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"It there i« no (truffle, there k
no profreM. Thoie who profeM to
favor freedom, and yet dfpreciate
•dilation, are men who want eropa
without ploughing np the ground.
... Power concedes nothing without
a demand. It never did and never
will."
—Frederick Dougtaaa
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IT'S 1'OIR NEWHPAPi
S. A. Man Races to Death in Stolen Car
lit.ALTII HEUVICiuM lAI'LAINKO l»r. Samuel L. Andelman, Chl-
engo commissioner of health, explains board of health services to visitors
Wriiiiu Tavlor (left), chairman of tin* lukster. Mich., housing commission,
• ml ('hnrles 1'. McClane of Philadelphia ( right), public relations director
of Klks Rriml bs!ge, as xtnff member* John M. Coo|»er (center), as-latant
chief of admlnlatratire service*, and Vii cent Saunder*, chief, health edu*
cation, h»ok on.
—Associated Negro Press photo
Shot in January,
Attacking Officer,
Hoodlum Dies
January Shooting Also
Reveals Slug in Man's
Chest for Five Years
A 'JT-jear-old polio* character, who,
on Jan. 10. tried In force hia way iul"
a Itiiis atreet home, ami wan »li"t in
the ahoulder by a police officer. a*
the prowler R<lv nnced 4111 another
poliiemau with a broken bottle, died
at N:10, Wednesday moruiiix, Mai h
14. at Robert 11. tireen hospital.
l'eath of the man. I'll ill i|> Hlcvln .
4UH ltarlmoutli. waa attributed In
Hieninffitia, aci-ordina 10 the count)
medical examiner. l>r. Holierl llaua-
nian, who |ierformed an autopey.
The policeman'. hullet partially
paraljieil Klevina. ami luealafitia de-
veh.|>ed from complication., it «ar
reported.
Officer. in Ihe raw were Hay Tor-
re* nl,i| John Wanton. Klanlon "hot
Hlevin. a. he advanced on Torrea
with the broken ue.k of a itallmi wine
Ju». Moth officer. are reported to
•uve fired warning ahot..
FIVK IKAH WIJ> HI I J.KT
When doelor* operated «■
Hie*in* lor the January wound,
they Rutlc«l an Infection near
the hint bullet hole. I'robini.
they found, and reunited, another
' hullet that had been Imbedded
la Hlevina' eheat for fin jenr*.
Police an Id that lha mui tidd
them that he had be»« "hot la
California, hut detalla of the weat
ahootins were no
-rr~r
■
In the January raw. police bail
lieen aummonwl after Mlecina had
attempted to fiTce hia way into the
homr of Trinidad I'orlet, 41, SMI
Hui».
When Officer Torrea reached the
acene, he reoi<niaed Hlevina and ad-
dreaaed him by name, aakinic what
aaa be iloinjc. When Torrea tried to
*reb hiia, lllevina Jump*' bailt, and
brandished the neck of a broken gal-
lon wine bottle. Torrea drew hia pie-
tnl. artd ordered lllevlni to drop Ihe
bottle. When Hlevina refuae.1, Tor-
res fired one ahot into the ground.
In the meantime, Blanton reached
the ac^ne. and when Blevins contin-
ued to advance on Torre*, Blanton
fired t*o warning ahota. When Hlev-
ina kept coming lilanton ahot him
high in the right shoulder.
Minnijean Bro vn's
Dad Paroled
In Murder Case
By the Aaaorlated f.gro Preaa
LITTLE ROt'K—TV\e state ynt-
don and parole board laat week grant-
ed a parole to Willie Bob Urown.
Ihe father of Minnijean Brown, one
of the original nine Negro atudeuta to
Integrate Central high acliool. 'ITie
father ia aerving a five-year aeutence
for .voluntary manslaughter in the
fatal shooting of another Negro, r.l-
nier lsauc. during 1111 argument over
• gambling game. He waa acntenced
*liltMl. —-p -
I.wwtv'i"daughter *"« »''<• «
Negroes enrolled in Ceniral high in
11157. Ihe year the school waa deseg-
regated with violence, Minnijean was
a favorite target of white students.
After a series of disagreements she
was expelled.'
Louisianan Fined
For Having Negro
Guestsathen Beaten
By tha Asaoclated Negro Press
HHRKVnPOHT, I*. — Police lust
week investigated the heating of El-
vis ltndgers, 411-year-old white house
painter. wl»o was fined recently for
entertaining Negroes in his home.
l\ft iiK'ii canic to Mu
1 ud said't1Iey"w!i!!Kf Wuit■ »w-'«i»-
Vlien they took him to a station wag-
on in which three other men were
rilling and drove to a wooded area
aouth of here where he waa beaten.
"I)o you know why this la hap-
pening lo your he aald he waa asked.
(Sae LOH8IANAN, Face «.)
Flunks College
Entrance Exam, HS
Honor Grad Kills Self
By the Anaorlated Negro PrcM
(iKKKNSIMIKO. N. C\ — Karl
j II. Ilroolim 18. high m-IiooI
honor grad. wlio failed n How-
ard nniveprit) entrance examina-
tion, la*t month, dlei lait week
of a Kliotgun wound in the head.
Dr. Allan Coggrfttiall. (»ullford
enunty me lieal examiner, said the
wound wan *elf-inflicted. He Mid
llroohft shot himself In the kitch-
en with a IS gauge ahotgun while
hia mother and two niatera were
In another part of the houie.
< ogreshall qiMitod meml»ei s
the family aa Raying Itrooka took
a aecond entrance examination
In February fw Howard unlver-
ally In Wafdilngtou. 1>. C. He
graduated from Ihidley high
nchool here in September magna
cum laude.
$700 in Clothing,
Personal Effects
Stolen from Auto
Car of Arkansan, on
Overnight Stop in San
Antonio, is Loioted
A 4fl-yenr-oM Arkanan* man. "top-
ping over at he pawo'd through the
city, hml hia enr looted of clothing
and |>eri«>nul itrma valued at more
than |7(K), Friday morning, a* the
machine wan parked in the 100 block
of North McMijuite utreet.
The theft victim WM identified a*
Clarence Willnon, 020 North Tenth
at reef. Fort Smith, Ark.
ra**iug through the city, Willaou
Mto|ipe<| at n M<>s(|iiite atreet hotel,
parking hi* car in front of the ea-
tahliohment.
Itetween midnight and 10 o'clock,
Friday morning, the gla^n in n ven-
tilator of the car vvan shattered, and
a ear door opened.
Stolen from the machine were.*-
wii aulta, five paira of troiiM*ra. ain«>k-
ing jacket, twenty Hjw»rt ahirta. eight
dreaa ahirta, two aporta jacketa, tno
dreaaea, a duater, tw<» overcoat a, three
|iaira of incir* ahoen. tilde radio,
clock, hlauketa. underwear, nud tow-
els and wa*di clot ha.
Joiat Atlanta-Foltoii Bond
Comm. Gets Third Negro
By tha Associated Negro l'.cs
ATLANTA—Another Negro has been fair.cd to membership on
the Joint Atianta-Fulton Bond C®mn.:s.,ion, bringing the
total to three.
Named to the cor.nmsion laat week was J. B. Blayton,
Sr., who heads hia own certified public accountant firm. Blay-
tcn is alto president of the Mutual Federal Savings and Loan
atsociation, vice president of the Oitirt s Trust Company bank,
und owner of radio station Wl'.ItP.
TMtf.vfon'a appointment brought to
three the number of Negroea on the
committee of 1.1 outstanding cltiz-ns
I whd' have been named by the city,
[the county, and the hoard of ed.i'*n-
■ tlon.
I Last "week Mayor Ivan Allen. Jr.,
named i\ R. Yntes to represent the
city aa one of ita six nu-mhera on
the commission. Yates la co-owner of
the Yates and Milton drug at urea.
On the following da', board of edu-
cation Chairman Oby T. Brewer, Jr.,
announced that the Iter. I>r. Wil-
liam H« 1'iir'lera Imd been chosen |
as one i f tli» lionrd'a three repreaent*
atfctf o | | ir I'
\vbo ha*- ' n the civil t .-tifa j
fiCM i Ma natlonrnlly-l
known P (Itrg>mi n.
When m.iimuneed Yates appoint- j
meut to th** Joint Atlantn-h^jlton
I e M r Allen :iK»
nsuied J. iHot*I Wilson. Jr., an-
other N -.to serve as a member!
of the* A; imta Traffic and Trans-
it? TIIIKII, l»sge 7.)
White Carolina
Physician Slays
Son of Patient
By the Associated Negro Treaa
<; ASTON I A. X. v—A prominent
white tiaatouia physician who is
charged with stabbing a Negro man
to death in front of the victim's aick
mother waa held without bond last
week.
The doctor had been too busy to
immediately attend the slain mau's
mother hut not too buoy to drop
everything' to go. to the- house to de-
mand nu apology for an alleged inault.
Dr. Harry Iliddle. a 44-year-old
general practitioner, waa charged with
the slsying o' Leonard I'ntton, 27, a
veterinarian's anaintant. Police said
I>r. Kiddle killed l*atton with a 10-
inch hunting knife in a fit of anger.
The Incident occurred at the home
of Patton'a mother, who Wss iU with
the flu. Police anid I>r. Riddle ndmit-
ted nla*hing Patton after the man had
cursed him for not coming quickly
enough to attend his nick' mother.
Officers said Patton was slashed
across the stomach and both wrists
when Dr. Riddle brought him to the
hospital. The phyaiciau notified po-
lice of the slaying.
Patton died about two hours after
being admitted to tiaston Memorial
hospital and given an emergency op-
eration. The physician surrendered a
short time later.
The victim'a sick mother, two sis-
ters-in-law and a neighbor watched
the fatal Hlashing. They said that
ofter the doctor cut Patton across the
abdomen and wrists the victim col-
lapsed on a bed, got up and ran
while, purnned by the doctor, who still
held the knife. Patton collapsed from
iohs of .blood liefore I>r. Riddle made
any effort to assist him.
I>r. Riddle was Patton's family
physician, and delivered his two chil-
dren. A leader in Republican politics
in tiaston county, l>r. Riddle is mar-
ried and haa a aon. lie is a grad-
uate of the University of South Coro-
llas.
Capt. E. II. fSroves of the Ciaston
county rural police .said the physician
and Patton had exchanged words over
the telephone when Patton asked the
• come to fcis home to treat
NAACP Leader
of In Mississippi
Framed, is Charge
(Spcclal to San Antonio Reglnter)
NEW YORK—The cunviction of
Aaron Henry, MlaDiHMippi atate presi-
dent of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People,
was denounced here last week by
NAACP executive accretary Roy Wil-
kin* uk ■ "frame-up chimin ted to In-
timidate civil rights fighters in that
state."
Henry, a Clarkadale pharmacist
wa* convicted on March 14 in n
Shelby, Miaa., justice of the ]»ence
court on charges of inakiug immoral
advances townrd a teen-age white
boy. He waa aenteuced to aix months'
itnpriaonment and fined lie im-
mediately filed a $1,000 appffll bottt
"This dcapicahle charge waa brought
against Mr. Henry in line with Miss-
iaaippi'a program of Nmenring, har-
assing and Heekiug to intimidate NA-
ACP lenders and other freedom
fighters," Wilkius said.
Several mouths ago, Henry aud
other NAACP leaders had been ar-
reated In Clarkadale because of their
leaderahip in the boycott againat mer-
chants who discriminate against Ne-
gro customers.
The objective of this persecution.
Wilkina said, "is to frighten the NA-
ACP membership aud to suppresa the
civil rights movement in Mississippi.
Hut, no matter what they do to the
leaders, this movement cannot be sup-
pressed because Negro citixens of
Mississippi are not afraid."
Representing llenry at the triul on
March 14 were NAACl' < General
Counsel Robert L. Carter of New
York CMty and Jess Brown of Jack-
son. The trial, before 85-year-old
Justice of the Peace V. E. Howe, took
place In a courtroom packed with
Negro citizens wearing their NAA-
CP pins.
Society Dissolved !HaBt>1 Scott
That Collects Fees
For Burial at Birth
mother,
(•roves quoted I>r. Riddle as say-
ing Patton called him at his home,
and that he told the veterinarian's as-
sistant he was busy but would .see his
mother later in the evening. About
44) minutes later. Riddle said, Pat-
ton called again aud used abusive
language because the doctor had not
*See PHYSICIAN, Page
It Was Whiskey,
Not Honey,
That He Wanted
By the Asioeiated Negro. Pieaa
Miami. ki»—i-eo A. pium-
mer, AO. pleaded guilty laat
_ «ee:> lo » riiarje nf sliopliftlnr a
"bottle oMiwiey
to inrve 30 daya by Judge Mil-
ton Friedman.
But Plummer told the Judge
he had no intention of swiping a
bottle of honey—it waa whisk"
he wanted—and the honey waa In
■ whiskey-type bottle!
Ga. Judge Flays
Harassment of
Negro's Attorneys
By the Associated Negro Press
SAVANNAH, tia.—Superior Court
Judge Dunbar Harrison lashed out
laat week at what he called "an in-
tense campaign of harassment" di-
rected at the five court-appointed at-
torneys in the Floyd Brown caae.
"I appointed these defense attor-
neys," Judge Ilarriaon said in a
statement. "They are officers of the
court. They have a sworn duty to
perform."
Brown, a Negro, is accused of rap-
•» women here aud mur-
dering one of them, Mr*. J. T. Infytmi.
Judxe Harrison called upon "every
right-thinking citizen to respect th*
law which protects defendants J[roni
prejudice, from illegal procedures and
conviction without a fair trial."-*
The attorneys—Ralph Crawford,
Aaron Kravitch. Emanuel T.ewR
Shelby Myrick, Jr., and John F. M.
Rauitz—said they have received
scores of letters and a series of tele-
phone messages condemning them for
defending Brown.
Judge Harrison, who s.<id he also
receiveo a few letters and teli-phone
calls on the subject, made this state*
meut oil the matter: ' ' •
"The law of (Jeorgia says that
no matter what a man is accused of,
or how guilty he may apimir to bo»
he is entitled to be repteeentetlby
effective counsel. Anyone wFo "HW
By the Associated Negro PrcM
Tl SCALUOaA, Ala—A local un-
dertaker, who. for IS years, has l»een
collecting burial fees from people as
siMtn as they were born, was ordered,
last week, to dissolve the New Home
Benevolent Asnoeiatiou and Secret
society of Alabama (NIIBASSA).
W. M. Ford, operator of Ford's
funeral horns, was told by state in-
aurnnce superintendent Hill Page that
he would have to disband the NHHA-
SSA because his operation was un-
orthodox and unlicensed.
Page declared that Ford wu in
the burial ' insurance businesn. al-
though he bad no license to be so
engaged.
Further Investigation showed that
the toclety had practically no records
"f aU> sort, and no <ash reserve was
maintained to assure fulfillment of
the contracts.
Page aald an effort ia now being
made to find some licensed insurance
company which will insure the per-
sona who irreviously belonged to the
society. Many of them are aged and
many find It difficult to secure in-
surance. None of them is likely to get
a $u00 burial promised them for $1
a month.
Page said no legal action is contem-
plated against Ford now.
"We <Vf more anxious to try to re-
corer some of the money he has been
paid'by the aicoihers. and use it to
secure insurance coverage for them,"
he explained.
No entimate of the number of
members was available.
It all started back in 1944 when
Ford hit upon the idea of boosting
his burial business. He organised the
NIIBASSA. Its purpose, aa stated in
the constitution, was:
"To bury the members of the NH-
BASSA, to lend comfort to each
other in a strife-torn world, to aid
and care for the sick and wounded."
Specifically. Ford guaranteed to the
members a first class $300 burial
(actually it was a $28T» burial and
a $10 cash endowment for flowers)
i'rom his funeral home.
The meinliera were asacssed a
monthly fee of *1 for this coverage
while children were given a special
rate of 80 cents per month.
No policy was issued, merely a
fanciful embossed membership certifi-
cate, suitable for framing.
In addition, Ford printed up a
small brochure containing the conati-
tution and by-laws, as well as the
•Uaudard ritual to be followed at each
funeral.
There were also listed several rule*
which each member had to obey in
(fceoUEKS. Page 4.)
Willi $44,000
Income Tax Lien
Bf t e Associated Negro I'resn
KIJIKIt K. I). (HILDKKNS
fcl'CC t'MUH—Elder E. I). Chil
drcs, 1210 Wyoming Ntrect. sue-
Chased by Police, Auto <
Hits Parked Machine, v<
Tree, and House
W ITH police in hot pursuit in a wild chase, in which the fcpem
" reached 86 miles an hour, a 35-year-old Ban Antonio mag
was killed when the car he was driving ripped into a parke^
machine then roared through the yards of homes in the 120()
block of Essex, slammed into a tree, and, finally, smashed int4
a house, early Friday morning.
The automobile—a 1957 Pontiac—had been stolen
Thrown from the machine by the ' ^
impact with the bouse, and probably ^ # nn
Instantly killed, was Andrew Jack W \ Vk q|fpn« \\ Iia
son. 30, address liated as 12*33 North , Ot vv Ctllvl v? In"™
Walters.
Jackson's death was
gro traffic fatality of tl
city the fourteenth in the general j
statistics.
The car. owned by Pedro Loera.
!19 Weatfnll, had been stolen from
us the second Ne | P1||||0£(] | ||r(Ml<rll
f the year for the 1 £ 1 111 UUf11
Floor. Succumbs
W
He hud been district auperiutendeut
of the San Antonio district the
Churches of (jod in Chriat for the
past yeurs. and had paatored the
Blue Bonnet Church of God in Christ
for 2U year*.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday morning. March 21, from Mt.
. J Zlon Flrat Baptist church. Bish«>p T.
v—A! D. lglthart uf Wan,, preaiding.
fodcral income tax lien of ^
M4.IIS against pianist Hazel
Scott, former wife of Harlem'
Rap. Adam Clayton Powell, was
revealed here in Westchester
eoci;ty court.
The lien covered the period
of ISM0 through iMft, with the |
Ottlttfcm of 1051.
I'owell was tried in I960 on.
c4u"-;,es of fraudulently reporting
an'- §300 tax due on 1951 In- Funeral aervlceu were held Weil-
«•* • of Mlsa Scott estimated at neMlay morning. March 21, from Mt.
A federal court Jury 2ion First Baptist church, for Elder
' E. I>. Childress, 1210 W)<»mhtf atreet.
*np«'rintendent of the San Antonio
district of Churches of (j'od in Christ
for the past 26 years. Elder Children*
succumbed at Baptiat Memorial hon-
pitolr tMdAesday. March 14. He had
been a resident of San Antouio for
Cleveland Sheppard,
Hurt Monday,March 12,
Dies Thursday,Marchlflj
« Funeral Rites for
Elder Childress
I
Held Wednesday
I
euiiilied Wedneniay uiiiriiing, Murrti ''lr Westfnll ndiiren.. earlier.
14. at llm.ua ilenjiinul b<»|.ital. Patrolman <i K. Kef. ik» att.
was drawn to ihe lufielnue win
ran a -t-»|i aiKn at Arnnsa. anil
Tlie officer started iu pursuit.
He report wl that the other "loweil ] Cleveland Kbepraril. 40, STUl Hj*
down t" aho. t W miles an hour, thei. whll Mon,u,. M„n.h vUmT
roared away at Ufh M-e-'l- j „i through a false re,lint of the fl
The fleeius vehicle was IrnMln.K Ant.mlo Hub. Hm Austin hlithwaA
S5 t„ W» miles an hour "I'-n tiie >nd 1„n,^| „n f daiJ(J
driver ran Into a parked car, at b,|,,w. die,l. at 1 o'clock. Thtin
Kaaex, owrne.1 hr J^-'lie > <.r<»»e of, dtJ. M,ir,+ nt „ (i
•ddreaa. ,.v Memorial hospital.
Then Jack-",, lost cmtr.4 of the i shw#r>, , w„,„r „ club
automobile he was ilnviuk- rat. int.., f,rM, multl|j|, fructur„ uf tlle 4kujJ
the curb at \£l\ ts»e« and throu*h officers See It |„ Papers
the yard, of tp and 12*1. hi. slam- ^ p(l|lw d,,,nrtmnit nR, D0(
mma. brijadside, into a lam- tree „( thf j
.bearins it off near the gr..un.l in „t , rn,„rt ,lntU s„turd„,. M„rJ
the latter >.rd then .n..sh«i into ,f„r ,h(, T
the reaidenrt at li«. Jack-n was, ,2
hurle.1 from the tar, ami against the I p(lper. an(| laun,.b„, ,n ,„llul
bouse • * 1 in\eatigatif»n provide<l inform:
At rest ambu.iince earned him to; ,iun ,h,t han Qot pr,Tl0lI,, b
the Robert B. (treen. where he wan published.
pronounced dead on arrival.
fcndldHted 10 to 2 for nrqult
fNnilhe pastor-legislator omI
Mis* Scott waa not a defeaHat
la that case.
She and Powell were divorced . .
In November. 1000. EeHi has nearly 34 years.
since remarried.
72 Washington
Churches Drop
All Racial Bars
By the Assodated Negro Press
WASHINGTON —■ Christianity
matle s« me headway in Washington
churche*- last week.
Se»e-nty four Protestant congrega-
tions in Metropolitan Waahiugton
have announced that they have sign-
ed a statement "welcoming into full
meBiber«hi|i all persons of any racial,
economic or aocial background.''
The announcement waa made
through 'he Council of Churches Na-
tional Capital area, to which the
ehurefce* belong. The council haa a
total Membership of about HOO. Other
membfcr churches are still considering
signing the statement, the announce-
ment aaid.
Tha statement, prepared by the de-
partment of church and society of the
council of churches, said: "Believing
that th» Church of Christ is inclusive
of all who confess that Jesus is Lord,
the (name of church) hereby records
or reaffirms itself as welcoming into
full IneiiilxTsbip nil j arsons of any
racial* economic or social background
who accept the discipline and require-
men to of membership In thia church."
ThO chairman of the department of
churrti and anc.tety. the Rev. David
CoJweli, of the First Congregational
church, pointed out that "for many
igrefciitiouN this (statement) meant
only a reaffirmation."
Tliahop T. P. Tglehart of Waco of-
ficiated. and Interment was in East-
view cemetery. Lewis funeral home
was iu charge of arrangements.
The church was filled to overflow-
ing by a huge crowd paying its last
reaped a and including members and
clergymen of all denominations.
A native of Penda county, Car-
thage. the deccdcnt received his public
fftfofll training there, (hi December 4.
1910, he and Miss Hennie Smith
were married, and fire children, four
sons and a daughter, were born to
the union.
Elder Childress began his miuistry
in 19211, after having lieen converted
under the leadership of Elder S. Da
l^e of Tyler. In 192H, he moved, with
his family, to San Antonio.
His pastorates have Included
churches at Plum. San Marcos. Mon-
thalia, and San Antonio at the Ken-
wood. Denver Heights, and Blue Bon-
net churches.
Survivors include the widow. Mrs.
E. D. Childress; four sons: Eddie
Childress, San Francisco. Cal.; Leroy
Childress and Luster Childreas. San
Antonio, and Samuel Childress. Holly-
wood. Cal.; daughter, Mrs. I^ela Mae
Wade, San Antonio; 11 grandchil-
dren : one great grandchild; two
brothers. Cot tress Childress. Terrell,
and Larry Childress, Dallas; sister,
Mrs. Roberta Moore, .San Antonio,
and other relatives.
ever been unjustly accused can
stand the justice of thhi requirement.**
ROCHESTER'S SON SENTENCED
By the Associated Negro Press
LOS ANOELHS — Billy Anderson,
,13, adopted son of comedian Eddie
(Rochester) Anderson, was Oentenced
to a one-year prison term here after
being convictcd of a 16,000 burglars.
Interracial Marriage Jars
All-While WisOMisiii City
Atlanta Hotel
Desegregation
Hits Snag
By the Associated Negro Press
ATLANTA — Desegregation of
downtown hotels and motels for the
NAAtT' national convention was left
a dangling issue laat reek after the
Atlanta Hotel association failed to
rem h a unanimous agreement to ac-
cMiimodttfe^ delegates who will con-
\«rg.- o i tin* eity in J ;'-. "»***•;
■m$ mm mm By the \nooctate<t N^fi" froae ! The local hotel association was ex-
A PP.U8T0N, Wit.—A whit. mM. who applied to marry a iT'S/sT
Kepro woman one week befort vts wife died unaer "un- (i,„Kreaation at its regular
natural" circumstances, has bacotnt ths subject cf official in-; huhiiIiI.v nii*tiur. im apparently nuiiii
quiry and personal villification. J "' "p u"''
Though Frank A. Cskey, 49-ywur-:ld truckar, denies he was Cncf M In At.
resporsiWe- for the death of hia wife. Mary, 42, lie has been
hi ui a Hotel association, issued an
subpoenaed to appear before t coronal' s jury which plans atoffu;:-! ^- .f ment foiiow-in* the meet-
full investif;aiion of the case. 11*4,411 populttliou. The l'.ii'si feileiul | li.« i;i wliiv-h he stnt.sl the ::n»ap hail
Meanwhile, ihe former Mrs. Ann cenatis .hawed <""■ Xegro mal 11 ,h" «■"'
iMmnge to the at«den enr was set at
$1 !500, to the psrkeil machine, ffiOO.
Ten Persons
Injured in Week-
End Collisions
i
*d that Sl.«i i-arJ
«ty, early Moudnf
charging elothen W
rilr being use<l s» §
Officers reported
wan going off ^nty
morn lug. nud waa ehs
whn^ was tem|*orarilr
dreaaing room.
The report pointed out that tl
room in actually where acce«< i
gained to the air conditioning duct]
and was not Intended for nse as i
dreaaing room.
Sheppard's hat had fallen heh
one of these ducts. Shep)»ur<i, in
remitting to retrieve It, climbed 01
the duct, and. In reaching for ti
At least ten persons were Injnred 1 ■tei'ped on the false ceiliuj
In eight week end traffic accidents (T*1" w,fh h.ia P11"1.*'
in which injuries were reported.
Mr«. I onise J«»nes, 38. SIS Larry,
who Is pregnant, ws« hurt ftnturday.
when the csr lu which she wss rid-
ing, and driven by Alouxo Edward
King. 141 Casper, waa in colli-
aion with a machine driveu by Charles
Edward Smith. 51, 351 Fargo, at Paso
Hondo and North Polaris, when
Smith, according to police report*,
failed to yield the right of way. The
accident might have serious expli-
cations for Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Equilla Colrin. 47. 1606 Men-
chacs. wan csrried to Medical Arts
hoapital for injuries she received. Sat-
urday. when the car in which she
was riding, and driven by Rwel Col-
rin, 53, of the Meuchaca address, and
one ojierated by Richard Louia Neu-
hauer, Adkins, Texas, collided at East
Houston and North New Braunfels
avenue. Neubauer. who ran into the
rear end <»f Colvln's car. was booked
for negligent collision.
Mrs. Ora I^ee Axel. 4.V 1102 Ar
to the floor, below, on his head.
An Alamo ambulance carried hi^
to the Baptist Memorial hospitsl.
Another 1'ave
Of Thievery
Hits San Antonio
1
ill
Another a ave of thievery, rangfl
from "picked-upM pur see to robber]
with firearms, awopt Si.n Anton
duriug the past week end.
Mrs. Yelma Brown Spenco. l£. .ViQ
Iincolnshire. re|M»rte<l the loss. Tkurm
day. March 15, in a 400 block SpriggA
dale drive laundromat, of her pursft
which contained more than $(»2.
sonal papers, and a j»oir of diamond
set. white gold wedding rings. Tha
identity of ihe person who "picked up*
tesia, passenger in s car driven by I the purse is known by at "least o'n4
her husband. Lester Axel. 4<». and ' witness.
Willie Floyd Erskine, 2S, 1510 North
Centre. of»erating a small truck. v*r:e
injured when the vehicles collided
Saturday, at North (Severe and Paso
Hondo. Erskine was h«»oked for neg-
ligent collision.
Jack Shaphard, T»4. 300 South Ala-
mo. suffered a l<»o*ened tooth in a
two-car collision. Sunday, on East
Commerce at Its intersection with
Water and Elm streets, Shapard. try-
ing to make a left turn, off Corn-
Friday, Eddie Lee Copelund, lti
address listed as Nebraska. an{
Ledeii McFaddeo. i4*. 8NB l »;i
were arrestnl in the S00 block of Earn
Commerce street, and IxMtked for ihefj
over STsi. In connection with the bum
glarixing of the Birdlnnd club. licd::et|
aud (Severa street. Wednesday, MarcB
14. Articles which the youths had am
legedly pawne«l. were identified tm
having been taken from the BirdlanA
They included two druina. a guitai^
Scurry, a »34-yeur-old Negro Mllwt
kean, who ia the new Mrs. Oskev, haa
reftised^ft^Talk to reporters or |»er-
mit herself to be photographed. \
Denied a marriage license when
the>*TWT appKed for one on Jan. 1£,
Ih'£ok#u^is. trey's death. Oskey aud
Mrs. Scurry reapplied and got a li-
HIVNMpI). 10, and were marrit
Feb. 17, after obtaining a waiver of
, fii> day r- -jftlng.. perlml,
The death of Mrs. Oskey on Jan."
22, was attributed to an overdone of
barbiturates, supposedly self-ndminia- kleaat Oti^ since she married Oskey in
L but persons living here claim not
t» hfomv of him.
Uoleetive Sgt. Donald Punlie. one
of fh<- "dice officers imestiguting
tfee death, said that aa far aa lie
'. there are no Negroes li\ing in
Ml.
ant you to onderstand that T,
ally, am not prejudiced,'* Paul-
f# aaid. Hut in this community it
flhpWeovtlhite a problem."
"tit*, —+*-
to have been in Appleton ut
tered.
The racial angle of the caae haa "The
been highlighted because no Xcgro la
known to be a resident of thia city at
Milwaukee Feb. 17.
is bound to be a problem,"
(See MARRIAGE, Page 7.)
incerelv discussed the problem with
ilie bent interest of Atlanta and its
t ilhceit^ at heait.
"Obviously there are many dif-
ferent ints of view to be considered
and evaluated before coming to a
conclusion, and it ia unfortunate that
Nti* inotttaly meeting to. k on the
asjavt of a discussion-making meet-
ing. because it was not on our agen-
da.'*
Meanwhile s spokesman of the host
,Vv-'.Jut!!l£rjjf the N'AACI' saitl
they would not aiier ila:ir"conven-
tion plans or date In light of the ho-
tel association's announcement that
the NAACl* and the Moose couven-
(bec SNAG, Page 4.)
Friday night. A four-a|»eetI portahll
phf»nograph. valued at $7o, and 4
camera, valued at $15. were stolen.
Leroy Payton. .'SI, 0liT> North ("«no
tre. told police that a crosseyed wonie
an, with whom he had enrlier shared
a room, held him up. at gunpoint, t<«o||
a ?'Jf1 Jbiil from him. and returned a
few minutes 1atet to hand him a $S
bill.
The woman is reported to have l»eeg
later IuvoIvhI i i a shooting in th«i
MX) block of East Commerce, with
(See ANOTHER. Page 4.)
merce onto Water, and a vehicle driv-1 cymbal, and one foot |iedal.
aa by (Jilbert R. Agnilai. *J7. 41C7 The Rev. J.dm A K em pie. 00. 1 H|
Irnin avenue, going east on Commerce. Rivas, complaiue<i to isdice that tli|
collided, when both drivers kept im- | Rivas street address was burghiri/i-ik
proper lookout, according to police
reports, and Shaphard failed to yield
the right of way.
Calvin Nelson. 1.1. 100G Meuchaca.
was injured, Sunday, in a mishap at
Fourth ami Broadway, when the ear
iu which be una riding, driven .by
Vnd.v '^viniincb-ru, Meuchaca.
and one operated hy Lloyd Vonollmen,
111. 0»S Blue Ridge, collided.
Iu an accident. Sunday, nt West
Commerce and (Seneral McMulien
drive, involving vehicles nperatnl by
Domingo D. l'lores. IS, Colima.
and Oeorge ('. Prince. .'L'ts Joe
Blanks. Mrs. Irma Prince. .'10, .*'.14 Joe
Hit uka, suffered undetermined in-
jui iea.
Two persons were injured, one
severely, iu an accident shortly be-
fore 4 o'clock, Sunday morning, on
St. I led wig road.
I'illie Joyce Jones suffered multi-
ple cuts, and Milton Smith. 2^. 1-110
Wyoming, re -rived a leg injury. Both
vrcre hospitalized.
A sedan driven by James Edward
Nio.is. Jr.. '<2, 120 Boudet. waa run
into, from behind, by Smith. Smith's
car then swerved, hit a ditch, turned
completely around, and hit a tele-
phone pole.
i -VitiVs
suffered head injuries, early Tues-
day morning, wheu hia enr went out
of control in the 400 block of Spiiggs-
(See TEN, Page S.)
Student's Bond Set
In Campus Slayii^
Of Arkansas Coed
By the Assoc-lnletl Negro P;tM
PINE BLl KF, Ark An lfc>-j ir-
old Arkansas AM and N cull «• •.-in-
dent was free ou Jp2,."»(K> lioml last
week after being cb—j *ed with s.c nil
degree murder in ia slaying »»f a 10-
year-old "oed, reputedly his girl
friend.
John L. Powell, of Strong. Ark.. i|;
...uf...«h«ot ijdeath Miso
Minnie Hall of l'ine liiuff."ln * a"
snack bar of the college Student
union.
l*owell was charged by authoritiea
aud released, a day later, on bond.
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