Pro-Roosevelt Forces Claim Texas Victory
Pro administration Democrats in Texas win control of the state convention and move to name a new slate of electors to deliver Texas 23 electoral votes to Roosevelt. Anti administration forces vow court action to block replacement, amid claims the party will bypass primary laws with a white supremacy resolution.
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Dallas
Texas
Roosevelt
Harry S. Byrd
Virginia
C. C. Renfro
Renfro
Supreme Court
Coke R. Stevenson
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Radio Station Bars FDR Time Until After Election
Myles H. Johns of WOSH Oshkosh Wisconsin states no free air time for President Roosevelt. He will charge regular advertising rates for any speeches until after the November election to comply with FCC rules on equal airtime for political candidates.
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Milwaukee
Myles H. Johns
WOSH
Oshkosh
Wis
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Johns
Bremerton, Wash., l
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Chemical Reactions May Block Vitamins
New York AP reports that food combinations can prevent vitamins from entering the body due to unseen kitchen reactions. Researchers Daniel Melnick Melvin Hochberg and Bernard L. Oser show raw clams may destroy half of vitamin B-1 before consumption while raw oysters lack this enzyme. Grated vegetables release an enzyme that rapidly destroys vitamin C in food and on plates but stops after ingestion.
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New York
American Chemical Society
Daniel Melnick
Melvin Hochberg
Bernard L. Oser
Food, Research Laboratories, Inc
Plastic Car Is Out at Least Until 1960
Minneapolis United Press report quotes William S. James of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Studebaker as saying a plastic car for wartime bonds will not reach mass markets before 1960. He cites high costs for new light metals and doubt about a 100 octane engine in under 15 years.
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Minneapolis
William S. James
Society of Automotive Engineers
Studebaker Corporation
James
Shipbuilding Behind Schedule Slows Pacific Effort
SAN DIEGO Calif. The Pacific victory timetable is delayed as west coast ship building falls behind. Rear Admiral W L Friedell, commander of the Eleventh Naval District, says trained crews idle until ships finish, hurting morale and delaying Pacific victory chances.
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San Diego
Calif
West Coast
W. L. Friedell
Eleventh Naval District
Pacific
War Plant Loan Policy Revealed
The Federal Reserve Board announced a guaranteed loan program to help war plants shift to civilian production after contract terminations. Termination loans or T-loans will be funded by private banks and guaranteed by the Federal Reserve banks for defense contractors, with a 4 percent maximum interest rate and a low commitment fee.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
War Department
Navy Department
Maritime Commission
The
Reserve Board
Secretary to probe censored seaman ballot opening
Boston AP Secretary of State Frederic W. Cook said he would take up a flagrant voting laws violation with the navy department after Ludlow's town clerk reported an overseas ballot opened by a naval censor. Such censorship could lead to further action.
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Boston
Frederic W. Cook
Navy Department
Ludlow
Sailor Ballot Sealed After Censor Note Challenge
Ballots from servicemen are challenged amid an election dispute as a ballot sent by a sailor was opened and resealed and bore the naval censor stamp Passed by naval censor. The incident raises questions on ballot handling and eligibility.
Cops in Lock In Strike at Lyons Station
Chicago reports that Lyons police locked themselves in the squad room to protest the re appointment of the chief. Highway police patrolled the village but did not remove the six officers.
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Chicago
Lyons
G I Over 38 May Not Be Discharged
Washington AP reports friends of the over thirty eight army G I inquire about civilian reentry as demobilization talks unfold. The war department states no change in policy. passing age thirty eight does not grant discharge authority.
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Washington (Ap
Army
G.I
War Department
Million Evacuations Reported From Tokyo Area
Tokyo radio reported Home Minister Shigeo Odachi told the diet that about a million of Greater Tokyo's seven million residents had been moved from the city under an air raid decentralization program described as temporarily over.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Shigeo Odachi
Greater
Tokyo
Hosier Remanded to Des Moines for False Pretense Charge
F E Hosier of 107 Ely avenue SW was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder and held for Polk County. He was taken to Des Moines to face a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses later Tuesday afternoon.
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F. E. Hosier
Ely Avenue
Harlan Snyder
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
Hosier
Des Moines
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