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HAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. ''■ V AI'HII, i,
Takes Lead
MAN DEAD FROM MYSTERY BEATING
Mouton Leads 'Mayoralty
HERBERT M OUTON, well
known candidate for the office of
''Negro San Antonio sepia mayor ',
who took a substantial lead in
the voting Tuesday night, follow
in^ the first balloting, when it
was announced that he had polled
2100 votes. Mouton disdaine J
"holding back to get a line on his
opponents." His camp declared
he was fighting from the opening
gun. and that, . . we don't ca'G
what the other candidates arc
doing. Ho far "as we are concern-
ed, there are no other candidates
in the field.''
WomanPedestrian
Hurt as Car Gets
Out of Control
Twirp Somersaulted as
Driver Misses Brake
Pedal, Hits Gas
Mr*. Helen Hammond, 20, si.'t
South Wnlters Street, wnx knocked
down and painfully injured, at
Walters and Crockett street-",
otxjut 10:15 o'clock Honda* nlint.
when struck by an automobile
driven by John 11. Floyd, 02, 109
Magendie Street.
The mishap occurred a few min-
utes after the Antloch Baptist
church services ended, and Mrs.
Hammonds wns en route homo..
She wns standing near n post, a
few feet from the church building,
waiting for .relatives when the
car, out of control, bore down upon
her. In an Interview with a Reg-
ister reporter, Mrs. Hammonds
said that when she saw the car.
she was so frightened she was
unable to move. Too, the car
was upon her with breath taking
suddenness.
With such forcc was she struck,
Mrs. Hammons was twice somer-
saulted, in addition to being
dragged a few feet before she was
rendered unconscious. She suf-
fered an ugly gosh in her head,
numerous cuts, scratches, and
abrasions that confined her to bed
at her South Walters street resili-
ence.
Floyd declared that, as he was
driving out of the church parking
lot, he applied the foot brake
Gets 2100 Votes in First
Report of Campaign
For"Sepia Mayor"
DECLINING to "hold any punches", and being not the least
concerned regarding the campaign maneuvering of his
opponents for the office of "Negro San Antonio's sepia
mayor", Herbert Mouton, determined mayoralty candidate,
jumped into a substantial lead, Tuesday night, when he
polled 2100 votes in the first returns of the primary cam-
paign.
Two Hardened
Criminals Taken
In San Antonio
Each Would Be Santone's Sepia Mayor
(See HURT, Page 5.)
ThiefWhofSobbed
Two Sisters. Last
Month. Nabbed
Two sisters—Mrs. Jdonia New-
ton, 200 Cartpr Street, and Mr.-.
Earnia Lee Wilson. 1003 Men
chacn Street- who were the vic-
tims of a white holdup Friday
night, March 10, at Elmendorf
and Carter streets, lind the pleas
lire, this week, of seeing, behind
the* bars, the footpad who had
taken n. total of nineteen dollar?,
and other items, from them.
When Edmund Carlin was ar-
retted Monday, April 3, hi con-
nection with the holdup of a
bakery at 1515 North Zarzamora
Street, investigation indicated that
he had been Connected with oth«-r
recent robberies. A Register re-
porter suggested to police officials
that he might be the bandit who
had' held up Mrs. Newton and
Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Newton was located,
brought to police headquarteis,
and, from a group of men line.I
up for her to Identify, she im-
mediately picked Carlin as the
man who had emerged from a
hiding place In some shrubbery,
and, at gun paint, had demanded
her and her sister'* purses. There
was $16 in Mrs. Newton's bag.
while her sister's contained three,
bedside vanities nnd other Items.
Carlin later made a sworn state-
ment admitting the stlckup of the
two womev
r -
Candidates, to enter the run-off
election, must poll at least 5,000
votes by April IS. Mouton, fight
Ing from the opening gun, nenred
the half way mark in his very
first report. It Is expected that,
on next Tuesday night, he will
qualify, and then continue to pile
up additional votes which will be
counted to his credit in the run-
off.
All other candidates carefully
refrained from indicating any
strength, each, according to ob-
servers-, hoping to learn some-
thing of the strength of his op
ponents in the i;aco. All campaign
managers, with the exception of
Mouton's force, avoided making
any reports.
The spirit that pervades the
Mouton camp is well reflected in
Stat emeu t by one* of U1h sup-
porter*, following Tuendnj-R re-
turns :
"Wo don't care what the other
candidates are doing. So far as
we are concerned, there are no
other candidates in the field. When
it's all over, we will have doubled
the combined total of the next
two nominees. We're going wilb
the gun, nnd we'll be going all
the way—no holding back for any
reasons, no spasmodic spurU, hut
votes, deluges of votes, every day,
all the day. We have what It
takes—and we know it."
Candidate Samuel Shaw when
informed of the first results, and
of the announcement from t'le
Mouton camp, and asked for a
statement, merely made a wry
fafce, and opined that, despite tiie
hot weather, he didn't think sum-
mer had come yet.
George ("Tom") Sutton declar-
ed, "Well, Mouton is off to a
rousing start. I wonder if he'll
l>e in there at tl e finish?"
From the John Inman camp
came a silent threat. It wns
rumored, in very authentic circles,
that, had he chosen, he could have
(See MOt'TON, Page 5.)
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9 City Gets Third Unsolved
Violent Death Case
In Recent Months
1JYSTERIOUS, violent death again staiked the streets of
-1'1 San Antonio, last Saturday, to chalk up its third unsolved
killing- of recent months, when, tit 10:30 o'clock, a man.
identified as Henry ("Hank") Sheppard died in the Kobert
B. Green hospital from multiple fractures of the skull, result-
ing, it is believed from a terrible beating administered by
unknown persons early Saturday morning.
The man, apparently in h
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San Antonio Has
AnotherWildWeek
End of \iolence
P'
"v
die fifties,
ound unconsciou
'clock, Saturday
the corner of Live
merce street;?. He
the Robert IS. Grei
Collins ambulance.
He had been sev-
Mysterious Fatal Beat in cr,!1att< r(Ml- T,ip ri
* | face had been !,•
11 hospi
lis mia-
was
3:10
near
d < v,rn-
■Oied fo
al in a
Intended Woman "Pigeon
Dropping" Victim
Tips Police
A mysterious telephone tip from
an intended woman victim of a
confidence game, but who was too
shrewd to be ensnared, led to the
apprehension, last week, of two of
the most experienced, hardened,
professional criminals to visit Son
Antonio in recent months.
Following • trlcplionc cnll to
police headquarters by a woman
who refused to reveal her identity,
but who described two men WilO
had attempted to work a "pigeon
dropping" racket on her, a pick-
up order was broadcast, with tb«"
two men being arrested by Detec-
tives Brackens and Bumbrey, Fri-
day, at Commerce and Navai ro
streets.
The men in custody both have
lengthy police records In cities
throughout the South, Southwest,
and Middle West. One was booked
as Forest Judkins, alias Forest
("Man Child") Heed, 30, who has
police records in Dallas and Fort
Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Mis-
souri; and Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
has been charged, at various times
as a crooked gambler, for vag-
rancy. and other misdemeanors. The
second of the pair has a much
more extensive ]>olice nnd penilen
tiary record. Listed as Harry
Brown he has also used the aliases
of Sam Hill, Henry Williams, and
Sam Williams. He has records in
Jefferson City, Missouri; Little
Rock, Arkansas; Dallas, Texas:
Louisville, Kentucky; Des Molne*,
(See TWO, Page 5.)
Dedicate Catholic
School Tuesday
Each of the above well known pftin of it.
ind capable San Antonio citizens
is seeking the title of "Negrc
San Antonio sepia mayor". Each
has legion of supporters, and each
is promising to make a real cam-
Knife Play, Sluggings
Keep Cops Busy
| GEOKGE ("TOM") Sl'TTON, radio
to right, thoy arc: JOHN nnd sound system technician and
Kan, powerful layman in Bap- veteran amateur dramatist;
■tit-i church circles, and widely. SAMI KL SHAW, civic worker anc
IfetKiW tonsorial parlor operator; | tonsoriaUst.
Iy beaten
side of
'(1 in, an ;
appeared tli
with some c
it h<
; had
also (
it
Woman Who Won
Sweepstakes Must
RepayRelief Cash
Philly Winner of $t4i
Bought Lucky Ticket
With Relief Funds
Doirs on Park Ave.,
Negroes,Poor Whites-
Ir Dixie EatDogFood
I
YT was announced this week that the formal dedication of
the attractive, recently completed, new St. Peter Ckver
Cathol'c high school will take place Tuesday, April 11, with
an elaborate, colorful ceremony, under the Uuspices of tl:e
Most Reverend Arthur Jerome Drossaerts, archbishop of San
Antonio.
The dedicatory cervices will begin at ten o'clock in the
morning, with, solemn high mass
in St. Peter Haver's church, wit'-i
the Right K verend P. J. Geehan,
D.I)., vicar general, celebrant of
the mass. The Very Reverend F.
Kane, S.S.J., of New Orleans,
Louisiana, former pastor of St.
Peler Claver, will deliver the ser-
mon. Dinner for the clergy will
lie served In the dining hnll nt
noon, nnd Dutch lunch all through-
out the afternoon for the laity.
At one thirty o'clock in the
afternoon, a public program wl'l
be presented in the auditorium.
Among the speakers- will lie the
Most Reverend Arthur Jerome
Drossaerts, Mayor C. K. Qulu,
Dr. L A. Woods, state superin-
tendent of education, Austin, TVx-
as; Professor D. B. Taylor, special
supervisor of Negro education for
the state of Texas; Miss Artenie-
sla Bowdcn, president of St.
Philip's Junior college; and Miss
Katharine Beverly, representing
the people of the parish. The con-
cluding address v/ill be delivered
by the \cverend Leo V. Murphy,
Ml *#<*1
S. S. J., pnstor of St. Peter
Clnvcr's church.
Ideal Fulfilled
The dedication of this capacious,
modern in every d tail, fully
equipped educational plant will
fulfill nn ideal envisioned moie
than a half cc-ntur.v ago by Mother
Mary Margaret Ilealy Murphy,
daughter of Judge Murphy cf
Corpus Christi, who devoted her
life and wealth to the education
and conversion, in the Catholic
church, of the Race in San An-
tonio, wiih her establishing a
school from whose humble, in-
conspicuous lieginning has evolved
the modern, flourishing educational
institution that will be dedicated
Tuesday.
From the very outset, the Race
was gratifyingly responsive, to the
appeal of Catholttisiu, with the
school soon becoming overcrowded,
necessitating an addition to the
convent on Live Oak street. Ham-
pered by adverse financial clreuni
For The AMoelnted Negro Preu
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Several
months ago, when the ticket saler.
man visited her-home, Mrs. Pearl
Mason, on relief for the past six
years, took $2.30 from her relief
check, and bought a ticket in th?
Grand National Sweepstakes, draw
ing "Workman", the horse which
won the big race and deposited
$141,000 in the lap of jubilant
Mrs. Mason.
Mrs. Mason lives with her lius
band, Benjamin, former garage
attendant, who has been out of
work for seven years, and their
two children. Because lier family
has been 011 relief. Mrs. Mason
faces certain difficulties before be-
ing able to fully enjoy her win-
nings, nnd she has engaged At-
torney Raymond P. Alexauder to
attend to legal details.
The first deduction from her
$141,000 takedown will be the
federal tax, said to amount to
$.77.r>88. She also faces the pos-
sibility of having to repay to local
relief officials the $-1,000 her /sraily
has received as aid during ihe
past six years. In addition, she
may have to pay the cost of treat-
nirnt received last year at Phila-
delphia General hospital, and, of
course, counsel fees. However,
after all deductions have been
made, the happy woman can look
forward to enjoying a neat bank-
roll, probably in excess of $75,000.
So great was the jam of the
curious aruuud the Mnson home
after news was announced of their
good fortune that a special detail
of HO police was detailed to main-
tain order nnd keep the crowd
moving. A humorous touch was
piven the incident when Husbaud
Mason—out of work for seven
years—nnd nsked what he would
do now that the family was rich,
reportedly replied, "I'll just take
it en y for a while."
Another colored Quaker City
| reddest pulling down "big money"
was Samuel Alexander, Jr., ridiu
a cad s my proprietor and cousin of
Mrs. Mason's lawyer, Raymond
Pace Alexander. Samuel Alex-
ander won $50,000 on "Kilntar",
who ran third. A third winner.
Henderson Reld, car washer, mad
to lie sntisfled with $2,650 on "St
George II", but solaced himself
with the thought: "That's better
(St« DEDICATE, Page 6.)
tlinn uotiilng."
Hy The Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON, D. C—
cording to tlic published
two well-known
•"Iters of this e'ty, Mm snles
I mhom
increase la
yearn, nlth
Y{ '•'♦ions of Ihe country vying
for leadership in this direo-
t!un. Park avenue and (he
-p South are the tiro best
:.le arras, it is reported.
On Park avenue, (lie dogs
<at the dog food, but in the
liecii South it is poor Nc-
groes and whiles. The Insti-
ti:ie of Meat Paekers says
tlifre Is more dog food put
into reus than any other
kingie article of food. The
Importation of Argentine dog
f i>d jumped front l,8(HUMil)
pmr.dfl in 1987 to 4,000,000
IHinnds in 1938.
Woman, Beaten,
Kicked. Sues Bus
Line tor
For the second consecutive wee
crime remained on the loose
San Antonio, as a fatal beatin
thievery, the inevitable knife play, I r
used both in fighting and robbing,! wal
slugging?, and fights, kept the ]
agents of law and order frantically i might
running here and there in a futile crime.
of the face, as
head. There was
Jt an inch lonj
t eye, and lie suf.
tures of the sku
i>lice have run
I in all their
witnesses have be
throw any
None hns vo
veil as h s
deep g;ish,
above his
ed multiple
a bl
k
nvestigntions.
ii found who
iglit on ti' o
ami &
the
t HO
Bus Employees inRootinn
Section as 250-toundei
Batters Woman
o'clock, thi' victim of a severe,
*r T . Aa.oeiAUd w. m pr ... I mutilating- benflng. He died uoiu
CLEVELAND, O.—A suit for hours later nt the Kobert B
$50,000 dania«es. filed here Wed- Green liospitu]. The identity r[
nesday by Attorney Alexander H. his assailants is, as yet, unknown.
unteered any
effort to cope with a situation 1 information. Two men were piek.xi
seemingly fast slipping from con-1 llP possible suspects, but tiiey
trol. 1 were quickly released when it was
Heading the week's lbst of vio <asily proved that they had : >
lenc< was the mysterious, fatal 1 connection with the case.
heat lug of Henry ("Hank") Bhey-\ What happened, when It hajv-
pard, at the bauds ot parties un-1 P^ncd, how It happened noboGy
known. Sheppard, was, found at] will tell.
I/ire <Mk ■ and Comimrcv streets. I OfficJalsr arcf up to tbta point,
Saturday morning, about H .Mf :idmIttrdly *talorn*ted.
Register Investigate*
Little is known here con-
cerning Sheppard. Register
investigations have revealed
Negro C. of C.
(Jets New. WPA
Project for 8. A.
is the Sa
Chiuilif p of t'o
ONE 1IROWN8, ONK SAVED
fly Th* A'ftoetattd Kf*ro Pre**.
NEW YORK, N. Y— A Haftem
man was drowned and his com
punion rosened from the waters
of Jamaica bay this week
the rowboat from which they
fishing capsized.
The drowning victim was John) in the conferences- that
Woods, 38. His companion, John ta tiie securing of the project,
Powers, 53, was rescued by other I
fishermen ia th* vicinity.
San Antonio Negro
'ommerce membership
drjfe got under wny, this week.
iiiO nflce of tiie secretory made
two fcnounceinents, one of which
Wits jwecinlly significant. It wns
ditlteeil that through the efforts
ofVdii. chamber, n new Work?
Progress Administration project
had beon made available for the
cft.v. with one qualified youth
b&Rfappointed to a job. It was
olso iniM unced that two office-
hud Wn ndded to the organiza-
tion's executive group.
Whrti 'he constitution of the
chamber was recently revised, tw<
of/iws-fiuaneial secretory and
ass hi tent secretary—were created
to meet the growing needs of .he
filccted to these posts—15.
A. Adams, Jr., financial secretary,
and Bro>\n L. Brackens, assistan
Bfcliiry.
New Project
HMtly, following n series of
between n chamb >r
comnJitUi nnd officials of : ie
Wl^A the administration cnnounc
0d tl t it. woifld immediately estab-
li« i ia additional adult education
cU«s, wit! the appointment of a
"letcber, if a place for housing
tie claf> could he found, nnd if
hutftctot registration in the class
waSr assured. Miss Kuretta K
Fairchiltl was given the consent
of the Pine Street branch Young
Women1* Christian association to
bfine the project on YWCA prop
l^rjv, and the class was, conse-
qncatiy. antiiorized, with Kdwii.
^£ondi being appointed instruc-
tor. The program includes the
*Y<jttfciug of parliamentary law,
ein-itat Negro history, English,
and music.
tpj |(ronj) that repwsented the
Martin, for Gertrude Ilerndon, 2.1
years, revealed tho brutal and iu-
human treatment suffered by Miss
Herndou nt the hands of <i white
gentleman of the South.
According to the petition, Miss
Herndon7 alleges that, on Septem-
ber 30, last, here in Cleveland, she
purchased a bus ticket to Alabama.
On September 20, through the
Teche Greyhound Line, she bought
a ticket at Tuscaloosa, Ala., board
cd a bus at ('albert, Ala., changed
nt Birmingham to .mother Grey-
hound bus.
At that point the trouble started.
The driver of the Birmingham bur-
not only refused to give her a
seat, but refused to return her
ticket so she could get auother
bus into Nashville. While demand-
ing that the bus driver give her
back the* ticket, n white male pas-
senger, weighing about 250 pounds
told the driver to "put her off the
basket."
The petition then alleges that
Miss Herndon told the driver to
stop the man from molesting her.
Then, without warning th:> "white
gentleman" struck Miss Herndou. j
who weighs only 1(H) pounds, full j
in the face and with such forcc
jiie was knocked out of the bus
and to the station floor. Trie
passenger, she says, then kicked
her about the face, head and body
All this time, the driver, slie al
leges, urged the man on and mane ^ for 1539 will culminate, Sunday afternoon. April 9, in a
no attempt to aid her. Her cclcrful parade and health pageant which will traverse the
screams finally attracted a number rorte of sinvlT spectacles in former years, starting from the
of persons and'nfter the passenger Library Auditorium.
Using a piece of iron as r
weapon, in another Saturday af-
fray. a 20 ye<ir-old woman, address
listed in the 300 block of Ord
street, allegedly slugged Mrs. Alma
Thomas, 2*\ of llo North Hack-
lierry street, on the head, render-
ing her hors de combat, and \
hospital patient. Sh< was carried
to the Kobert B. Green hospital
in n Collins nmbulauce. Her as-
sailant wns arrested nnd booked
for nggravated assault, being re-
leased under $200 bond.
In another all woman Chestnut
street battle, Sunday, April 2,
Mrs. Ersle.v White. 2.'18 Chestnut,
suffered knife wounds on the hand,
inflicted by n 38-year-old womn 1,
also a resident of the 200 block
of Chestnut, in which the alterca-
tion occurred. The knife wielder
was released under $2oo bond.
Robert Howe, 40, 41-1 Mickle
john Street, was arrested Sunday,
(Set4 ANOTHER, Page 5.)
that, evidently, Jiis home was
in Houston. He had worked
in Fort Worth. Galveston,
Houston, and other Texas
eities. He had no relatives in
Sail Antonio, and lived in the
basement of the Worth hotel,
a small, downtown establish-
ment.
Some months airo, he became
a member of a burial associa-
tion. He confided in Mrs.
Annie Carter, 1524 E. Hous-
ton Street, well known busi-
ness woman, and the only per-
son found who seems to have
known him very well—that, in-
asmuch as he had no relatives
here, he had joined the asso-
ciation mi that his funeral
expenses would be provided for
in ease anything "should hap-
pen" to him. He asked her
to arrange the details.
A short while before his un-
timely end, lie had a suit of
(See HEATING, Page 5.)
Parade, Sunday, to
End Health Week
i j Antsnio's obsc -vsr.ee of National Negro Health Week
. ^ f
lS« GETS, Tagc 5.)
Br
stopped beating her another com |
pany attendant told her: "Shut up,
or you'll get another beating."
Then, adding insult to injury,
nnd apparently in an effort t >
"scare her" into not suing the
company, she was arrested on
charges of disorderly conduct
brought by company employees.
Without being given a chance t'
get n lawyer, she was tried, found
guilty and forced to serve more
than a month at hard labor in the
workhouse.
Here in Cleveland, Miss Hern
don lias been ui.der constant med-
ical care since <eturnins in me.
Co-defendants in her suit to re
cover $50,000 nr«t the following:
The Greyhound Bus Lines; the
MUr.y decorated cars and floats will be in position by
3:30 o'clock and ready to move promptly at four, it was an-
nouueed by C. A. Booker, paradeI official representatives of city,
marshal. Parade instructions county ar.d the local ^faool system.
(Sec SUES, Page 5.)
SMOTHERS!) BY COFFEE
Crssader New* Auonry
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Smothered
under <1 load of coffee, an au
identified Negro was found dead
this week in the bold of the
Grnse Liner Santa Clara docked
at Montague Street, Brooklyn.
state that all entries mast report
to the marshal or to Prof. S'. J.
Sutton, chainnan of the Volunteer
Health I/\agv.e, nml receive a per-
mit nt n cost of 25 cents which
will go to tho 1031) maintenance
fund of the league's two tubei
culcsis clinics.
Paiade P.«nte
Preceded by the usunl motor-
cycle scuad, nnd followed by cars
containing city, county, nnd school
board officials, the parade will
move south on Hackberry strrer
In place of a special guest speak-
er this year, the new Negro tuber-
culosis film, "l.et My People Live'*,
v/ill Ik* shown by the Bexnr Coun-
ty Tuberculosis association.
Mrs. Tommye Martin, R.N.,
school board nurse, will present
a group of "Five-Point" children
who have earned this award dur-
ing the present school year.
Music will be provided by the
band of Phlllis Wheatley senior
school.
During the present week, he.iTuT
ftoin the Library Auditorium to j talks nnd nddresse.s have been
Commerce street: west on Coia given by doctors, dentists, teachers
lneroc to North St. Mary's street: j nnd social workers In many of "*e
thcnce to Houston street: east on schools and churches, including all
Houston to Hackberry, nnd back
to ihe auditorium where the pa-
rade will disband.
Immediately following the pa
rade, the final closing mass mco*
Negro schools in the suburbuu
nnd rurcl districts of Bexar
county.
The special objective for the
10.'!9 Health Week program, which
ing will be held in tho Libra.y wag sponsored locally by the Vol-
Auditoriura at about 5:03 o'clock, j 4intec:- Health League, wns an-
where gr clings will be extended! noun ed as "The Citizen's Rtapoa
to, and brief addresses uiade by,' sihi 11 tg to* Community Health". -
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