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Thii F'.ra a Member
THE BAN ANTONIO
NEGRO CHAMBER Or
COMMERCE
VOL. 8—NO. 52
San Antonio Register
RIGHT . -JUSTICB . PROGRESS
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Crowd Sees Close
Of Cooking School
'Health Week'Gets
Under WaySunday
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* 1*. « n 1 1 r Speaks Tonight
Auditorium racked
Gala Stage Show,
Final Program
M
AINTAINING the traditional final-night capacity-house
record of the thirteen previous semi annuUl events, San
Antonio Register's fourteenth three day cooking school came
to a colorful, interesting conclusion, Friday evening, March 24,
at the Library Auditorium before b. crowd of some 1100
persons.
For the final night's entertainment, patrons were treated
to the finest stage entertainment
ever presented in the auditorium,
winners of the Pioneer Flour Mill}?
cake baking contest were announc-
ed. and grand prizes were awarded.
Master -of- ceremonies Celeste
Allen staged a ten act show that
Included all of the outstanding
talent of stage and radio in San
Antonio. The performance opened
with the clever dance team of
Slim and Slam. Miss Juanita
Miller, vocalist, a newcomer, sang,
"I Won't Tell a Soul 1 Love You".
Alvin ltay presented a new and
unusual act in his Jitterbug mnr
toilettes. Cora Woods, San An-
tonio's own inimitable edition of
an Ella Fitzgerald, sang, "Blame
It on My Last Affair", and, as an
encore, "I Found My Yellow Has
ket". James Perry intrigued the
crowd with a soft shoe routine,
and Clarence Orr and Eura Mac
Walker held the audience brca'b-
}e*H an they wont through tl o
amazing Step* of the "Jitt«rbuR-"
latest dance Bob Brook*.
San Antonio's favorite male vocal
1st, sang, "What Do You Know
About Ix)ve", and was followed by
"Bum" Spears, another male vocal-
ist. The Four Aces, newest sen a
tlons of the air waves, and a reg-
ular daily feature of radio staticn
WOAI, rendered three selections,
•'Gone", "When Will the Sun
Shine for Me", and their famous
theme song, "Black Magic". A
dance team, the sensational Three
High Steppers, cfosed the pro
gram.
New Cake Winner
That the long time monopoly on
the cake baking prizes—that, up
to the last few schools, had been
held by the same pastry experts-
was definitely ended was again
demonstrated when a newcomer
once more walked off with first
honors. The fourteenth semi
annual school's first prize winner
was Mrs. L. Sullivan, 1221 East
Crockett Street, who was awarded
a 32-piece China set, and a 21
pound sack of White Wings flour
for her confection; second prlre
also went to a newcomer, Mrs. K.
Hall, 526 Victoria Street—she re
ceived $1.50 in cash, and a 21
pound sack of White Wings flour;
third prize went to a ten-time pri/c
winner, Mrs. Fannie Cliff, 139
North Mesquite Street; Mrs. Cliff
received one dollar In cash and a
114-pound sack of White Win
flour. Fourth prize, a 24 pouii'L
sack of White Wings flour, was
won by Mrs. Alberto McNeal, 203
Stratford Court. Fifth place lion
cm, a 12 pound sack of White
Wings" flour, were won by Miss
Mnttie Ilarvey, 1212 Dawson
►Street. Miss Mamie Wilcox, 1728
Hays Street; Mrs. T-. o. Luter, 411
Cactus Street; and Mrs. Georgia
Jones. 700 Virginia Boulevard. re
ceived honorable mention.
Valmo C. Bellinger, publisher of
San Antonio Register, acted «s
reneral-master-of-ceremonies of the
•veiling, and thanked the partic
patlng merchants and the many
iundred.i of patrons for their.sup-
port and cooperation, and urged
rh0 people's support of the cook-
ing school participants.
Bill Williams, Negro salesman
of the Quality Tire company, and
William FerreH, representative of
the company, also spoke on the
program. Quality Tire company
presented its grand prize—a table
model radio—of a series of valu-
able awards given during the
school. At previous sessions, the
tire company had given an electric
toaster, a waffle iron, and 30
quarts of motor oil. The winner
of the radio, Friday, was Mrs.
Pearl Thomas. E. Crockett street.
Mrs. Jaylor, representative of
.he Walker's Austex Chile com-
pany, and Mrs. Anthony Van Tuyl,
'emon It rater and conductor of the
school, also spoke briefly.
Scorcw of prizes were awarded
natrons, Jucliirting the grand prizes
!"nar included wearing «i*pniel,
household (urniirbiugs, glassware,
*nd. fdtvcrv.are.
; h v Twi Participating Firms
The;e were ten companies fully
fnrtleipatlig In the school, with
*A8c« CROWD, Page «.),
ManWhoPopularized
"Big Apple" Gets
Term in Pen
By The Associated Ncpro Press
COLUMBIA, S. Cliai'K-
rd with violating the revenue
laws. Frank "Fat Sam"
Boyd, dance iiall proprietor
at whose establishment the
"Big Apple" dance was pop-
ularized, was sentenced Mon-
day by Federal .Indue Franlt
K. Myers to serve nine
months in prison at Peters-
burg, V'a. Tiie judge also
suggested him as a candidate
for a Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta.
Boyd, big and husky, had
pleaded guilty with another
man when their attorney
pointed out Boyd's connec-
tion with the spread of the
111* Apple dance craie.
-Tiiafs no reason I should
let him off," Judge Myers
replied. "He ought to be on
one of these WI'A art proj-
ects. Maybe lie could get
with those Negroes in New
York who are putting on
Gilbert and Sullivan operet
las."
Junior School Bo v
•/
Cuts Leg as He
Jumps from Bike
Bicycle ornaments have lost their
attraction for the Lewis brothers.
Allen, 12, and Robert, 15, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lewis, 1817
Dawson, since Allen suffered a
deep, painful gash on the calf <•(
his left leg, Friday morning, while
en route to Douglas Junior school.
The wound required five stitcne.-;
to close.
Riding "double" on a bicyc'.c,
while going south on llackberry,
Allen dropped his fountain pen
just as they crossed Commerce,
and while telling his brother to
stop so he could retrieve it, he
also sprang backward off the seat,
thus throwing Robert off balance,
causing him to jam on the brakes,
Had the bike continued to roll, it
would have rolled clear of Allen,
but since it stopped directly tin-
d~ i I
E. FREDERICK MORROW, co
ordinator of branches of the Na-
tional* Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, who
will be the principal speaker at
a public meeting to be conducted
tonight by the local chapter of
the NAACP at Second Baptist
church.
The visit of Morrow, who is on
a tour of branches in Kansas,
Oklahoma, and Texas, has been
timed to come in the midst of the
(See HOY, Page 5.)
More May Enroll
For Household
Training Project
Mrs. Anthony Van Tuyl, super-
visor of San Antonio's newest
household workers' training proj-
ect, located at 518 South New
Braunfels Avenue, announced this
week that vacancies exist for four
or five more enrol lees In the pr* s
eut training course which will
extend over a twelve week period.
The course Includes proper meth-
ods in cooking, laundry, household
care and child nursing, offering
very definite training and prepara-
tion that will enable the trainees
to meet the ever-increasing do
mauds of efficiency and complete
competency that are more and
more required of household em-
ployees. Expert home economists
are in charge of the instructions.
The training is absolutely free,
and while the trainees are paid no
salary during the training period
they are fnruiahed with uniforms
and are given one meal daily.
.Satisfactory jobs will be sought
for each trainee npon completion
of the preacribed course. The
classes are held $ix hours daily
—Monday through Friday—giving
the students their evenings and
week-ends free. Further informa-
tion might be obtained by calling
at the training center, 518 South
New Braunfels Avenue, any day
except Saturday.
(See SPEAKS, Page 5.)
—
Santonians Cut
In Wild Orgy of
Sunday Knifings
Four Slashed as Alamo
Citians Run Amuck
During Hectic Day
Maybe it was Sunday's 93 degree
temperature—for San Antonio's
hottest day since last October-
or perhaps It was something else,
but, at any rate, temiiers, seem-
ingly, were very much on edge,
ami San Antoninus were extremely
irascible on the Sabbath, if police
records are to be taken as in-
dicative of the mood of the pop-
ulace. No less than four persons
were reported, by police, as being
knifed, during the day, to add to
the week-end's general pande-
monium.
Night clubbing did not end so
pleasantly for Leslie Bocst, 21r of
1132 West Woodlawn Avenue. In
an altercation, about four o'clock,
Sunday morning, in o resort about
six miles out on the New Suther-
land Springs., road, Itoest was
stabbed under the heart, allegedly
by his wif?, Mrs. Ora Lee Boest.
A Carter ambulance rusjied him
to the Robert B. (Jreen hospital
for treatment, with his then be-
ing released to the care of hia
home, lie declined to prosecu'.o.
His wounds, at first reported as
critical, are said not to be serious.
Two men were stabbed, early
Sunday morning, in a fight at
Zarzamora and Poplar streets, a
west side spot often mentioned in
police reports as the scene of
fights and brawls. Erin Johnsm,
ji. .J2i Albert Street, sufferul
knife wounds in the left sidr. He
named Jack Pollard, 10, of 150.1
Menclkicn Street, as the blade
wielder. Pollard was slabbed In
the right leg, with a knife, by,
according to his statement to
polfce, "an unknown Negro". Both
men were treated at the Robert
B. (Jreen hospital, and released
to private care.
In another Sunday brawl, this
one in a resort in the 500 block
of East Commerce street, Lydla
Wyatt, 37, of 7 Zipp Aliey, was
arrested and booked for aggravated
assault on Willie Armstrong, 220
Dawson Street, who was bashed
over the head with a beer bottle.
The defendant was released under
$200 bond.
Monday in a fight in the rear
of 407 S in Pedro Avenue, Johnny
Davis, was slabbed in the left
side, near the waist line. Ills
assailant, who escaped, was named
to police. Davis was treated at
the Robert B. Green hospital.
(lOing back to last Friday, Mrs.
Emma Gamer, 41, lOo1/^ Colorado,
was cut and stabbed several times
about th<> body, with a knife, al-
legedly wielded, according to polic#
records, by her son*In-law, Richard
White, who was arrested.
1/tte Friday night, or early Sat-
urday morning shortly after mid
night, Helen Lewis, 54, 122(1 San
Fernando, was cut on the left leg,
and her clothes badly slashed in
a fight. She was carried to the
The Citizen's Responsibility for
Community Health" Special
Objective of^Week
RATIONAL Negro Health Week—April 2-9—will open
^ Sunday in S .n Antonio with special health sermons by the
pastors Ut many of the local churohes. At others, a health
message will be addressed to the congregations by doctors,
dentists, t:achers and other speaker: .
Health Week which, this year ..ohserves its twenty-fifth,
or silver anniversary, has, for itt special objective: "The
Citizen's Responsibility for Com-
munity Health". As ia now well
known to all Negro dtizens, Na-
tional Negro Health Week Is spon-
sored by the National Health
Week committee in Washington,
with the cooperation of the United
States Public Health Service-. It
is conducted in Texas by the Tex-
TulKjrculosls association and
its affilinted branches. The Health
Week activities in San Antonio
are directed by the Volunteer
Health league, with the active co-
operation of the Bexar County
Tuboreulosls association, the city
health department, board of educa-
tion. and many other civic groups.
The week's schedule of special
dnj's to l>e observed is announced
by the Texas Tuberculosis asso
elation as follows:
Sunday—Mobilization day.
Monday—Special campaign vday.
Tuesday—Home hygiene davV N
Wednesday—Community sanitV
tion Coy. • .
Thursday—Adult health day.
Friday—School health day.
Saturday—General clean-up day.
Sunday—Report aud follow up
day.
During the week, health talks
will lie given at all public, pa-
rochial, suburban, and rural
schools, together with a showing
of the new Vecrrn tuberculosis film,
"Let My People Live". Owing to
the fact that Friday, April 7, ij
Good Friday and a holiday, t
luay 4«chool program will be
Mitvu u Mauvt ot
schools will have their usual Tiealth
part<i<
U was ■announced by S. J. Sut-
ton, general chairman, that plans
are -nearing completion for the
bigg< - health parade in the dozen
ycfljN this event has marked the
close. rf the Health Week program.
The i1 il final mass meeting will
follca' in the Library Auditorium
afte-*" the parade, at which time
"Let Sly People Live" will be a
feol.in of the program.
Citi2« ns were urged to tune in
Saturday night, April 1, at 0:30
o'clock, for the annual radio broad
cast,of Health Week over Station
WB4P, Fort Worth. Rev. F. II.
Barnwell of the state tuberculosis
sOci^y, announces that music will
be by Texas college music depart-
men
A'.1 nonn cement was also made
r . k rof. Sutton that the w*
tuberculosis clinic will
formal opening on Mon
at its headquarters
building located at North
luuora and Micklejohn streets,
[pied by Dr. C. O. Andrews.
\ will serve as clinic director.
A| 'veceptlon with refreshments
Ided by C. A. Booker and
by k the Monday Evening
will feature ibe
Uurlnsr tlte
days will be
Sepia Mayor Race
Starts With Rally
Six Candidates In Race as
Chamber of Commerce
Drives for Members
W/ITH six candidates for the title of ' Negro San Antonio
" sepia mayor" pledging themselves to strive unceasingly,
each in his particular way, for the going forward of San
Antonio, the sepit mayoralty campaign—the feature of the
San Antonio Negro Chamber of Commerce membership drivo
—officially got under way, Tuesday night, with an enthus-
iastic "campaign push-off rally" in the auditorium of the
- I'ilie stive: lifiiicli of iho
Dies Suddenly
4
Mexican Consul
Says Ban onRace
Tourists Lifted
itone NAACP
declares It's Not
'$n Any Politics
Must Get Tourist Card,
Have $60 for Each
Month of Visit
Executive CommitteeSa.vs
ranch Has Endorsed
No City Candidate
•5i
NEW YORK, N. Y.—A, inert can
Xegro citizens niny now truvvl
freely In Mexico without being
subjected to discriminatory pmc-
REPORT CONFIRMED IIERK
NOTE: When tbis dispatch
reached Register, the Mexican
consulate, in Sail Antouio, was
immediately contacted to as-
certain it the local office had
received sucii Instructions. At
first. (oiisuMlcneral Josefc de-
clared Unit he was not cogni-
zant of any chaugex, that the
standing instructions were that
Negroes entering Mexico were
required to leave a $50 deposit
(250 rcsos) at the point of
entry, to insure their return,
lie requited however — when
Rcg'stcr insisted it thought the
order had been officially issued
—Uir.t he be furnished a copy
of the release, aud lie would
investigate. An hour later • be
ci'.IIr Register office to an-
no iiKe that his office was in
recil.it of similar instructions
—'hat there be no discriniina-
i.-jn bemuse of race or color.
—Editor.
(Sec KNIFINGS, Pace 5.)
tices of customs officials at tae
border of the country.
Reliability of this information
was vouchsafed by Joe H. Qulnoiies,
Mexican consul stationed ot St.
(See LIFTED, Page 5.)
(Stressing the fact tliat the Na-
tional Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored Teople is not n
political organization, and there-
fore it is not the policy of the
organization to become involved
In any political campaign, the San
Antonio branch of the NAACP,
at Hs executive meeting Monday
nlgh;. at the Pine Street branch
YWt'A, released the following
statHiii i t for the Information and
cifligiitenment of the people of San
Aainnio:
'fAs citizen* of San Antonio, we
are \itally interested in all prot:
leu ; of the city and its future
pkogiiss, but this organization
(&;a AUonio chaster. NAACP) is
not giving official endorsement to
an: candidate ill the coming mu-
firipal election.
it -Any member of this organiza-
tion hi", the right and privilege
to as he pleases."
STABBED
11! an altercation Tuesday
Mi. .cb -S George r. 0'Hrien, 21
31'. Howard Street (rear), was
still bei in the left shoulder by
Mui:l ! , named to police. O'Hiien
w. treated at the county hospital.
WILL R. MUNDY, for nearly
a quarter of a century one of the
Katy railway's most capable chefs,
and a resident of San Antonio f.>r
27 years, who died Monday after
noon, March 27. on an operatlm;
table at the Medical and Surgeon*
hospital, preporatory to undergoing
an operation for appendicitis. He
was first stricken eight days be-
fore, Sunday, March lit, after he
had reported for duty for his leg
ular run north.
Funeral services were held yes
terday afternoon from the resi
deuce, 1211 North Mesquite Street.
Will R.' Mundy
Dies on Hospital
Operating Table
Veteran Chef of Katy RK
Succumbs to Attack
Ot Appendicitis
Fined for Toting
Rod, Not for
Shooting Two Men
In niMitii
tli
preriou
-Arc hit:
*h(K>(.l c
Samuel Ellison, 22. 809
Indiana Street, who, on Sun-1
ilay nijrlit, Marrh 5, in the 6O0
block of N. New liraunfel*
avenue, shot down two men j
who allegedly attacked him.
was sentenced, tliis week.
to a total of !I7 days in jail.
not f« r shoot ing the two
men who molested him, but.
for unlawfully rarryinir a
pistol, 011. or alnnit, his per-
son.
He was sentenced, Tues-
day, in county court No. 2,
•Judge C. J. Matthews pre-
siding, to 90 days, plas cost
of court, which amounts to
-eveu days.
Ellison wounded L. 1)
Wright* 24, 1001 Mencbaca.
pd,
others—Archie .1«-lins->n important
|Brothe|
t< rs figure, and well I
known in all sphere.
tonio activities, and
influential leymau
state Baptist church
a prominent aud aci
all civic and Race
efforts, tossed th
hat> into the may or;
The half - dozen
Samuel Shaw. Geori
Herbert Mouton, J. E. Cbrisuuin,
Inmau and Johnson, will now bat*
tie it out in the primary whicli
will clone Tuesday, April 18. Those
candidates who shall have polled
not less than 5,000 vot s, will then
qualify for the final ruu off. Cau-
didat< M with lesn than 5,000 to es,
by April 18, will be automatically
eliminated. Votes are deteruuiwd
by iiujiiiur 01 7
cbtaiued for the cha/tiher of cow
ig Car ror-
nd popularly
of San A ••
John Inmau,
u city ami
circle-, ami
T.
What Does San Antonio Think About
Swinging Spirituals?
* UOR the past *vernl weeks San
* Antonio Register has. been quietly
inquiring, listening, investigating in
an effort to MMjrtain the reaction
of the populace .to the setting of
"church music" to SWING TIME.
What kiwuei will be revealed
in next week'*5egister >n <"> ar-
tide by U. j|^ndrews, Register
editor.
It'll be in the April 1 wsue,
Stricken by an attack of ap
per.dicitis, Sunday, March 10. Will
It. Mundy. 129 Js'orth Mesquite
Street, widely kne^n San An
tonlan, and vetera nr em pipy ee of
the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas
(Katy) railway. died Monday
afternoon, March U7, at 5:10
o'clock, on the operating table at
the Medical and Surgeons hos
pital as he was about to undergo
the knife. The decedent lia«l
lived ii} San Antonio for 27 yea re.
Mundy, a chef on tile Katy for
24 years, was first stricken, on
the nineteenth, after he had r >
ported for duty, at the railway's
commissary, to take his run north
on the Texas Special. He was
advised that his condition wa.-
serious, and was kept under con-
stant medical care, i.t. his b'otue,
until Wednesday, March. when
he was removed to the hospital
for an operation.
Mundy, in his fifty-eighth year,
was born in Syracuse. New Y : k,
June 11, 1881. lie left school ut
an early age to go to work :□
contribute to the support of his
widowed mother and sisUr, and
very soon learned to cook.
At fifteen, he was employed ns
waiter on the private car of Col.
E. II. R. (Jreeu, president of th ?
New York Central railway, with
his later becoming chef, serving
for a number of years.
He operated ^ restaurant in El
Paso, Texas, next moved to Den
ver, Colorado, where he was ew
ployed by the Fort Worth aud
Denver Ilailway, the Cotton H it
Kailvray, ami later, the Southern
Pacific. He served as chef ol a
leading Texarknna (Texas) hotel
for several years.
In Texarkaua, be met, v.ocvd.
and won, Miss Pearl Pounders, tin-
couple being married June 23, 1911.
The next year they moved to San
Antonio. After being employed on
the S. A. W. and (J. railway ami
at a hotel, he entered the employ
of the Katy, in 1915, as chef, serv
ing in that cupacity—with loyalty
oud efficiency—until he was fatal
ly striken. He had many friends,
not only among his immediate : s-
Kociates, but persons in all walks
of life, c. lored and white.
Funeral services were held yes-
terday (Thursday) afternoon from
the residence, under the auspices
of American Woodmen, Camp Num-
ber 5, of which he was a member,
with the It?v. J. W. Warren of-
ficiating. Invocation was given by
Dr. W. Scott Chiun; liesdamcs
Vera Andrews and Kthel Leonard
rendered solos; biography by Mrs.
V. A. Nelson.
Pall bearers were the members
of his train crew—Edward Quarlss,
Albert Sale*, Will Routtc, Henry
Gipson, (Jeorge Gip$ou, and John
Perkins. Interment was Hi the
U. H. F. cemetery, under direction
«jver the riyfat eye, « «! 1 eft
. vumjut-u mr uiff ciihjuimt %n COfll-
, I**"**"*?* mrcet. In I morco. ther* bring four dameit of
the neck and shoulder, woen / uemfiereliip?. with fh<«fr revpeptfvo
lie let loose a blast of irnnf values fin votes) ranging from
tire as the two closed in on poo fo 1800 vote*.
him. as he attempted to aid Candidates entering the run-off
a companion who was being i ,Vjji then fight It oat fur another
attacked by three men.
Cong. Mitchell
Again L o s e s in
Jim ( row Suit
Bj The Aflfiocinted Negro TrcsR.
WASHINGTON, I>. C Congre-s
man Arthur W. Mitchell < f (
cogo's first district, last week,
received another setback in his
Jim Crow suit against the Ro a
Island Railroad when the Inttr-
state Commerce commission turn .1
a deaf ear to his plea that the
commission reconsider its dis-
missal of his complaint against
the railroad.
In his suit, the congressman,
through Attorney R. E. West
brooks, charged that while en I
route from Chicago to Hot Spring-
Ark.. railroad officials refuse 1 t"
honor hi> first-class ticket and]
forced him to transfer to tin
separate, or Jim Crow car, in the'
state of Arkansas.
Attorney West brook«« cont .ds
that Jun Crow cars "for Negroes
only" are second-class accommoda-.
two or three week period.
Tuesday night's rally got under
way with T. L. Holley. chamber
president, giving a brief review;
of the local chamber of commerce,
Iwhat it had accomplished, and
! what it hoped to accomplish. H?j
explained the "sepia mayor" elec-
tion. and the type of men t.'iac
had be* n sought as nominees for
the office.
campaign director, I)r. W. V,
Hurd, explained the campaign pro*
cedure, ami introduced the can-
didates, who briefly outlined their
platforms. Herbert Mouton, point*
«d out that he, among other thin
| after three months' constant ef*
lort. had recently succeeded in
getting the Southern Pacific Ihh
j line extended to Lincoln park.
I < ne of his outstanding planks waa
[ his stand against scitool age chil*
! dren being allow-d to potronizo
I < stablishments where alcohoiis
[ire
He
\ tli
leclar*
iat he
fight
(See LOSE?
Page 5.)
Man's Leg Broken
As He is Run
Down by Aulo
group, and w
of Negro bus
Inman dwe
| iiig of Negro
lislunent of a
1 centers, supp
institutions.
> MCA, ,and
lied
bus
PPro
art
working
Btriving
\.
U
to\
rd
a
the
Run down and dragged several
feet while still under the
auto
DIBS, Page &)
mobile that had struck him, An I
drew Hardge, 34, 181"
Street, suffered a broken leg. above!
.the knee, lacerations on the# bean,
and multiple bruises about the
body, when he attempted to cro.s<
Commerce street, near New Braun
fels avenue, early Friday morn
ing, March 24, between 1:30 a.ul
two o'clock.
En route to work at the South
era Pacific railway station where
be has l een employed in the car
cleaning department for thirteen
years, Hardge was walking west
on the north side of Commerce
street. He was run down as he
attempted to cross to the sou h
side of the street, with his being
caught under the machine and
dragged several feet before th3
automobile was brought to a stop.
He was pulled from underneath the
car, and rushed to the Robeit
B. Green hospital in a Carter
ambulance.
Archie Earl, address given as
1610 West French PlaOe, listed ns
the driver of the car, was arrest
ed and booked for aggravated as-
sault on a pedestrian. Earl was
released under temporary bon&
chamber of commerce out of any,
and all kinds of politics.
Johnson showed the need of
organization, and lauded the cham-
ber for its work in this direction.
He pointed out how much more
Montana | could b; obtained by organization.
One of bis strongest planks is
advocating an ROTC unit for
Phillis Wheat ley s :nior school.
J. IC. Chrisnmn will seek tho
opening up of more jobs for Ne-
groes; be will try to get trained
nurses at the Robert B. Green
hospital, more men on the police
department, and two or three city
garbage trucks operated by Ne-
groes.
Among others who spoke briefly
were Elisba Thompson, Mrs. C. L.
Brewer, V. Hr Palmer, and W. T.
Moore.
Following the speaking part of
th« roltv, the assemblage was
served hot dogs and punch, nnd
final instructions and campaign
materials were issued the can-
didates. Campaign macagfs of
various candidates wore revenled
as follows—Archie Johnson—Mrs.
Cora Wiley, manager; Samuel
Shaw—H. Maynard, assisted by I*
E. Askey: John Inman—C. L
Brewer; Herbert Mouton—I. <J
Collins; George T. Sutton—Pai
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