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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1942
Page
2
The Union notes W P Dabney as owner and editor based at 238 East Fourth Street in Cincinnati Ohio with emphasis on local publication leadership and address.
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A wartime Thanksgiving verse expresses gratitude for the sun over a war torn country. Separate notes report Secretary J Harvey Kerns named Director of the Nash Center and a quip about manager Coffey being rationed. Mrs Lult B Hoggans remains on the sick list.
Harold Overton hosted a Thank You Nite Club Party at Duffy's Tavern for Collegiate Dry Cleaners and Hat Works patrons. The Wee Hour Club enjoyed Dr. and Mrs. Huffman’s hosting, Elizabeth Phillips led the Progressive Club, and invitations go out for Ed and Serena Mason's Golden Wedding at Douglass Community House on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. Ann Mason is a teacher and civic worker. Eva Bowles spent time in Columbus and now lives in New York. Meacham left remembrances to servants as she died. Preston Warren, a former employee, received $5,000.
The passing note expresses regret over Mrs. Mable Isom’s recent accident and reports Rev. L W Gray’s condition remaining unchanged.
An obituary style notice regrets an omission from a surprise birthday tribute to Editor W. P. Dabney. Principal Geo A. Phillips is named as the absent guest, with other attendees including Grand Master Richardson of Richmond Indiana Judge J. Bowman of Columbus Sir Horace Sudduth real estate king Sir C K E Sampson insurance magnate Rev Wilbur A Page a Baptist bishop in prospect
Mrs Hattie Grace and family express gratitude for kindness after their mother’s death. They thank Rev Frank Veal Rev Wallace M Wright and Rev R G Taylor for prayers and officiating. Honored Dr R B Clarke and undertaker Ben B Crittenden for services. Notes on Watts family church ties and a social anniversary in Newark and Indianapolis visits referenced.
A brief note from ARMETTA B W expresses pleasure at kind words and signs as your admirer. Dabney responds with thanks.
The NAACP legal committee, meeting September 21 at the Washington Bureau, urges action by the Department of Justice and plans to file against Southern Railway and T J Hudson of Decatur Alabama for assault on ministers. It also aims to present the case to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Office of Defense Transportation.
Mrs Martha Cooper entertained the Duplex Cultural Club at Washington Terrace Hall Thursday afternoon with twenty seven attendees. Guests included Mrs Margaret Whitson Mrs Mooday Mrs Nathaniel Greer Mrs E Miller and others for a turkey dinner and trimmings. Mr and Mrs Clyde Roberson reside at Melish Avenue in a new apartment. Cleo Kinnard visited Mt Zion Church after a knee sprain. Dr H M Perry joined Mt Zion Church recently and Bishop R I Jones is expected for Harvest Home. Roll call at Mt Zion Church.
Dayton Ohio November 16 1942 Wendell P Dabney writes of a Dunbar Club gathering praising and pitying the subject writer while noting remarks by Madam Charlest and Mrs Johnson about the poet Dabney and their kindness and character sketch reflections at a Unique Study Club meeting.
A Chicago message dated November 16 1942 expresses praise for a respected figure named Dabney. The writer thanks him for years of friendship and counsel and wishes him continued service to those in need in the Union issue of the day.
An amused note from Old Socks to Lucullus, Arbiter of Pleasure and editor of The Union, celebrates Dabney’s 77th birthday. The writer reflects on age, expresses esteem, and mentions attending Dr. Sarjeants’ Thanksgiving mansion feast. He signs off with old guard proverbs and wishes for Dabney to keep his “powder dry.”
W N Lovelace chair of Ninth Street YMCA receives a $100 contribution from the Schmidlapp Fund to sponsor the membership of twenty boys. The donor requests credit in memory of the late Jacob G Schmidlapp, with signatory WM A Stark vice president and trust officer.
Washington leaders recount a brutal Sept 8 railway beating of Rev. J. C. Jackson of Hartford and Rev. S. A. Young of Washington by white passengers. DOJ Civil Liberties chief Rothen and Coleman heard the ministers along with NACCP official Walter White and other clergy as they described the incident en route to the National Baptist Convention in Memphis.
A wartime appeal urges national unity and discipline to defeat a tyrannical foe. It condemns demagoguery and division, stresses shared risk, and cites Nelson's motto as motivation. The piece notes 75,000 Negro workers in plant training via WPA programs and a scrap drive yielding 2,306 pounds of metal.
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