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VOL XXXI NO. 49
TRAIN RILLS HAN, 26 AT CROSSING
By STANLEY BWEETING
A 26-year-old man, who appar
ently did not hear an approach
ing train, was killed instantly
early last Sunday morning, at ap
proximately 12*5 by a Seaboard
yard freight as it moved slowly
across a crossing at NW 22nd
ave. and 74th st.
Robert Dennis Garner, no
known address, according to of
ficials, apparently sat on the
* tracks and fell asleep. An autop
sy revealed there was no foul
ARTHUR B. SHORES
Appearing as principals on the
program of the 50th anniversary
convention of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity will be A tty. Arthur
D. Shores, John D. Leary and
Rev. M. L. King Jr.
Mr. Shores, prominent lawyer
of Birmingham, Ala., was chief
counsel for Miss Autherine Lucy
in her attempt to gain admission
to the University of Alabama.
He has also served as chief coun
sel for Dr. M. L. King Jr. in the
Montgomery bus boycott prose
cutions. Shores has recently rep
resented the NAACP against the
MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1956
olay, but that the victim had been
ir in king. Certain monies were
ound on the body.
Mrs. Gladys Stafford, 2205 NW
73rd st., of James E. Scott Homes,
who walked along the track route
to visit a nearby friend, stumbled
across the man’s body and noti
.ed police.
It was at first believed that the
man had been a night worker for
the railroad, but Seaboard work
ers who viewed the body did not
determine its identity. Residents
of the area, likewise, failed to
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JOHN D. LEARY
state of Alabama in the attempt
by the state to have the NAACP
suspend its Alabama operations.
John D. Leary has been assoc
iated wrth the Chrysler Corpora
tion for the past 15 years. As di
rector of Fabor Relations on the
staff of the vice president for In
dustrial Relations, he has work
ed on all (phases of the company’s
labor relations activities. Mr.
Leary holds a law degree from
Yale University.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a
native of Atlanta, Ga., is widely
known as the leader of the Mont-
the body.
The corpse, with two fingers
missing, a broken arm and cer
tain dismembered parts, was tak
.»n to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s
•nn-mie. whe»-e it remained until
Wednesday. The Bethell-Williams
Funeral Home of Coconut Grove,
now has charge of the remains.
Friends and family of the vic
tim are still being sought.
Garner was 5 ft. 10% ins. in
height, dark complexioned and
weighed 170 lbs.
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REV. M. L. KING
gomery bus boycott. The young
minister, pastor of Dexter Ave.
Baptist Church of Montgomery,
will be the principal speaker at
the annual banquet of the fra
ternity.
Both Mr. Shores and Dr. King
are members of the Alpha Phi
Alpha fraternity. The 50th anni
versary convention will be held
in Buffalo, NY, Aug. 6 to 11. A
feature of the convention will be
the granting of a $25,000 schol
arship fund to Cornell University
where the fraternity was found
ed in 1906.
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ATANTA A 17-year-old boy
has been sentenced to the Georgia
electric chair for the robbery -
murder of an office secretary
here.
A jury after 35 minutes delib
eration found Don Mitchell Col
man (guilty of murdering Mrs.
Charles E. Johnson by beating her
over the head in a $2,400 payroll
robbery on June 1.
The jury did not recommend
mercy, making a death senten'*'-
mandatory. Young Mitchell was
sentenced to die Sept. 14. His at
torney said a new trial would be
sought.
CROSS BURNS ON
UMAR CAMPUS
BEAUMONT, Tex. Hooded
figures burned a 12-foot cross on
the campus of Lamar State Col
lege of Technology.
Witnesses said four to six
hooded figures planted the cross
which was wrapped with gasoline
soaked newspapers and cloth, set
it afire and fled in an auto.
Lamar Tech was ordered Mon
day by U. S. District Judge La
mar Cecil to open its doors to
Negroes this fall. The case was
filed by two Beaumont Negroes
seeking admission.
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Male members of the 1956 freshman class at Florida
A and M University, can look forward to meeting pretty
Yvonne Hayling, a senior who resides in Tallahassee. The
popular coed who reigned as “Miss Junior” last year, is
a member of the Freshman Orientation Week Committee.
Dormitories open for freshmen on Friday, Sept. 14.
Alley Shucks Razed For
Dixie Park Expansion
The environs of infamous Good
Bread Alley have been tagged for
demolition, and the net results
will be the expansion of Dixie
Park, playground area in the cen
tral district.
George Stranz, 1155 NW 20th
st., let the property adjacent to
the “alley,” and a contract for
the demolition of 53 aged-worn
shacks is also his.
The shacks, stacked in accor
dian-like fashion between the
avenues of fourth and fifth and
12th and 13th streets, have al
ready been cleared of their oc
cupants. Sltranz, who won the
bid, had two others in compe
tition at $12,000 and $29,000 He
offered to do the work for what
profit he could make from the
salvage of lumber and plumbing.
According to to Ray A. Wil
liams, acting city manager, the
mammoth-size block would be
used for football, baseball, track
and other sports activities.
Council Continues
Car Pool Operation
DADE SCHOOL
SUIT HEARING
SET
Federal Judge Emet C. Choate
Wednesday set a hearing on the
Dade County school integmku
suit for 3 p.m. Aug. 21.
The suit, filed June 12 by th
NAACP and the fathers of si'
children, asks that the Dad'
School Board be enjoined fronr
enforcing Florida’s segregatior
laws.
It is the first suit of its kind
in Florida. The petitioners ask fo
speedy trial before a three-judg
court.
Pioneer Succumbs
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Funeral services for Maxie
Charles Ford were held Tuesdiy
afternoon, July 31 at Mt. Tabor
Baptist Church with Rev. J. N.
Byrd officiating..
Mr. Ford was a pioneer Mia
mian.
Coming to Miami in 1902 from
San Mateo, Mr. Ford proved him
self to be not only a Christian
gentleman but also a citizen of
great worth. He contributed
largely to the religious, educa
tional, fraternal and culture*
growth of the Greater Miam
area. In the early days he and
his late wife resided at Ba'
Front. Later they moved to th-
Lemon City section and finally t
the present homesite, 6000 NW
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started* again
day asters a month’s shutdown eWa
cause ofja-boycotittlwiwimp*®]
employ e<4twbN egr o drivers,
ardson
used on the
nantly Negro sectiW“l Florida
A and M University and French
town.
Richardson and Moore who had
been employed by Cities Transit
Co. as maintenance workers,
were the first Nerroes ever to
be hired as bus drivers here.
Bus service was resumed on a
segregated basis ifter being sus
pended since July 1 because the
boj-cott by Negro riders cut the
company’s income an estimated
60 percent.
Don Meiklejohn, reporter for
the Tallahassee Democrat, rode
m the run to Florida A and M
nd‘ Frenchtown and said three
>assengers were picked up dur
ng the time he was on the bus.
Te said the Negroes who bearded
‘he bus he was on sat toward the
front. He was the only White
oassenger at the time.
I*ater another bus serving a Ne
gro route and driven by a Nojto
was seen half full of passengers.
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HOMESTEAD Cleveland
55 mav lose his beer
ard wine licenses as a result of
iciuor law violations.
Thurston was convicted in city
court Tuesday night on two counts
of selling liquor to minors and
on a charge of allowing whisky in
an establishment licensed only
for beer and wine.
Witnesses testified that the of
fenses took place at Thurston’s
beer garden, 215 SW 4th st. He
was fined $75 by Judge Jack
Turner.
Police Chief C. L. Tracy said
Wednesday that the record of
Thurston’s convictions will be
sent to the State Beverage De
partment for reoonsideration of
his state licenses.
Thurston was convicted of
’ailing to file income tax returns
n earnings In 1948 and 1049 ea
. mated at $30,000. The govern
nent is also seeking to collect an
additional $40,000 in back taxes.