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FLORIDA'S FAVORITE COLORED WEEKLY Ent«re4 u Second da« Matter, August 9, ItTT, at the Pm* Office a* ' Miami, Florida, under the act of March S. IVT€ Published erery Saturday by the Mapt Printoy, office at 1112 N.W. Third Areose, Miami, Florida Telephone S42Sf RES. REEVES, EfiMr GARTH CL REEVES, Business Manager ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE Interstate Tailed Newspapers, Incorporated. >45 Fifth Avenue. N. Y. L SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year... 9490 Six Months... .C. 50 Three Months .... *l-50 ORANGE BOWL TICKETS Now that we are attending football and other games in the Orange Bowl, we want to be given a square deal. e don’t want to feel that we in any way are being passi fied. If we go, we want to go feeling just as free as any body else. We felt that freedom on December 4 when we attended the Orange Blossom Classic. Many of us enjoy the weekly games. We are hoping large numbers will turn out to the game sponsored by the Kiwanis Club on December 10 between Miami High School and Kingsport Tenn. High. That’s a benefit game, all who can should attend. But the game of games in Miami is the Orange Bowl game on New Year’s Day. A good number of us would like to attend, but will in all probability, not be able to do so. Why ? Because the committee, for some reason or other allotted 50 tickets for us. That was not even enough to pacify us—not all of us anyway. Then some of us be gan to kick and the 50 was increased to 200. We even tried to get 300, but were turned down flat. There just were no more tickets. That was a week ago. Fancy our surprise when from somewhere, upon the request of our commissioners sprang 1.000 additional tickets for the commissioners. M ell, we suppose they are the powers that be, but did we not help in setting up those powers? They knew* of our request for 300 tickets but they forget so easily. There are about 50.000 of us, from this number there must be 2000 interested in attending this game. We have 200 tickets. The Bowl authorities and the city commissioners had better right this wrong now or as early as possible. We do not think we will be breaking faith if we tell them unless something definite is done in this matter for future Orange Bowl games there will be court action, whether we win or lose. JUST BROWSIN’ By PAUL. R. HENRI Mrs. Anna Jarvis, the woman who was responsible for our having “Mother’s Day,, died recently, prac tically a pauper. She hag been the means of making millions happy and that much will continue for all times. Reduction In your electricity bill is good news. Florida Power and Light company announced on Thurs day a reduction of 6 per cent ef fective Dec. 10. Another piece of good news. More money for you by one half per cent. The Miami Industrial Bank has an nounced an increase of one half per cent yearly on your savings. You will now get two and a half instead of two per cent. The bank has also changed its name to the Industrial Baving s Bank. And more dignity for our courts. After January 1 Circuit Court judges will wear stately black robes while presiding. The season is on. Tropical Park is open and horse lovers are on the move. It’s the sport of kings; but it makes the poor man poorer. It’s a tough job beating those horses. The county school board on Wed nesday took steps to acquire two and a half acres of land adjacent to Carver High school. Coconut Grove. This too. is good news, the echoed is far too small. Miami has a new postmaster— Samuei R. Valuers, an employee at the poet office tor S 3 years. Mr. Valllere succeeds Postmaster Hugh Emerson, (acting.) Its not too late to get your con tribution in to the community rh ft You owe that much to your com munity. Because of a big squeal and a threatened court action th* 50 tick ets allotted to Negroes for the Orange Bowl Classic ha s been in creased to 200. .. Miss Naomi Espy arrived last Sun day from New York City wher e she is studying at New York University. Miss Espy came home t»ecause ;rf the untimely death of her brother in-law Dr. James G. Rhodes of Fort Pierce, Fla. Friends of Mrs. Jessie Faulkner Os N. W. First Court at 13th street, regret to learn of her illness. Mrs. Faulkner was sqjzed with a stroke of paralysis on Saturday. Miss Irma Grant of Nassau, Ba hamas. who has been visiting in ew York and other cities returned here last week and left on Sunday for Nassau. Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Corbin of Ber muda were on the guest list at the Mary Elisabeth hotel. The Corbins are on vacation. Most of their time was spent at Nassau. Bahamas. * A new law firm opened in Jack | sonville last week Lewis and Gray. The partners are J. Leonard Lewis and Robert W. Gray with offices at i<»3 East Union street. Womens Day Bundav, December 12, will be a big occasion at St. Paul AME Church. The many com mittees hrtve been jwprking hard and report all things are now ready for a big day. Mr*. Elisabeth Espy Is general chairman for the occas ion. Mrs. Walton Young Robinson brings the Women’s Day. Hastie To Speak At N. C. College Feb. 2 DURHAM, N. C. (ANP) Gov. William Henry Hastie of the VI r gin islands will be guest speaker for the social science club of North Carolina club on Feb. 2. according to an announcement made here last week by the club’s advisor. Dr. Theodore R. Speigner. Hastie. a member of the Caribbean commis sion and an outstanding personality in international affairs, is a mem ber erf the Amherst chapter of Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. FOR SALE 5-room stone bungalow house and lot In Brown’s Subdivision. For In formation phone 9-5552 from 10 a. m. to S p.m. After 3 pro. phone 2-4752. The SPECTATOR By £. I. Pieae AND >XI ENDS THE CL ASSIC Lex xjs hop* that bv ;hf time this erifcnnu is read. Miami anti the tire- state- of Florida will be well nr, their way to reervery from that nerve shocking unset handed the Florida A. and M. Rattler* and most of th*. spectators who attend ed the contest as well as most of the state of Florida, hy the hard fighting Panthers of Virginia Union University. of Richmond Virgrina on last Saturday night in Miami’s ' Drang*- Bowl, in the Ifith .Annual Orange Blossom Classic. As you no doubt have heard many, many times already, the final count was Union £9. Florida 3ft. Wow, what an upset: With the possible exeeps»<*n #*f the fact that the final result of the con test was amazingly surprising as praeeKilly everyone, with the ex <-option of Union itself, the cu» as such was easily one of the fines! played in the history «f the annual event. It was simply a ease of two teams out there fighting one good and the other better and the bet ter team winning There's no doubt about that. Florida has no excuse* to offer. She lost to a team superi or to her. at least sneh was the ease on last Saturday night. PARADE STEALS SPOTLIGHT Proceeding the actual game at the Bowl last Saturday night, the An nual Orange Blosscm Classic Pa rade was staged in a manner that wifi also go down into the record* as another outstanding event The giant jamboree began at 1730 p.m. directly in front erf the Booker T. Washington High School. and m ov■ *•-' north to 14th «t . east on 3rd ave south to 13th «t . east o 2nd are south to 7th st.. west to 3rd ave. north to 11th st., west to <th ave and north to the Booker T Wash ington High School, where it was 1 disbanded. Among principal units participat ing in the spectacle were: First the famous 91-piece hand from the Fla. A and M. College, under the direc tion of Bandmaster William P Fos ter. who is very ably assisted by Prof. I. E. Pike and a number of musicians, including one from Mi ami. In the person of our friend. Emerson I. Mason, who as I under stand serves as one of the Assistant Drill Masters and plays one of the i instruments in the band. Following the Florida Rand came a beautiful float carry ing none other than Ihe charming Miss Famcee and her at tendants. Incidentally. I would like to tak* time out here to compliment Mrs. Annette McN'eal and Mr. James Cherry, both members of the facul ty of Dorsey School, who built and decorated the beautiful floats for Miss Famcee. Miss Orange Blossom Classic. Miss Dorsey High and the Collegians Club. The float for Miss I Booker T. Washington was built by the manual training department of that school, under the direction of Mr Albert Crosby. All of the floats were very attractive and all re ceived great applause from the thousands of spectators who viewed I The RECORD BOX I I 48 2N. W. Ist Street Miami, Fla. I I MAKE IT A MERRY XMAS~WITH MELLOW? MUSIC I I - The * e Prices! all THE HIT RECORDS IN STOCK I iI f fe-i i m MFKHY C HRISTMAS BABY - JohntiY Moore I I hfiggj RADIOS I V «HACK BOWIE - Amo* Mflbert, Traveler Personal Portable 14.95 *F Erk*tinf B«Umro ( (Cm wnix f |v^° R little Willie 4* ok son Emerson Portable 16.95 ,’IJS* li Hmt< * (Extra ton* life batteries) I>r*« Batteries I DOVT C\RK WHO KV Motorola Personal Portable .... 21.95 HARULW Electric and Ratter? I.e*s Batteries i SVC.AR MAMA—I Jrhtnin’ HnnLin- M Air King Personal Portable 22.95 TO ° SOON TO KNOW— iHnahWs^ineton MB <»malle*t portable radio made) Lew Batteries Jo ' I>IST— Ear! Rost* fe Smaller Than a Camera Teletone 3-way Portable 27.95 tMI st sff ■ Electric and Ratter? Uw I ELECTRIC TABLE MODEL RADIOS kvK mf-m\^L^ f# Teletone 4-tube 9.95 UTTI F WOODEN CHnun Tnmmeteers Emerson—s-tube 16.95 ft Emerson—(ivory) 5-tube .. . 19.95 PHONE orders fhjjsd B Teletone— (ivory) 4-tube .... 12.95 SRIP ,2 !n r ' 0 D ANYWHERE j PHONE 9>Ml9 them as they passed along. ..Following . the. Florida. Band and Queen, came units to tbs fol lowing order: Tndustrlal High School Band and Queen from West Palm Beach Booker T. Washington High School Band Marching Units and Queen, the Booker T. Washington Alirnmi Float, Dillard High School Band and Queen from Ft. Lauder dale. Carver High School Band, Marching Units and Queen, follow ed by Miss Orange Blossom Classic on another beautiful float and then came Miss Dorsey High, followed by the Dorsey High School Band and Marching Units, which brought up the rear of the parade. According to numerous comments coming from those who saw it. it was a great parade- and much cred it goes to those who were respon sible for it. FUWiIDA BAND STAGES GREAT SPECTACLE Jusa as was expected, the famous RUpiece band from the Florida A. tnd M College, thrilled the large crowd at the bowi, during the half | tim* interval hy putting on one of the greatest band demonstration® ever witnessed at the stadium. As I told you several times before, the hand marches with a rapid cadence averaging about 140 paces per min ute. The boys went through a senes Os formations that brought forth ap plause and more applause from the I larce and most appreciative crowd Harme seen the band in action las* year, many people actually wen* to the howl Saturday night prbnar ly for the purpose of seeing the band “dc its stuff and the game was incidental. And so ends the presentation of the 14th Animal Orange Blossom Classic —a disappointment to mans * My to others M grand spectacle to all AVf TO PRESENT P \RADF OF FASHION'S It s ooDoonl, stupendous, sensa- Itional lt's history making. What, when, where* The Miami Chapter No r, American Veterans Commit- in I ■ FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA I-FRANKLIN PARK -I I LOTS FOR SALE I I A THESE LOTS I I 10 A * E WITHIN 10 I lv THE RANGE !w ■ down | of EVERYONE monthly! I WIDE STREETS AND BEAUTIFUL! | SURROUNDINGS | Office Phone 3943 | 407 N. W. sth Ave. Ft. Lauderdale j MODERN CBS HOMES ■ FOR SALE I N Small Down Payment Balance Like Rent tee will present A Parade of Fash ions. on next Tuesday, December 14, at the Liberty Theatre, in Lib erty City, beginning at 8 p.m. All of the latest fall, winter * and spring styles will be on display at this re view. Under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy B. Newton, the affair is expected to be one of the most time ly events ever presented in this community. Admission is adults 50 cents and children 25 cents. The public is invited to witness a parade of all of the latest styles and fash ions <> n next Tuesday night at the Liberty Theatre. j Law Making People Os All Races Eligible For Citizenship To Go Before Congress WASHINGTON (ANP)Con gress will consider one of the latest publicized issues in President Tru man’s civil rights program at its next session. j This proposal to be presented by Rep. Walter H. Judd (R., Minn.) will call for the naturalization of all per sons in the United States regardless of race. Under this bill 90,000 Orien tals. mostly Japanese, legally ad mitted to the U. S., will have a chance to become American citizens. These immigrants will be able to apply just as others do for citizen ship and be naturalized after they pass the usual tests. proposal will call for the ad mittance of 100 persons a year from recognized independent countries in Asiatic-Pacific area. Another 100 of j mixed racial origin will also be al lowed to emigrate to the U. S. The passage of the proposal will erase the last barriers of the orien tal exclusion acts which keep most of the Asiatics out of America. Chinese exclusion was repealed in 1943. and Filipino e xclusion was re pealed ii\ 1946.