02 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1922
Page
1
William Gadson, 59, brought from Cullemberg to Mobile, is jailed on a charge of attempting to use the mails to defraud. He claims to be the father of 25 children, 23 living, and says he has been married twice. Held awaiting trial before a Federal Commissioner, per announcement by Senator Ransdell of Louisiana.
Claude Garner, released after a six year term for murder in Moundsville, West Virginia, declined freedom until after Thanksgiving to perform in the prison minstrel show. He remarked to the warden, I don’t want to be pardoned until after Thanksgiving.
The paper notes the value of advertising, emphasizing its role as the home newspaper for readers. It urges businesses to place ads to reach local audiences and support community journalism.
Washington D C. Many disabled colored men previously wage earners now run their own businesses successfully through the United States Veterans Bureau program. These veterans report higher incomes and greater independence after receiving vocational training during and after the war.
A report by the American Civil Liberties Union records more than 5800 mob violence victims in the United States from September 1, 1920, to June 1, 1922. It lists 85 lynchings 51 tar and feather cases 127 floggings and other forcible mob deportations.
Philadelphia police report James Smith aged 42 was shot dead by his wife Janita Smith aged 19 in their kitchen. A jealous quarrel arose after he accused her of infidelity with a young man. The tragedy ends in an immediate fatality.
In Washington DC a determined fight is planned in the Senate over the nomination of W. L. Cohen for controller of customs at New Orleans as opposition grows within the Louisiana delegation.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi alleged in the Senate that five prominent Negroes would receive a $650,000 fee if the Liberian loan bill passed. He named Dr. Emmett J. Scott, James A. Cobb, William L. Houston, William H. Lewis, and Rev. Ernest Lyons and urged an amendment banning such fees. The charge was denied by Senator Curtis and dismissed as rumor.
Federal Judge Mc Clintic told the grand jury that he has received communications suggesting Klan activity is rising in West Virginia. He cited a threat to an aged woman and said people wear masks only to cover up something shameful, wrong, or hateful.
Atlanta, Nov 30 Heman E Perry directing head of the Service Company Standard Life Insurance Company and Citizens Tract Company presented a 250 dollar check to the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce last Monday. The transmittal letter stated the gift was a token of Negro interest in Atlanta’s welfare and growth.
In New York on December 1, Willie Ritola of the Finnish American A C won the national senior cross country title at Van Cortlandt Park. R Earl Johnson of Pittsburgh finished second with defending champion Johnson placing runner up.
Police Commissioner Richard E Enright orders detectives to collect evidence on Ku Klux Klan activities in New York City to enforce Mayor Hylans directive to expel the group. Mayor urges treating the Klan as Reds and bomb throwers and to press names of organizers for press release. Rev Oscar Heywood of Calvary Baptist claims Klan members include Congress governors judges and police. cites Judge Henry A Grady as a Klan head.
At Memorial Hall on December 12 Roy Wilfred Tibbs, professor of pianoforte at Howard University, becomes the first Black recipient of the Oberlin Conservatory Master’s degree for actual work done there. Oberlin director Morrison hails Tibbs as a brilliant pianist. Lillian Evans-Tibbs, a Howard Conservatory graduate, is praised for her singing by H.T. Burleigh and others.
New York City on November 29 reports the third meeting of Anti-Lynching Crusaders officials and state directors. More than 700 key women across 25 states work to enlist white and Negro citizens to suppress lynching in America.
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