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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
1
A vintage look at Roosevelt’s return to the White House and Willkie’s near miss. The piece notes gains for Democrats and a slate of Black voters shifting local and state offices, with mentions of Mitchell, King, Gillespie, and Joe Louis. Perry Howard is highlighted as a Willkie asset and many party figures labeled as foibles or fooges.
The Cincinnati Branch NAACP schedules its annual membership drive from November 12 to 22 with Nathan Wright of Madisonville as general chairman. Headquarters at Ninth Street Branch YMCA. Officers include Wm A McClain president John J Phillips first vice president Nathan Wright second vice president Camille F Hood secretary Ruth Pius assistant secretary Jorida Anderson corresponding secretary Chas W Hatcher treasurer. Executive committee includes T M Berry B F Cann A L Cheek Chas R Davis Clara Hough Wm N Lovelace Catherine Nichols Marcus M Rambo Willis C Weatherly.
The Associated Charities announces it will render services to individuals and families affected by Peace Time Conscription. Many will be called to service though families may manage finances, but separation of husband or son can cause anxiety which the Family Agency worker will address. Statement issued by president Murray M. Shoemaker.
Dabney reports on Wendell Willkie's Monday night address after the campaign closed. The speech hints his next run has begun and questions whether it will succeed on mindset courage and funds or fail like prior plans.
Patrolman James Sloan, kneeled by Stephen LeHarry, refused to reveal his Roosevelt or Willkie choice at Pennsylvania Station polling. He reportedly voted for FDR, driven by Arthur J. W. Hilly and accompanied by his 15 year old daughter Gladys and Joseph Shalleck. Joe Louis and GOP leaders reportedly failed to sway Sloan's Democratic stance.
Verinda Brown defeats Father Divine as Appellate Division upholds a $5,949 repayment from the Heavenly Treasury. Justice Benedict D. Dineen’s ruling also orders Father Divine to return to Veranda and Thomas Brown items including furniture linens and rugs from 1930. Brown claimed she handed over goods after attending Divine lectures and received gold dollars for raising a child she believed was taught by Divine.
Atlantic City moves to inaugurate the Federal Food Stamp Plan after City Commission authorization for Mayor Taggart to invite a federal expert. The plan aims to aid relief recipients by allowing $4 in stamps to be purchased with 50 cents free, exchangeable at cooperating grocers, benefiting WPA workers and the jobless.
A 1940 Washington DC letter expresses plans for a National Unity Plan and asks Dabney to publish parts of the program. Edgar G Brown signs the note, while W P Dabney responds with regret and offers to publish when needed.
Edgar G. Brown Bishop R. R. Wright Jr. and Dr. C. T. Murray unite 30 000 Negro federal employees over a million African Methodist Episcopal Church members and Baptist Convention leaders urging all Negro citizens and welfare groups to join a national Washington meeting on November 15 1940 to back the National Defense program and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
France continues to fund the German military presence in occupied territory with weekly payments averaging 69 million dollars. The Journal Official reports the figure reflecting the burden on France, Africa, and Asia under conquest.
A large crowd attended a record breaking Home Coming at Nicholasville Kentucky's First Baptist Church. Rev L W Gray Mrs Stella Smith and Miss Overstreet led the program with hymns and exhortations. Ministers ordained include Geo W Wyatt W H Williams L W Gray C C Smothers Wm Price and others. Benediction closed a joyful Lord's Day.
Miss Grace Bryant of Madonna High School Cincinnati won third place in a nation wide essay contest for Negro high school pupils. The Ohio Public Health Association reports she competed against 150000 pupils from 20 states and will receive a bronze medal and a $20 cash prize from the National Tuberculosis Association.
Howard O. Hunter, Acting Commissioner of Work Projects, announced that nearly $100,000,000 in War Labor or Work Projects Administration funding for construction and improvement of national defense facilities and training of defense industry workers has been approved since July 1, reaching close to the total amount by the end of October.
Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, Atlanta University professor, argues Wilberforce University should sever church ties and become a state college. He contends church politics hinder progress, warns of late access to state funds, and urges a future oriented, nonsectarian governance to rise as a standard state institution.
Miss Mabel Switzer director of the Associated Charities Training Shop asks for discarded toys in repairable condition for distribution to city children at Christmas. Call Parkway 4900 to arrange pickup or deliver items to the Training Shop at 304 Broadway between 8 30 a m and 4 00 p m.
Anthony B. Ferguson argues sixteen pivotal states showed the Negro vote favored Franklin D. Roosevelt, maintaining his balance of power in the election and supporting a possible third term. Continued on Page 3.
The St Louis Argus criticizes the NAACP leaders Walter White Roy Perkins Frederic Morrow Thurgood Marshall and William Pickens touring the country in what they call righteous indignation over Roosevelt's armed forces integration remark. The paper terms the move a political trick and questions motives while preserving respect for the organization.
A speaker labeled Joe Louis warns that four more years of Roosevelt would strip Black citizens of the vote. The remarks, framed as a critique of political leadership, reflect tensions over economic influence and racial empowerment.
The Birmingham Negro Progress Exposition begins November 17 hoping to avoid critics and lawsuits that marred the Chicago event last summer. A Dabney quote urges that a good name is to be valued over great riches in these modern days.
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