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...Cornelius ("Connie") Charlton was the eighth and biggest of Mrs. Van Charlton's 17 babies-he weighed 15 lbs. 8 oz. at birth-and he was a good boy from the time he could toddle. Unlike many other U.S. parents, the Charltons never thought for a moment that he would grow up to be President. The Charltons are Negroes...
Last week, on Abraham Lincoln's birthday, Sergeant Cornelius H. Charlton was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. "The death of my boy," said his father, "distinctly makes a liar out of Paul Robeson and others who have said the Negro will not fight for our country. Those. . . who have felt that the Negro is a second-class citizen must know in their hearts that...
...Gehrmann, the season's fastest indoor mile (4:08.4), ahead-as usual-of FBI Man Fred Wilt; in Milwaukee. Earlier, the Rev. Bob Richards pole-vaulted 15 ft. 4 5/8 in., his second-best ever, then missed three tries at beating Cornelius Warmerdam's record of 15 ft. 8½ in. The next night in Boston, Gehrmann (4:08.9) and Richards (15 ft. 2 7/8 in.) did it again...
...power, at least, he has soared closer to heaven (15 ft. 4¾ in.) than any other divine in history. He now hopes to clear a crossbar set at 16 ft., which is 4¼ in. higher than the world record mark made in 1942 by fabulous Cornelius Warmerdam, the only 15-ft. vaulter on the books until Richards made it a year ago. Bob is also as strictly amateur as an athlete can be. With rock-ribbed integrity, he turns down all offers of "help" from meet promoters...
...Known either as Bynkershoek's rule, for its propounder, Dutch Jurist Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673-1743), or as the cannon-fire rule...