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GILBERT PORTER
President Florida State Teachers
12,000 Expected At Va. Beach Sunrise Service
3rd Annual Event By
Young Business Men
All plans are completed awaiting
the Young Business Men Club 3rd
annual Easter Sunrise Service and
Pageant, Sunday, April 9 at 5:00
a.m. at Virginia Beach.
Chairs and bleachers are being
furnished by the Park Department
of Dade County. A 25 ft. lighted
cross will background the huge
stage setting for the occasion. Rev.
E. T. Graham has prepared a very
suitable sermon for the occasion.
Mr. L. Deo Jenkins will conduct the
100 voice chorus of Mt- Zion Bap
tist Church. Mr. Dinton Berrien of
Dorsey [High School will present
the pageant.
Labor Pool To Be Established By IRC
As a follow-up to a recent meet
ing between organized labor leaders
and Negro Craftsmen, the Industrial
Relations Committee of the Negro
Service Council is initiating the es
tablishment of a “Labor-Pool’'. As
was brought out in the March meet
ing “when the call comes for skilled
workers there is no way of telling
how many Negro workers in the
various crafts are available for
jobs.’’ The lack of organization
among Negro workers is an impor
tant attribute to this unwholesome
situation.
LAftOR REGISTRATION
Beginning Tuesday, April 11 at
9:30 a.m. registration for all Negro
skilled laborers will begin at the
Community Center, 340 Northwest
13th street. It is of the utmost im
portance that all workers in the
Building Trades and Crafts support
this effore being put forth by the
Industrial Relations Committee. All
Civic and Social Organizations, Fra
ternal Groups and Churches are
urged to bring this Information bo>
fore their respective assemblies, in
order that the r om« can fur-
4,000 TEACHERS DUE FOR STATE MEET
VOL. XXV, NO. 31
PRICE TEN CENTS
Officers of Dade County Patrol
will be on hand to control traffic
and help you park your cars. Dade
County Boy Scouts will be in charge
of the distribution of the programs.
Bus schedule as follows:
Starting point: Liberty Square Audi-'
torium—4:ls a.m..
Brown’s Subdivision, N- W. 27th
ave and 48th st. —4:15 a.m.
NW 3rd ave. and 20th st.
—4:30 a.m.
Coconut Grove: Corner Grand ave.
and Douglas Road —4:45 a.m.
Rountrip to Virginia Beach by
Keys Transit Co. is 50 cants. Bridge
toll on all cars is 25 cents.
Mr. Arthur King, is chairman of
the committe while Shaddle Ward
and Carlton Finley are members of
the committee and W. O. Perry,
president.
Blood Plasma
Founder Killed In
Auto Accident
BURLINGTON. N.C. Death
came Saturday to Dr. Charles
ther expedite its work In j trying to
bring about solutions to the various
labor problems that are existence
among Negro workers in pur Com
munity.
Rev. Edward T. Graham is acting
chairman of the Industrial Relations
Committee. Other personnel include
Mrs. Susan F. Harris, R.N., Father
Theodore R. Gibson, Attjf. G. E.
Graves, Editor H. E. S. Reeves, Mr.
Daniel Johnson and Mr. Charles
Lockhart.
In order that those craftsmen who
are already employed can register
also, the Committee has made ar
rangements to keep- the Registra
tion Books opend at the Center un
til 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Wed
nesday nights, April 11 and 12 re
spectively.
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1950
The Times Are Changed And We Are Oianged With Them
YOUTH FACES
LIFE FOR MURDER
Leon C. Childs, 18. who shot an
, elderly White night watchman to
death here last December 7, was
found guilty of first degree murder,
with recommendation for mercy, by
a Circuit' court jury Wednesday
night.
The burglar was charged with the
, death of Frank Ball, 67-year-old
watchman at the J. J. Sloane Clean
ers, 1820 NW First ave.
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He was arrested a few days later
, when he was trapped by police In
Drew, outstanding physician and
pioneer in.the field of blood plasma,
in an automobile accident near here.
Three other doctors were hurt
when their car overturned. The four
all from Freedman Hospital in
Washington, D. C., were on their
way to a medical meeting at Tus
kegee Institute in Alabama.
Dr. Drew T 45, was awarded the
Spingarn medal for 1943 “for the
highest and noblest achievement by
an American Negro.” He received
the awayd for his work while direc
tor of the Blood Transfusion Assoc
iation of New York City. The as
sociation supplied blood plasma to
the German blitz over England.
The other injured physicians were
Dr. John R. Ford, who suffered a
fractured arm and lacerations. Dr.
Samuel Bullock and Dr. Walter S.
Johnson, minor Injuries.
Dr. Ford said Dr. Drew apparent
ly dozed at the wheel.
another laundry* he was attempting
to rob.
Childs lived wth his mother at
18181-2 NW First ave., next door to
the cleaning establishment.
The jury’s verdict carries a man
datory life sentence. Sentence will
be pronounced within a week court
officials said.
1 his Sunday, in our Churches, we celebrate the resur
rection of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead three days
after he was crucified by the Roman soldiers.
His followers, in many parts of the world, are still being
crucified, but their courage, and their steadfastness, and
their beliefs in their convictions are resurrecting them by
enshrining their deeds in our hearts.
Your church, whatever it may he, is fighting for those
things w hich we hold near and dear. Your help is needed to
make this fight successful. We cannot sit back and feel that
one person doesn’t matter because that isn't true. The work
of all of us is only as strong as the work of the least of us.
Every man, woman and child must do his part here, in
our town. Let us all attend the church of our choice this
week, and rededicate ourselves to the task of building a bet
ter world based on truth and love, rather than force and
hate. Your church needs J'ou.
EIGHTEEN PAGES
Grays Beat Clowns
4-2 At Stadium
The Homestead Grays defeated
the Indianapolis Clowns, 4-2, at Mi
ami stadium in a well played base
ball game. Sam Bankhead, brother
of Dan of the Dodgers, got a double
'and two singles to lead the winners’
attack.
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Ireta Crosby—sth District Pres.
Blowout Puts 2 In
Bad Shape
Two men are in critical condition
at Dade County Hospital. Kendall,
following a crash early Sunday on
Tamiami Trail 30 miles west of Mi
ami, caused by a blowout.
Charles Davis. 29. of 1827 NW
Second ct., the driver, lost part of
his left arm in the trunk of one of
four trees mowed dow’n by his car,
which traveled 381 feet after the
blowout.
Raymond Taylor, 34. of 1829 NW
2nd ct., suffered a fractured skull.
“Slum Killer” Ordinance Passed
Th** city commission Wednesday
passed the imporant 'slum killer’
ordinance that has the proper teeth
in it to rid Miami forever of slums.
The redevelopment program out
lined by the city planning board
will be heard at a public meeting
Monday.
In voting "yes” Commissioner
Robert L,. Floyd said, “I don’t be
lieve this ordinance would have
done -what the National Housing
Act would have accomplished, but
I do not want to Impede the mayor’s
plan.”
Commissioner Perrine Palmer con
curred, but said, "Rigid enforcement
would result in a great percentage
of the slum structure in Coconut
Grove and the downtown Negro sec
tion being condemned, leaving the
people homeless.’
Commissioners Palmer and Floyd
were voted down on two recent oc
casions by* a three-man commission
majority composed of Mayor Wil
liam M, Wolfarth. William W.
Charles and Ixmle Bandel in t h e
Dade County Teachers, principals,
supervisors and school board mem
bers are very happy to welcome and
serve as host to the 57th Annual
Convention of the Florida State
Teachers' Association which con
venes here April 13-15 at the Book
er T. Washington High School. Th»
convention last met here 14 years
ago.
Almost 4,000 delegates will gather
here for group conferences on edu
cation and will hear several promi
nent educators who have accepted
invitations to speak.
I)r. Harold Alberty, director of
education. Ohio State University,
will speak on “Promoting Democ
racy Through the Curriculum.”
.Dr. Paul Wagner, president o!
Rollins College. Winter Park. Flori
da. on “Audio-Visual Aids.”
Mr. Floyd T- Christian, superin
tendent of Board of Public Instruc
tion, Pinellas County, on "Human
Relations.”
Dr. S. J. Wright. Dean of Faculty.
Hampton. Institute, on “Public
Schools, the Ramparts of Democ
racy.”
Dr Lester Wheeler, director of
Reading Clinic. University of Miami
on "The Function of Reading in a
Working Democracy."
State Superintendent Thomas
Bailey and Mr. D. E. Williams will
address the Association on Satur
day morning. April 15. Mr. O. L.
Porter, president of FSTA. will give
annual address Friday night, April
14.
General registration will begin
Thursday morning in the lobby of
the school at 10 o'c’ock.
After the local program Thurs-
Third Child Slayer
Given 10 Years
KOSCIUSKO. Miss. Malcolm
Whitt., 32. wan sentenced Monday
to 10 years In the state peniten
tiary for his part in the triple-slay
ing of three Negro children near
here last January after the court
let him change his plea from "not*
guilty of murder" to "guilty of
manslaughter.”
Whitt was the last of three White
men to be brought to trial for the
midnight massacre of the family of
Thomas Harris. Whitt's brother,
Windol, 26, and Turner, 38-
year-old ex-convict, were given life
sentence*. .
The state contended that the three
White men shot up the Harris fam
ily In the belief that Harris had
turned them in as housebreakers.
former’s efforts to get a $10,000.-
000 low cost governmnt housing de
velopment to be followed by feder
ally financed slum clearance.
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MOSS H. KEVDRIX
Speaker at Teachers Meet
day night, a Gigantic Ttarhecue will
be given on the beautiful Virginia
Teach fur the visiting delegates of
the state.
The first general session will open
on Friday morning promptly at 8 80
with Mr. Charles I* Williams, pre
siding. Sectional meetings shall be
gin immediately after the first ad
journment.
Another interesting feature of the
Association Is the Teachers* Musi
cal Festival, which gave a b'g sen
sational thrill to music lovers who
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Crewman Arrested
As Dope Peddler
Customs agents Thurs. arrested a
ertwman on the banana boat Rex
ton Kent as he descended the gang
plank of the boat to come ashore
and took from him 46 marijuana
clgarets and a two-inch high bottle
which will he tested to se If its con
tents are cocaine.
The man was identified as 64-yeat
old Henry Clark of Panama.
Judge Candidates
May Go On Ballot
Names of possible candidates for
the Judge of the new all-Negro court
may he placed on the ballot In a
special referendum.
The straw vote idea is under con
sideration by the city commission
"Just to see who the people want.”
Miami's three colored L.
E. Thorfias. G. E. Graves and John
Johnson are likely candidates.