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RAYMOND S. ANDERSON Newark...
...Afro-American chain of Negro newspapers (Baltimore, Washington, Newark, Philadelphia, Richmond, circ. 208,835) came out for Tom Dewey because: 1) "the abuse and Jim Crow of the 800,000 colored soldiers ... is shocking and heart-sickening"; 2) "a fourth term would set a precedent that . . . may in the future become tragic for a minority"; 3) 16 years as President "is beyond the physical strength...
Meanwhile smart Joe McCarthy, who kept insisting that his Yankees could win, was not missing a trick. He picked up the veteran Paul Waner, released by the Dodgers, for pinch-hitting duties - and saw him deliver the first time up. From Newark he called up strong-arm rookie pitchers Mel Queen and Floyd Bevens-and already had a 6-1 record for the two to back his judgment. And the apple of McCarthy's managerial eye, speedy Second Baseman George Stirnweiss, was going strong as ever: he had stolen 49 bases in 55 attempts and was leading the League...
...amazing variation in T.B. incidence: San Antonio, the worst-rated city, has had ten times as many T.B. deaths (151 per 100,000) as Grand Rapids, which made the best showing. Negroes, Indians and Mexicans have three to six times as high a T.B. rate as whites; in Newark, N.J., the T.B. death rate for this group is 275 per 100,000; for whites...
...Before that he caught for ten years with teams from Meriden and Hartford, Conn., Newark, Washington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh...