Roosevelt fakery exposed and Willkie urged for president
A critical political column argues the Roosevelt draft was exposed fakery and that the nation should rally behind Wendell Willkie. It claims New Deal tactics rely on class conflict, warns of dictatorial danger, and urges Southern Democrats to back Willkie to defend American constitutional democracy.
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Roosevelt
Russia
America
Europe
Willkie
United States
Chicago
Wendell Willkie
Washington
South's Opportunity: Political Moment Ahead
Southern states face an unparalleled political moment as opportunity and challenge converge. Leaders urge unity while factions push divergent paths, signaling a pivotal period for regional influence and national policy directions.
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South
Eeling
AERIAL ARMAGEDDON BEGINS OVER ENGLAND
Washington Post dispatches report the Battle of Britain enters the aerial phase with heavy RAF resistance. If the Royal Air Force sustains operations and bombings against German concentrations, Hitler’s invasion aims may fail, echoing past continental campaigns as the conflict shifts to air power.
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Smear Campaign and Party Realignment in 1940s Politics
Columnist Charles P Stewart discusses a confused party landscape after two conventions. He notes Wallace’s shift toward New Dealer identity, Willkie’s Democratic past, and McNary’s Republican role. The piece predicts a looming smear campaign, third term debates, and cross-party loyalties amid wartime politics. It also weighs pilot shortages and air power dynamics, contrasting individual-based and mass systems in wartime.
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McNary
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Lottery Man Farce At Opera House And Local Tragedy
The November 27 1910 stage show The Lottery Man a Rita John son adaptation drew gales of laughter as Lizzie the prize winner dressed in bridal finery sought her groom. News of John Luke Flanagan a Grafton native and B and O railroad employee dies in a New York St Louis Express wreck near Altamont Maryland on November 27 1910. The Graf ton lodge numbers 308 held a sorrow service December 4 for 25 members including Flanagan. Remains of Hattie Severs piedmont sister of George Bishop die of paralysis December 6 1916.
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Grafton
Altamont
Maryland
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Baltimore and Ohio
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
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John Luke Flannagan
East Main Street
John T. Flannery
Julius Karlin
Frank S. Creel
Ormore A. Riley
Thomas M. Hussion
John T. Cruise
Charles A. Faust
James W, Jacobs James Handley, Jr
J. B. McNamara
Frank M. Heipley
William L. Mason
Thomas F. Flanagan
Elkdon
Three Fork Creek
Grafton and
Belington
East Grafton
Front Street
Amos Market
Greenbrier
George Bishop
Hattie Severs
Piedmont
Hattie Bishop
Charles Severs
Joseph Severs
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New Victories Reported Across Britain and Continent
The communique described attacks on land targets at a railway junction near Tunbridge Wells and on oil tanks along the Thames, with numerous fires seen after the raids. It said British air force efforts over western and southwestern Germany caused little damage and one German plane was lost in combat over the English Channel. At Salzburg, Romania? Hard to parse.
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London
Thames
Germany
Linda Avery plots romance and danger in New York
Linda Avery seeks to rebuild her life with Ronald St. Di while glamour and envy swirl around model circles. Robert Barton, an engineer, introduces her to Terry Adams and Mina Nevins, sparking jealousy, alleged affairs, and a scent of danger as Linda suspects a murder plot amid a late night chloroform incident.
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Linda Avery
Q New York
Seehy
Ronald ST. di
Barah Mai
Ronald Foc
Robert Barton
Epie Acnadip Ei Lisa
Hier
Terry Adams
Terry
Caroline Pickard
Mina NE
Detert
Robert
Linda
Mina Nevins
Mina
Caroline
Solly-all
Mina’ Nevins
Goodby
Bered
Borneo
Mr. Bagley
Mussolini Hosts Writers On Villa Torlonia Ground Tour
Duce arrives in two ministry–provided buses with nine Americans and sixteen Germans. In a ringed show of horses and jumps he smiles and greets correspondents before riding chestnut mare Tieng, while troopers follow. Mussolini then assesses his health, appearing vigorous to guests.
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Villa Torlonia
Ministry of Popular Culture
Mussolini
Console Ridolfi
Tieng
Eeister Alessexidro
Pavolinto
Etill
Axis aims to reshape Balkans under German Italian leadership
Berlin Rome Tokyo magazine reports Germany and Italy plan a new southeast Europe order. They advocate cooperation with Balkan nations for natural freedom and orderly relations while opposing Britain’s balance of power. Ribbentrop met Romania and Bulgaria talks, with Hungary and Slovakia set to follow.
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Romania
Bulgaria
Germany
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Balkans
Berlin-Rome
Britain
Rome
Berlin
Tokyo
France
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hitler
Von
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