Labor’s Postwar Plight Divides Chicago Convention Loyalties
Labor leaders and unions fault the Chicago platform for vague promises while GOP critics praise the brevity. Green Murray Lewis and other chiefs push for concrete labor protections, wage guarantees, demobilization pay, and a break from the Little Steel formula as fears of postwar unemployment rise.
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Murray
Lewis Hillman
Gardless
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Armed Services
Lmen
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Sam Gompers
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Hillman Opposed by Southern Politicians Over Immigrant Rally
Hillman faces violent opposition from Southern governors and local bosses who fear his likely alliance with immigrants and naturalized citizens backing the New York labor leader. They warn of organizing poor whites in the South and losing ward control. The Kellys Hagues and Flynns dislike sons of immigrants deserting ward clubs for Sidney and being ordered about by the outsider.
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Mason and Dixon
New York
Dixie
South
Kellys
Hagues
Flynns
Sidney
Leman views German explosion as sign of deeper coup
Albert Leman warns the Germany blast tied to Hitler assassination attempt signals a wider military clique plot. He says Junkers still seek power and peace terms, deserting the sinking regime to salvage influence for a future move, cautioning Allied leaders against bargaining with Prussian schemers.
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Germany
Hitler
Goebbels
Junkers
Dicker
Family letters lift Johnnie in Hollywood tale
John HodiaK writes from Hollywood about leaving on a plane to Mineral Wells Texas to visit his family. He recalls letters from home that fueled his career, describing mothers and fathers pride, sacrifices, and the bond that keeps him striving in show business.
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Hollywood
Mineral Wells
Tex
Hady
Detroit
Chicago
Johnnie
Secret Memoon Weimar’s Hidden Plans for a New War
The document portrays a chain of military and political actors from 1812 to 1939 plotting a future war. It accuses German officers and industrial leaders of eroding postwar restrictions, using civilian groups as fronts, and seeking economic dominance to rekindle conflict. It cites General Stuelpnage and De Gaulle’s Liberation Committee as sources. It suggests Prussian influence remains strong in Germany and Europe.
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Napoleon
Foch
Berlin
Weimar Republic
Rhineland
Junkers
General de Gaulle
National Liberation Committee
New York
Stuelpnage
WACS So Healthy That They Grow Out of Uniforms
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Maj. Margaret Craighill notes WACs grew too healthy on army diets. Excess weight forced reductions after summer uniforms proved too small, due to regular hours good food and decreased exercise after training.
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WACS
Pittsburgh
INS
Wac
Margaret Craighill
Women's Health and Welfare
Craighill
Navy Casualty List Names Seven Tar Heels
Washington July 24 The Navy released a casualty list naming seven North Carolinians. Second Lieut George R Coble USMCR wounded father Paul Coble Greensboro Pie Fred Davis Jr USMCR wounded wife Mrs Fred Davis Jr Weaverville Aviation radioman second class USNR missing parents Mr and Mrs Roy Edgar Hicks 67 Burton street Reidsville Seaman second class Liston Levi Hines USNR missing mother Mrs Agnes Hollowell Hines 714 North George St Goldsboro PFC Leonard B Ritter Jr USMCR dead previously reported wounded on January 29 1944 parents Mr and Mrs Leonard B Ritter Sr Beattys Ford road Charlotte Pfc Claud R Dallees USMCR dead father James P Stafford Eldorado Second Lieut Walter E Storm USMCR wounded mother Mrs Sarah J Storm 316 Ann Street Wilmington
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Washington
Navy Today
George R. Coble
USMCR
Paul Coble
Greensboro
Fred Davis
Weaverville
Aviation
USNR
Roy Edgar Hicks
Burton Street
Reidsville
Seaman
Liston Levi Hines
Agnes Hollowell Hines
North George St
Goldsboro
Leonard B. Ritter
Beattys Ford Road
Charlotte
Claud R. Dallees
Usmcr, Idead
James P. Stafford
Eldorado
Walter E. Storm
Sarah J. Storm
Ann Street
Wilmington
Two-Week Hiccough Spell Finally Broken
Lawrence Schone a 31 year old war worker from Los Angeles was slated to go home after relief from a two week hiccough spell. Doctors said his seizure ended yesterday following electrical therapy and he slept soundly with hopes the condition was permanent.
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Los Angeles
Lawrence Schone
Hiccoughs
Lloyd Tainter
Schone
Capital Boys Fail To Appear At Convention In Chicago
Raleigh dispatches recount North Carolina delegates missing the Chicago convention where Governor Broughton faced questions of credit and influence. Morrison attended. others offered support but did not appear. Reg Harris, North Carolina lieutenant governor, eagerly sought Wallace banners, discarding several before being restrained.
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Chicago
Tar Heel
North Carolina
Fea
Morrison
N Morrison
Tar Heels
Bailey
Doughton
Washington
Broughton
Wallace
Reg Harris
Harris
Tis
General Electric plans jet propulsion turbine production
GE announces conversion of 600000 square feet of wartime space at Schenectady to manufacture jet propelled turbines for the War Department. Engineering VP Harry A. Winne touts jet turbines as superior to propellers in empty air, while GE’s electronic speed-measurement gear is already tested at Aberdeen proving grounds.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
War Department
General Engineers
Harry A. Winne
General Electric
Army
Aberdeen, Md
Ordnance Research Center Proving Grounds
Army Promotions for North Carolina Officers
The War Department announced temporary promotions of North Carolina officers: captains to majors John Albert Spencer Jr. of Durham and Thomas Durant Hatcher Jr. of Fayetteville and David Walter Davenport of Mount to major. Second lieutenants to first lieutenant Charles Langhorne Firee of Reidsville.
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Washington
War Department
North Carolina
John Albert Spencer, Jr
Englewood Ave
Durham
Thomas Durant Hatcher
Coast Guard Passes 154 Years of Service Amid World War
The Coast Guard marks 154 years since 1790 with a history of peacetime safety work and wartime action. Under Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche it expands for global duties, aiding ships, patrolling harbors, and fighting Axis forces from Tulagi to Normandy. Coastguard crews supported invasions at Tarawa, Saipan, Salerno, and D-Day, risking heavy fire to save hundreds of lives.
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Pearl Harbor
Russell R. Waesche
Pacific
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Washington
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
The
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Globe
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Guadalcanal
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Biak
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Marianas
North Africa
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Salerno
D-Day
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Normandy
North Carolina soldiers listed as wounded in action
The War Department released names of 32 Tar Heels wounded in action in Asiatic and European theaters. Listed are ranks including private, sergeant, and corporal, with accompanying next of kin and addresses across North Carolina towns such as Canton Beaufort Asheville High Point Winston-Salem and more, reflecting the broad statewide impact of the war.
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Washington
War Department
North Carolina
Evangelist Dr. Alfred Garr Dies After Weeklong Illness
Dr. Alfred Goodrich Garr 68, evangelist, died yesterday in Charlotte after a week of illness. A native of Danville Kentucky he came to Charlotte in 1930 for a revival that lasted three months then remained to build Garr tabernacle.
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Charlotte
Alfred Goodrich Garr
Danville
Garr Tabernacle
Lyman Delano A. C. L. Chairman Dies at 68
Lyman Delano aged 68, first cousin of President Roosevelt and longtime chairman of the boards of the Atlantic Coast Line and Louisville and Nashville railroads, died after a brief illness. He had served the A C L since 1910 and lived in Wilmington, North Carolina before moving to New York in 1923.
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Lyman Delano
Roosevelt
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville and Nashville Railroads
Ac.l
Wilmington
N. C
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