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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1929
Page
7
On June 25, 1929, Miss Hegretta Sutton of Clarksburg West Virginia and her cousin reserved seats by phone with Colonial Bus Line. At the ticket office they were told those seats were reserved and forced to take back seats. They complied to reach Cleveland for a convention. They should have sued for damages immediately.
Alonzo Sonleigh Parkham a 20 year old Chicago graduate was sworn in as a plebe at the United States Military Academy West Point. Appointed by Oscar De Priest he is the first Negro to enter since 1918. Parkham joined existing plebes and faced the same routine dining and discipline as others ensuring equal treatment despite history.
A school in Raleigh announces a four building project costing 185000. The plan includes a three story dining hall, a library building, a nurse's home, and a girl's dormitory as part of the school’s expansion.
Anp report: Dr. Anna B Schultze and Dr. James R White were arrested in Chicago on a murder charge after a 19 year old married woman Mrs Winifred Mary Garver died following an illegal operation. The patient alleged anaesthesia and a second physician. Hazel Anderson corroborated the witness.
Detroit leaders meet with Chicago and Toledo officials to arrange the National Bar Association sessions in the Young Men's Christian Association auditorium on August 1 and 2. Judge George will discuss experiences in administering justice. Judge James S. Cobb of Washington presents topics of interest.
Judge Marcus Cavannaugh of the Superior Court urged the state pardon board to commute death sentences for Napoleon Glove and Morgan Swan to life imprisonment, reversing earlier positions after clemency delays. Aaron Woodward received a temporary stay of execution from Governor Emmerson, delaying his electrocution for the murder of Police Sergeant J O Connell to July 12.
In Kansas City Missouri a white mother of eight at a bus station offered her sixth child to Mrs Ruth Walton a colored woman she met there. Walton accepted the child but returned home worried and police were called. The mother identified as Mrs Irvin Thompson of Iowa left the infant with authorities. The baby cried to sleep in City Hospital as police searched for the mother.
Twelve Negro Boy Scout groups in Philadelphia withdraw their charters in protest of discrimination at camps. Local groups and the Young Pioneers join the American Negro Labor Congress in condemning Jim Crow in scouting and urging equal participation for all workers' children. A mass protest is set for Léger Recreational Center, backed by 10 000 leaflets.
The North Carolina Interracial Commission met in Raleigh in an annual session to set major objectives for the coming year. Priorities include improving Negro education health and welfare and broadening popular education through churches to change attitudes fueling injustices. A bus transportation case received emphasis with lower courts upholding access but awaiting Supreme Court review.
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