Dewey Promises Broad Labor Reform If Elected
George E. Sokolsky argues that Dewey would place labor policy in the Labor Department with a labor secretary from organized labor, overhaul NLRA, and curb federal meddling to improve national efficiency. He warns against CIO influence and promotes management labor conferences to resolve reconversion issues. He adds the column reflects a personal view, not Globe policy.
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Tom Dewey
Organized Labor
Labor World
Rotary of Labor
Railroad Brotherhood
CIO
Dewey
Department of Labor
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
NLRA
Lepke
Hitler
Paris
Army
Navy
WPB
Mr. Biddle
Pulse of compliments and a tanker disaster headline blend
Blanche Dickson gathers crowd reactions to kind words while an Argentine oil tanker San Blas explodes at La Plata unloading pier. The blast traps crew. death toll could reach seventy. Local businesses advertise lumber and insurance offerings nearby.
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LA Plata
San Blas
Churchill signals huge new U.S. forces to crush Germany
Churchill told the House of Commons that enormous additional United States forces would be deployed to break German resistance and warned the war could drag into 1945. He cited Quebec agreements, Britain’s fleet use against Japan, and heavy Allied casualties as the fighting continues in Europe and the Far East.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons Today
United States
Notone
Quebec
Commons
Far East
Japan
Indian Ocean
Germany
Churchill
Europe
France
Seventh Army
Britain
Russia
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Poland
Hungary
Hitler
Balkan
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Regulars Say Pro-FDRs Embarrassed Stevenson
Leaders of the Texas Regulars appeal to anti Roosevelt Democrats for votes amid claims the September convention embarrassed Governor Coke R Stevenson. Republican officials say electors will not withdraw, while some Regulars may switch to Dewey. secretaries and party leaders are analyzing withdrawals and ballot placement.
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Austin
Texas
Merritt H. Gibson
Longview
Coke R. Stevenson
Brownsville
R. B. Creager
Roosevelt
New Party
E. B. Germany
Dallas
Roy Sanderford
Belton
Creager
Sidney Latham
Gibson
Stevenson
Washington
George Butler
Democratic Executive Committee
Charles E. Simons
Bombers Hit Multiple German War Plants in Broad Allied Raids
Allied air forces attacked Magdeburg, Kassel, Merseburg, and other targets with 1,100 bombers and 500 to 750 escorts. They claimed 36 German planes shot down and 54 destroyed on the ground, while another raid hit Kaiserlautern and freight yards near Saarbrucken.
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Magdeburg
Kassel
Henschel Tank Works
Kasel
Merseburg
Cologne
Ludwigshafen
Mainz
Weather Summary for Amarillo and West Texas
The United States Weather Bureau reports mostly cloudy skies for Amarillo and vicinity with partial clearing tonight and Friday. Cooler today and tonight with little temperature change Friday. West Texas stays partly cloudy through today tonight and Friday with cooler readings. New Mexico sees showers and scattered storms today with cooler conditions east of the divide. Highs 60 to 70 northeast to 75 southwest. lows 40 to 50. Observed 24 hours ending 6:30 A M shows 66 high, 44 low, 50 noon, 1.04 inches precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Neutral Nations Warned Not To Admit Axis Leaders
Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned neutral governments that relations with the United States would be adversely affected for years if Axis leaders were granted asylum in their countries. He said the United States would take official actions reflecting disapproval and urged neutrality to avoid such ties.
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Washington
U.P
Cordell Hull
United States
Negro Soldiers Convicted of Mutiny at Camp Claiborne
Brig. Gen. Louis F. Guerre said two more African American soldiers were convicted by court martial for mutiny linked to the Aug. 17 riot at Camp Claiborne in Alexandria Louisiana. A third soldier was acquitted. Sentences included death and life terms with another life sentence and a nine year term.
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Alexandria
Louis F. Guerre
Camp Claiborne
British Sub Sinking Campaign Tops Japanese Shipping
British submarines sank 32 Japanese vessels in bold raids across the Indian Ocean and beyond. Operations included Port Owen in Burma, oil tanks on Christmas Island, and strikes reaching Sunda Strait and Java. Allied air forces under Nimitz and MacArthur reported heavy enemy losses and advances up to Peleliu, with diversions to China and Thailand.
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Associated Press
Indian Ocean
Admiralty
London
Port Owen
Burma
Christmas Island
Java
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
Batavia
MacArthur
Australia
Philippines
Nimitz
Palau
Paramushiro
Marshalls
Truk
Marcus
Wake
Iwo
Women service bills signed for Hawaii Alaska bases
President Roosevelt has signed a bill allowing WAVES SPARS and Women Marines to serve in Hawaii Alaska and all American bases in the Western Hemisphere as announced by the White House.
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Washington
U.A
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Alaska
White House
Allied setbacks deepen in Rhine crossing and Metz fights
Allied and German forces clash from western Holland to Metz as Arnhem's bridgehead dissolves and German counterattacks test American corps near Dieuze Gravelotte and Luneville. Polish and British paratroops escape southward, while press hails the Arnhem effort as a glorious failure and Field Marshal Montgomery touts 85 percent success.
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Metz
Gravelotte
Coincourt
Brange
Luneville
Nancy
Supreme Headquarters
Dieuze
Dutch Rhine
First Airborne
Sion
cross-Rhine
The
Daily Express
Field Marshal Montgomery
mid-Holland
Winter chill grips plains with cool forecast ahead
Brisk winds drop temperature to the mid forties after a May morning. The Weather Bureau expects clouds to break up and a cool spell to continue through tomorrow. Rainfall for Tuesday night and Wednesday totals vary across the Panhandle with several towns reporting over an inch.
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Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Adrian
Claude
Clarendon
Dumas
Hereford
Lubbock
Pampa
Shamrock
Spearman
Stratford
Tucumcari
Labor Group Would Segregate O'Daniel From Democrats
Labor leaders in Texas push resolutions at the 47th Texas State Federation of Labor convention. They propose halting local option elections until after the war and repealing the Manford labor act while seeking segregation of U S Senator W Lee O Daniel from the Democrats.
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O'Daniel
Austin
U. S
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas State Federation of Labor
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Globe
Blanche Dickson
Harrison Street
Miles
Jack Guthrie
J. W. Desautell
John Maynard Lbr, Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Ane
U.S
Battle of
Arnhem
Eisenhower
Ashers
Avery Ini
Marshal Kesselring
U. S. Weather Bureau
Gloria Swanson
New York
Pvt
Joseph Swanson
Peleliu
Tokyo
Manchuria
Chengtu
China
Lauris Norstad
20Th Army Air Force
14Th U. S. Air Force
Kweilin
Thailand
14Th
Meuse
Rhine
Holland
First Airborne Division
Ick
Driant
Moselle
Antwerp-Turnhout
Nijmegen
First Army
s-Hertogenbosch
Grave
Miles C. Dempsey
Russell Stationery Co
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