Roosevelt Fourth Term Draft Aims at Early Nomination
Washington observers discuss a plan to inform Roosevelt of pledged delegates after the Republican convention and seek his early renomination. The tactic would let him declare willingness to run again and submit policies to voters, while balancing platform and vice presidential choices amid party divisions. The piece notes risk of weakening influence on platform and VP picks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arnall
Georgia
White House
Robert Hannegan
National Democratic
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
James A. Farley
Hull
McNutt
General Marshall
Wallace
Son Writes From Battlefront to Mother After Death
Mrs Jere miah Houlihan received a letter from her son Paul Houlihan who was killed in action. The letter expresses his readiness to die for a just cause and asks his mother not to grieve while noting his sacrifice would help preserve peace and freedom. The message reflects a stoic wartime faith and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tewksbury
Mass
Jeremiah Houlihan
Navy Department
Paul
Paul Houlihan
Breach of the Atlantic Wall Signals Shifts in Fortifications
The article surveys the history of permanent defenses from ancient city walls to the Maginot Line and notes the recent breach of the Atlantic Wall. It argues air power and modern weapons render such fortifications obsolete and urges lessons for American defense strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nineveh
America
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Notable figures and events tied to Hollywood and politics
A collage of celebrity notes includes Pietro di Donato in Hollywood touring Pacific bases, Mrs. Jim Farley christening a ship in Racine, Warner Bros casting for The Lead I Chose, and Leo Rossen scripting. Other items mention Reader's Digest, Walter Catlett, WPA to FWA transfers, and various cultural pieces amid wartime updates.
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Pietro di Donato
Hollywood
Pacific
Europe
Jim Farley
Chicago
Racine
Warner Bros
Ellin Berlin
Leo C. Rossen
Reader’s Digest
Magazine Digest
Jean Burtome
Nazi General Uses Small Chapel Hide Staff Quarters
Stockholm Tidningen reports that Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt hides his general staff headquarters deep in a French mountain under a small chapel used by unaware French civilians. Rundstedt is said to live in a nearby castle and shun his uniform to keep identity secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runsted
France
Berlin
Christie C. Jaederlund
Rundstedt
Lister Hill pushs national fertilizer policy with TVA plan
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama urges a Congressional move to define a national fertilizer policy. He proposes TVA acquire Florida phosphate reserves and build a Mobile plant to supply the South and Mississippi Valley, operated by farmers after five years. He cites depleted soils and higher fertilizer demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Lister Hill
Alabama
Hill
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
South
Middle West
TVA
Florida
Mobile
Ala
Mississippi Valley
Relief for Clothing Dominate UNRRA Plan in Europe Winter
UNRRA proposes allocating about one third of relief for clothes as European clothing standards decline more than dietary levels during the 1043 44 winter and the aid agency urges priority for garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
UNRRA
Mess Tools From Scrap
A large portion of the Army’s mess equipment such as cups knives forks spoons and trays is being produced from stainless steel scrap left over from other article manufacture and from off heat or rejected ingots.
Pin-Worm Tablets Promise Relief From Teasing Infestation
A scientific breakthrough introduces P-W tablets using gentian violet to treat pin worm infections. Developed by Dr. D. Jayne & Son, the medicine claims an easy, effective cure, urging readers to ask their druggist for P-W and follow directions.
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Dr. D. Jayne & Son
America
Pew
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St.Joseph
Agig
Globe-News
United States
Lowlands
Britain
Big Jim
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Ory
The
Lyons’ den
Leonard Lyons
Walter Catlett
Catlett
N. Y
California
WPA
PWA
FWA
Leeds Music Co
Song of Liberation
Daily Worker
Leo Cherne
James N. Rosenberg
Ferargil Gallery
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Jose Ferrer
Paul Robeson
Bronx
Ed Flynn
John Ringling North
Ringling Circus
Fred Coots
England
Mier
Garmenta
Mary Montgomery
Pwiklers
State Bank
Polk
Wes
JOP
Palooka
Cook
Nutty
Hoople
Mickey
Nes
Fapr
Treasure
Rer
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