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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1934
Page
5
Distinguish citizens contribute to a large registry titled the Book of One Million Names. The project aims to record names for the sale and perpetuation of university interests, inviting public participation and recognition of notable signees.
A Detroit letter cites Nov 10 1933 1 55 pm as the deadline for 5,000 colored citizens to sign for the Wilberforce University fund raising drive and reflects on Italian and Jewish immigrants rising in American life. It mentions Rosa Ponselle Italo Balbo Primo Carnera and Fiorello Laguardia as examples and stresses education.
The piece notes a Senate Investigation into the banking collapse in Washington D C featuring two Italian American witnesses. It mentions Ferdinand Pecora leading as counsel and Louis J Columbo of Detroit representing Ford Motor Co with Pecora guiding the finance inquiry.
Dean Charles H. Houston told the Fifteenth Annual State-Wide Conference of the Virginia Commission on Interracial Cooperation that discrimination and oppression push African Americans toward proletariat status. He spoke at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church parish house before a mixed audience, warning that interracial progress has slowed in a low mood.
A Howard University Law School dean warns that discrimination and oppression have driven African Americans toward despair and radicalism. He argues that the Negro now echoes radical rhetoric as white society questions the appeal of radicals and communists.
Dr Earnest E Just a zoology professor at Howard University sails on sabbatical to Italy for biology research at Naples Zoological Station. He earned the 1914 Spingarn medal for top research and has long studied life origins with multiple European and Woods Hole visits.
Washington CNS reports Ivy Anderson, a longtime Duke Ellington singer, may be replaced by a different type of vocalist. Ellington management allegedly seeks a less dignified singer, though the claim could not be verified during Duke’s current visit.
In Los Angeles, star tenor Roland Hayes reflects on the heavy weight of racial prejudice. Despite acclaimed success, he expresses sorrow and spiritual struggle tied to the ongoing burdens of being Black in America.
Governor James Rolph of California, who defended a double lynching, will be asked to testify in open hearings on the Wagner Costigan anti lynching bill on February 15. Senator Frederick Van Nuys said Rolph would be invited as a leading defender of lynching and also invited Maryland Governor Ritchie, who sent troops to quell rioting at a mob leaders trial.
The war drama Hell on Earth filmed in Germany is attracting attention in Europe and is now being shown at the Acme Theatre. Critics praise the acting with particular note on Louis Douglas as the outstanding Negro soldier role.
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