Wallace Urges Cooperation Over Isolationism in Seattle
Vice President Henry A. Wallace challenged isolationists in Seattle urging cooperation with nations in the East for postwar peace and prosperity. He affirmed American leadership and pledged to fit U S life to cooperative relations with other peoples while backing renomination with CIO support.
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Henry A. Wallace
United States
Wallace
CIO
China
Russia
Roosevelt
Waellace
South
Massachusetts Voters Split Over CIO Endorsements
A Gallup poll shows 53 percent of voters would be prejudiced by CIO endorsements, while Massachusetts results favor Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, the CIO endorsed Democratic nominee, over Francis X. Hurley. The poll advises CIO focus on general voters rather than CIO members to be effective beyond local races.
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Gallup
CIO
Massachusetts
Maurice J. Tobin
Francis X. Hurley
Thomas E. Dewey
Sun Follower Encourages Sharing The Paper
A call to readers to enjoy The SUN and pass it to friends after reading.
Georgia tests lily white primaries in 1944 vote rights push
Southern Democrats in Georgia used lily white primaries to bar Negroes from voting as they plan a court test inspired by a U S Supreme Court ruling from Texas. Officials ordered polls closed in Negro districts while white voters could vote in most districts and several hundred registered Negroes were denied in front of witnesses.
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Georgia
U. S. Supreme Court
Texas
Georgia Democratic Party
South Carolina
Mississippi
Democratic
George
Cox
Rankin
Martin Dies
Jefferson County
Port Arthur
Beaumont
McNutt Sees Full Labor Through 1944
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt said the United States must maintain a full labor force through the end of 1944 despite expected declines in munition employment. He warned against easing labor supply and cited shortages in foundries, forges, truck components, logging, shipyards, food processing, hospitals, transportation, aircraft, and textiles.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Sears Catalogue Highlights War Time Cost Of Living Strains
A wartime Sears Roebuck catalogue shows shortages and shifted availability as labor argues prices rise beyond official stats. Notable gaps include dress fabrics, home textiles, and women’s clothing delayed until after July 20 under OPA. ODT warns coal and oil deliveries may fail next winter. WFA promotes community canning centers and unions urged to act before August and September.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Labor
Sears
OPA
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
War Food Administration
WFA
Heat safety tips for War workers to boost victory effort
Wartime guidance from WPB urges workers to combat heat this summer. Eat balanced meals with protein and produce, drink 8 to 10 glasses of water daily, add a pinch of salt to water, wear light clothing, avoid direct sun, get regular sleep, and not overexert during leisure.
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WPB
War Manpower Commission reports strong first ten days in Ohio
The War Manpower Commission announces a successful start for the priority referral plan in Ohio. E L Keen an Ohio WMC director says results are very satisfactory with larger cities showing acceleration in male workers taking war plant jobs. In Cincinnati area director John M Baker notes a 23 percent rise in US Employment Service traffic and a 50 percent jump in referrals to urgent war plant jobs.
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War Manpower Commission
Ohio
E. L. Keenan
WMC
Cincinnati
John M. Baker
United States Employment Service
Native Fascists and Union Busters Linked in Conspiracy Trial
Washington reports detail ties between Nazi conspirators and U S lawmakers with Attorney James J Laughlin amid courtroom disruptions. Pro fascist figures Sen Robert Reynolds Sen William Langer and Sen Gerald Nye are referenced as Laughlin allies while Bund ties surface with antiwar and anti Jewish rhetoric and alleged recruitment in the California National Guard and Navy offices. This overview notes a broader government case linking the German American Bund to fascist labor and antiwar networks.
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Washington
James J. Laughlin
Edward C. Eicher
Laughlin
Robert R. Reynolds
Larly
William Langer
Robert Noble
California
Gerald P. Nye
Lawrence Dennis
Sam Rayburn
House
Roosevelt
Bund
Bundsmen
Los Angeles
Silver Shirts
Roy Bachery
Silver Shirt
William Dudley Pelley
Zachary
Pelley
Little Steel
William Bockhacker
Elizabeth May Dilling
Charles B. Hudson
Rob
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Federated Picture
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Indiana
Chicago
Esther Williams
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Sears Roebuck
Betty Goldstein
Federated Press
Leon Errol
By Travis K. Hedrick
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U. S. Navy
George van Horn Moseley
U. S. Army
U. S
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Fritz Kuhn
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