There is no greatest in sport say the author of 1945
The author argues there can be no single greatest in football baseball golf or boxing. He cites legends like Cobb Ruth Thorpe Nagurski Jones Hagen and Dempsey but contends many strong rivals could exceed them under different conditions. He notes modern advances give many advantages making a universal greatest impossible.
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Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Jim Thorpe
Pudge Heffelfinger
Bronko Nagurski
Red Grange
Cy Young
Mathewson
Johnson
Alexander
Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Byron Nelson
Harry Vardon
Dempsey
Jeffries
Louis
Army
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Southern California
Pittsburgh
Alabama
Michigan
Yale
Cubs
Athletics
Yankees
Doc Blanchard
Bill Daly
Nagurski
Blanchard
Sammy Baugh
Don Hutson
Greasy Neale
Sid Luckman
Baugh
Hutson
Greasy
van Buren
Bert “Ell
Steelers
Bill Dudley
Clint Frank
Dec Blanchard
Glenn Davis
Hagen
Jones
Arthur Duffy
Bernie Wefers
Duffy
Wefers
Jesse Owen
Snort
Seven-Word Platform Plea and Postwar Labor Strain
Wright A Patterson argues in 1936 that both parties dodge clear platform stances by using vague planks. He cites postwar labor misery of a young newspaper carrier who goes from seven dollars weekly to sixty five, then back to unemployment, warning war-era greed and policy stalls threaten recovery. He also suggests punishing speeders in Germany and Japan to curb aggression. Nearly half a million men signed wartime summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Chicago
New York
Senate
House
Dakotas
California
Massachusetts
Submarine crew executed for sinking Peleus survivors
The British Army Headquarters in Germany reports the execution of Captain Heinz Eck Lieutenant August Hoffmann Walter Weisscheinig a naval surgeon and three crew members of a German submarine for the killing of survivors of the British freighter Peleus torpedoed in the South Atlantic in March 1944.
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Germany
Heinz Eck
August Hoffman
Walter Weisscheinig
South Atlantic
Korean Mailman Planned to Kill Japanese Emperor in 1923
Ryoul Pack known as Boku Retsu, a Korean now in his forties, revealed in an interview his 1923 plot to bomb the imperial palace during the wedding of Taisho's heir. Betrayed by a friend, he was jailed for life and released decades later to meet General MacArthur.
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Tokyo
Taisho
Japan
Hirohito
Ryoul Pack
Boku Retsu
Pack
Pearl Harbor
General MacArthur
Korea’s
Army
MacArthur
Korea
Imperial
Irish Little Folk Help Yet to Find Lost Sister
British soldier Maurice Kennedy, an Irish ex soldier, rang 2015 doorbells in Boston in search of his sister Mary Kennedy. He sought aid from leprechauns and fairies, then received a call from a woman who knew Mary. Mary, who hadn't seen Maurice in 15 years, had come to America to become an actress but worked as a maid.
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Boston
Mary
Gunner Maurice Kennedy
Mary Kennedy
Erin
Maurice
Hundreds of Germans executed for petty crimes
Frankfurt am Main reports reveal at Preungesheim prison hundreds of Germans, including civilians and soldiers, were guillotined for petty offences such as listening to the radio or killing livestock. Records also note executions of Poles, Belgians, French, Dutch, and Lithuanians for various offenses.
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Frankfurt AM Main
Germany
Preungesheim
Frankfurt
Japs Burned Prisoner List of 30 000 Names
Tokyo reports Allied forces found that Japan burned prisoner of war records after Emperor Hirohito ordered surrender. The destruction affected as many as 30 000 individuals including over 1 500 missing American B 29 airmen and left vague explanations from Japan's liaison office.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
MacArthur
Japan
From Stage Star to Mining Boss in Rico Colorado
Elizabeth Pellet, former Broadway actress and wife of mining engineer Robert L. Pellet, runs Pelleyre and part-owns Falcon in Rico Colorado. She serves as a county leader, helped secure a $65,000 government loan to keep the Rio Grande and Southern line alive, campaigns for a new highway, and pursues painting and a Rico book.
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Rico
Colo
Elizabeth Pellet
Broadway
Rockies
West
Chicago Tribune
Colorado
Rio Grande and Southern Railroad
Hilliard
Jolly
South Norwalk
Conn
New
Pellet
Pelleyre
Falcon
Congress
Mrs. Pellett
Costliest film Caesar and Cleopatra debuts in London
The technicolor version of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra opened in London with a reported cost of 5.2 million dollars. Critics largely dismissed the premiere, calling it the costliest film of all time yet failing to dazzle London audiences.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Britain
Hollywood
Parachuting Flyer Rescued From Pine Tree Near Walhalla
Lt. R. A. Phillips was rescued after 18 hours 60 feet up a pine tree following a parachute jump from a disabled C 45 transport near Walhalla South Carolina. He and six other Army men survived with severe cold but no injuries. Brig Gen George H. Weems and four other officers plus an enlisted man also parachuted to safety.
Einstein Lecture Causes Town to Buzz
A famed physicist arrives to lecture in a small town sparking eager chatter. Adults debate relativity as a curious child asks what it means while an expert presents a simple analogy about time perception. The scene captures public fascination with science and fame.
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Albert Einstein
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