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In the top view, left to right are: Amos Jenkins, President of the Opa Locka Negro Chamber of Commerce, Julius Gaines, president of the Gaines Construction Company, developers and builders of Bunche Park, Judge L. E. Thomas of Miami’s Municipal Negro Court, Mr. Sidney Meyer, Co-owner of Wometco Theatres, Rev. Edward T. Graham, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Commissioner Hugh Peters, chairman of Dade County Commission, Mr. v Elmer Hecht, district manager of Wo metco Theatres, Mr. Osceola Chapman, president of the Community Improvement Association, and stooping in front, Mr. Mark Chartrand, public relations director for Wometco Theatres. Colonel Mitchell Wolfson, the other co-owner of Wometco Theatres was unable to at tend due to unavoidable conditions, but wired a very timely message on the occasion of the opening, which was read to the audience. In center view are patrons buying various items on sale n the theatre’s plush lobby. In bottom view are patrons in line buying tickets lor opening night’s performance. (See story on back page.)— Postal Employees Meet Opens Here The Tenth Biennial Convention of the National Alliance of Postal Employees, district 3, will con vene here May 29-31. The host Miami branch and its auxiliary has outlined a three-day program for the many delegates expected to attend. The opening program will be held at Mt. Zion Maptist church on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock when Hon. Thomas P. Bomar, Asst. Supt. of urface Transporta tion, Washington, D. C., will be the main speaker. Many other prominent officials will appear on tHe program. Entertainment will include a reception at the Rockland Palace on Tuesday night, a sightseeing tour Thursday morning and a picnic at Virginia • Beach on Thursday afternoon. DUNBAR NURSERY IN OPEN HOUSE The Dunbar Nursery, located on the grounds of the Dunbar Contnued on page 12 »ji JL ..jh . JHaI •• ia At J » VOL. XXVII, NO. 38 University Os Fla. Suit Back Before State Supreme Court TALLAHASSEE Attorney H. E Hill of Daytona Beach re newed the fight this week of five M egroes seeking admission to the Universitv of Florida. Atty. Hill argued that board of control failed to provide equal educational opportunities as or dered by a state Supreme court decision last year. In that ruling the court denied the Negroes direct enrollment privileges at White institutions. But it approved a plan by which Negroes could enroll at Florida A and M College for Negroes and take certain courses at White universities. Hill claimed the board, which JUDGE CALLS EXTORTION CASE ‘POLITICAL’ j Judge Ben C. Willard Wednes ! day postponed the scheduled trial of former deputy sheriff James jßobinson on extortion charges ■when Hiram Johnson, the state’s main witness did a fadeaway act. Robinson would have been freed had it not been for a 30- day sentence he is serving for impersonating an officer. Judge Willard remarked: “This is too much of a political case, and I’m not going to keep this boy in jail just because you can’t find a witness.” ; He ordered Robinson's bond re duced from SI,OOO to SSOO. He directed the county solici tor’s office to continue the search for Johnson who lives at 1718 \W 67th st. If the state doesn’t have John son on hand when the trial is scheduled again, Willard said he will dismiss the charge. Robinson is accused of attempt ing to extort money from John son on Dec. 7 by threatening to accuse him of gambling il he did not pay off. MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY. MAY 26, 1951 supervises state-supported col leges. has not carried through on the plan. Frank J. Heinz, assistant attor ney general, said the board was “ready, willing and able to com olv” but that no Negroes had ap plied. Hill contended that the board got around the court decision by BtjgHHpßK'g. flHK&ypppiniP”'" ; »%*■ v-V . ■ ** iliil ■ ■ I ** $ ft IV . • vl*. .. % i 1 * EllSLb #3bb j I'lhßHk fBKi K .» m JXk <$ } m Winners of first prize of the Declamation contest sponsored by the Elementary Teachers Assoc iation of Dade county were Bar bara Wooten of Liberty City Ele mentary, Mrs. Ruth Jones Ever ett, teacher; Mrs. Alese Gill, principal and Anthony Thurston requiring Negro students to fill out a questionaire which the at torney said was unnecessary. However, Heintz said the ques tionaire 'is required of all stu dents at the Univedsity of Fla. The Negroes bringing the suit are William T. Lewis, Virgil Hawkins, Aose Boyd, Oliver Maxey arid Benjamin Finley. of Bethune Elementary, Mrs. Rosa Fortson, teacher; Mrs. T. R. Crowder, principal. Other winners were Garaline Lewis, Dunbar Elementary and Marcella Wake, Phyllis Wheat ley Elementary. ■OVRTEEN PAGES TWO YOUTHS GET NEW LIFE TALLAHASSEE The Flor ida Supreme Court ordeced a new trial for the two Negroes sentenced to death in the in famous Groveland rape case Tuesday. The state court was merely following directions of the United States Supreme Court who re versed the convictions of Samuel Sheppard and Walter Irvin April 9. and ordered the state court to follow suit. The state court, which origin ally had upheld the death sen tences imposed by the Lake coun ty Circuit court, ordered that court to give the men another trial. The pair were charged with raping the 17-year-old White wife of a Lake county farmer near Groveland on July 16, 1949. Justice Robert H. Jackson of the United States Supreme court said in a special opinion, concur- Contnued on page 12 ENTERTAINERS NABBED IN GA. DOPE RAID A quartet of Miami entertain ers were nabbed in Savannah, Ga. Tuesday when narcotic agents confiscated enough marijuana to roll 3.000 cigarettes. » Agents swooped down on Samuel Rolle. 21-year-old mara ca player with a calypso band, as he stepped off a train in Savan nah with a suitcase full of “hemp”. Rolle told agents he got the weed from a contact man in Miami. Also arrested in Savannah were three other entertainers, William (Fish) Ray, 31-year-old tom tom player; Dorothy Anderson, 24, and Vicki Copez, 23, exotic dancers. All had been working in the show at a popular Savannah night club. Ray, Dorothy and Vicki ad mitted they used the dope but denied they peddled It. Authori ties said Rolle admitted his guilt. The four were taken before' federal court in Savannah Thurs day.