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Xo Progress Without Straggle 1
"If there u no struggle,' there it
|p progrosfl. Those who profess to
t^vor freedom, and yet depreciato
imitation, are men who want cropa
Without ploughing up the ground.
.,. Power concedes nothing without
t demand. It never did and nevef
jrilL" .
•—Frederick Douglas
san Ajvtot/iq Register
RIGHT • JUSTICE f PROGRESS
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SOUTH TEXAS NEW!
the SAX ANTONIO and
While It is News. Com-
plete National and WprljJ
Wide News Coverage,
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Oat 1 City, lk
Memphis Rehires
Fireman Tho
Pretested Insult
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City Civil Service
Commission Orders
Negro's Reinstatement
< Negro Press latenlttoul
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Negro fire-
Bian, fired lust August, after be pro-
tested a white fire department offl-
eer'a use of the word, "nigger," hai
been ordered reinstated bj the city
dtil service commission.
Pvt. W. C. Carter, nlne-yenr vet-
eran of the Memphis fire department,
had been charged with insubordina-
tloa. unbecoming Conduct, using pro-
fanity, (nnd "not following Fire de-
partment rules, regulations and
procedures/*
Ilin dismissal stemmed from an In
ddent on Aug. 15, after two pumper
trucks—one with a predominantly
Negro erew—answered a false alarm
at St. Augustine school. Lt. R. W.
Chandler lined the word, "nigger," to
describe children seen runuing from
the scene.
Pvt. Chsndler vehemently protested
to the fire depnrtment officer, and
stroug words followed.
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS, fWIPAS
Detroit Sends
Second Negro
/n ri ' <Tt
loxongress
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tfegro Press International
DBTHplT—Voters here Tuesday
gave Detroit the distinction of becom-
ing tho first American city to send
two Negro representatives to Con
The newest Negro fsce in Congress
to John Conyers, a Democrat who
bad the backing of labor.
A former legislative assistant to
Congressman John IK Dingell, Con-
fers joins Rep. Charles C. Diggs on
Capitol Hill. He becomes the sixth
Negro currently serving in Congress,
representing Detroit's newly-formed
first district.
Con/ers defeated Richard Austin,
populof .«cvtlflcd public accountant,
in the primary and won out over Bob-
ert Blackwell, a Republican, and
Milton Henry, a candidate of the
Freodom Now party.
Congressman Will ism L. Dawson,
who has served In Congress for 22
tears, easily defeated bis Republican
opponent, Rev. Wilbur N. Daniel,
in Chicago's flrat congressional dis-
trict.
Other Negroes tervlng in Congrsss
srs Hop. Adam Clayton Powell of
New York; Rpfrert N..C. Nil. Phila-
delphia ; and Augustus P. Hawkins,
Los Angeles.
BAMC Soldier
Awarded for Valor
In Viet Nam
In recent ceremonies, in the office
of Major tjeneral Jim Snyder, com-
manding general of Brooke Army
Medical center, Fort Sam Houston,
Specialist (fourth class) Lander
llaygood, received the sixth, seventh,
and eighth Oak Leaf clusters to the
Air medal. The presentation was
made by (Jen. Snyder.
Specialist Haygood, now a member
of Headquarters company, BAMC, re-
ceived the medal9 for meritorious
achievement while engaged in aerial
romlMit support of ground forces in
the Republic of Viet Nam. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Bell of
Birmingham, Ala.
CIVIL RIGHTS RADIO SYSTEM—To avert a repeat performance of
the lr^k of communications which prevented three civil rights workers, prior
to their murders last June, from giving warning of the danger they faced,
this sntenna, for a two-way radio system, has been set up atop the roof of
the home of Rev. Melvin Kirklnnd near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The two-
way radio system enables contact with civil rights workers who are out
canvassing and working on voter registration. Rev. Kirkland is the first
Negro registered of iW who took their tests on Philadelphia's first Freedom
day, September 14.
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S. A. Mas Killed by Switch Engiae
Four Negro Democrats
Win in Alabama County
By Negro Press International
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Macon county, where four Negro Dem-
ocrat* were elected, wai one of the five Alabama counties
which did not go to the Republican* in the Nov. 3 presiden-
tial election.
GOP Presidential nominee Barry M. Goldwater carried 62
of the 67 Alabama counties. Close to 600,000 voters went to the
polls
45,230 Negroes
"Vote" in 'Sippi
Mock Election
Nfirrn l'rt-sft International
JACKSON, MIm. — Some 16,-
230 Vrfron wrnt to tti« poll"
hwi> during a pre riertlon four-
da) mark ballotinr to pick thrir
fatoriln In the pr»ld<w»lal riff-
(Inn. The rrturna ohow«d that
45.21* ww. for Johmon and 12
(or (ioldiratrr.
Tho pollln*. roadurtfd by the
Mlnoiiulppl Kr«*tan Doniorratlf
party—barred from spcratlnf In
tho Mat* and alao from bavin*
Ita ronitrewlonal eandldatai
plared on the ballot—covered *1
out of 44 rountloa, and demon-
atrated what Negrooa who were
rrfuard rfflatratlon, would bare
doae If they had the vote.
Negro Admitted
To Dixie Chapter
Of Honor Society
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Negro Press International
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -Mrs. J. R.
Clarke, dean of instruction at Olhbs
Junior college, St. PWers&nrg, Tli.,
bees me the first Nefiw number Id a
southern chspter of a national hanor
society, when she waa admitted to
membership recently hi thft'Alphs Pbl
chspter, Phi Lambda -TMta national
honor and profession*! filiation fdr
women in education.
A doctoral candidate at the Uni-
versity of Florids, home of Alpha Phi
chapter, Mrs. Clsrke wss one of
students approved for membership on
the basis of high academic averages
in education, approval by three fac-
ulty members of the school of edu-
cstion, and sponsorship by a chap-
ter member. The national society
boasts Oft,000 members in 84 chap-
ters throughout the United States.
On leave of absence from liibbs
Junior college, studying for a doctor-
atc in junior college administration
as a Southern Education fellow, Mrs.
Clarke also gained membership in
another national organization last
year. While a candidate for her mas-
ter's at Fisk university, she was ac-
cepted as a member in Alpha Kappa
Delta, the s*,le national honor fra-
ternity in tho sociology field.
A native of Ht. Petersburg, Fla.,
she is married to a dentist. Dr. J. L.
Clsrke. They have four children.
NAACP Back ia "Rama
After Eight-Year Absence
(Special to San Antonio Register) -.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—After an eight-year state-ordered afc-.
D »ence, the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People took ita firit itepi the week end of Oct. 31-Nov.
1 to revive ita operations throughout the itate.
Over 100 former KAAOP leaden from 33 communities at-
tended the auociation'* first meeting since Alabama officials
issued an injunction banning all NAAOP activities on June 1,
NAACP Executive Director Hoy
Wilkin* told tWfroup that art office
ataff would b, eaabliahed immediate-
ly to pre** for enactment ot tho new
civil righto Utr, particularly In the
urea* of voting, public nccommoda-,
tiona and school Integration.
"Wo aren't her# *o t,»r «( the'
Iiea patch," ho Hit "but If some-
body goU In our way ia our queat for
Negro right*, tfcere i* going to bo
confrontatlyB^'
.Sine* tb« Injunctia
lion wo* first ta-
■r.ed on tEil grounds that tho NAACP
waa "creating r»*l»l tienalon *nd un-
i cat," that It US failed to tetfator.
uii an out-o(-«tat* eorporation and
that, therefore, lt could not carry out
its regular organliatlonal activities,
the NAACP ha* fought tho caw
through a tangle ot.gtab, and federal
courts, including fotu *ppool* to the
United SUte* HupKeme court,
ffeolly, In June of thl* year, the
Supreme court held that Alabama
had no conatitutional baaia for out-
lawing tbo NAACP. The caae was
remanded to the Alabamn courts witli
the stern warning that the high court
wa* prepared to take additional ac-
tion if the Alabama courts did not
comply with Its ruling.
In August, the Alabama aupreme
cour< directed the circuit court to
dissolve the ruling and to issue an
order enabling the NAACP to file
the necessary papera to resume Its
operations in the atate. In Septem-
ber, the asaociation attorneys filed
papera with the Alabama secretary
of state and the state department of
revenue regiatering the NAACP ao an
out-of-state corporation.
Referring to tho original Injunc-
Sun, Wllkins said, "It would have
•t-u better if Alabama authorities
KiM gone along with this movement
(See NAM".'. Pas* »•)
Rights Bill
Foes Defeated
In Election
15 Congressmen Who
Opposed Civil Rights
Bill are Defeated
(ftpccial to San Antonio Register)
HBW YORK—An NAAGP analysis
of election returns gives overwhelm-
ing evidence that not only did the
so-called "white backlash" fail Jo
materialize but that the "frontlash"
was an important factor in the defeat
of many United States congressmen,
NAAtV Executive Director Roy Wil-
kins said here Saturday.
The voting analysis revealed that
at least 13 representatives and two
senators—a total of 15 congressmen
—who voted against the 1004 civil
rights bill, were defeated in last
week's election, he pointed out.
In addition, the survey reported,
many of the Republicans who sur-
vived the Democrstic debacle were
those who east their Totes for the
bill.
At Its 1063 convention *n Chicago
th®. NAACP departed from its tradi-
tional non-par!isan role and called for
the defeat of all members of Congress
who voted against the then pending
civil rights bill.
TOe NAACP analysis reported that
In races for the U. 8. Senate, two
antf-eiril rights senators went down
In defeat to opponents who had voted
ftr the bill aa representatives.
Ift New Mexico. Edwin L. Mechara
was defeated by Joseph M. Montoya
irho had voted for passage of the
civil rights bill while serving in the
House.
In Tennessee, incumbent Ilerl>ert
8. Walters, who had an extremely
poor record on various rights bill
votes during the long Senate debate,
was defeated in the Democratic pri-
mary by Ross Bass who had voted for
the bill in the House. Bass went on
to defeat his Republican adversary
on Nov. 3.
In races for the House of Repre-
sentatives, the NAACP analysis re-
vealed several interesting facts. Of
particular significance were the num-
ber of Republicans who had voted
agaiust the bill and later lost out in
their bids for reelection. While these
Republicans were losing, several Re-
publicans in the same states who
had voted "yes" were returned to the
House for another term.
In Nebraska, for example, which
has three Republican representatives,
Ralph F. Beerman, the only Re-
publican to be defeated by a Demo-
crat, C. A. Callan, was also the only
one who had voted against the bill.
Nebraska's other two Republican rep-
resentatives, (>lenn Cunningham ami
David T. Martin, voted for the bill
and were returned to office.
In New Hampshire, which also has
two Republicans in the House, I»uis
Co Wyman went down in defeat to
Democrat O. Huot. Wyman had vot-
ed against the bill. His teammate,
Jumes C. Cleveland, who voted "yes"
was reelected.
The same pattern was repeated in
North Dakota, where the anti-civil
rights bill Republican, Don L. Short,
was defeated, while his pro-civil
rights Mil Republican cohort, Mark
N. Andrews, was reelected.
In -Wisconsin, William K. Van
Pelt, tho only Republican who voted
against the bill in the House of Rep-
resentatives, was defeated. Several
Republicans, who had voted for the
(See BILL, Page 8.)
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Barry Took Negro
Down Drain, Too
Negro Press International
«H»CA(10 — Illinois State Rep.
Wrilliam H. Robinson, the unsuccess-
ful candidate for sanitary district
trustee, and the highest ranking Ne-
gro on the Illinois (JOP slate, be-
moaned hia loos at the polls thuslyt
"Goldwater took us all down the
drain. The Republican party cannot
be a white man's party. We cannot
oppose busing children to gain a
better education, nw oppose open
oefrtpancy/'
The election sent five Republicans
to Congress. Only Hep. Armstead
Selden, Jr., »>f the Fifth district with-
stood the Republican tide. He was
aided by the Negro vote, which went
heavily against Senator <*oidwatcr
and other Republican candidates.
Elected to office in Macon county
on the Democratic ticket were Dr.
Charl«*s (iomillion, unopposed for the
Macon county board of education;
William C. Allen and W. A. Childs,
unop|Mised for justice of peace and
the Rev. V, A. Edwards, Macon
county board of revenue. He had op-
position.
Three other Negro candidates, run-
ning as independents, went down to
defeat. They were Detroit Lee, seek-
ing to unseat Preston Ilornsby, Demo-
crat, for probate judge: Mrs. Fan-
nie Harris, who lost to B. O. Duke,
Democrat, for the Macon county
board of education, and Amos Rod-
gcrs, independent, who opposed Hun-
ter Slayton, Democrat, for circuit
clerk. Mrs. Harris is librarian at
Tuskegee institute, ltodgers sought
to run in the May ft Democratic pri-
mary, but he was disqualified.
The Macon County Democratic
conference, headed by Dr. Gomillion,
indorsed and supported the straight
Democratic ticket.
In addition to the four Negro Dem-
ocrats elected in Macon county, two
others previously were elected to the
Tuskegee city council. They are Dr.
Stanley Hugh Scott, professor of
sociology, Tuskegee institute, and the
Rev. K. L. Kuford, pastor, Butler
Obsequies Held,
Saturday, for
Steve Lee Mickey
Funeral services Irere held Sat-
urday afternoon, Nov. 7, from Lew-
is funeral chapel, for Steve Lee
Mickey, 57. *ho died anddenly, Tues-
day, Kov. 3. Tha Rev. R. L. Archield
Officiated, with V. E. Lnrremore,
mortician, in charge of arrangements.
Interment wss in Meadowlawn Me-
morial park.
Mickey was born Nov. 23, 1006, to
Wash and Mrs. Fannie Mickey in
Hays county, Texas, where he spent
most of his early childhood.
Early in life, he was baptised at
Sledge Chapel Baptist church, in
Kyle. In 192.", Mickey and Miss So-
phie Fleming were married. One
child, a daughter, was born to the
union. Mrs. Mickey preceded her
husband in death.
Mickey, although he had been all
ing. had not been seriously ill. He
died suddenly while alone in his apart-
ment, at 1215 Virginia boulevard.
Survivors include one daughter,
Mrs. Sally Maxey; one sister, Mrs.
Charity Lawson of Austin; a grand-
daughter, Stevye Lee Broady, Hous-
ton, and nieces and nephews.
Youth, 17, Beats
Woman, 51, After
Auto Collision
Chapel AVE Zion church.
Some <4bc to the role played by the
Negro vole in other Alabama con-
tests is louii'l iii ntumf from the
congressional districts aud five coun-
ties in the presidential elector slot.
In the fifth »on;:r» i>lonal district,
returns riioufd; A mislead Selden,
Jr. (D), 3.V, :U; aud Robert French
(II), 31,46k Selden won by an offi-
cial margin of -l.tMil votes. There are
over 13,000 Negro voters in the fifth
district Jktty. D^vid H. Hood, Jr.,
member oi ih»» Jefferson county Dem-
ocratic eaec it ve committee, indicated
that Rep. Selden received the almost
solid Negro vote.
In the sixth congressional district,
the unofficial returns showed: John
Bpelmm Mi** 72,0 50; and George
irwWleston, Jr. (J)), -I4.2.M. There
are approxim ifely 21 .."TOO Negro vot-
er! in-the sixth district. Bulk of the
Negfn%©tes in this district went to
lluddtejilpn who hail the endorsement
of the $effeiH>n County Progressive
Democratic Council headed, by Atty.
Arthur P. Chores. Shores estimated
that over fl# per cent of the Negro
voters in tl^e sixth disttlct went to
which meant that approxi-
8,<X)o of the 44.2.V) votes
Tor. Huddleston, the Demo-
indent, caiue from the Ne-
•fflcial returns In the presi-
dential ^ectyr race in Macon county,
showed the Republicans tallied 1,808;
and the Democrats (unpledged), 2,-
' (See FOUR, l'»(e X)
the
rnately
record
rratic
A 17-year-old youth who is alleged
to have pulled a 51 -year-old woman
from her car, following a traffic acci-
dent, and beat her with his fists, was
arrested, Saturday, and booked for
aggravated assault on a female.
Beaten about the head aud face
waa Mrs. Elizabeth W. Cravey, 01,
214 Connelly.
Arrested in the carte was Terrance
II. Sheppard, 17. 1023 Nolan.
Cars driven by Mrs. Cravey and
Sheppard were involved in a colli-
sion at Palmetto and Nolan streets.
After the accident, witnesses said
that Sheppard pulled Mrs. Cravey
from her machine aud began striking
her about the head and face.
Polico reported that Wilbur E.
Green, 1215 Nolan, pulled Sheppard
off Mrs. Cravey. '
Officers reportedk that she suffered
bruises, and complained of a head-
ache, but declined to go to a hospital.
Besides Green, a woman and a 15-
year-old girl were listed as witnesses
to the incident.
NAACP Meeting to
Hear Nominations
The report of the nominating com-
mittee will be heard Sunday, Nov.
15, at the regular monthly meeting
of the local branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People. The me tm-i \vH be
held at Tried Stone Bapti^ c*
Education Assured
For Slain Rights
Worker's Brother
Provisions Made for
High School, College
For Ben Chaney, 12
Negro Presi International
NEW YORK—Ben Chaney, 12-
year-old brother of slain Mississippi
chil rights worker, James Chaney, no
longer has any doubts about being
able to continue his education.
On a rec«*nt trip to the city, spon-
sored by the local NAACP branch,
Ben and his mother, Mrs. Fannie Lee
Chaney, discovered that provisions for
his further education had already
been taken care of. Ely Landau, a
film producer and trustee board mem-
ber of Walen school, told Mrs.
Chaney that he and his associate*
were prepared "to Ben through
high school and college" ia New York,
as a memorial to his brother and the
two white youths murdered with
him.
During their visit, the Chaneya
were guests of honor at an NAACP i
mcctinf-progr.im, at which Mrs. Cha-)
ney received the Medgar Evers award.
On hand were Mayor Robert P. Wag-
licr, Sen. Kenneth Keating (Rep.,
X. Y.), Mrs. G ert ha Diggs Warner
aud others.
Mo.-Pac. Esqrisyee of
30 Years Hit Trying
To Cross Tracks
A 69-year-old employee of the Miuouh-Pacific railroad wfl|
mangled and imtantly killed, ihortly after 1 o'clock, Ttrant-
day afternoon, Nov. 5, when he wai struck by a Mo.-Pac
twitch engine in the 100 block of North Medina street.
The accident victim waa Tommy Harbert. 1641 North 0m-
tre street, a coach cleaner for the railroad. The victim's win,
Mrs. Estelle Harbert, died Oct. 0, was buried Oct. 13.
Herbert's skull wns fractured, his ——————————————
GBOR4.E W. ALEXANDER
FUNERAL HELD—Funeral serv-
ices were held Saturday morning.
November 7. at 11 o'clock for George
W. Alexander, 7!). 9.T» Potomac
street, who died Wednesday, Novem-
ber 4, ®fter an extended illness. Rites
were conducted at St. Philip's Epis-
copal duireh, with the Rev. Dillard
Robinson, |»riest-in-charge, officiating.
Lewis Funeral home was in charge
of burial in Eastview cemetery, with
Vernon E. Larremore, mortician, di-
recting.
The jetedent was the son of the
late Ma and Mrs. James Kdward
Alexander, and was born on May 20,
1885. lis attended high school and
college in Conroe, and later moved
to Port Arthur. There he met and
married Miss Ada B. O'Bryant, aud
they moved to this city in 1922.
He was aa employee of the First
National bank for a number of years
until his retirement in 1057. Tie was
a member of the Masonic lodge, the
NAACP, mid various civic and politi-
cal organisations. He sang in the
choir St. Philips and served as
a vestryman.
ffarriror* include his widow, Mrs.
Ada B. Alexander; two daughters,
Misa Barters Louise Alexander, Chi-
cago, Illinois, and Mrs. Betty Sue
CoHinap tftis city; a brother, James
^Edward Alexander; a sister, Mrs.
Alma JdiUer; a niece, and nephew.
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Vandals Break
Into Home, Smear
Inttrior With Paint
Vudoli, thought to have been three
jurailee iii<l eousiilernlile damage to
the lout' of Mrs. Uottie Johnson,
billoa, Saturday, The interior of the
houao is in the process of being re-
3s
The Vandals, who broke a bedroom
window to C lin entrance, smeared the
OimjT walls, and furniture with
ft-iil threw water on the floor.
Iin-s, said that he had seen
]:!, ■and 14. enter the
t ;, Saturday evening.
From Diapers to
Auto Tires Stolen
During Week
From diapers to automobile tires
were stolen in the past week's thiev-
ery.
Mrs. Sybil McPhee, 1411 Norfleet,
complained. Tuesday, Nov. 3, that 10
diapers, 10 baby undershirts, and
three paira of baby pant a had been
.stolen from her clothesliue.
Tuesday, burglara broke into the
Bishop and Adams drlve-in, 303 Bel-
Hnger, looted tbo joke box, and car-
ried away the money box in tbe cig-
arette machine.
Edward Srtmmeps, Jr., 39, 310
Fargo, complained that s sack of
pecans, valued at |2S. was stolen
from hla garage, Tuesday. Summers
named, at 1 suspect, a man who had
helped Iftn thrash pecan trees.
Mrs. Elsie"Palmer, 56, 129 North
Meaquite, complained that her houso
was burglarised. Wednesday, Nov.
41 and a table radio stolen.
All four hubcaps were stolen from
the automobile ot Mrs. Willie Ruth
Robinson, 1003 Gulf, Fridsy, Nov.
G, while it wns parked at the Gulf
street address.
Mrs. Martha Bailey, 504 Gabriel,
complained, Friday, thnt the spare
tire from her 1901 Corvair had been
stolen. Also taken wns a chrome hub-
chest crushed, his pelvis fractured,
and both feet severed.
A switch engine, operated by J
L. Dudley, 304 West May field, and
which was backing up, struck Har-
bert and dragged him some 4T» feet.
L. B. Barsegr <>f Jersijr city. n. .t
a witness, said that Harbert. on the
west side of the tracks, was walk-
ing south. When the backing locomo-
tive wns about five feet from him.
Harbert suddenly decided to cross,
and started to run across the tracks.
The right rear of the engine struck
him, and pulled him under the en-
gine. He was dragged some 45 feet
before being dislodged.
Dr. Hector Samnniego, county
medical examiner, who immediately
went to the scene of the sccident, pro-
nounced Harbert dead.
Both the engineer and fireman said
thnt they did not see Harbert.
Native of Bound lt<»rk
Harbert. s native of Ronnd Rock,
had been a Missouri-Pacific employ-
ee for .'JO years.
lie was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Harbert.
Ilart»ert and Misa Entelle Town-
send were married in ljKSu.
Funeral services were held Tues-
day afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from Cor-
inth Baptist church, with the Rev.
B. Tyree Alexander officiating, Lew-
is Funeral home in charge. Interment
was in Eastview vvmetvry.
Survivors include a son. Howard
Eugene Harbert. and daughter, Mrs.
Virginia Fnye Griffin, both of San
Antonio; three sisters, Mrs. Idella
Shaw, San Antonio; Mrs. Mabel
Majn and Mrs. Birdie Earl, both
of Ronnd Bock.
(See DIAPERS. Page 3.)
Two S. A. Women,
Girl, 17, Man
In Wild Battle
In a brawl involving a 17-year-old
girl, two women, and the husband
of one of the women, Saturday, in the
1200 block of Lombrano, one of the
women hit the other with a jkkjI cue,
with the pool cue wielder injuring her
r.rm in a fall; and the teen-ager was
struck in the face and on the neck
vith a board, by the man.
The man end one of the women
were arrest ed and booked for aggra-
vated assault.
From police reports came this
story.
The 17-year-old girl and her moth-
er, 35, became involved in a ruckus
with a 35-year-old woman, and a
man, 45, described as the hitter's hus-
band.
During the melee, the wife was
struck on the head with a pool cue,
in the hands of the other womnn. The
cue wielder fell, and painfully injured
her left arm. The man banged the
teen-ager on the face and neck with
a board.
The woman struck with the cue
Despondent S. A..
Man in Reported
Suicide Try
A 23-year-old city sanitation de-
partment employee was wounded,
Thursday, Nov. 5, in what was de-
scribed as a suicide attempt.
Hospitalized at Santa Rosa Medi-
cal center was Harold Scranton, 1200
Hedges street. The shooting took
plac.^ at the Hedges street address.
Relatives reported that Scranton
had been despondent. The day before,
according to police reports, he had
taken a pistol from the home of a sis-
ter, Mrs. Ester Scranton. Ill Achil-
les wnlk, and told her tha* he was
going to kill himself.
The next day. at the Hedges ftreet
address, he told two sisters there,
Miss Gauvena Scranton. 21, and Mrs.
Clarena Manago, 153 Drew, that he
was going to shoot himself, and went
into the bathroom.
They said they thought that he was
"fmding around," and called their
mother on the telephone in an at-
(Seo TRY. Page 8.)
Lincoln Park
Gym, Recreation
Complex Dedicated
Program Formally
Opens Facilities
Costing $208,300
At ceremonies witnessed by n.or*
than a hundred persons. Thursday
morning, Nov. 5, the Lincoln pan
gymnasium and recreation complex
was officially dedicated.
The facilities, costlug s total ef
IDlK.'iOO, include the $100.5^0 gym-
nasium: a $65,720 swimming pool)
$22,0ti0 lighted ball diamonds, and a
$20,000 parking area.
A feature of the Thursday program
was the prenentntion of a special ci-
tation to Thomas A. Holley, for out-
standing community service. TImb
award was made by Mayor Pro IVa
.T"lin (latti.
Holley is a past member of the ad-
visory board to the city park and r»
reation department, snd has loaf
been active in community and y<>ntfc
affairs.
Those appearing on the pr»graaa
included Alvis Hodge, president 4f
tbe Winemen's luncheon club
Alamo City brnnda YMCA.
club played an important role in
\ eloping plans for the gymnasiu
Also tm Ao prsgrsi
Taylor, Jr., one of a Whians's t
committee of sfx, tlurt worked
planning tho gym. Others of tbe <
mittee included Thomsa Holley,
E. Davis. Jr., Valmo O. Belling^
Roscoe W. Cunningham, and the lali
A. W. Ross.
After Taylor ezplsined the
plan of tbe gym snd complex, !
Pro Tem Gstti tossed a ball
a basketball hoop—on the third try—
and was followed by a goal—also ail
the third toss—by Wisemen's preafc
dent. Alvis Hodge.
Also appearing on the prograai
were the Rev. Dr. P. S. Wilkineafl,
who delivered the invocation: OI*
Manager Jack Shelley; Bob FrasiL
parka director; and the Rev. S. fL
James who gave the closing prayefk
Construction of the gym startii
Nov. 20, 19&'t, and work on the pa^|
was started April 9, 1904. with
actually being opened in September
The gymnasium Includes a basket
ball court, cross-practice courts
seating for up to 300 people.
104 feet long and 85 feet wide
a 00-foot long and 20-foot wide offsifc
area for seating. Dressing rooms ait
underneath the seating area.
building haa structural clay tile ex-
terior walls and a hardwood floor.
The pool is UK) feet long and
shaped. 42 feet wide at its narro
est point and 65 feet at ita widd
span.
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Pape 3.)
Race Relations. Rights to he
Key Drives of LBJ Tenure
By Negro Presa International
CHICAGO—The mandate given President Lyndon Ba
Johnson by the voter* throughout the nation during
Tuesday'* balloting, to put hia Great society "-building :
operation during the next four yean, bids, by far, to be
hefty boost to the civil rights and raoo relations drives to :
down the gains thus far made toward first class citizens
and go even further toward making "real" the Negro's pli
Election Write-in
Hoaxer Identified
Negro Press International
NEWARK, N. J According to
stnte's Atty.-Gen. Arthur J. Sills,
the author of the 1,500,000 leaflets
urging Negro voters throughout the
nation to writ© in Dr. Martin Lu-
ther King's name for President, wa&
Clay Claiborne, Negro assistant to
the chairman of the Republican na-
tional committee in charge of Negro
affairs. The leaflets, printed by an
Atlautic City firm, were ordered by
i Committee for Negroes in Gov-
rnmcnt, headquartered allegedly in
Louisville, Ky.
in the "sun" of American life.
With the jubilation over the elec-
tion results still at its peak, cam
paigns interrupted during the presi-
dential race to the final wire, have
been renewed. Two such are the com
plete implementation of the civil rights
act, and the drive to get every Negro
registered to vote, particularly in the
areas where they have been repulsed.
Soon after the passage of the civil
rights act, indications of widespread
compliance throughout the pockets of
erstwhile resistance were immediately
noticed. However, there still remain
many areas to be tested, and in those
which have been touched, evidence in
some form or other of only partial
compliance have cropped up.
Kasily the No. 1 target for all-out
compliance and a complete turnabout
from the years of status-quo, will be
the state of Mississippi, with its
fellow southern state of Alabama
traveling not too far behind.
Mississippi, which, to its aha
wns the scene of a "really long
summer." this year, will again
tackled, but under a climate of a i
improved protoction from law
for cement officials.
The bombings, burninga, physl
violence, intimidation, etc., while
no means stopped, have bestirred
ficials to at least make a token i
and the courts to go through the I
tions of a "fair trial." However,
results that could have been achi*
by an impartial enforcement of
law were dangerously diluted by
adherence to the age-old southern i
titude toward Justice, that "a
man will never be convicted
crime or injustice againat a Net
Not only will this hangover
Mississippi^ unenlightened past
contested, but also another imp
aspect of American life—the 1
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