Weather and political currents collide in Texas campaign
A weather note opens the piece with early fall cool nights and a stable forecast for the rest of the year. The main focus shifts to Texas politics as Roosevelt allies push for clear support for Allred, amid fierce anti Roosevelt sentiment from O'Daniel backers. The writer argues for Roosevelt to publicly back Allred to unify factions and salvage the race, criticizing O'Daniel's strategy and labor disputes while weighing wage politics and labor influence in Washington.
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Roosevelt
Allred
O'Daniel
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Washington
Texas
Alfred
Congress
Jimmie Allred
Sub Skipper Breaks Rules and Destroys Three Japanese Destroyers
A U S submarine commander in the North Pacific defied orders on July 4 and attacked a trio of Japanese destroyers at anchor near Kiska harbor. Using periscope observations, the sub fired torpedoes and sank all three within minutes, with two more Japanese destroyers reportedly sunk by other Americans later.
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Keith Wheeler Poppent
Chicago Times, Inc
United Press
Alaska
Navy
Kiska
North Pacific
Cyclist Hit By Run Driver Leaves Victim In Critical State
Jack Keener, 22, of 112 North East Second Avenue, remains in critical condition at St. Anthony's Hospital after a hit and run in the 3400 block of North East Eighth Avenue. He was hurled 20 feet from his bicycle, which was shattered, and police have no trace of the driver. Keener works as an attendant at Rudy Bauman station No. 3 in the Eighth Avenue and Tyler Street area.
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Jack Keener
St. Anthony's Hospital
Keener
North East Eighth Avenue
Mr. Keener
North East
Second Avenue
Rudy Bauman
Eighth Avenue
Tyler Street
Miscellany of notices and social observations from a 1940s page
A collage of odd notices and quips, including a colored woman seeking work as a maid or cook near Pleasant Valley School, a puppy giveaway at 212 Madison Street, and a string of social observations on marriage, widowhood, golf, and fashion. It also recalls a burglar’s hidings and a listener’s question to a Buffalo radio station manager after a power outage.
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Tack
Madison Street
Mr. Stevenson
Dr. Johnson
Long Island
Helen Bell
Daphne Drake
Buffalo, N Yoo
Oil barge blast on Ohio River leaves multiple dead
Paducah reports at least five men killed with as many as eight feared dead after an oil barge exploded on the Ohio River sending debris over a thousand yards. In a separate note, a small American cargo ship was sunk in the Caribbean on June 12 with five confirmed dead, the eighth naval district reporting.
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Paducah
U.P
Ohio River
Gulf Coast
Caribbean
Eighth Naval District
Markets Dow Jones Averages Report from Merrill Lynch
At 11 P.M. the Dow Jones industrials stood at 10655, down 26.08 points. Utilities fell 0.01 to 1151, with sales totaling 190,900 at 1 P.M. Remaining sectors and figures shown are from published market data.
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Dow-Jones
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Beane
No Commission Meeting Tonight In Amarillo
Mayor Joe Jenkins and commissioner R H Bob Epperson away on business, no city commission meeting tonight. City manager A P Hancock says a special session may be held Wednesday to discuss plans to consummate the consolidated health unit deal.
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Joe Jenkins
R. H
Bob” Epperson
Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Consolidated Health Unit
Amarillo Seeks 3500 Records For War Effort
Amarillo still needs 3,500 phonograph records to fill the city quota as 1,100 were contributed yesterday. A K Baracat, city collection chairman, urges residents with old or damaged records to contact the Boy Scouts Community Chest or him to arrange pickup. The discs are reprocessed and sent to armed forces.
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Amarillo
A. K. Baracat
Boy Scouts
Community Chest
Mr. Baracat
Japs Retreat In Chekiang Amid Chinese Counterattack
Chinese high command said Japanese forces retreat before a strong drive near Kiang shan in western Chekiang. In Tahung Mountains Hupeh Chinese hold off over 3,000 Japanese troops, including cavalry, at mountain passes. Chinese confidence grows as US Army Air Force repels last night Japanese air raid on Chungking.
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Chungking
Kiangshan
Chekiang
Tahung
Hupeh
China
United States Army
German Drive Near Kalach Presses Front as War Expands
Soviet and German forces clash from Rostov to Voronezh with Moscow reporting heavy battles on the Don. Stalin reportedly directs defense from Stalingrad as German reinforcements push toward the Don and the Stalingrad region.
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Kalach
Ankara
Josef V Stalin
Stalingrad
Volga
Adolf Hitler
Rostov
Novocherkassk
Don
Tsimlyanskaya
Voronezh
Ukraine
High Incomes Would Finance War for Four Days
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg said treasury estimates show confiscating all incomes over 25 000 and taxing the rest at pending war revenue bill rates would finance the war for four days and ten hours. The remark highlights the huge cost of war funding and the limited impact of high income taxation. Vandenberg emphasizes the need for broader revenue measures and sustained fiscal support for wartime efforts.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Treasury
Sadler Says Run Off Is Waste of Time
AUSTIN July 28 Railroad Commissioner Jerry Sadler stated there is no need for a run-off election from his office. He said he will continue to serve as commissioner without pay while he remains in the United States Army and as long as his term allows.
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Winchell
New York
Lou Gehrig
Hene Damar
Brooklyn
America
Daily Worker
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Fort Benning
Rita Hayworth
United States
Hans Thomsen
Germany
el Morocco
Hazel Scott
Cafe Society
Mordcco
Miss Scott
John Perona
Fl Morocco
Hazel
Perona
Austin
Jerry Sadler
Sadler
United States Army
Vichys Army Head Pledges Laval Support
Jacques Damand commander of the uniformed service of order pledged his militant battalions to support Marshal Petain and Premier Laval. He placed his forces wholly at the government’s disposal and leads a strong organization to maintain national order and suppress underground Communist activity.
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Vichy
Jacques Damand
U Boats Shift Focus to Small Fry Off American Shores
Wartime AP figures show 460 ships sunk or reported, with 2,000 lives lost or missing near the Americas since Pearl Harbor. The article notes 1,620 missing, 11,766 rescued, and details the 400th victim a 16 ton onion boat near Havana. It mentions the Oaxaca sinking and U S convoy and patrol efforts, plus an inter-American overland route to Panama to reduce sinkings.
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Associated Press
Americas
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Oaxaca
Navy
Caribbean
Japanese Can't Bomb Seattle
Seattle city council ordinance No. 59867 prohibits transport of explosives over any part of the city in any airplane or other aircraft. The measure, adopted years ago, reflects a far-sighted stance against aerial threats.
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Seattle
Pelley Jury Is Complete
In Indianapolis on July 28 a federal court completed a jury for the sedition trial of William Dudley Pelley, former Silver Shirts leader, and two associates. Judge Baltzell and attorney Floyd Christian clashed during juror questioning as the panel was formed. Christian challenged statements attributed by the government, and the judge admonished interruptions as mere charges.
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Indianapolis
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Federal District Court
Robert C. Baltzell
Floyd Christian
Pelley
Christian
Baltzell
Higgins Charges Loss in Money From Ship Contract
Andrew Jackson Higgins of New Orleans told a Senate war program committee that canceling his contract to build 200 liberty ships would cause at least 75 million dollars in losses to the nation. He said his yard could complete a liberty ship in 300000 man hours, versus 600000 hours elsewhere.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson Higgins
New Orleans
Maritime Commission
Senate
Higgins
Associate of Edwards Is Claimed by Death
George Stafford of Chicago, nationally recognized photographer and member of the Camera Craftsmen of America, has died. He and J. B. Edwards of Edwards' Studio were among 25 members of the exclusive society. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Wednesday.
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Edwards
J. 8. Edwards
George Stafford
Chicago
Stafford
Camera Craftsmen of America
Nazi Soldiers Killed In Wrecked Train
British radio reported 40 German soldiers killed when a troop train was wrecked by saboteurs between Paris and Cherbourg en route to Paris on leave. CBS aired BBC coverage of the incident.
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New York
Paris
Cherbourg
BBC
CBS
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