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Foster and Dennis deny treason, lr to Truman; demand US collaborate with USSR; compare selves with Lincoln, Jefferson and C Schurz as fighters for peace
proposed budget cut score by Comr Moses
Nanking Natl Salvation Daily closed, publisher Kung Teh-po held, for anti-Chang article; several legis leaders protest
3,800-yr-old Eshnunna law tablets described by Prof Goetze; illus
US to reject Sokolovsky plan
1949Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (born 1884)[†]
Bradbury Norton Robinson Jr. was a pioneering American football player, physician, nutritionist, conservationist and local politician. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin in 1903 and at Saint Louis University from 1904 to 1907. In 1904, through personal connections to Wisconsin governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and his wife, Belle Case, Robinson learned of calls for reforms to the game of football from President Theodore Roosevelt, and began to develop tactics for passing. After moving to Saint Louis University, Robinson threw the first legal forward pass in the history of American football on September 5, 1906, at a game at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He became the sport's first triple threat man, excelling at running, passing, and kicking. He was also a member of St. Louis' "Olympic World's Champions" football team in 1904.