Word: chattanooga
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...still dark in the Sequatchie Valley. James I. Scales, 17, rose as usual from his dormitory bed in a Negro reformatory 69 miles northeast of Chattanooga. James was a trusty. He dressed and crossed the cold yard to the bungalow of Superintendent H. E. Scott, where he usually helped the womenfolk with the daily chores. But on this morning, there was a change in routine. Superintendent Scott was away in Nashville...
...citizenry of Chattanooga, Tenn., eternally picketed by statues commemorating Civil War battles, planned a $500,000 memorial park on the Tennessee River's Moccasin Bend...
...attitude of Negro civilians towards Negro soldiers was frequently indifferent and sometimes as antagonistic as the whites'. In Chattanooga, Tenn., Negro rooming house owners told Negro soldiers and their families: "We've got rooms but we haven't got any for you." At Sebring, Fla., a Negro restaurant owner hung out a sign: "No soldiers wanted...
...three methods: the two-hand snatch, the two-hand clean and jerk, the two-hand military press.* Atlas' share of this year's honors went to York's Emerick Ishikawa, a 23-year-old Japanese-American in the 123-lb. class. At the A.A.U. championships in Chattanooga, Tenn. he added 19¼ Ib. to the snatch record by lifting 193 Ib. He cleaned and jerked a record...
...Armed Whacker. Pete Gray of Nanticoke, Pa., a regular outfielder for the Memphis Chicks, knocked a homer over a 20-ft. fence 330 ft. from home plate in a Southern Association game at Chattanooga's Engel Stadium. He has no right arm. Batting against Pitcher Bob Albertson of the Chattanooga Lookouts, the cocky, 28-year-old slugger let two wild ones go by, then clouted his way around on the kind of pitch he dreams about-waist-high and a little inside. Said Gray: "It sure felt good...