The Union and Cincinnati Race Relations Letter
A compilation of editorial notes, a superintendent's letter on school transfers, and a plan by Cincinnati council to address the Negro situation. It references Randall J. Condon, the Jackson Sherman and Stowe schools, and calls for coordinated housing sanitation education and recreation efforts for Negro communities.
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Cincinnati Public Schools
Denton Building
7Th and
Race
Randall J. Condon
Strickland
Miemming
Jackson
Sherman School
Stowe
Sherman
Linton Park
Harriet Beecher Stowe School
Stone
Fleming
Stowe School
Condon
Pipe Organ Unveiling At Carmel Presbyterian Church
Carmel Presbyterian Church at 9th and Linn hosts a Monday January 20 unveiling of a detached console and electric pipe organ at 8 o clock. Chorus conductors Shirley Hawkins with 75 singers and Mamie Hargrave with 50 children lead performances. Charles Trotter and Graham Gorden join in the organ playing alongside a Cincinnati Presbytery moderator speech and Mrs A L Whitaker presiding. Admission is 25 cents. Rev W L Brean, minister.
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A. L. Whitaker
W. L. Brean
Board to Adopt Program on Negro Conditions
Executive Board of the Council of Social Agencies plans swift action on the program in the report on negro conditions submitted by J. H. Robinson of the Negro Civic Welfare Committee. A three member committee from Social Agencies will review the details before adoption.
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Council of Social Agencies
J. H. Robinson
Negro Civic Welfare Committee
Social Agencies Board
Wanted Couple Seeks Rural Life in Cincinnati Ad
An advertisement seeks a middle aged farmer and wife who love the country and understand farming. The couple should be industrious honest and careful with stock. Respond to W P Dabney at 420 Mallister Street Cincinnati.
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W. P. Dabney
Mallister Street
Cincinnati
Soldier Boys Find Light and Joy at the Palace
A brief note recalls a great week at the Palace as soldiers find light and joy, reminded of La Belle France, underscoring morale and wartime spirit.
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France
Christmas Carol Service at St Andrew's Episcopal Church
Last Friday evening the rector chair and organist of the Church of the Advent Walnut Hills visited St Andrew's and rendered a special Christmas Carol Service. The Parish House now completed provides privileges and opportunities along social recreational gymnasium physical hygienic economic and educational lines.
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Church of the Advent
Walnut Hills
St. Andrew's
Forum to host Tawney on The New Democracy forecast
Professor Guy E. Tawney of the University of Cincinnati will speak at The Forum Sunday January 19 at 4 pm on The New Democracy a forecast of world peace. Miss Alston soprano with Miss Helen Greer to render solos.
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Guy E. Tawney
University of Cincinnati
New Democracy
Miss Alston
Helen Greer
Louisville student thanks Ault & Wibert staff for tuition collection
Rev. H. C. Woolfork, a State University of Louisville student, expresses gratitude to numerous Ault & Wibert employees for helping present a generous collection to pay his tuition. List of donors includes Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Murray and many others.
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H. C. Woolfork
State University of Louisville
Ault & Wibert
Charlie Murray
John Wm. Saunders
O. H. Davis
Bill Trotter
Oscar Thomas
T. L. Laster
Wm. W. Martin, Jr
Henry Morgan
Mace Wilkerson
Wm. V. Martin
Brent Beard
E. W. Simms
Lincoln Theatre Weekaugle Film Lineup and Stars
The Lincoln Theatre announces a week of photoplays headlined by Wam. 8S Hart in The Border Wireless with action at the wireless station. Weekly program includes The Iron Test, Callaux Case, The Bondsman, Brass Bullet, Lure of the Circus, Kultur with Glady Brockwell, and plans for Annette Kellerman and Theda Bara features.
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Hart
Berlin
Fox
Callaux
Paris
Mme. Callaux
Wm. Farnum
Hall Caie
Eddie Polo
Noble Johnson
Gladys Brockwell
Eve
Bruce & Bruce
Madame Bruce
Annette Kellerman
Theda Bara
Sporting Life
Riders OF the Purple Page
Finley
Arrested for Bigamy In Newport Case Sparks Debate
William Jones, 30, described as a negro, was arrested by Detectives Henry Asplan and Joe Van Luenen on a bigamy charge. Margaret Jones, his first wife, swore out the warrant alleging he wed her January 14, 1911, and again on December 21 in Newport with Cecelia Taylor. Deacon Jones, the defendant’s father, allegedly performed the second marriage. Jones had filed for divorce from his first wife. The report discusses race, religion, and passenger segregation amid calls for equality and a modern New Day.
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William Jones
Henry Asplan
Joe van Luenen
Margaret Jones
Jones
Cecelia Taylor
Newport
ROTC to Start at Tuskegee Institute February 1
Tuskegee Institute Acting Principal Warren Logan announced plans for a Reserve Officers Training Corps program beginning February 1. Open to all male students over fourteen of the Colored race, the government provides a full uniform and an army officer to lead drills. Top students may pursue further training toward a commission in the Officers Reserve.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Warren Logan
Tuskegee Institute
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Officers Reserve
Kentucky native Walker D. Hines named new R R director general
Hon. Walker D. Hines succeeds Director General McAdoo and is a former president of the L N. He hails from Kentucky and supports policy proposals aimed at improving terminal facilities and related railroad infrastructure.
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Walker D. Hines
Tuskegee Conference Plans Sealed Speakers Listed
Announcement from Tuskegee Alabama on January 11 confirms Bishop Thomas F Gailor of Memphis as a principal speaker at the Tuskegee Negro Conference He will join Hon Bradford Knapp of the Labor Department and Emmett J Scott Special Assistant to the Secretary Discussions will cover demobilization reabsorption into industry and farming The Twenty Eighth Annual Conference expects the largest attendance perhaps ever for these meetings.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Thomas F. Gailor
Memphis
Tennessee
Bradford Knapp
U. S. Department of Labor
Emmett J. Scott
Masked Man Robs Woman Near Barr Street Home
Mrs. Alice Connell of 812 Barr Street told police that after supper a tall masked man sprang from the shadows in her rear yard and pointed a revolver. He demanded money and she handed over $80.
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Alice Connell
Barr St
Conference in Nashville Seeks Armenian Relief Funds
Representative colored men from many regions met in Nashville Tennessee on December 13 by invitation of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief to plan Negro participation in the thirty million dollar drive. They unanimously adopted an appeal urging black communities to raise two hundred fifty thousand dollars as their share of the fund for relief work.
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New York
Nashville
Tenn
American Committee For
United States
Adolphus Lewis
Local Notables and Sick Lists in Covington
Dr W H Ballard Jr from Lexington is here taking examination and visiting Dr and Mrs S J Watkins. Mr E Jones on 10th St is sick. Park Paker's family on Garrard St all down with flu. Mrs Andrew George on Ruggellaw is sick. Rev Dr A White district Superintendent of Indiana District attended M E Church last Sunday. Miss Anna Humphrey of East 20th St is sick. A M E Church raised over one hundred dollars last Sunday. Mrs Bell of East Robbins Sr is ill and Mrs Stewart of Mt Sterling visits daughter Mrs Ed Bush.
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W. H. Ballard, Jr
Lexington, Ky
S. J. Watkins
Park Paker
Garrard St
A. White
Indiana
Anna Humphrey
East 20Th Street
Mrs. Stewart
Mt. Sterling
Mrs
Ed. Bush
Topography Explains Tornadoes Says Weather Bureau
A People's Home Journal writer cites United States Weather Bureau scientists attributing tornado frequency to U S topography. The Mississippi Valley, from Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian line, shapes warm gulf moisture meeting cold Rockies winds, spawning funnel clouds. Tornado paths run southwest to northeast with speeds 50 to 60 mph and widths of hundreds of yards to a mile.
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United States
People’s Home Journal
United States Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Canadian Line
Gulf
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Cheap Restaurants Abroad Boost Weekly Profits
The article notes cooperative restaurants abroad show profits around 70 percent, with meals priced 2 cents for lunch or supper and 17 cents for tea and breakfast. Paris also hosts ten publicly controlled eateries serving roughly 30 cent meals to 1,000 diners each, while American diners face tight budgets leaving little after a full meal.
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Maggents Thrift
Paris
SCRAPS OF HUMOR An Embryo Humorist
A brief humorous exchange shows a mother asking about chicken meat and a child explaining he removed white meat to “make a clean breast of it” Then a joke about pilot gunboats needing signal guns in fog and threading a needle with a gun.
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Robert
Bobby
Conversation on proposals and burglar’s retreat
A dialogue contrasts a woman who can compel proposals with one who cannot please any. Mr Dolan asks if the burglar said enough after being attacked. Mr Rafferty confirms the burglar said enough, noting his swag and effort to keep it all.
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Mr. Dolan
Mr. Rafferty
Senator Sorghum Questions Gwendolyn Letters
In a witty exchange, Senator Sorghum jokes about needing to return home to interview constituents to form an opinion, quipping that he may have to go back home to learn what his stance is. The banter underscores his reluctance to commit.
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Senator Sorghum
Live and Learn Kai ser declaration joke
A fragmented exchange implies a misunderstanding about a historical decision. The line hints at a misread reason for a non declaration of war involving Holland. It reads like a casual aside and lacks concrete facts or named figures.
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W. S. Strickland
AIM
Palace Cabaret
Lula Hall Alexander
Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing CO
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Woodburn
Park Ave
W. H
ST. Andrew's Episcopal Church
the Forum
Lincoln Theatre
Hines
Kentucky
Officers Training Corps
NEW R. R
Covington, Kentucky
E. Jones
10Th St
Andrew George
Ruggellaw
A. M. Ef.church
Potiscmidi’s
Seventh Avenue Sanitary
West
THE
WEE Grocery Company
W. St. SJ
Central Avenue
Ohio
Smith
Famous Family Theatre
Ollie Dempsey
Gwendolyn
Holland
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