Roosevelt Era Party Labels Break as Election Looms
The piece surveys shifting party loyalties among leaders and voters as the 1944 campaign nears. It notes Roosevelt’s cross-aisle appeal, Dewey and Willkie crossovers, and a potential political shakeup, with reflection on the Roosevelt family and wartime leadership.
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United States
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
la Guardia
New York
Stimson
Knox
Washington
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillmen
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
South
High Point Hosts Dodgers Youth Camp and Big Racing in Summer
The city will host the Brooklyn Dodgers four day youth baseball camp July 24 to 27 with Branch Rickey Sr guiding the effort and Clyde Sukeforth and Wid Matthews among instructors. The program aims to boost High Point as a future professional baseball venue and features Carolinas AAU swimming championships and two Junior National events next week.
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High Point
Brooklyn Dodgers
Branch Rickey
5 Sr
Dodgers
Valley
Clyde Sukeforth
Wid Matthews
Sisler
Bucky” Walters
Dan Boone
Rube” Eldridge
E.V.M
Women jurors welcomed as Guilford county moves forward
The Enterprise praises Guilford county for fielding women on juries, noting it improves representation though not perfect justice. It urges capable women to serve without excuses and criticizes male evasion of jury duty. The piece also mentions the Senate proposal on Philippine independence and General MacArthur’s prior stance.
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Enterprise
Oper
Associated Press
High Point
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Roosevelt
Cherbourg
America
Guilford County
Senate
Philippines
Gen. MacArthur
Speech contrasts in wartime leadership noted by commentators
R N Potts cites Governor Dewey and President Roosevelt as both drafts of party and people. AP foreign correspondent William F King asserts Franco's Spain planned Axis entry and that his non participation influenced Churchill's attitude.
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Roosevelt
R. N. Potts
Franco
Spain
Germany
Russia
Pee
Churchill
William F. King
Women Jurors Draw Varied Reactions At Guilford County Court
Reporters and civic figures describe the use of women jurors in Guilford County as a wartime progress, noting manpower shortages, the fairness of juries with mixed sexes, and the hope for broader reform. Several quotes praise women’s service while others reflect on juror recruitment and court delays.
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Guilford
Hal Lemmons
Bretton Woods Peace Talks and Hidden Alliances
A reader notes Bretton Woods in New Hampshire frames a peace process like Versailles. He argues any agreement should go to the Senate for ratification and warns of secret conferences on Caribbean bases and Asian oil reserves.
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United Nations
Bretton Woods
New Hampshire
Versailles
Senate
United States
Caribbean
Asia
Gul
International aviation and Bretton Woods under scrutiny
By George Sokolsky argues the American people must know about postwar air agreements and international treaties. He warns on airport ownership, monopoly risks, and the Bretton Woods talks led by Lord Keynes, urging Senate scrutiny and potential congressional nullification of bypassing peace treaties.
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International Airways
United States
Democrats emphasize new faces at convention as war demands shape leadership
Wartime politics push for fresh faces at the Democratic National Convention. Robert E. Hannegan and Her bert Brownell are paired with new leaders Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr and Sen. Samuel D. Jackson. Gov. Robert Kerr is set as keynoter as Gov. Fard Warren rises in California. The shift signals a deliberate departure from past practice.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
St. Louis
Johnny Come
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Brownell
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Chicago
House
Samuel D. Jackson
Indiana
Rters
Senate
Henry F. Schricker
Frederick van Nuys
Democrats to field new team voters will see changes
By Jack Stinnett the article says voters will see a new lineup and strategy at the convention with Hopkins unlikely to attend due to health. If President chooses a newcomer for VP the ticket under the President should be as clean as Chicago’s slate, aside from Byrnes.
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Harry Hopkins
Chicago
Hopkins
White House
Wallace
On Broadway Private Papers of a Cub Reporter
A vintage column compiles wartime anecdotes from actors and reporters in New York, featuring Ella Logan, Noel Coward, Jackie Coogan, and Marine Medal of Honor recipient Mitchell Paige. It notes Einstein quip exchanges, war sirens in London, and ironies of wartime travel plus a spoof on Soviet black market practices.
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Albert Einstein
Manhattan
Einstein
Mitchell Paige
S. Pacific
New Guinea
Guadalcanal
Paige
Rabaul
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