Cartels Have No Place in His Country
George E. Sokolsky argues against government arranged cartels and foreign monopoly deals in wartime trade. He warns that choosing instruments in international commerce risks monopolies, government lending and loss of private competition. He calls for free competition and for open Congressional Record publication of all such agreements.
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George E. Sokolsky
Pan-American Airways
Army
Navy
Tacticals
Interstate Commerce Mission
Soviet Russia
Germany
Italy
United States
Amtorg
Nfe
Ahmerican
U. S. Treasury
Westwall
Congressional Record
V-2 Bombardment Reported Against London
Berlin announced London under bombardment by a new secret weapon the V-2 for weeks. The Berlin communique said the V-2 is more effective than the V-1 and Stockholm dispatches describe it as a flying tele phone pole with range over 250 miles. Reports say it could develop into a rocket bomb spanning the Atlantic.
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Don
Germ High Command
London
Berlin
Stockholm
Atlantic
Roosevelt Wins Fourth Term in Wartime Vote
Roosevelt expands lead in Michigan and Ohio as New Jersey swings. Dewey concedes after late Wayne County ballots narrow Michigan lead. Final tallies show Roosevelt with broad Senate gains and a Democratic House majority, ending Dewey’s bid.
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Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New Jersey
Michigan
Ohio
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Wayne County
Detroit
Mr. Roosevelt
Oregon
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Detroit News
Wayne
House
Senate
New York
Roosevelt Led Amarillo County Returns in Election Totals
Amarillo county reports complete unofficial results with Roosevelt leading across most boxes and amendments approved. No. 11 Wolflin School and No. 13 Margaret Wills School failed to give Roosevelt a majority, while Johnson School No.1 through No.16 show Democratic and Republican counts, party lines, and multiple constitutional amendments with varied margins.
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Potter County
Roosevelt
Texas
Wolfin School
Margaret Wills
Johnson School
Central Fire
America First
McKinley School
Church of Christ
Elizabeth Nixson
Sixteenth Street
Wilson School
Pierce Street
Legion Home
Wolflin School
Bivins School
Sam Houston School
San Jacinto School
San Jacinto
Fowler
Texas Election Returns From 239 Counties
Returns to the Texas Election Bureau from 239 of 254 counties show totals for Tuesday's general election. President results list Democrats 567077, Republicans 132569, Texas Regulars 84973, Socialists 343, Prohibitionists 647, America Firsts 179. Govern ev enson 506945, Peasley 58493. Amendments include Retirement benefits 129915 against 83318 and 136906 against 80472. County Tax Reallocation stands 120942 for and 67584 against. Total counted votes 785788.
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Dallas
Texas Election Bureau
Democrats
Texas Regulars
America Firsts
Tevenson
Peasley
Jap Chiefs Thrown Out In Philippine War Reshuffle
Tokyo replaced top land sea and air commanders in the Philippines as American forces pushed new gains on Leyte and Luzon. Nimitz said 440 Japanese planes, 29 ships were destroyed in two days while Japanese reinforcements moved to Kurile and Bonin Islands.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Tokyo
Philippines
Leyte
Pilo Islvediuil
Kurile
Bonin Islands
Philippine Command
Manila Bay
Luzon Island
Manila
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Morotai
Luzon
Horseshoe Bend
Ormoc
U. S
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Singapore
Denshichi Okochi
Shanghai
Japan
Army Air
Navy
Philippine Air Forces
The Road To Berlin Front Distances Reported
Western Front 301 miles from west of Duren. Russian Front 304 miles from Vistula north of Warsaw. Italian Front 557 miles from southeast of Bologna.
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THE
Associated Press
Duren
Vistula
Warsaw
Bologna
Election Returns Show Roosevelt Lead in Popular Vote
Associated Press reports from 100 414 of 130 810 voting units place Roosevelt at 20 434 190 and Dewey at 17 993 641 with total 38 427 831. Senate results count 16 Democrats holdovers and 36 total, 51. Republicans 8 holdovers 24 total, 32. one Progressive holdover and 12 undecided. House seats: Democrats 205, Republicans 118, Progressive 1, 110 contests undecided. Governors: Democrats 11, Republicans 10, 11 contests undecided.
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Roosevelt
Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
Ewt
Hyde Park
Willkie
Senate
Associated Press
House of Representatives
Congress
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Regions
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. West Texas sees mostly cloudy conditions this afternoon tonight and Thursday. New Mexico remains partly cloudy with warmer temperatures Thursday. Today’s highs range from 55 in the north to 70 in the south. tonight lows from 30 to 50 grades.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
North Portion
South Portion
North
Roosevelt Reelection Lifts Chungking Spirits Despite War Tensions
President Roosevelt's landslide reelection brings a buoyant mood to Chungking as the South China military situation worsens. The news sweeps the capital and strains the limited telephone system. Advertisement notes include Dinner at Thomas' Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance and lumber source John Maynard Lumber Co.
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Chungking
Roosevelt
South China
Democrats Score Big Wins in Congress Sweep
Democrats strengthened their grip on Congress on Election Day with gains in the House and Senate. Incumbent Rep. Hamilton Fish of New York and Sen. Gerald Nye of North Dakota fell to opponents, while Republicans lost several seats. New Democratic leaders include Fulbright and McMahon as the party gains momentum. Clare Boothe Luce won in Connecticut amid Democratic opposition.
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Senate
House
Hamilton Fish
New York
Fish
Mr. Roosevelt
Gov. Dewey
South
Texas
South Carolina
Mississippi
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Washington
Congress
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Nye
John Moses
Rep
Augustus W. Bennet
George
Georgia
Overton
Louisiana
Hill
Alabama
Pepper
Florida
Barkley
Kentucky
Thomas
Oklahoma
Tydings
Maryland
Hayden
Arizona
Utah
Wagner
Lucas
Illinois
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Olin D. Johnston
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Brien McMahon
John Danaher
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Aiken
Vermont
Reed
Kansas
Morse and Cordon
Oregon
Gurney
South Dakota
Millikin
Colorado
Wiley
Wisconsin
Gerald B. Nye
Clare Boothe Luce of Consnecticut
Nazi Thrusts Are Stopped By U S First Army
U S First Army troops repulsed German counterattacks near Schmidt fifteen miles southeast of Aachen in savage fighting as reinforcements arrived at Wossenach. Third Army infantry pushed gains along a twenty five mile western front while the Maas Meuse campaign neared completion and Soviet bridgeheads formed on the Tisza. Monte Cassaluda fell to Polish troops with the British Eighth Army, and US Fortresses and Liberators attacked targets in Yugoslavia Austria and northern Italy.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
U. S. First Army
Schmidt
Aachen
Wossenach
Rhineland
U. S. Third Army
Sian
Budapest
Tisza
Eighth Army
Monte Casaluda
Forli
U. S
Yugoslavia
Northern
Austria
Germany
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Holland
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Meuse
Moerdijk
Walcheren
A. B. Dick Mimeograph
Russell Stationery Company
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