Democrats Renominate Roosevelt and War News Across Fronts
The Chicago convention renominated Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term pledging New Deal measures and a world peace organization. Allied advances in the Pacific and Europe continue with Guam Saipan and Normandy actions as Germany faces internal revolt after a failed Tojo regime.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
World Organization
U. S
Tojo
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Saipan Island
Marianas
World Bank plans stabilize postwar economies and loans
Allies back an 8.8 billion fund to provide currency liquidity for trade and a 10 billion World Bank to extend 2 billion in long term loans while guiding 8 billion in private loan guarantees. US shares depend on Congress approval, with about 2.75 billion and 3 billion respectively. Also in markets, prime long fed steers reach 17.65 at Chicago, highest July since 1919, with heifers at 17.35, and prior July highs cited.
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World Bank
U. S
Chicago
Taft seeks loosened Hatch Act limits on GI reading matter
Sen. Robert Taft argues for relaxing rules that restrict political literature in the armed forces. He says the Hatch Act amendment should also bar only government printed material. private shipments to troops would remain allowed at personal or party expense. The Army widened magazine circulation to 189 titles based on soldiers reading habits abroad and post purchases.
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Army
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Henry Stimson
Colonel White
Stars & Stripes
Chaumont
London
Algiers
Casablanca
Oran
Naples
Cairo
Middle East
Congress
American Dreyfuss dies after decades in exile
Oberlin M. Carter once labeled the American Dreyfuss died in Chicago at 88. A former U S Army engineer he was convicted of defrauding the government of two million dollars tied to a Savannah Georgia project.
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Oberlin M. Carter
Dreyfuss
Chicago
Savannah
Louisiana renames muskrats to marsh hares to boost meat sales
Gov James H Davis signed house bill 675 changing muskrats to marsh hares to improve appeal of musk rat meat in Louisiana. The bill aims to present a neutral or attractive image for the aquatic rodent whose flesh is valued in the state.
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James H. Davis
Louisiana
News and politics ride herd over GI Joe voting rights
Washington dispatch surveys the clash over how the Stars Stripes should cover politics while Army officials fear Title Five penalties for service press content. Col White's removal, Taft and Lucas push for clarity, and editors weigh risks to GI morale amid democracy debates.
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WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Congress
New York Hérald- Tribune
Algiers
Stars & Stripes
Service
Egbert White
Paris
Washington
Army News Service
New York
Evacuations and Maps Highlight War Briefs
The Japanese Domet agency reports about 30 000 school children evacuated from Tokyo to rural districts since July 8. Radio Cherbourg opens its daily program with a message from France. A British Information Service document stresses maps as essential in planning invasions, noting North Africa maps filled a warehouse at the embarkation port.
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Domet Agency
Tokyo
Radio Cherbourg
France
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