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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTK.MltKR S, 1947
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Internal Rows
Wreck "Wings
I 0' Jordan" Choir
Rev. (J. T. Settle Blamed
As Celebrated Group
Suddenly Folds Up
By The Associated Negro Press
LOS ANGKLES, Calif.—When the
Accustomed time for the "Wings
Over Jordan** choir to appear on
Columbia Broadcasting system ar-
rived Inst Sunday morning, listeners
were amused to hear instead of the
expected harmonies, n program from
Chicago
The "Wings Over .Ionian" group
not only did not broadcast, but dis-
sension had risen to such a degree
that the choir disbanded. Quarrels
within the organization and center
Ing about the Key. Glenn T. Settle,
originator and director of the choir,
nre said to lie-responsible for break-
ing up the pioneer radio outfit The
group was scheduled for a concert
in San Diego and were at the point,
Inst Sun "Ivy morning, when the
broadcast had to he abandoned.
lndhjdunl members of the choir
hnve arrived In Los Angeles and arc
seeking work in movies and inquir-
ing about the possibility of personal
appearances. Some complained about
the salaries they were paid. These
averaged $132 a week.
Others said that Settle hnd little
consideration for singers who were
ill, docking them for non-appear-
ances.
Or. Settle could not l* reached for
a statement. There were reports that
lie was seeking talent to rebuild the
organisation. CBS officials declared
the break up was a surprise to theui
and bad no Immediate comment.
♦
Laborer, Girl, 15,
Who Disappeared
With Him, Taken
Dv The Amotluted Negro Cress
EA8TON, Md.—After a three
^weeks' man-hurt througOuut the
woods northeast of Centrevill** and
•urrouudlng country, a posae, led by
stste police, eaptured%nd jailed an
^alleged alMiuctor of a white lC-year-
Id farmer's daughter here last
VedtH'sday.
The accuard man ts Cornelius
Ellsworth Whiting. .HOyear-oId one-
eyed laborer. The girl is Hattle Lou
I'nsworth, daughter of a tenant
farmer at Wye Mills, who had dis-
appeared from her home with Whit-
ing Aug. 6.
The girl was found by state police
two days earlier, after her father
reported seeing the girl walklug
down a road between Centrevllle
and Church 11111. Wlien discovered,
the father said she ran into a corn
field. A constable Investigating the
report, found the girl with a man In
the corn field. He seized the girl,
but the man fled.
According to Deputy Sheriff Tom
Stewart. Whiting and the girl had
plnnued to clone to New York. Mem-
bers of the girl's family quoted bcr
as saying she was planning to run
away and marry Whiting. Another
family report had it that the girl had
been tied up in a barn at the farm
and was later carried into the
woods.
The girl claims that Whiting ab-
ducted her and forced her -to live
with him in the woods and eat ber-
ries ami stolen vegetables. Taken to
a local hospital, the girl was found
to I** suffering from malnutrition.
Whiting's wife Is said to have
left him because of his attentions to
the girl.
Buddies Reunited After 43 Years
Girl, 19,Man Victims of Sadistic Attack
Public School Opening
Day Enrollment is 2510
Pictured above nre five Spanish-American war veterans, all members
of Company L of the 2.1th Infantry regiment In the Philippines in 181)9,
who met again for the first time In 4.'t years nt the Spanish-American
war convention that was held In ]£ansas *-Wy, Missouri, from August 24
to August 28. The youngest member of the group, Walter P. Ervln, is
07 years old.
Heading from left to right: Walter P. Ervln, duty *ergennt of Omaha.
Nebraska, Raymond W. Welch, first sergeant. Yellow Springs, Ohio;
the Rev. John A. Hunter, llopklnsvllle, Kentucky; Warren West, com-
pany cook, Sau Antonio, Texas; Ilanlbal Rose, trumpeter, Chicago,
Illinois.
West who lives here at 21R Maryland street, is a retired Pullman por-
ter, having retired from the Pullman service In May, 1943 after 20 years
and six months of service.
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'45
Wheatlfy
. .490
4.-.M
Doiitfliiftii
. .423
465
4S|
in,nl.,n . .
. .201
is:;
170
Wank. ...
. . SUii
49S
449
Cuney ...
. . 898
473
40.1
Grant ...
.493
460
470
8A* ANTONIO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Oiipnlng Day Enrollment
'44 '41 '42 '41
46ft 418 SO# 124
512 448 4 9 416
112 SI 105 12
440 452 SSI 412
374 40.'. 8.16 369
447 403 160 144
MO
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529
4U6
473
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4*7
ion
47.1
471
613
12!
137
138
N3
INS
405
42*
1ST
4N3
87.1
4<yi
309
410
417
306
366
3*0
42;
1,181
totals ..2,510 2,616 2,433 2,364 2,311 2,170 2,291
SAN ANTONIO schools opened their doors. Wednesday, this
week, for the 1947-48 session, with 2.510 students register-
ing in the city's six public schools. Although the total public
school enrollment was more than a hundred less than that of
1946, it was, nonetheless, the third largest of the last 12 years,
as is indicated by the table above.
With St. Peter Claver academy not accepting any out-of-
Chicago Mother Sues
For $30,000 When
Rat Bites Baby
Bv The Associated Negro Presa
CHICAGO, III.—A damage
•nit for $."0,000 wan filed In cir-
euii court here last week by
Mm. Vivian Gibson mtainst Mrs.
Nancy R. Neal, operator, and
William I). Mendelson, owner
of tlie apartment building in
Wliieli idle lives.
Mrs. (ii'isnn .barged that her
four-month old nun. Cornelius,
suffered perniam nl sears on llie
head and fare when lie ivns
bitten by * rat as he lay in Ills
erlh.
F r e e-for-A 11
Brawls Usher in
First of Month
Free-for-all brawling was the rule,
in wan Antmito. this week, in a
riotous first-of-the-inonth outbreak
that saw a half-dozen persons re-
quiring hospitalization.
lu a melee, involving two women
and a man. early Saturday momiug.
In a N00 block East Commerce street
resort. Miss Ethellne Taylor, 2G, 220
Dawson street, was slugged on the
back of the head with an ash tray,
allegedly wielded by Lee Robinson,
OS, of 504 North Hackberry street.
The woman's head and back were
lacerated. She was treated at
Hrooke general hospital. Robinson
was booked for aggravated assault.
In a three-way free-for-all fracas,
early Tuesday night, Miss Mary
Dickson, 22, 414 West Laurel street
(rear)), stabbed Walter Haines,
Km; Dtiffirld, In the right Cheat,
and slashed him on the Up and fore-
head. She sufered a sprained wrist.
Garfield Williams, 43. 118 West
Cypress, also in the fight, received
a cut haud, but said he suffered
his Injuries washing dishes. The row
occurred at the !*aurel street ad-
dress. Haines was carried to Santa
Roaa in a Carter ambulance. Miss
Dickson wan booked for aggravated
assault with a pocket knife, and
Williams was booked for drunken-
ness.
Daiitel Harris. 33, of Kelly field,
was treated at the Kelly field guard
house, Wednesday, for a lacerated
left wrist, and an "egg" on the right
$500,000-Will
Case Reopened
By Father Divine
Cult Claims Estate Not
Disposed of as Rich
Socialite Intended
Dy The Associated Negro Press
NEW YORK CITY.—Arthur A.
Madison, a top legal aide to Father
Divine since 19*12, announced this
week that the $500,000 Mnry Shel-
don Lyon will case had not been
settled.
Instead, Madison revealed, the
mntter will be reopened in surro-
gate court on Oct. 7 and it Is ex-
pected that a request will be made
then to have the widely reported
compromise agreement set aside on
the grounds that the late Mrs.
Lyon's estate was not disposed of as
Dlviue's white "angel" had intend-
ed.
Mrs. Lyon, a Divinlte for years,
died many months nuo UHortiv be-
fnre, she made a will in which the
VWdO estate would be divided
be \veen one of Father's missions
here and another in New Jorscy
When the will was filed for pro-
bate last May. residents of Fifth
and Park avenue were shocked to
learn that the once prominent
socialite had left all her worldly
town students until next week, when
additional dormitory facilities, now
under construction, will be com-
pleted, the parochial school registra-
tion is not available this week. St.
Peter Claver, which hnd an all time
high enrollment, last year, of 517,
is anticipating at least <100 students.
The academy has mushroomed in
growth to such an extent that addi-
tional dormitories hnve become a
| necessity. Efforts are being redoubl-
ed to g* c these facilities completed lu
the next several days.
The only one of the three paro-
chial schools whose registration
figures were available was Holy
Redeemer, with that school show-
ing 188 entered, on opening day, an
Increase of 30 over last year's flrst-
day attendance. St. Catherine's
figures were not immediately avail-
able.
In the public schools, decreases
are shown lu the. high school, Phil-
lis Wheatley, and the east side
junior school, Douglass, and one of
the east side elementary schools,
Cuncy. Dunbur Junior school, on
the west side, continues its upward
enrollment climb, with a record 201.
The west side elementary school,
Grant, also showed increased first-
day registration over 1046.
Washington elementary was the
ouly east side school to show an
increase over last year.
all m-jm-'-i •wwrpn will be reg-
istering for the next two or three
weeks, with a considerable general
increase expected in thi school popu-
lation.
Pliillls Wheat ley's enrollment had
Jumped from 4!Hl, Wednesday, to
."•03 by Thursday noon. These figures
do not Include the veteran eurollees,
as the Yet*- will not register for two
weeks. La^ year, £1 ex-service men
swelled tli- Wheatley opening day
enrollment
Accordli s to Register's survey of
Mhool faci !•-. ihere are 107 "white
collar" woiker< in the six schools,
including t-ix principals, !)' regular
teachers, throe special teachers nt
Wheatley for the veterans' program,
and six cl< rks.
The hip:, school has 2.1 regular
teachers,.three special teachcrs for
the veteran program, two clerks,
and print: pal. for a total of 20.
Douglass janior school has 20-
principal, clerk, and 78 teachcrs;
Grant has 17—principal, clerk, 15
teachers; there are at Washing-
ton—principal, clerk, 14 teachers;
Cuney ais< has 10—principal, clerk,
14 teacher, with Dunbar having
nine—principal and eight teachers.
The city school teaching persouncl
Is listed below:
Phi!!.- Whcatlry High
G. P. Inge, Jr.. principal; Mrs.
Audrae II. T. Adams, Mrs. Malml
Booker, Mr*. Hat tie llriscoe, D. B.
Brown, >liss Florence E. Brown,
Count in Hosital
After Battle With
"Brown Condor"
Fellow Colonels, in Haile
Selassie's Air Force,
Ki Fist Fight
By The Associated Negro Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia.—A fist
fight between Col. John C. Robinson,
2,29s 2,203 2,6*9 ] noted American Negro air ace, and
Carl Gustaf von Rosen, a Swedish
count, now serving as head of Ethio-
pia's military aviation training pro-
gram, ended here last week with
Von Rosen's condition Thursday was
that he will xnot be able to appear
| in court Friday against Robinson,
who Is at liberty on $1,000 bond. The
battle, an eye witness said, was the
outgrowth of the Swedish count's
threat to Mirow Robinson, a rr.l.ltary
aviation instructor for the Ethiopian
government, off the airport.
Robinson challenged his bos s'
threat, and the two men engaged
In a fist battle, with Von Rosen
Girl Snatched from Escort,
Man Next Abducted-Pair
Terrorized for Hoars
A nineteen-year old Latin-American girl, and a 28-year-olcl Ne-
' gro man, neither of whom had ever seen the other before,
were abducted, Sunday night, by a 32-year-old Houston white
man, who. during a three hour sadistic orgy, tried, unsuccess-
fully, to make the Negro assault the girl, tortured them both,
raped the girl, and robbed the Negro.
Through the description furnished by the Negro, Woodrow
W. Cawtlion, a Houston garage me-
Church Project,
That Led to Mob
Action, Explained
chanlc, was later arrested, ldenti- |
fled by the couple and Jailed.
Cawthon, the father of two chil-
dren, is said to be facing a negligent
homicide charge in Galveston, Tex-
as. as the result of a fatal traffic
accident, in that city, about three
weeks ago.
The terrorized and abused victims
of the Sunday attack VfTt ICIflB Students Constructing
Elolse Gomez, 235 East Lubbock ~ — *
being taken to the hospital. Both street, aud Virgil Kimble, 010 East
Robinson and Von Rosen hold th*f
rank of colonel In the Ethiopian air
force. During the Italian-Ethiopian
war. they flew together for Emperor
Haile Selassie.
How long ill-will has been shared
by the two men for each other is
still an unanswered question. Rob-
inson is known to have resented the
Swedish count's attitude since he
became head of the Ethiopian air
force.
In 1034, Robinson, a product of
Tuskegee Institute, met representa-
tives of the Ethiopian government
and was sent there upon request of
Emperor Selassie, ne found an air
force of 12 old planes manned by
German, French and a few native
pilots pitted against crack Italian
flyers. Two years later he aided in
reorganizing the Ethiopian air force
Crockett street.
According to the story told police.
Miss Gomez, and her escort, Lee
Ybarbo, 25, 218 East Lubbock street,
who had been to a dance, were walk-
ing in front of Santa Rosa hospital,
shortly after midnight, Sunday
morning, when a 10.10 model, two-
door sedan drove up to the curb,
with the driver, later Identified as
Credit Union Office,
Cooperative Store
By The Associated Negro Press
COLUMBIA, N. C.—Nine while
and Negro students, members of tb«*
Fellowship of Southern churchmen
with headquarters in Chapel Hill,
N. C., were engaged in the construc-
tion of credit uniou office and coop*
\I1kb Urm AdM with discarded equipment from the the machine, with the gtrl. same commuulty
Miss Belt,.- fc. Browne, Mrs. Ada llnltwl H He drove to > nolnt about seven Neero citizens
Cawthon, and flourishing a gun, ; erative store building for the "Light
telling them that he was an officer, of Tyrrell Credit union'* at Colum-
and ordering them to get Into the I bla, N. C., when they were driven
automobile. Ybarbo fled, however, , from the community by a mob of
and told the girl to run. white men estimated to number
Miss Gomez said that she was too around 200, headquarters for the
frightened to run, and got into the organization explained this week,
car. Cawthon then drove east on The incident occurred about th*
Commerce streeL At Swiss and Com- , middle of August. This was the see-
meree, he saw Kimble. Drawing a ond year in whicli the Fellowship
.45 calibre automatic, he forced of Southern Churchmen had cou-
Kimble to get Into the rear seat of \ ducted an interracial project in the
"lioth white and
illio I>erry, G. A. Fowler,
Grluies, Mrs. Marjorle
ft. Myru D. Hemming*.
Johnson, Mrs. Minnie
JL Lowery, C. R. Me
J. \llllvr. Airs. V.
W. B. Richardson,
Snipson, J. C. Thomas, W.
L. Walker, J. W. Warren; clerks—
Miss Dolores Tenucll and Mrs. Hat-
tle Flowers. Special teachers for the
veterana program—Albert Cunning-
ham, Henry y. Stllwell, Miss Lcuora
Clark,
E. Ne
(See ENROLLMENT, Page 5.)
WOMAN OUT
Mrs. Vtlesta Winters, 27, 214 Con-
nelly. was treated at Kant a Rosa
hospital, shortly sfter midnight, 'side of his forchi-ad. Harris said
Thursday morning, for cuts on the , that, early Wednesday morning, he
forehead and over the right eye,1 had been beaten up by :wo men. He
wheh, she said, had been inflicted identified Claude Williams, HO, also
by her husband, Matthew Vlnters. of Kelly field, as the man who hat!
A Carter ambulance carried her to —
the hospital. ' (Bee BRAW L£, Page 5.)
(See CASE, Page 5.)
$4,500,000 Suit
Faces Lily-White
Railroad Unions
Kv I'll* Negro Pre**
ST. LOITI8, Mo.—A $4,1.10,000
Jim Crow suit hangs over the heads
of four all-white railroad unions,
following a petition filed here last
week In United States District court
by five Negro employees of the St.
Louis-San Francisco railway com-
pany.
Defendants in the suit nre officers
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen. Brotherhood of I/K'o-
motive Firemen and Eiiginemen,
Order of Railway Conductors and
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. According to the suit, off! lals
of those unions attempted, both by
direct agreement and by indirect
action, to eliiuiuate Negroes from
railroad jobs.
The petition Includes the names
of James L. Tillman, Oklahoma
City, Okla.; Theodore E. Harpsr,
Jaiues L. Howard and N. L. Bogan,
all of Birmingham, Ala., mul Abe
Smith, Memphis, Teun. The suit
seeks the right of more than 100
Negro railroad workers to work as
firemen, brakemen and engineers,
not i orters.
After lielng dismissed last March,
the men sought an Injunction to re-
tain their jobs. A temporary res-
training order was issued, and U.
Mrs.Tommye Gibson,School
Nurse for 18 Years, Buried
pOKKHAL were held CM* A«p.t SO, j ; ."Jg
« for Mrs. Tommye Logan Gibson, from Second Baptist cnurcn, wlls n,e proper acauvy to doterntinr
Eev. 8. H. James, paitor, officiating. Mrs. Gibson died Thurs-
day, August 28, following an illness of many months duration.
She wa the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Logan, 619
Dawson street, and had been a member of Second Baptist church
from an early age, having iieen baptised by the late Rev. I. H.
liter months Through tier luti>rint
and effort, she was lnstrnmenli>l
A product of the local puhllc
(Ctiooln. alio waa graduated from
Douftlnxx high acliool, and lat « at-
tended Tlllntaon college at Ayntlr.
Terns. Having rhosen nursing as
her profeaslon, ahe IttCOdM Flint*
Ooodrlcb hospital lu New Orleans,
Louisiana, graduating from there In
lKM with honor*. She worked In
Flint-Good rich for two yeare, later
returning to this city where she
worked with the leading physicians.
Following a short period as head
nurse In Hunter's saiuitarlum In
llarlln. Tcins, and with I)r. ltldille
la Denlaou, Texas, she was appoint-
ed aa school nurse of the San An-
tonio public schools. Hhe served In
this rapacity for 18 years. Unusual
devotion to duty, conscientiousness,
and sacrifice marked her work
throughout the years.
Mrs. Qlhson did graduate work nt
the Unlvreslty of California at Los
Angeles, California, during the sum
In the establishment of the Blolse
Japhct school for crippled children.'
fihe was secretary of the State
Nurses association, an active mem-
ber of the senior usher hoard and
courtesy committee of Hecand I!ap-
list church, and a worker with the
Cradle roll department of the Pun-
day school.
She was a member of Que u Vir-
ginia court of CalautW, No. 1IK),
which organisation conducted «i e-
clsl services at the Saturday obse-
quies.
The decedent was mnrrled to
Frank II. (illwou on November !l,
11)45. she Is .nrvlved by the widow-
er, Frank II. (ilhson; her parents,
Mr. anil Mrs. Tom A. Logan: three
uncles, and many other relatives.
Interment was In Kastvleer ceme-
tery, Frank E. Ix-wh, funeral home
In charge.
Woman Knifed as
She Steps Between
Poker Disputants
A woman, who stepped between
two men, during a jaiker game argu-
ment, suffered a deep gash In the
tipper left leg, early Monday eve-
ning, September 1.
Tlie woman knifed was Mrs. Mat-
tie Bnrkadsle, IS, 333 Hedges street,
who named as her assailant, Nath-
aniel Franklin, 1!7, address listed as
IT'O West French place.
Mrs. Barksdale told officers that
she stepped between Franklin and
Rudolph Watson, 4.">, of the Hedges
street aildrcss, lu an effort to pre-
vent Franklin from knifing Watson,
after the two had disagreed over a
poker game. In the ensuing melee,
Mrs. ltarksdale suffered the leg
wound and Watson was cut on the
left thumb.
Franklin was booked for aggra-
vated assault on a female.
California Woman
Medic Gets White
Insurance Post
l*v l*h ArsoilMlwt Ncjro
SANTA MONICA, Cal.—Dr. Mary
E. Norment, 28-year-old Santa Mon-
ica physician and surgeon, this week
waa appointed chief medical exam
Iner of the large United Insurers,
national insurance firm for the
Santa Monl a area.
Dr. Norment, who went to Santa
Monica in the fall of 1014 to take
over the practice of the late Dr.
Marcus O. Tucker, is now located
in the Tucker I'rofesalonal building.
Having grnduated from Howard
university medical school in 1942,
she served her iuterneshlp at Homer
G. Phillips hospital at St. Louis be-
fore coming to Los Angeles to pass
the California modkai board wltU-
the highest grade out of a group of
82.
She Is on the courtesy staff of
the Santa Monica hospital and la
also the medical ezujuiner of th«
(Joldcn State Insurance company for
that area.
According to A. F. Light foot, gen-
eral superintendent of the 1'ultcd
Insurers, this Is the first time In
the iilstory of the l'lriu that a Negro
hnN held this position with the com
pany. He said, "Dr. Norment has
shown a remarkable ability to
handle this important position and
It is commensurate with the com-
the status of the men. mean while
continuing the temporary restrain-
ing order.
Discrimination against Negroes on
the railroad, the suit saya, h a
violation of the Hallway l.ab r net,
the due process clause of the fifth
amendment to the United States
Constitution, the Missouri constitu-
tion and the Civil Rights act. and
further "Is contrary to the public
policy of the United States."
WomanUsesRock on
Head of Another in
Down-Town Fight
In a fight, Wednesday, down
town. In an alley In the rear of
Wolff and Marx department store,
Miss Krma Jean Meltrlile, 1315 West
Martin, was beaten on the head with
a rock, suffering lacerations, al-
legedly by Miss Kvelyo Itlevlns, 28,
also of the Martin (treet address.
A Carter ambulance carried Miss
Mcllrldc to the hospital. Miss ltlev
Irs va« later arrested In the 5liA
block of Hast Couuu roe Ktrcet, and Ipany's ixiliry to render tlie liest serr-
booked for nirgrnrated assault. 'ice possible to our m.my clients." iuearbv
Party-Girl, Man
Slash Each Other
In Payoff Fight
A fight that developed when a
"party gin'* thought her eutertain-
ment was worth more than she was
offered, r« suited in the man In the
case beln- slashed on both arms
and stabl 1 in the left chest, and
the girl's suffering a cut In the
left eye, and stab wounds In the
lower aM ir.i n.
Accord!! 4 to police accounts of
the mel«H. which occurred nt 511
East Commerce street, Lonnie Wil-
liams, 2-1 Chestnut street,
while at the Fast Commerce street
addresa, nind«' a date with a 20-
year-old, -IK) block Mills alley wo-
man. a wnitr* s.
Williams said thnt when he re-
fused to pay the woman the price
that she ;<*ked. a fight developed,
with the woman attacking him with
a knife, and with his retaliating.
Roth wer- -'urrled to the Santa Rosa
hospital la a Carter ambulance.
The woman was booked for ag-
gravated assault, and was ordered
held for Lieutenant Hester.
Negfophobist i s
Protested as Head
Of Army Prison
I'h# Nepro Pre**
NEWJtORK CITV.-I.leuk C-.l
C. W. Clur'ic. tl«' C. 8. army official
accused In IMS of ordering Negw<
troop* jj:o'i his Bristol, Kuglaud,
offlc* jrhpo the latter group show-
ed np to protest against Jlai Crow
treatment l« expected to take over
as head of Fort Jay's new prison
here.
As a r n!'. organizations in Har-
lem w«ri icing n.ked this week to
protest th<' appointment to the war
departi* t.
— — k p.-illy Worker story
aid that l.icllt. Col.
i'iI to as "Old Yellow
he men Rervlng under
« . would he named to
s Island prison post,
did not do something
United States.
Cot. Robinson returned to the
United Htntea after the Italians
overran Ethiopia In 1041, and be-
came ehnlrninn of crafts work at
Chicago'! Wabash avenue YJ1CA.
Ha waa also administrator of the
Chicago resident training center and
national youth administration school
for potential nuchanics.
Known as 'lie "Brown Condor."
CoL Robinson received bis private
civil pilot's license In 1928, and
proceeded to arouse the interest of
American Negroes In aviation. He
served as ground instructor at the
Curtlss-Wrlght school for mechanics
here for five years. During the re-
cent war, he was ground instructor
for the United States army air
forces nt Cbannte field. 111., but
returned here in 1943.
Disposition of the assault and
battery charge must await the re-
covery of Von Rosen. Meanwhile Col.
Robinson is at liberty on $1,000
bond, with his future in Ethiopian
military aviation uncertain.
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inechil rettrletlons for
r,.K and on the eve of the
ir II Intusloii, it was said,
t soldiers be called "nig-
dav lung in an effort to
from v isitlng In
i iv lis.
them
One Slashed, One
Hit With Bottle
As Men Fight
In a series of Labor day alterca-
tions, Edward Graham, 20, 32A
(lollad street, was arrested In the
M0 block of East Commerce street,
following a tavern fight in which
Graham allegedly plunged a shoe-
maker knife Into the left forearm
of Louis Williams, 1G01 YanXess
street.
The men became involved in an
argument in a tavern at 515 East
Commerce street, and during the
heat of which Graham is accused of
having knifed Williams. Williams,
in defense, is said to have struck
Graham on the head with a bottle,
inflicting several small lacerations
on the back of the head.
Charges of aggravated assault
weVe filed against Graham with his
tieing marked "bold for Lieutenant
Hester."
Three Women are
Injured as Truck
Skids,Turns0ver
Three women, passengers In a
l.'ght truck, aud Injured when It
overturn^ Just beyofld the city lim-
its on East Houston street, were
treated nt Santa Rosa infirmary
where they were taken by a Carter
amhuMuce, early Monday evening.
The driver and four other occupants
escaped injury.
Suffering slight cuts and bruises,
the injured women were Mrs. Lu-
tlsha Jackson, Mrs. Ktbel Reed and
Mrs. Addle Jones, 227 Paso Hondo
street.
Jessie Jones, driver, said that he
lost control of the truck with the
vehicle overturning after It had
skidded some fit) feet.
The accident ifes investigated by
Deputy Sheriff Bob Beckuian.
He drove to a point about •even! Negro citizens of Columbia," ae-
mllev from the city, on the Randolph . cording to MUm Nelle Morton. w**e-
tleld road cutoff, drove about 2>V> 1 retary of the fellowship, "tdvmm*
yards off the road, stopped, and \
forced Kimble and Mlsa Gomez to] (See PROelF.CT. Page 5.)
gel out uf the car. *
At pistol point, he commanded , Kpfllrn i
Kimble to rartsh the girl, and to j JtCllll II UI V.IIIIU
"bite off her breast and spit It out.**
Kimble attempted to deceive Caw-
thon, but when the latter discover-
ed that Kimble had not attacked the
girl, he cursed Kimble. Then Caw-
(See VICTIMS. Page 5.)
Death Takes Aged
Del Rio Woman.
Formerly of S. A.
DEL RIO, Texas.—One of this
community's oldest citizens, Mrs.
Harriet Rosette Brown, familiarly
known as "Aunt Hattle," died Sun-
day morning. August 31. She was
years of age.
Born in Warsaw, Mo., June 3,
1858, Mrs. Brown came to Texas
with her family In her early youth.
She grew to young womanhood in
San Antonio, and moved to Del Rio
82 years ago, shortly after ber mar-
riage.
Mrs. Brown la survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Josle Todd a id Mrs.
Jessie Jackson, both of Del Rio; a
son, John Brown, I'hoenlx, Arizona;
14 grandchildren, 12 great grand-
children and one great-great grnnd-
child. One of her five nieces, Mrs.
L. A. Alexander, aud a nephew,
Alonso Raford, live in San Antonio.
Funeral services were held from
the residence of Mrs. K a t h r y n
Woods Gandeap, 310 Losoya street,
granddaughter of the decedent.
Ends Possible
Kidnapin^Char^e
Alleged charges if kidnaping
against Mrs. Ethel Mae Hamilton,
27. and Paul O. Hamilton. 1*7. of
012 West French place. In ecniMe>
tion with the sending, to HoohToq,
of Clifton J. Graham. have Uv«i
[dropped, and tlie child returned to
' Min Antonio.
j Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton had itoen
taken into custody. Sunday, on cou -
I plaint of Mrs. Lula Mac Jac) «on,
514 Xortb Pine .str<v?
Miv J;iek on li.vl f the 1 Id in
; the care of the couple, intermittent
ly, for the past two years, with the
Hamiltons developing a strong af-
| feet ion for the youngster.
Mrs. Jackson liecame alarmed,
i Sunday, when ahe could not n«eer-
taln the whereabouts of the boy.
Mrs. Hamilton insisted, at first, that
she had put the boy on au Kxpoai-
tion bus, about 3 o'clock, Sunday
afternoon, en route to the line
street address of Mrs. Jackson.
When questioned by police, Mrs
Hamilton at first insisted that she
did not know where the boy was, but,
finally, under questioning, admitted
that she had put the youngster on a
train, for Houston, his Itelng sent
to the residence of >ti- M:« O/eli
Adams.
Houston police were notified to
pick up the lad, and get him started
on his way to San Antonio.
Dining Car Men Break With
AFL to Organize New Union
By Th« Nrgro Press
CHICAGO. 111.—Soloa 0. Bell, founder and former chairman
of the Joint Council of Dining Car employee*, was elected
here last week to head the newly formed independent Dining
Car and Kailroad Food Worker* union following a three-day
conference, at the Parkway Community center, of the national
rank and file committee of dining car workers.
▲long with other members of the committee. Bell publicly
wverrd *11 reUtiouhlp wltli the
AFL Hotel, Kentanrint Employee*
and Bartemlera International. Fol-
lowing lilni were Oile Lout, a mem-
ber of the western net Ion of the
Joint council; William tXK-khart, a
local officer of the eastern district
of the Joint council, ami tlie entire
rank ami file (roup of 2S0 delegates
from (Mr railroads.
Reside Bell aa president, other
officers of the new union Include
Oacar Green, New York, secretary-
treasurer; Onlc T-ong. Chicago, mid
western vice president; CoVan Long.
"Too long, Negroes in the Joint
council were the forgotten, mal-
treated, step-children of a dictator-
ial gang that care« nothing for tbt
Job security of Ita darker member-
ship," declared Rell, who noted that
A. l'hlllp IUmli>1 ph. president of the
Brotherhood of Hlecplng far port era
was compelled to break away from
the same llotel. Hestaurnnt Em-
ployees and Bartender,' Internatloa-
al In June. 1IW0.
"I'liony AFL leaders are permit-
ting the Jol« of dining car and rail-
road food worker* to he stolen by
8t. Louis, southwestern vice pres- ' white workers." anld Greene, Who
Ident; and Joseph C,,rdett, Chicago, cited the eases on the New Hnre*
vice president at large. 1 road where Ihe seniority of Nerroea
Lawyers for the new union nre
Atty. Archibald Bromseu, and Atty.
David Rothsteln, tmth of New York
City. A ladles auxiliary wns formed,
headed by Mr*. Adelaide Lockhart.
lira. Josephine Brown waa elected
secretary-treasurer.
wns bypassed when AFL officer,
agreed to allow the company to hire-
all white dining rnr, liar service ami
food workers ou IS grill car*.
Greene also cited the case* •!
(See UNION, Page 6.).
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