San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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/re Ready for Enemy Treachery
Aged S. A. Race
Horse Trainer is
FoundDead inBed
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STRICKEN •eriously ill, WednMday night, but refusing to be
taken to either the hoepital or to the home of* gtoter, Wil-
liam Mr Plain, 68, Alamo Downi, was later found dead in bed
by a nearby storekeeper, named Mercer.
McClain had been in ill health for the part three yeare,
but had not been confined to bed until about two weeks ago.
A native San Antonian, McOlain had lived here all of his
ROGRE8S
ONLY
5c
WHERE
COULD YOU
GET MOKE
FOR A
NICKEL?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Texas Soldier Reported
Lynched in Georgia
f .«-v
m*mi a. a. nmi •
War CauMes Cancellation of
State Convention of Ushdrs,
Set for City, This Summer
fc?
my craft will have tough j
If they attempt a sneak it-
on Trinidad, Bjjtlsb West
. where a crack United
tates coist art Tiler/ regiment In
top picture, ■ height-
own reporting data on
fcr nie by
rkersHpW iNegyocg Promoted
Fo Keep Healthy
giin crews In lining up enemy
planes In their nights.
In the lower picture. • crick
coist artillery regiment qalt, with
the Jungle in th* dlitaut back-
ground, goea through maneuvers
it Trinidad. Thia gun crew la
«nl/ one of the ®* y crack
nnlta sew tn actios there.
life. Hp lived atone, caring for,
arvl training, race horses for ■
livelihood. When he was discov-
ered very desperately ill, Wednes-
Aay evening, an effort was made
to move him, either to the hospital,
or to the home of his half-sister.
Mrs. Effio Helena Washington. He
refused to go.
About IP o'clock, Mercer went to
the man's quarters and found him
dead. Death- was attributed to
heart disease. The body was turned
over to Frank E. LeWli funeral
home.
qNB OF some four or five
conventions scheduled to he
held In' 8u Antonio, this year,
was canceled, last week, be-
cause of war conditions, when
the state executive board of
the Texas Church I'shers or-
ganisation met In a two-day
session it Bethel AME church,
Saturday and Sunday.
The board unanimously de-
cided not to hold a general
convention for the duration of
the war, in keeping with the
request of tha government to
I.Vp transportation facilities
clear for war traffic, and be-
caose of rationing and unusual
housing difficulties. The con-
tention wm scheduled to be
la , ~ • - «
s City Wide
Fallowing up its plea, of hist
to Negro employees of the
Aatonlo air depot. «n which
>r;-erv were adovepished against
akvnteelsix, the Morale and Wel-
fare coirraltfcc of the nlr center,
this week. In advising workers of
imporlin:*.. of bgslth toward
prcdoctiou, staling .>at "will.
Ibe scarcity of modleai assistance,
lth the tempo of production
t- of the
\ .in order tust it Be kept
■kers most stay on the job.
one's liody lu the peak of
lion is absolutely necessary
to tills end. Tiie sacrifice of reat,
brought about by many trying to
two different Jobs, cannot
bought dollars."
committee —of which Wilbur
ii chairman: Charles Dare,
t director • abd George
, , t8pfcsentr.tivc:at-large-add-
ed Itiat one o" the main requisites
for a healthy body Is good, whole-
food.
I inches are advised against,
excesiive amount of
8, and many of tic
f ods * thit. are sup-
be "just is good." The i
warned U*at th.-ro is
it' can take the place ot
on the menu, when one
to keep healthy. Conun«n
4 influenza are more easily
off, It was pointed out,
u consistently made up
toods.
are also
as are
Mr ko AsiwltM in TO > ..
CAffPON. OM .—rtMesttag
Uie promotion el VI Negro
werken, <M e«ffc>ye s of the
Tbmhoa Roller Bearing C£1
Oamgrtwu plant atafad «
oat laM week and tied up ep-
eratloos for a day.
The president of the CIO
United Hteel-W rker union
dheiiUfigrd Mnutbwn it the
union froai participating In the
walkout, and saU thai these
who took pari woold be ex-
pelled from the union. He said
the itrute was satssthorired.
♦
Jim Crow Air
Force Favored
ByRickenbaeker
Snwlir,
BV IX>WEIX M. THICK
For Tho Associated ?*"cnn> 1', cm
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. — Declar-
ing that Negro pilots ware better
off in separate units under com-
mand of officers of their own ra-
cial group, ('apt. Kddle V. ItV'ken
hacker. World War I flying ace.
officially went on record list w'et k
as favoring the continuation of
racial discrimination practices ex-
isting in the- Amerind air force
command.
The occasion for such startling
confession from 'h noted aviator
who more tlion once suffered nar-
row escapes from death, was Ihe
admonished -remit of several question* po^ed
their stations
IRS,-
MWing
TSIJiS. Page 5.)
Of Threatening
Captain Is Freed
Asaoclatoe Hogro Pros*
SOllK. N T —U- 8- ('om-
„«r Cotter last week freed
ar-old Jerry Ellison, a coast
i, who waa accused
the eaptein of an
•Trinidad-bosad
of rrldeace prompted U.
Brn -o to move that the
hi dismissed. Until that time
' 'heM in *1.000 ball for
at a mass meeting, it which
an interesting program was
presented.
Oilier general conventions
slated for Nan Antonio, this
year, include the National Bap-
tist Convention of America, and
the Texas Negro chamber of
commerce.
Out-of-town officials and rep-
resentatives attending the ush-
er executive board meeting
were:
J. C. Smith, Fort Worth;
Fred Muore, Austin; Mrs. E. L.
FlrWl. Pott WltHh- Mrs. I. B,
Smith, Dallas; T. B. 8. Davis,
Leoftview; Frank D. Vaughn,
Fort Worth; Mrs, E. M. John-
son, Houston; Prof. W. W.
louaolt, Beaumont; James Wil-
liams, Houston; im.
tits, Houston; Jesse B. Med-,"/'
at
1
Wb
Ufa
Man Cut, Shot, Dragged
To Death Identified
As Houstonian
SAVANNAH, Ga.—According to a story in the Cleveland
(Ohio) Catt-Post, last week, a Texas Negro soldier was
lynched near here, early this month.
The Call-Post said that despite tight army censorship, Ne-
groes in this section are keeping the "grapevine" busy with
discussion of the recent lynching of Alfred Montgomery of
Houston, Texas, who had been stationed at nearby Camp Stew-
•trf, with the regimental headquar-
ters battery of the ftOth fount *r-
City Nurse
AFTER APRIL 30
The i ll
order In
become
16 point*
meats,
tlon above shows the be used by storekeepers as
Ijich red ration stamps
Each person gets
week to buy rationed
and fats.
I representation of how
tmpi uised for the ra-
at. outter, cheese and
Yllld was released
"change" If they find that custom-
ers do not have the exact amount
of stamps needed - for purchases.
For exataplt^Jf a customer gives a
five-point red stamp to piy for a
4-polnt purchase, the storekeeper
can give her a one-point red stamp
in change. Storekeepers cannot
use the two, five, or eight-point
one-point
GlergymanNamed
To C. of C Board
For First Time
•w#
brought to New
. and was shackl-
He was turned
al authorities,. He i
„ have threatened C*pt.
; J, Wied with a ra'.or drir-
by this writer nt a press confer
enc« attended by newspapermen
front all parts of the cdnntry bchl
In dpt. nickeuhackefi comfort
able Indianapolis Athletic Club
suite prior to his scbedille^! March
It. radio address before sohie 1(000
persons at the Scottish Rite.ca-
thedral tinder the auspice* of , the
National Foundation for Education
In American Cltiwn*hlp.
^Generally speaking," hie sold.
"Negroes make good pilots. How-
ever. with all'due respe«t to them,
I feel that in separate squadrons
and under the command of their
own officers, they can do a much
better Job.
"The reason f«r this Is primarily
due to the fact that as an all-Ne-
gro unit, with the eyes of the world
upon them, there is created a
much greater incentive to Mike
good. Not only for their own spir-
itual peace of mind, bni if given
the opportunity, Negroes caw do
any given Job Jtijt "as we]!, if not
"St "members "of other na-
At the snnnal meeting of the
San Antonio Negro chamber of
commerce, held Tuesday night, at
the riue street branch YWOA, to
elect> members to fill vacancies on
the chamber's board of directors,
alt five of the retiring members
were reelected by suSstantlal mar-
gins, and, among the three others
elected, a clergymin became a
member of the board for the first
time in the chamber's history.
W. H. Bryant, president, and
Albert Lewis, treasurer, whose
three-year terms are eiplring, re-
ceived, a unanimous vote of tbe
membership present In being re-
turned to another three-year ten-
uie as directors. B. A. Adams.
Jr., financial secretary, received
every vote cast but oue, In being
reelected.
The Hcv. Prince F. Jgckson, pas-
tor of Bt. James African Methodist
Episcopal church, was the clergy-
man elected. G. J. Sutton, a for-
mer director, was again elected to
the board, and by a very wide
margin.
The eight men elected at the
Tuesday meeting were—W. It.
Bryant, Albert Uwls, B. A. Adams,
Jr., U. J. Sutton, C. L. Brewer, A.
(See NAMED, Page S.)
Two Sentenced
For Misuse of
Railroad Pass
Good Business—
While It
Two teen-age youths were
doing pretty well In the busi-
ness they were engaged In-
tuitu the law caught op with
tllHU.
The boys, one IS, the other
M. were making 100 per rent
profit, while It lasted, on 6
no-capital "business."
—Tbc,~ -Jr^f
from pirkeil ears, then sold •(
for one dollsr a gallon.
They were arrested In the
<00 Mock of East Commerce
street, and booked is juvenile
delinquents.
♦
Obsequies Held
For Well Known
Victoria Woman
better, |
tktnaiitiee.'
Upon having It pointed out .to
him that the British BAF boasts
— ~ - , A_ ,-of several crack mixed units v.lw*e
a native of Port Ar-( 0nn«l Include Indian :.nd Arah,
I anIh0Vit^* fighter pilots, CapL ltlckeniiaOer '
t or not he I * fw W
(See VAV0BEP. ft** M
COBPCS CHHISTf, Tesas.—For
unlawfully using an Interstate free
railroad pass, Moses Rogers. San
Pedro street, formerly employed by
the Missouri Pacific railroad, was
given a suspended sentence of mi
days in Jail, and Miss Annie Mac
Hemphill received a ttO-day sus-
pended sentence In tbe same case,
when they pleaded gnllty, Monday,
before Judge Allen B. Hanrwiy in
federil court.
According to the evidence, Rogers
obtained a pass, last year, In the
nane of his sister, for passage
from Corpus Christ! to New Or-
leans, Louisiana.
lioVevFr, The pass was used by
Miss Hemphill, with the couple
taking a tr<p to Louisiana.
" Their actions on tha train, how-
ever, did not Impress the conductor
a* those Of brother toward sister,
lor sister toward brother, ami the
misuse of the pass was subsequeift-
ty established.
VICTORIA. Texas.—Largely at-
tended funeral servi"es were held
Wednesday afternoon from Web-
ster Chapet Methodist church for
Mrs. Mattle Howard who died it
licr home. 500 South Jfctvarro
street, following a lengthy Illness.
Her pastor, Rev. A. G. Russell of-
ficiated, Lytle funeral home In
charge.
Mrs. Howard was well and fa-
| vorably known and was a long-
time member of- Webster Chapel.
I Particularly was she admired for
her ever readiness to extend a
helping hand U> all who needed It.
Surviving are the widower, Nat
Howard; one daughter, Miss Do-
lores Howard; one son, Willie
Howard, six brothers and three
sisters.
Out-of-town relatives attending
the funeral were Mrs. Ora Lean
Hlce and Mrs. Earl White, nieces,
Kan Antonio; Miss Beyle iilowird,
niece, Galveston.
w!
a lid April
tlllery (anti-aircraft).
Tho body of the soldier, n mem-
ber of the 121st battalion (sepa-
rate), coast artillery, auti-aircraf.
unit, was.discovered in a tlil-'k^t,
some 10 miles out of Savannah.
His IkkIv bore evidence that
he had been cut, shot, ami
drageed to death.
The discovery of the body by
civilians occurred on * Sund iy,
March 7, and military authorities
bad the body conveyed to the
camp. Ou the following day a
quiet military investigation was
launched in which only while offi-
cers participated.
Neero chai'lnins
that
ind D *Vijv become valid April
18. Th4(&jrtamps remain valid
tbrongh 3l rlHw ^ 3h series
Of stainib .becomes vilid on ^Aprll
2$, bat the expiration date his not
bow lariMfeced.
The
these ztsape
In
lodsg tbest
of carrying them after tbe expir-
ation date, cOntntttrs use their
loose tumps the next time they
ntfotmr v
sAmps worth one point can1 make a pnrctrase.
leather Drops Dead u* She
Prepares to Sing at Obsequies
Beine Held for Former Student
diut
were to
"I've
t'UBl-STI. Texas.—
grief stricken fam-
\'.tndu ot Mrs. Ecjiu
ord Carson monrncd
bier during funeral
>|ng conducted Kat-
h 13, in Alleyton,
decreed that they
ive another shock-
se.
tie Stewart, long-
ilr friend, and the
former grammar
ifher, was seised with
attack and fell <lead
as about to sing Iter
K (pupil's favorite song,
B^ard of a Mansion."
Mrs. Carson, tt, iMed here,
March 11, at the reaidence of
),tr nuat, Mr«. tfE'ati, 535*-
Karairez street. Bailey's funer-
al home liail diarge of the lo-
cal arrangements, with the Ben
Davis funeral home of Colum-
bus, Texas, officiating at the
burial services in Alleyton.
Surviving are an infant son;
Iter parents, Mr. and Mrs. En-
gene Saiiford, San Aatonlo; a
sister, Mrs. Grace Taylor, San
Antonio; aunts, Mrs. Maggie
Townscnd, San Antonio; Mrs.
Roy Jones, Corpus ' Christ!,
Mrs. Kstella Brown and Mrs.
Mercedes Stell, Alleyton.
and
I launch an
■ determination to
lDv?stigitIon of their
NAAC.P '43 Drive
For Members to
Open March 28
. u
The San Antonio branch of th*
National Ast.klation for the Art
vancement of Colored People wiit
launch Its 11HH membership drive,
Sunday afternoon, March 28, with
I miss iineetlng at St; Paul MetU-
oOJtt church, cprncr of North Mes-
<iuite and Centre streets.
O. F. FItsgerald, president of
tho branch, announced that the
<gc« muve. vmc*
S.D.Rackett.Well
Kniwn Victoria
(Stizen, Passes
TICT0#IA. Texas.—Final rites
were dStfiurtert from Palestine |
Baptist Atir"!', Hcv. A. G. Russell
offlciatWft for S. D. Hackett,
prominent TIrtoria citlien and em-
ployee 4t tlie Southern Pacilic
Railway flompany, who died nt the
coaipany*'! ospltal In Houston fol-j
lowing aM operation.
Sheffield funeral home had
"barge e' the arrangements and
interment' wits made in fuero.
SurvlVtBK the decedent are his
widow, tix Lcona Hackett; seven
sons—Paul I-awrence Hack-
ett, MRacttchle; Pvt. Homer
Hacket# Pb'enlx, Arlxona; Pvt.
Pnmuel t llmxett, Omaha, Ne-
breelM^- J>«t. Victor Hackett, for-
«Ign duty; Sylvester, Wiine and
Joat Hackett, Victoria; four
I- -Mrs. Marie Thomas,
Corpanfr < :>rlatl; Mrs. Harriett
BroadnS Mrs. Aiuile Mae Wtetao
? d Hackett of Victoria; one
^™^B*-1aniUel Houston, Cuero.
Alerts, Farewells
But the 99th Has
Gone Nowhere, Yet
By Th* Avftorlat+d IPfirre Pre«i
WASHINGTON. D. C.—
Hicre have been five alerts
and six farewells—but the ttth
Pursuit squadron remains at
the Tusk eg ee army air school., league acting as
However, it Is understood at
the war department here that
the unit may be assigned to
active duty in the near future.
Mil! Evelyn Taylor, It. N., litest
addition to the city heilth de-
al public health nurse on Febru-
ary 10, his been assigned to a
weot aide district. >-Her appoint-
ment waa mado possible by the
successful sat* of Christmas teals,
last year.
A native San Antonian. and a
19.11 graduate of Douglass high
school. Miss Taylor received her
professional training In the Homer
G. philips hospital in St. Louis,
Missouri, at the University of Min-
nesota, and at Columbia univer-
sity. She Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Taylor, 206 Douglas
way.
♦
Plans Outlined
For Observance
Of Health Week
Negro on Slave
Jury Identified
CORPCS CHRISTI. Texaa—The
Negro on the federal Jury of 12
men, that on Thursday, JJareh 18,
returned a verdict of guilty against
Alex L. Skrobarcayk, 62-year-old
Beevillo, Texas, far Bier, and bis
daughter, Susie, 29, en an Indict-
ment that they had held a Negro
in slavery, has been Identified as
Frank Ward, 915 Parker street.
The Indictment had charged that
the two defendants had aided each
other lu "causing Alfred Irving (a
Negro) lu be held as a stave, by
6IBL KNIFXD
Hhorotliv Mac WL'son, 10, ....
■iv*, Olive street, wae treat-1 tbrealemug and lntimiuttting the
ed at tho Robert B. GvOenu hospl-jsaW Alfred Irving, and by inftlcl-
tal frldav for knife wounds in ing great bodily injury upon the
the' hoe* and shoulder. EarUnc! person of uM Aifrc.1 Irving, aid
HimM was itrcsted as her ««-[hy potting-Mn> In fear ;.ud eaus-
• 'iiked T( r arif.tvatedjiug tbe stild Alfred Iiviug, against
" Ibis Will, to perform Jabtw."
r "
•v'-iff-
There were also lll-coneealed
plans on tbe part of the soldiers
to effect i reprisal art Inst tho
partment, who nsum*d her dnfle flTB<.her, lf and when disc«v«.r0<j
The Negro chaplains, were told
simply that "Alfred Montgomery
of the 121st Sep. Bn. (AA) Camp
Stewart, Georgia, met his death
at the hands of persons unknown."
The body of the lynched soldlef
was shipped to Houston, Texaa,
his home city.
According to Information from
most reliable sources at the cninix
there has been no Indication give*
by tbe camp authorities that any
further investigation will be madi
to determine the cause of the
lynching of Montgomery, nor is
there any evidence that white civ-
ilians have been subjected to ques-
tioning.
The Negro soldiers stationed at
the camp hare been In almost con-
stant fear of violence at the hands
of the civilian white population
since Feb. 16, when Negro soldiers
from the camp engaged In an al-
tercation with a white bus driver
and white MP's.
A soldier eye-witness, whose
name is withheld for obvious rea-
sons, related to the Cili-Post the
following account of the friction
growing out of the anti-Negro at-
titude of southern bua drivers.
"On February 16," the Inform-
ant relates, "I was on my way
back from Savannah, Georgia, to
Camp Stewart, Georgia, which li
my training base. I was a pas-
senger on a B and M bus. The B
and M bus company caters almost
entirely to the soldiers it Camp
Stewart, both white anu colored.
"This bus Vis very crowded ind
many of the colored soldiers were
standing In the aisles ill the wiy
from Savannah.
"When wo got to the gate at
Camp Stewart, many of the white
soldiers got off at thii; battery
area, leaving room for tbe col-
ored soldiers, who sat down la the
seats formerly occupied by wbitei.
"Noticing this, tbe bus driver
drove alout a block ind stopped.
Ho said to T. Sgt. Clayton Mat-
thews, 'Get up!' Sergeint Mat-
thews - t-wored tha; he was conr,-
fortati.. and 'I don'l have but two
blocks to go before I get to my
battery area anyway.'
"The bus driver said, 'I caa
make you get up,' to which Sgt.
Matthews replied, "Try It'
"All the soldiers. Including my-
self, insisted that the bus driver
continue driving to our destina-
tion. The bui driver drove to tha
MP's gate and said, 'I have a con-
pie of n—n on ibis bus that uro
giving me trouble-.' When be mad*
tliat remark, all of us got out of
the Irns anil walked aver to th*
Plans for the 29th annual ob-
servance of National Negro Heolth
week—April 4 to 11—were outlined
at a regular meeting of the Vol-
unteer Health league, held last
Friday afternoon at th* Library
auditorium.
Trof. s. J- Sutton, chairman, Ye-
ported a total of $235.19 raised to
date through the 1942 Christmas
Seal sale, which Is conducted
among Race members by the
the Negro Seal
Sale committee of the Bexar Coun-
ty Tuberculosis issoclitlon.
These funds have made possible
the appointment of an additicaal
Negro public health nurse by the
city health department, which will
include the salary of this nurse in
its 194.1-44 budget, to be presented
June 1. Miss Evelyn Taylor. R.
N„ was appointed fo the position
, „ | m . | and began ber duties February IB,
As r rank Ward '":n* assigned to a district on the
upper west side.
Among a number of clinirs being
planned Is I child health confer-
ence to be located at tbe Lincoln
Heights housing project under tbe
sponsorship of the Monday Eve-
ning Charity guild. Local Negro
*physklans have agreed to cooper-
ate, and will give their rviecs at
tliese ci ifercnces. Plan? are also
being worked out for the < -tab-
llsbmcut'or a maternity clime at
Lincoln witts as soon, as medical
service can be arranged*.
Nat'onal Negro Health week will
bo observed here as usual win. the
omission of the closing health pa-
rade ou Sunday, April 11. This
feature -of the Health week ob-
servance was also omitted last
year bcoauso of the war. It is
<6*. F1ANS, rage i.)
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