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City Drops Carver Village Condemnation
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VOL. XXVIIir NO. 43
PRICE TEN CENTS
SCHOOL BOARD,
MIAMI HOUSING
WANT PROPERTY
The ci.y of Miami’s condem
nation suit against bomb-scarr
ed Carver Village and adjacent
lands was dismissed on Monday
by Judge W. A. Herin.
Half of the vacant 40 acres is
being sought by the Citizens Ad
visory Committee as a site for the
new vocational school for Ne
groes. But it was reported that the
Miami Housing Authority was al
so after the site for White low
cost housing.
Dismissal of the suit was “with
out prejudice” and without cost
to the city by agreement of at
torneys.
The suit was filed last Nov. 21
by the former city commission
after rental of Carver Village
units to Negroes precipitated a
series of bombings. Adjoining
Knight Manor had been rented to
White families.
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Down in Texas preparations al
ready are being made to make the
convention of the National Den
tal Auxiliary in August an ex
cellent one. The Auxiliary is
meeting in conjunction with the
national meeting of the National
Dental association to be held in
Houston, Tex.
In the above picture, the mem
bers of the Gulf State Dental as
sociation of Texas Auxiliary, hos
tess body, a one of its planning
meetings. Mrs. C. E. Jeter of Or
ange, Tex., seated at the head of
the table, is president of the hos
The city, however, never pre
tended to have the estimated
$2,000,000 necessary to pay for the
property if it was condemned,
and Victor .Levine followed with
a taxpayer’s suit to enjoin the city
from prosecuting the condemna
tion suit. Levine said the city did
not need the property for any
public purpose.
The vocational school commit
tee makes its stand clear in an
other article in asking for the site
for the new school.
The housing auhority feels that
with the selection of the Drive
in Theatre site and the. Browns
ville locations for Negro housing
their way is clear. But both areas
are being bitterly fought by resi
dents who will have to be dis
placed.
The county commissioners,
meeting for discussion of the
public housing slum clearance
situation Monday, said they are
awaiting a slum clearance com
mittee report on selection of other
sites for expansion of private Ne
gro housing.
less group. „
Others shown above (left to
righ!) are: Mesdames E. L. Fran
cis, Tyler; G. H. Radford, Waco;
J. L. Peacock, Houston; E. W.
Cobb, Taylor; I. T. Hunter, Ty
ler; Mrs. Jeter, W. W. Hurd, San
Antonio; A. E. Hughes, Dallas; L.
M. Lister, former national presi
dent of the Auxiliary, San An
tonio; W. T. Burke, Dallas, and
C. T. Ewell, Houston. Standing
are left, Mrs. C. L. Barnes, Aux
iliary regional vice president, and
right, Mrs. L. L. Smith, out-go
ing president.—ANP.
Tempora Mutanur Et Nos Mutamur In Ellis
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY S, 1952
Immediate Action Sought
On Vocational School
Dade County School Board was
asked for immediate action on
recommendations submitted June
10 by a representative from the
Advisory Committee in the reg
ular meeting of the Board, Wed
nesday, July 2. Walter C. Pink
ston, executive director of the Mi
ami Urban League and serving as
co-chairman of the advisory com
mittee with Melvin R. Jackson,
Sr., made a special report to the
board in behalf of the commit
tee. This report came as the re
sults of advice of the board
chairman, Mr. Angus W. Graham,
who charged board member
James Noel and assistant superin
tendent D. R. Snyder to meet with
representatives of the advisory
committee to make a further
study of proposed sites for the
school and attempt to arrive at a
unanimous decision to present to
the board in its July 2 meeting.
On July 1 the two groups of rep
resentatives met but did not af
fect a unanimous decision on a
site for the school. The advisory
committee representatives still
held to the Carver Village site as
their number one choice. To fur
ther substantiate reasons for
choosing the Carver Village area
as the number 1 site, the advisory
committee prepared a memoran
dum and presented it to members
of the school board. This memo
randum, dated June 26 gave the
following reasons for the selection
of site number 1:
“It is of the utmost importance,
in the opinion of the advisory
committee that the Carver Vil
lage site be its choice No. 1, and
that the area be twenty acres.
This site is recommended for many
reasons, including the following:
1. It is most readily accessible
to the population which will util
ize the facilties of the school, and
such location is of great impor
tance in bringing about fullest
utilization of the vocational pro
gram.
2. It more readily lends itself
to expansion purposes.
3. There will be no dislocation
of families by such acquisition.
This is not true as to choice No.
3 because of the fact that present
seven and one-half acres contem
plated at site of choice No. 3 will
mean greatly increased disloca
tion of many families.
4. Choice No. 1 is much less ex
pensive than choice No. 3. An
offer of sale has been made to Mr.
Snyder on this property, or a por
tion thereof, at $12,000 per acre.
Negotiation would probably per
mit the acquisition of this prop
erty at a lesser sum. The antici
pated minimum cost of choice No.
3 is over $13,000 per acre.
5. The acquisition of choice No.
1 can be immediately had, with
out litigation, while choice No. S
will involve prolonged litigation
and delay of the entire project.
6. Choice No. 3 involves the
further complication of being a
portion of property recommended
by the county for acquisition for
low-cost housing, and there is in
volved the matter of lengthy ne
gotiations and perhaps litigation
to determine who shall have the
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Interracial Servicemen's Center Opens
Dedication ceremonies will be
held at noon on the Fourth of
July for a servicemen’s center lo
cated in downtown Miami.
The center was made possible
by the Welfare Planning Coun
cil and is open to Negro-
White servicemen. It is located in
TWELVE PAGES
ARRESTED FOR
1948 MURDER
A four-year-old murder case
was reopened Saturday when po
lice 'booked Willie Brown, 34, on
a charge of shooting to death Lu
cille Clayton, 33, who lived at
1906 Vi NW Second ave.
The slaying took place in 1948
when the man and woman had
a fight over $2. Police been
seeking Brown ever since. He
was arrested in High Point, N.C.
several days ago and identified
through fingerprints.
MAN DIES FROM
KNIFE WOUNDS
George Robinson, 55, died Sat
urday of knife wounds in his
neck sustained in a fight in the
Rice quarters at Kendall. He was
dead on arrival at Jackson Me r
morial hospital.
County police were holding J.
C. Donnard, 47, for investigation
of murder in connection with the
cutting which witnesses said fol
lowed an argument over money.
the lobby of the Elks Club at 9
NE Third st.
The lounge will be open from
noon to 9 p.m. Friday and daily
thereafter, except on Saturdays,
when the hours will be 10 a.m. to
10 p.m.
Facilities will include an infor-
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Lady Arden-Clarke, wife of the
Gold Coast governor, recently
helped found the new University
College of the Gold Coast in Ac
cra, the nation’s capital. Around
this college will be built a “uni
versity city” with its own utili
ties to house thousands of people.
GETS 5 YEARS
FOR ‘DEATH’
SPANKING OF
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DETROIT (ANP) Rob
ert Lewis was placed on five
year’s probation with the first 60
days in the Detroit House of Cor
rection and SI,OOO fine and cost
last week by Recorder’s Judge
Paul E. Krause.
Lewis, 33. was found guilty of
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Little Miss Doris Barns and
Master Edwin Pinder were re
cently popularly elected to reign
as King and Queen of Cox Kin
dergarten for 1952. Their atten
dants are Little Miss Earline Gib
mation desk to keep visiting ser
vicemen posted on hotel rooms,
rates and other furlough and re
creation data, easy chairs and
writing desks.
Col. James L. Daniel, Jr., com
mander of the 435th Troop Car
rier Wing here, will thank the
Her role in the new school also
illustrates an awareness of the
further active roles of native wo
men in Gold Coast civic and edu
cational activity. In the above
scene Lady-Clarke is speaking at
ground breaking ceremonies.
ANP.
manslaughter by a jury in the
death of four-year-old Victoria
Heard, last January.
The child was a boarder in a
boarding house operated by Lewir
and his wife.
Lewis beat Victoria when she
refused to tell him the truth about
striking Estelle Smith, 5, with a
toy telephone.
Both children were boarders In
the home.
Victoria became violently ill
the next day after the beating
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son and Daniel Brown. The prize
winning tots attended the school
for youngsters under the super
vision of Mrs. B. E. Cox and Mrs
R. L. Walton at 1814 NW sth Ct.
planning council and Elks Lodge
948 in behalf of the area’s armed
forces units, Mayos Chelsie
Senerchia formally opens the es
tablishment.
Mrs. Stanley Milledge of the
planning council will preside over
the dedication.
Foul Play Or
Negligence
In las Death
Miami police were still search
ing "Wednesday for the answer to
the death of Charles Lee Jones,
25. who was found dead in his
half-brother’s house after ex
terminators gassed it under a
nylon tent.
When the body was discovered
on Monday it was believed that
Jones had crawled under the tent
into the house. Neighbors told de
tectives that Jones usually visit
ed his half-brother after he had
been drinking.
An autopsy failed to determine
whether Jones died from the
methyl bromide fumes which the
exterminators set off Saturday
morning in the house at 1982 NW
6th ave. Doctors said toxicologists
must make further tests.
Miami Detective Charles Sapp
said the gas is so deadly it would
be impossible for a man to have
resisted the fumes long enough to
walk into the bedroom, disrobe
and go to bed. Jones was found in
bed.
Officials of the exterminating
company insists that a thorough
check of the house had been made
before the tent was fastened down
and sealed.
MRS. MOORE
RECEIVES MEDAL.
ON BEHALF OF
MARTYRED SON
OKLAHOMA CITY A little
71-year-old lady Friday night ac
cepted on behalf of her martyred
son the highes expression of es
teem within the gift of Negro
Americans the Spingarn Med
al, awarded annually by the vNa
tional Association, for. the Ad
vancement of Colored People to
a Negro American for distinguish
ed achievement.
Mrs. Kosa B. Moore of Jack
sonville, Fla., the mother of Har
ry T. Moore, the Florida NAACP
leader, who together with his
wife was killed by a hate bomb
last Christmas night, accepted
the medal “withMhe sincere hope
and belief ;that continuous and
conscientious efforts of our pres
ent-day leaders, with the help of
God, will gradually result in a
nation which is free of prejudice
and discrimination."
Her son’s work with the
NAACP, she said, was an expres
sion of “his sincere desire to aid
in the progress for the alvance
ment of our people ... To me,
this medal is a formal expres
sion of the fact that the Assoc
iation recognizes and appreciates
this efforts as significant in the
development of a democratic na
tion which is based on the prin
ciple that ‘all man are created
equal.”