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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
7
The Cotton Club advertises a Paradise for those who love choice clothes, sweet music, good shows, dancing, and beer. It promises cheer for the lonely and blue, inviting patrons to dance till the night ends and to murmur thanks for happiness there.
After storms of lies and slander the Old Men's Home opens to the public though in debt and with starved horses and ragged residents. Sydney Brown resumes control with plans to restore the facility. officers elected include W. P. Dabney president and Rev. W. A. Page vice president.
Continuation notes Cordie Cheek, a teen previously released by a grand jury on a charge involving an eleven year old girl, was abducted from his aunt and uncle’s home in Glendale Maury County. The mob acted within minutes, seizing him before he could reach safety.
Two Fisk students identified the automobiles used by the lynchers but their names are being withheld for protection. The report notes the findings and cites ongoing safety concerns for the students involved.
ILD acquires verdicts after two hung juries in Askew's trials. In a later proceeding he faced a new round of litigation in Virginia, marking a significant shift in the case's trajectory.
The ILD used mass pressure across three states to force the court to overturn conviction of Askew for a murder in which the key evidence showed he was not in Virginia. Despite initial refusals, militant tactics helped secure a full acquittal and spotlight the illegal exclusion of African Americans from juries raised by the ILD during the proceedings.
The NAACP publishing the Harlem Hospital investigating committee report calls universities to enlarge entry for qualified Negro students to medical schools and for hospitals to hire well qualified Negro graduates for intern service. It urges medical boards and municipal hospitals to appoint Negro physicians and surgeons and stresses training Negro physicians and nurses in public health and employment in health agencies.
An International Publishers booklet argues against racial inferiority and praises Negro workers’ capabilities in steel plants. It cites employers who foster divisions to suppress union organizing, including a superintendent who recruited pastors to supply non threatening Black workers.
A local League representative informed Howard University officials that housing delegates in dormitories and dining rooms would be inappropriate. The planned dance in the dining hall on December 27 was canceled, following protests from New York City and Chicago educators directed at President Johnson.
Representatives of the League expect upwards of 300 students from various colleges nationwide to attend the event. About 250 white and 50 colored students are anticipated to be present.
Judge Gaddy urged grand jury to indict every active mob participant in the November 28 lynching of Lloyd Warner. He said leaders and helpers alike share first degree murder guilt and warned that justice requires punishment to curb mob violence. Assistant Attorney General Sawyers filed charges against five men as leaders and others for property destruction and possession of a stolen revolver.
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