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Delegates from Pennsylvania rally for President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in July 1944. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) ...
The United States was caught by surprise when heavily-armed North Korean troops and tanks poured into South Korea on June 25, 1950. But the Chicago Tribune had predicted America’s enemies would ...
FDR was a reluctant “wet.” The Chicago mayor was Anton Cermak — he had 10,000 tickets of his own printed up, and used the police to determine who got in.