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EiSTErsUIRSE SERVICES AT VIRGINIA KEY
Negroes Win Rights To
City Golf Course
Seek $120,000 For
New Links /
The long fight for the right of Ne
groes to use the municipal golf
course paid off on Monday when
City Manager O. P. Hart ruled that
Negroes be granted full use of the
city-owned Miami Springs golf
course.
It was the climax of a battle be
gun last September when a group
appeared before the city commis
sioners. At that time the commission
promised three days a week on
new LeJeune road course when It
was completed.
Work was never begun and the
group had a suit all prepared to
slap on the city when Hart sur
prised them with his ruling.
Harley D. Lasseter, a member of
the Miami golf tournament and
golf course advisory committees ad
vocated Wednesday that a county
golf course for Negroes for their
exclusive use and management be
built immediately. •
Lasseter made his suggestion aft
er members of the Miami city com
mission had agreed informally to
provide funds for completion of the
nine-hole course on LeJeune road.
Special days are to be set aside on
the new course for Negroes.
BLATZ 8. E. ASST. MANAGER
Paul A. Gray, Sr., assistant dis
trict manager of tfie Southeastern
division for the Blatz Brewing Co
of Milwaukee Wisconsin, who was
largely responsible for a Negro
routeman being employed by the
Ward Distributing Company in thjn
area, for exclusive services with
Blatz Beer. Mr. Gray expects to
spearhead the employment of an
other Negro routeman soon.
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Welfare director Knox Eldredge
said he would ask $120,000 for the
project.
City commissioners were unani
mous in approving informally a pro
posal to provide the course.*
The golf course issue was pointed
up sharply Monday when a group
of five Negroes visited the Miami
municipal course in Miami Springs
and asked permission to play. City-
Attorney J. W. Watson, jr., advised
course manager H. H. Arnold that
players could not be barred because
of race. In the group was Elwyn
Barnes, Sandy Green, Thomas Rice
and Attorneys G. E. Graves and
John D. Johnson.
The group did not play Monday
on a technicality that they had only
one set of clubs and rules are one
player to a bag.
On Wednesday a party of five men
and one woman played more than
nine holes without incident. Anoth
er group played on Thursday after
noon.
Said -Lasseter on Wednesday:
“i haven’t any doubt that if
enough pressure were brought to
bear, the county would go to work
on this problem and provide a course
exclusively for Negroes. It should
be operated by Negroes and its fu
ture should be left up to them by
the. manner in which they support
it.”
Joint Meeting To Hear
Teachers Raise Plea
The School Board decided Wed
nesday to submit to a joint meeting
of the Dade County school board,
budget committee and an employes’
salary committee, proposals for a
S3OO blanket salary increase. The
meeting will probably be held in the
next two weeks.
Employees had asked a blanket
SCOO raise earlier, but compromised
on the S3OO figure after considering
the "rough financial situation” of
the state and county.
While board members expressed
hope that the workers would get
raises, most doubted the willingness
of the budget committee to approve
the increases.
"The county is saddled with about
30 per cent of the taxes paid in the
whole state,” Board Member James
Henderson said. “It’s a serious prob
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VOL. XXV, NO. 32
Florida Medical Ass’n Head Blasts Discrimination
Dr. Joseph S. Stewart of Miami,
president of the Florida Medical
Association, blasted the stupid dis
crimination exhibited in Florida
medical circle in an address before
the medical group Monday at the
association’s 75th annual cenven
tion held in Belieair.
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Dr. Stewart said:
“The health standard of a com
munity is not judged by the stand
7-Time Loser Gets
14 Months
Henry Armbrister, 44-year-old Ba
hamian, deported from this country
seven times, received a 14- month
sentence Monday in federal
ccmrt along with a SI,OOO fine after
a Jury found him guilty of illegal
entry.
lem, and we can’t overburden the
people to the extent of endangering
the stability of the community.”
A teachers’ representative warded
the board that a "serious teacher
shortage may develop if salaries are
not raised.
“Our salaries ran with those paid
farm workers and domestic help,”
she said. “Numerous teachers have
already left Dade county because of
this.”
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" amcee Drama Group
Here Friday
The Florida A and M Playmakers
Guild will appear here in the presen
tation of the social problem play,
"Earth and Stars,” Friday, April 22
at 8:15 p.m. in the auditorium of
the Booker T. Washington High
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MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1949
ard of the White Citizens but by the
standard of all the citizens.”
He explained that the medical pro
fession has failed to take into con
sideration the need for postgraduate
instruction and training for Negro
physicians.
Dr. Stewart added, ’’though we ex
pect these men by some untold mi
racle, to give proper medical care 16
their share of the Negro population
we deny them scientific education
Your Congressman
Says . ..
During the past several months
the * Committees of the House apd
Senate have been holding hearings
and preparing the legislation on ft
myriad of subjects. It might haVe
seemed to the casual observer that
the Congress
was guilty of in
activity because
of few laws of
general jurisdic
tion have passed
*o date. How
ever, federal leg
brtathrr vital ly
effects every per
son and it Is
therefore a fun
damental of our
democratic way that every bill
rhould he carefully considered with
full and adequate hearings
on each proposed provision,
ings on each proposed provision.
The cost, the effect on our econo
my, the desired benefits, the pos
sible disadvantages are but a few of
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school. The play has bean staged all
over the east and received rave no
tices throughout,
and training which we could eas
ily and efficiently give.”
The Miami surgeon advised his fel
low physicians that prepaid medical
care insurance is here to stay. He
maintained that is is no longer a
luxury but a necessity.
He urged that as rapidly as pos
sible, the scope of coverage of volun
tary health insurance plans be in
made to provide for those who
“Bronze Confessions”
Wins In U. S. Court
The publishers of ‘True Confes
sions” lost another round in, their
fight to prevent Sam Solomon’s now
defunct “Bronze Confessions” maga
zine from publishing under that
title.
The United States Circuit court of
appeals ruled In New Orleans on
Wednesday in favor of the publica
tion that originated and ran off and
on in Mi&mil for several years.
The appeals court upheld a feder
al district court ruling dismissing
the suit of Fawcett Publications.
Inc., which asked on injunction to
Youth Killed In Bicycle-Trailer Collision
Riding a bicycle double in traffic
on second ave. caused the death of
John Gaitor on Wednesday morning.
The 18-year-old youth who lived at
1028 NW 4th ave. was killed In
front of the Rockland Palace when
he swerved his bicycle Into a Flori
da Power and Light co. truck and
trailer.
Audley Strachan, 14, of 1028 NW
4th ave., riding on the handlebars,
escaped serious injury.
The bicycle and truck-trailer were
travelling north and It is believed
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creased, also, that plans must be
(“through Ignorance or lack of thrift
■ wrtH not pay for voluntary health in
• surance.”
Dr. Stewart concluded his message
; to the members of the association by
i reminding them that medicine now
| stands at the cross roads and that
it is up to the doctors themselves to
! give proof that medicine’s fight is
jfor the future health of the Ameri
! can people.
prevent use of the word "Confes
sions’ on the locally published mag
azine.”
The court also denied the request
to make the Miami firm pay Faw
cett Publications all profits from
Bronze Confessions
Bronze Confessions is a magazine
dealing with love stories about Ne
groes. Fawcett claimed that using
the word Confessions misled pur
chasers.
The Circuit court stated: “The word
Confessions Is a mere descriptive or
generic terns.”
OaJtor made an attempt to turn in
behind the truck, not knowing a
trailer was attached. The direct im
pact crushed his skill and he died
later at Jackson Memorial hospital.
Polios Lt. J. H. Griffin, said the
boys were struck by a truck and
trailer operated by Porter T. McAllis
ter, 19. No charges were made by
police.
Gtlffin sals orders would be Is
sued to his raeu to break up double
riding of bicycles in traffic.
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15,000 Worshippers
Expected To Attend
j Last year's record crowd of more
: than 10,000 is expected to be ex
! ceeded at a Negro Sunrise Service
Easter Sunday at Virginia Key.
Sponsored for the second year by the
Young Business Men’s Club, the
service will feature selections by a
chorus of more than 200 boys and
girls from Dorsey, Booker T. Wash
ton and carver high schools.
The sermon will be delivered oy
Rev. Paul F. Fowlkes, pastor of
Trinity CUE Church. Rev. Alexam
der Allen, assistant pastor of Mt.
Zion Baptist church will lend pray
ers.
A spiritual, Christ The Lord is
Risen* Today and Lift up Your
Heads Oh Ye Gates, are three num
bers included on the musical pro
gram to be directed by Mrs. Flor
ence J. Moseley, Instructor of music
at Carver High, assisted by Miss
Bernice Blache, and Mrs. Leila R.
Williams, music instructor at Dor
sey and Washington high schools.
' Special arrangements will be made
to handle parking as a result of the
experience last year which made it
necessary to turn away hundreds
of persons who could not find park
ing accomodations.
A special setting to feature a*
spotlighted cross which will rise
over a specially constructed mound
as the sun rises has been developed
for this year’s occasion.
Special bus service will be main
tained to take worshippers to Vir
ginia Key. Miami 20th st. buses
through third avenue, will pick up
passengers at every corner between
5 and 5:11 a m. Busses win leave the
Liberty City Community Center be-
S and 5:15 a.m.; Coconut Grove 6 to
5:20 a.m.. South Miami 5:15 a.m. and
Brown Sub at 4th at. and 27th ave
nue at s a.m.
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Thomas Bannister, secretary of
the Young Business Men’s Club,
who, with CWrleton Finley, comprise
the arrangements committee for the
Sunrise Service, said a share the
ride program would be encouraged
among private car drivers to see
that the «Auiy morning risers are
provided transportation to Virginia
Key.
Others active in arranging the
event include the following other of
ficials and members of the club: W.
O. Perry, president; Charles Roes,
treasurer; Shadto Ward. J. T. Wil
liams, Willi* r Davie, Dennis
Smith and Lovell Richardson.
“Ottr Easter service last year at
the Key was one of the largest In
the Miami area: we exf>ect it to draw
twice as many worshipped to tills
year's event,” said Bannister.
A JO minute broadcast of the ser
vice will be made from the beach.
Ward Dist. Co. Hires
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Wilson George Johnson, 1782 NW
4th ct., is now employed by the
, Ward Distributing company as a
irouteman and the exclusive distrib
; utor of Blatx Beer, in the Greater
; Miami area, according to announoe*
! ments made by Paul A. Gray, Sr.,
another Negro, who is Assistant dis
. trlct manager of the Southeastern
'division, for the Blats Brewing Co.,
of Milwaukee, Wis.
Mr. Gray also announced that
there will in all probability be an
other Negro routeman employed
soon by the same company for ser
vice exclusively with Blatx Beer.
This move by the Ward Distribu
ting company may create many more
Jobs few Negroes if the Miami re
tailers w ould give the company their
full support. .
There are many beer companies
operating in the Miami market. The
Ward Company has begun a move
that has been long needed In this
area.
According to Mr. Gray, there are
almost 800 retail beer establishments
in the Greater Miami area —a
field that is large enough to support
ths same type of employment by
other companies who sell besr to
Negro dientelle.