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NEGROES WIN RIGHTS TO GOLF COORSE
106-Mile Hurricane
Batters Miami
By Lawrence B. Cooper
A 106 mile an hour hurricane,
with gusts ot 125 miles, accom
panied by thunder and lightning,
lashed and pounded the Gold
Coast Tuesday night leaving in its
wake property losses that ran
into millions of dollars. The
“baby hurricane,” nurtured in
Spanish waters, picked up speed
as it neared the Florida mainland
and swirled intself into a furious
monster that flogged the city into
submission.
The roaring winds had the here
tofore efficient weather bureau
fooled. Two hours before it struck
Grady Norton, U. S. weather bu
reau expert, was guessing as to
where the hurricane would strike.
At about 11:30 p.m. the full force
of the big wind was upon the
city.
The winds ripped and snorted.
Houses creaked and groaned.
Trees were felled. Windows
smashed. Roofs ripped and flew
to the winds. And the beast mov
ed merrily on to new “cities of
conquest.”
The glittering Gold Coast of
Miami Beach was a mess of water
and fallen trees. Water flowed
into lobbies of hotels and plush
mansions of the “coin boys.”
From Islamaralda to Coconut
nut Grove looked like houses
built in a forest.
But with all this the worst com
munity was that of Bunche Park,
Opa Locka vets project. Here the
winds ripped tar paper roofing off
houses leaving the bare sheeting
through which rain and sand
poured in, ruining expensive rugs,
sofas, chairs and other furnish
ings.
The tar paper strewn and brok
en window pane Bunche Park re-,
sembled a ghose town with blan
kets, sheets, clothes and other
articles hanging on front porches.
There hardly was a house that
was dry. In several homes the
daylight could be seen through
the thin ceiling bords.
Home owners sat o porches in
dejection with chin in hands, hop
ing and praying that there won't
be any after-storm rains to add
REV. GRAHAM TO
ADDREBB JAX YWCA
FORUM
Rev. Edward Gsaham, pastor
of Mt. Zion Baptist church will
address the YWCA Forum Sun
day, October 22 at 4 p.m. in Jack
sonville. His subject will be:
‘JBasic Obstacles in the Way of
Race Relations.”
to their already wet misery.
Ironically, the vet housing ad
jacent to Bunche PariC across the
river, showed no signs of damage.
The tempest came and human
ity trembled at its fury!
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Mrs. Inez Anderson Davis is
a product of Lake City, Florida.
She is a graduate of Richardson
high school and Bethune-Cookman
College. She is a former instructor
at New Hope Junior High School
in Lake City. She is a member of
the AKA sorority. Her hobby is
reading and going to the movies.
She is at present a third grade in
structor at Liberty City Primary
School.
JAILED FOR NON
SUPPORT OF
FAMILY
Mack Mazon, 32, was given a
one-year prison sentence this
week for violation of terms of his
probation. Mazon had been plac
ed on probation for non-suppoft
of his wife and two children and
had failed to care for them.
Leroy Mclntosh, 22, on proba
tion for grand larcency and break
ing and entering, failed to report
regularly and was arrested with
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PRICE TEN CENTS
VOL. XXVII, NO. 7
“Drop The Commies”
Hastie Tells NAACP
PHILADELPHIA (ANP) Over 500 people, including judges
from the federal bench in this district and many other dignitaries,
paid tribute to Judge William *H. Hastie last Thursday night ata
buffet testimonial at Reynolds hall.
Hastie, as guest of honor and guest speaker, caused a hush to fall
over the large audience as he blasted the NAACP for its tolerance of
Communists in its ranks and urged the branches, including the
Philadelphia branch, to separate themselves from the reds.
He said: “Americans must line
up. If you’re not on the American
side, there is no place for you in
the NAACP.”
Hastie said that the NAACP and
the Communists have never
worked together smoothly and
they cannot now.
Hastie was introduced by Wal
ter White, executive secretary of
the NAACP. The new federal
judge spoke for 43 minutes and
slugged hard at the Reds from the
start. He said that the Commun
ist party made its first bid for
Negro support when the Scotts
boro Case reached world-wide
proportions in the mid-thirtftss.
Some of the dignitaries present
were Judges J. Cullen Ganey,
Guy K. Bard, and George A.
Welsh of the Third U. S. District
court end Judge Emory O. Smith,
recent appointee to the munici
pal court bench in the District of
Columbia.
Hastie further warned outright
political action on the part of
paid workers of the NAACP. He
advocated voting for liberal can
didates, but not organized oppo
sition to “bigot” candidates.
a pistol in his possession, accord
ing to R. B. Eavenson, court pro
bation officer. _, ,
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBR 21, 1950
FLA. TOPS A&T
FOR BIGGEST WIN
Florida A and M College’s
vaunted Rattlers were on their
way toward a national champion
ship Saturday after upsetting a
favored powerful Aggie team
from A and T College In North
Carolina.
The Bill Bell coached outfit
were two touchdown favorite
over Jake Gaither’s crew, but
aggressive heads up football won
out for the Rattlers.
Outstanding for Florida were
Lymus “Choo-Choo” Burgess and
Bernard Stephens and the entire
Florida forward watt.
BUS FARE NOW
15 CENTS
Miami bus riders will need to
float a small loan to get to and
from work beginning November
5.
On that Sunday the present 10-
rent rides will be out. The new
fare will be 15 cents with two
rides for a quarter. four-cent
school rate frill be unchanged.
The city commission approved
the increase Wednesday for the
money-losing Miami Transit co.
The vote was unanimous.
Trtnpor* Mntantar Et No. Mutjimur In nib
GRID SCORES
OCT. 21
Fla. A&M 14 N. Car. A&T 9
Tuskegee 0 Morehouse 0
Morgan St. 6 Va. State 6
Southern 46 Langston 7
Howard 7 J. C. Smith 6
Benedict 13 Ala. A&M 0
Xavier 43 Lane 0
N. Car. Col 55 Shaw 0
Prairie View 21 Ark. State 7
Va. St. 12 Hampton In. 7
LeMoyne 12 Fisk 8
Allen 20 M. Brown 14
Clark 0 ..... Ala. State 0
Lincoln (Pa) 0 .. Dela. State 0
Va. Union 27 Winston Salem 19
Leland 7 Tougaloo 0
Claflin 6 Albany St. 6
St. Aug. 36 Eliz. City 0
P. Smith 12 Lincoln (Mo) 7
3 Kids Murder Baby
BALTIMORE A gruesome,
pathetic story was revealed this
week how a month old infant was
beaten to death by one five and
two six-year-old boys.
Police were puzzled what to do.
The three youngsters cannot be
arrested. Maryland law holds a
child is not responsible for crimi
,nal acts until he is 7 years old..
Authorities pieced together this
story:
Mrs. Ernestine Carmichael left
her infant son asleep in his crib
abqut 6 p.m. and slipped out to
the store. Three little neighbors
boys were playing in her back
yard.
The boys sneaked into the house
and into the baby’s room. The
baby began to cry-
One boy, six, picked up a nurs
ing bottle and bashed the baby in
the face. The other six-year-old
hit the baby in the face with his
fist.
The third boy, five, lifted the
baby from the crib by the arms
TWELVE PAGES
Killed 50 Koreans
For what many thought should
have deserved a Congressional
Medal of Honor, Sgt. Arthur C.
Dudley of Warrington, Fla., was
awarded the Distinguished Ser
vice Cross this week.
The U. S. Army made the award
for extraordinary heroism. Dud
ley is credited with killing 50
North Korean soldiers with rifle
fire in five days during the first
week of August.
He was wounded August 7 and
evacuated to Japan for hospitali
zation.
and swung it aroun and around.
He lost his grip and the baby
dropped to the concrete floor on
its head.
The boys picked up the baby
and tossed it back in the crib.
The mother returned in 15
minutes to find her son bleeding
from the head. She swept him up
in her arms, ran into the street,
hailed a cab, and took him to a
hospital. He died three hours
later.
WE APOLOGIZE
Due to the power failure
caused by the severe Tues
day midnight hurricane that
lashed Miami, this week’s
Issue of tho Miami Timas Is
two days late coming to Its
readers.
The management wishes
to apologize for tho tardiness
but la happy to announce an
unbroken string of weekly
publications dating back to
September, 1923.
Supreme Court
Against Jimcrow Setup
The city of Miami was set reel
ing Monday by a haymaker land
ed flush on the chin by the Unit
ed States Supreme Court.
The court order declared in ef
fect that Miami Negroes have the
right to play at the municipal
ym
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The annual “Achievement
Week” program ot the local chap
ter of the Omega Psi Phi Fra
ternity will be highlighted by the
coming of Dr. William M. Boyd,
head of the department of Polit
ical Science at Atlanta Univer
sity, as its principal speaker.
Dr. Boyd will speak at the open
meeting to be held at the Mount
Zion Church Sunday, November
12 at 3:30 p.m v and will be the
guest of honor at the “Fellow
ship" Banquet on Monday evem
ing.
Last year Dr. Benjamin Mays,
president of Morehouse College,
came for the occasion. This year
promises an equal fruitfulness of
effort. “Our Community appreci
ates the better things, and it is
our job to get these things for
them,” said Dr. G. W. Hawkins,
Basileus of the chapter.
owned Miami Springs golf course
any time they choose.
The unanimously approved or
der directed that the Florida Su
preme Court reconsider the case
“in the light of’ the high court’s
decision of last June requiring
the state of Texas to admit a Ne
gro law student to the White uni
versity of Texas law school.
The U. S. Supreme Court also
told the Florida court to consider
at the same time its June decision
requiring the University of
homa to give unrestricted facili
ties to a Negro student attending
the University of Oklahoma.
The golf course gives Negroes
use of the golf course on Mon
days. White golfers have exclusive
use on other days.
The suit was Initiated by the
Cosmopolitan Golf Club through
its attorneys G. E. Graves and
John D. Johnson. The move was
supported by the National Assoc
iation for the Advancement of
Colored People by its attorney
Franklin Williams. The suit was
filed April 24, 1949 in the name of
Joseph Rice as plaintiff. Rice is
a member of the golf club.
“It’s the greatest thing that ever
happened for Miami.” beamed
Bernard O’Dell, president of the
Cosmopolitan Golf Association.
“We do not intend to relinquish
our efforts to promote equal fa
cilities and benefits for our people
I in the city of Miami, therefore we
' shall continue to fight for equal
opportunities at every road.”
Rev. I. C. Mickins, dynamic
president of the local NAACP,
hailed the victory as a major step
toward full citizenship privileges
for Miami Negroes. He said it is
just one of many such moves
' planned to aid ’our nation in its
difficult task of world leadership
toward peace, equality, and se
curity for every human being,”
goals all true Americans seek.
(The quotation is from President
Truman’s message of greeting to
the NAACP convention of 1949 at
Los Angeles.)
O’Dell was high in praise of
members of the club who worked
hard to put the suit through to
the high court. Some of the
staunch workers he mentioned
were R. C. Coleman, Thomas
Graham, Mltzi Coleman, Anne
Lindsey, Chrlspin Ingraham, Jack
O’Dell, Elvin Barnes, E. A. Ward,
Marie Mackey and other we fail
ed to get.
O'Dell called attention to the
citizens who loaned and gave
money to the Association to
launch the court battle. He prom
ised publication of their najnes in
the next issue of the Miami
Times.