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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1952
Page
3
A quiz column by A. C. Gordon lists 20 questions with concise answers. Highlights include Nanda Devi at 25,645 feet, hydrogen as the acid element, Aaron Burr as a former U S VP proposing an empire, and Edison lighting New York City in 1882. Other entries name the opossum, Bay of Bengal, warp, Andrew Jackson, and the Isle of Man among numerous facts.
A list of Black inventors and their devices spans paper bag manufacturing to railway lubricating systems. Notable names include Thomas J. L. Louis Joe Louis, Granville Woods, Elijah J. McCoy, Andrew Beard, and Joseph Lee. The piece links their work to industrial strength and democratic equality. It notes a professional Golf League in Diego, California, and a New York Times editorial praising inclusion of six Negro players, framing freedom and opportunity as drivers of national progress.
A cross group hearing in Louisville endorses the NAACP appeal for the freedom of Rosa Lee Ingram and her sons Wallace and Sammie Lee. Advocates from Civil Rights Congress and national and local women’s groups urge the Georgia Parole Board to grant clemency, highlighting lynching and state violence patterns as context.
Count A. J. Gary refund money returned due to address change without notifying Internal Revenue in the Third District Harlem. Mon roe Dowling named Santa Claus and new Negro Collector. Joseph E. Davis elected to publicize need for foster homes and chairs welfare agency to aid Protestant children in family-tragedy cases. Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo in Brooklyn appointed Alfred Jerome Loring Grand Jury Foreman. Loring, 63, said to be first Negro foreman.
Hampton Institute seeks bids this week for an 875000 men’s dormitory to house 257 students. Construction would start in 60 days with completion aimed at January 1 1953. A 775000 loan from the Housing and Home Finance Agency was approved, and 100000 for furnishings comes from unrestricted capital funds. Architect is Hilyard Robinson of Washington DC.
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