Dewey Campaign Gains Steam In N Y And Wisconsin
In early April 1948 editorial analysis notes Tom Dewey gains in New York and Wisconsin primaries, boosting his path to the GOP nomination while President Roosevelt contemplates third term risks. It covers party dynamics, potential third terms, and political maneuvers across Congress, with mentions of figures like Garner, Welles, Hull, and Bullitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Wisconsin
Congress
Senate
Alben Barkley
New York
Tom Dewey
Cactus Jack Garner
Empire State
G. O. P. Hope
Frank Gannett
America
Michigan
Ser
Arthur Vandenberg
Franklin Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Los Angeles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Europe
Sumner Welles
White House
Germany
Monongah
W. Va
Co. I. G
John Lewis
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
San Francisco
Czar Churchill and Hitler Dominate World Tensions
A sweeping report notes Churchill blamed for Gallipoli defeat while Hitler's spring offensive looms. Goering boasts air superiority as Allied nations press Nazi trade blocks. Chamberlain reshuffles to head a three man inner war cabinet as Reynaud vows no peace. Also covers Pelley and Dies hearings, Mussolini submission, and Finnish jewelry drive for pursuit planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar Churchill
Gallipoli
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
West
Scapa Flow
Germany
Chamberlain
Kingsley Wood
John Simon
Paris
Paul Reynaud
America
France
Congressional census debate sparks business backlash
The census questionnaire saga drew Republican critics and business elites into a row over income questions and migration data. Generals, chiefs, and labor leaders spoke privately. public backing faded as investigations, indictments, and political maneuvering intensified across the A F L C I O and cabinet circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sai
Census Bureau
Tiopkins
Louis Dublin
Metropolitan Life
Robert E. Wood
Sears, Roebuck
Noel Sargeant
The
Manufacturers Association
Stacy May
Rockefeller Foundation
National Bureau of Economic Research
General Wood
Texas
Bureau
Insurance Company
Chain store tax bill draws Wallace opposition in Texas
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace criticized Rep Wright Patman s chain store tax measure warning it would discourage efficient marketing by driving larger interstate chains out of business. AFL protest prompts Supreme Court review of a Chicago milk wagon drivers’ anti trust case. Winter wheat prospects surge to 450 million bushels from a December forecast of 349 million. New Orleans court upholds wage hour law s minimum for cotton mills. March receipts rise 3 percent to 365 448.00. Communications notes a gain of 82 000 telephones nationwide in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
Texas
Wright Patman
Wallace
U.S
Supreme Court
AFL Af Bis
Chicago
News Quiz and World Facts Snapshot
The quiz asks about a signature arousing controversy, whether the Earl of Athlone was named governor general of Australia, if the U S recognized Wang Ching Wei s Nanking regime, and if spring fashions emphasize hips. It notes WPA timekeeper testimony on chair repairs by cabinet makers and carpenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Athlone
Australia
U. S
Nanking
Wang Ching-wei
San Francisco
Potocki Signature Forgery Allegations Raise Questions
German sources allege Polish ambassador Potocki signed a document about a talk with William Bullitt, with Bullitt pledging aid to the Allies. experts debate authenticity. Other items note Canada’s governor general, Wang government tensions, a Harper's Bazaar editor quote on skirts, and a quiz answer identifying a $199 fob cost.
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Potocki
U. S
William Bullitt
France
Bullitt
Canada
Australia
Wang
Carmen Snow
Harper's Bazaar
Strange Facts and Oddities From a Bygone Era
In Switzerland many houses retain curious interiors including a window and a miniature near the ceiling used for a 5 for the soul at the time of monkeys and horses. Oysters open more easily when placed in a harmless anesthesia solution. The Leviathan carried 14,426 American army men nurses and crew to New York on April 2 1919 after managing to prepare 24 OM meals a day.
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Switzerland
New
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Joseph W. Labine
Western Newspaper Union
Politics
Ham Fish
North Carolnaa
Bob Reynolds
Bill Bullitt
Hull
Jerzy Potocki
Britain
York News
Warsaw
House
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
War Department
Farm Credit Administration
National Grange
L. J. Taber
FCA
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Grangeville
Idaho
Elva Canfield
Seven Devils Mountains
Washington
Charles Tobey
New Hampshire
Ameri
William L. Austin
Civil Service
Treasury Secretary
Public Debt Service
Accounts and Deposits
U.S. Treasurer
Alcohal Administration
Surplus Marketing Administration
AAA
Division of Marketing
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Cleveland
American College of Physicians
William J. Kerr
Vandenberg Dewey
Roosevelt
King Pelley
William Dudley Pelley
Dies un-Americanism Committee
Pelley
Dorothy Waring
MacCormack Committee
Miss Waring
Dies
Legion
Coun
Try
Philadelphia
Rome
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Mussolini
Helsinki
Dorothy Waring King-wrecker
Fair Weather
A. F. of L. Peace
John P. Coyne
A. F. of L
Justice Department
Miami
William Hutcheson
Czar
Carpenters
Cordell Hull
Fitzmaurice
Robert Hinckley
Thurman Arnuld
Elmer
Elmer Twitchell
Pony Ballet
Talkies
Alma O'Neil
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Henry Ford
Ford
Henry
Arthur Boran
Gerona Ness
Phillips
Martha
Kansas
Yeu
George
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