Word: crow
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first National A.A.U. Track & Field Championships held in the South since 1914. (The A.A.U. arranged for a special Pullman car to San Antonio, so their Negro contestants would not have to ride in Jim Crow cars.) The only new world's record set at San Antonio: burly ex-Coast Guardsman Bob Fitch of Minnesota hurled the discus 179 ft. ⅛ in., bettering Italian Adolfo Consolini's mark by more than four feet...
...Bombs. Then earnest Allen Crow, president of the Detroit Economic Club, made a speech. He began by mentioning that Detroit had provided a home for thousands born in Russia. "As to how many there are now of these, it is rather difficult to determine until we know just how many of the countries of Europe are to be taken over, assimilated, absorbed or dominated by the Soviet Government...
...ambassador stared at the ceiling; some of the guests fidgeted. Crow reminded "our distinguished guests" of all the things Detroit had contributed to Russia during the war. He thought it would total about $3 billion. Then he introduced the Detroit-Russian Choir as "Russia's contribution to Detroit...
...weary delegates packed up their bags and headed for home they had constructed a determined, deadly serious, left-of-center plan of action. It called for: international control of atomic energy, Big Three unity, a guaranteed annual wage, expansion of TVA-style river projects, solid opposition to antilabor, Jim Crow* and anti-Nisei legislation. True to the motto, it vetoed the idea of a veterans' bonus...
...buses which operate within one state, Jim Crow seating is still all right. That is the states' business...