Dewey Campaign Tour Amid California Speech Shrug
The report notes Dewey traveling toward San Francisco to gauge his presidential bid amid internal Republican dissension. A letter urging soldiers to vote Roosevelt is mentioned, tied to Chicago Mayor Kelly and Pittsburgh governor Brick’s remarks.
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Associated Press
E. Dewey
San Franisco
California
Ore
Roosevelt
Dewey
Kelly
Hicago
J. Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
John W. Brick& Dewey
Dewey Presses New Approach as Election Gears Up
In Washington and Portland and San Francisco rounds, Dewey defends a new method for government and people relations while promising a speech on freedom and security. Bricker questions postwar employment plans, a soldier ballot note surfaces from Guadalcanal, and AFL leader Tobin calls for Dewey’s concrete labor policies.
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Washington
EWT
Dewey
San Francisco
Portland
Roosevelt
United
Churchill
Stalin
Bricker
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
New Deal
Army
Navy
American Republic
Poplar Bluff
Edward J. Kelly
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Cook County
Guadalcanal
Chicago
Daniel J. Tobin
AFL Teamsters
New York
Lt Stuart Fheies Bomber Pilot Assigned in Italy
2nd Lt. Gaines R. Stuart of 701 Oak St Decatur has been assigned to duty as a pilot with a B 24 Liberator heavy bombardment group of the 15th Air Force in Italy. He graduated Knoxville high school in 1936, attended the University of Tennessee, and entered the Army Air Forces on Oct 13 1942 in Birmingham. His parents Mr and Mrs Clyde B Stuart live at 923 West End Place Knoxville Tenn.
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Gaines R. Stuart
Oak St
Decatur
Margaret N. Stuart
15Th Air Force
15Th Aaf
Italy
Knoxville
University of Tennessee
Army Air Forces
Birmingham
Clyde _B. Stuart
West End Place
Tenn
Blue trial enters third day in wife murder case
In Bessemer Alabama prosecutors call new witnesses as Dr J Howard Blue faces a third trial for the May 1943 slaying of his wife. Toxicologist Cecil Brooks testified about shotgun pellets found in the house and ambulance dispatches while the coroner suggested the defendant was intoxicated. The case, previously mired in mistrial and a reversed murder conviction, is before Circuit Judge Gardner Goodwyn.
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Bessemer
Ala
J. Howard Blue
Burgin Hawkins
Cecil D. Brooks
George Garner
State Supreme Court
Gardner Goodwyn
Navy Women to Serve at Western Hemisphere Outposts
Navy service women will be assigned to Western hemisphere posts as the Waves and Spars wind down recruitment. By end of November Waves expect 75,000 enlisted, Spars 10,000 enlisted and 1,000 officers, Marines had 17,994 women last June. The compromise bill passed the House and heads to the White House.
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Washington
Navy Service
Waves
Spars
Navy
Coast Guard
Marine
Western Hemisphere
Rep. Smith
R.me
Marines
White House
Red Cross Director William C. Holly Assigned to Courtland Army Airfield
William C. Holly, former Red Cross director at Camp Tyson Tennessee and Camp Campbell Kentucky, becomes field director at Courtland Army Airfield succeeding A. B. Madden. A University of Alabama and Columbia University graduate, he led CCC camps in Alabama and Mississippi before joining Red Cross work and will oversee activities at four engine training school and nearby Army Navy and Coast Guard stations.
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William C. Holly
Red Cross
Camp Tyson
Tenn
Camp Campbell
Courtland Army Airfield
A. B. Madden
University of Alabama
Columbia University
Holly
CCC
Alabama
Mississippi
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Hitler Guard Prisoner Describes Hitler in Germany
A former personal bodyguard to Adolf Hitler, now a prisoner with American forces, recounts Hitler's reaction to the 1939 non aggression pact with Russia. He describes Hitler dancing with elation, guarding details at Berchtesgaden and East Prussia, and notes rumors about affairs and Hitler's insomnia and diet.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Russia
Poland
Batman
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Moscow
Waffen SS
Berchtesgaden
Leni Riefenstahl
Gestapo
East Prussia
Debating U S Duty on Returning or Visiting Overseas War Dead
House debate centers on whether the government should fund relatives to visit graves overseas and whether to repatriate bodies. President supports allowing families to visit after the war at government expense. Past costs show millions spent on Gold Star pilgrimages with thousands of participants.
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Washington
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
McCormack
Congress
MoeCormack
France
Europe
Belgium
England
Guadalcanal
Australia
New Guinea
Tarawa
Burma
Philipes
Hawaii
Aleutians
Saipan
China
Japan
Africa
Italy
Holland
Middle Europe
Middle East
Germany
War Department
Wny
World War II Front Distances Reported
A wartime bulletin lists distances to Berlin from three fronts: Western front 310 miles from Nijmegen, Holland. Russian front 312 miles from outside Pulatsk. Italian front 581 miles from the south.
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Berlin
The
Associated Press
Fron
Nijmegen
Holland
Pulatsk
Paris noblewoman denies aiding Nazis while in Drancy stockade
The Marquise De Polignac once Nina Crosby says she welcomed arrest to clear rumors of collaboration. She describes three weeks in the Drancy camp sharing a luxuriously furnished cot with an air mattress and beauty supplies while insisting she worked for France and helped seven people including an American gain freedom.
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Ruth Cowan
Paris
Marquise de Polignac
Nina Crosby
New York
Drancy Stockade
Marquise
Duchess de Brissac
France
Germany
James
Biddle Eustis Sr
Robert D. Murphy
U. S
FFI
Segregation Ban Rapped in Augusta Protest
Publisher William S. Morris of The Augusta Chronicle protests to lawmakers after disclosure that white and Negro patients share wards at the Liver General Hospital. He argues segregation preserves Southern traditions and warns government action could hinder race relations and tolerance.
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Augusta
William SS. Morris
Augusta Chronicle
Permn
War Department
Sena George
Richa > Sots Jr
Paul Brown
Liver General Hospital
South
Assurance Asked Atlanta September 20 on Potential Danger
A brief item notes calls for assurance amid concerns of potential danger in Atlanta as officials publicly address safety questions and urge vigilance from residents.
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Atlanta
Calla Farm Plan Questioned by CIO Official
CIO Regional Director Char es H Gillman urged Cason J Callaway for assurance that the Calla farm corporation plan would not develop into an attempt by financial and business interests to monopolize agriculture.
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Calla Farm Corporation
CIO
Chares H. Gillman
Cason J. Callaway
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Quick
A health note urges proper digestion with Nature producing digestive juice and promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills to increase flow. The ad claims relief from headaches and irritability within 30 minutes and advises purchasing at any drugstore for 10 cents.
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Nature
Carter
Bill's Smile Rhapsody From Southern Railway War effort
A Southern Railway feature extols 45 000 employees including conductor Bill for keeping a courteous smile amid record freight and troop moves. Public survey finds 98 percent say staff habitually “make an effort to please” as workers speed victory and serve the Southland.
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Bill
Southern Railway System
Southern
Southern Railway
Southland
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