40,000 Expected AtBowl Sunrise- Service

Expanded in 29 years from ahandful of worshippers on thesea shore at Miami Beach intoDixie’s biggest community-wideEhster observance, the 1955 sun-rise pageant in the Orange Bowlwill eclipse all others in the past,predicts Dr. Cecil A. Denney,president, Greater Miami Minis-terial Association.

Anticipating an even largercrowd than last year’s record at-

teclance of more than 40,000 per-sons, Rev. Frank E. Harlowchairman of the association’s Eas-ter observance committee si?/ears, urged early arrivals. Thepageant will start at 5:30 a.m. Noseats will be reserved in northor south stands.

Sponsored by- the associationsince ns s»art and seventh in theOrange Bowl, the non-sectarian

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Lloyd Hart, well known localmusician of 7755 W. 56th st., asubdivision called Airport Gar-dens that lies west of MiamiSprings, was burned to death orMonday afternoon at his homewhen the house caught fire andwas completely destroyed. Coup-ty fire authorities theorized tba*Hart fell asleep in either the uv-'ing room or the bedroom of hishome while smoking and that thecigarette fell and ignited eitherthe mattress or the couch.

According to Harold “Skeeter”Scott of 533 W. 24th st. in Hia-

Racing With Pal;Kills Woman

Ulysses Johnson, 22. of 657 NW24th ave., Ft. Lauderdale, wascharged with manslaughter andheld in Broward county jail Wed-nesday when his car struck a 37-year-old White woman whiletraveling 85 miles an hour onState Road 7.

The dead woman, Mrs. JeanUken of Hollywood, was crossingthe highway at Johnson st. about11:10 p.m. when Johnson’s southbound car hit her. She was thrown50 feet in the air and landed 343feet from the point of impact.

State Trooper James Cox wit-nessed the accident because hewas chasing Johnson who wasengaged in a race with anothercar driven by Clarence Lee Tug-gin who was charged with reck-less driving.

leah, an employee of the LibertyCity Amusement Park, who ownsi farm near Hart’s home, the fireoccurred about 3:45 p.m. Scottsaid he had just driven to his'arm when a friend called his at-ention to great billows of smoke

coming from Hart’s home. Scottend the friend rushed over to thehouse where they met an uni-dentified woman who told themhat a man was in the house.

Scott broke down the back door:nd tried to enter the house to'rescue Hart but the intense heatand raging fire prevented himfrom getting into,the building.

WORKERS IN CANCER DRIVE—Some of the topworkers who will canvass the various local areas in thecommunity-wide cancer drive which begins on April 17are shown above, left to right standing: Edgar Verley,who is making his donation to Mrs. Catherine Cox Gibsonand Mrs. Florence Taylor. Seated is Mrs. Beatrice Alex-ander. Mrs. Lloma Green is area chairman for the localdrive.

2 Radio Stations Nay Lose LicenseWASHINGTON Miami’s two

Negro-programmed radio stations,WFEC and WMBM may lose theirlicenses to operate in this area.

The Federal CommunicationsCommission notified the two sta-tions on Thursday that it is hold-ing up renewal of their licensespending inquiry into reports thathorse race tipping services haveused the stations. Station WAHRof Miami Beach was also noti-fied.

The FCC sent letters to thestations which said the commis-sion “has information you havepermitted persons engaged inselling tips on horse races to useyour station facilities.”

REIEASED 111 ROUSTS MURDER CASEColumbus Stewart, 33, was re-

leased Wednesday in Jackson-ville and exonerated of any con-nection with the murder of Ju-dith Ann Roberts, 7-year-oldWhite girl last July,

Homicide Detective CharlesSapp, in 'Jacksonville, calledHomicide Capt. Chester Eldredgeand told him that Stewart’s an-swers to questions end the way

he passed a lie detector test madeit appear conclusive that he wasnot involved in the slaying.

Sapp went to Jacksonville Tues-day to question Stewart.

Stewart was arrested Mondayin Jacksonville. He had beenwanted for questioning since heleft Miami at about the time ofthe murder.

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L. Hart Burned To Death In Traffic FireHart's body was burned be-

yond recognition and had to bebrought out in parts

Hart, -40. was the former hus-band of Mrs. Leticia H. Percall.He is survived by his preset!wife, Mrs. Willie Wate Han, onedaughter, Mrs. Juanita HartHanley of Brownsville and sev-eral other relatives.

Funeral services will be heldSaturday, April 9, 2 p.m. at theChurch of God, under the direc-tion of Range Funeral Home,with Bishop A. M. Cohen, pastor,officiating.

Woman Held AsStabbing Suspect

Thelma Cooke. 24, 139 NW 12thst., was held In county jail Wednesdav, pending filing of chargeagainst her for the fatal stebbinearly Wednesday morning ofRobert Barbaroy, 36, 544 NW 3rdave. Police said the stabbing occurred in the woman's home.

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Members of Alpha Delta Chapter ofthe National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappaare shown here with newly made sorors.

This occasion was a banquet given intheir honor after the completion of theirprobationary period.

The local chapter gladly welcomes

this added variety of professional talent toits sisterhood. Seated from left to right:Sorors Gertrude Poppe, Lois Hicks, MaryL. Thomas, Alexine Delaney, Mary L.Floyd. Helena Holton, Dean of PledgesEffie McFadgon, Marjorie Rhodes, LemmieMitchell and Beatrice Love.

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Moore Guilty Os2nd Degree MurderFACES 20 YEARSTO LIFE

Sammic Lee Moore, sust>endedmember of the Miami police de-partment, on trial for first de-gree murder in fatal shooting ofhis former wife, Mrs. BerniceMoore, was found guilty of sec-ond deiree murder by a jury of12 White men in Circuit JudgeCharles A. Carroirs Court Tues-day, The jury deliberated exactlythree hours, from 9:30 to 12:p m. before returning its verdict.The incident occurred early otthe morning of March 28. 1954 infront of Brown's Famous CornerNW 69th st. and 15th ave.

A* the clerk of the court readthe verdict, Moore showed littsigns of emotion, and took theverdict very calm. Judge Carrollannounced that he wi 1 a** sentome on Moore on a later date.

Under the law Moore can brsentenced to from 20 years tolife.

At 12:05 pm. Tuesday the juryreturned to the court room twhat is definition of first de-gree murder and second deg.murder. The judge read from thecharge which he had made to thejury earlier that morning and ex-plained the difference to thejury. Following the reading of theverdict, Moore was placed in thecounty jail to await sentence.

Moore's chief defense attorney,Henry Carr, was not present inthe courtroom when the decisionwas read. Carr was defending an-bther case in Federal court.

Atty. Mark O’Quinn, was rep-resenting Moore. The attorneydid not Indicate whether or notthey will appeal the vtrdlct

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Ralph Claik. police identifica-tion officer, said Dave Reese ofBelle Glade shot Davis In theback and as Davis fell continuedshooting wildly. Davis returnedthe fire. Clark said Reese firedsix blasts and Davis five.

Davis was rushed to the hos-pital shortly after the shooting.

Reese, who was jailed on an; o;en charge immediately follow-ing the incident, was woundedtwice once in the arm and an-other in the shoulder. Reese hasbeen charged with double mur-der and is awaiting a hearing.

Davis' brother, Elijah, who wasalso nearby, suffered a fleshwound in the thigh.

Constable Buford Prescott MidReese and Davis were bitter ene-mies. “Reese had been gunningfor Davis for a long time. I knowthat. But I don’t know whattouched off the shooting," theconstable said.

Davis is survived by his wife,i son, a sister and several otherrelatives. Funeral services, underthe direction of RichardsonFuneral Home, were held Thurs-day afternoon at Greater BethelAME. Church in Miami, with theRev. J. B. Blacknell, pastor, of-ficiating.

Sanitation WorkerInjured By Truck

Bennett Stevens, 25-year-oldemployee ot the county garbagecollection staff, was seriously in-jured Wednesday when he losthis balance while climbing on a

i moving truck.Stevens, who lives at 1972 NW

80th it., suffered both legs rokeoand possible Internal injuries. Hai« In Jackson Memorial Hospitalin serious condition.