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Negro Boatswain
Was First to
See Astronaut
Navyman Presented
Souvenir from "Out
Of This World"
] By the Auocinttd Negro Prraa
MAYPOKT, Fli—The (Irat "earth-
Jian" to «e« and greet Antronaut
obn 1L Glenn when be plunged into
the net after orbiting til* earth In
Outer space WU a 86-year-old Nefro
boatawain.
David Bell, a huaky teaman from
Xuuncittown, Ohio, manned the 40-
foot pole which hooked Lt. Col.
(llenn'e a|>ace capsule enabling the aa-
tronaut to ba Mated aboard llell'a
Wip, the deatroyer HH8 New.
Bell, In worda which may go down
in hlntory with Htanley'a "Mr. Living-
Woo, I presume!" greeted Glenn with
th# comment:
''Mom going! QUd to havt you
back! I'm from Ohio, too.'*
Glenn, In appreciation of Bell's
*ork and with the approval of offi-
tiflla of the National Aeronautics and
ttpace administration, gave Hell the
Sack which encaaed the parnchute that
floated Glenn back Into this world
•fter ha circled the earth three time*
|n another world.
Thia meaua that Bell's w-ife is In
|>oases»ion of an article that hea been
"out of this world," and which haa en-
circled the earth In outer space three
iimea.
Mrs. Glenn, wife of the astronaut,
|S probably the only other woman In
the world poHseaalnjr such a souvenir.
The commander of the Nos said laat
Week that Hell has now been trans-
ferred from the Noa to another de-
frayer baaed at Mnyport, FU.
He said Bell had applied for the
transfer to the other ship before
Glenn's eplfi flight. After fishing the
Kronaut from the sea, Ilell went
ns to his family in Youngstown,
and there pNMmd the parachute
tack lo his wife, Bernlce, and hia son,
llonsld.
The Bells art staunch members of
|h«' 1 'hilip's Chapel Meth<*>Jlat church
|n Youngstown.
Bell was photographed on ths deck
tf the Not with Lt. Col. Glenn mln-
tites sfter the astronaut wan pulled
from tha water, but the seaman waa
Unidentified at the time.
Cene Ammons, Sax
Great, Arrested
For Selling Dope
( By ths Associated Negro Press
CHICAGO — Famous tenor man
pene (Jug) Ammons, 86, appeared irt
taarcotics court last week and was or*
iered held to the grand Jury on two
founts of selling heroin to under-
cover agents.
Tha jnss musician was freed on
$3,500 bond.
One "buy" of narcotic according
r> one agent, waa made In Ammona'
ome here In Chicago^ and the other
S.|n a aouth aide tavern.
The agent, in a private hearing.
|aid that ha went to Ammona' home
On Dec. 1ft, where the saxaphone play-
er had told him to get $1flO. The In-
former aaid he told Ammons, "1 si-
"We then drove to hla tavern H%ere
lie gave me 10 packs of heroin,** the
jgent added.
On Pec. IS. the aijent aaid he re-
turned to Ammons' home where he
fmrchaaed another 10 packages of
lemln for |H!V).
Ammona reportedly had a quantity
ff cocaine on his person when he wn*
prreated Jan. IB.
Amnion", represented by Attorney
James Maloney, Is ctirrently appear-
Imr here with Houny Stitt at McKle's
jgbnw lounge.
lie Is rated as one of the world's
wrest est tenor aax men, having won
Aumeroua awards In Down Beat, the
"bible" of the Jsis world.
Musket of Negro
Revolutionary War
Hero Stolen
By 8AMI'EL P. PERKY, .IB.
For tha Asaoclated Negro Prem
■QOSTON—Perhapa unaware of
Jj Ita real value, thieves have
atolen the mu»het of Pet»c Salem.
Negro American Revolutionary
war liero, from the Bunker Hill
battle rellr*.
Peter Salem la credited by hit-
■ toriana with the slaying of the
BrltUh Grenadier Major Pltealrn
during tha Battle of Hunker lllll.
Salem waa a volunteer soldier at
the famous battle In whlrh the
. untrained Americana fought 8.0011
•• seasoned British troops to a
standstill on June 17, 1775.
Also stolen waa the sword
wliith waa worn by Major-t'en-
eral Israel Putnam at the famous
battle. General Putnam command-
ed 1.200 American volunteers.
Metropolian dlatrlct police.
Who have Jurisdiction over the
• Bunker Hill monument, where
Salem's famous musket waa
kept, aaaert that entry ■« ap-
parently gained through a sky*
Womans' Head Cut
With Candlestick
laabeUa Todd, 41, 1112 Blraa, auf-
fered head injurlea, Monday, when nh«
bwsine Involved In an altercation
with a 40-year-old man with whom she
live*, Hba told offlcera that the mau
bit her on the head with ■ eandleaiick,
Inflicting a deep gash. A Hope amhu-
lanca carried her tha Hubert B.
Green hoq>ital.
Negro Enrollment
In Catholic
Schools Increases
By the Associated Negro Press
^ WASHINGTON — Enrollment In
Catholic Negro mission and parish
schools rose five per cent In 1001 to
U7.HX7.
This new high mark la diaclosed
in the 75th annual report of the com*
miaaion for (fetbolic missions amoug
colored neople snd Indiana released
here by Father John B. Tennelly, 8.
8., secretary.
The figures do not include Negro
students attending predominantly
white achools, but sre limited to those
MO almoNt entirely Negro, staffed by
2,000 religious and 600 lay teachern.
However, the re|H>rt extends beyond
these schools to give Negro popula-
tion for the 140 archdioceaes snd di-
oceses In tha United States.
Negro Catholics number 004,230 of
which approximately half are either
converts or children of converts, the
rejK>rt states.
Of these. 12,006 are represented by
adult conversions lust year. The rel-
ative rapid growth among Negro
Catholics is indicated by the fact that
these conversions comprise about nine
per cent of total adult conversions in
the United States last year, liven
ao, only 1.6 per cent of Catholics In
thia country are Negro.
Ten United States diocesea have
more than 22,000 Negro Catholics:
Lafayette, La„ 73,284; New Orleans,
06,510; Washington, 00.214; New
Yorti, 06,087; Chicago, 45,000; Gal-
veston. 42,000; Los Angeles. 38,371 ;
Philadelphia, 35.351; Baltimore, 20,-
463. and Brooklyn, 22,000.
The 007 entirely or predominantly
Negro parishes and miawions are
served by 770 priests in M diocesea.
Much of their work Is with pa rente of
non-Catholic atudents who make up a
large part of the enrollment. Three
out of four of theee parishes and
mlsMions have their own schools.
Among American Indians, 220
priests staff 309 chapels or amall
churches and 54 schools. Most of these
devote themselves entirely to pastoral
and mlasion work, while 40 engage
chiefly in educational and admlnietra-
tlve activities and the remaining 30
*erve white parishes aa well aa In-
dian miaaions. They are aided by
many Indian laymen and women.
While only 54 mission schools serve
the various reservations, they cover a
large area by mesns of school buses
and by providing board in many cases.
Prom some 175 missions, 9,048 Cath-
olic Indian children attend these
schools. All offer the elementary
grades and 14 also provide high
school courses.
Seventy-five years ago about 40,-
000 were Catholics among '230,000 on
rettervatlona. Now about 120,000 are
Cstholics out of only about 285,000
total.
Six dioceses are listed witfi Indian
Cntiiollc iHipulution of more than
6,000: Gallup, N. M., 10,000; Rapid
Citv, 8. D., 14.2*>0 j Tucson, Arix.,
13,000J Santa Ps. N. M.. 10.000;
Farg«% N. !»., TJM) and Helena,
Mont., 6,338.
'Sippi Judge Pledges
Court Aid to Racists
In Integration Fight
By ths Associated Negro Trasa
Decatur, miss.—a Missis-
sippi circuit Judge told Uie
Newton county grand Jury here
last week that any help needed to
preserve aegregatlon In Newton
tounty will he forthcoming from
bis home county ami from his
court.
( barging the Jury at the March
ri of court. Circuit Judge O.
Harnett of C arthage, where
* petition was filed by a group
of Negroes with the school board
seeking Integrated schools, said
"anything my county or this court
Can help you to do to help the
New-ton county board maintain
segregation, we will do it."
Harnett had reviewed the sit-
uation In Leake county and said,
"The reason the state la the last
Hate Libel Suits
Against New York
Times Dismissed
By ths Assoclatst Negro Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Seven libel
suits agsinst ths New York Times,
sll stemming from Birmingham's ruce
relations, last week wers dismissed
by United Stutes District Judge H.
Ilobart Grooma.
The auita were brought by three
Hlrmingham and three llesMcuier city
official** snd a ftMMV itii tningliain
city detective.
James A. Simpson, an attorney rep-
resenting the Birmingham officials,
said the decision would be appealed.
J. Howard McKniry, Jr., represent-
ing the Heasemer officials, »uid lie
would have to confer with his clients
before deciding whether to appeal.
Judge Grooma acted on a motion hy
the Timen.
In action laat month, Judge Groom*
dismissed one amended complaint but
gave the plaintiffs time to file anoth-
er amended complaint. That was done
and the Times moved to diMmi** it.
"The court liaa heard arguments
and has reviewed the memorandum
briefs filed by the partien and Is of
the opinion that the motion to strike
should be granted," Judge Grooms
ruled.
The complaints, filed here In May.
1060, sought a total of #3,10<MMNI
in damages.
They were filed after tue Times
published articles concerning race re-
latione in the Birmingham area. The
officiala contended the articles dam-
aged them publicly and |>erson:illy.
The euit contended that the Time*
had failed to print "a full and fnir re-
traction."
San Antonio YMCA
Men Return from
Area Council Meeting
A. B. Wilhorn, member of the
board of management of Alamo City
branch YMCA, and Odie K. Davis,
Jr., secretary of the branch, have
returned from the 25th annual meet-
ing of the Southwest area council of
the Young Men'a Christian associ-
ation, held March 22-24. at Lake
Murray lodge, Ardmore, Okla.
The morning of Manh 24. the an-
nual memorial worship service wss
conducted, snd presided over by Gor-
don Peterson, preslden' of Southwest
Area council, and industrial eiecu*
th e.
At this service, Duvia made the
memorial presentation honoring the
lute J>r. W. V. Hurd. l>r. Ifurd was
a member «»f the branch hoard of
in agement f«»r 16 years. 13 of which
lie served as chairman. He served 12
years on the area council, and six
years as a lay delegate to the na-
tional council, representing the South
Tex us district.
April
(Continued from Page 1.)
tile evening.
April 23—KIiihIc* junior si h«s»l,
30(Ki Tumpico, h :.",o in the morning
to 12. noon.
April 23. 24, 25—San Fernando
cathedral, 114 Military pla;ui. 1 in
the afternoon to 0 iu the evening.
April 20— San Fernando cathedral,
114 Military plaxa, 3 in the after-
noon to 8 in the evening.
April 2I>—St. John's church. 102
A duhon, 7 in the morning to 1 in
the afternoon.
Phony Lawyer
Did Belter Job
For Murderess
By the Aaaociated Negro Trees
WASHINGTON—A client of an
"attorney" who later proved to be
nn im|>o»ter no doubt fe« Is she would
have been better off with the sen-
tence she received ns result of his
efforts on her behalf.
Mrs. Elsie V. Jones, who won a
new trial for manslaughter when her
attorney, whom ahe knew as "L. A.
llarrie," turned out to be a phony, left
Diatrict court, last week, with a jail
term three times longer than the one
she succeeded in having set aside.
Mrs. Jones, !M, who had served
four years in jail for fatally stabbing
a woman in 1043, was convicted in
1900 in the death of Claude R. Smith.
38, an unwanted guest at her wedding
party.
Deapite her plea of aelf-defeube, a
jury fouud that she stabbed Smith
without provocation as Smith was
about to drive away after a fight with
another guest. Judge Edward M. Cur-
ran sentenced her to jail for one to
four yeara.
Seeking complete exoneration, Mrs.
Jones sppcaled. Just aa the United
States court of appeals was reudj to
hear the cat*, her attorney, using the
name "L. A. Harris." was unmasked
aa ex-convict Daniel Morgan posing
as a duly licensed lawyer. The new
trial was ordered automatically.
A aecond jury also rejected Mrs.
Jones' plea. I.ast week Judge Edward
A. Tamin took a dimmer view of the
case. The jail aentence; four to 12
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, lie is a law partner
of Clnrence Williams.
With the records in the case hav-
ing been certified by Judge Onion,
ibey may now lie forwarded to the
nj peals court, f«»r review within 10
days.
Whether «*r not Nolden Mas tried
illegally will he decided by that court.
Burglaries
. i
(Continued from Tage 1.)
11ud been ransacked.
Vntranct had been gained by the
burglar'* cutting a screen, and crawl-
ing through a window.
In another Sunday burglary, a tele-
i»ioL Act valued at $200, and a *30
tab® tP»le| radio were stolen tr>
thajk** „t Mrs. Ruby Lee Amos, 50,
10W Burnet street.
Te«» suitcases were stolen from
the h- me of Kllil L. Green, 41, 114
Jagiti i lane, in another Sunday
hupf)ai:>. I'luthing valued lit flOO was
in,one of tli* canes, nnd clothing, mil-
itary records and other personal pa-
jn^s Were in the other.
Week —
(Continued from Page l.)
itieigil • u»ie T endure 11. Gilnmre,
10 fcinl #21 ); Charles Iluds| et 10
and >21.1Vl; Mrs. .luliu Ho\Ie, 0
and A. I.. Jefferson, t> and
$21 ^ Mrs. s. A, Kohiuson, tl and
#10.-"rf' Mr- Lorraine Harris. 4 and
*I2..»" .«l H' \. i ,n| Houston, 4 and
$10,511
Oil' time in* iiiIh i hi|is were
repori «| hy .",t$ other campaigners.
One nf ilit1 hu|i|iic-t endings in the
movie- when the guy behind }ou
finish' • his p<>|» corn.
Corp
swoman —
(Com nu» a fiom Tugs 1.)
13th i.i ilie world.
Tl»» mli Nigeria i» rich in re-otirces.
its development him been huud < apped
by « riti«-.il -hoitage of trniued men
nndlwomen. The Peace corps project
is the . -. lo a rw| uat (l r tStl h-
ers b\ the .Nitrerinu government.
After joining the I'eace corps, Miss
Wat ii •; • • • ten " . • l , of uten Ive
training at tin- I niMisity of Califor-
nia at l.< - An.'le-. This ass followed
by a short period of orientation in
Niger in i»- fore classst Im gat in J tat*
ary.
Mis- Wat-on, w ho holds n II. S.
degree from Virginia State collsgs In
Petersburg and a master's
vlcutotary education frvm Columbia
university Teacliers1 college in New
York City, was recently appointed
dean of leaderahip education for the
liaptist Allied 1 todies of Virginia.
Minister
(Continued from Page i.)
thigh afidteft foot. Young Bailey was
shot in the left chest, left arm snd
left ankle.
Others wounded were Mrs. Laura
Hayes, 20, who suffered wounds in
the left thigh and left ankle; Roy
Mn«*ey, Jr., .'10, s slight hack wound,
and Ucnuie Stephens, 30, who wus
in "|KH»r" ciHidition at Clara Frye hos-
pital. suffering wounda of the left
side and just under the heart.
A fight Involving young Bailey and
Piggott ignited the shooting, |sdice
said.
Authorities gn\e this account of the
shooting :
Piggott left the bar in a rage after
ths fight and wtot htMt for ins gn,
Iu the meantime, a witness to the
fight ran to the nearby home of the
K«*v. Hailey, mid told the minister
that his sou was involved in a fight.
The minister left his home hurried-
ly and "topped hy a neighbor's resi-
dence to pick up his wife. The two
then nished to the tavern to get their
son.
.lust as they walked into the Club
0W. the mnddened Piggott returned
and begun spraying the tavern with
bullets.
Piggott fled the scene after the
shooting but was urrested when he re-
turned later and attempted to buy a
beer.
Jailed with Piggott waa Ja»j»cr
Jewrett. 2whom police said at-
tempted to hide Piggott from a .Uni-
ties.
Itev. Bailey rushed his wife and son
to the hospital by auto. The other
three victims were taken by ambu-
lance.
"My wife and I had never been in
a tavern before and all we wanted to
do was get our son out of there,"
the minister said.
He added, "The place was not light-
e4 good, and aa soon aa ws stepped
inside, shots were fired snd we hegsn
fucking. My wifs wss hit"
Probe
(Continued from Psgs LI
altj of *2fi0 fine, or a six month jail
sentence, or both.
Oskey and Mrs. Scurry were finally
granted s marriage liceuse Feb. 16
and married Feb. 17 after obtaining a
waiver of the five-day waiting period.
In eiplainiug the flndinga. Kemps
ssid: "No witness saw her take any
drugs, laboratory analyale of sam-
ples from the body was negative. But
*<»methiug had to bring on this pneu-
monia."
Dr. James W. Krchul, pathologist
who performed an autopsy on Mrs.
Oskey's body, testified at ths Inquest
that ths pBSMMll was s ty|»e as-
sociated with a long period of uncon-
sciousness or illneaa.
"It could have been an accidental
death," Keni|»s said.
Mrs. Mary Oskey last October took
out a $1,000 life Insurance policy, sup-
plementing the $.100 one ahe hsd car-
ried. Kemps said. Oskey la the bene-
ficiary.
So fur a« he and Schaefer could de-
termine. he said, the additional in-
surance wax taken out voluntarily
and without her husband'a knowledge.
'Hie policy has a suicide clause,
Kemps said, meaning that in the event
of suicide premiums would be refund-
ed but the face value of the policy
would not be paid.
Kempe conceded that the inquest's
iudeterminata finding would compile
cat« settlement of the inaurance elainu
Apparently the new Mra. Oakef
will have nt in-law troubles. Hei
husband's mother and his brothers
bavs disowned him and said, as fat
aa they are concerned, he is desd.
right for A. J. Ploch—E*
fight* for you!
(Political ••lvfrtlnemenO
lli.J.Mon
Funeral Director
430 N. Cherry St.
CApitol 6-7283
NOW OPtRAJiNC. *1 iJORfS IN HXAS
Prices Good in San Antonio H. E. B. Stores Only. J
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 29, 30, 31
CLOSED ON SUNDAY
Many Additional Specials on Display in the Stores
We Reserve the Right to Limit Quantities
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years.
Appeal
(Continued from Tags I I
that she had been raped.
(■ovemor Denies Parole
In December, Nolden became elig-
ible for parole, and, on Dec. 22, 1JMJI,
the board of pardons and paroles
granted Nolden's parole, subject to
Gov. Price Daniels approval.
On Jan. 8 Daniel denied the parole.
Following that denial, Nolden's
mother contacted Harry V. Burns,
president of the local branch of the
National Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People. Burns re-
ferred her to Darden.
Harden Is chairman of the legal re-
dress committee of the National As- j
H. E. B., HENNY or HAPPY HEN GRADE A FRESH ^
EGGS
FRESH MEATS
ROEGELEIN HICKORY SMOKED SUGAR CURED
HAMS
4 to 8 lb. avg.
lb.
29c
large size
dozen
43c
to lnt»ftr»t» it lM*»u«e we havf
prfftMited a iwlid front to the
Ioitm of InlfsrHfion wmI Mating
to the NAACP. the Krtmwlj*
Md CORE that we will have
Done nf it.
"If a mi It Ii filed by the NA-
ACP. they may win the »ult
but not the battle." he uiii.
SILVER VALLEY or EVADALE
Margarine "fOc
Limit 2, please, with purchase of $1.30 or more, additional
purchase 19C
MARYLAND CLUB or MASTER CHEF
Coffee ;r: $,.„59c
U.S.D.A. GRADED GOOD BABY BEEF BLADE CUT
Chuck Roast & 45c
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
WASHED IDAHO RUSSET
ofafoes
10-lb.
mesh bag
WASHINGTON EXTRA FANCY WINESAP
JELLO
Reg.
pkr-
5c
Apples
lb.
39ci
15c
limit 3, please, with reg. purchase
Living is Good
In W illow Wood
all-time favorite!
First Choice tor Lasting Freshness
BAKE RITE
Shortening — 59c
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410 North New Braunfels
H. E. B.
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Cheese a..—-..49c
LARD o'«b' 2 f°r 27c
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