Plan To Pack Presidential Convention In Texas
A Texas plan to control the Democratic presidential nominating process faces two camps the Roosevelt faction and anti-Roosevelt forces. Voters are urged to attend May 6 precinct conventions to influence delegates, countering machine style control and ensuring broad citizen participation. Harry Woodring signals an anti-Roosevelt push to the precinct level and beyond.
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Texas
Roosevelt
Harry Woodring
Woodring
Kansas
Washington
Poem of Delayed Army Pay Reaches Its Heroic Ending
Don ald Nevins, a former Army private, pleads for his $100 discharge pay in a letter to a Kansas City finance officer. The reply traces a bureaucratic journey, as the check is finally issued with karaoke-like assurance and best wishes.
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Houston
U.P
Donald Nevins
Army
Army Finance
Kansas City
Buddy
Robert Reeves
Army Air Forces
Margie
Agnes
Frances
Helen
French Deny Executing Guards At Bechar Camp
French information officials said an earlier report of four Bechar Colomb camp guards' executions was inaccurate. The four men convicted of murder and brutality under Vichy rule have not yet heard their mercy appeals to General Charles de Gaulle, with possible execution timing set for tomorrow or Thursday.
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Algiers
French Commissariat of Information
Bechar Colomb
North Africa
Commissariat
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Sgt Avery Writes About South Seas Camp Life New Guinea Letter From Army Detachment Describes Village Built From Beetle Nut Logs
Staff Sgt Tol Avery of Amarillo describes a South Seas camp in New Guinea where a makeshift village has been carved from beetle nut logs. He notes a native-built mess hall, a salt water beach, two diving boards, and improvised showers using oil drums. The piece highlights cultural contrasts, local dances, and a Christmas choir of 400 natives, with caution about lingering headhunter memories.
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Tol Avery
Amarillo
New Guinea
Sergeant Avery
J. H. Avery
East Seventh Avenue
KGNC
NBC Studios
Los Angeles
Avery
Soldiers killed in training accident in England
United States Army headquarters announced that 29 American soldiers were killed and 8 injured when explosives accidentally detonated during training somewhere in England.
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London
U.P
United States Army
England
Globe News
Advanced First Aid Course Starts Tomorrow Night
Jess Dearley the first aid chairman announced a Red Cross advanced first aid course will begin tomorrow night. The first class starts at 8 o clock in the Blackstone Hotel.
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Jess Dearley
Red Cross
Blackstone Hotel
Burglar Strikes Ideal Food Store No 1
Burglars entered Ideal Food Store No 1 at 600 North Fillmore Street by breaking a back door transom but left with nothing missing. Police noted the back door was unlatched from the inside as the sole sign of entry.
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Ideal
Ideal Food Store
North Fillmore Street
Birds respond to kiss sound as distress cue
Bird experts report that the noise of a kiss attracts birds, resembling distress calls used by many species. The finding suggests a versatile, non specific stimulus that elicits attention from diverse avian groups.
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Acetylene
Anos Plumbing & Heating CO
Polk
Jayne
Jayne’s
America
Actes
Bozeman
Blackburn
Printing & Letter Service
White Laboratories
Lilly
Upjohn
Boyce House
Taylor
Sc Re
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Barbara Gould
Boyer
Carter
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Max Factor
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Schick
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Ka Fanaal
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