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SAN ANTONIO REGISTER
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Miami Sets Up All-Negro City
Court to Try Race Cases Only
rMI'.$r, ACKIL IS
Go to the Polls and VOTE!
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mana_r'M' to do this and that for his precinct. And if the city
manager docsu'tf It'll bo seen to, one way or another, that lie
won't Sic around very lunp. Ami, in all of this, the Negro s voice
will be growing progressively weaker.
"Tin' thirteen amendments" proposes a certain redisricting
tli.it, the retieally, would make the election of members of
the minority groups, as i-ouneilnien, POSSIBLE. \es, possible,
but n t probable. For despite the so-called concentration of
minoi - in certain dNtri-ts. unless thev united SOLIDLY,
and v.ned almost as a block, their candidate would most
likely be defeated. There is little likelihood of such a united
front.
Uie "single purpose" amendment, the election of
Un
New
By The Asaociatai Negro Pitu
MIAMI.—Lawson I.. Thomas,
S'.'jcjir ..III attorney, WIS
unanimously selected by the
city commission for tlir judge-
ship •( Miami's new ail-Negro
municipal court liere, Weilnes-
day, last week. Tile court. ho
lifted to be the first set up on
racial lilies in Ihe entire coun-
try, will handle only rase- of
Nevroes arrested hy the fit J'a
31-nuin, six year-old Negro po-
lice foree.
Thomas, a native Fioridlan
horn on a farm At Orala, Is a
graduate of Florida A. and M.
callef* and the Univer-
sity of Mirhlgan law school
(1813). He practiced law in
Detroit from 11129-1935. He
uioied his practice to Miami ill
19X1. Among oilier thinK-. be
is the first \e«ro lawyer in
Miami to take hi* clients into
court instead ot turning his
rases over to white attorneys.
Of his lieu po^t, Tliomas said,
"I am deeply appreciative of
the honor. It's the culmination
of a life-Ionic ambition and I'm
going to make this court a good
one."
The court, expected lo open
on May 1, will tern aa H
(limited SMM Negrses ta'dhk
Miami area. It *111 h* haua*^
in the city's new Nesro p«H<a
precinct building. According to
Ihe new jurist, the court h M
"interesting experiment in ifk> (
government by Negroes. II all)
(five Negroes a chance to m*
their ability lo participate" ft
government." „
However, it Is very well Me
drrstood that no white pnm
will be tried in this segrecated
court. Tlic apiHiiiitmcnt oI a
Negro judge lo head the Negro
unit of municipal court was
urged hy many Negro
in the belief that such a .
ini: In lie more capable of judg-
ing a Negro lawbreaker.
The Kev. John E. Calmer,
one of the supporters of the
idea. said: "While judges are
inclined lo lenieney
they feel Negroes are
silile. I believe our people have
taken adtanlage of that."
lie did not. however, torn-
nient on the qnality of justice
given Neirroes in other city
courts.
at least,
least fh.
M ivt
selfish ?
ests ?
A
strun
preparing no
or Latin-American is rather improbable at the outset. i_ ~ « • i
sriit I'm in ... I'.'.y government, the minorities. 1 CX3Sjt3lCUptlC3l
can w iehl s ine iir.luence on the city fathers; at I
minorities can be heard, at least they have a chance.
this is a selfish way to look at it. Both who isn't
Win ooesii't tr\ t ' look after, anj protect, his inter-
liilllg to
is 8 029
a rec 'it announcement, the N'cgro voting
Every one of those 8.029 voters should start
to be at the polls Mav 9. and VOTE!
Opens Another
Office in S. A.
Texas St-ite Optical, directed by
I>r. S J. Hogcra and l>r N. Jny
Holers, have amiouiiced the open-
And it v. lil be to their interest to vote AGAINST all proposed i InK ltxlay of another office, this one
charte" dli.' ildincuts. West Commerce. This marks
j,i,e office in Texas and the
| second office in San Antonio.
| 'lVxas State Optical opened its
j first office in Beaumont 1." years
| ago. Since that time additional of-
fices have l*H'n opened in the lead-
ing and principal cities in Texas.
The original office proved to be
so successful that other Texas State
Optical offices were necessary to
tare for the many thousands of
ii..it uel ore we lan i'd in > .iples, which was the day patients who came to them for
we sailed from Greece, we passed the island of | their optical needs. Because of the
. 1 , I . , , ewr-increasing demands fur their
i i.Min. This time we were closer. >\ e had been told !SPrv|ces l>v the public, these branch
siiip would pas* it at approximately 1:45 in the morn- offices were opened to better serve
iy of lis got up or >tayed tip for the si^ht. Stromboli
v landui irk on apprua it- artists when tlivy attempt to trans-
, ^tnl is an active volcauo ^cr it to canvas.
We lauded at Naples for our
Strom bolt) Capri, Pompeii
tut K<
of article# by Mi*-i Katharine Beverly,
Mediterranean ■ ns s** trom wliirii kIu-
a ount of her visit to modern Qreece.
ne, "city eternal.'—IJJitorj
By KATHARINE BEVERLY
rrilE
Strom
tliat th
in jr.
Is ;Ue fi
in,' Si. ::
rising -
i.v fr-
it h
Mt
pur;
distance, ami that night it flashed
out at intervals much as a light-
hoiixe would.
their many hundred thousands < f
patients. Dr. lingers said, "Hardly^
a week passes that we don't receive
a letter from someone asking us
to open au offiiv in the city where
1 < ill an 1 lost the passengers they live so that they may enjoy
\\ ho had joined us there 10 days j the services rendered by Texas
earlier. state Optical."
Texas State Optical owns nnd
ojierates one of the largest optical
laboratories in the southwest, where
all of the latent r
grinding lenses is used.
The rowtii of tlii«^rnMiizati«
rearlrf like n fairy tale. Wlfh onl3'
a small office and only fwo em
ii tl
ie lighthouse ol
. and it serve-
During the day. Before leaving for Home that
lays previously, the plume of j afternoon, we spent the morniug
k smoke was visible at a great in riding about Naples, and a quick
trip to Pompeii, the dead city. I
had lost all enthusiasm for cities
buried hy voican«*a, after aeviug
The peak rises 3,020 feet, nnd Is. j Strata boll, hut the prospect of n
and has been continuously active for f morning's shopping In Naples lost
«wr 2,000 years. At night it ap to Pompeii. The idea of shopping ployees in 1036, tbe Texas State
pea red to t# a huge black cone again seemed better than wander- Optical company now employs 21"
s':ai>ed r->ck. with two little pink jjl4 o^vr a buried city. But, Scotch j nien and women in the operation of
i-U round spots near the side a
the top. Small puffs of smoke i .im
ger J gee Pompeii I did, and liked it.
It Is only 20 minutes from Naples
The mountain w li i c h covered
Pompeii entirely in B.C., looked
as peaceful as any hill, but Vesu-
vius smoked beside It. Pompeii was
covered by ash«*s, not lava, as was
the ancient city of Herculaneum,
he <'"t.e, and flowing down wlien Vesuvius erupted in 7!> B.C. I pensers and recepthmists, as well
-ides like meuing ice cream xhe last eruption f Vesuvius was uc his entire office staff and labor
Education Meet
Demands End of
College Race Bars
By The Associated Negro Pre?s
CHICAGO.—A resolution do
iii.HiiiliiiK "posilive steps tu he
taken to eradicate rarial bar-
rim" to college ediiralioa *:ih
pavsrd liere la«t week bjr (lie
fifth aiinunl National Confir-
enre on liiKhrr Kducalion nfet-
inn at llie Congress hotel.
More than ">11 Nefro delegates
were among Ihe 950 persons at-
tending the emiferenre, .sponsnr-
eil hy tlie Nalional Kdueati in
a-xi lation. Kxnlosive iaiues
surh as the raee question were
dlsrussed freity by delecatrs
from the north and sonlh anil
resolutions were pas-.'.i
iinaniiiKiiisly.
flora it. gradually s
and biRirer. Til.- six - Krcw idnker
and pluker until they uiiin ared to
|. red-hot store lid- Spark* atart-
^hooting up. and then came tbe
i i t>urst:
r.ike > giant skyrocket it shot
In <> the air. spraying sparks back
ancestry won out. I bud speii' | its offices and laboratory through,
money for the trip to Pomjieii. and | out tiie state.
Pr. Rogers -aid, "Tbe WW, nf
Tixas Stale Optical l< due to the
full cooperation of its loyal and
Integration-
(Continued from Page 1.)
a loss of power for the ra
claimed this action won
their opportunity to asevnd
er fMNtiiious. and lessen t
flueuce in the < hurch as a whole.
Finding themselves caught In the
throes of defending segregation
they added they would support such
program if it Kunranteed the
same status and influence to minor
ity groups that they have now.
On the other side a Negro church
executive said
"^We are not interested
Negro churches in white
I'iicMT only, but in the eil*
II racial discrimination
the church. This means that ml:i
isters of God, 110 matter what color,
would serve the churches of God.*'
A white Philadelphia delegate
who. i uid she was formerly from
North Caroliua said:
TOgfrgatlon in the MethcJist
church is inconsistent with Chris
tianlty. We are all children of God
tl.
au in
in 1:44. and the soil of Pompeii atory technicians, for without tlieir
running down the side of
verted cone. A cloud of steam j, covered by a thick layer of I belp" he said "this fabulous organi-
rM.-ne when riie molten lava hit the t volcanic ash. Pompeii must be seen Zation would not W possible."
m 1 and the inoantain was en- j-j order to «et an idea of its ]>r. Rogers emphasized the Im
v iped in the steam. We shivered appearance. Words are so inadc-
cold morning air, but we J qunte.
conscientious staff ot optometrist- j v sidesteppiug this Issue we will
and thcii office assistants, who r< u- ciasli the hopes of many men abd
der the finest s- rvice to their Ufomen who are watching us ajnl
patients." ] this meeting."
Dr Rogers commended la* dis ; ^lie*society also voted for a res-
olution calling attention to a new
book, "State Laws on Race and
v • • r '
1 .ug
portauce of the technician in the
, laboratory when he pointed out the
so fascinated by the hour- Figures of i>e. ple who were kilt- fact that the finest examination
1
ft.
tie
how as we cruised by, ed in the eruption are seen in the
• ! not leave. This i the region , museum. The town had 30.0(H) in-
1 icanos and earthquakes. j habitants, but only 2,000 were kil!-
seri wert warned by the ^ xhe fail of ashes was fol >wed
director, "Under no cir- ^ fragments -f redhot pumice
an<'es will you attempt to g> t* one, to a depth of seven or
.tpri <-r Amaifi when we land j f^ght feet. It is a mistake to
Naples. The boat train leave* imagine that the town has not been
niKUi, etc.* Over and over he j disturbed sinee the time of the
e the Instructions over th* loud volcano's eruption, for there i« evi-
dence of much digging having been
done hy survivors.
The very existence of the town j
seemed to have been forgotten In
the middle ages. They have iieen |
excavating for almost a hundred
years, and It is costing quite a
bit of money for the work. The
town Is small, the entire cir-
fght shape of the is- j cumference being about two miles,
the high, hik'h cliff-, streets are narrow and short. Many
Speaker, and no wi nder. We saw
< i as we cruised very near it
I« was almost too lovely to resist
Capri is off the southwest edge
«vt the Bay of Naples We had
▼ wed It from Naples on the first
r.i and it resembled a low bang
t loud, but ou this call we were
h closer to it. We could see
figure
i with
would l e lost if the interpretation
were not pi-rfeet by the laboratory
technician.
The skilled opticians in the lab
oratory are trained to the finest
degree to be sure that lenses are
finished in accordance with the
findings of each particular exami-
nation.
rs only six square mil^s homes were elaborately decorated
ce to .-ice tbe island win wltlj tile, and several had bad
nuch the memory of the ^team baths.
Leaving Pompeii, the caravan of
cars stopped at a cameo factory,
and we saw bow cameos are made,
but to our dlotnay saw that
New Cold Drug
Ruled Not Cause
Of Bride's Death
By The Associated Negro Pieea
CniCAGO.—The death of Mrs.
Marjorle Conway Covington, liS-
year old Detroit wocialite and bride
of three days, in the swanky down-
town Palmer House Jan. 3, was
not due to whiskey and an over-
dose of the new antihistaiuinic cold
number of very young hoys worked j drugs as earlier believed by physi-
honrs over one small cameo, with eians, a coroner's jury announced
, tiny implements. Some of the here Thursday. The jury's verdict
tii t" / ■ a < ■ me* through the en- rmj.vers wanted to buy them for j was that death was due to natural
t! 1 " Toe e.'t is that every- HUC^ ^ nttie money, and so much ' causes.
thinz .-,-i e; * to he silver and blue. ^,,rk j)a^ gone jnl0 tjjP ma king Originally, it had been thought
One ' • .nts done for visitors In addition to comeos there were 1 that an overdose of tbe new cold
Is 'hat f the boatman diving Into fl nuulf^P 0f ftrtlries made of tor- tablets plus the whiskey the woman
"The Isle of Capri," but
•< view the world famou
uiens
ip a cave with an entrance
hree feet high. The cave
ir«ide to he 40 feet high and
>• ng. The only light is
the w.' tfr of the grotto, and his j ,oIse shpI] qnIh, t,eautlful.
I, seems to l"' en ased in bine ♦
and -,>er armor. The roof has
«a -e - ie lights and if a stone Two Cemetery
1s •! wn Into the w3ter, a thous- ~ ~
sHi! • bubbles rise fr ra the Laretakers uet
1 The grotto can not be entered Lots fOF W Ork
when ttie wind Is from the east
or north, as small boats cannot
#n* er tfce narrow three-foot en-
trance when tbe sea Is rough. There
fir - other grottos there, one of
them green, but the Blue grotto
we knew about, and we wanted to
nee it The special train was leav-
ing for Rome around noon, and
It would take that long to go to
Capri or Amaifi and return, with
Do time for seeing the places. This
gave all of us an excuse to go
toack to Naples some day.
The Amaifi drive- we had to miss
-aid to be the most beautiful !n
th^ world, and ainspiring from
tin iK-jg'iirg. Alma if i is a bright
fishing ri!?agA\ clinging perlously
to steep cliffs. The sheer beauty
and limpid fftmosr>be?e of *Ue plsre
•1:11.e It tbe despair and Jor of
By The Associated Negro Press
MORGANTON, N. C.—Two
Negro caretakers of a Negro
cemetery here were awarded
free lots in the eemelery last
week when they turned over
the operation of Olive Hill
ceraeterv to the town govern-
ment.
The two men were Jim Avery
and Noah Fleming. They had
fared for the cemetery for sev-
eral years without pa). Avery
nas been taking care of it lor i whiskey.
had consumed was the cause of her
death. The tragedy gained nation-
wide attention, with leading med-
ical authorities offering their
learned opinions that (li an over-
dose of the drug could kill an in-
dividual user and (2) taking the
drug with alcoholic beverages cer-
tainly would prove fatal.
The jury, however, based its rul-
ing on a report ny Dr. Walter ,T.
R Camp, state toxicologist, as read
by Coroner A. L. Rrodle The re-
port said no traces of the active
ingredient In the drug could be re-
covered after extensive tests on
laboratory animals or the dead
woman's tissues.
The woman was found dead In
the ha I broom of the bridal suite
by her husband. William Coving-
ton. Ffe told police she had taken
some of the new cold tablets and
had
Color/' published by the women's
division of Christian Service. iThis
book is a compilation of all stale
laws on race and color.
Another resolution passed by the
women read:
"We are in agreement with Dr.
Benjamin E. Mays that there is a
small kingdom in the life of every
Christian over which he has com-
plete control and that in that area
he must wipe out all prejudice and
intolerance, granting to every on1
the rights which are inherently his
and working steadily to make hu-
man rights a reality both at home
and abroad."
DR. G. JAMES FLEMING
"WHO'S WHO" EDITOR—Chris-
tian E. Burckel and associates,
book publishers, of Yonkcrs, N. Y.,
announced, this week, that Dr. G.
James Fleming, Philadelphia, Pa.,
has accepted the editorship of
"Who's Who in Colored America,"
the biographical directory establish-
ed 23 years ago and which was re-
cently taken over by the CKBA
organization.
Fleming will asseiuhtc a staff
which will Issue the first edit ion
of "Who's Who in Colored Amer-
ica" since World War II. It will
Include approximately 8,000 names
of living men and women who are
serving their communities signifl
cantly, those who hold pivotal posi-
tions in all areas of public, pro-
fessional ami business life, and
those whose names frequently ap-
pear constructively in the news.
Fleming assumed his duties .Mon-
day.
A former New Yorker, Fleming
has just completed over four years
as secretary for race relations of
tbe American Friends Service com-
mittee, Philadelphia. From 1041-45
he was regional director of the
President's Committee ou Fair Em-
ployment Practice, and earlier serv-
ed in several capacities on news-
papers in Norfolk, Virginia, New
York City, and Philadelphia. He
was also editor of the Kappa Alpha
Psi Journal from i!«.> to 1060.
Fleming is a graduate of the
school of journalism of the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin and holds the
master of arts and doctor of philo-
sophy degrees from the University
of Pennsylvania. - ^
Iu order to answer several in-
quiries. Hurckel and Fleming ex-
plained 1 hat 110 one will have to.
pay anything whatever for Mug
included iu the volume and that no
solicitors or agents are authorized
to ask for, or accept, a Xge on the
promise of having a person listed fit*
Who's Who iu Colored America^
Deeision-
I Continued from Pa,« I.)
down various efforts to prevent
Negroes from voting.
Douglaw, called (lie eotralv
unit system "a device aa deep
l.i rooted in dlstr'niinaHon as
the practice which keeps a man
from the voline booth beta,st*
of Ills race, creed or eo'or <>r
which fails to enunt his vo'e
after It lias Iieen cast."
The opposini; opinion declar-
ed lhal Ihe eounl.v unit system
tents to disfranchise the urban
Nefro population, as ihe neav- —
leal Negro population.. con-••
cent rated in the r|t|an, aq^nnly _
in tliese areas are tney enabled
to vole in important numbers.
The "worst of all discrimina-
tions under a democratic sys-
tem of government" he added.
Is Ihe "creation by law of
faiored groups ofTnTzens and
Ihe u'rant lo thom-of preferred
political rights."
Seme Ne*ro leaders think the
deri-iun hy the supreme court
Is a reflection on the admin-
istration, as all of the justices
apiKiiuled by l're«tdenf Truman
took a reactionary stand on
this mailer.
"This decision is an indica-
tion thai the 11. S. supreme
court is now a reactionary
body" said a spokesman for
one of Ihe leading Negro or-
ganizations. The results of this
derision makes minorities of
this rountry fearful •( main-
taining the progress which lias
already Iieen made, especially
by the Neirro group, ha added.
White Youth is
Whitewashed in
Miss. Lynching
By Th. Associate.! Negro Pr.sa
PITTS BORO, Miss.—Another
lynching last week was added to
Mississippi's massive list of un-
solved murders when a white matt,
James Moore, 20, was found not
guilty Id the slaying of a Negro,
Malcolm Wright, 48, on a Missis-
sippi road last July 2.
The dead man's widow, Mr,. Vir-
ginia Wright, and two of her four
children, all ot whom saw the kill-
ing. described the attack by Moore
and" two other young white toughs
on the dead nmn, but the all-white
Jury took the word of Moore against
them.
Moore claimed that this was a
case of self-defense because the Ne-
gro attacked him with a "short
hooked piece of iron."
According to Wright's family,
Moore, along with James Kelluin,
28, and Eunice Gore, 22, Jumped
on tire victim because he "hogged
the road'' with his mute and wagon.
The trial lasted three days dur-
ing which tlic Calhoun county court
house was Jammed. On the day of
the verdict it was a foregone con-
clusion that Moore would lie freed,
and only a few people came to hear
the decision. The Jury took two
ballots with the first vote being
9 to 3 for acquittal.
Wright was a well respected
tenant farmer in the area. Describ-
ing how he was killed were his
wife, his son, Henry, 12, and
daughter, Mary 18. Two infant
children also saw their father slain.
Kcllnm and Core are scheduled
to go on trial for the murder In
September when the Calhoun court
reconvenes.
Gulf Street Home ef
Mrs. L. Pendergrapb
On Display, Wednesday
Mrs. L. Pendergrapb, 453 Gulf
street, will hold open house at
iter beautiful new home, Wednes-
day, May 3, lietween the hours ot
twelve o'clock noon and si* •'clock.
The public la cordially invited.
New Jersey Man,
On "Friendly Visit,"
Loses Lip
By The Associated Negro Press
PLAINFIEU), N. J.—Berke-
ley i/cnis, 50. made a friendly
visit to thr home of Mrs. Bea-
trice Cunningliiini last week
only In leave with his lip bit-
ten off.
i^wis told ilia slory at Muii-
Ien tierir hospital following
whir it Patrolman llaunagan
went to Ihe home of Mrs. Cun-
ningham and found Ihe sec-
tion of the lip on Ihe floor
Doctors were unable lo replace
the section to Ijewis' mouth,
but it is hoped that plastic
surgery can reshape the lip.
l/ vvis was rharued with dis-
orderly conduct and drunken-
ness while Mrs. Cunningham is
free on a bail on charges
of atrocious assault and bat-
tery.
Hat-
(Continued from Page 1.)
toward the door, "bo 1 just stabbed
him."
Huff said that Tatum ". . . never
did say anything to me,"
"If he had said anything lo
me. surh as 'pardon me' or
something like lliat. I might
not have slabbed him. He just
blood up there . . ."
Huff hurried from the place, with
Jose Rodriguez, owner of the
tavern, and his son, Jose, Jr., fol-
lowing him. Both, he said, were
armed, and forced him to come
back. They returned to the tavern.
".. . When I got back in the
place, I broke and ran for II.
I ran through the hark door,
and fell down ...Rot li men shot
at me, and I kept running. I
don't know where, or when I
dropped the hat . . ."
Huff identified the hat that had
been dropped as belonging to blui.
Don't miss "The devil and Job";
and the trials and temptations of
a converted chicken thief. See
Fantasia!
CALL
HUNTER BROS. UPHOLSTERY
204 South New Braunfels Avenue
GARFIELD 0093
For your re-upholstering, refinishing
and furniture repairs.
PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE
more than 4ii years.
The major : ni! town board
pnisetl the men for their work
nnd ear -. I'Itey awarded tbe
a lot HMi without rhflrtra.
been washing ft down with,
leer.
A* fcue*t.H in C2i*k£tt4</s ^utu!ii£«C
Palmer House, flip dp«th of the
bride received national rocojfnitton
fx-fore the fnrt that rhe couple ifAA
motored wa« revealed.
BURIAL ASSOCIATION
Announces its plans for a mammonth membership drive,
effective immediately. Every member of the family, from
1 to 70, can be assured of adequate burial benefits for only
a few cents per week.
Is a practical way to arrange for an eventuality; to relieve those
left behind of a grave responsibility, at premium rates anyone
can afford.
I
For information call Garfield 7281 or come by 230 North Centre
street Soiat «ne will come to you, if you can't come to us.
Sam Wood*, Pmident — frank I. Ltwif, Vice-President — Mrs. M. J.
Wwl'g, Se«isU*7,~ V. 3. I^rrsaiore, Trtisurer,
T *ai, 230 North Oentr* Street, Garfield 7281
Peace Officers
Executive Board
Meets in Houston
HOUSTON.—The executive board
of Ibe Tr*as Negro Peace Officers
association. Brown L. Brackens,
San Antonio, president, met In an
Interesting one-day session here,
Sunday afternoon.
The meeting was formed hy vet-
eran members of the organization
to lie oue of, if not the, best ever
held. Many controversial problem!
came before the meeting with all
being handled to the satisfaction of
the body. '
Worked out also, during the ses-
sion, with the close cooperation of
the local president, was the tenta-
tive program for the state conven-
tion which will he held in Houston,
August 21, 2k.
The matter at actlrt Ml ta.
active member* of Ibe assoctstloa
waa alanine* at length. Honstoa
officials contended that since tha
commissions of all deputy con-
stables la Harris county had beta
revoked, and that the only Negro
peace officers belonging to the local
unit were bonded auxiliary deputies
to the sheriff's department, that
they should, therefore, he classed as
"active" members, rather tlmn in-
active. On a motion made by San
\ntoulo Police Officer Harvey Hill,
It was ruled that local president*
tie empowered to rule on the statu*
of their respective memlierg.
No phase was overlooked In mak-
ing the Houston visit of the board
meinliers a pleasant experience. Up-
on their arrival iu tlie city, Sunday
morning, a delegation, headed hy
Park Patrolman John Daniels, was
ou hand to greet them and escort
them to Ktks dub, where refresh-
ments awaited them. At noon, they
were feted with a turkey dluner
in the club's dining room.
President of the Houston unit la
Marshall Jenkins, and local ineui-
l>ers of Ihe hoard include James II.
Thompson, J. A. Williams, John
Banks nnd Ted Williams.
The local reception conunlttea
was headed by Lieutenant Hngau,
and Included Henry Breed, Fred
Iteeves and David Bnruey.
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Andrews, U. J. San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 28, 1950, newspaper, April 28, 1950; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth399608/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.