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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1922
Page
3
Mayfield Kentucky reports the stork delivered a seven pound boy to Winfrey Williams, a 34 year old mother with 11 of 20 children living. No comment on Williams is offered, and it is noted he has followed the injunction to increase and multiply.
A Philadelphia Quaker led annual meeting in the New Central Drawing Room drawing a large audience of white and colored supporters. The Armstrong Association, affiliate of the National Urban League, stresses the League’s slogan Not Alms, But Opportunity for Colored People.
Sam Dean recalls Chinese workers preferring pain over losing face. A gate keeper tied a cord to a door knocker and nearly strangled himself to prove a point, eliciting laughter from a crowd. An Italian contractor faced jeers as coolies mocked his blows while maintaining dignity in a crowded work site.
Fletcher Hiles, colored steward on a Big Four club car between Cincinnati and Cleveland, installed a receiving radio on his car and demonstrated successful communication while trains ran at full speed. Holding an amateur radio license, he has spent ten days refining the system and plans to send messages between his train and a following one. Railroad men and passengers alike show keen interest as he receives music and broadcasts on the trip.
In Philadelphia the Armstrong Association highlights the value of unselfish service and community aid, praising volunteers who support local welfare efforts and charitable programs through dedicated work and cooperative programs.
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