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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1923
Page
4
Mrs Alberta Wills has returned from Pasadena California where she spent time visiting and relaxing before resuming her usual duties and social engagements with friends and family in the area.
Preston News Service reports Southern whites resist President Hardings order to staff the United States Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee with Negro personnel. Director Hines plans July investigation. The dispute centers on whether white or Black staff should run the facility, with national observers watching Harding's stance.
In Indianapolis on July 5 chief of police Herman Rikhoc denied permits for July 4 parades by the Ku Klux Klan and the American Unity League, declaring Indianapolis would not be traced by un-American demonstrations during his tenure. In Tuscaloosa on July 6 Walter Crowell surrendered after firing at his former sweetheart from a car. the bullet missed and the woman protected herself by dropping to the pavement.
Mr and Mrs F Niles donate 26900 to build a two story orphan home for 75 children in Kansas City Missouri. The facility will serve both boys and girls up to age 11 with future expansion planned. A Negro community committee led by E Rooss of the Y M C C A and secretary William Dawley oversees the project.
In Portsmouth on July 1 the city council adopted an emergency ordinance making it effective immediately. It subjects labor agents hired to send workers out of state to a $660 annual license and requires a $5,000 performance bond for contracts signed in the city. The law aims to curb foreign labor agents from bringing in labor.
Mobile July 6 A state legislator says Alabama will revisit the convict contract system when the adjourned assembly resumes. A statewide committee seeks to abolish the system and end convicts in privately owned mines and other industries. Supporters warn the bill could trigger a fierce legislative fight.
St Louis reports the third annual meeting of the Grand United Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star Missouri held last week at Lane M E Tabernacle with four teen states represented. Mrs Lot tie G Gamble of New York spoke at the first session. other sessions were at Argus Hall. Bay Minette Alabama reports the body of J D Moore found in the Tensaw river after he disappeared from Bacon McMillan Veneer near Stockton. Henderson North Carolina notes about 2253 Negroes left town for the north in a month seeking higher wages, with a few white residents leaving as well.
New York CityJuly 6 Ellis Island logged one of its largest immigration surges with over 16,900 aliens arriving on July 1. The mass influx is expected to ease the country’s tense labor market amid ongoing workforce pressures.
Chicago June 21 A statement from Mrs Rose Rosehart a West Coast returned missionary says African girls are decidedly more modest than American girls She recalls six years in Sierra Leone noting African women wear covering clothing and are creditably modest while flappers are rare and use blue paste instead of rouge She claims heathen women are ahead in modesty.
Edward Sanford a Burlington manufacturing labor scout was arrested in Anderson County South Carolina on a charge of soliciting labor without a state license. He posted 1500 bond and returned to North Carolina after the arrest.
The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed Samuel Ware’s grave robbery conviction and the Fulton superior court case. Ware will be retried for larceny of coffins from the grave, while the court urged legislative action to fix the law.
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