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TEEN-AGE BANDITS NABBED; MORE HUNTED
Three .teenage bandits of a mi
of five operating in the Liberty
City area are in police custody and
three more are being hunted in
a drive to clear up burglaries and
stickups in the 62nd st. area.
Two of the boys, 14 and 16
years old, were caught Tuesday
after the ghng of five had robbed
Frank Bass, owner of the Mar
shall and Co. store, 1214 NW 62nd
st., Tuesday. Three of them es
caped.
One of .the boys caught Tuesday
with a .32 calibre gun admitted
he stole it from the Seminole Gu
Shop, NW 54th st. and 32nd ave.
An 18-year-old brother of one
of the boys is being sought as
a suspect in the killing of Glenn
H. Thurber, white, as he walked
home from his grocery store at
2016 NW 62nd stf. on Feb. 25.
He is being sought along with
the .two other members of the ju
venile gang.
One of the juveniles, 16 years
old, has admitted he robbed the
Lincoln Department Store, 1448
NW 62nd st., on February 26,
getting S2O.
And the group, according to
members, was responsible for the
burglary of Perry Cleaners, 732
NW 2nd ave., in which clothing
worth $250 to SSOO was stolen.
If the arrests hadn’t interfered
with their plans, the five boys
planned to rob a loan company
Thursday, the gang members told
police. i
Deputy Sheriff E. F. Lasseter
is working with police on the case.
Capt. Louis A. Allen of the ju
venile aid bureau said County
Judge Walter H. Beckham has 1
agreed to yield jurisdiction on at
leasi some of the juveniles so that
they may be prosecuted in Crimi
nal court.
Normally, defendants under 17.,
years of age are given hearings ( S
Beckham, as juvenile court judp 03
In Criminal court, they can ® o
sentenced to prison. £ **
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State Teachfrria,,
Miami Meet in April
Officials of the Florida State
Teachers Association are prom
ising the return trip to Miami
April 17-19 to be the greatest in
the history of the organization,
from the standpoint of attendance,
accomplishments andt entertain
ment.
Samuel Cohen, principal of A.
L. Lewis school at Homestead, is
president of the State body.
S. W. Curtis, executive secre
tary of FTA is advising all who
plan the trip this year to make
thefr housing reservations early
by writing to housing^chairman,
Carver Award To
Sophie Tucker
Miss Sophie Tucker, star of
stage, screen, radio and television
currently at Copa City, was pre
sented with an Award of Merit
'' ' £- T _r , orary Fellowship by if he
«*> • hington Carver Me
• itute
afe /ard was made to Miss
Tucker for her outstanding con
tribution to the betterment of
race relations and human welfare
The award was presented on
behalf of tL Institute by Steve
Gibson, also appearing at Copa
City with his musical group, the
Red Caps.
Gibson praised Miss Tucker as
one of the individuals who had
contributed so much to all causes
and especially to the Negro cause
for better racial relations.
Also present was Murray Wein
er. Copa City owner, and John
Diaz of Miami.
Miss Tucker in accepting the
award and honorary fellowship
said she accepted the honor by
the institute with great humility
and she was proud to receive the
award from an institution named
in honor of that great American,
George Washington Carver, and
that no one would dare say we
have envolved a perfect society
but surely the lot of our Negro
citizens is being improved from
day to day and they can look to
the future with hope.
Hobday said Miss Tucker was
most active in her efforts and
philanthrophy based on improv
r'* the underprivileg
;2« <u .. he Institute was
c ~ lor the great es
! o S ~ nade in behalf of
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Mrs. Annette McNeal, 6829 NW
14th ave., Miami, Fla.
Highlighting the convention’s
entertainment will be a two-day
all expense tour to Havana, Cuba,
leaving Miami’s Internationa?
Airport Saturday afternoon April
19 and returning Sunday evening
April 20.
Persons interested in the trip
may write to North’s Travel Bu
reau, 1104 NW 3rd ave., Miami,
which agency is ' designated to
handle the tour via Pan Ameri
can Airways.
REV. CULMER IS
FIRST GOVERNOR
APPOINTEE
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The Rev. John E. Cuimer, rec
tor of St. Agnes’ Episcopal
church, became the first Negro
appointee by a governor to a
governmental body in Florida
since reconstruction days Wed
nesday When Gov. Fuller Warren
named iim to the Dade County
Social Welfare Board.
Rev. Cuimer was one of eight
new members named to the board
that governs distribution of aid
to the needy aged, the blind and
the delinquent children in Dis
trict 9, which embrances Dade
county only.
Harry Zukenick, Miami Beach
attorney is chairman of the board.
The terms are of four years du
ration.
BILLING TRIAL TO
BEGIN WED.
The trial of William B. Billing,
23, in connection with the death
of Mrs. Delores Perry, 27 will
open in Judge Ben C. Willard’s
Criminal Court next Wednesday
morning, March 12 at 9:30. Bill
ing, who is charged with second
degree murder, will be represent
ed by Atty. Albert D. Hubbard,
while the prosecution will be
handled by Asst. County Solici
tor Michael Zarony.
A large crowd is expected to
be present at the trial of this case
which has attracted community
wide attenion. If convicted, Bill
ing can be sentenced to a term of
from 20 years to life.
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VOL. XXVIII, NO. 26
PRICE TEN CENTS
Golfers To File New Suit Against City Os Miami
Miami golfers, discouraged, but I
undaunted by the United States
Supreme Court decision not to
grant a hearing on their suit
against the city for equal consid
eration, were preparing this week
to launch another suit in their
fight for justice.
In refusing to review .the Fla.
Supreme court decision upholding
the city’s rule that Negro golfers
will be permitted on the munici
pally owned Miami Springs course
only on Mondays, gave a victory
by default to the city.
Final legal strait-*v has not
yet been decided, but some sources
think the new suit might origi
nate in the federal court and go
to s the U. S. Court of Appeals
where it might end in victory
wi.hout a trip back to the U. S.
Supreme ourt.
The national office of the
NAACP has shown a keen inter
Dodgers And Braves In
Baseball Opener
The Lrooklyn Dodgerr’ 15-
gamt major league baseball ex
hibition schedule will be launch
ed at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at
Miami Stadium with highthander
Clem Labine (9-6) serving up the
first pitches to the Boston Graves,
Manager Charlie Dressen an
nounced from Dodgertown at
Vero Beach Thursday morning.
Both the Dodger and Braves
players are scheduled to arrive
here late this afternoon for their
opening set on the Grapefruit
Circuit. Manager Tommy Holmes
did not announce his starting
pitcher from the Braves’ camp at
est in the case and is expected to
work in conjunction with the local
attorneys G. E. Graves and John
D. Johnson.
It was significant that the case
was not lost on merit. The high
court just did not want to hear
the case. More significant is the
fact that Justices Black and
Douglas favored granting a hear
ing of the case.
Last year the Supreme Court
ordered the Florida high tribu
nal to review its decision. That
was considered a polite way to
tell the state court they are wrong
and to reverse themselves or be
reversed by the U. S. Supreme
Court.
The high court did not rule
that the city of Miami is right in
its discriminatory practices, but
its refusal of the hearing depriv
ed the Negroes of a victory.
choice will be either Max Sur
kont or Warren Spahn, who has
•respective 3-3 and 2-2 records j
against the Flatbush Flock last
season.
Dressen’s itinerary calls for the
Dodgers to break camp in two
sections. One half Os the 40-
. player squad was to hold a
morning workout and fly out of
Vero Beach at noon today, while
the remainder was scheduled for
an afternoon drill and departure j
by air about 3 p.m. Some 20.
Dodgers and their families will
drive in by private automobile.
The Dodgers will headquarters
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MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1952
Tempora Mutanur Et Not Mutamur In Ellis
CARVER AREA RE-ZONED FOR
INDUSTRY; HOUSING BLOCKED
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Left to right, Dr. Vernon Johns,
pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist
Church, Montgomery, Ala., and
Rev. M. J. Wynn, chaplain, Be
Beauticians Go To Haiti
Seventy -two beauty school
owners and operators from
throughout the United States left
by Pan American World Airways
Thursday for Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, for a three-day visit.
The beauticians, members of
the United Beauty School Own
ers and Operators, have leen
thune-Cookman College, Day
; tona Beach, who conducted the
| Religious Emphasis Week program
j at Fla. A and M College Febru
ary 17-22—Jones photo.
A special Clipper left Miami
for Port-au-Prince at 8:20 a.m.
Thursday flying the 61 members
of the group on their Caribbean
visit. Eleven other convention
delegates flew to the Haitian cap
ital aboard a Clipper leaving Mi
ami at 7 a.m.
The beauty technicians return
SIXTEEN PAGES
The 27-acre tract adjoining the
disputed Carver Village apart
ments has been rezoned by the
city commission from residential
to industrial.
The action blocked erection of
any more housing in the area
that suffered two unsolved blasts
m recent months.
The undeveloped tract lies be
tween NW 10th to 12ih aves. and
NW 67th to 71st sts. It borders
Carver Village and the Knight
Manor apartments, separating the
uig development lrom an exclu
sive Negro residential area.
Negro residents of this area are
highly Incensed over the zoning
change fearing non desirable in
dustry would mar .this one of the
only two exclusive residential
areas for Negroes.
Inside sources say the school
board is seeking the tract for the
new Liberty City Primary School.
Other Negro interests are seeking
to urge the city to build a play
ground on the site.
The move appeared an answer
to demands fiom John A. Bou
vier and Malcolm Wiseheart,
owners of the development and
the adjacent vacant land, for ac
tion on a proposal for .the prop
erty to be taken over for public
housing.
The Miami Housing Authority
has expressed willingness to seen
authority to acquire .the develop
ment for White public housing,
but only if new areas are desig
nated for Negro housing.
"There is no reason for this to
be the tail on the kite of slum