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VOL. XXXIII No. 11
"LYNCH VICTIM" FOUND SAFE IN ALABAMA
«RAHFORD Jesse Woods, 39,
spirited from the inadequate
country jail at Wildwood and
flogged for saying “hello there,
baby” to a white woman, was
brought to state prison here Sun
day for safekeeping.
An officer of the Florida
Sheriffs Bureau arrived with him
at 4 i;.m. from Andalusia, Ala.
Woods had gone to Andalusia to
hide after his abductors released
him at Wildwood, Fla. early last
Sunday.
i.'e was found in Andalusia Sat
urday after week-long searching
and investigating by Florida of
ficers who called in the FBI for
help when it was feared he may
have been a lynqh victim.
No statement was available
from Woods or the officer who
brought him here. Warden De-
Witt Sinclair identified the offi
cer only as “Deputy Williams”
of the Sheriffs Bureau staff.
Check Forgers
Draw Prison Terms
A local couple drew prison
sentences totaling 13 years in
Federal Court Friday for stealing
and forging at least 19 gov em
ir. nt checks.
Noting that they apparently
"made a fulltime job of it,” Judge
George W. Whitehurst sentenced
Louis West, 32, of 1801 NW 2nd
Ct., to 10 years. His wife, Geneva,
19, got 3 years.
Whitehurst observed that West
cculd have been sentenced to 190
years and his wife, 35 years. West
pleaded guilty to 16 counts and
his wife to 3.
Golf Suit Gets Long Postponement
Federal Judge Emett C. Choate!
has announced that trial of the '
suit in which Negroes seek inte
gration at the West Palm Beach
Municipal Golf (bourse will be
held late this winter or next
spring.
Choate ruled on legal points
raised by the City Commission in
defense actions.
H 8 ruled that the suit would
affect members of the City Com
mission and the Golf Commission
in their official capacity, but not
as individuals.
He refused, nowever, to rule
the Golf Commission opt as a de
fendent, saying it would figure in
enforcement of any court order
stemming from the suit.
Four Negro golfers who claim
ed they cannot ■; lay on the course
brought the suit June 18.
Suits by Negro golfers from Mi
ami and Fort Lauderdale are
still pending in Federal Court.
OLD BUILDING
TO BE RAZED
A dilapidated two-story build
ing at NW 3rd ave. and 10th st.
will be razed.
A two-year-old condemnation
order by the Department of Slum
Rehabilitation and Prevention was
upheld by the city’s Board of Ap
peals. The building was ruled a
fire hazard and health menace.
It is owned by Robert Davis of
1843 NW 3rd ct. 1
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MIAMI, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1956
Talmadge Z. Roux will be ihe
recipient cf an award during the
District 10 meeting of the Florida
Congress of Colored Parents and
Teachers to be held Saturday,
November 10 at Bethune Elemen
tary School,
This award will be presented in
recognition of 20 years continuous
service at Mays High School in
Goulds and other State PTA’s.
Mr. Roux was always elected
president or vice president through
unanimous choice.
Mr. Roux, a native of Jasper,
Fla., has lived in Goulds for the
past 36 years with his wife,
Marie, a daughter and son. He is
an ardent church worker and a
steward at New Bethel AME
Church.
Mrs. Rubye Watson is presi
dent of District 10 PTA.
DR. BUNCHE
AGAIN KEY FIGURE
IN THE EAST
NEW YORK (CNS) As
the United Nations 1 sought to im
olement its . “immediate cease
fire” directive to Britain, France,
Egypt and Israel in the Middle
East war, UN Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold once again
appointed Dr. Ralph Bunche to
i key spot in the area he is so
familiar with. Dr. Bunche was
named to' a three-man watch
dog committee to report on the
situation directly to Hammarsk
jold. Others on the committee In
clude UN Undersecretaries Ilya
Tchernychev of Russia and Con
stantin Stavropoulos of Greece.
Jax A tty. LoSes
Out in JP Race
JACKSONVILLE Ernest D.
Jackson, Nerro attorney who won
the justice of peace seat front
Sarah Bryan, white, in the May
primaries, lost it back to her in
the election Tuesday.
Miss Bryan, whose name was
put on the ballot by the county
Democratic committee after she
went to court and upset the jus
SIXTEEN PAGES lO CENTS
JAZZ WOULD
MOURHS ART
TATUM
L/5S ANGELES Jazz pianist
Art Tatum, 46, who died Monday
from uremia, was buried this
week.
Tatum was taken ill about two
weeks ago while on a concert
tour. He entered Queen of Angels
Hospital late Sunday night. The
musician, who was blind in one
eye and only had slight vision in
the other, was a native of Toledo,
Ohio. He his musical career
by playing the violin but at 13
switched to the »;iano. By the
time he was 22 he was consider
ed to be one of the foremost ex
ponents of jazz.
tice of peace districting law, got
6,071 votes,
Jackson had 4,864 write in votes
under the name E. D. Jackson
which he registered. Various other
listings for Jackson, on which the
eanvassing board will determine
legility, brought his total to 5,296.
Ray Boree, a white write-in
candidate, got 1,283 votes.
Cw'il Rights Champ
Wins House Seat
State Rep. John B. Orr Jr., who
gambled his political future in
July when he stood as the lcne
dissenter in the Florida House
and blasted its members for pass
ing bills to preserve segregation,
was reelected on Tuesday.
The presidential election was
forced to take a back seat in
Dade county as Negroes and fair
minded whites turned out en
masse to cast their vote for the
young legislator who had cour
age enough to a:eak his convic
tions.
In group 2 Orr polled 95,002 to
71,688 for his Republican oppon
ent, Theodore F. Bahlmann. Oth
Democratic candidates won with
larger margins.
Orr will be serving his second
term. In the Democratic primary
he defeated Burton Thornal, who
raised the integration issue
against him, and also lambasted
him for his stand in favor of the
67-senator plan which also ap
peared on the Tuesday ballot
but Orr won easily.
It was not until well after that
primary, at the special session of
Hr
v ;
Mary
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Jesse J.
Robinson of 523 SW 6th terr.,
Homestead, whose engagement to
Specialist Third Class Leroy Sims,
Jr., of Sarasota, is being an
nounced this week by her pa
rents.
A recent graduate of Florida
A and M University, Miss Rob
inson is now a member erf the
faculty of A. L. Lewis Elemen
tary School of Homestead.
Specialist Sims, son of Leroy
Sims, Sr., and Mrs. Jennie K. Lane
of Sarasota, pursued a course in
preparatory medicine at Florida
A and M University before en
tering the army in January erf last
year. Following a tour of duty in
Jagan, Sims returned to the
States in July of this year, and
is now stationed at Ft. Campbell,
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the Legislature in July, that CL
admitted membership in the Na
tional Assn, for the Advancment
of Colored Pea.rle, and said he
was in of the aims of that
organization.
Church Gives $50,000
To Destitute Families
DETROIT (ANP) ln the
ten years since Rev. C. L. Frank
lin created the Welfare Depart
ment within New Bethel Baptist
Church in Detroit, the Deoart
*nvnt has donated over $50,000 to
destitute families.
Rev. Franklin, 39, pastor of the
church, made the announcement
this week in a press conference
with Detroit newsmen.
“Most of the money came from
the congregation but people whr,
are not members have helped out
uinunsely,” he said.
The donations went to the needy
m the form of clothing, food, rent
payments and train fares for per
sons from the South who were
stranded in the city.
O’her dispensations were for
legal aid to persons who askec
the church for help because thev
were not aware of their rights in
courts of law, Rev. Franklin said.
Ky. He is a member of the fam
ed “Screaming Eagle” 101st Air
borne Division. The nuptials have
been planned for Sunday, Dec. 23.
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Powell supported President
Eisenhower in the election, but
says he intends to vote as a Dem
ocrat in the organization of the
Dew Congress. But he added:
“If the Democratic Party be
comes the party of Eastlandism,
I cannot stay in it.”
This was a reference to Sen.
James Eastland, Mississippi
democrat, a strong segregation
ist.
Powell supported Adlai E.
.even-on in 1852. But he s witch -
1 to Eisenhower last month bc
mse, he said, he was pleased
ith the President’s stand on
il rights.
Powell called for a "radical
.louse cleaning” in the Democrat
ic Party, starting with rational
jarty chairman Paul Butler.
“If there is any hint made to
try to discipline me,” he said,
“then the Democratic Party might
as well kiss the Negro vote good
by, not only in New York but
elsewhere.”
YOUNG GUNMEN
ROB BUS DRIVER
Two young gunmen heid up a
Miami Transit Co. bus driver late
Wednesday at NW 21st ave. and
71st st., escaping with sl3. The
bus driver, John H.
was parked without passengers at
the time of the hold-up, police
said. He told police the youths
Used a .32 revolver.
FLA. TO PLAY
f ENN. IN CLASSIC
Florida A& M and Tennessee
State University will meet in the
annual Orange Blossom Classic
here Dec. 1 in the Orange Bowl.
With the Tigers and the Rattlers
ranked 1-2 nationally, the game
figures to be a natural with the
winner claiming the title.
Both teams have won six and
should go undefeated in their Anal
two James. The Tigers are early
6-point favorites.