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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1949
Page
1
Liberia stands on the threshold to plunge into a new era of world trade as Monrovia's $25,000,000 free port has been completed and opened, Liberian Ambassador to the United States D. B. King announced at a Chicago reception for him and his wife at the Congress hotel.
Ambassador King stated no Communists in Liberia. In Lexington 12 Negro graduate students enrolled at the University of Kentucky summer school without incident. They will take the same classes as White students, with a maximum of segregation allowed by equality of educational opportunity per University President Donovan. Judge Ford opened the door for Negro admission following Lyman Johnson's suit.
In Tampa, a man identified as Sam Ingraham was killed in a melee with three officers, including a policeman and two detectives. He was shot three times and pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital, with hospital staff noting a possible broken neck. Officer R A Lowry was treated for injuries. Inspector Beasley reported the incident.
The Senate approved Taft’s labor bill 51 to 42 with 17 Democrats supporting alongside 34 Republicans. Miami Springs Golf Course posted a fiscal year profit exceeding $12,000, with total revenue $89,824.75, $600 more than last year, despite earlier concerns that Black players would raise costs.
The Housing Bill advances plans to clear Negro slums in downtown Miami within a year and start 1,000 public housing units by October. A five year program will raze 318 acres, build 4,500 units for Negro and White residents, with displaced low income tenants given first priority and bonds sold after project completion.
Dr Eric Williams of Howard University Washington DC was confirmed as deputy chairman of the Caribbean Research Council, leading the Research branch of the Central Secretariat. A Trinidad native, he earned a BA at Oxford in 1935, won the Trinidad Island Scholarship in 1932, and earned a PhD in 1938.
Detectives Pete Franks and Jove Bowers rushed to assist a uniformed officer as a Black assailant attacked him. The two detectives were shaken but not injured after the struggle, Beasley said.
The Community Chest of Dade County nears completion of plans for the 1949 Chest Campaign set to open in October. District chairwoman for 28, 29, 30 and 31 is Mrs. Susan Harris with a team of assistants. more details will appear in the next issue.
Washington ANP reports two draft age men indicted by a local grand jury for refusal to be inducted. Holt F. Wilderson 25 a realtor cites potential segregation and lynching as a reason. Donald W. Coan 22 a white sociology student at Howard University claims conscientious objector status.
In California a whirlwind tour by A A Hwafor Orizu yielded 100 scholarships for African students and sponsors. Paul Davis, hired as publicist investigator, will accompany Orizu to Nigeria, serving with him on the mission to advance African education.
Boston reports that Harvard and Brown Universities appointed Black scholars to professorships. Harvard named Dr. William A. Hinton professor of bacteriology and immunology in its medical school, the first Black professor in the university’s 300 year history. Brown named alumnus Jay Saunders Redding visiting professor in English, the first African American on its faculty.
A federal court jury awarded former Florida Gov Millard Caldwell $100000 in damages for an allegedly libelous Collier s magazine editorial. The verdict followed a 67 minute deliberation and contrasts with a prior higher award that the appeals court reversed. Caldwell plans to donate the proceeds to Florida A and M College for Negroes.
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