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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1934
Page
3
Etta Moten, a university trained performer, appears in Flying Down to Rio at the Lincoln Theatre. Her success across stage screen and air is seen as a new career model for educated Black artists and an inspiration to youths nationwide in Washington.
The Health Improvement Week lineage began in 1915 with Booker T. Washington and fourteen agencies. By 1934 participation reached forty five agencies across white and colored groups, with Texas led by F Rivers Barnwell of Negro Health Service and the Texas Tuberculosis Association. The broader Civil Works Administration connection assigns roles to Harry L. Hopkins officials. Washington’s new title becomes Director of Negro relief operations.
Work of the Federal Emergency Relief and Civil Works Administrations and his duties will concern all phases of relief and civil works as they affect Negroes in all parts of the country. While his headquarters will be in Washington, he will continue as director of the Atlanta School of Social Work, of which he has been the head.
The Scott Newspaper Syndicate owner was shot in the back Tuesday night near his home at 181 Ashby street. He was exiting his garage when an unknown assailant fired an automatic revolver, wounding him in the back and passing a bullet through his body. The syndicate publishes multiple papers across many cities.
Pegler recalls Joe and a telegram to Oscar Battling Nelson at Goldfield Nev. The piece argues for honoring Negro fighters like Dixon and Jackson, contrasts public tributes with the lack of statues, and notes Balti more’s reputation as a great man.
A reflective piece celebrates Baltimore as a city of monuments while noting the absence of a fitting tribute to a local oyster shucker who endured insults and fought back with chivalry. The narrator recalls historic fight scenes in Goldfield as part of a broader history lesson from 1934.
An enormous crowd gathered to watch a whites versus blacks game described as a friendly exhibition rather than a battle. About 4000 attendees paid fifty to seventy five cents, with promoters appearing satisfied. Rev Page calls for a showdown to reveal how recreation funds flow and whether civic branches should compete with private business.
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