Tag: January 1945
Solomon Lightfoot, Real Estate Violations, Washington D.C., 1945
January 30, 1945, marked a pivotal day in the ongoing battle for civil rights in Washington D.C. The United States Court of Appeals handed down two crucial decisions regarding real estate sales in predominantly white neighborhoods, leaving many to wonder if justice had finally been served. In one case, the court upheld the District Court’s…
Detroit Evening Times, Dubious Miracle Cure Scheme, Michigan 1945
In a bizarre incident, the Detroit Evening Times has uncovered a scheme to peddle a dubious ‘miracle cure’ for rheumatic pain in the Motor City. According to an advertisement published in these pages on January 25, 1945, a mysterious company is touting a mysterious remedy called ‘Perfotabsmol’. The ad claims that this ‘miracle cure’ can…
Battlefield Betrayal: Tokyo’s Tokyo Tales of American Naval Woe
On a chilly January morning in 1945, Tokyo’s Imperial headquarters unleashed a flurry of boasts about blasting American convoys in the Philippines. But was this just a desperate attempt to cling to a dwindling grip on power? The Japanese claimed that one or more American convoys and a big naval task force were sailing through…
