized its belief and determination that the only way to
administer justice and to provide laws is with an equal hand
to all. The Supreme Court held) -—-—-------—------
that even though the law on its groes sat. hall indicted him.
It has been the custom in Harris
face might be just if its adminis-
tration caused injustices, then the
practice was not a just one.
Smith had been convicted of
criminal assault upon a white wo-
man near Tomball. Smith worked
around the home of the woman and
was asleep on the porch when the
officers came to arrest him. There
was considerable doubts in the
minds of Negroes that a man would
City attorney of Norfolk, which
equalizes their salaries with those
of white teachers by September,
1942, provided conditions outlined daylight as happened in this case,
by N. A. A. C. P. attorneys are
agreed upon. The school board’s
commit such an assault on a woman
and calmly go to sleep in the broad
However, he was convicted after a
Grand Jury, upon which ho Ne-
Brotherhood Refuses
. Jim Crow Entertainment
At A. F. of L. Convention
(By LEON LEWIS—Graphic Press) demn this plan of the grounds that
' NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana.—A
"blitzkreig stand against an attempt
to Jim-Crow the entertainment of
it was Jim-Crowism, and contrary
tot he basic principles of ' sound
trade unionism. - F 0
Rev. Goodall made the statement
hat he is interested in everything
at pores toward building Negroes.
Ie emphasises the fact that he is
ot wu^ interested in supporting
he In ormer as such, but he is in-
erested in showing his confidence
Negro leadership and in the pro-
ess ul Nesrues generally. It is fit-
= Inu. pus erity should see his
H me conerstone of the new
• privilege of having the Rosary saic'
over her in her beloved temple.
She vr*s e risce of Mrs. ‘e
A title Hoykirs who lives on the «< g
S of “Frerehtorin" erd who i wael
known by Libe-t-. Poad 2- “
G.The yeupy p-hones-plyyneer iwi.s.m. conerstone on me
.n-mordenerrueskeaatinsyoia *-WO MORAS
Woland it was this oher sire of he 1 -----on
for life, fiore. the. Odin throushfaan
. ■ shat, frient’s say caused, her to kil
herself.”
She was said to have been seen
working among many businesses on
Lyons, and when the news of her
death was known, some business men
were implicated in the motive, but
they readily denied the rumors to
a reporter.2 4
According to some girl friends in
a house on Rothwell, Hazel had
been despondent for about two
weeks. For one thing, she was wor-
rying over the termination of her
love affair with Allen Ramos, an
employee at the Dee Brass Foundary
Co., and who is also a part-time
taxi driver for the Triangle Cab
Company. Another reason her
friends gave was that she had want-
ed to go to California for some time,
but because of circumstances, could
Tuesday night This left Mme. Cote-
man second.
But the above* statement doesn't
tell the story by any means be-
cause L. B. “Swifty" Davis is run-
ning sll over East Texas with the
speed of a Jack Rabbit Recently,
he was reported as having made a
Speech in behalf of his campaign in
Dallas. But Prof. A. Stevens Jack-
son says that the race isn't to the
swift and that his workers are just
beginning to hit their stride and
they can look out for him in the
future reports.
Hobart Taylor, who was out of
town all of the week, came back in
time to say that he doesn’t count
he race as having even begun and
they will see whst a race really
looks like from now on.
Harold Hardee, undertaker at
Fort Worth, and B. J. Strode, un-
dertaker of Galveston, are still or-
ganising, but they are strong men
with great followings and need to
be watched as poossible dark horses
in this campaign.
So
-2 4
By 3. DON DAVIS
PRAIRIE VIEW. Texas—Matching 3
Prairie View’s great defensive game 3
throughout the first half. Southern
struck in the third period to trounce “
the Painthers, 7 - 2 here Thurrday and 3
finished in a deadlock with Langston
for the Southwestern Conference
championship. 2
The first half was a kicking duel
between Hopkins of P. V. and Scott, -
Galveston boy, for Southern. Neither
team was able to solve the other's :
defense and only two first downs ‘ 1
were chalked up in the first period, .
Southern one and P. V. one. Scott’s
had the edge in the kicking en- =
counter, confining most of the peri- h
od’s play in Panther territory.
When the Informer contacted Allen
Ramos, he confirmed the statement
d who helped to establish a larg.
s and a larger voice for Me-
County to place a few Negroes on
the Grand Jury from time to time.
The practice was for some person
connected with the selection of the
Grand Jury to name Negroes whom
they knew and counted safe and
have them placed on the panel. It
just happened that on this particu-
lar Grand Jury, there wasn't even
one of these safe Negroes to pick
from.
Better Judging
Marching on in its path of mak-
ing the Constitution and Federal
laws mean what they say, the Su-
preme Court held that a Negro had
the right to be indicted by a Grand
Jury where Negroes could serve
freely without discrimination and
without being specially selected by
Grand Jury commissioners or others
who had the chance to influence
(See COURT. Fags 2)
that they had parted tow weeks
ago, but he didn't know she was
taking it to heart
Along the Throughfares
Hazel was well known along the
Fifth Ward throughfares, and many
of her friends viewed her remains
in the I. S. Lewis Funeral parlor
over the week-end.
The aunt, Mrs. Boykins, could not
be reached for a statement for the
press, and Miss Mary Boykins, her
sister-in-law would not give out
any information.
Allen Ramos talked freely, and
it was evident that he was bitterly
disappointed over his former sweet-
heart’s death. It was later learned
that Allen had loved the beautiful
young girl even before the death of
his wife, about two years ago, and
that he visited her often at her
friends' homes, snd st the home of
her aunt
It was the case of another youth
who had tasted the sweets and the
(See SUICIDE, Pae 2)
HOUSTON.—In the Clark’s Credit
Store-Informer newsboys contest,
Mose Hinton stands first on last
week’s records. McKinley Williams,
second; Omar Denmond, third;
Paul Prince, fourth; David Smith.
Afth; and, Wade Prince, sixth. Run-
ners-up are Carter Byrd and Allen
Ford.
The following boys have passed
the fifteen mark and have earned
the right to receive bags: Charles
Bryant, Blanche Hollins, Herbert
Johnson, James Lancelin, Pauline
Roy, William Dixon, Paul Francis,
John Murray, Leroy Taylor, Nor-
man Williams, Irving Williams,
Allen Ford, Bennie White, Clarence
Britton, George Hamilton, James
Humphrey, Vassie Jackson, Public
Laundry, James Mayes, Freddie
Milton, Clarence Nowlin, Dixon
Williams, Lemis James and Mas-
sey James These boys, in addition
*o the ones above, have already
earned their large canvas news bags
given by the Clark's Credit Store.
Most of them have received their
With just a little mote than four
weeks to go, each of the candidates
seem M be going full steam ahead
snd their respective campaign man-
agora refuse to even think of de-
tent Elsewhere in the paper will
be found stories by several of the
campaign managers of the candi- wy -upe puveu me way n,
dates. These managers are not only Panthers' devastating goal - ward
pushing their respective candidates 1 d "ASAL -—-- ...... -
but they are selling the Informer,
the Dallas Express and the Fort
Worth Mind to the reading public
generally. These papers invite the
support of the reading public for
the respective candidates because
by supporting, the candidates, one
supporta the papers.
in the. second period, the-Pan -
thers threatened, advancing the ova
down to Southern’s six, where Hop
kins fumbled and Morris recovered
for Southern. An intercepted pass
by Phillips paved the way fan the.
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veteran newspaper man and Asao-
clate Editor of the Informer; Miss
Ellie Alma Walls, the Dorothy Dix
of the Negro race in the South; One
can see original cartoons by Julius
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articles on music by A. Stephens
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former; Ram's Horn, Dream Ship,
the Sunday School lesson by Rev.
bags already, but any who haven't
will be coming by the office in the :Joshua and Catholic Information.
drive which terminated when the
Louisianians, lassoed Hopkins.
Panthers Threaten Again
The third period found the Pan- A
thers striking at Southern’s door :
again. A punt put the Jaguars’ backs
to the wall on the five. Scott
kicked out on the 45, but a perfect 3
pass, Lee to Slider, put the Pan-
thers on Southern’s 10. Hopkins
reeled off a first down on the eight
and things looked gloomy for the
invaders. But they rose to the oc-,
cssion and P.V.‘s number one
ground gsiner suffered the same
fate as Jarrin* Jawn Kimbrough, -
when he was stopped cold after P
Slider had lost five yards on an 1
attempted end-around and Lee’s
pass was batted down into his own
hands, w
Southern Scores
Leonard Barnes, freshman sensa-
tion. started Southern off on its
victory march when he returned a
punt from his own 44 to P.V.’s 37. /
On the next plsy, Barnes drove
through tackle for a first down on
the 29. It was here that “Pelican”
Hill, who had done none too well
all afternoon, got going and ad-
vanced the oval to the 24. Souhtern.
. (See OTHER STORES, Page 3)
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Negro and white delegates to the
Sixtieth. Annual Convention of. the.
'A. F. of L. was taken by the Broth-
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters
when they refused to accept money
provided by the Central Labor Oom-
mittee of New Orleans to be, used
for the entertainment of Negro del-
egates. The Central Labor Commit-
tee of New Orleans appropriated
money and created a commission
composed of Negroes who are mem-
bers of local trade unions in New
Orleans for the purpose of provid-
ing special entertainment for Ne-
gro delegates. .
They were planning to stage bus
rides, smokers, teas for women rel-
atives of the delegates, and sea-food
suppers
When the matter and plan was
brought before the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters, headed by A
Phillip Randolph and MUton P.
Webster of Chicago who are dele-
gates of the Brotherhood in the
Convention, the body voted to con-
Mr. Randolph who has consistent-
ly expressed bitter opposition snd
fought from every angle discrimi-
nation and Jim-Crowism in the
labor movement, advised his.broth-
ers that they insist that the check
provided for this Jim-Crow enter-
tainment be returned to the Com-
mittee of the Central Labor body,,
and to impress upon them that Ne-
groes would not participate in any
degree. This policy promulgated by
the Central ‘ Labor Committee is
very much different from one used
in the entertainment of th eAtlantic
and Gulf Coast Longshoremen del-
egates here in a convention the past
summer. Negro and white delegates
and officers in the Longshoreman
Convention met simultaneously at
Negro and white places in New Or-
leans. and rode together in special
chartered buses. Every phase of
discrimination . and Jim Crowism
was left out of the Longshoreman
Convention. The Longshoreman
Convention situation was motivat-
ed by Paul Hortman, recent re-
(See BROTREENOOD, Page g)
FILE FOR NEW
HEARING IN
GLOVER CASE
HOUSTON.—The case of Nehe-
miah Glover, the man whom the
all-white jury found guilty of the
murder of John Frank Lee, last
week in Judge Whit Boyd's court,
has had a motion filed on it for a
new hearing in Judge Boyd’s court
in the near future.
Attorney L. C. Mumme made the
announcement from his office In
the Second National Bank Building,
last week.
He did not state his grounds for
asking for a new trial, but it is
probably due to the fact that Nehe-
miah was tried by an all-white jury
in a county which has recently
gained publicity as excluding Ne-
groes from its grand juries. „ .
In the trial in which Glover was
found guilty of murder in the first
degree, he declared to the last that
he was innocent of the crime of
which they were accusing him..
1 J
WHITE
CASE IS STILL
BEFORE COURT
. HOUSTON. — The Julius White
case, in which Mr. White has been
charged with operating a policy
racket here, is still before the bar
of justice, in Judge Whit Boyd’s
court.
. Last Monday morning, attorney
Percy Foreman asked the court to
dismiss the case on the grounds
that Harris County had for some-
time. systematically excluded Ne-
groes from the juries in the coun-
ty.
To bear testimony to his state-
ment, he had the court to summon
some of the colored leaders of the
city, among them were, R. R. Gro-
vey. Carter Weetoy. Dr. T. M.
Ehadowene and others, but none of
the gentlemen called were present
in the court at the time. The case
was postponed for lack of witness-
next few days to pick them up.
There are plenty of bags for any
boy or girl who gets as many as
ifteen increase in this contest snd
Mr. Marcus of the Clark’s Credit
Store, 315 Main Street, says that
they are anxious and willing to give
these bags to the Informer sales-
men. Some of the boys have 13. 14
or 12, so that they only need a few
more to earn a bag.
Readers can help the boys on
heir routes to get bags by help-
ing them to get extra subscribers
•n their neighborhoods. In helping
these boys to sell papers, readers
are helping them to learn business
methods. Many of the most able
men ‘n this country were formerly
newsboys and got their training in
business as such So. in addition to
getting a newspaper with full ac-
curate, fearless coverage, the read-
ers also can do a good turn in help-
ing to train the men of tomorrow
in Business methods by subscribing
now.
Boys who have increased their
circulation most are the ones who
have worked their communities and
asked the readers to subscribe. We
‘re driving for fifteen thousand
readers in Houston and we know
that they are out there wanting the
paper, if they will just subscribe
and if the boys will jus' contect
’hem to get them to subscribe. The
informer has grown faster and has
become larger than anv paper in
the South, now or at any time in
the past.
The boys are helping to establish
a large press in order that the read-
ers may get a better neper end that
they will have a better commodity
to sell. A little cooperation now on
the part of the boys and the read-
(See HINTON, Page 2)
These are just a few of the treats
that one can give to s friend as a
bogged down here, but on fourth i
down, Scott circled the left terminal
wide for a first on the 12.
Barnes and Hill advanced the ball,
five yards and it looked like the
Panthers would protect their last
Christmas present for fifty-two
weeks. Such a gift will also mean -
that there will be a continuation of j chance for a tie in the title cha
the $85,000.00 which Negroes are but Southern effectively worl
getting from employment and ser- | an end-around play with Bar
(See BRONZE GOV. Page 2) (See SOUTHERN. Page 2)
Lions Top F
By JIMMY PERRY
HOUSTON. — The Jack Yatas
Lions climaxed a successful local
season before 9,000 Thanksgiving
Day fans at Buffalo Stadium last
Thursday night when they trampled
the mighty Phillis Wheatley Wild-
cats, 12-9.
The game was an inspired melee
from the start, with the Lions defi-
nitely on the charge from the
starting whistle. The Lions bagged
their first tally when swift little
John Wesley Jones took a pass
from Robert Harris over the right
end zone, climaxing a drive that
had started from the 31 yard line
early in the second quarter. A line
drive by Harris was short of mak-
ing the extra point
The Wildcats feeling that they
were due, came through with their
tally after a drive was launched
with Johnaon taking the ball from
his won 20. Scott came in for a
beautiful dash to the 42, Alridge
went one yard, then to the 39, and
later to the 33. A heave from Scott
to Johnson was good to the two
yard line. From here Dorsey
put on a quarterback sneak for the
score. The sure toe of C. McCul-
lough put the oval between the
poles for the point.
The second and winning Lion
tally followed the kickoff wi
Bob Harris caught on the 15
returned to the 38, where he
run out of bounds by Scott I
the Lions launched a devasta
goalward drive, spearheaded
Bob “ Harr’s, which advanced
oval to the 17. It was here:
Harris bulleted a pass to Bur
over left end for the tally which
proved so big
Wheatley continued to show the
fight that typifies aU Feline teams
and drove to within the very shad- ;
ows of the Lion goal, but lacked the , g
punch to go over and the Lions .
took the ball on downs. Ms )
Asa safety measure for theirit
precious lead, the Lions elected to
deliberately give Wheatley a safety
and come out on the 20 yard stripe
for a free kick This terminated the J
•coring and Yates was knocking at
the Feline's door when hostilities
ceased.
The rest of the quarter was nip 1
and tuck with excellent playing Bythg
Weslev Jones and Bob Harris for-we
the Lions, and Alridge and Dor-h
* holding no forieeTellnese
Yates had 13 first downs to
Wheatley's 7. 1g incomplete passes
10 METMI 1 ° complete,"
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