What Makes Champions in Heavyweight Boxing History
Grantland Rice surveys heavyweight eras from Corbett to Louis, outlining how rivalries, challengers, and built up matchups shaped champions. He notes Charles faces sparse quality contenders, compares past build ups with Dempsey Tunney Louis and highlights current hopefuls Heintzelman Follet Raschi as late season contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezzard Charles
Charles
Jim Corbett
Sullivan
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Fitz
Jeffries
Jeff
Tom Sharkey
Sailor
Grantland Rice
Jack Johnson
Jim Jeffries
Dempsey
Carpentier
Firpo
Pampas
Ken Heintzelman
Phillies
Howie Follet
Cardinals
Vic Raschi
Yankees
Heintzelman
Frank Murphy remembered as champion of the common man
The tribute notes Frank Murphy’s death and recalls his life as a Supreme Court justice and aggressive reformer. It highlights his study routine in the Washington hotel, his defense of liberty, his early career as attorney general in 1939, and his role exposing graft from Judge Manton to the Huey Long era in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Frank
Washington Hotel
Holmes
Murphy
U.S
Martin T. Manton
Second Circuit
New York
Louisiana
Huey Long
New Orleans
Richard Leche
WPA
The
State University
Missouri
Washington
Maurice Milligan
Kansas City
Justice Department
Tom Pendergast
Pierce Butler
Roosevelt
FDR
Robert H. Jackson
White House
Maestri
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Tom Corcoran
5.75 Billion ERP Funds Move Through Senate
The Senate approved a full year 5.75 billion dollar European Recovery Program appropriation with 344 thousand for a congressional watchdog on foreign spending. It also backed nationalization of industries in England and outlined ECA loans and occupation costs across Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
U.S
Congressional
Congress
England
Great Britain
ECA
Europe
Germany
Austria
Japan
Ryuku Islands
Greece
Turkey
Spain
U. S
GOP Seeks Unity in 1952 Presidential Campaign
The article argues the Republican Party faces deep internal divisions and a fragmented leadership. It notes GOP chairman Guy Gabrielson's controversial selection and predicts unity remains unlikely, jeopardizing both presidential and congressional races in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Guy George Gabrielson
New Jersey
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Gabrielson
White House
Ghostly claims and a local pastor on a haunted boy tale
A local clergyman swore a D C boy experienced midnight manifestations. The minister cited bed shaking and a sliding sequence as proof. The report also notes Bebe Shopp, Miss America 1948, touring London Paris and Rome after her Savoy Hotel departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For Parapsychology
Shakespeare
Heaven
Earth
Bebe Shopp
Savoy Hotel
London
Paris
Rome
Chicago study aims to map infant sleep and diet
University of Chicago researchers begin a project on babies sleep patterns and how diet affects slumber. The study will use test feedings of proteins and specially prepared meats to explore dietary influence on infant rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
American pioneers and modern handouts debate
A patriotic essay contrasts the self reliant pioneer ancestors with today’s demand for government support. It laments voters rewarding politicians with "something for nothing" and cites California irrigation spending as a costly example while noting England cannot compete with American dollar based trade, framing a crisis discussed in conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
England
America
Congress Beats ERP Fund Out and Russia Wins East
An opinion column argues Congress defeated ERP funding, claims Russia makes gains in the East, and notes rising personal incomes nationwide. The piece presents analysts' views, not the newspaper's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Russia
East
Britain Sees U S Criticism of Its Postwar Recovery
London reports British officials are unsettled by rising U S criticism of England's postwar recovery efforts. They say many complaints stem from ignorance of Britain's problems and achievements since World War II. Some officials connect the critique to opposition to President Truman's economic policy and political maneuvering by Republicans aiming to gain capital in America.
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Moscow
Voice of America
Kremlin
Federal Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
London
United States
England
Britain
Tive
Truman
America
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Jack Dempsey
Jack
Willard
Tunney
Jack Sharkey
Sharkey
Gene
Joe Louis
Risko
Heeney
Richard
Schmeling
Baer
Carnera
Braddock
Flotsam
Jetsam
Louis
Joe
Carera
Billy Conn
Justice Murphy
Atlantic City
G.O.P
Nucky Johnson
Boss Hague
Jersey City
Kelly
Chicago
China
United State
Chiang Kai-Shek
Dean Acheson
Pat Hurley
State Department
San Diego
D. C
Beauty Abroad
Wright A. i Eo. Ee
Nation of Mendicants
Hose
Seaboard
Great Central Valley
Pacific
Federal Treasury
Western Newspaper Union
Istanbul
USS
Fargo
Istanbul City
Coral Sea
John Bull
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