Dallas voters split on Roosevelt stance in 1944 race
Amarillo wire report notes locals weigh anti Roosevelt and pro Roosevelt candidates as Democrats gain control. The dispatch outlines voter sentiment across Dallas amid the 1944 election.
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1944
Page
1
Plains FDRites Get Organized at Dallas Convention
Pictures of Roosevelt and Truman and an American flag will be in place in Fair Park Auditorium after an 8 o'clock recess. Pro Roosevelt Democrats are in control and plan a smooth convention. Six hours of parliamentary procedure produced two key votes to seat the pro Roosevelt Dallas County delegation, the first passing by a fraction over 29 and the second by 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Roosevelt
Truman
Fair Park
Bob Calvert
Calvert
Pro Roosevelt Pros Dominant At Texas Democratic Caucus
In Dallas the 31st District delegates chose pro Roosevelt womitteemen for convention committees at the second caucus of the day. J E King Amarillo C C Gibson Amarillo and Mrs Willie O Neal Panhandle named to key posts as Swisher and Potter County delegates split for anti Roosevelt Dallas faction. Pro Roosevelt leaders signaled victory with uplifted hands as the crowd roared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Fair Park Auditorium
Panhandle
Baker Hotel
Wab Calvert
Hillsboro
J. E. King
Memphis
C. C. Gibson
Amarillo
Willie O'Neal
Robert Vompson
Hereford
W. L. Boyles
H. H. Hiatt
Dalhart
J. A. Gex
Follett
Swisher
Potter County
Charlie Keefer
Bob Calvert
Jimmie Allred
Wright Patman
Final Showdown Cools at Texas Democratic Convention
The Texas State Democratic Convention recessed to 9 A.M. after failing to finish overnight. Pro Roosevelt forces won key votes seating Dallas County delegates and nominating Robert W. Calvert as temporary chairman. They moved to create a committee on presidential electors aiming to override May convention electors and back Roosevelt Truman, amid constitutional questions and court risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Democratic Executive Committee
Roosevelt
Truman
Dallas County
Calvert
Executive Committee
Robert W. Calvert
Hillsboro
House of Representatives
Mark McGee
Fort Worth
National Party
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Coke Stevenson
el Paso
Harrison
Lloyd Price
Supreme Court
Fall of Lomza nears as Red Army pushes in Poland
Russian advances south and southwest of Lomza signal possible fall of the Polish city while German broadcasts claim a giant Red Army drive toward breaking the north Polish front. Moscow reports limited gains near Lomza and deeper moves in Transylvania as air power supports renewed offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lomza
East Prussia
Transylvania
Moscow
DNB
Warsaw
Ostroleka
Eavy
Red
Bor
Italy
Red Army
Red Air Force
Carpathians
Korsne
Sanck
Timisoara
Armistice Report Signed By Big Three On Romania
Moscow radio announced an armistice with Romania. The nations signing on behalf of the United Nations were Russia Great Britain and the United States. The news came from London on a Wednesday in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio
Romania
Russia
Great Britain
United States
United Nations
Japan Reverses In Burma Front As Gurkhas Push Back
Southeast Asia Command at Kandy announces Japanese troops driven from ridge positions in Mayu range southwest of Buthedaung, Burma after four days of fighting. Gurkha regiment, with fighters and fighter bombers in Arakan, repelled Japanese counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Mayu Range
Buthedaung
Lower Burma
Arakan
J A Hazlewood Elected Amarillo Community Chest Head
J A Hazlewood, secretary treasurer of Blackburn Bros Inc, was elected president of the Amarillo Community Chest succeeding C W Furr who had served three years. New officers include Bert Levy as secretary, George Autry treasurer, and Virgil Patterson finance chairman with McCarty as vice chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Seaman
Dean Kirk
Jim Wadson
John Ballard
Cunningham
Westbay
Levy
the Chest
J. A. Hazlewood
Blackburn Bros., Inc
Amarillo
Losses High In Sky War
British and American air forces engage in heavy multi-front bombing against the Reich. American bombers suffer 91 losses over two days while claiming 105 enemy planes destroyed, with fierce dogfights near Strasbourg and large formations over the Ruhr and Kiel. Italian based heavies join in targets at Ulm and Lechfeld as Allied forces support ground troops toward Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U. S
Reich
George Bickell
Nutley
N. J
Strasbourg
Ruhland
Bohlen
Magdeburg
Brux
Hemmingstadt
Misburg
Friedrichstadt
Kiel
Scholven-Buer
Wanneeickel
Ruhr
Italy
RAF
15Th Air Force
Wasserberg
Ulm
Lechfeld
Our River
France
Belfort Gap
Judge Culberson Speaks to Amarillo Jaycees on Oil Policy
Judge Olin Culberson of the Railroad Commission of Texas visits Amarillo as guest speaker for the Amarillo Junior Chamber of Commerce. His talk at the Amarillo Hotel covers Federal encroachment and the oil situation in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin Culberson
Railroad Commission of Texas
Amarillo
Greeks Strike in Central Greece as Nazis face counterattack
British radio citing Cairo dispatch says Greek patriot forces now control central Greece with 40,000 armed troops pressing German retreat. OWI report notes about 100,000 Greek reservists ready to strike when Germans advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
British Radio Today
Cairo
OWI
London
Assault Suit Hits Dorseys
Band Leader Tommy Dorsey and his actress wife Pat Dane, with Allen Smiley, were indicted by the county grand jury on charges of assault with a deadly weapon likely to do great bodily harm. The alleged incident occurred in the Dorsey apartment on August 5 and involved actors Jon Hall and Eddie Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tommy Dorsey
Pat Dane
Allen Smiley
Jon Hall
Eddie Norris
City Slickers Grow 115000 Tons In Victory Gardens
New York City civic volunteers report 450000 victory gardeners produced about 115000 tons of food this summer. Mrs Henry B Guthrie Jr of Civilian Defense volunteers says crops filled 30 miles of freight cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Victory
Henry B. Guthrie, Jr
Civilian Defense Volunteer Organization
Eisenhower Warns Germans to Clear Out
General Eisenhower warned civilians in the Ruhr and Rhineland to leave immediately as areas become war theaters. He said retreating German forces would face bombing and that civilians near military sites must expect attacks at any hour. Atrocities against non Germans will be tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Normandy
Bombs Rain on Celebes Airdromes in New Pacific Raids
General MacArthur announces a record 202 ton explosives drop on Celebes airfields as part of wide reaching raids. Navy Catalina planes sink and beach enemy ships off Celebes while Liberators hit Halmahera and other Molucca targets. week totals include three ships sunk or damaged and Jap troops killed or captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Ceram
Dutch East Indies
MacArthur
British New Guinea
Halmahera
New Guinea
Philippines
Molucca
President Nominates Bradley for Permanent Major General Rank
President Roosevelt nominated Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley for permanent rank as major general in acknowledgment of combat accomplishments in northern France. The nomination, sent to the Senate, accompanies a list of other military promotions from the President. Bradley is currently commanding general of the United States Twelfth Army Group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Omar Bradley
France
Senate
Bradley
United States
Twelfth Army Group
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Vicinity
The forecast calls for mostly clear skies with a few clouds Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Temperatures rise, with warmer conditions expected midweek across Amarillo and vicinity and similar mild trends noted in the New Mexico area. Sunset and time references appear, alongside stationery supplies listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Oédey
Entex
Le Havre Falls To British Push Across German Border
British forces with Canadian troops captured Le Havre as American units hammered German positions across the Moselle south of Nancy and Pont-a-Mousson. Eisenhower urged evacuations as Allied brigades opened new bridgeheads and pushed toward Germany along Eupen Aachen Trier corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxembourg
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
France
Third
Moselle
Nancy
Pont-a-Mousson
le Havre
Eupen
Aachen
Siegfried Line
Trier
Hodges
First Army
Associated Press
William Smith White
Hitler
White
William B. Lovelady
Soddy
Tenn
Belgium
Liege
Eben Emael
Maastricht
Third Army
Patton
Fight in South France Enters Mop-Up Stage
Twenty thousand trapped Germans remnants of the 19th Army are being ground to bits between the American Seventh and Third Armies in pockets from the Belfort gap westward 125 miles. Patch reports rapid progress west of Belfort as Americans advance from Vesoul toward Port-Sur-Laone and along the Saone river. French units move from Dijon capturing St Seine L Abbaye Val Luzon and Courtivron with light resistance while Orville and Champlitte fall. mopping up must finish before Patch joins Patton’s Third Army for a broader strike on Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Belfort
Patch
Seventh Army
Vesoul
Port - Sur - Laone
Gray
Saone River
Dijon
St. Seine L’abbaye
Val-Luzon
Courtivron
Orville
Champlitte
France
Patton
Third
Germany
Autin
Mersault
Also Mentioned on This Page
Potter
Robert S. Wright
Japan
Burma
J.a.hazlewood
Community Chest
Mons
Jaycees
Culberson
Dorseys
New York City
Gen. Eisenhower
Celebes
the Weather Ther Bureau
Ditto
Russell Stationery
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean Command
Man
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