Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Today -100: December 6, 1925: I do and I don’t: Texas Attorney Gen. Dan Moody, who is not a fan of the governors Ferguson, seems to kill the idea of a special session to impeach Gov. Miri...
It was announced that Jackie Robinson had signed with the Kansas City Royals, although he was not to play under the arrangement for a full season, going to the Montreal Royals for the 1946 season.
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Robinson was a great man, and is justly celebrated, but there's a fair number of myths regarding his pioneering role in integrated baseball. He was not, for one thing, the first black player in the major leagues. That honor would inaccurately go to Moses Fleetwood Walker, although he had played in the 19th Century, and is inaccurate itself as William Edward White had played a single major league game prior to that. White didn't reveal his race, and therefore is often not credited, but Walker's brother Weldy Walker did, and he also played major league baseball
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A surprising part of the story is that Robinson being picked upset a fair number of players in the Negro Leagues who well knew that their talents were superior to Robinson's. It was Robinson's character, of course, that had lead Ricky to pick him.
If the entire story is pieced together, it makes for an interesting focus on racism in the United States following the Civil War and before the Civil Rights Era. Racism was intense the entire time, but it can be argued it actually got worse towards the end of the 19th Century. The Navy had been integrated going into the Spanish American War but forces were at work to end that, and soon did. Breaking the color barrier was hard for athletes in team sports, but was possible in the 19th Century up until the late 1880s when it became much harder, with it being harder in baseball, where the color barrier was absolute, as opposed to football, where a few men crossed it here and there before the 1946 groundbreaking season.
World War Two had a lot to do with the color barrier fracturing.
Considerations were being made about the post war military, including a proposal to have a single service (something the Canadians in fact did). Also proposed was something akin to the pre war German system, a small professional army with a large conscript reserve.
Of course, in just a couple of years conscription would in fact be revived, and would remain a feature of American life until 1973. Watching current events, however, a good argument can be made for just what Truman had proposed here, a very small professional Army with a conscript reserve. Conscripts are a lot less likely to fire on their friends and neighbors than professionals or volunteers are.
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The Daughters of the American Revolution refused to allow Trinidadian-born pianist Hazel Scott to give a concert at Constitution Hall in Washington because of her race.
It's worth remembering that the "good old days" some would return us to, weren't so good.
Chile and the Philippines ratified the United Nations Charter.
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The Hilldale Club from Philadelphia won the second Colored World Series, beating the Kansas City Monarchs to win the 4 of 7 series.
The Pirates tied up the World Series with the Nationals in Game 2.
And Mitchell's troubles were growing.
The Turkish Reform Council for the East issued its report to the Grand National Assembly recommending the relocation of the Kurdish minority to an area east of the Euphrates River.
It also recommended that in the rest of Turkey only Turkish could be spoken and that Kurds should be barred from higher level offices.
Submachine guns were used in crime for the first time during a mob assassination attempt in Chicago. The weapon used was a Thompson Submachine Gun, a type that would become synonymous with gangsters.
The USS S-51 struck the merchant ship City of Rome and sank off of the coast of Rhode Island, killing 33 of its 36 crewmen.
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White students in Gary, Indiana, walked out of their schools to protest racial integration. It was the first such example of this in the United States, and an early effort to desegrated segregated schools.
The Red Chinese won the Battle of Xiangshuikou
Secretary of War Henry Stimson resigned. He'd also held the post from 1911-13 under Taft.
Stimson regarded Taft as the most efficient President he served under, and he served under more administrations than any other person in U.S. history. He said that the best President was "Roosevelt", not making a distinction between the two Roosevelts.
Look was out, with Ingrid Bergman on the covery in her role in The Bells of St. Mary.
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After a flurry of cables from Japan, Japan's Ambassador to the Soviet Union Naotake Sato met with Molotov in a peace feeler through the still neutral Soviet Union.
The Berlin municipal council confiscated all property held by members of the Nazi Party.
The U.S. took responsibility for the sinking of the Japanese hospital ship Awa Maru on April 1, but cited it as an error, which it was.
Gen. Eisenhower issued a farewell message to the AEF.
World War Two American internment camps were shutting down.
Today in World War II History—July 13, 1940 & 1945: 80 Years Ago—July 13, 1945: US War Relocation Authority announces all but one internment camp for Japanese-Americans (Tule Lake) are to close by December 15.
Ben Chifley was chosen as Australian Prime Minister
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Trump must have taken some hard right blow back on his seemingly temporary decision to make an exception in some industries. Yesterday, he posted this:
Our Nation’s ICE Officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they facilitate a very important mission, the largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History. Every day, the Brave Men and Women of ICE are subjected to violence, harassment, and even threats from Radical Democrat Politicians, but nothing will stop us from executing our mission, and fulfilling our Mandate to the American People. ICE Officers are herewith ordered, by notice of this TRUTH, to do all in their power to achieve the very important goal of delivering the single largest Mass Deportation Program in History.
In order to achieve this, we must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America’s largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside. These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center, where they use Illegal Aliens to expand their Voter Base, cheat in Elections, and grow the Welfare State, robbing good paying Jobs and Benefits from Hardworking American Citizens. These Radical Left Democrats are sick of mind, hate our Country, and actually want to destroy our Inner Cities — And they are doing a good job of it! There is something wrong with them. That is why they believe in Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, and Men playing in Women’s Sports — And that is why I want ICE, Border Patrol, and our Great and Patriotic Law Enforcement Officers, to FOCUS on our crime ridden and deadly Inner Cities, and those places where Sanctuary Cities play such a big role. You don’t hear about Sanctuary Cities in our Heartland!
I want our Brave ICE Officers to know that REAL Americans are cheering you on every day. The American People want our Cities, Schools, and Communities to be SAFE and FREE from Illegal Alien Crime, Conflict, and Chaos. That’s why I have directed my entire Administration to put every resource possible behind this effort, and reverse the tide of Mass Destruction Migration that has turned once Idyllic Towns into scenes of Third World Dystopia. Our Federal Government will continue to be focused on the REMIGRATION of Aliens to the places from where they came, and preventing the admission of ANYONE who undermines the domestic tranquility of the United States.
To ICE, FBI, DEA, ATF, the Patriots at Pentagon and the State Department, you have my unwavering support. Now go, GET THE JOB DONE! DJT
"Remigration" is a far-right European concept of mass deportation or promoted voluntary return of non-white immigrants and their descendants to their place of racial ancestry.
The Red Army took Berlin.
Yevgeny Khaldei took the staged Raising a Flag over the Reichstag photograph, showing Soviet troops raising the flag of the Soviet Union atop the Reichstag. The unretouched variant is shown above, i which one soldier is wearing two watches, which was later edited out of the photo as at least one of them was no doubt picked up somewhere.
The Nisei 552nd Field Artillery Bn liberated a Dachau death march.
The Germans surrendered in Italy and Southern Austria. Among those going into Allied captivity is Dr. Wernher von Braun.
Admiral Dönitz's formed the Flensburg Government.
Eamon de Valera paid a visit to Dr Eduard Hempel, the German minister in Ireland, to offer his condolences on the death of Hitler. Nobody has ever been able to grasp this.
Erich Bärenfänger, 30, German Generalmajor, Martin Bormann, 44, German Nazi official; Wilhelm Burgdorf, 50, German general; Walther Hewel, 41, German diplomat; Hans Krebs, 47, German general; and Franz Schädle, 38, German commander of Hitler's personal bodyguard, killed themselves.
Peter Högl, 47, German SS-Obersturmbannführer, Ewald Lindloff, 36, Waffen-SS officerMartin Strahammer, 54, German Generalmajor; and Joachim von Siegroth, 48, German Generalmajor were killed in action.
The British landed on Rangoon.
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German radio broadcast that Adolf Hitler was in the "main fighting line" in Berlin and would "remain there despite all rumors."
The Allies suspected he was in Bavaria organizing resistance there.
Göring sent a telegram asking for permission to assume leadership of the Third Reich which Hitler regarded as treason, ordering his arrest.
The Flossenburg concentration camp was liberated by the U.S. Army.
The U-183 was sunk off of Borneo by the U.S. submarine Besugo.
The Navy deployed Bat air to ship missiles against Japanese ships in Balipapan Harbor in Borneo, marking their first use.
Those arrested in the Freeman Field Mutiny were released.
This will be the third time I've tried to publish this review. The prior two times it outright disappeared.
Uff.
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion is a unique U.S. Army unit that served in Europe during World War Two. Deployed in February, 1945, the unit was tasked with straightening out a massive mail backlog in the ETO, and by all accounts did yeoman's work doing it. The unit was all female, and all black, including its officers the only such unit to be deployed to Europe during the war. The unit not too surprisingly encountered racist opposition, which is a large part of the theme of the film.
The film is quite well done, featuring dramatizations of real characters for the most part. The story, as noted, is dramatized, but with one exception, it does not depart massively from the actual events. The sole exception is a romance between a rich white Jewish young man and one of the black female characters, before they join the service, which seems to take place in the American South, and which features a desegregated high school. Desegregated high schools would not have existed in the South, making this an odd error, and while such a romance could have occurred, it would not have taken place more or less openly as depicted.
Material details are very well done, including the depiction of M1943 Field Jacket Liners in use as jackets, which did occur but which is rarely depicted in film. Indeed, I can't recall it ever being depicted in another film.
Well worth seeing.
The Soviet Union renounced the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of April 1941.
The Georgian Legion, a German foreign legion, rose up against the Germans on the Dutch island of Texel. The battle would result in large-scale casualties incurred until the end of the war by both sides.
The uprising is regarded as heroic, but the late war uprising was naive. It counted on an Allied landing which did not occur, and it presumed favorable post war treatment by the Allies.
African American members of the 477th Bombardment Group attempted to integrate an all-white officers' club at Freeman Field, Indiana, resulting in the predictable scuffles and arrests although the ultimate punishment was minor.
Gen. MacArthur was appointed control of all Army forces in the Pacific and Adm. Nimitz all naval forces. The move was made in anticipation of the Invasion of Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso (小磯 國昭), frustrated in his attempts to be involved in military decisions, resigned.
The U-242 sank in St. George's Channel after hitting a mine.
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well at least he isn't having kids get gender bending surgery.
Oh?
Has Trump done anything on that topic?
Well, no. He hasn't.
He did ban biological men from participating in women's sports, something states were doing anyhow, and which is widely supported. And his Secretary of Defense banned those who had received such surgeries from joining the service (not from staying in).
And on the social issues, somethings to consider.
Has he done anything to widen prohibitions against abortion?
Nope. In fact, to the contrary, he's supporting IVF which results in millions of abortions and which is condemned by the Apostolic Faiths, including the one J. D. Vance claims to adhere to.
Has he done anything to protect the traditional definition of marriage?
Nope. Indeed, his Treasury Secretary is openly homosexual. I'm not saying he shouldn't be Treasury Secretary, but the populist had a four year fit over Biden's Transpiration Secretary being in the exact same domestic situation.
Exact same.
I guess its okay now.
Deportation of illegal aliens?
Well, it's at pretty much the same rate it was under Biden.
So, those who supported Trump as they wanted to advance social issues on the right, well, what did you get?
Anything?
Just men out of women's sports, which was being done anyhow.
Piles of cost saving cuts of wasteful things?
Nope, a few cuts of wasteful things combined with cuts we'll soon have to make up, supported by lies (like 150 year olds getting Social Security, not happening).
Indeed, this one is amusing as the most famous "discoveries" of the week is that Musk's minors in charge aren't familiar with COBAL, which is before their time. They read COBAL entries literally when in fact they're a code, so they thing they think were literally years, weren't.
That's known now, but will they admit it? Nope.
Oh, and the end of DEI, which wasn't really impacting you much anyhow, was it?
And all in exchange for a government dominated by oligarchs, being hated globally, and losing protections long won.
You were duped.
But you won't admit it.
The Red Army launched the Lower Silesian Offensive (Нижне-Силезская наступательная операция)
He commanded a 9-man squad with the mission of holding a critical flank position. When overwhelming numbers of the enemy attacked under cover of withering artillery, mortar, and rocket fire, he withdrew his squad into a nearby house, determined to defend it to the last man. The enemy attacked again and again and were repulsed with heavy losses. Supported by direct tank fire, they finally gained entrance, but the intrepid sergeant refused to surrender although 5 of his men were wounded and 1 was killed. He boldly flung a can of flaming oil at the first wave of attackers, dispersing them, and fought doggedly from room to room, closing with the enemy in fierce hand-to-hand encounters. He hurled handgrenade for handgrenade, bayoneted 2 fanatical Germans who rushed a doorway he was defending and fought on with the enemy's weapons when his own ammunition was expended. The savage fight raged for 4 hours, and finally, when only 3 men of the defending squad were left unwounded, the enemy surrendered. Twenty-five prisoners were taken, 11 enemy dead and a great number of wounded were counted. Sgt. Turner's valiant stand will live on as a constant inspiration to his comrades. His heroic, inspiring leadership, his determination and courageous devotion to duty exemplify the highest tradition of the military service.
2/8 After the noon meeting of {Tel. to Dept re Assoc. Ns}For Sees, Jebb, Gromyko & A Hmet as committee to discuss Un NsConference procedure. A. H. ex- 2/8Plenary4.30 p mplain ed State Dept views but said Pres.had not approved. After lunch beforeplenary session ERS cleared all with Pres.& A H told Gromyko & sent word to JebbPres called on Eden to report for For MinsEd: We met to consider etc. & read his reportre place Ed. repeated his statement of this morning that next meeting of For Mins be held in Lon & that seemed to meet with a measure of approvalEd: Reason for saying those who are members now should be invited was to prevent nations from becoming Un Ns Just to be invited Understands Am. Del. has different viewSt: I have the list of states which declared war on Ger I count this no. into official members of the Ass. Among these are 10 which [Page 783]have no dip. rels with S. U. We will together with them build up world security——Pres: I think many of them will be glad to recog & est. dip. rels with S U. Haven’t got round to it yet. In few is very strong Cath. Church influence At same time we recognize most of these who have not exch. dip. rels with Sov Un. have sat with Sov Un at Bretton Woods & other dip. conferences held.St.: That’s right but on other hand is very diff. build up world sec. with countries which don’t recog. Sov UnPres: Easiest way to est. complete dip rels. is to invite them. That involves matter of history which should be explained. 3 yrs. ago Actg Sec State Welles told number of these states not nec. to declare on Ger. but should break all rels. So there are 5 or 6 of these which expect to be invited—& are in good standing Sec. of State has embarrassed me further by bringing this to my attention 1 month ago. As a result I sent a letter to the 6 pres. of these 6 reps explaining that if they wanted to be invited they should declare war on either Japan or Ger. Ecuador has declared war but hasn’t had chance sign Un Ns decl. Paraguay will soon. Peru, Venezuela etc (not Chile, soon) Will be embarrassing if not invited. In meantime in past 4 yrs. all of these nations have helped us in waging war because large part of raw materials for munitions of war came from them.Result is I’m in a somewhat diff. positionSt: Not discussed todayPres: We have phrase Associated Ns meaning nations which have broken rels but haven’t declared war.The list of nations which Mr Stett gave to Mr Molotov at lunch todaySt. asked about ArgentinePres: Not an assoc. nationSt: If “associates” come in that would include Argentina. Would include TurkeyPres. My idea & it would save my life would be to invite those who have are on the list who have helped us on condition that they declare war.St: Before or after they declare warPres: Before, put a time limit, say 1st of MarchSt: AgreedChurch: I am glad to say these nations would be required to declare war before they would be invited to the Conf. Of course I feel like Marshall St that some of them have played a poor part, waiting to see who would win. Now it’s quite safe they would like to come in Will have depressing effect on Ger to realize another batch has come in. [Page 784]Might also have effect on other hostile belligerents to see how whole world is turning ag. themPres: I should like to add one name to list for sake of clarity—newest rep. in world IcelandChurch: re Eg. HMG feel special resp. On 2 occasions were willing to declare war It was more convenient to us to have them stay formally neutralPres: In other words you’re in same fix I’m inChurch Also I must say on behalf of Eg that when enemy was only 30 miles from capital Egyptian Army rendered service, guarded bridges, communs & generally was more helpful than if she had declared war & made Cairo subject to air bombardment ∴Feel if Eg. now feels she wanted to declare war she should have the opportunityIceland also rendered very val. services. At a time when the U. S. had not herself had entered the war she admitted Brit & US troops, violated her neutrality in a marked fashion & guarded a life line across the Atlantic. I think those two have certainly a case provided they declare warIs it intended any nation which declares war.Pres: no, only the Assoc Ns(Italy, Ireland—no)Church: I shall mention a name which I think will cause universal satisfaction—Turkey T. made an alliance with us before the war at a very dangerous time. But when the war broke out, after it had been going on little while, T’s found their army was not equipped with any of weapons that decide modern battles. But att. has been friendly although they would not take the opportunity which was offered to us yr. agoSt. says all right if by end of Feb. It will declare warGer. is not yet defeated war & war hardly will terminate by end of Feb.Pres: One other case—curious case.Den.2 was invaded. Has been under Ger. domination sinceOnly one man claimed to represent Den. was the the Dan. Min. in Wash. He could not declare war but he disowned acts of his own govtWould be with us 100% if they couldChurch: Have they agreed to the independence of Iceland?I do not think it is of very great importance. I think Mar & Pres are quite right in letting any one come to the party who declares war by end of month[Page 785]St & Denmark could waitPres YesChurch: She would have a perfect right to come if she is able to speakPres Amend Un Ns & also those of assoc. powers & T. who declare war by Mar 1Church All who declare warEd. Un Ns as they exist on the 1st of Mar.Church:Pres Ger. or JapanCommon enemyMol Would it not facilitate position of Sov. Reps if they would sign Decl. of Un Ns before 1st of Mar.Pres I think its easier to take the list we’ve got. San Marino & Andorra might sign, nations like thatChurch. What is the positionSt: But T is not fightingPres: read list of Assoc. Ns & T only if they declare warMol: If Uk & Byelo-R sign decl before 1st of Mar.Pres. That had been settled in this formula We are prepared to support them.St. I propose to name the Reps, which would be invited: Uk & Byelo-R. To call them by name in this protocol and secondly I propose that they should sign the Decl of Un Ns before 1st of Mar. Change the protocolChurch Delay invitations to two states of Sov. Un till we are all met If so many new ones are to be brought in now be confusingSt: I have point out that’s not quite logical. 3 great powers agree to seat White R & Uk But some might say they haven’t signedChurch: Two R states should be treated same as other late arrivalsSt. I wouldn’t like to embarrass Pres. What is his difficulty. I might withdraw my proposalPres: Only technical. We have been discussing admitting other people. Uk & Wh R are not other people they are here already. We & UK will support it. We change SU from 1 vote to 3 right here. Why 3, why not 4, 5, 6?St. Withdrew his request. But names of the two republics should be in the reportPoland
The Alaskan Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 passed thanks to the efforts of Tlingit Elizabeth Peratrovich.
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