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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1937
Page
1
A renowned editor provides a vivid account of death and destruction as flood waters engulf Cincinnati and a disastrous fire sweeps the district. The city suffers loss of light heat and water while rescuers and refugees struggle amid demoralized crowds as Ohio’s rampage subsides.
Editor W P Dabney recalls the Cincinnati flood and fire, detailing the displacement of Black residents in the West End and surrounding areas. He notes the Red Cross relief, shifts in shelter, and the resilience of communities as water recedes and restoration begins.
Ohio River floodwaters reach new stages inundating 30 to 40 square miles and submerging Louisville West End, a residential area for prominent Negro families, with water flooding Pythian Building High School and hospital as 2,000 refugees seek safety in a panicked exodus.
Institute West Virginia State College February 5. Mrs Ethel McGhee Davis former Dean of Women Spelman College Atlanta was principal speaker at a program commemorating the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority founding 29 years ago. Sister surors presented the speaker wife of President John W Davis. Harlem colored mounted policemen first in New York history Cecil Burke and Cecil Bush of Troop C rode Seventh Avenue on two occasions last Monday.
The fifteenth annual Race Relations Sunday will be observed February 14, per the Federal Council of Churches. Founders include Dr. James H. Dillard and Dr. George E. Haynes. In Miami, opening of Liberty Square PWA housing project was authorized by Harold L. Ickes. Rents start at $3.73 weekly for a three room dwelling, rising with size. five room homes at $5.25 weekly.
Forty four tenants including former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson secured a month’s rent reduction and repairs after a month long strike led by the Consolidated Tenants League. Donellan J. Phillips, Harlem All-Peoples Party leader, helped direct actions at 445 West 153rd Street with 209 West 125th Street headquarters. Denwill Realty Company agreed to concessions after initial pledges were broken.
The Works Progress Administration through the government announces medical care and hospitalization for infantile paralysis victims with pools and hospitals opened to both colored and white patients. In West Virginia a therapeutic wing at Morris Memorial Hospital in Milton is under construction with pools serving 50 patients and an annex for 75 more. Indianapolis hosts a modern pool model, guiding other states. Hot Springs New Mexico plans an 84 bed hospital with two pools and a June 1 opening. Tucson Arizona adds a fourth pool, also open to all children.
Roscoe Conkling Bruce and his wife, longtime resident managers at the Dunbar Apartments, vacated the largest suite and moved to a Harlem apartment overlooking Mt. Morris Park at 120th Street. Rumors say the Braces may enter politics.
Chicago February 5 Bish op John A Gregg leads the Chicago area campaign with district Presiding Elders pastors and members to honor the A. M. E. churchs 150th anniversary. The drive aims to become a four year plan to wipe out or cut mortgage debt and greatly expand church work.
Enrico Cache maisle a Harlem cigar maker born in Cuba forty years ago died Friday from pneumonia. The family arrived from Cuba by plane for the funeral held Tuesday conducted by Rev. William Lloyd Ines under Duncan Brothers supervision.
Amid anti Negro hysteria over an alleged murder confession, the New York Herald Tribune published a strong editorial titled Color, Crime and Trouble. It defended a large colored workforce, many domestics and porters, who faced job loss as white employers blamed the alleged crime, prompting congratulatory letters from both white and colored leaders.
Washington February 5 ANP reports the Social Security Board work shifted to Baltimore to a large building for space. The unit, moved due to local space shortages, employs about seventy five colored workers, with fifty classified as clerks operating punching machines.
A moral meditation on life’s uncertainty and the flood’s impact. It urges citizens to accept past limits, control what they can, and follow the Golden Rule as the source of real happiness in the face of ruined hopes and property.
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