San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, January 27, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY >, ,
PRICE K1VJS GENTS
Awarded Spingarn Medal for 1938
MISS MARIAN ANDERSON, world famous
contralto, who, . . for her special achievement
in the field of music . . . her magnificent dignity as
a human being . . . her unassuming manner, which
has not been changed by her phenomenal success
. . has been named to receive the Spingarn medal
for 1938, awarded annually, by J. E. Spingarn, pres-
ident of the National Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People, "for the highest or noblest
achievement by an American Negro during the pre-
ceding year or years."
VICTORIAN KILLS "OTHER MAr
Introduce New
U. S. Anti-Lynch
Measure inSenate
Senators Wagner, Van
Nuys, Cappers 'are
Sponsors of Bill
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Marian
Anderson, world famous contralto,
lias been named to receive the
UplOguni Medal for 1938, oifardcd
annually by J. E. Bplngarn, pres-
ident of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
lVople "for tlie highest or noble.t
achievement by an American Ne-
i gro during the preceding year or
' yearn."
The formal statement of the
drcl«r«l I
"Marian Anderson bos been
chosen for her special achieve-
ment in the Held of music. Equally
with that achievement, which has
won her world-wide fame aH one
of the greatest singers of our
time. Is her imiguillcent dignity as
a humuu being. Her unassuming
manner, which 1ms not been chang-
ed by her phenomenal success, has
added to the esteem not only of
Marian Anderson as an Individual
but of the race to which she be-
longs.''
Miss Anderson, who is the
twenty-fourth recipient ot the gold
medal award since It was inti-
tuled in 1914 by Spingarn, will
receive it formally on July 2
during the thirtieth annual con-
ference of the N.A.AC.I', which
will lie held in ltichmoud, V>i
Accepting the award in a tclegruui
from Grand Forks, North Dakota,
where she appeared in a concert,
Miss Anderson said:
"I deeply appreciate the ig-
nlflcance of the act of the Spin-
guru medal committee in selecting
me as medalist. It is my plan
to remain In America this summer,
nnd I would be honored to come
to Richmond July 2 for the pres-
entation.'1
Other recipients of the annual
Spingarn award In chronological
order since 1915 Include: E. E.
JjjUt, Col. Charles Young, Harry
T. Hurk'lgh, William Stanley
Hruithwaite. Archibald H Grimke,
Wlllam E. It. DuBois, Charles b.
Gilpin, Mary B. Talbert, Dr.
George W. Carver, Roland Hayes,
James Weldon Johnson, Carter O.
Woodson, Anthony Overton, Charles
W. Chestnut, Mordecal W. John-
son, Henry A. Hunt, Richard B.
Harrison, Robert H. Moton, Max
Yergan, William T. B. Williams,
Mary McLcod Bethunc, John
Hope, nnd Walter White.
Members of the Spinpirn annul
committee include: H«y wood
Broun, president of the American
Newspaper Guild; William Stuart
Nelson, president of Diilard uni-
versity; Olive T. Pnrgan; United
States Attorney General Frank
Murphy; I)r. William Allan Nlel-
ton, president of Smith college;
Walter White, executive secretary
of the N.A.A.C.P.; Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, . A. Phillip Randolph,
president of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car l'orters; and Miss
Marion Cuthbert, of the national
Y.W.C.A.
Houston Editor, President of State
Conference of NAACP Branches, in
Appeal for Bob White Defense Fund
DESPITE last Sunday's inclement weather, ti capacity
crowd, attending the public meeting of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Colored People held at St.
lUul Methodist Episcopal church, heard C. F. Richardson,
m'litant Houston editor, publisher, Race leader, and president
of the state conference of NAACP branches eloquently plead
for support of the association in its fight to save, from the
White ense, it was proved by the
NAACP investigators that a man
arrested, held in jail six months,
and "positively". identified ns n
robber and rapist, was actually
Incarcerated in jail here In Snn
Antonio at the time he was ac-
cused of committing the alleged
crime in Houston.
Richardson forcefully admonish-
ed the audience of the necessity
of oil uniting their forces numer-
ically, and, above all, financially,
so as to be In a position to lie;p
fight the cause of deserving, un-
fortunate Negroes, who, so ofteu,
nre Imprisoned, and, In some cases,
unjustly sentenced to die.
Richardson urged that every
NAACP branch, every church, and
every sane-thinking, liberty-loving
man and womnn be aroused to the
extent that alt give liberally to
the cause of self protection and
Justice for alL
Rev. Dr. Q. A. Deslandcs, pastor
of St. Pan), eliminated the regular
evening preaching so that the
electric 'chair, an illiterate Negro
railroaded to a "legal" death.
At the Sunday evening meeting
131.31 was contributed to the fund
to be used In defense of the doom
ed youth, Bob While of Polk
county, with San Antonio contrlb
nting a grand total of $50.0.1
during the day.
Richardson vividly explained
how White, accused of attacking
a womnn near Livingston in 1937,
had been railroaded, through a
forced confession, nnd how, with-
out any evidence to justify the
death sentence, the Jnry, nonethe-
less, found the Ignorant youth
guilty, and had doomed him to die
In the chair. The speaker ex-
plained that when a higher court
reversed the decision and remanded
the case, new hope was gained
and another chance to go to the
aid of the boy, through the
NAAft', had been gained.
Richardson reminded the as-
semblage that a notable victory
had just hern scored by the alert
Houston NAAOP, when, in a case
somewhat glmllar to the Bob
(See APPEAL, Page 5.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. —A
new federal anti-lynching
bill, sponsored by Senators
Robert F. Wagner of New
York, Frederick Van Nuys of
Indiana, and Arthur Capper
of Kansas, was introduced in
the Senate January 10.
The new Wagner-Van Nuys-
Capper bill is the one which will
lie supported by the National As-
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People nnd others who
have been carrying on the cam-
paign for tills legislation for many
yea rs.
Senator Capper, a Republican,
this year joins the two Democratic
sponsors of this legislation.
The new bill differs in only two
minor details from the Wagner-
Van Nuys bill which was filibuster-
ed to death in the Senate last
February. The first change elim
hinted the exception of "gangster
killings" contnined in the. old bill
the second change omitted the re-
quirement that law enforcement
officers establish th?>t they had
not been negligent in a lynching
nnd placed this burden of proof
upon the plaintiff.
The new bill still contains the
section holding a county lu which
a lynching occurs liable for d m
ages to be recovered by civil suit
in tlie federal court. This sec-
tion Is regnrded ns the "heart"
of the bill.
In a statement accompanying
(lie lliliufluctluii of the Mil, -Uw
three sponsors of the measure
pointed out that there had 1>een
seven lynching during 1938, all
of them occuring after the debate
on the federal anti-lynchlng bill
had l>een coneluded In the Senate.
The statement further asserted that
no action had been taken by the
states in the 1038 lynchings—"not
even an arrest".
The companion anti - lynching
bill in the House was introduced
some days ago by Congressman
Joseph A. Garagan of New York.
Congressman Gavagan's anti-lynch-
ing bill was passed by the House
in April, 1937, but failed in the
Senate.
The bills have been referred to
the House and Senate judiciary
committees respectively, and it is
expected that dates for hearings
on them will be set soon by sub-
committees designated to consider
them.
In launching this campaign in
support of the new bills, Walter
White, N.A.A.C.P. secretary, said:
"The light for this legislation
is going to l>e a hard one. It
always is because it touches the
emotions of a great many people.
We believe that the bill will get
through the House if the proper
(See NEW, Page 5.)
♦
Court Orders
Landlord to Pay
Tenant Damages
R* The Associated Nexro Pro,..
CHICAGO, III.—A dedsion ex-
petted to be of major importance
to tenants In Illinois and other
northern stntes who have been
injured because landlords refused
to keep up repairs on rented prop
erty was rendered here last week
when the appellnte court awarded
$6,500 damnges to Mrs. Juanita
Wells *ifter a four year court fight.
According to Fleetwood M. Mc-
Coy and Harris B. Gaines, prom-
inent local attorneys who repre-
sented Mrs. Wells, previous suits
of this nature against landlords
have been unsuccessful.
The case was the outgrowth of
a fall suffered July 18, 1934, by
Mrs. Wells, whose husband had
rented the top flat of a two-
apartment building owned by Louis
Wise, white. She said Wise had
promised her husband to keep the
premises in good condition, but he
filled to do so, with the resnlt
that she fell from the rotten rear
Heads League
H. M. MORGAN, of Tyler, Texas,
east Texas civic and political
lender, nnd president of Tyler
Barber college, who was recently
elected president of the Tyler
branch of the Progressive Voters
league.
The league is driving to get at
least one thousand poll tax re-
ceipts by January 31.
TylerGets Branch
Of Progressive
Voters League
H.M.Morgan isPresident;
Branch Drives for
1,000 Poll Taxes
TVLKR, Texas—One hundred of
tlie most influential business anil
professional men, of Tyler, T«
responding to a .cull, by H.
Morgan, east Texas civic •
political le®0pr, ana prmldeut
fyicr Barber college, recently met
and organised a local branch of
btWesHvp voters league. The
following officers were elected: II.
M. Morgan, president; Dr. F. E.
Williams, first vice president; Dr.
I. T. Hunter, second vice president;
Dan Finch, third vice president;
Attorney O. J* Hubbard, secretary;
Father John D. Epps, of the
Episcopal church, was appointed
by the president ns campaign mau.
nger.
An intensive campaign was put
Into operation for one thousand
poll tax receipts by January 31.
Twenty speakers were detailed to
lecture at every church, evfcry
fraternal body, and every civic
organization in the city. Booths
were established for paying poll
tax at the following places: Tyler
Barber college, Drs. Wlllams and
Hunter's office, Community Cen-
ter building, and John Williams'
(See TVLKR, Page 5.)
♦
Insurance Ass'n
Bans Use of Rock
Island Railroad
Man Dies from
Injuries, Exposure
Suffered in Fal
Pla ge Down Embankment, Jan. 6,
Results in Spine Injuries,
Pneumonia—Dies Man.
\ SPINAL injury and exposure suffered in a fall dawn an
■** embankment, on Friday, January 6, resulted in the dcAit.:,
in rtfc Robsrt B. Green hospital, mors than two weeks later,
of a Ean Antonio man, who died Monday, January 23, the
day before his 5Sth birthday.
, The dead nv:n is Henry Dorsett, of 521 South Gevers
Str*et, who, according to relatives, was walking from Laver
Bto, OV nts, where he had bet it exposure while the man lay help
woriiji to his home, when he
plunk**' down an embankment
along the highway, with his land-
ing ^gainst a fence. The fail
rendered him helpless, with hi*
lcgs, .;nid arms being partially
paraty:: d
After acme hours, lie was found
by residents in tlie vicinity, who
notiwd the injured man's relatives,
who .went to the scene of the ac-
cident. nnd carried I)orsett home.
Htf wa s treated, and seemed to
show i some improvement, hut later
RiWjwotse, with his wife having
him jpiiiovcd to the Robert B.
GrfcttFjiopital, ten days later, on
TariifTiy, January 17, where it
severed that he was suffer-
hroken vertebrae. I/)buiar
uIbo developed from
■
Or
gamzer
Here
less in the ditch. lie died the fol-
lowing Monday.
Dorsett was born in Laverni.i,
on January 24, 1883, where his
family still lives, but he spent
part nf his time in Luvernia, nni
part iu San Antonio.
In 11)21 he and Miss Viola Fields
were married, five children being
born to the couple, two of whom
survive.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted Sunday afternoon, at two
o'clock, from the chapel of Col-
lins Funeral Home, with the ltev.
II. A. Vaughn ofticiating. Intel -
inent will bo in Lavernia, Texas
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Viola Dorsett; two sons, John C.,
and Henry Dorsett, Jr.; and one
elater, Mrs. Ardelia Douglass Wil
son.
Shotgun Slaying.
Sunday Morning,
Follows Argument
Second Blast Fired into
Man's Face as He lies
Dead on Ground
yiCTORIA, Texas—With the
October quadruple shooting,
that resulted in the deaths of
two men, still fresh in the
minds of Victorians, the city
was again rocked by gory
| violence early Sunday morn-
ing, January 21', when a .12 gang?
shotgun roared, as an estranged
husband snuffed out? the life of
another man following an argu-
ment over the shotgun wielder's
wife.
The dead man is Johnny Porter,
23 years old. Charged with his
murder is Paul Black, 27, who is
accused of having turned the shot-
gun on Porter at close rang.\
shooting him twice in the face,
the second charge being fired is
the victim lay on the ground, al-
ready dead.
Porter was kUlod in front of his
own home, on Ernst street, iu
the Dutch Lane settlement
Bla.-k voluntarily surrendered ro
I Sheriff It. A. Itogau, and con-
fessed. A charge of murder was
tiled against him Monday, and he
is contined to the county jail.
According to aeeouuts of the
Cut in Fight When He killing, the two men engaged in
Tries to Learn Why a ,,itler quarrel, Saturday eve-
IPz9*i
I). MeNFAL, international
organizer of the Brother
of Sleeping Car Porters, who
pent the past week in San
Antonio perfecting plans for the
solidification of the brotherhood.
He has appeared as principal
speaker at several meetings held
(See ORGANIZER, Page 5.)
Man, Who ^ants
ToKnowW hyTCe
Is H i t. Stabbed
Another Beat Mate
ll« <«ri.riaifA Nfirrn Prui
RICHMOND, Va.—The day after
receiving a letter from Congress-
man Arthur W. Mitchell, recount-
ing his experience two years ago
when he was forced by the Rock
Island railroad to ride in a' Jim
Crow ear, C. I J. Towens, secretary
National Negro Insurance asso-
ciation informed all members of
that organization that the Rock
Island would not be included in
plans to transport delegates to the
annual insurance convention to be
held in July at Los Angeles.
The Mitchell letter to Secretary. Maid ro have found a considerable
Towens said in part: "My atten-1 slortape. Braunum, for years had
tion has been called to the fact i jn cjjarge of the money order
postal savings accounts at
The desire of a husband to learn
the cause of a misunderstanding
and fight between his wife and an-
other mau, led to ft second fight,
Satuiday, January 21, between th
man and husband, in the 700 block
of Refagio street. As a result,
William H. Holt, 31, 783 Barrera ,
Street, is in -n serious condition < fhe shotgun, and then went
from Stab wounds inflicted in bis I ^ortors home to await
ning, over Porter's relationship
with Black's estranged wife, from
whom he has been separated
since kist July. Mrs. Black and
Porter are nald to have become
very close trtende tollowlng this
nepntntlon.
In " Mark's CWiresmon, Tit ■ mtiwn"
teil that after he and Porter quar-
reled, he (Black) went home.
trie ken as He
\Cranks Car, Dies
FBH the car he had just cranked passing over his body,
although not seriously hurting him, as he was suddenly
ftlitfkcn with apoplexy at Rcmana and North Flores streets, i havill„ .... charge. The dead ma
a pan Antonio man died a few hours lUter, Saturday, Jan- win, a r„ck llurill8 ,he ; almost torn away.
nary 21, bis desth being attributed to a cerebral hemorrhagp.I tion that followed. Later that! Fcl,owln« "* footing. Black
.Bre man, so suddenly claimed bv death, was Asa Gil-
ipore. 58 years old, of 317 Burnet Alley.
left nMo and shoulder by an as his ret"rn- Black, according to
sallant ngaltwt whom Holt lias not '*'s C0I1^ess'011, shot Porter in the
filed charges. face- close range wlien the
According to Holt's statement, | laller "nnl1}' returned home about
when he arrived home from work. I;30, °'<;loc'k "mtUy morning.
his wife, Mrs. Isaline Holt, told j
him nf her having had an argu-
Black discharged
another blast
into Porter's face, as lie lay on
ment with another roomer, at the Il,e ^I0U,,('« dead, having bren al-
arrera street address, and of her| instantly killed from the first
The dead man's face was
GHinore was cranking the ma
chine, about 12:10 o'clock in the
afieriK'on. when he suffered tae
stroke with his collapsing, the
car starting and passing over his
prost te form, but not injuring
birn. He was carried to the Rob-
ert It. Green hospital, hut died
the Fame day at about 4 :30 o'clock.
dilmore was born August 14.
488,0. in Gonzales, Texas, but
cai^e to San Antonio when quite
yous^'. and had resided here since.
He was also a musician, and had
been a member of a number of
bands.
Funeral arrangements have not
l een completed, although it has
been announced that interment
will be in Gonzales. Collins Fu-
neral Home has the body.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mary Gilmoro; one sister, Mrs.
Sarah Harris, of Gonzales; two
brothers, Dale Gilmoro, of Sa
tion that followed. Later that i 4
evening. Holt encountered the man ( rectl.v to the jail, surren-
whom his wife had named as herj ttrln® 1 ,e sbeiiff.
assailant, and attempted to que«-| Cu another j]
tion him regarding the affrav . ,„ m|.,|0 ,.
m, I l"° minds of citizens—October 9,
I lie | 26 year-old Horace Hill, dis-
By trade he was a mechanic, al- Antonio, and Harper Gilmore of
he was not regularly em Pasadena, California, and a num-
ployi . at the time of his death. | ber of other relatives.
Me veal Shortage
In A c e o u n ts of
Tuskegee Suicide
lljr Associated Negro l*rcs*
TT;jKfXiEE, Ala.—Postal author-
ities checking over t£e accounts
of Tracy Brannum, veteran pop
ulnr postol clerk who died by his
fi*n band here two weeks ago, are
Chat your organisation, which
holds its animal meeting In Onl-; aa'1
lfornla, is considering the use of i tbe Institute post office.
the Rock Island railroad for that; Washington, postmaster at Tuske
trip. I am writing merely to re-! gee for 40 years, died last Octo-
mind you that this is the railroad!
Conjecture among Brnnnum's
had trouble in i
(See ORDERS, Page 5.)
with which I
Arkansas two years ago, and
against which I have a suit for ' P0'11^ the presumption
$30,000 pending, nnd a petition be-! thni, knowing the advent of a new-
fore the Interstate Commerce emJ portn,after meant the auditing of
mission, which 1. «n effort t*}^ ^01int,i „„„ seolng no
bring about better traveling caa-' , ,. .
ditions on the Hock Island rafl. j 'fcnediate way out of the situa-
tion, which It is reported covered
r J period ot years, Bjannum chose
iuUi rather than face exposure.
Br.minm died from a self-inflict-
ed revolver wonnd Friday, Jan-
Cry 13.
road ... I hope yon wiU
use. their lines, became of
unfair treatment to the very
your companies terve."
(See BANS, Page 5.)
Mother, Daughter
Fatally Burned in
New Jersey Fire
Uy The AsNociatcd .Nepro Press.
SYRACUSE, Nf. Y.—-Trapped by
tire and burned severely Sunday
morning in a house really unfit
tor human habitation, Mrs. Mamie
Prettimnn, 50, and her daughter.
Mrs. Frances Leonard, 24, died
here Tuesday in the Crouse-Irving
hospital exactly six hours apart,
The flre is thought to have
started from an over heated stove
pipe and was the third tire from
the same source within a week.
The two women, who did not
retire until after 12 o'clock Sat-
urday evening, slept late as the
two young bojs of Mrs. Leonard
spent the evening with their pater
ral grandmother. The fire had
gained a considerable headway
when the occupants of the house
were awakened by a passerby who
noticed smoke coming from the
upper part of the building. Awak
ill fre.sj! in
.1.. ir6atuiue iur tiuta/ltliA minHa
earlier in the day.
themselves became involved in a|frnrf,u, . ;,M
, ' iracrea necause lie had been for-
heated argument, with a fight and i.j.i.i,.,, , ,, . °
^ .. .' _ ... | Midden, by her father, to see the
girl be loved, walked into a gro-
cery store, shot down the girl,
seventeen-year-old Georgia Lee
Barnes, shot himself, then shot the
girl's father, Lush Ha rues,
shot a bystander, Mrs. Olivia
S__. j James, <Kt, and. then, again turned
A Womnn U, ho 1B"" 011 himself> dying la his
. .1. *? Ollltlll T? IIO tracks. Lush Barnes, who was
|\ • 1 • r j expected to die momentarily, lived
ified in i> o s t o n for ,hree following ti,e
shooting. The two women re-
covered.
stabbing of llolt resulting.
Holt was taken to Robert H.
(See STABS, Page 5.)
♦
Rites Here forEx-
Largely attended and very im-
pressive obsequies were conducted
Sunday afternoon, January 22,
from St. Paul M. E. church, with
the Rev. I)r. G. A. Deslandes,
assisted by the lt. vs. A. \Y. Har
vey and J. C. Goodwin, ofticiat-
ing, for Mrs. Sarah Davis James,
former resident of San Antonio,
who died in Boston, Massachusetts,
Tuesday, January 17. Frank E.
Lewi?, funeral director, was in
charge. Interment was in Knights
of Pythias cemetery. The decedent
had been ill for about a year.
Horn in San Antonio ubout fifty
five years ago, Mrs. James attended
the old Riverside school, and, at
an early age, married Nelson
Davis. This marriage was dissolv-
ed by divorce (several years later,
with the decedent and William
James being united in matrimony
in 1011. They moved to Boston In
lf)l< , where they have since re
sided.
During her residence In San
Antonio, the decedent was well
known in many circles, and wis
au active member of St. Paul M.
E. church. *
Authorities Have
No Solution for
Ejected Croppers
Hv T|ir Assor'utril Neirro
MOW MADRID, Mo.—Last Wed-
nesday. after a fortnight of trials
and tribulations, the problem of
the encamped sharecroppers, eject-
ed from their homes by landown-
ers, in southeast Missouri still
baffled solution, and there was
no indication as to what would
Ik1 done with the 5(H) Negroes
who, on Monday, were put into a
camp six miles east of Highway
CI—in a sw.imp area inundated
during the 1037 floods.
The colored sharecroppers who
const ituted more thun one-thir.l
of til? group which had p.evlousl-
pitched camp along highways of
the district, were evidently pre-
pared for a long stay. Sheriff A.
S. Stanley of Xew Madrid counly
and Sgt. It. R. Heed of the Stato
Highway patrol reported, however,
Surviving are the widower, Wil , _
liarn James; two sisters, MeedamesI that the camp was peaceful.
cned by the shouts of neighbors Amanda Taylor and Blixle Payne The officers said the sharecrop
the women found themselves trap- of San Antonio; two nieces, Mrs. pers had sufficient food, receive-
ped by the fire as a hallway, the Katie Stewart, San Antonio, and from surplus commodity ware^
only means of escape, was fully I Mrs. Smithie Johnson, of Wasli-
ablrze. I ington, D. C. | (See 'CROPPERS, Page 5.)
Pay Your Poll Tax by January 31 !
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