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Vo Pragma Without Struggl*
"If there is no Btrugplc, there ia
no progress. Tnose who profess (o
favor freedom, and yet depreciate
agitation, are men who want cropi
.without ploughing up the ground.
... Power concedes nothing without
a demand. It never did and never
will.'*
—Frederick Douglas*
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City Edition 12c
Atxtomo Register
RIGHT • JUSTICE 4 PROGRESS
City Edition 12c
'ALL
the SAN ANTONIO and
SOUTH TEXAS Ne\v«
While It is NEWS. Com-
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Wide News Coverage. |
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-No. 38
With SippiMMqt. Q«t at CTty. IK BAN ANTONIO. TEXA .
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IT'S VOIR NEWSPAPER
Trapped San Antonio Man Perishes in Fire
Omega Conclave Opens Monday
\
Flight to Mexico
City, Friday, Will
Climax Activities
ITH delegate! and fratera converging on San Antonio from
every Motion of the nation, the 47th annual grand conclave
of Omega Pii Phi fraternity will get under way here, Monday
morning, Dee. 36, for four full daya of buaineaa and activities,
climaxed, Friday, by a pleasure flight to Mexico City.
The fraternity'a theme, for this year, ia "Youth of the
World: Accelerators of Program and Change."
u
Teachers Who
x Embezzled $25,000
Await Sentencing
(By the Associated Negro Press)
ATLANTA—Two suspended school
Inrtrn irruwd of embeialing nearly
f2r>,flUO credit union fund*, entered
p|Ni« of nolo contendre (no content)
last week at their arraignment In
federal court.
A third ei-teacher'a acheduled at-
tainment wan postponed.
Mm. Willie Houser i.adnon West
and Hpurgeon Yorke I'oe did not con-
text the rhnrges.
Sentencing will be delayed until the
outcome of a hearing for Mrs. Oretha
B. Waller, treasurer of the union for
at) year*, ia known.
The latter wa« ((ranted * de^ay
bccnuae her attorney la on another
ease out of the city.
The trio waa indicted on three
counta for allegedly enibculing funds
of a teachera credit uuion.
They were charged with conspiring
to violate federal lnwa reflating
credit unions, emhcxzling. and mak-
ing false entriea In credit union books.
The Indictment charged the three
with embenling $24,072.60 over a
three-vear period beginning In 1037
from the Atlanta Teachera Federal
Credit nnlon No. 2.
The organization Is made up of
teachera and school system employees
of Kulton and DoKalb counties.
The Indictment charged that the
125.000 shortage waa built up in
three waya.
One method waa the use of ficti-
tious namea on loan applications.
These applications were approved as
■ matter of course on Mrs. Waller's
recommendation, the indictment said,
and the checks were cashed aud dl-
(8N TEACHERS, Page T.)
Reglatration will get under way at
10 o'clock, Monday morning, at St.
Philip's college auditorium.
The Supreme council will aiatt with
rcpecmtatiirc* from the 12 diatrtta,
Monday afternoon, from 1 to 4 o'-
clock.
H. Carl Moultrie, attorney of
Washington. D. C., th* national *i*e-
utive secretary, wiU preaide at the
first part of the plenary aeaaioa. Tues-
day afternoon. He operate* from the
fraternlty'a national headquarter* la
Waabington,
Preaiding at the fraternlty'a open-
ing conclave session will be the grand
baslleua, Dr. I. Gregory Newton. pro-
fesaor of political acienee. North
Carolina college, Durham. N. C.
Presentation of Samuel I). Kane,
principal of Washington elementary
school, here, and conclave grand mar-
shal, will be one of the features of
the plenary session.
Kane has been in charge of local
arrangements, which culminate Fri-
day, in the pleasure flight to Mexico
City.
Among fraternity officials reporting
with Dr. Newton presiding will be
J. B. Blayton, Atlanta, Ga„ graud
keeper of finance; Charles A. Hay,
Durham. N. C., aud W. O. Walker,
Cleveland, Ohio, co-directors of public
relations; Dr. Matthew J. W lilte-
head, Washington. D. C„ achievement
director; Herbert E. Tucker. Jr..
Dorchester, Mass.. aocial action direc-
tor, and six of 11 district representa-
tives: Oerald Clinton, first; J, M.
Coleman, second; C. D. Paige, third;
William .1. Moore, fourth; Fred W.
Pickett, fifth; and John H. Moore,
sixth.
First vice grand basilens, Cary D.
Jacobs of Indianapolis, Ind., will pre-
side nt the plenary session starting
at 9 o'clock, Wednesday morning.
Dec. 2H.
Additional district reports will he
given by .1. T. Brooks, seventh; H.
V. McDonald, eighth; O. M. C.iblw,
ninth; C. E. Johnson, tenth; and
John I ng, twelfth.
Traveling representatives reporting
(Se* conclave. Page 3.)
I
Dawson Rapped for Not
Accepting Cabinet Post
By the Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON—Widespread criticiam waa being expressed
this week of Rep. William L. Dawson for turning downjhe
chance to become the first Negro to serve in a federal cabinet.
President-elect John Kennedy announced late last week that
he had offered the postmastership to Dawson, and that the vet-
eran Illinois congressman had declined.
Dawson told Kennedy he felt he could be of more service
to (lie country, hia party, the state by of service to hia nution in turmug
ret (lining his seat in congress.
Kennedy's announcement of Daw-
ton's refusal to accept the job was
interpreted here aa meaning that he
• * — obligation to the
Netfo.
that Daw-
t «le-
In the
_decliuing the
i'vii belug crlti-
i many Quarter* thia weak.
An NAACP official, who didn't
«i*h ,'0 ha Identified, pointed out that
to accepting the Job, Dawson ml::ht
hare eatabllshed a precedent that
vnU have been followed h, «uc-
aa*dia. adminiatratioaa.
IkM •• Dawson's acce]
down the job.
"Had he accepted, the status of
America itaelf would have J>een ele-
vated in the eyes of the Africau-Asiuu
nations."
lawson's acceptance could hg( € si
Jie nation wifii
^ could not have
offset' or'matfM t
Until Kennedy waited out t
door of his house and made
ment, the Chicago congressman
atontly denied talking to the president-
elect about the cabinet appointment.
Only a few daya before he told a
reporter that he hadn't talked to Ken-
uedy at all for a week or so, had no
date to confer w ith htm, and as for tak-
ing a cabinet poat if offered, had
thin to any;
' IS* tlAWSON. Her I)
DB. 1. OREOORT NEWTON
HKApfl OMBOAB—Oiaia
Newton, profe**or of political
at North Carolina college, Durham,
lieada, a* grand haalleua, Ouitga Pai
Phi fraternity, which I* holding it*
forty-wrenth annual.grand condar*
in Ran Antonio, next week, December
26 through December 30,
♦
Another $10,000
Week for S. A.
Fender Benders
'Twas the week before Christmas —
and it was another $10,000 week for
Han Antonio's army of fender benders.
Seventy-four vehicles were in
volved in 35 accidents. Damages to-
taled $10,000. with 16 vehicles not
being damaged, or damages not being
ascertained. It was the third consecu
tive week that property damages have
gone over the $10,000 mark.
Only two drivers were drunk, drink
ing, or under the influence of alcohol
or drugs. Five drivers had no oper-
ator's licence. Five persons were in-
jured.
There were ten women, four teen
ago drivers involved in the mishaps.
Wednesday, December 14, in I he
."5000 block of North Zarzamora, po-
lice reports indicate Harold James
Johnson. 10, 2710 Unix, kept improper
lookout when the vehicle he was oper-
ating collided willi a properly parked
machine owned bv R. J. Lutsc, 12111
Texas. Johnson, who was booked for
negligent collision, defective brakes,
and no license plates, sustained $100
damages; Lutz's damages were not
indicated.
A 1030 sedan driven by George
Hardaway. 43, 121112 Joe Blank, sus-
tained $ir 0 damages, Wednesday,
when, on Blanco road aud West Kidge-
wood, it was struck by a truck oper-
ated by George U. Thigpen, 47, ill 14
Heacou. Hardaway, police report,
made an improper turn from the
wrong lane. Thigpen had $10 damages.
Improper lookout on the part of
both motorists was Indicated by police
as the cause of a collision involving a
machine driven by Joel L. Cochran,
(JO, ul4 Club drive, and a truck oper-
ated by Farrls McUaiity, .'III, 1102
Mast Crockett. Wednesday, in the
400 block of North Alamo. Damage
to Cochran's lfliW sedan was $1!00;
to the truck, $40.
Police reports indicate Howard R.
Alexander. IK), 1717 Burnet, kept
improper lookout, Wedncsdaj7~when
lie collided with a vehicle driven -by
Mis. Marie W. Morrisey, - 44, 387
Army, nt North Alamo and East
Grayson, their sustaining r.vppttfve
damages of $150 and $12Ti0, Neither
had an operator's license.
When Antonio Olivares Rieel, 4U,
fcodlulfcL*ftade an I*
Court Rides for
Texas Sitter-in
Special to San Antonio
AUSTIN—Tha Court of Criminal
out the "unlawful assembly''
Wiley college senior, in connection
Hfftifii lut March
The appellate c
against 8. J. Briicoe, 21, who had hoe*
ton county court at-law for hit part'1
Wool worth ator* in Marahall.
Th* court'* opinion, written
Jail* K. X. Woodier. *aid th* offi-
cial chart*
~ #r u V
Ht araaiuliag
cial chart* against Briaco* wa* in'
JefTnlte. W«MI«t aaid the trial
tsavitl tl
Hnwar, th* ofinion did not awa-
Hmt th* chart* b, Briacoe'a attonaH
the* -CMaaaa .would never bar* hacn
wmted Jwd lw not been a Negro.
Woalwwth'a wa* the acene of aer-
,ral tanoaatratloaa March 38. 28,
SO bjr young Nagroea aeeking aervice
aMha ator*'* lunch counter.
Qarrlaon County DUt. Atty. Charlea
A. Allen told the court, on Nor. 18.
th* conatitutinnal right* of tore man-
all, last week, threw
an of a 21-year-old
tit-down proteite in
dimined, prosecution
" $400 by the Harri-
a sit-in at the F. W.
ager W. W. Hall had been violated.
Sltallaf'eavs from Harriaon coun-
ty alao ware diamiaaed ia opinion* by
wa*fley.
Brtaeo*
with
l^aa .^^ttar* w*
! ta Wiach other by
w*r* charged
"with th*
Fifty-Three-Year-Old
Mail is Buraed
Beyond Recogaition
A 53-year-old San Antonio man was burned beyond recogni-
tion, Thursday night, Dec. IB, when he was trapped by flames
1 in what had been his living quarters in a combination garage-
| ttoreroom, that had a small apartment on the second floor, in
the rear of 326 West Park.
A door through which he tried to escape was locked from
the outside.
I The charred body of James (Jim) I ■
! Robinson was found in a sitting poxi- [ _
J tion in the southwest corner of the j I fwtol |\ A A| P
WILLIE BLl'NT
Woodky said the Texas unlawful
asasaiMyiU tute says "by violence w
ia M7 atber manner.'
TIm alien) lions "by riolence or In
MMtf other manner" renders the
chart* jjbceriiii^
Garbage Will be
Picked Up
Dec. 26, Jan. 2
THEKK will b* garbage pick
upa on Monday, Dee. Sg, i
Monday. Jan. 2, 8am Oranala.
eity public works director ha*
nouneed.
The** two daya ar* narmai
holldaya for eity employee*,
the city'* garbage aervice
not be interrupted.
Shots Urged-Polio
Has Unseasonable
Sudden Increase
The Bexar County chapter of the
National foundation iM urging every-
one who has i^ot had the complete
series of |m>Uo shots to start them
immediately.
The sudden rise in new polio ei
in the county, in the last 60 days,
mm king an unusual prevalence of po>
lio at this period of the year, makes
preventive action imperative.
Also uniiNiinl has been the number
of Negroes stricken by the disease,
t!<ere having been four children afflict-
ed. all of whom are recovering, and
a 40-year-old man fatally stricken.
In the overall statistics, Bexar
county has reported twenty-oue cases,
with four deaths during the year, nine
of which have been reported the p
six weeks. _
Last yearV^ases totaled 19, witl
no deaths.
In onktt f<* a person to hace
protection against polio by the lttfl
polio season ""the Salk shots should
be started now," Dan J. Quill, chair-
man cf the Ilexar county chapter, aaJd.
"I personally feel that it is a disgrace
for anyone to contract |>ol!o now
because they have not been ?acd-
(See POLIO. Page S.)
Teen-Age Baby
Sitter Accused of
ilia, ht ti « r t
ussu waww :,.>* UdllStOU. RlCClStlSf.
tained datoafts; Mrs.
|100.
According to j>oliee renorts.
man Lee Areh, 2T, 101® OiP
eratlng a pickup truck, was .
Edgar Saunders, 35, 1835 Wast Pop-
(8m ANOTHER, Pag* 1)
, ! sws _. ^
Shlej "week after
Ann White,
•I rric
■in
Mate Surrenders
In CHtical
Knifing of Wife
A 2T-yssr-olii San Antouio woman
waa critically wounded, Friday, when
she waa-allegedly knifed by her es-
tranged Ifcsbsn'i.
Mrs. Julia Turbin. 308 8pelman
walk, Buttered multiple stab wounds
and alines of the back. arms, and
shoulder* and lwt considerable blootl.
ArresU<l and booked for assault
to avritr- in the case was Claude
Turbin, a!*> 27, address listed as 231
Canto*.'
The worn on was heard screaming
shortly afW Turbin was seen going
into ber"ap«rtinent.
When p« dice reached the scene, they
found t&t seriously knifed woman
prootratO the living room floor, but
still coijniaui>.
A afcojff time later, Turbin called
from Wyoming walk, telling
police 4iiqt he would give himself up
at ttat 'address, and anrrenilcrccl
therw n<-prs A. Wlllinms anil
Biwr^ LeStoiirgeon.
Huslbn-Tillotson
® 7,000
Science Grant
At'SlFtN—I'r. ,1. J. Seabrmik. iircsi-
^juston Tillotsim ihIIcki', lias
i ill,- award of a jirniit of
^'fV.iin t lie National Sciencc
( to cuiKlnct a mimnicr insti-
teachera in science
and methf!Ji:>t..-x. lie stated that tlii
luatitute Tvill I'f conducted on the cam"
pua oC llasi'in-Tillolson beginnini!
June 11 ami ending -Inly 21.
Th* liatiltite will be open to all
liialifittf Ifliiiers of niatheniatica aud
adaecc of Hit- liiirh achoola who have
fiHcB least three years of teach-
■c and will be tc;uiiinc
r.uirse of science and
at the- time of makinc
Unite will be under the di-
j. 11. Mnrlou, professor
(j ,tf pwstoa.TJIiotaon:
in*' " S'tSMk* wwaarf
„ of lb* «cienc* staff of
llotswi and other ontMand-
i,ts from nniversilies add
RiTKS H£U>. WEUNENDAV-
Iraprtaaiv, funtral aarvicea were held
Wadiwsday aftarnoon, Dec. 21, for
Willi* Blunt, Ban Antonio resident
for 40 years, retired railroader, aud
former* basinets nan.
Ha died Friday, Dec. 16, following
a long illness.
Services weta.conducted from Bethel
M pastor, Rer.
L Ths Irater-
He AMpkM
Nm. rnf, r.
ground floor, his back against thej
south wall, his left side against the ]
west door.
Robinson had probably attempted
to eseape through the door, but it
was secured with a padlock on the
outside. Firemen had to pull the door
open.
An almost empty wine bottle was
found not far from the body.
The origin of the fire is not known,
but one th«ory is tfcat llnbiaasa fell
asleep wfcHe smoking, with the burn-
ing cigarette settiag off a blase that
. Carter
8jtar Consistory, f
Funeral home was in I
awf gutted d
C. W. Anglin, 22. .*522 Ha re rick,
Elects Harr\
•/
Burns President
At the annual ejection, held Sun-
day. Harry V. Hum* wa* elected
tircident of the Han Antonio branch
at, the National A**oriatio« lor th*
Advancement of folored P*a>l*.
s Other branch officer* are Charle< A.
first vie* preaidaot; Iniug
ruvi
irbn* WatM*. iwwuu: K I
plained
night
Lihh,
Mk.t
a teen-age
and aho**
charge #f burial la City cemetery No.
3.
Th* decedent had resided in San
Antonio ilnce 190). and was for
many years a business man. He re-
tired from the services of the rail-
road in 1946.
Survivors Include a widow, Mrs.
Hortense Blunt; daughter. Ro.sema-
rie; three sisters. Mrs. Dicie Boston
and Mrs. Anne Fuery of Los Angeles.
California: and Mrs. Teedie Campbell
of this city; nieces and nephews, aud
numerous other relatives.
♦
Obsequies Held
Monday for
Roy H. Johnson
Fuueral services were held Monday
afternoon, December 10. at 3:30 o'-
clock from Mt. Zion First Baptist
church for Roy 11. Johnson, 01. who
died Friday, December 10, at 11:45
o'clock in the morning. He had been
in failing health for the past year.
The Rev. C. William Black, pastor
of Mt. Zion First Baptist church,
officiated at the services. Colli us
Funeral home was in charge of bur
ial in Eastview cemetery
The decedent had come to
Antonio in 11)08, and attended
local public schools.
lie was an employee of the Full-
man company for 37 years.
His membership in Mt. Zion First
Baptist church dated back 4( years.
lie was a long-time member of the
Smart Set Social club.
lie and the former Miss Alberta
McBridc were married in 1017. ami
she preceded him iu death in July.
19H0.
On November 4. 19."$. he was mar-
ried to Mrs. Beulah Wood, who sur-
vives him. There were no children of
either marriage.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. |
neulah Johnson: four brothers. I. 11. |
Brooks and Archie II. Johnson, this 1
city: S. H. Johnson, Houston, and !
Leonard A. Johnson, Chicago. 1 Hi
aois.
discovered th". fire when heard "" *"
bSnr TiaZ"'hW B,,r"" * Luter,
building. Anglin laid that be tried who wa, , f„'r „ - '
to get to the man, but flames drove
him back.
The body, burned beyond recogni-
tion, was taken to the Robert B.
Green. The name Jim Robinson was
found in a wallet. Later, fingerprints
definitely established identification.
Investigators said that Robinson
had a wife who lived somewhere on
West Martin.
to
led (the
White English
Couple to Adopt
Sixth Negro Child
(By the Associated Negro Press)
CIDDINTOY England — Mr.
and Mra. Anthony Wild*,
popular white couple of this com-
muaity. won the admiration of
neighbors and the frowns of some
skeptlr* last week, when they
tolfl welfare official* they waoted
to adopt a sixth Negro child.
The Wildes have no children of
* their own. and Mrs. Wilde. S3,
recently lost a baby through mis-
carriagf. She beamed as she spoke
of her tan brood, the first child
being adopted five years ago. She
said: "It's the happiness the first
five have brought us that makes
us want another. When my hus-
band and I went to see the chil-
dren up for adoption, we asked
for the most unwanted child."
reelection.
Elected to the executive committee
were F. D. < almore. Kirov Coming
Mrs. (.*. E. Floumoy, T. E. Gilmore,
Royal Hammond, Rer. L. C. Gla*eo,
C. T. Harris. Jimmy Hartwell. Mrs.
Ethel Hawkins, Dr. H. K. Haywood,
Rector Hoyle, ^frehie H. Johnson,
Miss Beverly Johnson, Herbert B.
Johnson, Rev. Emerson Marcee. O.
J. Sutton. J. E. Taylor. Jr., Albert
Whiteside. Jr.. T7 A. Logan. Valmo
Bellinger, and C. A. Jon s.
Night Watchman
Captures Burglar
With Finger
A liight watchman, who used hie
finger as a pistol, captured an 18-
year-old youth, a would-be burglar,
early Tuesday night, at Snow White
cleaners. 21TJ1 Broadway.
Booked for burglary in the case
was John Henry Smith. 18, addrese
listed as 201 Annie street.
Smith was backing through a rest
room window, when Jesus (ion/ales,
00, the night watchman, eyeing the
intruder, waited for him to drop
inside, then rammed his finger in
Smith's back, telling him it was a
gun.
With the finger "gun," Gonzales
telephoned police, and waited some
lit) minutes for them to arrive, mean*
(See FINGER. Page .)
Several Months'
Illness Claims
Percy Jenkins
I'ercv
native f
Sy^ifh
year-old girl, waiting a* a I
tu.. had stolen a 4ms, «
at***, with • Mai rata* at
STOLEN
William*, an, 148 Jain' in.
t. police, Friday morn-
■« ae*. the night before,
two aiMMath-old Gcai-
frnai Ma yard. Th* d*ga
"ft "
I'ercy Jenkins, Cm. prominent and
ve San. Antouian. died nt bis
Q)« South y.4«ri*-street, Tlmtw-
aiglifr IVPeuihef 1.1, at 0 oNhvii.
after an illnrM of several months'
dniiition. H«t hail been confined to
tjrookc Genarai hoKpital for three
in Kefitcmher. after whirh he
to hia bnsae when he renmin-
e^twtll hia death.
feflHina receive.! his public school
tniaiag at the old ltiverside school,
and wan employed for many years by
tlM*'>iiaaoari-Kansas-Triaa railroad,
and by the I'aited States government
.* <«• "J**, fmm u.
Racism Forgotten in
Rescue of 'Sippi Negro
U> the Agboctated Ne^ru i'ress
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss.—While the state of Mississippi ia
most often regarded in the minds of Negroes as the aenith
of racial hatred in the United States, the dramatic rescue of a
44-year-old Negro tenant fanner indicated that the races can
work together in a moment of near tragedy.
Rescue workers braved a long night of scrambling in
treacherous sand before they were able to secure a rope around
it. A touch "loosed an avalanche of
*niid. A CHW^i of the trapped ten-
ant fanner ran for help.
The first rescue attempt set off
another cave-ii^ .4(iller waa covered to
his chin, bis despairing eyes fixed on
the o|>ening 16 feet ebove him.
v A iengUi jsf hose was let down to
provide oxjrgeu shtmM He. head be
It-eareA hia^life wtien a later
■ed tor St minutef.
Harr>- Miller, Vast week, and pull him
to safety.
.Miller had spent nearly 24 hours
at the bottom of a 'JO-foot deep cis-
tern, trapped in red sand tip to his
chin. His ordeal brought out nearly
every man for miles around—white
nud Negro— in a-;tcM*f rc«£y< opera-
tion which drainred -tfirlitiH 22-degree
weather. -
Dkre<ts ill:
Working !n relays eC^
cuere descended into
cautiously at the . ski
rig a frail, makeshift
along the erumhliog
Miller, weak but
rect his rescue. He wag eoneriou eml
smiling when finally IMkrd from t%e
hole and placed In an ambulance. 0
The ordeal began on tfte^ morning'
prior to the rescue when llUler fle-
ecesiW im itciiin. esamin*
to dig
*- ; -, '• M
heW Ill-
fall left Wm eoyered
I^ater, workers plai
it protei*ted ^jUUgr'A
m'
Wm
When th* aav* trai Offered arooa^
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