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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
1
A Stowe School report notes the disappearance of a beloved teacher's Snuggies. Readers wonder if they vanished during a vacation, were moved for ventilation, or were stolen. The scene at the famed institution grows tense as questions rise about where, when, and by whom.
A War Department letter to the NAACP reports the 10th Cavalrymen assigned to care for Army War College horses, clarifies Negro combat troops status, and notes the 24th Infantry at Fort Benning is armed with combat materiel while all Army service ranks equally, with some white combat troops in labor battalion duties.
Houston readers heard Dean William Pickens of the NAACP and Roscoe Dunfee of the Black Dispatch address congregants at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. Prof. E. O. Smith presided as master of ceremonies during the packed session.
In tribute to J B Stradford, the Omaha press notes his journey from Oberlin to Oklahoma where his property burned in the Tulsa riot, then to Chicago and Cincinnati. The article recalls his ambitious Rights League and his son, a leading lawyer and former National Bar Association president, as the heroic continuation of his work.
Column by Harry Grayson notes the 1935 Sullivan Memorial Medal should honor the year’s top amateur athletic performance and suggests forwarding it to Jesse Owens with compliments. The item appears continued on page 3.
The Amsterdam News, New York City’s longtime Black newspaper, filed for bankruptcy on Friday. The debtors include Pentagon Press and Powers Engraving Company, among others, after more than 25 years serving New York.
The Washington Herald on Sunday honors Professor James Cornelius Wright of Dunbar High School. A Wilberforce and Howard graduate, Wright is retiring on December 21 after more than 87 years in public education, following his sixty fourth birthday December 20.
A December 20 1935 open letter from a reader to Editor Dabney in Cincinnati notes the Civilian Conservation Corps progress and its relevance to the nation and the Race. It references continued coverage in The Union and signals continuation on page 4.
Col Roscoe Simmons spent two days in Coffeyville Kansas speaking at Memorial Hall and addressing about twenty Colored students at Junior High. He also met Colored children at Cleveland Grade School where the event impressed the youngsters. The visit was described as transformative for the local Black community.
Sunday report describes Mrs. Lillie Brooks mother of Joe Louis arriving in the city with relatives. Mamie E. Wilson aids the visit at her residence. Mrs. Brooks and kin are described as quiet, religious, and hospitable. Mrs. Nettie Martin and Mrs. Brooks plan further travel to Alabama and Detroit.
The narrative outlines social conditions among Black residents in a northern city, contrasting plentiful labor with insufficient investment in community improvement. It condemns ignorance and poverty as remnants and challenges ministers and educators to address the situation, signed by Dabney and Will Pharoah.
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