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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1950
Page
2
A compact subscription notice outlines rates for one year and six months with fragmented wording and unclear terms. The garbled text implies price or duration details but provides no concrete figures or publisher name.
Rev Hall of St John Church on Mound Street was buried Monday. Mrs Styles of the East End, a longtime Union subscriber, is better. her husband died a year ago this week. Mrs Inez Renfro,Polio campaign VP, works on the Dime A Week program. The University of Cincinnati drive in the West End for the annual University Fund is led by Willard Stargel. Chief Petty Officer Edward R Bailey visits Nashville. he spoke to Ninth Street Y members. The Tiny Club enjoyed a party hosted by Mrs P W L Jones. Mrs Alberta McLeod stands in for Mrs Alice Leland visiting Newark. Mrs Charles Howard visits Meharry University. her sister’s husband teaches there. Madam Mary Randolph becomes Public Relations Rep of the Manse Hotel. Her experience benefits the growing establishment.
The Manse Hotel announces Fred M. Goode as chef in charge of a new streamlined kitchen ahead of its scheduled March 12 opening. Goode formerly led the Broadway Hotel kitchen for 20 years and is reputed as a Great American Chef. The hotel promises refined dining in its spacious dining room with traditional hospitality.
Brother Vincent S V D previously Lewis Webb from Toledo is the sole Black resident of Granby Quebec a city of about 28 000. He joined the Society of the Divine Word as a Catholic Brother last year and now lives on a 275 acre farm.
Eighteen Southern lawyers signed a brief for the U S Supreme Court in support of Herman Sweatt challenging Texas for forcing him to attend a segregated Negro law school. Aubrey Williams of the Southern Conference Educational Fund condemns the separate but equal doctrine as harmful to all races. The brief, filed on behalf of the educators, opposes educational segregation and argues against the equal facilities premise. The case is set for January 30 with lawyers from 13 Southern states signed on.
A reflective poem complains of debt and collectors, pledging to pay The Union and avoid bad fortune. It admonishes those who owe, noting efforts to delay payment should not lead to pawning items. The speaker distinguishes the honest from others, framing a moral stance.
A Cincinnati YMCA appeal thanks donors for 1950 support. It notes 1250 colored boys from the West End benefited in 1949 through pool, camp, counseling, gym, hobby clubs and character development. It requests contributions to fund memberships at 2 dollars per boy with annual fees and requests checks to Ninth Street YMCA, 636 West Ninth Street, Cincinnati Ohio.
The National Tubercular Association reports TB deaths declined slower than other diseases in 1949, though overall TB deaths fall. Dr. James E. Perkins, director, notes TB deaths lag behind influenza, poliomyelitis, typhoid fever, whooping cough, scarlet fever, venereal disease and undulant fever.
Los Angeles beauty culture expert Fannie Price is the inventor of a straightening comb claimed to surpass Madam Walker type models. The detachable teeth and handle feature marks a notable advance, and Price is described as one of the nation’s outstanding hair stylists.
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