Dewey campaign masters reshape nomination path
The Dewey move is driven by a three man governing trio Herbert Brownell Jr J Russell Sprague and Edwin Fraeckel who coordinate strategy to press a non candidate bid at the convention They orchestrate press events and roll calls to isolate Bricker and build Dewey support while keeping him outside the official nominating process.
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Chicago
Dewey
John W
Bricker
Willkie
Roosevelt
New York State
Oregon
Ralph Cake
Ken Bradley
Johnny Haynes
Cowles Brothers
Midwest
Chicago Daily News
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Republican State Committee
J. Russell Sprague
New York National
Edwin Fraeckel
Jim Farley
Bric'er
Bill Reichel
California
Warren
New York
Resolutions Committee
Mackinac Island
New York City
National Committee
Brownell Sill
Campai Aannes
Sprague
Jaeckel
Henry
Henry Wallace
China
FDR
Wallace
Chauncey Sparks
War time musings and wartime plans from Decatur diary
A collection of wartime opinions and notes from Decatur residents comments on the war in Europe and Pacific. Ignites talk of pork for the Fourth of July jeep sales and WWII logistics while referencing Florence Italy and Patton. FEPC funding debate is noted with salary and authority implications.
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Stalin
Life-Story
Holman
Humphrey Bogart
Bogart
Ann Sheridan
Julie Bishop
Joan Leslie
Lauren Bacall
War Bond Drive Urges Daily Investments In Fifth Loan
Morgan County faces a $551,000 Series E quota with only $200,000 raised halfway through the campaign. The appeal urges at least $30,000 daily until the July 8 close to sustain morale and victory, warning that failure implies complacency about the war effort and urging citizens to act.
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Morgan County
John Doughboy
War talk and political opinions in Alabama Journal excerpts
A column cites ads on dine and dance pages and notes their proximity to loan ads. It comments on the Normandie refit halting after heavy expenditure, urges a propaganda push against Germany, recalls Wilsons 14 Points, questions DeGaulles role, and mentions Thomas E Deweys possible cross-service officer courses in a joint Army Navy effort.
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Wilson
Quinine Synthesis Marks Key Medical Advance
Dr. Lqgan Clendening discusses the landmark synthesis of quinine by Robert B. Woodward with William E. Doering. The article notes quinine as a malaria specific drug and outlines its origins, historic searches, and wartime relevance amid limited natural supplies.
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Robert B. Woodward
Boston
William E. Doering
Woodward
Doering
William Hervey Perkin
Perkin
Ammonia's Name Tied to Ancient God Ammon-Ra
The text notes opposition to Mr. R may be well prepared and skilled. It adds that ammonia, first produced in Libya, derives its name from the Egyptian god Ammon-Ra.
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Mr. R
Ammonia
Libya
Ammon-Ra
Offbeat Jokes and Witty Observations From Everyday Life
Summer humor and a string of short anecdotes set in a small town frame. Tales include a father and son exchange about the Pyrenees, tax security, and spending wisely, plus comic bits on acting, radio voice, a minister, and domestic life.
Walter Winchell on Broadway Notes and War Era Gossip
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes guest Peggy Fears premiere in Movietown and Abel Green tasked to write Show Biz Goes to War. Columns cover industry figures, plays, films, combat reporting, quotes, and wit about wartime culture and politics.
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Peggy Fears
Clover Club
Movietown
Abel Green
Pic
John Boles
Curt Riess
Robert Hunt
Doubleday Doran
James’ Mead
Library of Congress
Germany
Yip Harburg
Hollywood
Stanley Howe
Stanley High
la G
Lawrence County Notes Show Local Life and Visits
Local column lists guests and visits across Courtland Decatur and Moulton with families and service member Pvt Clarence Thrasher returning wounded from overseas. Revival set to begin August at Providence with Rev Silas Lane preaching. Also notes annual U.S. farmer production records continuing.
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Jean Lansdell
Gradie Waldrop
Carl
Curtis Copeland
June
Telford
Tom Parker
Clarence
Chet) Thrasher
Thrasher
5Th Army
San Antonio
Texas
Virgie Thrasher
Merced
Courtland
Erwin Odell
Howard Odell
Arkansas
Lynn Conner
Moulton
John Crisler
Martha
Mae Bell Parker
Jim Parker
Decatur
Lee Waldrop
James Thomas Parker
Silas Lane
Providence
Loyd Lansdell
James Parker
Glenn Campbell
Lizzy Oliver
Cap /Minner
Leighton
Will Parker
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The
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
W. R. Shelton
Alabama
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Niews
Paul Ninmr
Nell Wer
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Creker
Chances
Michelangelo
Bond
Italy
Florence
Army
Pacific
Hitler
Patton
FEPC
Sparks
Admiral Halsey
Alabama Journal
High Command
Europe
Gladstone Williams
Atlanta Constitution
DeGaulle
France
Thomas E. Dewey
Navy
White House
Gene Aker
Lil
Lqgan Clendening, M. D
Clendening
Columa
New Orleans
South America
Pelletier and
Caventou
Dutch East Indies
Central
South Pacific
Guatemala
Brazil
Pyrenees
Decatur High School
Dad
Son
Offa-Bum
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Eliason
Alice Jones
Glendale
Calif
Washington
Kingdom of Cinemas
Deanna Durbin
Dimitrios
Peter Lorre
Red Skelton
U. S. Army
Cong
Kléin
Berlin
Paul Whiteman
Charles
Boyer
Murphy Sisters
Aileen Stanley
Jack Pepper
Wayne King
Wertenbaker
Pix Liberty
Rastus
Sam
Samboé
Mos
Brushville
Amos Tash
Joe Mavis
Detroit
M. W. Bingay
Cong. C. Hoffman
Bingay
Houston Post
N. Y. Times
Mark
Sullivan
Herald-Tribune
Marcus
Mr. Lyttleton
London
Gen. Pershing
Hazlitt
Franklin
A. Einstein
C. Andy Jones
Joan Eden
Atlantic Wall
Ben Grauer
Robert Procter
Ernie Pyle
Carl Brisson
H. I. Menekén
Yours
Lawrence County Blackground
Decatur Transit
Allied van Lines, Inc
Williams Transfer & Storage Co
First Ave
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