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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...case. To 17,227 New York City policemen and 150 policewomen went a special, 21-page order, canceling all vacations and days off. Hotel managers stripped for action. Lobbies were cleared of furniture, rugs and potted plants. The bottoms of paper laundry bags were clipped, to prevent their use as water bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Just Like Oshkosh | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

...honestly against the social intermingling of Negroes and whites but I hold nothing personal against the Negroes as a race. They should be proud of their God-given heritage just as l am proud of mine. I believe Negroes should have the right [to indiscriminate use of the ballot], and in Mississippi too-when their main purpose is not to put me out of office and when they won't try to besmirch the reputation of my state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: He Died a Martyr | 9/1/1947 | See Source »

Although about 200 Seniors will graduate at the end of the summer term, the use of their rooms had already been figured into the 5400 total...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College May Discard 5400 'Limit' on Fall Enrollment | 8/28/1947 | See Source »

...use making a fuss," said Pep (the kappa judge), who sat frowning in front of a wild peach in a pot, "we've got the workers' Butchery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Gulliver in a Kimono | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

...publicity, fired another broadside last week in his campaign to "wake up the railroads." This time, his full-page ads talked about the freight-car shortage which leaves wheat piled on the ground in the Midwest. Young thought the shortage could be lessened if the roads made better use of the cars they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Blood & Cinders | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

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