Hopkins Daughter of Miami Couple Listed
The daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Hopkins of 2599 NW 50 3t Miami Florida is noted in a local social column.
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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1950
Page
1
The daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Hopkins of 2599 NW 50 3t Miami Florida is noted in a local social column.
NW First court between 10th and 11th streets will see 28 shacks replaced by 10 new CBS apartment buildings housing 50 families. Each 1-bedroom unit set back 21 feet with 28 feet between structures. Allen Fonoff owner and L R Brooks rental agent. Nationwide anti segregation rulings from the U S Supreme Court declare separation of Whites and Negroes illegal in rail dining cars and in Texas and Oklahoma state universities. The court says states must provide or admit Negroes to schools equal to White institutions, with integration to follow. Southern leaders scramble for legal angles to resist. Attorney General Eugene Cook in Atlanta says segregation will end, but will enforce laws until struck down by direct attack.
The Public Health Service advised Senator Pepper that construction of a 50-bed tuberculosis sanitarium in Tallahassee Florida was approved. The W T Edwards Sanitarium will cost 2811000 with 500000 funded by the government.
Titusville residents gain city water with 4500 feet of new pipe and several new fire hydrants. The Dixie Park pool opens today at 10 a.m. and Gerry Curtis Park pool follows. A formal dedication for the $80,000 pool is set for June 4 with Mayor Wolforth present. Admission: under 18 10 cents, group rate 7 cents. 18 and over 25 cents, group rate 20 cents.
Jackson Mississippi reports a prominent white farmer, Jesse Phillips, 47, of Jayess, charged with attempting to place a Negro woman in involuntary servitude to recover an unpaid debt. He faces trial in the second week of November after being freed on a $1,000 bond.
A man said to be involved in a federal warrant alleges that Phillips unlawfully arrested Rosie Lee Herrin or caused her arrest to place her in voluntary servitude to force repayment of a debt. The claim centers on alleged coercive control tied to debt.
Police report three men used a fast action holdup scheme at NW 7th Ave and 14th St this week. Motorists were delayed as they waited for the light to change and one driver was waved through after showing an empty wallet.
Vince Monroe Townsend Jr., a longtime Los Angeles lawyer and Howard University graduate, runs in the June 8 primaries to replace Helen Gahagan Douglas in the 14th district. Townsends' son of Rev V M Townsend Sr of Little Rock, Ark, Townsend has practiced law since 1942 and studied at USC.
Representative Arthur Klein of New York announced that future selective service questionnaires will not require registrants to state their race. Officials have decided to drop the race question from the forms.
Horace Lincoln Heath of Waco becomes the first Negro student in the University of Texas summer session, enrolling in graduate courses in political theory and constitutional law. He follows a Supreme Court ruling ordering admission of Heman M. Sweatt to the state law school. Sweatt plans to enroll in September. Also noted are graduate candidates from Columbia University for the 196? Miami commencement with Marie C. House and Euniée W. Liberty among those mentioned.
The rebuilt thoroughfare on Third Avenue begins Monday with two blocks roped off at a time. Work includes removing buried streetcar ties, raising manholes about an inch and a half, and applying two coats of asphaltic concrete for a smoother ride.
An off duty patrolman, Reggie Sandilands, 24, confronted three youths near Charlie's Inn at 11 p.m. last Friday. Willie Armbrister, 15, died. John Henry Wilcox, 36, and Samuel Myrick, 17, were wounded. Myrick and Wilcox are under guard for investigation. Armbrister was a star pitcher for Dorsey Park.
The Florida Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Association will hold its annual meeting at Daytona Beach June 13 15. Drs Thomas J Cook Miami Richard Chace Orlando and Wm R Stron tgh appear on the program. Officers listed include Dr W H Collie president and R E B Smith first vice president with L B Childs second vice president L C Starkes president elect E C M Hampton secretary J Seth Hills treasurer and an executive committee G W Hawkins and W O Bunch. All practitioners are invited to attend.
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