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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1944
Page
1
The fragment hints at civic education and warning against disaster. It mentions lessons, a golden spirit, and the idea of avoiding ruin under a master. The text references citizens and authority, but concrete details or events are not provided.
Hamilton County officials consider incorporating the Village of Lincoln Heights an area north of Lockland and within Springfield and Sycamore townships. The population, about 4500, is nearly all Negro with a few white families. Lawyer Joseph H. Fulton urged the plan noting real estate tax value above a million dollars and pledging the village would not be a gambler’s or cracker town.
A reflective line of verse questions the fate of a once vibrant Black town and recalls the enduring memory of Dabney, pairing a famous children's song with historical recollection. The text hints at cultural loss, nostalgia, and racial histories embedded in a single poetic reflection.
The Southern Negro Youth Congress in Birmingham asks Attorney General Francis M. Biddle to prohibit the Greensboro Watchman and the Alabama Sun for printing and mailing hate sheets. They call for federal action against White Supremacy League instigators, arguing these publications undermine national unity and the war effort.
The blood of Ashby, a Lagos native, developed into virus culture used to save thousands from yellow fever. Rockefeller Foundation funded research since 1927, with 1943 reports confirming vaccines derive from Ashby’s virus. The piece counters anti Negro blood plasma claims and cites equality quotes.
An editorial in the Jackson Mississippi Daily News condemns the U S Office of Education plan to admit Negro scholars to Southern white institutions. It attacks the department head and vows the South will resist integration while Anglo-Saxon blood flows in the region.
M. W. Clement, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, commends about 17 000 Negro employees in his annual report to the board, noting unprecedented demands on the railroad’s large personnel. The remarks continue on page 3.
Pvt La venia C. Miller, a Hampton Institute graduate and B S recipient in 1934, is reassigned to the public relations office at Fort Douglas Army Air Field. A New York Institute of Photography alumna, she was the first colored woman on WAC duty in Fort Des Moines photographs and the North Carolina State Board of Photographers exam's first African American passer. She taught in Greensboro, North Carolina, after Bennett College high school.
Louisville school principal Atwood Wilson of Central High refused a theatre invitation for Bill Robinson to appear during chapel exercises citing disgust with his Uncle Tom routines. Robertson responded to the insult during a National Theatre performance. The theatre had raised gallery admission from 25 to 60 cents, but few patrons attended.
The Fraternal Council of Negro Churches, speaking for six million Negroes through the Washington Bureau, will press four complaints on the Administration. Rev. William H. Jernagin announced this at a press conference for the National Conference for Religion Democracy and Building a World Community of Brotherhood to be held April 18–19 in Washington.
Dr Roscoe C Brown of the U S Public Health Service addressed about 1100 citizens at the Plum Street Temple marking one of the citys largest health meetings The event ran alongside Lexington Conference and St Andrews Episcopal Church services and featured a parade by American Legion Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts plus choir performances and poster contest awards Cincinnati Medical Association led by Dr H P Taylor organized the wellness observance with 50 cooperating agencies and Negro Welfare division coordinating efforts.
Patrolman Harry A. Holbrook, 26, faced charges of conduct unbecoming an officer stemming from a West End incident involving James Irby and the Cobb car occupants. A three day suspension was served. Holbrook is to return to duty with back pay, after Safety Director Gordon H. Scherer dismissed the charges.
The Ohio C I O Anti-Discrimination Committee and C I O Councils sponsor the April 23 conference in Columbus. It marks the first Area Conference called by a state C. I. O. Anti-Discrimination Committee, highlighting the union's goal to eliminate racial prejudice and unite races in industry and community life.
Our Radio Soldiers Headquarters reports eight members of a Negro engineer aviation battalion in the European Theater of Operations recently passed tests qualifying them to be radio operators. Classes were made up of men with aptitude for this type of work.
Union Baptist Church under Rev W A Page reports a successful Easter Roll Call from March 13 to April 3 1944 with adult and youth divisions. Adults raised 2072 25 dollars, youths 100, toward a new social center replacing the inadequate current building. The fund already holds 5500 cash with plans to pay cash and avoid mortgage.
Matthew M. Hines of Clarksville and Paris Texas was appointed Community Work Secretary of the Ninth Street YMCA. He will promote organize and direct Neighborhood Clubs of the Association and assumed duties March 16. The Neighborhood Boys Club projects include eleven building clubs seven school clubs ten neighborhood clubs and one scout troop with camping game rooms trips and social events. The 1943 annual report shows 265 enrolled boys 572 sessions and 8 580 in attendance. Fred R. Joseph is Boys Work Secretary.
The NAACP outlines eight Southern states voting rules. Georgia sets May 7 registration and May 9 poll tax due with July 4 primary. Louisiana requires August 12 registration and September 12 primaries. Texas restricts primary voting to those who paid $1.75 poll tax by February 1. South Carolina lists July 29 registration with August 15 in some counties, August 29 primaries, and a $1 noncumulative poll tax. Mississippi notes unclear registration timing but July 11 primary and a $2 cumulative poll tax for two years. Arkansas allows payment of $1 poll tax anytime with no registration deadline.
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