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VOL. XXXIII, NO. 10
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DEPUTY CAPTURES DOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT
Ernest Ferguson, a Dade sheriff’s
road patrolman, captured a
double murder suspect Wednesday
~ that nine FBI agents went after
Sunday night but failed to get.
Ferguson, one of the first two
Negro road patrolmen hired in
Da ' county, spotted General Lee
Humph, 35, at NW 62nd st. and
18th ave., and recognized him
from a photo on a flier.
According to authorities Humph
was wanted for the murder of his
wile in New York City and for
the killing of a woman in Arkan
sas. t
They reported that nine FBI
agents went to capture Run\:h in
his trailer parked in the north-
Brown’s subdivision Sunday
night.
‘ XfyaoiigJi clad in pajamas, the
wg.„ a.n through a
rear door of the trailer and es
t *ped. He kept going, authorities
reported, despite shouts of the
Federal men:
“Stop or we’ll shoot!”
After his capture, Ferguson,
who was alone in his radio car at
the time, took the suspect to the
Road Patrol’s northern division
station at 1601 NW 79th st
At first the man denied be was
Rumph. However, Deputy John
J. Hennessy searched him for
weapons and found pajamas
under the mans’ clothes.
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All Funeral Homes To
QoitgAmbalance Service
All local funeral establishments
will discontinue ambulance ser
vice at the end of this month.
The surprising announcement
was made in a telegram received
Thursday by the Miami Times
stating that private and emergency
"mbulance service will be discon
tinued.
Speaking for the county com
mission, Preston Bird said he had
ao idea how emergencies involv
ing Negroes will be handled after
November 10,
In the absence from the city of
Sheriff Thomas J. Kelly, C. W.
(Bud) Thompson, of the Sheriff’s
Department, said, “Unless some
arrangements are made, we are
ust going to continue calling Ne
gro ambulance services in emer
—ncies. That’s all we can do.
Whether they answer the calls is
up to them.”
Members of the Dade County
Negro Funeral and Ambulance
Association claim that they were
forced to drop the service be
cause they were losing money on
the proposition.
Funeral homes that are mem*
bers of the association are: B.
Solomon, Range, Francis, Richard
son, M. S. Allen, House of Albert,
Peek, Bethel Williams apd Bpfp.
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ATTY. FORDHAM
FREED
TAMPA Attjr. William
Fordham, former president of the
Florida NAACP was freed in
peace justice court on a charge
of resisting arrest here this week.
He said in a statement that the
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INTERIM Beatrice Burroughs
dauuhter of Mr. and Mrs! William
Burroughs of 1230 NW 70th St.,
and a senioi* at Florida A and M
University, is now doing her in
tern work at Bond Junior High
School ip Tgllahassee. A 1953
graduate of Booker T- Washing
ton High School of Miami, Mil*
Burroughs is majoring in ele
mentary education, and plans to
teach, following her graduation in
June.
affair stemmed from a misunder
standing with two arresting offi
cers who sought to take him to
Jail for double parking. was
fined $lO on traffic charge.
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BTW Upsets Carver Hi
For City Championship
Twice-beaten, once-tied Booker
T. Washington played its best
game of the season Thursday nite
at Dorsey Park and knocked off
unbeaten Carver High 18-14 for
the city championship.
More than 6,000 fans braved the
dust and inadequacy of the out
moded park to see the Tornadoes
rack up their second victory after
two losses and a tie. Carver, de
fending state champs, had won
five in a row.
Eujene White, speedy halfback
for BTW, was the hero of the
thriller. He streaked 90 yards a
round end for a TD in the third
quarter, and (then dashed 20 yards
for the winning marker Ayith only
i minute and 20 seconds left in
the game.
Henry Mackey scored the Tor-
Fort Lauderdale Golfers Win
Trial In Federal Court
FT. LAUDERDALE .—. Negro
golfers were much naarer play in 3
on their municipal golf course
Monday after Federal Judge
Joseph P. Lieb declined to dis
miss a suit brought by four Ne
groes for the use of the course.
Julian Ross, Ft. Lauderdale city
attorney, had asked a summary
judgement in favor of the city
but the court ruled a controver
sy still exists and must be decid
ed at a trial
v rl e &*¥ contended the Negroes
haa failed to state a -cause of ac
tion. The issue hinged on whet
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nadoes first touchdown in the
second quarter with a two-yard
roeak.
Carver took a 7-6 lead on
John Sands- 12-yard scoring run
in the second quarter.. After the
90-yard g-Jlo-p by White. Carver’s
John Hamilton swept 14 yards to
score and put Carver out front
again.
It was the first loss for Carver
to a Miami school in three years.
15 Drown in Haiti
Port Au Prince, Haiti—Fifteen
persons have been reported
drowned in floods after five dgys
of continuous rain at Petit Qoave,
1 a coastal town in South Haiti,
her the four men had ever ap-
Person for permission to
u®e the course and had been de
med and whether a resolution of
tne City Commission denying Ne
groes such use was valid.
The petitioners are Joseph H.
Moorehead, George Burrows,
James Moorehead and Benjamin
Clark,
Boss contended the petitioners
had never been denied use of the
course but conceded that the
Northwest Golf Association, of
which they are members, had ap
plied fpr permission.
Miami Minister
Heads State NAACP
TAMPA The Rev. A. Joseph
Reddick, pastor of St. James AME
Church, Miami, is the new -presi
dent for the Florida State Con
ference of NAACP
which closed its 17th annual ses
sion at St. Paul AME Church
Sunday afternoon with an ad
dress by Roy Wilkins, executive
secretary.
The election, which saw Rev
Reddick elected unanimously did
not have Atty. William A. Ford
ham’s name. Fordham stated that
he felt that it was time to allow
others to head the huge civil rights
organization in this state. “There
fore, I did not enter the race.”
Vice presidents elected were
Atty. Malcolm Cunningham, West
Palm Beach; Rev. A. Leon Lowry,
Tampa; H. L Dixon, Orlando]
David White, Pensacola; Raphu
Williams, Homestead; secretary,
Mrs. Ruth Perry, Miami Beach;
assistant secretary, Mrs. Louise
Buie, West Palm Beach; treasurer,
Father Theodore R. Gibson, Mi
ami and Atty. F. A. Rodriguez,
legal counsel.
Appointed to important com
mittees were Edward D. Davis and
Dr. G. W. Tawkins, a Miami den
tist.
President Roddick, in making
the appointments said, “I am try
ing to strengthen the association
in Florida so that it may utilize
the services of the best minds in
the more sorely needed areas of
our work,” Mr, Davis will chair
the education conwnltUe and Dr.
Hawkins will take charge of the
political action committee for the
conference.
He conceded the city had pass
ed a resolution barring Negroes
from use of the course following
the application by the associa
tion, but that none of the peti
tioners had ever applied directly
for use ot the course.
The court held, however, that
the four men had a cause of action.
The rulinjg means the case will
now be called for a pre-trial
conference. A court trial will fol
low with presentation of evidence
on the controversial issues.
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REV. A. JOSEPH REDDICK
NASHVIUC SCHOOI
INTEGRATION
TO START
NASHVILLE* Term. Th
city school board has voted to enc
racial segregation in the firs
frade of city schools next fall, .r
a start toward integration.
The only vote against the de
segregation plan was cast b
Coyness Ennix, on,'ly Negro oi
the nine-member board. Enni'
said he thought a larger part c
the student body should be in
eluded.
School Supt. W. A. Bass sair
the plan would not call for com
pulsory integration. He saic
there are provisions for transfc
of students if written requests ai
submitted by parents.
The plan will be (presented t-
Federal Judge William Miller foi
approval.
A Federal Court hearing is se
before Miller here for Nov. 13-1'
on a suit filed toy a group of Ne
groes seeking to end scgregatioi
in city schools.
Action by the board would enc
a 104-year policy of operating
separate educational facilities.
WILDWOOD Police charged
a 25-year-old white man Wed
nesday night with kidnapping
Jesse Woods, who was taken from
his jail cell and beaten for alleg
edly saying “Hello, baby” to a
white woman.
Sumter County Sheriff M. H.
Bowman and Don McCleod, di
rector of the Florida Sheriffs Bu
reau, said in a joint statement that
Rev. A. Joseph Reddick, newly
81316 president of the
NAAGP, told the Miami Times
Wednesday he may urge Gov.
Leßoy Collins and the State Leg
slature to investigate the Ku
cClux Klan.
He made the remark in view of
he Legislature’s recent plan to
.ivestigate the state’s NAACP.
“If they are going to investigate
>ur organisation, why not the
KKK and other white supremacy
>rganizations?”
He branded the disappearance
of Jesse Woods from the Wild
wood jail as having "all the ear
marks of another lynching.”
George (Georgie Boy) Altman was
.aken to the Pinellas County jail
n Clearwater after his arrest'here.
The statement said Altman was
arrested "as a principal” in the
kidnapping of Woods in a warrant
issued by County Judge Paul
B. Howell. He was held without
bond.
Police declined to say if there
would be any more arrests, if
\ltman has made a confession, or
! f they believe Woods, 39, is still
alive.
Officers said, however, a lake
near where Woods was beaten up
after being snatched from his Jail
cell Saturday night would toe
dragged Thursday.
The hat and shirt which Woods
wore when he disappeared from
the jail were identified Tuesday.
They were flecked with blood, as
was the cell in which he had been
kept, and were only four blocks
from the jail.
AN FOUND
ICAO IN BCD
Joel Gainer, 24, of 1503% NW
Third ave., was found dead in bed
n his room early Monday morn
ng. Several unusual questions re
gain unanswered. An arrest has
een made toy (police in connec
ion with the case, but as yet, the
investigation has not been com
pleted by police.
Gainer’s body was shipped to
Marianna Thursday night, where
funeral services and burial will
be conducted.