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Episode 90: The Other Champions of 1935: Clark Haskins

The “Detroit Atlas,” Clark Haskins and the Detroit Police Field Day are explored.

Some interesting side stories today. Information and images in the video version from The Detroit News archives and The Library of Congress.

A great history of the Detroit Police Department.
Marie Owen the first police person in the United States was here in Detroit in 1893.
Plus much more on the DPD.
 
Two Detroit Police Officers remembered that lost their lives in 1935;
Fredrick Behrend
Wayne Nelson

Eddie Tolan's comments from 1935 about the US going to compete in the Olympics in Germany. Pulled from the Library of Congress copies of the Detroit Times. Much more. See the links to the sources below. 

https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/news/local/michigan-history/2015/01/30/detroit-police-on-patrol-since-1865/22506585/

https://www.odmp.org/officer/1695-police-officer-frederick-w-behrend

https://www.odmp.org/officer/9900-police-officer-wayne-w-nelson

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92063852/1935-12-14/ed-1/seq-1/

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92063852/1936-07-25/ed-1/seq-1/

https://www.detroitpoa.com/dpoa-history/

https://linktr.ee/DetroitCityofChampions

www.DJJamieDetroit.com

www.WearingFunny.com