Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers in landmark integration
The story of Branch Rickey offering Jackie Robinson a Dodgers place beyond color barriers. Rickey pressures patience and tact, warns of Jim Crow, and Robinson vows to endure prejudice with faith. Robinson agrees to sign a future contract and receives terms while reflecting on his mission.
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Brooklyn
Pasebell
Branch Rickey
Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
Mr. Rickey
Jackie
Brooklyn Dodgers
Rickey
Simon Legree
Gore
Robinson
Vlaver
Eck Roosevelt Robinson
Ricker
Fulton Ourater
Dackie Robinson
Ray Rend
Cabinet Squabble Again Shows Truman Weakness
The piece argues President Truman’s handling of the cabinet rift over defense policy reveals weakness in leadership. It praises Gen. George C. Marshall as defense secretary pick, critiques Dean Acheson and Louis Johnson, and laments political maneuvering and disregard for congressional intent. It warns of ongoing executive overreach harming checks and balances and calls for decisive action.
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George C. Marshall
Truman
Gen. Marshall
Virginia
American Red Cross
Wnte
Secretary OF Defense
Defense
White House
Gen
Marshall
Louis Johnson
Dean Acheson
Johnson
Acheson
New York
MacArthur
anti-Johnson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Defense Department
Congress
Red Cross
Sen
Taft
Executive Branch
Jim Watson
Indiana
John McCloy
Stuart Symington
Charles Sawyer
Averell Harriman
Bourbon and Branch Water
Scott Lucas
Harry Truman
United States
Washington
Senator Soaper Feeds Cold War Conspiracy Jabs
The piece riffs on Soviet provocation plots and media satire, mocking misinformation and wartime memory. It cites faded magazines, a Hemingway misquote, and a skeptical society exploring past China policy to question Korea era narratives.
University scientists warn on hydrogen bomb bluff risks
Drey of the University of Chicago and Georgia N. Craig of the American Legion urge building the hydrogen bomb to prove whether an enemy can bluff. They argue force is the only language to deter nuclear threats.
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John S. Knight
Chicago Batty News
Petroit Frew Press
Knight
Preso Telegram
Sunday
America
Drey
University of Chicago
Georgia N. Craig
American Legion
Army Has War Dogs on Duty
A Q and A style page discusses military use of war dogs, UN flag display rules, and other trivia. It notes one platoon of war dogs remained on duty at Fort Key, Kansas, during Korea, and covers facts about UN flag code, Friends societies abroad, the Panama Canal bridge opening in 1942, pyramids in the Americas, a Scottish motto, Pope Formosus, AM radio station totals in 1950, and the term Low Countries.
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U. S. Army
Korea
Fort Key
Kan
Exploring Mind and Psychology in Daily Life
The excerpt discusses climate warming effects on humanity, cites rising temperatures in high latitude regions, and notes influence on activity levels. It also reviews fiction with psychological angles like The Green Bough and Cheaper by the Dozen, and reports a Berkeley IQ study of 252 children born in 1928 with varied IQ score changes up to 50 points.
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Canada
Siberia
Scandinavia
Greenland
Psychologista
Berkeley
Calif
Jess
Gradually Fell in Love Japanese Widow Story
A U S Army captain with no family marries a Japanese widow he hired as housekeeper in postwar Yokohama. He explains his gradual love for her, plans to take her home to Michigan, and notes neighbors may object. An Air Force sergeant worries about an illegitimate son and bringing the mother home. A Tokyo dinner party features a Japanese elder praising such unions as fostering peace through race mingling.
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Korea
Japan
United States
Yokohama
Michigan
Lfe
Air Force
States
Tokyo
Thea
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Chicago Daily New
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Soaper
By H. V. Wade
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Skeptics Society
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Army
U.N
United Nations
L. Mc. A
Australia
Denmark
France
Germany
Netherlands
India
New Zealand
Norway
Palestin
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Panama Canal
Miraflores Locks
Egypt
Central America
Scotland
Earl Marischal
Thame
Marischal College
University of Aberdeen
J. A. Formosus
Rome
Tibet
St. Peter's
Fulton Oursler
Albert Edward Wiggam
Relag
U. S
Hal Boyle
Howard Amos
East
Broadway
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