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Santa in the Healdsburg-Tribune-18-DEC-1937

September 24, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

1937 Santa Claus around the world – yikes!

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, History, Politics, Thinking about Tagged: 1937, Fascism, German, Italy, Japan, Nazi Germany, Political Cartoon, Russia, Santa Claus, Spain

The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb

August 9, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Charles H. Loeb defied the American military’s denials and propaganda to show how deadly radiation from the strike on Hiroshima sickened and killed. In the New York Times today is an account of the work of Charles Loeb, an American war correspondent in the Pacific in World War II.

Posted in: Environment, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: Atom Bomb, atomic age, Black journalist, Charles H. Loeb, Hiroshima, Japan, Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, Manhattan Project, Nagasaki, National Negro Publishers Association, Propaganda, radiation, The Atlanta Daily World, U.S. Army, war correspondent, World War II

JAP LABOR FOR FARMS OF VALLEY – 1945

March 5, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Madera Tribune, 1 October 1945. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.—Approximately 3500 Japanese prisoners of war now are being transferred to the San Joaquin valley in California for harvest work, the War Department disclosed today. The Japanese are being taken from Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, and Camp Clarinda, Iowa, at the request of Gov. Earl Warren and California members … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, History, Politics, Racism, Thinking about Tagged: agricultural workers, California, Camp Clarinda, Camp McCoy, harvest, Iowa, Japan, Japanese, Japanese prisoners of war, Wisconsin

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