Dewey campaign needs forthright stance as Willkie backs Dewey
The Greensboro Daily News notes calls to oust Colonel Fletcher over an absentee vote and contrasts past officials who campaigned for rivals with today’s neutral voting. It argues Dewey must be clear and frank on platforms to win in November and avoid losing voters to evasive rhetoric.
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M Bost
Greensboro Daily News
Raleigh
A. L. Fletcher
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Ralph McDonald
Washington
Best
Cherry
Colonel Fletcher
Fletcher
W. P. Horton
Broughton
Mr. Horton
Horton
Mr. Broughton
McDonald
Mr. Cherry
Wendell Willkie
United Press Reports
Dewey
Roosevelt
Mr. Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
Radio And Rates Open Talk On Two Way Rail Communications
The piece notes railroads adopting two way radio between moving trains and dispatchers and across train crews. It compares the shift to Ford style volume production and argues fair freight rates could boost South region traffic and profits for railroads overall.
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South
Ford
Henry Ford
Southern Railroading
Worries on infantile paralysis in North Carolina
The article urges calm and reliance on medical advice for the spread of infantile paralysis in the Piedmont region. It notes 179 cases in the state reported through Tuesday and calls for doctor-directed emergency steps without panic.
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Piedmont
State Board of Health
Woodpecker disrupts Blair Park course and players grouse
Quotes recount a woodpecker hammering a steel power line tower at Blair Park golf course. Players complain about the grassless greens and frustration from the day. Separate quotes touch on nationalism isolationism and civil rights for servicemen riding transit in the South.
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Blair Park
Roy Wade
War talk and home front issues at High Point gathering
Local speakers urge fuel conservation and anti black market efforts as Allied air war continues. G F Ball stresses gasoline limits harm motorists and war workers while Sgt Pike jokes on drunken driving. Mrs Holder notes mixed church attendance and prayer during D‑Day. Grady Goldston calls for Faith with works. Ninth Air Force pilot quips about doodlebug patrols.
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Europe
G. F. Ball
Petroleum Industry Committee On
Grady Goldston
Taft Leads Republican Platform With War-Wearied Tone
In a war-conscious yet war-hating mood, the Republican convention faced a split over the platform. Senator Taft, presiding over the resolutions committee, crafted a compromise that rejects a world state but accepts international cooperation by treaty while preserving American sovereignty.
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Republican Party
Robert Taft
Resolutions Committee
Taft
Sokolsky critiques platform on tariffs and world peace
By George Sokolsky argues against a dubious committee of great powers. He asserts the US has used force with other nations, currently maintaining peace with 11 million armed people and nearly 200 billion dollars in costs. He defends a protective tariff stance and criticizes Hulls free trade approach and bilateral agreements.
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Great Powers
London
Dewey
America
Congress
Hull
Mr. Hull
OPA to Use $50,000 to Trap Coupon Counterfeiters
Emerson, Pennsylvania enforcement chief, says the Office of Price Administration will spend $50,000, appropriated by Congress, to buy evidence in sting operations against gasoline coupon counterfeiters. The fund funds planted purchases, marks money for identification, and helps seize counterfeit and stolen coupons, building stronger cases in court.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Emerson PA
OPA
Emerson
OPA to Use Revolving Fund to Combat Gasoline Theft
The Office of Price Administration plans a revolving fund where most recovered counterfeit and stolen bills return to government use after court action. The program targets gasoline coupon thefts moving about 2.5 million gallons daily to the black market and extends to other enforcement areas. Price panel reps will refer violators to OPA investigators who will use new weapon to purchase commodities as evidence.
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OPA
Price Panel
Broadly Buzzing Hollywood and Political Rumors
A mixed gossip page itemizes bets on FDR if he runs, romances involving Veronica Lake and Andre DeTroth, and updates on Gloria Swanson, Doris Duke, and gossip about G men, Will Hays pension plans, and Victor changes in campaigns. It notes fast-moving Hollywood chatter, courtship rumors, and political quips from late June.
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Hollywood
Veronica Lake
Andre DeTroth
Gloria Swanson
Mark Hanna
Melody Thomson
MGM
el Morocco
C. Farmer
G-Men
B’klyf
Gov. Warren
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Helen
Troy
Jimmy McHiugh
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Lee Shubert
Robert Garland
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