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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 5 SCHOOL SEGREGATION The Palm Beach County School Board Wednesday challenged the test case against Florida’s pupil assignment law in U. S. District Court here in Miami. The board asked dismissal of the action on grounds that 6-year old William Holland Jr., in whose name the suit was filed, had not exhausted administrative reme dies. The suit was brought Sept. 11 by Atty. William Holland, Sr., who charged the pupil assign ment law was applied capriciously i«d arbitrarily by the school board in barring his son from all white Northboro School on reg istration day. The sui; nameu tne board, its members individually and How ell W. W;tkins, school superin tendent. Watkins has not an swered the suit. Holland Sr. charged in the ci mplaint that after his son was barred, a written application to the board also was turned down. He said the board had “carved” the attendance 3 rea for the Negro Pleasant City School out of the Northboro attendance area in an effort to continue segregation. Holland s:Jd such application of the law is what he is attack ing. The board’s motion to dismiss the case also was brought on the federal court lacks jurisdiction md that no claim is stated on which relief can be granted. Rep . Orr Speaks Out Against Segregation Florida's new laws designed to P'eserve segregation § dually re* q tire public officials to cheat, Rtp. John B. Orr. Jr,, said Tues day. Addressing the Miami Beach B’nai B’rith Lodge at the Shel borne Hotel, Orr said the laws violate “everyday, common rules of decency.” Orr was the sole voice raised against sorpe of the measures passed at the recent special ses APPOINTED TO WELFARE BOARD mmL ' JmM ». ' • • - -■ ■:" t IfSjl Mrs. Lloma Goldbeck Green, outst nding Miami civic and com munity worker, was named this week by Gov. Leßoy Collins to the State Welfare Board. Mrs. Green is the wife of Dr. H. H. Green, local physician. REGISTER NOW! Vote November 6 sion of the Legislature. His stand drew both praise and criticism, bu> he said letters agreeing with his stand outnumbered those <jf condemnation. Orr said the religious philoso phy of the hatemongers was not based on the brotherhood of man. “We are not taught to love our white neighbor, our Negro neigh bor, our Jewish, Catholic or Prot estant neighbor, but simply to love our neighbor,t he said- MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1956 TEST CASE CHALLEU Cab Driver Acquitted In Killing Criminal Court jurors held Monday that John Smith, 52, Opa Locka taxi driver, acted in self defense May 14, 1955, when he shot and killed the operator of a car that sideswiped his cab arid fled the scene. With only 20 minutes delibera tion, jurors acquitted Smith of second degree murder in the slay ing of John Brown, 29. Testimony showed that Smith ■ m ltffiß A smart hat does wonders for a woman e£ ecially when you can make it yourself. Hats shown above were made by students in the adult homemaking classes at Booker. T. Washington High School. Modeling hats too row, standing: Mrs. Beatrice Miller, Mrs. Serena Green, Mrs. Bessie Farley, Miss Roselja jWis. Mrs. Capitola Solomon. Seated: Miss Jane Heard, Mrs. Maurer Downs Mrs. May Dell Braynon. Final registration for nrllinery S la on Se + S i8 a Thursday. Oct. 4, at Booker T. Washington from o :d0 to o iqO, Ex-Con’s Killing Ruled Justifiable The fatal shooting oi Sammy Lee Jones, 22-year-old escaped convict, by two police officers Sept. 8 in Liberty City was ruled : justifiable homicide Wednesday. • At the inquest for Jones, alias Johnny B. Bates, officer Harold ! pursued Brown’s car lor six ! blocks :.fter the mishau and that J Brown stepped out, cursed Smith and made a move as though to “draw a knife or gun.” 16 PAGES lO CENTS Mitchell and Earl Cotton testi fied they fired in self defense. The officers told Peace Justice Hugh DuVal they confronted Jones outside Baker’s Bar after being told he was flashing a gun on the inside. When they sought to question him, Jones turned and ran, draw ing a .38 revolver from his pants socket. Twice he snapped the trigger at the officers, but the weapon misfired, testimony show id. The officers firea iour times, hittinif Jones with every shot, while the one shot Jones fired went wild. When Jones’ fingerprints • were sent to the FBI for identification, it was discovered he was an es capee from prison in Cordele, Ga. EXILED AFRICAN CHIEF, WHITE WIFE TO GO HOME LONDON Seretse Khama, former African chieftain, got per mission from Britain this week to return to his native Buchauana land with his white English wife. Khama has been exiled in Lon don since he married the white stenographer six years aigo. They have two children, 6 and 3. The British, who govern Bu chaunaland as a protectorate, ban ished him because of a dispute in the tribe over his marriage, and whether his two children of mix ed blood should be allowed to in herit the crown. Khama had to renounce all claim of rule and goes back as a private citizen. He has studied law but plans to resume his ac tivities as a cattle breeder. . ~ y/m Lone Baimjftkindlt Gets SMM Haul DIES SUDDENLY <0 ' j? *•< Funeral services were held Thursday for James Parker, pop ular Miami businessman who op erated Parker Sundries at the corner of NW 9th st. and 3rd ave. for many years. Mr. Pcrker was dead on arri val at Jackson Memorial Hospita l early Sunday morning after be ing stricken at his home earlier with a heart attaqjc. Mr. Parke is survived by a wife and seven children. Services were condiftted at M‘ Zion Baptist Church by the Rev. Edward T. Graham with the B. Solomon Funeral Home in charge. NAACP In 14 States Vow to Fight to Finish for Integration St. Louis A fight to the fin ish against school segregation was vowed last week by 14 state pres idents of the NAACP who met to work out plans for the battle. Roy Wilkins, executive secre tary, did not reveal just what action the Southern leaders de cided on. Wilkins did sav that *he NAACP will contest in court an order aimed at putting the out of business in Texas. “Three states Louisiana, Alabama and Texas have is sued injunctions banning NAACP activities. Virginia, South Caro lina and other states have passed laws designed to restrir* of the association. Mississip pi has announced formation ot a secret police force. SPECIAL TRAIN CHARTERED FOR 'FLORIDA CLASSIC The local alumni associations it Florida A snd M University md Bethune-Cookman Colleg •ave chartered a special train t ke Miami and lower East Coas netball fans to Jacksonville am te Florida Classic Oct. 20. The Florida A and M Rattlers, srennial SIAC champions, and he hard-pressing Bethune-Cook nan Wildcats tie up in a con erence battle under the lights i -he Gate City’s famed Gator Bowl. The bitter rivalry between hese two schools promises the 'stimated 30,000 fans a spirited tame. Bands from both schools ”1 take part in the halftime show. The special Florida East Coast rain will leave Miami at V 'clock Friday, Oct. 19 arriving in T acksonville at eight the follow ng morning. The train will leave Jacksonville at 9:45 Sunday norning arriving in Miami 7 p.ni Reservations are now bein made at North’s Travel Bureau 1104 NW Third Ave. The rounc. ip fare is SIB.OO. “Mob defiance of the Supreme Court rulini? against segregation in public schools was reported by representatives from the states concerned. » “There was unanimous agree ment among the conferees that this wave of persecution would not deter them from continuing to CErry forward legal and con stitutional efforts to secure com pliance with the Supreme Court ruling. “They reported unabated suo ->ort for the program in their re spective states.” “In the same way injunctions 'dll not deter us. The issue is not one between Texas and the ' T AACP but between Texas snd r the United States Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court. A daring bank bandit held up the teller at a drive-in window of the Bank of Hollywood Thurs day afternoon and fled on foot vith $7,265 In large denomina tion bills. Mrs. Edmund Jackson, the tel ler, told police the man pointed a gun at her as she was prepar ing to close the findow at 2 pm. and ordered her to throw the money out. He then fled through a parking lot and down an alley. Police found no trace of him :n a quick search of the area and said he apparently had a car arked nearby. The bandit, who was we:ring blue sport shirt and khaki pants id a handkerchief over his face, had been seen in the &rea earlier in the day with two other men, police srid. FAMUGETS STADIUM GREEN LIGHT • ORLANDO The Board of Control gave Florida A and M University approval to construct a new football sUdium with the $366,000 appropriated by the 1955 legislature. But with the jump in the cost of steel since last year much of the FAMU stadium will be miss ing. Lighting and dressing and shower rooms for the stadium will hrve to be omitted. President George Gore of A&M said the university ip refers to obtain complete seating space at the expense of other facilities rather than build only the west half oj the stadium with com plete facilities :nd lighting. hsk smm on GCODWHI JOUR . NEW .YORK—The famous Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University I Nashville, Tenn., departed on Sat urday, So;t. 22 for an extended good will tour of Europe, it was announced today by W. J. Trent, Jr., executive director of the United Nerro College Fund. Fisk is one of the 31 member colleges of the fund. Before returning to Fisk cam pus in Nashville in mid December the choral will have sung more (continued on j uue 10)