Word: detroit
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Howard A. Coffin, 62, humorous, hefty general manager of the White Star Division of the Socony Vacuum Oil Co.; winner for the Republicans in Detroit's poor, melting-pot 13th District...
...Detroit...
...Detroit's cosmopolitan Petoskey section, hoodlums last week systematically scarred the windows of 41 kosher butcher shops with acid. Apparently well-organized, the vandals carried specially insulated buckets, drove cars with license plates covered. Police had no clue as to their identity...
Ever since he was the "boy wonder" second baseman and manager of the champion Washington Senators at 27, Bucky has been down more than up. He left Washington, had misery in Detroit. He lasted one season as manager of the Boston Red Sox. He was daring, aggressive, and understanding of his men. But he also let himself be second-guessed too often from the front office. He got philosophical about it: "God gets you up in the morning in good health and guides you safely through traffic to the ballpark. When your turn comes, He takes you by the hand...
...Johnson went to Fisk as head of social studies. With an interracial team of experts, he has studied such race-strained cities as San Francisco, Detroit, St. Louis and New Orleans. Next target: Minneapolis. He was U.S. delegate on the League of Nations Commission on Liberia, which helped abolish slavery in the African republic...