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SATURDAY, JULY 11
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GOLF COURSE OFFICER MURDERS YOUTH
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Vet White House
Employee Dies at
Wheel of Auto
Capitol Employee for 42
Years Stricken While
En Route to Work
By The Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON'.—John E. Hoard-
ley, a veteran White House em-
ployee, died at the wheel of his
automobile lost Tuesday mornliiK
while en route to the executive
mansion where he has been em-
ployed for the past 42 years.
The 04-year-old head messenger
was not more thnu four blocks from
his home when he apparently was
Rtrlcken by a heart attack and col-
lapsed over the wheel of the auto-
mobile he was driving. Ills car ran
wild for more than a block, strik-
ing two automobiles before bitting
a building.
His daughter, Ida Mae, ago 30,
who was riding In the back seat
cf the car was not hurt.
When news of Boardley'a death
reached the White llouse, President
Truman expressed his regret as did
ether officials there.
Boardley was held in the highest
esteem by the White House staff
where he has bandied much con-
fidential material during Ills tenure
there tinder the administration of
eight different presidents.
lie traveled with President Tru-
man on each of his swings through
the west since 1018. and was in
charge of mimeographing and dis-
tributing his speeches to members
of the press. Regardless of how-
many off-the-cuff speeches the
president made, or how ofteu he
made them, copies of the speeches
would always be available to news-
papermen within 10 minutes after
they were delivered.
Boardley also traveled some with
President Roosevelt during the lat-
ter part of his reign at the White
11 nine.
He was born In Maryland, and
liegan his employment at the White
House in 11)08 as a janitor, working
his way up as a messenger and
clerk, and in 1043 was promoted to
the post he last held as head mes-
senger.
He (arrived by bis widow, Ida,
and two daughters, Ida Mae and
Ha rah Elizabeth, both government
employees.
Shot Stops Knife
Wielder Fleeing
FromFree-for-All
ll a fight Sunday morning, in
the 2000 block of West Poplar
street, involving three men, two
were severely knifed, and a special
officer fired one shot Into the air
to stop the flight of one of the
belligerents, said to have been tb«
blade wielder.
Involved in the battle royal, the
origin of which was not Immediate-
ly determined, were—Cordell Hous-
ton, 27, 218 Albert; Elmer Lewis,
20, 211 Loveta street, and Hooker
'X Nannie, 30, 240 Albert walk.
Houston, said to have been slash-
ed by Lewis, suffered a deep, long
cut, the length of the left side of
bis face.
N'annie received a long, deep cut
on the left side of his face, also
said to have been Inflicted by Lewis.
A special officer, Rudy Glddcns,
said that Lewis had started run-
ning from the scene of the fracas,
and that he fired a warning shot
into the air to stop him.
Lewis was booked for aggravated
assault.
SUPERINTENDENTS AT P. V.—Six of the sixteen Negro fluperln-
tendents of schools in Texas have been attending summer school at
Prairie View State A. and M. college. Five are shown above. From
left to right, Ibe.v are: Odis H. Turner, superintendent of Lodi school
district. Jefferson; Mrs. Osla Cartrigllt of Redland school district.
Ben Wheeler; A. J. Jessie of Reese district, Cuney; J. R. Fnrrls of
Woodiawn district, Mexia, and W. H. Palmer of Fnrrisville school dis-
trict, Jamestown. Not shown is E. R. Williams of Smith county.
Hastie Judgeship
Finally Confirmed
By The Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON.—The nomination ol William H. Hastie for
judge of the federal court oi appeals for the third circuit
was confirmed by the senate judiciary committee Monday.
Judge Hastie has served in office for the past nine months
on a recess appointment.
Testimony on the confirmation was completed in a closed-
door session of the committee last Thursday when Judge Hastie
Two Women Face
Shoplifting Charge
Pearl Itay, 22, 208 Ira Aldridge,
and Ilelora Ledt, 22, 525 Hudson,
were filed on, Tuesday, for theft
tinder $50, for allegedly shoplifting
a $12 .50 electric iron, and three
bubble blowers, valued at 29 cents
each. The items were reportedly
taken from \V. T. (Jrant's, Monday
afternoon. The two women were
released under $200 bond.
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WOMEN FIGHT
In a fight, late Wednesday after-
noon, In the 600 block of East
Commerce street, Julia Ilazel, 410
lllueboniiet, was slashed on the
neck with a rusty table knife wield-
ed by Elnora Williams, 33, 250 West
Lachapple street. Miss Williams
was booked for drunkenness and
jailed. Miss Ilazel was treated at
Jtoliert B. Green hospital.
CONKED
Jacob. Smith, 33, 315 Agnes street,
v. as arrested M o a d n y morning.
Shortly after 2 o'clock. In the 1000
block of West Poplar, on complaint
nf John Austin. 1215 St. James, who
al'cgcd Smith hit him oil the head
with a rock. Austin was treated til
Kobert B. Green huspitul.
was grilled In both the morning
and afternoon concerning reiiorts
thnt he had previously been Iden-
tified with a number of "Com-
munist front" organizations, accord-
ing to one of the committee mem-
bers.
The vote on the nomination was
expected on I he following day but
for some unknown reason it was
postponed nntll Monday. The com-
mittee bad no comment to make
on the delay only thnt the full com-
mittee did not meet last Friday.
Flood of Telegrams
Telegrams poured Into the com-
mittee during the last few days of
the hearing, urging the committee
to take action on Judge Hastle's
nomination which was sent to the
senate by President Trumnn In
October, 1940.
Because the first session of the
81st congress adjourned a few day.;
after the nomination had reached
the senate, no action was taken
and the President gave Judge
Hastie a recess appointment. When
congress reconvened in January,
Judge Hastle's name was again
sent to the senate for confirmation.
The judiciary sub-committee held
hearings on the nomination on April
1, at which time no witnesses ap-
peared in opposition to Judge
Hastie. and on the third of April
the suh-comnilttec Issued a favor-
able report to the full committee
where action has since been pend-
ing.
Prejudice
In telegrams sen1; to each of the
members of the committee last
Thursday, Philip Murray, president
Hensley on July 22! |
TOMORROW, Saturday, July 22, 81. runazinj; political cam-
paign for the office of criminal disirict attorney will come
to an end, when the voters of Bexar county go to the polls ami
cast their ballots.
The campaign has been amazing, certainly, in its capacity
for mud-slinging, name-calling, distort on of facts, downright
lying, repetition, and so much talk with so little being said.
Worst of all, in recent days, a dangerous vioiousness has
crept into the campaign in certain Sections, with opponents of
William N. "Bill" Ilensley, in a desr )eratc attempt to muster
votes, injecting a racial issue.
A political advertisement, appeafii^ in a south side paper,
last week, above the signature of a fanatical v.-hite supremist.
said, among other things, that
"Hensley stands for FEP0.
"Hensley is against segregation
"Hensley dictated and supported the (resent charter)
amendments which would have assured Bellinger (or
Sutton) a seat in the council on the east side, and two
Latin-Americans on the west side.
"Hensley supports and is supported by the NAACP.. ."
This rabble rouser has. unfittingly given Ilenslev a fine
endorsement. He has actually said tli„t here is a man who
believes in LIVING DEMOCRACY'as it is preached. Here is
the kind of man that America needs many more of, if Amer-
ica is to convince a doubtful world that IT actually believes
in democracy.
Certainly, this package of jnfl.iimiiatory Negrophobism
should send running to the poljs tonn.n-ow. to VOTE FOR
HENSLEY, even those Negroes mio. for the sake of a job, a
few dollars, or self-aggrandizement, haw been on the other si<10.
Even those sentimental toward criminals and who are
"mad" at Hensley because he has viciously prosecuted, with-
out fear or favor, habitual criminals, should hav enough race
pride and self respect to rally fully to the Hensley banner.
And again, Register reminds the voters, in a few simple,
words, of a few simple FACTS.
Hensley has done the best job, aj- district attorney, in this
county's history, He has I een fait, edlor-lilincf, played no favor-
(Bee HBNSiJY OH JULY 22, Page 4.)
Sixth Arson Try
J
Burns Minister s
House to Ground
House Outside B'ham City
Limits Gets No Fire
Department Aid
1 By The Associated Negro Press
| .BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The two-
! story home of the Rev. Robert
Turner was burned to the ground
here last week v the sixth attempt
by aronlsts to set it afire. And to
make matters worse, the fire de-
partment did not Answer the call
for help.
According to the minister, the
fire started in the evening while lie
was sitting in the living room. He
said a neighbor yelled, "Your
house is on fire."
Police and the sheriff's deputies
have l een investigating five other
attempts to burn his home during
recent weeks. In each instance,
burned rags and newspapers were
discovered under his house. He
said he suspected who the culprits
were, but refused to name them or
give a reason why arson was at-
tempted.
The house, just four blocks from
a fire hydrant, is outside the city
limits. Under law, a $100 guarantee
is necessary to bring local fire
equipment outside the city oy a call.
According to a neighbor, the fire
department was told the minister
would be willing to put up the
guarantee, but officials said no
one offered a guarat.tee.
Youth, Fleeing, Shot in Back
By "Excited and Angry"
Special Officer
\ trigger-happy special officer, who "becunis sicited +j>U
angry." shot a fleeing 20-year-old youth in the hack, eajly
Sunday afternoon, in an altercation at Willow Snnngs gol<
course, a municipal links The first two bullet-, from a 36
calibre revolver, missed their fleeing target, but the third bit
the youth in the center of bis back, near the right shoulder
blade.
The murder victim, Van Ness
George Wilson, 2'.* 7 Dakota street,
was dead on arrival at Robert B.
Green hospital, where he was car-
ried in a Redburn ambulance.
A charge of murder was filed,
Monday, in the co'Jrt of Justice
the Peace M. L). • Buck) Jonf
against the gun wielder. Ben Rodri-'
guez. 4-. unci Mnn-i rtvy street. Suspect, When Arrested
::fi
Man, Accused
OfTakinj^ Oman's
Clothes. tabbed
unde
Wearing Hal Exported
Stolen, Earlier
tli-r
(See HASTIE. Page 5.)
Husband's Aim
Spoiled as He
Shoots at Wife
A Roberts street woman told po-
lice that her husband had made
an unsuccessful effort to shoot her,
Friday night, with one blast being
fired from a .410 guage shotgun.
A third person probably saved her
from belug hit.
The gun play, according to po-
lice, occurred In the 1200 block of
Zaramora street. Mrs. Virginia
Edwards, 115 Roberts, said that her
husband, Robert, shot at her, but,
as he fired, another person, Willie
Jackson, knocked the gun down-
ward, with the charge tearing into
the floor.
Santa Fe Police
Chief Indicted
In Negro Beating
By The Associated Negro Press
SANTA FE, N. M.—State Po-
llre Chief Hubert W. Ileasley
was Indirted by a federal granil
jury here Thursday on a charge
of violating the civil rights of
Wesley Eugene Byrd, 28, of
Alto Pass, N. C.
Beasley was one of four
whiles indirted and accused of
torturing Byril while grilling
him about the unsolved murder
of a 17-year-old white girl. The
other three are ex-Dona Ana
ronnty Sheriff A. L. Apodaca,
Jr., rnderslieriff Roy h Sand-
man and Patrolman I. E. Saia-
(See CHIEF. Page 6.)
D. C. Judge Rules Washington
Cafos May Jim Crow Negroes
By Th,- Associated Negro Press
WASHINGTON.—Jim I r o w
was given the green light
in (he nation's capital last Tues-
day when Frank II. Myers,
judge of the niiiiiiripal court,
ruled that Washington restaur-
ants ran legally refuse to serve
Negro customers.
According to Judge Myers,
the "lost" anti-disrriminutioii
laws of 1872 and 187:1 have
been repealed by implication
and cannot be legally enforced.
The long awaited decision
came as a result of a test case
filed last February against
Thompson's restaurant when It
refused to serve a parly nf four
persons including three Negroes.
Those refused service were Mrs.
Mary Church TerreJI, a civic
and politiral leader in the-Dis-
trict of Columbia; 'lie Kcv. A.
F. Ehnes, pastor of the People's
Congregational church, and Miss
Essie Thompson oi the Cafe-
teria Workers iniiiin. The white
member of the uaity was Davis
II. Scull of the Friends organ-
ization.
The law passed in 1872 made
it a violation for restaurants
ami other public services in the
District of Columbia to refuse
to serve "well-behaved, orderly
persons of the Negro race," and
as far as could lie determined
these laws have never been re-
pealed.
Tile penally for violating (Ili-
ac I would lie a fine of $100 and
the revocation of business li-
cense for one year.
According to the 12-page opin-
ion issued by Judge Myers these
laws were repealed by implica-
tion when the District legisla-
tive assembly was abolished in
1871. The old acts of (lie legis-
lative assembly were repealed
by the Organic act of 1878 stat-
ed the district judge.
The Orgar.i, art ««< nniseil
for tiie express purpose of pro-
viding a complete form of per-
Cloture Fails> FEPC is
Killed for This Session
By ALICE A. DUNN1GAN
For The Associated Preva
WASHINGTON.—The fair employment practices bill was
struck another death blow last Wednesday when the senate
came up nine votes short of the 64 ecessary to invoke cloture
on the motion to take up the TEPft measure.
Of the 88 senators present on the floor when the vote was
taken, only 55 favored cloture with 33 opposing it. On the
number voting for cloture 33 wen Republicans and only 22
were Iieniocrats, niille 27 Demo-
crats opposed the cloture rule with
only six Republicans voting against
it.
Southerners Solid
The 22 Democrats of the south-
ern states voted solidly against clo-
ture including Sen. Frank Graham
of North Carolina who was recent-
ly defeated in the primary in his
own state on the assumption that
he favored fair employment for Ne-
groes.
Sen. Graham was absent when the
senate voted on the measure on
May 19, as was Sen. Pepper of
Florida who was defeated in the
primary supposedly because of his
liberal views on civil rights. Sen.
Pepper was absent and not voting
again in the second runoff last Wed-
nesday.
In explaining his reason for vot-
ing against cloture, Senator Gra-
ham said that "The purpose of the
cloture rule Is to end a filibuster.
There was no filibuster in progress.
I therefore voted against Invoking
cloture in this situation.
"It is my faith and hope that
something constructive can be
achieved in helping bring about con-
tinuing progress in the more
humane relations of nil our people."
The two so-called liberal Republi-
cans. Sens. Wayne Morse of Oregon
and William I.angor of North Da-
kota were both absent during the
May vole, but both were present
last week and voted for cloture.
The six Republicans opposing clo-
ture were Sen«. Bridges of New
Hamp shire. Eeton of Montana,
Bnrpey of South Dakota, Ma lone of
Neva<lu. Mundt of South Dakota,
and \onng of North Dakota.
Iftrh of these senators come from
states which have small Negro vot-
inf population, thus, can easily l>e
used in a party deal to go along
with he Dixie-rat group without
losing too many votes from their
const iiuents.
Thi five Democrats outside of
solid south voting against
elotur included Sens. Hayden of
Arlson... Johnson of Colorado. Kerr
of Oklahoma, McCarran of Nevada
and McFarland of Arizona.
The cloture rule aimed at shut-
ting off debate on the motion to
take up the FEPC bill In the senate
.lift defeated on May IP by a vote
Of 82 for and .'12 against it. This
lp 12 votes shy of the <H required
ttMer the so-called Wherry auiend-
■MMt passed by the senate, last
year, which requires a favorable
■Kof two-thirds of the total nuni-
twr cf senators.
Jin Republicans are being blam-
ed for the failure of the senate to
adopt "he cloture rule and bring up
the anti-discrimination bill, on the
groin s thnt they supported and
posh, ; through the Wherry amend-
ment i '' fir-1 -'--H'li "1 congress.
Doomed. Anyhow
Him the Wherry admendment not
HH in effect, however, the cloture
40-Year-01d S. A.
Man Arrested for
Attempted Rape
A 40-year-old man was arrested
and booked for attempted rape.
Thursday morning, on complaint of
Miss Jewel Butler, 200 Mills alley.
.Miss Butler said that, about mid-
night, she was walking at the rail-
road tracks between Wyoming and
Dakota streets, when the man forced
her into the rear of a wholesale
business establishment, at knife-
point, threw her to the ground, tore
off part of her underclothing, and
attempted to rape her.
She fought herself free, and es-
caped. In the struggle, she suffered
a ba<-k injury. Arrested and booked
was Robert R. Mans, 40, address
listed as 720 South Cherry.
He was released
bond.
RodrL'iiez. who holds a special
I office] - commission from t he city,
said that lie is employed on Satur-1 \ suitcase full
[days. Sundays, and • sj ecial oeca- i intft tj<k«*n while
sions," at Willow Springs. owner hid in th*- i
The shooting developed from a j covered, early Tu.
I complaint made by AW Ortiz, 41, | police, who,* clie<
.".034 Morales stree'. Willow Springs 1 lorn ted the ciothe<
caddy master, against two raddles, He Was also wea
Lemmie Brown. 17. 100,". Blue ! two hours lief ore.
, bonnet street, and Matthew Cantn.1 stolen from an*
16. 2018 Nolan, who. Ortiz said j Police, called to "
("had become abu-dve to some ens- i to investigate a I1
j tomers who were playing at the told by Mrs. Ben
course ." I that address, that
According to Br..wn and Cantu, "had entered her
I as they were going home, they pass- , stolen a number
j ed Wilson, riding \ !n r^ *. other wearing
| They said that Ortiz -ailed them.' placed in a black
with their finally returning to the then departed.
j golf course fence, but, then, Ortiz | Mrs. Nichols su.
turned around and went back to ; hiding in the bathr
i the club house. Icome out uutil Ni-.uoU Uad *oimv
A short time later, Rodrlgue*, as she was afraid m juh
the s|ie< ial officer, drove np In his I Carrying her with 'hem, Offtanrfl
H
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frighteiii'd
ooui, was ie-
evening. f
'.lie arvi,
t tavern,
h;> t,
4"u..i *•♦«
vsiJenee.
ison
. e, vt i«
• liolK,
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tud
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which
' i>e. ami
*he vat
id did no|
(See FEPC. Page 5.)
,iSf« JIDGE, rate «.)
San Antonian
HeldAfterDallas
Man Blackjacked
Cllne Thomas. 11. 217 North Pine
street, was arrested Saturday after-
noon, booked for aggravated assault
and making threats, and ordered
detained for examination by Dr. G.
M. itoyd, as a result of an alterca-
tion in the 2600 block of Nebraska
street.
According to deputy sheriffs,
Thomas beat up Connie Aaron, 80,
3720 Atlantic street, Dallas, with a
blackjack.
Also arrested In connection with
this case was Forrest H. T. right.
217 North Pine street, who was
booked for simple assault.
Aaron was carried lu Kuuvtl 3.
Grim hospital b> nfficen
Sar Antonian,
Thi •own by Horse,
Seriously Injured
Paris Herroii, East llui
Ssactie, an employee of the Rob-
i£K iii-oii -tables, was seriously in-
w Jured. Tuesday afternoon, when
B j,,. was thrown by a high-spirit- \
B ed Palomino horse in Bracken-!
'• S, rids? pari*. '
| Herroo suffered a possible
{HI broken back, several fractured
Me: rih-, and multiple bruises.
■M ♦
ag A TVS THREATENS WIFE
Br, complaint of M« wife, Mrs.
Dbn:.a Ferguson, 4<ul Milam, that
he liro! I .en ten her up, and threaten-
ed ;o kill her with an Ice pick,
Rfch.mil S. Ferguson was arrested
bXire 2 o'clock, Sunday morning,
whim., asjravaM assauit. and
Drunken Driver
Is Involved in
Head-on Crash
In another of the increasing num-
ber of traffic accidents involving
drunken drivers, two cars were
damaged, Thursday night, in the
.1200 block of West Commerce
street, in a head-on collision.
According to police reports, Wal-
ter L. Green, 47, 1010 Morales, in a
1938 sedan, was going east on West
Commerce, and Thomas M. Rhodes,
10, Lackland air force base, in a
1048 sedan, was traveling west,
when the crash occurred.
Green, according to police, was
"very drunk," and did not know
what had happened He was book-
ed for negligent collision and driv-
ing while intoxicated. Rhodes was
booked for negligent collision.
car, cursed the two boys, and or-
dered them to get in his automobile.
, Jn the meantime. Wilson had ridden
off on the horse.
j Ortiz met the car at the gate.
and he. too, the hoys said, cursed covered at a house !n tbe TflOO htorfc
them, told them to get off the golf of Hayg.
course, and not to ever come back. The hat that Nic> i * wis wearing
Wilson, ou the horse, had follow was reported to lin«* .loionped
ed the car back t the link*, dis- i George R. i'etet, 1<k>" "V ir?li < berifc
mounted, and '.old 'V lioys to "come street.
on.''
Then, according f> the Soys'state-
ment. Rodriguez cursed Wilson, say-
ing:
"Get on «Hit of here, you son-
of-a-hitch!"
Wilson, the boys said, replied:
"Okay, you got a gun.*
A few moments later, Rodriguez
jumped out of the car, and tried
to catch Wilson by the wrist, and
was swinging at him with his black-
jack. Wilson threw up his hands
to protect himself, pulled away
from Rodriguez, and ran for his
horse.
Rodriguez pursued him, pulled
his pistol, and hit Wilson on the
back of the neck with it. Again
Wilson got away, and ran across
the street. Rodriguez ran into the j _ . .
middle of the street and fired but! * "r'
missed. Wilson continued to run. As tempted rape, at D.i- . ... n-l Hue*.
W. K. Brown and N W. Grawa
searched the vicim y. ind found
Nichols in a tavcr at Hays «tre«t
and New Rraunfel-} He «m
arrested, and the suitcase wan
Petet, less than r v hours !* -
fore, had rejtorted :# jwlice thai *
pair of loafers. ha\ *>#*?tric clocks
and a table model r l, . had ***■
stolen from his re*'.Jrtuwith bia
naming Nicholg a« i* man vbt
took them.
Petet, according i ,; oii - record%
made his complaint : • i"* biuarfern
at ft o'clock in the afternoon. Mrm.
Nichols' complaint i.r* recorded a*
having been made - *
Woman Injured
In Attempted
Criminal Utaek
he fired a second time, Ortiz the
caddv master, pleaded:
"Don't do that. Kenny! Let
him go! He's on the nther side
of the street!"
Rodriguez fired tjjiin. the third
slug hitting the fleeing youth in
the back. Wilson fell to the ground.
Slayer Make* Statement
In his statement, Rodriguez said s^e was thrown
that the caddy master told him that
Cantu and Brown had "created a
disturbance," and for liiui to arrest
berry streets, ver;- -"irly Friday
morning. July 14. a H* fcnerry street
woman was choke! acid burled t*
tbe ground*
Miss Gloria Jean Smith, 71^
South Ha<*kl>erry * *n!d 'hat
a man grabbed ber :> m behindL
and choked her. ilf*c suffere#
bruises to her arm* i Uuees wheft
lie ground.
(See OFFICFK. Page 5.)
Four Sue Excursion Boat for
Violating Minnesota Bias Law
By The Associated Negro Tress
^T. PAI'Ij, Minn.—Suit was
s1
filed in \;;msey rointy dis-
trict court i.ere recently by two
Negro couples charging tiie ow n-
er and captain of the S. S.
Avalon, an excursion boat, with
disrriniination in violation of
the state laws. Specifically, the
plaintiffs charged they were
willfully excluded from full
and equal enjoyment of the
boat's facilities.
Principals in the case are
Ernest Meyers, 50. president
a n d boohing agent for the
steamer, Avalon. Inc.; Charles
M. Hall, 09, boat captain, both
of Cincinnati, defendants; Mr.
and Mrs. E. Mitchell Rhone. J.
Alphonsos Horton and Miss
Dorothy Monson, plaintiffs.
According to the quartet, they
attempted to hoard the steamer
duly 2, for a midnight cruise
down the Mississippi. They had
purchased tickets previously at
one of the places advertising
tUe excursion tour.
When they camp aboard, they
were told by a watchman that
the Iniat wa for whites only,
llall then toid them they could
not enter the ship that night,
but another night would he
set aside for Negroes. Asked
why a special night was to lie
set up for Neirroes and also why
surli was not contained in ad-
vertisement*. Ha'i refused to
answer.
Meyers, selling tickets at the
time, interfered and and threat-
ened to throw the couples off
the gangplank if thc\ did not
leave. Horton nroferring his
two tickets, told Meyers lie in-
tended to ride ou the boat and
would not accept a refund.
Meyers then said the captain
would have the final word on
what passengers would lie al-
lowed. He did not return Mor-
ton's tickcts. however.
After a conference with Hall,
Meyers told the couples they
{ftm> BOAT Pa*" O
Dragnet Spread
For Stranger of
Chicago 11
o j
By 'Hie Associated N ^ro Pr. ss
CHICAGO.—A p- • cir iunel has
been spread throng!1 nit the sontli
side for the strangier if in 11-year*
j old boy, whose bode «".ts found
early last week in l ubes near
ing laues on I.ake 1 • Irive. Tb#
• victim was Dion I.iahffoor, son of
• Mrs. Mary Lightfoo* ' low.
{ The boy's body INcovered
i by a night watch nun i< the Chi-
cago fair. A two-foot* i"n*tb of
electric wire was w'Mpji.'d about Ms
throat and knotted in front.
I There was no evidence of <ex of-
fense. and police be i^ve the .-nnr
der was committed iy *ome boys
whom the victim kn*w Dion sold
papers and was stil be "no-
I body's fool."
First word of the 1, I Ivath was
given to police two 1"- efore ths
: body was discovere ■ A 'eh-phons
message told of "tl i > 1 y >f a tMi<j
in the bushes near street and
! the outer drive." This message* ne-
peated again later, **n police •
the area in question an body
i was discovered.
A search for the unidentified Ua
| former Is being conducted In th*
jhope that he may have further kfc-
|formation about tb* eriuia. ^
I
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Andrews, U. J. San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1950, newspaper, July 21, 1950; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth399888/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.