Willkie Keeps GOP Posture While Pushing Issue Talks
In New York, Wendell L. Willkie hints at no firm 1940 endorsement, delaying choice between Roosevelt and Dewey. Friends say he will withhold support, urging debate on postwar peace and foreign policy, while avoiding ties to either candidate and pressing for open discussion.
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Wendell L. Willkie
G.O.P
Willkie
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Democratic Party
Dewey
Albany
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
White House
Hyde Park
Nazis Tell Reich People of Defeats
London AP reports Nazi high command informs the German public of Allied gains in East and West to spur a maximum defense effort. Dittmar notes space for time due to Allied air superiority and German shortfalls, while Goebbels frames the choice as self-preservation or annihilation for the German people.
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London
High Command
High
Kurt Dittmar
Dittmar
Germany
Son Consoles Father Till He Can Enter War Dads
In Springfield Missouri a healthy man complains of being too young for the first World War and then too old for the current one. His 17 year old son consoles him with the remark that in a few weeks he will be eligible for the War Dads.
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Springfield
Lt Hawbaker Receives Silver Star for France Invasion
First Lt. Walter R. Hawbaker of United States artillery earns the Silver Star and Purple Heart for gallantry on July 8 and 9 in France as a forward observer. He crawled under heavy fire to stop enemy fire, located missing men, and returned to his unit despite fatigue and wounds. He is a Notre Dame and Northwestern alumnus, son of Charles and Mrs. Hawbaker of Geneva Indiana, now home in Chicago.
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Walter R. Hawbaker
United States Artillery
France
First Avenue NE
L.S Hobbs
Hawbaker
Bat‘te
Suntil
Charles D. Hawbaker
Geneva
Ind
Notre Dame University
Double Anniversary in South Bend Sparks Family Milestone
South Bend residents Mr and Mrs Melvin Humphrey mark their twenty-third wedding anniversary hoping for as eventful a year as the twenty-second. Twin sons and the twenty-second anniversary provided a busy, memorable period for the family.
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South Bend
Ind
Melvin Humphrey
United States Becomes New Rubber Center in Two Years
In two short years the United States rose as the world’s rubber hub. The wartime achievement credited to American synthetic rubber experts aided by alcohol supplied by American distillers.
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America
United States
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