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A tot nursery school was one of the
projects of the James E. Scott Community
Association’s summer activities. Shown in
the Welfare Center building at 63rd st.
and 16th ave. are children in the 3 to 6
Louis Training For Sept. Charles Bout
NO OFFICIAL
W6RD FROM SAM
DETROIT—(Former Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louie said Tuesday
night that he will leave for French
Lick, Ind., to start training for a
September fight with titleholder Ez
zard Charles.
Louis said all the details of the
bout have not been worked out yet,
but that he was "sure everything
will turn out okay."
Louis recently offered to fight
Charles, recognized by the National
Boxing Association as the heavy
weight champ, if the treasury de
partment would accept his share of
the purse to settle back income taxes
he owes the government.
So far, the government has not
answered Louis.
But the Brown Bomber said he
was sure his offer would be accepted.
Louis retired two years ago as the
undefleated heavyweight king and
made a long series otf exhibition
matches in various sections of the
nation.
"I don’t want any more of those
exhibitions," Louis said. "It's eas
ier to get in the ring once and fight
for keeps than it is to go at it night
after night in first- one town and
then another."
Louis said he would stay at French
Lick for three or four weeks, then
head for his famous training camp
at Poippton Lakes, N. J.
CITY OBSERVES
54th BIRTHDAY
The city of Miami will celebrate
its 54th birthday Friday with a pub
lic program in Bayfront Park band
shell.
The program gets underway at
7:30 p.m. with music by Ceasar La-
Mo naca’s band. Congressman George
Smathers will deliver the main ad
dress. Hollywood film stars Frances
Langford and Jon Hall, as well as
city officials will be in attendance.
PLAYGROUNDS
GIVE PICNIC
Hundreds of kids from the four
city playgrounds were treated to a
picnic by the city Wednesday at
Virginia Beach. Free transportation
to the beach was furnished by the
city recreation department. Food,
soft drinks and watermelons were
in abundance aiid many a kid went
home with a tummyache. City play
ground directors are Percy Brown,
Dixie Park; Chrispin Ingraham, Lib
erty Square; Koderic Silva, Dorsey
Park; and Willie Holton, Coconut
Grove.
age level in a supervised play and craft
manship period. Volunteer workers assist
ed Executive Director Olive B. Alexander
in carrying out the program.
2-YEAR-OLD
KILLED BY TRUCK
William V. McMillon, 2-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis McMillon,
313 NW 7th st., was killed Monday
afternoon when his head was crush
ed under the rear dual wheels of a
2% ton truck near his home.
Patrolmen of the police accident
prevention bureau said the driver
of the truck, Charles Roberts, 22, of
359 C NW 11th ter., was not held.
Patrolmen said witnesses reported
that the child ran into the right
side the truck, owned by H.
Stringer, 1135A NW First ct.
FOUND GUILTY
ON MORALS
CHARGE
John Podesta, 62-year-old White
merchant of 1266 N W62nd st., was
found guilty in City court Tuesday
of making improper advances to a
7-year-old girl. Podesta said he
would appeal the convictioin, and
was released under SSOO bond.
U-S. Court Stays McGee’s Execution
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VOL. XXV, NO. 47
PRICE TEN CENTS
MORGAN TRACK
STARS SET MARKS
BERWICK^.. England—A pair of
American athletes from Morgan
State College of Baltimore set track
records Monday in the Tweedside
track meet.
Bob Tyler ran one of the fastest
100 yards recorded in this country,
:9.4fc. R. Bird of England finished
second and MacDonald (Bailey of
Trinidad third. Bill- Brown won the
half mile run in- 1:52.8, a tenth of
. a second under the old mark set
last year by Arthur Wint of Jamacia.
Jim Newcombe of Southern Cali
fornia finished third behind Bill
Nankeville of England and A. Park
er of Scotland. The time was 4:16.5.
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The erudite and energetic prelate,
Bishop Frank Madison Reid, D.D.,
presiding over the 7th A.M.E. church
Episcopal (District, has forcefully
made himself an inspiration, not only
in the spiritual, but in the civic and
economic welfare of the Negro citi
zens in his distrct with over 150,000
members.
During a period of 5 years or more
under his supervision in South Caro
lina, Bishop Reid has fostered a
splendid program of expansion of
the opportunity and civil rights of
the Negro, in the ethical re-emanci
pation.
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1950
The limes Are Changed And We Are Changed With Them
Brooks Attacks Grove Zoning
SETS TEN YEARS
FOR BURGLARY
STATE TENNIS
TOURNAMENT AT
DAYTONA BEACH
The Florida State Tennis tourna
ment will hold its 24th annual meet
at Daytona Beach August 7 to 11.
Clubs from West Palm Beach. Mi
ami. Jacksonville, Daytona, Talla
hassee and Nassau, Bahamas will
participate.
Teams and visitors will be quar
tered at Bethune-Cookman College.
Bert Cambridge of Nassau is the
president and Hodges Howard of W.
P. Beach is vice president. Other offi
cers dre Dr. G. P. Lewis, William
Wilson, Dr. W. H. Collie and Blanche
Mears.
William “Chocolate" Pinder, state
umpire, annonuced this week that
Miami's team will include Dr. G. P.
Lewis. G. P. Lewis Jr., Vernal Bur
roughs and Pinder himself.
BABY EATS LYE
IN YARD; DIES
JFlfteen-month-old Herbert Payne,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Payne,
1549 NW Fifth pi., died Monday
from poisoning. Doctors say the tot
ate from a can of lye left in the
bapk yard of his home.
NW 11th &14th
Streets Get Brighter
Lighting on NW 11th st. will be
450 percent brighter and NW 14th
st. will be increased by 230 percent
at a cost of approximately S6O a
month to the city.
Mayor William M. Wolfarth made
the lmprovemnts known this week.
The mayor feels that the added light
will swerve as a crime deterrent.
. James Shepherd. 23. was sentenced
Tuesday to 10 years in prison for
breaking and entering. He had
pleaded guilty before Judge Ben C.
Willard in criminal court.
Detective C. C. Papy testified the
.vouth forced his way into the home
of William McLeod, 781 NW 28th st.,
the night of July 10.
Shepherd was caught by neighbors
but escaped and was later appre
hended by police. He was arrested
previously on Dec. 13. 1948, on the
complaint of two juveniles.
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Frederick Davenport Drew was
recently announced winner of the
Alma Wells Giveps scholarship given
annually by the Woman’s Auxiliary
to the National Medical association.
Drew, who has completed two years
of study at the How-ard University
School of Medicine, will continue
his work there.
A native of Cambridge, jMass.,
Drew was until 1948 an instructor
of chemistry and physics and dean
at Livingstone college, Salisbury, N.
C. He is married and has three
children.—(ANP)
SIXTEEN PAGES
A suit was filed in Circuit Court
this week attacking zoning on Grand
ave. in Coconut Grove.
L. L. Brooks, owner of two lots
on Grand ave. near Brooksr st.,
charged the City of Miami acted
unreasonably in zoning two blocks
for residences. The other 12 blocks
along Grand ave. are zoned for busi
ness development.
Brooks asked that the city be
forced to issue a permit for an office
building on his two lots. They are in
an area limited to one and two
family residences. The suit said the
property faces business operations
across the street and is surrounded
by business.
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Dr. Joseph Johnson, dean of the Howard University
Medical college, is shown receiving the SSOO annual Alma
Wells Givens Scholarship award from Mrs. Omega Mason,
director of the Eastern zone of the scholarship fund. The
scholarship, which is presented by the Woman’s Auxiliary
to the National Medical association, is given alternately
to Meharry Medical school and Howard's most outstand
ing sophomore student. Dr. Johnson accepted the award
for Frederick Davenport Drew of Salisbury, N. C., who
was not present. (ANP) __________
CIVIL RIGHTS
CONGRESS AIDE
BEATEN BY MOB
Jackson, Mississippi—The Unit oil
States Supreme Court this week
stayed the execution of Willie Mc-
Gee, three times convicted of rape.
The 37-year-old McGee was grant
ed a stay in* execution by United
States Supreme Court Justice Har
old Burton. Burton said in Wash
ington his acUon was not to be con
strued as any criticism of any court
but that “justice can best be served"
by granting the stay. The effect was
to delay McGee’s execution at least
until the high court reviews the case
when it reconvenes this Fall.
The Mississippi Supreme court and
Gov. Felding fright had refused to
grant a stay.
Aubrey Grosspjan of New York,
organizational secretary of the Civil
Rights Congress, reported he was
attacked by five or six men who
piled into his hotel room after he
answered a knock chortly after 3
p.m.
A detective said Grossman dkl not
appear to ebseriously hurt.
The Civil Rights Congress—which
has been branded a subversive or
ganization by the Justice Depart
ment—has been defending McGee,
who was scheduled to die in the elec
tric chair Thursday for the rape of
a White housewife at Laurel, Miss.,
In 1945.