Cab Calloway and Mrs Calloway Board West Indies Trip
Cab Calloway and his Cabaliers are seen boarding a PAA Clipper for a tour of the West Indies and Latin America after securing engagements at exclusive Latin clubs. He recently closed a four week run at Miami's Clover Club and is cited as a leading entertainer in Miami's racial scene. In another item, the Dade County School Board discussed condemning a ten acre tract in Brownsville to build a new school, ordering an appraisal, and delaying action on five Riviera Property Owners Improvement resolutions amid broader concerns over land acquisition in Negro areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cab Calloway
Mrs. Calloway
West Indies
Latin America
Cab
Two Miami Beach maids linked to Sunset Isle cash theft
Tampa police arrested Mozelle Thornton and Minnie Lee Jones after a Sun set Isle resident reported a $15,000 loss from a locked suitcase. The women, held on other charges, had over $7,000 in cash and numerous new items when captured following a Beach police alert.
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Miami Beach
Tampa
Sunset Isle
Beach
Myron Decklebaum
West 21St St
Deckelbaum
Thornton
Jones
Mozelle Thornton
Mary Baker
Minnie Lee Jones
Grove Citizens Committee Rejects Compromise Plan
Coconut Grove residents reject a compromise development plan for the St. Albans Negro housing site. The committee says it lacks authority to modify a plan favored by the community and launches an initiative to push zoning changes through the city commission. A broader fight over planning board authority and orderly growth follows, with residents seeking citywide support. Also reported is a fatal accident near the Dade Broward line where a hitchhiker died after a car crash involving showman Louis P. Brady. Brady survived with a broken collar bone.
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St. Alban’s Negro
Coconut Grove
Malcolm B. Wiseheart
City Commission
St. Albans
Louis P. Brady
Brady
Dixie Highway
Dade-Broward Line
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Ask City Limits Extended To 119th Street
Four Miami city commissioners tentatively approved a plan to extend city limits north and northwestward to encompass thousands of homes. The proposal would include unincorporated areas north to NW 119th Street between Hialeah and Biscayne Park and add a rectangle from NW 20th to 26th streets, Le Jeune Road, and NW 27th Avenue, including industrial property along the Miami canal between NW 27th Ave and 36th Street bridges.
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Miami City
Dade
N. W. 119Th St
Hialeah
Biscayne Park
Miami Shores
el Portal
NW 20Th
26Th Sts
le Jeunerd
NW 27Th Ave
Miami Canal
36Th St
Clermont First Methodist Women Protest Church Discrimination
The Clermont Florida First Methodist women’s class adopted a resolution protesting Miami and Tallahassee churches canceling Negro pastors during Brotherhood week. The measure denounces intolerance and says such actions hinder Christian unity and the church’s influence in the state.
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Miami
Tallahassee
Clermont
Fla
First Methodist Church
H. C. Bro
Condemned Man Taylor Faces 16th Death Reprieve Bid
Samuel Taylor, a 22 year old defendant from Montgomery Alabama, has avoided execution fifteen times for a rape charge he proclaims innocent. The case has featured last meals and shaved heads as he waits for a potential 16th reprieve by May 20, while maintaining composure about the looming death sentence.
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Samuel Taylor
Montgomery
Ala
Taylor
Philadelphia housewife wins Stop the Music prize
Julie Hubert of Philadelphia identified the mystery tune on Stop the Music and won 335,250 in cash and prizes. She and her husband Benjamin, postal worker, live at 409 North 59th Street West Philadelphia. The win marked the first time a Black contestant claimed the jackpot. Elizabeth Espy, co chair of the Negro division, praises the drive and civic work.
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Bert Parks
Julie Hubert
Philadelphia
Benjamin
N. 59Th St
West Philly
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D.R. Snyder
Dade County School Board
Brownsville
Bethune Elementary
The
Riviera
Opelousas
Clayton Guilbeau
Guilbeau
Eunice
Lessley Gardiner
Edward Honeycutt
Maxile Savoy
Ariel Ladoux
Edwin
Preacher
Citizens Committee
City of
Ask
119Th Street
Housewife
Nilmington
del. Mailman
Navy
Army
Autes
Monte Carlo
Paris
Elizabeth
Espy
Robert B. Moton
Sout
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