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H. E. BIGISMUND REEVEB, EditorGARTH C. REEVES, Business Manager

1953Before you read another issue of the Miami Times

the year 1953 will be with us. We therefore take thisopportunity of wishing our patrons and friends a veryhappy and prosperous New Year.

'There have been many important events during theyear 1952, some of which we will remind you in a laterissue. *

The outstanding national event, of course, was thegeneral election that sent General Dwight D. Eisenhowerand the Republican Party into power after 20 years ofDemocratic administration .So with the new year, a newpresident and a new party there will be those who willbe looking for many changes. Some are anticipatingchanges for the better, some, changes for the worse. Itis our opinion that everything will go as usual regardlessof party changes.

Again we wish you a very happy and prosperousNew Year.

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Theatrically Yours ..

BY LARRY DOUGLAS

Globalfriendly city of Hull, Quebec, which is a five-minute ride across thebridge from Ottawa, Ontario, the capitol of Canada. This part of thecountry is heavily populated with French people nice, courteousand friendly. There’s no such thing over here as racial segregation,and colored people are welcomed into people’s homes. These lineCanadians are great music lovers and they enjoy American music andAmerican artists. This reporter is writing this column from the fabu-lous Chez-Henri hotel. We are traveling with MGM recording artists,Herb Kenny and his Rockets on his Canadian tour. The group is cur-rently appearing at the Gatineau Country Club, which is a fabuolus**A” class nitery.

Herb’s opening night was a smash success and the next day crit-ics of the Ottawa-Journal and the Ottawa citizens gave him'ravenotices. The' Canadians are especially fond of Herb’s new MGM plat-

ter “Calling You.” They also rave about his version of “WhiteChristmas.”

Kenny went over so well that when he and his Rockets close thisweek at the Gatineau, they will open up in Montreal. In all, Kenny

has proved himself to be a great recording artist and he is quite anattraction to the lovely people of Canada.

On the same Gatineau show bill are the fine American comedyteam of Dana and Woods, who recently appeared on the Kate SmithShow and who are two of the cleanest and cleverest comedians in thebusiness. The beautiful Russian Nova Tomorrow does her exotic andhigh specialty dance also.

The people around these parts like the Mills Brothers, SarahVaughan, Oscar Peterson, Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Billy Eck-stine, Day, Dawn and Dusk, and the Red Caps.

The number one hit record in Canada is the same as in the States.It’s the MGM platter of Joni James’ “Why Don’t You Believe Me?”It has taken over Canada.

Johnny Hodges and his great band clicked last week at Harlem’sApollo Theatre, along with Billie Holiday

. . . Ruth Brown soon in-vades Harlem’s Apollo

.. . The fabulous Lucky Millinder is popular

among Canadian’s. They like his music and Lucky himself. Lucky’s

name was often mentioned by those fine people. They also like theMGM platterS of Fran Warren.

Erroll Garner into Boston’s Storyville . .. Terry Timmos, the

blues singer, going great around the Midwest . . . Pearl Bailey andher new husband, Louis Bellson, recently stranded in Chicago dueto heavy snows.

Amos Millburn, as only one of the many artists to do “Grey-

hound” would be mighty pleased to know that the advertising agencythat handles the Greyhound Bus Company account, has copies in itsoffice of each version made on this fast moving tune. Seemingly theyare contemplating tieing up the song with their advertising.

Sarah Vaughan set to headline the Christmas show at Broadway’sParamount Theatre ... Nat King Cole is another favorite among theCanadians . . . Duke’Ellington and his fine band still on top . . . BillyTaylor, his piano and his trio, 9till clicking at Broadways DownbeatClub.r v>. ’> • •

Slim Gaill&rd still clicking at Broadway’s Birdland . . . PhilMoore’s Flock clicking at New York’s La Vie En Rose . .

. Nat KingCole is currently appearing there, also.

Canadians are extremely fond, also, of MGM artist, GeorgeShearing.-'His platters are another big seller over here.

Ga. Halts Visitors ToMrs. Rosa Ingram

REIDSVXLLE, Ga.—State high-way patrolmen halted 11 Easternwomen from paying a Christmasvisit to Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram inthe state penitentiary Thursday.

The officers served' ah injunc-tion on the group of six Negroand five White women forbiddingthem from going within a mileof the prison. The order was ob-tained by the prison warden fromJudge Mel Price of the Atlantic

judicial circuit.

Mrs. Ingram is serving a lifeterm for the 1947 murder of JohnStratford, a White tenant farmer.Mrs. Mable Thompson of the Neg-ro Labor Council said she resentedbeing stopped by a gang of “vi-cious hoodlums and klansmen.”

Gov. Herman Talmadge hadpreviously indicated in an ex-change of correspondence withWilliam L. Patterson, executivesecretary of the Civil RightsCongress, that the visitors wouldnot be welcome.

JUST BROWSIN’

Prosperity and Haoplneas forEverybodv during 1953 la theWish of Just Browsin

Mr. Arthur W. Rollins, editorof the world’s smallest newspap-er. The Bimini Bugle, was among

visitors to The Miami Times off-ice this week.

A representative number ofMiamians were present on Mon-day at the office of the Bonded

.'Collection Agency, when a plaqueand scroll were presented to Mr.L. L. Brooks, head of the agency.The Rev. R. A. Jackson, pastor ofSt. Paul A. M. E. Church, madethe presentation. Congratulatoryremarks were made by several ofthose witnessing the program. Mr.Brooks made appropriate accept-ance remarks. Mr. C. C. North,“Your man in the Street,” was incharge.

Jess Harrington, a resident ofMagnolia Park, Opa-Locka, whowas injured in January of 1952when in a collision with a cardriven by Mrs. Cora Ward of Ft.Lauderdale, was awarded $4,500damages by the Dade County Cir-cuit Court.

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Another step forward for Mag-nolia Park is the community li-brary that opened on December20. The first collection of bookswas given by the Librarian ofOpa-Locka, Mrs. Mclntosh. Mrs.IJrma Sykles, well-known com-munity worker is librarian. Mrs.Dorothy Brown, chairman of themembership committee, will bepleased to enroll you.

Herbert Lee Williams, 1208 N.W. Fifth Ave., was arrested andcharged with reckless driving onMonday at Miami Beach after acollision with two cars. Two per-sons were sent to the hospital.

Bonded Collection Agency wasChristmas host to a goodly num-ber of children on Wednesdaymorning at the office, Third ave-nue and 12th street.

A bus and freight engine col-lided at the F. E. C. tracks, 27thavenue and S. Dixie highway onMonday. Damage was estimated atSI,OOO each. Mrs. Ruth Allen, 6170 N. W. 62nd Terrace, wastreated at Jackson Memorial Hos-pital for injuries.

The Miami Herald gave DF.Kelsey Pharr quite a write up onSaturday morning and many ofPharr’s friends have been callingin congratulations. It was welldeserved and this columnist too,wants to say, congrats.

I We have some Christmas dec-orations on Second and Third iavenues. I’m congratulating those;responsible. Let’s go in for thison a bigger scale in the future.

Do you want to go the OrangeBowl game? There are still somegood tickets available. The price$4.00. Get them at the office, 615S. W. Second Avepue.

Some plywood slipped off atruck driven by Walter Jackson,1935 N. W. 74th Street and in-jured two women and a threeyear old boy who were sitting ona bench at 27th avenue and 28thstreet waiting for a bus.

County Soliciter-elect JohnMarsh, who returned from Wash-ington on Monday, is determinedto prosecute 19 bolita operatorsand 500 writers if he can secureoriginals of their gross tax re-turns and applications for Fede-!ral Gambling Stamps. The re- J

quest that these original returnsbe brought into court is underconsideration by the InternalRevenue department.

The new McCarren-Walter Im-migration law came into effect onDecember 24. The law collects inone place all the immigrationstatues enacted in over 50 years.

The law continues the nationalorigin quotas based on the 1920census. It discriminates againstcertain races.

The new congress will, in allprobability, amend this law.

Mayor John Butler, Chamberof Commerce officials and civicleaders in San Diego, California,gave Archie Moore, new lightheavyweight boxing champion, a jrousing welcome upon his return |home on Monday. Moore won thetitle from Joey Maxim last week.}

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The Miami Negro Police Bene-. !

i volent Association, Ralph White, 1* president, distributed fruit and ;

Know YourNeighbor Seriesj Mrs. Clarice* Reeves-Littles,chairman of the Camp Fund ofthe Hibiscus Area Girls Scouts,will be the fourth guest speaker

on the “Know Your NeighborSeries”, Sunday, December 28.

This feature is another public

service program sponsored by

WFEC Sunday afternoon from Z

to 2:15 p.m. and at 12:20 on yourradio dial. .

TEMPLE ..BAPTIST ..CHURCHThe officers and members of

Temple wish to thank the Mason-ic Family for the “lift”on Sun-day, and the Federation of Negro

Clubs for the helping hand.Services for Sunday were filled

with the spirit of Christmas. At

3:30 jraft'? the Willing Workers’Club will sponsor its monthly pro-gram. The public is invited

The Southern Travellers, a

group of Gospel singers from FortLauderdale, will appear in re-cital at 8:30 p.m. They have thereputation of being soul thrillers.Come and hear them.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!The Ushers’ Union Association

will hold its monthly meeting forDecember at New Hope Baptist

Church. N. W. 13th St. and FirstPlace, Rev. Samuel, pastor.

Contest between New Hope,Mjami, St. Luke and Mt. OlivetteJUhiors. Please be out and ontime, 3:00 p.m.

Bro. David Hudson, Pres.Sis. Adele Bethel, Sect.

Mr. James Minnis, who went'¦'tothe funeral of his brother, Sam,at Nassau, Bahamas, has returnedto Miami. '

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Mrs. Ellen Wallace, prominentfraternal and religious worker ofMiami and Coconut Grove, hasbeen suffering from high bloodpressure, but is improving.

other gifts to children under 16on Christmas Day. Police ErnestHayes is business manager of theassociation.

Miami will get its new incin-erator. City Manager E. A. Evanshas signed the contract with aNew York firm for $2,889,000.Completion is scheduled for 540days.

Estella Campbella, 1815 NW6th ave., was charged with mur-der last week when her husband,Jasper, was found dead in theirapartment. Officers say she ad-

MlUng.

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CHARGESWASHINGTON (ANP)

Fred G. Minnis of this city wasone of the five Negroes who filedsuit ir the U. S. District Court ofNorfolk, Va., last week againstthe Seaboard Air Line Railroadfor being subjected to a jim crowcoach at Jacksonville, Fla.x

The interstate passengers whoboarded the train at various pointson its New York-Florida run lastmonth, claimed that they weregreatly humiliated when theywere forced to move into a “dirty,cold” segregated car at Jackson-ville.

The five plaintiffs who areseeking SIO,OOO each are alleged4&duve been allowed to sit in anqfked coach and ride in comforturftil they reached Jacksonvillewhen a conductor made themmove into the jim crow car which

&neither ventilation nor toiletties. »

e other four plaintiffs areTPe*xl M. Smith. Leroy F. Smitharid Roseta Roland of Brooklyn,N.Y., and Anne Loritts of Lin-coln ton, N.C.

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Democratic WomenLeaders TourWhite House

WASHINGTON (ANP)A group of Democratic womenleaders was recently permittedto observe the decoratedinter or of the White House be-fore M-« M^;° Eisenhower, thenew First Lady takes over inJanuary.

39b wrmen workers ofV De’rrrr**y* "-m— a i Com-

on a person-ally conducted tour of the Erec

-Uc -y Mrs. Bess Tru-man. the retiring First Lady.

- °gro “*n whomade the tour were Mrs. Mar-

assistant to theeditor of the Democratic Digest;Mrs. Venice Spraggs, formercourier ei the Women's Divisionof the Com-iittee: Mrs. Geraldine

Ballad of HenryMoore: In Memoriam

(Killed at Mims, Florida onChristmas night, 1951)

By Langaton Hughe* for ANPFlorida means land of flowers.It was on Christmas night

In the state named for the flow-£J*S

Men came bearing dynamite.

Men came stealing through the

of love.

WMlettie Star of BethlehemWas in the sky above.

Oh, memories of a Christmas

WhenV< wS? Men travelled from

afarSeeking out a lowly mangercSdSfby a Holy Star.

Oh, memories of a Christmas

“Peace on earth, good wu

men” —

Jesus was His name.

But they must’ve forgotten Jesus

Down in Florida that nightStealing through the orange

Bearmg hate and dynamite.

It was a little cottage,

A family, name of Moore.

In the windows wreaths of hoUy»-

And a pine wreath on the door.

Christmas, 1951, .

The family prayers were¦ s*ui

When father, mother, daughter,

And grandmother went to bed.

The father’s name was Harry

Moore.The NAACPTold him to carry out its work

That Negroes might be free.

So it was that Harry Moore(So deeply did he care)

Sought the right for men to live

With their heads up everywhere.

Because of that, white killers,

Who like Negroes “in their placeCame stealing through the orange

grovesOn that night of dark disgrace.

It could not btf in Jesus’ name,Beneath the bedroom floor,

On Christmas night the killersHid the bomb for Harry Moore.

It could not be in Jesus’ nameThe killers took his life,

Blew his home to piecesAnd killed his faithful wife.

It could not be for the sake of loveThey did this awful thing—For when the bomb explodedNo hearts were heard to sing.

And certainly no angels cried,“Peace on earth, good will to

men”—But around the world an echo

hurledA question: When? .

. . When? . .

When?

When will men for sake of peaceAnd for democracyLearn no bombs a man can makeKeep men from being free?

It seems that I hear Harry MooreFrom the earth his voice cries,No bomb can kill the dreams I

hold—For freedom never dies!

I will not stop! I will not stop—For freedom never dies!I will not stop! I will not stop!Freedom never dies!So should you see our Harry

MooreWalking on a Christmas night.Don’t run and hide, you killers,He has no dynamite.

In his heart is only loveFor all the human race,And all he wants is for every manTo have his rightful place.

And this he says, our HarryMoore,

As {from the grave he cries:No bomb can kill the dreams I

holdFor freedom never diet!Freedom never dies, I say!Freedom never dies!

Stop! Look! Read!Brownsville mothers: Your

children properly taken care ofwhile you work. Phone 84-6465,2348 N. W. 51st St. Will pick upand return.

Smith, an employee the book-keeping department; Miss RosettaJamerson, stenographer, and Mrs.Mary Gregory, volunteer workerdaring the campaign.