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Whites Fight Sale Os Church To Negroes CHICAGO (ANP) Members of two churches, one a Negro and the other a White, are temporarily out of places to hold their services —at least until August 22, were on Chicoga’s west side. t Cause of this trouble is the recent sale of the St. Paul's. Reformed Episcopal churrh building by its reduced j White membership to the Negro West Community! church. This church edifice is located in a neighborhood that is rapidly becoming all-: Negro. .Things became very bad last Sunday when the Rev. Horace Hayden, pastor of the Negro congregation, re-| ported to St. Paul's to hold service for his own church.! Instead of a house of peace' he met a six-foot, 200 pound! White blocking the doorj with others around him and a new lock on the door. Rev. Hayden called the, police after the defenders of the building told him| there would be bloodshed if he tried to enter. The police | said they could do nothing 1 at this time because of the size of the crowd, and ad vised him not to hold ser vices on the steps. This resulted in a court appearance Tuesday in which Rev. Hayden sought possession of his new church. In doing this he found himself right in the middle of a series of legal entangle ments, most of them involv ing the Rev. Emanuel, pastor of the sold church and the man who sold the church to the Negro congregation. It seems that Rev. Eman uel is in the midst of a suit filed against him by the same people who are block ing the church from the Ne groes. These people claim 1 that the church vote which! approved the sale was illegal FRED’S SUNDRIES 936 NW 2nd Ave. Across from Rits Theatre Carrying a selected line of drug, sundries, quick lunches, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco and Sealtest Ice Cream. FOUNTAIN SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY Open From 7 a.m. to 12 Midnight Your old Friend Fred Martin, Prop. Advertising In The No Other Profession Offers Such Veterans Accepted Under G. I. Bill THE SUNLIGHT SCHOOL OF BEAUTY CULTURE 1011 N. W. 2nd Avenue • Phone 2-9998 al. The sale was approved by the presiding bishop of this area, however. In recent years member ship at St. Paul’s had dropp ed from 500 to only 60 main ly because Negroes were moving into the neighbor hood and Whites were mov ing out. In a church vote by 32 of the 36 members leg ally allowed to vote, 25 vot ed for the sale to the Ne groes. N. Y. Lawyer Praised UNCOVERS SHYSTERS’ JEWELRY RACKET NEW YORK (ANP)— Ass’t Atty. Gen. Phillip Watson, recently mention ed as a possible Negro can didate for the General Ses sions bench, is being warmly congratulated for his excel lent work in uncovering the fradulent methods of shy ster jewelry companies op erating among low income groups. As a result of Mr. Wat son's fine work, another company, Stewarts Credit Company, Inc., of Brooklyn charged with “mulcting low income groups throughout the city of $320,000 through trick sales” faces a dissolu tion suit brought by Atty. Gen. Nathan Goldstein. Only last week, the Crown Credit corporation of New York City was named in a The Cosmopolitan Goll Association Will Sponsor A BENEFIT DANCE At The Beautiful Harlem Square Ballroom p Friday, Aug. 18 10 p.m. 'til 2 a.m. SPECIAL ALL-STAR FLOOR SHOW Admission 1 Adv. sl*oo Door $1.25 Buy a ticket and help the Cosmopolitan Golf Club fight for YOUR right to play golf on the munic ipal course any day in the week. ..All proceeds will go toward the legal fund. Asks Boycott On N.Y. Brewers NEW YORK (ANP)— The Harlem Trade Union council last week called on the people of Harlem to ap ply economic sanctions against seven New York brewers who have not hired Negroes. The companies named were Schaefers, Rup perts, Rheingold, Trommers, Piels, Ballantines, and R. & H. Beer. A. spokesman for the council stated: “Most of the beer brewed locally in New York City is consumed in Negro com munities, and we're tired of the run-around we’ve been getting. The employers all say they don't discriminate, but the facts refute this. similar action by Mr. Gold stein. But the Brooklyn con cern’s operations were much broader than those of the Crown outfit, it is re ported. Papers filed by Mr. Gold stein charged that buyers were induced to sign “re ceipts” for the jewelry left with them for a “trial peri od.” The “receipts”, how ever, actually were wage assignments covering the full purchase price, usually 300 to 400 percent above the normal retail value, it was charged. Ass’t Atty. Gen. Watson started his investigation three months ago. The Brooklyn company has fil ed 8,000 wage assignments since it started operations early in 1948. The evidence gathered by the attorney general’s staff will be referred to the DA's for possible criminal action. MIAMI TIMES, MIAMI, FLORIDA SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1950 There are 10,000 workers in New York City breweries and not one Negro (except a few in the distributing field.) GUARANTEED RADIO A APPLIANCE REPAIRS Mm Auto Electric Repairs Starters—Generator Regulators, etc. General Appliance Repairs 19 N.E. 14th Street Phone 9-1869 For the very hut in I A* near to you a* your Why not let ua make a movie of that big event FRANK JOHNSON 562 NW 14th St. Phone 82-0209 We Will Build You A Beautiful Home As You Desire With 2 Bedrooms $6,800 Z d 3 Bedrooms Slightly Higher i >' Every house has full tile bathrooms —— tile roof —— tile window sills hardwood oak floors casement window sash set into precast frame spacious closets hot water heaters electric pump and well septic tank all houses are landscaped with four inches of topsoil and spotted with bitter bluq,. Large screened porch or carport (optional). SIOOO Or More Down Payment Will Start You on The Wey to Owning a Modern C. B. S. Home Which is a Life Time Security Down payments on Three-Bedrooms slightly higher We will make all arrangements for a loan on the un paid balance with a Federal Bank which will give you ten years to pay the unpaid balance the same as rent. Phone for our representative to call on you to discuss your plans at your convenience E. F. ALDRICH General Building Conrtactor 1212 N. W. 3rd Avenue Miami, Florida Phone—Day 9-8769 Night: 48-5876 PAGE ELEVEN “We call on the people of Harlem to put pressure on these brewers until they start hiring without discrim ination.”