Roosevelt Campaign Expands to Chicago For Foreign Policy Fight
President Roosevelt plans a Chicago stop after Philadelphia to press his bid for a fourth term amid fierce foreign policy debate. In Minneapolis Dewey and Truman clash over isolationism while Chicago Republicans gear to back Roosevelt’s stance, with party figures and press allies weighing isolationist labels.
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J. W. Davis
Roosevelt
Chicago
House
Stely
Windy City
Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Barry
Kelly
Soldier Field
Senaf Ball
R.-Minn
Dewey
Ball
Minneapolis
EWT
Newark
America
Harry Truman
Truman
Senate
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Bartley Crum
California
Wendell L. Willkie
Stasseni-Willkie
Stassen
Walker
Cleveland Party
John W
Ohio
Denver
Pig Pen Poll To Be Taken By Agriculture Dept
Washington reports a post card poll of the nation's pig pen statistics to be conducted next Monday with rural mail carriers. About 15 farmers per route will report sows expected to bear litters in six months to help estimate future pork production. The effort also gathers cow, chicken, sheep counts and similar farm statistics.
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Washington
Agricul
United States
Department Agar
Negro Youth Held for Assault in County Jail
John Willie Love a sixteen year old Negro youth is jailed on a charge of assault with intent to murder after a relative swore out a warrant. He allegedly struck at a home on Me and Cain Streets using a chair and window glass injuring the father who sustained minor injuries. Bond on vagrancy set at 300 dollars while intent to murder carries the higher bond.
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John Willie Love
Cain
Cotton futures rally amid hedge selling and liquidations
Cotton futures rose as much as 75 cents a bale on mill and commission house buying, meeting scale up hedge selling. Late trades showed gains with Dec at 21.67, Mar 21.74, May 21.74, and market for calves, hogs, and sheep reported with mixed grading and prices across categories.
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New York
Nashville Livestock Market Report October 24
Federal state market news describes cattle trading in Nashville with 700 head, trade opening slow and mostly steady. Prices include 980 lb steers at 12.00, baby beef steers and heifers 9.00-9.50, beef cows 6.00-8.50, canners 3.50-5.50, shelly types to 3.00, sausage stockers and similar categories noted.
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Nashville Livestock
Nashville
Federal State Market News Service
Morgan County Rock Creek social notes and events
Mr and Mrs Virgil Smith learned their son Irmel was seriously wounded in action by telegram last week. An all day singing is planned at Stringers on the fifth Sunday. Grace Tanner and Norma Gale of Birmingham visit relatives here. Attendees joined Velayer Holmes funeral at Pine Burr. Mrs John Broaderick visits Annie Bell Hamilton in Decatur. Malinda Lewis visits sister Mrs John R Holmes at Eva. Martha Martin ill with sore throat then returned to Ryan's School. Lorene Lewis stayed with Opal Edleman near Eva. Lessie Lewis visited aunt Martha Ann Holmes at Eva. Peggy Sue McKee stayed with aunt Gaynell Crawford near Center Grove.
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Virgil Smith
Irmel
Stringers
Grace Tanner
Norma Gale
Birmingham
Lena
Velayer Holmes
Pine Burr
John Broaderick
Decatur
Annie . Bell Hamilton
Malinda Lewis
John R. Holmes
Eva
Martha Martin
Ryan’s
Lorene Lewis
Opal Lean Eddleman
Lessie Lewis
Martha Ann Holmes
Peggy Sue McKee
Gaynell Crawford
Center Grove
Hull Resting at Bethesda Hospital
Undersecretary Stettinius said Secretary Hull in Bethesda naval hospital is getting rest as examinations proceed satisfactorily. Hull went there last week with a throat ailment, and associates had said he was there for a checkup.
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Washington
Stettinius
Hull
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Associates
Hartselle Blaze Destroys Polytinsky Gun Depot
Fire broke out this afternoon at Hartselle destroying the Polytinsky gun depot and a large portion of adjoining facilities. Local crews fought the blaze as investigators assess the extent of damage and potential causes.
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Hartselle
Butter-Eggs Chicago Market Report
Butter firm with receipts 348,689 and unchanged market. Eggs receipts total 5,463 with firm prices under U.S. standards 39 to 42 1-2. current receipts 38 to 41 1-2. dirties 29 to 33. checks 29 to 32 1-2.
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Chicago
U.S
Birthday honor for Rev. Waldrep noted in community
Lawrence County scene records Rev. Lee Waldrep celebrated at home on his 77th birthday. Army exams underway for several local youths. Visits and dinners mark a busy weekend with Odell Parker Crisler Copeland families. Notables include Mrs Woodie Copeland at Courtland AAB and Sgt William Letson on leave from New Jersey.
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Lee Waldrep
Waldrep
Army
Claude Copeland
Tom Parker
Jack Davis
Decatur
John Crisler
Here
T. L. Jeffreys
U.S. Army
Edd Copeland
Edgar Odell
Town Creek
Mae Bell
Clezell
Woodie Copeland
Courtland Army Air Base
William Letson
U. S. Army
New Jersey
Courtland
Luther Campbell
Glenn
Moulton
Howard Odell
Parker
Eurvin Odell
James Parker
Winford and
Laveral
Leeee
Mary
Sis) Parker
Oea
Palmer
Slick Saint
Seie
Odella Town Creek
Huesday
The Canadian women's army enlistment figures
Canadian forces women’s army enrollment stood at about a notable level, reflecting growing participation in service roles across the country during the period. The report notes increased enlistments and organizational development within the women’s branches.
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Canadian Women's Army
Catholics To Give Program In Florence This Sunday
North Alabama Catholics plan the Feast Of Christ The King observance at Coffee High School stadium Florence at 3 30 pm Rev Adolph Schmitt POW chaplain will be principal speaker Abbot Boniface and a choir from St Bernard College Cullman attend among others About 175 Catholics will gather after at the Sheffield hotel for a banquet and Catholic Action talk by Rev Francis Foley with soloists and accompanist from St Joseph Sheffield The Sheffield portion starts 5 30 pm to allow return home Sunday night
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North Alabama
Coffee High School
Florence
Adolph Schmitt
Camp Forrest, Tenn
St. Joseph's Church
St. Michael's
St. Florian
St. Joseph's
Sheffield
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Tuscumbia
St. Ann’s
Decatur
Dan O'Reilly
Ae of the Visitation
Huntsville
Sheffield Hotel
Francis Foley
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Birmingham
George Fehler
St. A
A. Kitts
Filipino Scout Returns to First Cavalry On Leyte
Sgt. Antonio Maringo, a U S Army Filipino scout, reported for duty at division HQ on Leyte after nearly three years away. Captured on Luzon by Japanese, he escaped, lived as a civilian in Tacloban, and resumed service when Americans returned. He reunited with Col. Charles Sheldon, chief of staff to Maj. Gen. Verne D. Mudge, with whom he served 1935 to 1937.
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Leyte
Antonio Maringo
U. S. Army
Luzon
Prompty
Tacloban
Charles Sheldon
el Paso
Tex
Verne D. Mudge
Sheldon
Maringo
Islands
Mrs W M Stewart Jr and infant moved home by ambulance
Mrs W M Stewart Jr and her infant son were moved from Decatur General Hospital to their home in Tanner by Brown's ambulance on Monday. The Morgan County Office of Education announced Florence State Teachers College will send art teacher Miss Tuthill to Hartselle Saturday at nine to address teachers concerns as part of the workshop course.
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W. M. Stewart Jr
Decatur General Hospital
Tanner
Brown's
Morgan County Office of Education
Tuthill
Florence State Teachers’ College
Hartselle
Ramspeck warns CIO crowd on war leaders fate if Dewey wins
U S Representative Robert Ramspeck argued that a Dewey victory would unseat Marshall and King, and that defeating Roosevelt would reshuffle federal bureaus to favor the privileged class. He urged cooperation with Russia, China and Britain to preserve peace and questioned opponents of a world peace plan.
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New York
U. S
Robert Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Civil Service Committee
United Federal Workers of America
CIO
Thomas E. Dewey
George Marshall
Ernest J. King
Marshall
King
Ramspeck
Roosevelt
United States
Russia
China
Great Britain
Mr .Dewey
Hiram Johnson
Gerald Nye
Ham Fish
The Role of the North American Continent in the World
Dr. Allen D. Albert spoke to a large Riverside Auditorium audience closing the Rotary Institute series on the North American continent. He highlighted soil fertility resources temperate climate and North America as a center of culture and progress noting past isolationism and the role of Canada and the United States in shaping a postwar world. A brief round table discussion followed.
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Rotary International Institute of International Understanding
Allen D. Albert
Riverside Auditorium
Albert
Sam Brown
North American
Dr. Albert
Dominion of
Canada
United States
New Transatlantic Nonstop Flight Record Set
New York reports a nonstop flight from La Guardia to Foynes Ireland set at 14 hours 17 minutes. Captain Charles L Blair Jr piloted the export line plane carrying 14 passengers and full cargo, breaking the prior record by one hour 13 minutes. James M Eaton of American Export Air announced the record.
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New York
la Guardia Field
Foynes
Eire
James M. Eaton
American Export Air
Fous
Charles L. Blair Jr
Eaton
Funeral for Little Irwin Allen 112 Months Old
Funeral services were held at the family home on Hillsboro Road for Irwin DeWitt Allen aged 112 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Allen. Rev. W. W. Coffee officiated. interment in Old Bethel cemetery with Brown directing. Survived by parents four brothers and six sisters.
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Irwin DeWitt Allen
George Allen
Hilsboro
Rev
W. W. Coffee
Old Bethel
Brown
Ed Ball Returns From War Seeks Abundant Food At Home
War correspondent Ed Ball, an Alabama native who covered Europe’s invasion, returns to Atlanta and reports American food abundance. He contrasts England’s rations with plentiful U S groceries, notes the mud and supply issues in Europe, and recalls meeting Georgians including Wright Bryan. He praises home dining and comments on food availability aboard trains.
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Atlanta
Associated Press
Ed Ball
Europe
America
Ball
England
New York
London
Lucy Shivers
France
Patton
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Wright Bryan
The
Atlanta Journal
Wright
Bryan
Wrigh
Col
Parks Hunt
Maj
Ball Daniels
New Hellcat Smashes Nip Ships in Pacific
The Navy unveils the F6F-3 Hellcat improving speed and protection to dominate Japanese planes. The redesigned fighter features a streamlined cowling, camouflage paint, a reinforced armor plate behind the pilot, a faster top speed, a redesigned windshield, a revised tail, six .50 caliber guns, and potential rocket and bomb loads.
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Washington
Pacific
Liberator Raid Report From Iwo Jima and Luzon Action
The Manila radio reported a 49 ton Liberator raid on Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands and American carrier planes raided Luzon airfields in the Northern Philippines. Twenty two planes attacked airstrips in the Manila area.
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Philippines
Iwo
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Luzon Island
Manila Radio
Manila
Air Force Activity in China and Pacific Fronts Reported by Tokyo
Tokyo says the 14th U. S. airforce steps up bombing in China aiding the Philippines assault. Aleutian based planes renew strikes on Kuriles bombing Paramushiro and Onekotan. Allied air support backs the fifth Indian division pursuing retreating Japanese 11 miles along Fort White road in Southwest Burma.
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Tokyo Radio
U. S. Airforce
China
Philippines
Tokyo
Kuriles
Japan
Paramushiro
Onekotan Islands
Tiddim
Fort White Road
Burma
Chinese counterattacks push Japanese back near Liuchow
Casualties mount as Chinese forces strike eight miles southwest of Liuchow in Kwangsi province, pressuring the Japanese near the U S air base at Lichow. Continued fighting reported at Pingnam and near Kweiping as Chinese counterblows halt Japanese offensives.
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Chungking
Ype
Kwangsi
U. S
Lichow
Pingnam
Kweiping
Liuchow
No Action Planned in Negroes Case
Montgomery governor Sparks announced no further action would be taken in the case of Joe Vernon and L. C. Bell, Birmingham men scheduled to be electrocuted Nov. 3 for murder. Both were convicted in 1939 for the fatal shooting of Benny Montgomery at a filling station during a robbery and denied clemency in 1941. Vernon has pursued multiple U.S. court avenues, while Bell remains on Kilby prison death row awaiting reprieves. Vernon got a new trial from the U.S. court but was convicted again.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sparks
Joe Vernon
L. C. Bell
Birmingham
Bennie Montgomery
Frank M. Dixon
Vernon
United States Court
Bell
Kilby
Ernon
U. S
Cash Prizes To Promote Voting In Roswell Election
Roswell New Mexico two daily papers offer cash prizes to districts with the highest turnout based on voting strength. Prizes will be distributed through public schools to Parent-Teacher Associations, aiming to boost turnout and civic participation.
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Roswell
N. M
United States
France
Morning Dispatch
Evening Daily Record
Cotton Parity Advances for 1944 Cotton Crop
Senator Bankhead says government parity price purchases for the 1944 cotton crop will start within a few days after printing delays. Forms have been completed and shipment from Washington began October 18. Farmers faced lower market prices while waiting, but sales to the government under parity are now assured.
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Jasper
Ala
Bankhead
Commodity Credit Corporation
Washington
Pettusville Notes Mention War Losses and Local Visits
Mrs. L. E. Robinson reports Coy Lester Robinson missing in action since Sept 26 in Germany. Mrs. Joe Eaves learns Atwell Eaves was killed. Pettusville residents share news of visits, leave from the Navy, and hometown activities with family and friends across Decatur Athens Huntsville and Louisville Ky.
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L. E. Robinson
Coy Lester Robinson
Germany
Joe Eaves
Atwell Eaves
Pettusville
W. B. Spence
T. M
Decatur
Ann Spence
Courtland
Mary Turner
Athens
George Stovall
J. D. Harlow
C. Turner
Carl FE. Hasting
Navy
W. L. Brakefield
Martha Spence
Brakefield
Lkmont High School
Miss Spence
Piney Chapel
W. M. Beene
Huntsville
George Beene
Stevenson
Beene
Selvin Allen
Max Hodges
B. F. Hodges
Neal Hodges
C. Irvin
K. C
L. Dunnavant
Thomas Moore
Walter Bates
Lela Maia Thomas
Hughey Stanford
Baby
Veto
Sunda
Buford Stanford
C. Stout Pettus
Clifton Hodges
Floyd Wales
Holland N
Joe Holt
Birmingham
Lola M.pettus
W. B. Pettus
Warren Moore
Claude Pettus
Maia
Floy Pettus
Lenin
Deca
First American Labor Strike on a Railroad in 1877
The initial American labor strike occurred on a railroad in 1877 as workers protested a 10 percent wage cut challenging management.
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J. F. Tanner
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Grbmate
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Maxwell Anderson
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Hellcat
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