05 Oct 1950
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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1950
Page
1
An editorial delivers a stark warning on national peril from Communist expansion, noting China and Korea as awakening dangers. It argues Soviet imperialism seeks to destroy the free world, with Western civilizations built on white supremacy in an epic struggle for survival and asks how the American Negro fits into this wider threat.
President Truman urged an immediate excess profits tax on abnormal corporate gains, insisting Congress act now. The Senate postponed action on the tax until January by 42 to 36 vote, while the House adopted an amendment mandating enactment. The Senate also rejected 52 to 22 a copper imports proposal, keeping a $40 per ton tariff despite copper shortages for national defense.
Ez Charles arrives Wednesday to a city parade led by Councilman Locker and prominent citizens. The procession started at the railroad terminal and ended at the County Court House with music and speeches honoring the man who defeated Joe Louis.
The New York Edition of the Pittsburgh Courier prints a cordial note from George S. Schuyler praising Wendell P. Dabney for his Cincinnati Post story of August 22 and lauding his service to society. The dated exchange reflects editorial camaraderie between Black press figures in 1950.
The three veteran pastors Reverend W A Page as chairman Reverend D A Herrington and Reverend Silas W Davis head the committee on resolutions endorsing Taft.
Dear Dabney reports C Francis Stratford, founder and longtime supporter of the National Bar Association, honored with a plaque in Nashville on September 21 1950 for his fifty year effort and leadership roles including founder secretary president and executive committee member. Willard S Townsend UTSE president notes his modesty and broad esteem from colleagues.
A Baltimore Afro American volume gathers top short stories from 1925 to 1950 with a Foreword by Carl Murphy. Editor Nick Aaron Ford and H L Faggett select and annotate, tracing the publication’s 58 year history since its founding by John H Murphy Sr. The verse urges readers to buy before they depart.
Dr Ralph Johnson Bunche, U N Trustee ship Department senior director, is named Nobel Peace Prize laureate becoming the first Black recipient. News arrives from his British secretary with telegrams confirming the award after a committee of five Norweg ian parliament selections.
The Board of Education chose names for five city schools including Samuel Act School at Reading Road and Rockdale Avenue Jennie D Porter Cutter Street Clark and Court Streets George Hays and Abigail Cutter School at Woodward old site Carthage School on Fairpark Avenue between North Bend Road and Seventy third Street A Roselawn senior high will be Woodward Names honor William Woodward and his wife with land donation noted Noted Porter and Hays were Negroes.
Edith Sampson, a Chicago lawyer and the first Black U.S. delegate to speak for the United States at the United Nations, said she was awed by the 73 item agenda on the opening day of the fifth UN General Assembly session at Flushing Meadow, as she prepared to address the Soviet Union repatriation issue.
The three day Ohio NAACP conference in Lima attracted nearly one thousand attendees for the final mass meeting headlined by Walter White. Senators Taft and Ferguson appeared together on stage, with Ferguson backing strong FEPC and Taft resisting mandatory enforcement. The event showcased sharply different receptions for the candidates and underscored Civil Rights voting dynamics.
Cleveland dispatch reports Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall saying the United States faces a time of great peril and that discounting atomic attack would be folly. Marshall, speaking as American Red Cross president, announced Red Cross will lead training up to 20 million Americans in first aid.
New York report notes Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati defeats Joe Louis Barrow in a 15 round bout at Yankee Stadium before 22 357 fans. Joe Louis says he felt he lacked form after the seventh round and hurt his left wrist. Charles defends title with superb defense.
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