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Dr. Nannie Helen Burroughs re
cently received some of the highest
church honors & woman could
achieve at the meeting of the Bap
tist World Alliance in Cleveland
when she was elected member-at
large of the executive committee,
195*0-55, and also vice chairman of
the women’s section of the Alli
ance.
This achievement climaxes nearly
a half century of work- with the
SCHOOL SUIT LOST BTW.P.IL
The group of West Palm Beach
Negroes who filed a SIOO,OOO dam
age suit against their county school
board lost the decision in federal
court Monday, but city officials
tbld the court adequate facilities
would be provided as soon as the
city’s program is completed.
Judge George Whitehurst dis
missed the suit on ground there
were no real issues for trial inas
much as the plaintiffs’ attorney, O.
S. Miller, admitted the board had or
was now improving Negro school
facilities.
The group had charged the board
with discrimination by failing to
provide facilities comparable to
those for White school children.
The admission that the board was
taking remedial steps, said Judge
Whitehurst, was contained in Mill
er’s motion for a continuance that
would have delayed action on the
suit.
This nullified, the judge said, the
accusations against the board made
in damage suit’s bill of complaint.
world organization for Dr. Bur
roughs. She attended the first meet
ing held in London in 1905.
Now living in Washington, D. C.
Miss Burroughs is also president of
the Woman’s Convention Auxiliary,
National Baptist Convention, USA,
Inc.
At the meeting of the Alliance
Dr. Burroughs addressed the organ
ization on the subject, “On Him
Alone We Build.”—ANP.
Louis To Fight
Charles Sept. 27
NEW YORK The much dis
cussed bout between Joe Louis and
Ezzard Charles is a sure thing now
and has been set for Yankee Stad
ium, September 27.
Managers of the two agreed by
phone Thursday to match the all
time great Louis against the NBA
king, Charles, recognized in 47
states. ,
The 36-year-old Louis, (or shall
we say the U. S. Treasury) who
gave up the title in Miami 18
months ago, will receive 35 per
cent of the net. Charles, who won
the vacated title by out pointing
Jersey Joe Walcott last June at
Chicago, will get 20 per. cent.
It will be the first time in history
that a champion got less of the
purse than the challenger.
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Hurricane Veers North; May Miss Florida
Aircraft radar reported the fierce
hurricane threatening the Florida
Coast 360 miles ofT Melbourne and
veering to the north Friday morn
ing about 4 a.m.
The big blow was traveling at a
rate of 10 miles per hour with
winds reaching 140 miles near the
center. Winds of hurricane force
extend 60 to 100 miles outward
from the center.
Unless the storm takes another
turn from its present NNW direc
tion, Florida will feel little effect*
if any from the storm.
Boy Pie* From
Fall At Play
William Tyson, Jr., 11-year-old
Eddie Eagan, chairman of the
New York Athletic Commission, said
the winner of the Sept. 27 engage
ment would be recognized as cham
pion in this state, which hasn’t had
a standard-bearer since Louis went
into his temporary retirement.
While James D. Norris, president
of the International Boxing Club,
ironed out all pertinent details In
Thursday’s long distance talks with
the interested managers, the bout
will not become “official” until the
two Negro fighters ink the contracts
before the local commission.
Out side of exhibitions, the fight
will be Louis’ first since he knocked
out Walcott at the stadium June
25, 1948. He announced on March
1 last year that he was through
after 11 years at the top.
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1950
The Times Are Changed And We Are Changed With Them
Grove Launches
Clean-up Campaign
Grady Phelps, director of the
boy of 1801 NW 70th st.. died early
Monday at Jackson Memorial Hos
pital after falling from a. building
scaffolding on which he was playing
at NW 20th ave. and 65th st. The
body was released to Senior’s Fun
eral home.
FAMCEE WOMAN
ATHLETE MAY
PLAY AT FOREST
HILLS
NEW YORK— The entry of Al
thea Gibson, Florida A and M Col
lege star tennis player, has been re
ceived, the U. 8. Lawn Tennis As
sociation said Tuesday, but it will
not be known until next week
whether the New York college girl
will be permitted to play in the Na
tional championships starting Aug.
28 at Forest Hills.
' No Negro ever has played in the
title event but there has been pres
sure to admit Miss Gibson, who was
runnerup In the National fndoor
championships the past winer.
Despite the long layoff, local
bookmakers were offering 3-1 that
the old champion knocks the wadd
ing out of Charles.
city's waste department was prin
cipal speaker Monday night at the
launching of the Coconut Grove
annual cleanup, sponsored by the
Coconut Grove committee for Slum
Clearance, a rally and parade were
held in the park on Grand ave.
Street leaders In the district will
direct distribution of 1.000 city-fur
nished cleanup procedure cards to
houses in the area.
PSYCHO PATIENT
RUNS THIRD
RAIL UNHURT
CHICAGO lt took a crazy man
to defy the feared third rail of the
electric elevated railway.
Frank Banks, 34, who had just
absconded from Psychopathic Hos
pital, skipped unhurt along the
dangerous hot rail as & blinding
flash burned the soles from hi*
shoes.
Fireman joined the attentpt to
capture him. He defied them and
police and climbed a guy wire to
the cross trees of a telephone pole.
By this time a crowd of 1,000
spectators had gathered. A rescue
squad spread a net beneath him and
two firemen climbed a ladder lead
ing to the cross trees. Banks still
.defied the rescue team.
Finally he came down when a
Negro In the crowd climbed the
ladder and persuaded him to. Banks
.was returned to Psychopathic hos
pital.
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LIBERTY CITY
YOUTH HURLS
NO-HIT GAME
Sylvester Humphrey of Liberty
City pitched the first no-hit base
ball game of the playground league
this season Wednesday when he
shut out the Dixie playground team
16-0.
The game was a semi-final con
test in the Senior Baseball tourney
at Dorsey Park.
Humphrey struck out 11 batters
and walked only one.
Dorsey Park won the tourney on
Thursday posting a 6-5 decision over
Coconut Grove.
Drive-In Theatre
Gets New Life
County Commissioners this week
referred back to the county zoning
board the application for a permit
to build a drive-in theatre for Ne
groes at 62nd st. and 21st ave. The
board refused the same permit filed
by W. N. Burnsteln last week.
The application got new life when
Municipal Judge L.. E. Thomas en
dorsed the theatre as a means to
expand inadequate night time en
tertainment facilities for Negroes.
White residents in the area and
owners of a large apartment project
for Negroes nearby had filed objec
tions to the theatre.
Commissioners had promised last
week to view the site and render an
appeal decision Tuesday, but they
Plans Call For Pavillion,Restauratft
And New Parking Lot [l :ii i
The Dade County Commission an
nounced Saturday that $75,000 has
been earmarked for improvements
at Virginia Beach within the next
12 months.
The news is being highly welcocn-'
d by Miami's bronze colony who
have seen the county pour hun
lreds of thousands of dollars into
the White parks.
Bids will be opened on Tuesday;
for filling in the rest of the beach'
irea through dredging from Bear’s
Cut, This filling in is estimated to
cost $30,000. The dredging will take
ibout two months.
RESTAURANT and
PAVILLION
A new parking area on this fill
will be constructed at a cost of
$15,000 and then a $25,000 pavillion
restaurant and rest room facilities
will be constructed on the present
parking site. A $5,000 groin project
to build up the beach hit hard byj
hurricanes of 1947 and 1948 is*near
ing completion.
The new parking lot will not be
completed before February.
The pavillion and restaurant
building will be the 'permanent
type and should be ready for the
1951 summer season.
JAX CABBIES
GO ON STRIKE
Cab drivers at Jacksonville were
helping to slow up the city’s trans
portation system by going on strike
Wednesday for a reduction in their
cab rental fees of $1 per shift. Ap-I
proximntely 400 drivers for four
companies were affected by the
walkout.
Negro cab drivers participation in
the strike came as a surprise to city
officials.
decided to ask the zoning board to
give the application further consid
e ration.
Commissioner I. D. Mac Vicar ex
plained that “certain things'* had
not been before the zoning board
when it first considered and reject
ed the application.
Doby Out Os Lineup
With Leg Injury
CLEVJSLANP Hard luck
seems to be following Larry Doby
around.
Cleveland’s star centerfielder
pulled a muscle in his right leg
Wednesday night in a slide into
second in the second game of a
twin bill with St. Louis.
MAY RNLAftU*; AREA
CornnvkpdVe*Ol.\D. Mac VlenVy
said that. nofMatlops **> nqw ip
ing on vath ftSf
acquisitionL&f 62
ed land eagjLpf P re ** nt beach.
If suocessraLxhe beach area would
then be 10-f acres.
This new area. Mac Vicar said,
would be used for construction of
recreation areas Including baseball
and softball facilities and other
sports.
“It is the policy of the board to
spend more tax money at Virginia
Beach this year than at all other
county parks,’*’ the commissioner
said.
Miamian Wounded
In Korean Fighting
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First Miami Negro soldier to be
felled by enemy fire in Korea is
Master Sgt. Andrew D. White. 32.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Abe White,
1956 NW Fifth Place.
A telegram from Tokyo, where
White has been evacuated to a hos
pital this week told the parents
that the Sgt. received a gunshot
wound in the scapular region and
a lower back sprain.
The wounded GI served for three
years as a lieutenant in World War
11.
A 1986 graduate of Booker T.
Washington High School, he at
tended the University of California
for two years before re-enlisting as
a master-Sgt. He is the father of
a baby girl.
White's sister is Mrs. Evelyn
Williams, BTW instructor and his
brother James is a Marine Corps
veteran now a student at Howard
University.
His family is hoping he will be
shipped stateside soon.