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t ^ew Orleans Children Get New Elementary School In New Orleans “Back—of— Town” for years has meant a vom—out section inhabited by S T egro families with an ever- jrowmg number of children- for their education the youngs ters have been jammed into schools long ovrdug for the wrecking crev' and mostly on th e half—day platoon system. LIFE Magazine^ March 29th issue show s a good reason why Back—of—Town children now have omething to smile about: a beautiful new elementary school. The new Thorny Lafon School named for a New Orleans Ne gro boro in 1810 who left his fortune, amassed in reaj estate to men of all races, houses 600 children- Now each youngster in the area will get a full day’s schooling- LIFE shows the child ren in their bright new classrooms and at play in th e school yard 1 Lafon according to LIFE is th e first new Negro school in New Orleans in 13 years. In the same National NAIA Basketball Tourney KANSAS CITY—Seniors Willie Reed.- Captain Willis L. Thom as, forwards, played their last college basketball as Tennessee State University five were nudged out of the NAIA national play-off by Regis College (Denver) 61-58 last Monday Afternoon. Dubbed an upset victory, Regis’ Allan Hower and Mickey Shannon rebound control was the victory margin. However, the Nashvillians matched the Denver boys basket for basket with 24 each. Regis shot 36.4 per cent from the floor while the Tigers hit 32.4 in their season straight appearance in national play. In the first few minutes of play Regis hit the first bucket and took an early lead. Fighting from be hind Coach Clarence Cash’s quint of Tennessee knotted the tally at 6 all and 10 all in the opening time the has built three schools for white youngsters- but with five other Negro schools going up thij year and plans for seven mor e New Or leans is at least mnUng a start toward catching up. Straighten your hairjn 10 minutes! FBI INVESTIGATES REPORTED BAN OF SENATORS’ PLAYERS THE LIGHTHOUSE AND INFORMER, COLUMBIA. S. SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1954 - • — PAGE SEVEN TROT needed A HORSE — If the horizontal WUUe Troy of Washington, D.G had his way, ho would take some of Joey Gian- dello’s leather to makte a saddle and vanish from the scene, Giardello, the welterweight pride of PhMy, was Just too much for the well- regarded Troy when they met at Madison Square garden. Knocked down four times, Willie was TKO’d in the seventh. ~-‘- Orlando, Fla. .. (CNS) .. Ag ents of th e FBI, acting under Attorney General Herbert Brow : nell’s orders, moved in quickly to track down the report that seven Negro players on the Washington Senators were order ed “out of town by sundown” in nearby Winter Garden. Acting according to Brow nell’s statement that “civil lib erties will be protected” the Federal Bureau of Investigation agents quickly questioned offi cials of the Washington baseball club just one day after the “threat.” However, none of the officials of th e Senators -Quid point tc who did the ordering and why Said Vice President Calvin Gri ffith of the “Nats”, who admitt ed that h e couldn’t identify any Winter Garden city officals as having given the order: “They say now that if the order was given, no city official was guilty but someone was posing as a city official.” And according to Farm Direc tor Ossie Bluege who is in charge of the Senators’ farm system from where the Negro players were affiliated, he thou ght that the order to move was given “by somebody supposed to b e the Chief of Police ” But the Chief of th e Police Maynard Mann has denied he issued th e order. He admitted visiting th e park during praci- tice but not for any other pur pose than to watch the team. 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Tennessee lost its slim final quart er lead when a Tiger miscue gave the ball to Regis with time running out. Playing air-tight defense, Tiger guard Remus Nesbit and center “Big Ben” Jackson paced a last quarter rally which saw the lead change hands five times and tied once at 51 all. Little (5’5”) Nesbit pulled the Tigers in front 43-42 by sinking a 25 footer opening the final stanza. Regis went back in front, when Jackson, Vernon Mc- j Neal and Senior Reed put Ten nessee ahead 51-46. After the game Regis Mentor, Coach Harvey Moore told Cash, “You have the toughest defense I’ve faced this season. 'Me extra years enrich its Great Bourbon Employees’ Social Security News The quarterly social security tax returns which Richland county em ployers will file in April will be the first ones to include the increase in tax contributions. The amount of increase, which became effective January 1, 1954 was from one and half percent to 2 percent for, both employers and employees. “This increase in the tax con tribution is in accordance with the tax schedule set up when the Social Security Act was changed in 1950, and is not a ‘new’ tax,” says W. H. Nixon, Manager of the Columbia social security office. This tax schedule provides for per iodic tax increases in anticipation of future obligations of the prog ram, but the next increase is not until 1960. The social security tax for self- employed persons covered by the law was also increased beginning with 1954. The tax was changed from two and one fourth percent to 3 percent. As the self-employed pay their social security tax but once each year, and that at the time of filing their Federal income tax return, they will pay the pre sent rate of two one fourth per cent on their 1953 income. This will be due not later than March 15, 1954, the income tax date deadline. TFe increased ~iale -of 3 perGRitj will be on 1954 self-employment: income, and it will be due with the Federal income tax on March 15, 1955. Further information regarding the changes in tax contributions may be obtained from your nearest social security office. The social security office in Columbia is lo cated at 1420 Lady Street. Greatest Ever EASTER SALE • HUNDREDS OF SUITS! • HUNDREDS OF COATS! • HUNDREDS OF DRESSES! • HUNDREDS OF DUSTERS! • HUNDREDS OF TOPPERS! A $16.50 bottle of import ed french perfume with your purchase of any suit or coat or wtih purchase of $50.00 or more any where in the store! $149 |/2 PINT $223 pf.PI KlCXOJf PINT 4/5 QT. 8® PROOF OLD HICKORY m»iGHT])0UBB0N WMISKI also available in jog proof bottled in bond • °Lo HICKORY DISTILLING CORPORATION • PHILA. PA. Tallulah Pledges Life Support to NAACP March 18, 1954 Miss Tallulah Bankhead, inter nationally known actress, has made an initial payment on a life mem bership in the National Association I for the Advancement of Colored People. Miss Bankhead hails orig inally from Alabama. Five other Americans made in itial payments on life member ships in the NAACP last week.) Theyare Irving Mariash, New York, an attorney; Miss Rose Morgan, St. } Albans, N. Y.; Mrs. Inez Gumbs, ^ | New York; Mrs. Ruby Johnson, I New York; and Mrs. Ruth Ellingt on James, New York, a staff of the NAACP’s Fight for Freedom campaign. A paid-in-full life membership in the Association was taken out for A Maceo Smith of Dallas, Tex., by members of his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha. Mr. Smith is a member of the Association’s board of di rectors. A group of ministers in Kansas last week contributed ?23.93 to the NAACP’s Association in Manhat tan. Kansas. ’.'rs. Muriel Eileen Holtzman of ’ew York City donated $75.00 to the Fight for Freedom campaign, and the Omega Omega chapter of Upha Kappa Alpha sorority in Philadelphia paid $42.00 on a ?100.00 pledge to the campaign. Two labor unions, one AFL and one CIO, last week donated funds to the Fight for Freedom campaign. The United Packinghouse Workers of America, CIO in Chicago, sent $300.00, and the Hotel and Rest aurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, AFL, in Cin cinnati, forward $500.00