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^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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stanza. Regis held a three point
margin 15-12 at first quarter horn.
Trailing at half-time 27-34, Ten
nessee shaved Regis’ margin to one
point 42-41 by the end of the third
frame and managed a five
point lead half-way the final frame.
With one minute and 27 seconds
of play in the final frame Ten
nessee held a slim 58-57 lead. Re
gis’ forward and game’s high-
pointer with 24, Hower started
hitting from the pivot slot when
team mate Mickey Shannon fouled
out, to push Regis out in front.
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.
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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.
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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