President Herbert Hoover's Thanksgiving holiday proclamation was offensive to millions of poor and unemployed Americans, our 'Drifter' columnist wrote.
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on this day in history, Jan. 17, 1706. He achieved fame in Philadelphia and won the acclaim of London society but surrendered it for love of homeland.
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