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...born, according to conflicting versions, on March 6, May 7 or May 25, 1892, the son of Franjo Broz, a Croat blacksmith, and his wife Maria. He was christened Josip at the Kmrovec Catholic church, and entered the parish school. According to some authorities, Tito was "a bad, violent schoolboy," who soon left his father's house, became a locksmith's apprentice...
...rural Jews who knew nothing of the ghetto. Arthur Koestler describes them* as "mostly blond, freckled, broad-featured, heavy-boned and clumsy . . . haunted by no memories. . . They had no ancient curse upon them and no hysterical hopes; they had the peasant's love for the land, the schoolboy's patriotism, the self-righteousness of a very young nation. They were Sabras-nicknamed after the thorny, rather tasteless fruit of the cactus, grown on arid earth, tough, hard-living, scant...
Jimmy McLane will turn 16 next month. Already he is the nation's speediest distance swimmer. Last week in San Diego, 145-lb. Jimmy, a Phillips Andover schoolboy from Akron, won the National A.A.U. outdoor 400, 800 and 1,500-meter free-style events. His 19:23.1 time in the 1,500 set a meet record. Said Yale Coach Bob Kiphuth, who hopes that Jimmy will eventually be on his team: "He's just beginning to mature...
...staff perpetually burrowing for the answers-many of which have nothing to do with stories that have appeared in TIME. It is an old TIME custom to answer every letter we receive, but once in a while somebody overestimates our capacity. Take this recent communication from a South Carolina schoolboy, for instance...
Last week, a twelve-year-old Hiroshima schoolboy with a ragged scar over his left eye peered at a TIME correspondent through glasses he has worn ever since the bombing. Said Hiroshima's child: "You American? American soldier good. Americans number one." His mother and sister, he said, had been killed by the bomb...