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Grove Woman Shot
To Death In Market
An attractive 26-year-old Co
conut Grove woman was shot sir
times about 7:30 Thursday morn
ing in a small grocery store at
3547 Grand Ave. by a 40-year
old man.
The woman was Mrs. Pauline
Terry, wife of Leroy Terry of
3476' Hibiscus St.
Following the shooting the as
sailant calmly placed his gun, a
.25 automatic, in his pocket anc
slowly walked out of the store,
leaving Mrs. Terry dead on the
floor.
Mrs. Terry was rushed to the
Jackson Memorial Hospital in an
ambulance from the Bain Fun
eral Home but was pronounced
dead on arrival by hospital au
thorities.
Several hours later Thursday
a man who identified himself as
' Howard Ellis of 3340 Grand ave.
surrendered to West Palm Beach
police and said he was the man
who shot and killed Mrs. Terry.
Ellis was being returned to Mi
ami late Thursday afternoon to
face first degree murder charges,
according to Detective Charles
Sapp of the Homicide Bureau.
The detective said that Mrs. Ter
ry had been arguing with Ellis
early Thursday, but that up to
press time Thursday, he was un
able to establish a direct motive
for the killing because he had not
had an opportunity to talk with
Ellis. The detective, however,
added that the case had all of the
ear marks of triangular rela
tionship.
The proprietor of the store,
Norman Goldin, told policy that
Mrs. Terry had completed her
purchases and was leaving the
store when Ellis walked in. Gold
in also said tjie only other per
sons in the store when the shoot
ing occurred, were a little girl
and the store’s butcher, who was
in the rear of the building.
Mrs. Terry’s body was schedul
ed to be released to the Bain
Funeral Home late Thursday,
where funeral arrangements were
incomplete.
Ellis was at one time a well
known custodian at Dorsey High
School. He resigned from that
position several months ago.
Mrs. Terry was a former agent
for the Afro-American Life In
surance Co., a position from
which she resigned six month
ago.
According to reports from high
ly reliable sources, Ellis and
Mrs. Terry were known to have
been carrying on a relationship
for more than a year. On more
than one occasion, the same
sources reported, Ellis and Terry
had had altercations over the at
tention which Ellis was paying
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Dr. J. E. Carter, Sr., of August,
Ga., president of the National
Dental Association, will head a
distinguished group of dentists
vho will attend the 42nd NDA
-ronvention in Chicago, Aug. 1-5.
features of the session will in
clude two television demonstra
tions. Volunteer patients will be
subjects for the demonstrations.
Dr. Charles M. Thompson, NDA
director of international relations
and publicity, arranged the pro
gram.—ANP.
Baby, 3, Set Afire By
6-Year-Old Neighbor
A 3-year-old baby girl was se
verely burned last Friday when
a 6-year-old girl . stuffed her
mouth with paper and lighted it.
The victim is little Paulette
Parks, daughter of Mrs. Eunice
Parks of 371 NW 13th st.
According to Mrs. Parks, Lula
Mae Robinson, daughter of a
neighbor, carried Paulette to her
home, where she took the baby
into a room and locked the door.
In the room Lula Mae stuffed
Paulette’s mouth with old paper,
struck a match and set the paper
afire.
A 2-year-old cousin, Billy
Parks, heard Paulette cry out
loud and called neighbors who
knocked down the door and res-
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to Mrs. Terry.
Following the shooting Thurs
day Ellis was seen in the Liberty
City area where he is alleged to
have told several people of kill
ing Mrs. Terry. Ellis irf said to
have attempted to borrow money
to leave this area. Elli* recently
purchased a 1955 Ford and was
seen driving around the Grove
community quite regularly.
VOL. XXX NO. 48
Child Lochs Self In
Refrigerator * Dies
Tragedy struck in a destitute
home in Perrine Wednesday when
a 3 hi -year-old boy locked him
self in a refrigerator and suffo
cated while his 19-year-old moth
er was out looking for a job.
Robert Norman Benn, son of
Mrs. Leola Benn, died in a re
frigerator which wasn’t working
because the electric bill hadn’t
been paid.
His body was found by Iram
Ferguson, a friend of Mrs. Benn,
who looked in the refrigerator
when he found its shelves strewn
about the kitchen floor of the
Benn apartment of 18422 Home
stead ave.. Perrine.
Mrs. Benn is also mother of a
1%-year-old boy, is separated
from her • husband. She had lef
the child with a neighbor while
she went job hunting.
cued her from what, police said,
was certain death.
Taken to Jackson Memorial
Hospital, Paulette was admitted as
a patient suffering third degree
burns, of the mouth and face.
Mrs. Parks reported the inci
dent to police, but the officers
said that Lula Mae was too young
to be arrested and held respon
sible for what she had done.
DRANK AND TALKED TOO MUCH ..
Fortune Finder Can't Stand Prosperity
JACKSONVILLE A poverty
stricken man who suddenly saw
his ship (or truck) come in to
the tune of $21,000, drank and
talked himself out of his new
found wealth after only three
days.
David Muller and four mem
bers of his family are in Jail j
charged with grand larceny and I
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1055
BAPTIST PUS. TO
VISIT RUSSIA
LONDON (ANP) The
Rev. Joseph H. Jackson, presi
dent of the National Baptist Con
vention of the United States and
pastor of the Olivet Baptis*
Church, Chicago, is one of four
Baptist clerymen who have ac
cepted an invitation to visit So
viet Russia.
The other ministers, all White
are the Rev. Theodore T. Adam r
of the First Baptist Church of
Richmond, Va.; Dr. Arnold T
Ohm of Washington, D.C., gen
eral secretary of the Baptis
World Alliance, and the Rev. W
Carney Hargreves, pastor of the
Second Baptist Church, Philadel
phia.
The ministers were invited by
the Rev. Yakov Zhidkov, presi
dent of the All-Union Council of
Evangelical Christian Baptists of
Russia and head of the nine
member Russian delegation to the
Baptist World Alliance in Lon
don.
All four of the Americans are
members of the executive com
mittee of the Baptist World Al
liance. They will leave London
on August 4 and intend to stay
in Russia two weeks.
Rev. Jackson’s expenses will be
raid by the National Baptist
Convention. The other clergymen
will pay their own fares.
• police have already recovered
$15,000 of the money and feel op
timistic that they will get most
of the still missing money.
Muller, 45, was the lucky guy
who spotted a small money bag,
containing $21,000 in small bills,
drop from an accidentally opened
j escape hatch of an armored truck
i Saturday
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Neal Johnson is shown receiving a check from his
gates supervisor. Bob Goodman that entitles him to S7OO
in prizes for winning the promotion contest among Great
er Miami Schlitz driver-salesmen. Looking on is Howard
Christman, general sales manager at Henry E. Mangels
Co., local distributors of Schlitz beer. Johnson won his
prize for showing the highest percentage increase in sales
in competition with 14 White salesmen.
. So far Johnson has selected a washing machine, set
of golf clubs, TV set, and loads of household appliances
that come in handy around a house with three kids and
another on the way. Johnson lives with his wife, The
resa at 15931 NW 17th st. in Opa Locka. They have a
nine-year-old son, Joseph, a seven-year-old daughter,
Marsha and Cornelius, Jr., 2. Johnson has been with
Schlitz a total of 19 months and has an outstanding record
with the company. Said Christman: “We’re mighty proud
of him.”—Johnson photo.
Muller told police he saw the
money, grabbed it and tucked it
inside his shirt. He said he was
penniless at the time and that
he took it to the civil engineering
firm here, where he was em
ployed.
That was on Saturday- Police
said Muller has admitted that he
took the money home, went out
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on a party that night, spent some
of his new-found wealth and gave
some away.
Later, he told police, he took
the money to his sister, Mrs. Ra
chel Brown, 50, who kept it until
Tuesday when she took at least
part of it to another sister, Mrs.
I Emma Pinckney, 48
Settle Dorsey Estate
High Court Orders
15 YEARS
LITIGATION /
too Muc H/^rn
The troubles thatfJic/tfp^when'
people die withouf a will
vere evidenced WAwsdav when
the Florida Suprfne Court order
'd a vurrdpap P*h[to law* suits
involving dollar Dor
sey estate dragged
through the years.
The court, in \
Just.ee B. K.
Circuit court here
final settlement cf the estates of
D. A. Dorsey and his wife Re
becca.
The order also slapped at At
torney O. S. Miller of Fort Lau
derdale for filing a “rash of liti
gation” since 1954, although the
suit apparently was settled in
1951.
First Brokerage Firm -
Opens In Wall St
NEW YORK (ANP) The
first Ne.tro-owned investment
brokerage firm in the Wall Street
financial district opened here this
week.
The pioneering stocks and bonds
firm is headed by Philip M. Jen
kins who has had considerable
experience in the field of high fi
nances. He is a former advertis
ing manager for the Amsterdam
Star-News, weekly newspaper,
and at one time headed his own
idvertising agency, specializing in
the Negro market.
Later Jenkins entered the field
of selling stocks and bonds as a
salesman for the Baruch Brothers
brokerage house. Just prior to
opening his own firm he headed
*hn Mutual Fund Sales depart
ment of Baich and Co.
Opa Locka Boy Drowns
In Canal At 155th St.
Current in the county canal
near a dam at NW 155th st. and
17th ave. swept a 16-year-old
Opa Locka youth to his death
Monday while swimming with a
companion.
Nathaniel Finley, who lived at
15801 NW 18th place, was swim
ming with Charles G. Rhodes, 17,
of 2330 NW 165th terr.
Finley stepped off Into water
over his head and was drawn
At that time. Circuit court here
upheld a probate court decision
that Zeke Campbell Dorsey of
Hallandale, son of the Dorseys,
Mras entitled to a third of the es
ajtiwand that Mrs. Dana Dorsey
TiwrV .in. adopted daughter of
th«Hwly'sevs. was entitled to the
re Kw- V
Tae adeT Dorseys were early
set tiers fin Miami and amassed
in real estate.
yTheaults brought since 1854 in
.Ate; JPhaprnan’s name in an at
tempt to knock her foster broth-
of his share of the estate
"are ill-advised and imposition
on this court.** the Supreme court
said.
“They reflect a sense of irre
sponsibility on the part of coun
sel and have served no useful
ur >ose evceot to interfere with
and confuse the administration of
the Dorsey estate.”
LITTLE LEAGUE
GETS RUN-AROUND
AIL--wNTA That Negro
Little League baseball team from
Charleston. S. C. continues to get
the run-around from lesser offi
cials in the district and regional
meets leading up to the national
tournament.
Now, the team that won the
South Carolina title by default
will not be allowed to play In
the regional meet in Rome, Ga.
John P. Braud, region 5 director
of the Little League, held that
“actually there is no 1955 Little
League champion in South Caro
lina” and because of that "South
Carolina will not be represented
in the regional tournament.”
by the current toward the dam.
When Rhodes tried So help he
himself was caught in the current
and escaped only by grasping a
post.
The body was recovered more
than three hours later by Robert
Berthelson, diver for the counter.
He was accompanied by Patrol
men F. M. Woodard and Huron
Braxton of the Opa Locka police
department