Republicans Seek Postwar Unity At Historic Convention
At the Chicago convention Republicans push for a wartime unity plan and a postwar settlement while aiming to pressure FDR. Taft era diplomacy features a proposed League or Four Nations Alliance to maintain security as Dewey and Warren loom as top contenders.
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Resolutions Committee
Robert A. Taft
World League
League of Nations
Four Nations Alliance
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
William Howard Taft
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Femon
United Nations Harmony
Roosevelt
Chicago
Cordell Hull
Blican
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G.O.P
Ry Horney
Luftwaffe Tricks and Allied Defense in World War II
In a wartime column the author notes Luftwaffe radio warnings to keep ships in port until June 29 and recounts Allied protective measures. It argues Germans failed to disrupt embarkations, praises RAF night fighters and U S British anti aircraft forces, and critiques Nazi strategic bombing. The piece closes recalling Ontario's historical name change from 1791 to 1867.
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Luftwaffe
Eisenhower
London
Ture
As Tack
England
Women Vote Power Could Decide White House in 1944
Washington report says women voters, now numbered over 59 million, could swing the 1944 election. Leaders of both parties urge female blocs to back their platforms, with 325 GOP female delegates planned and 314 Democratic women listed for convention roles.
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White House
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Charles W. Tillett
North Carolina
Marion
Martin
Maine
Republican National Committee
Chicago
GOP
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Resolutions Committee
Census Bureau
Finais
Indiana
Delaware
Republicana
White Honier
Veteran Of 3 Wars Still Serves At 80
Fort Douglas Utah veteran Jesse Tyson aged 80 from Salt Lake City remains active as a civilian war department worker at the headquarters of Maj. Gen. David McCoach Jr Ninth Service Command. Tyson served with the British army in the Boer War with U S forces on the Mexican border in 1916 and with the AEF in 1918.
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Fort Douglas
Utah
Jesse Tyson
Salt Lake City
Tyson
U. S. Cours
AEF
War Department
David McCoach, Jr
Ninth Service Command
Seabees Sign for Million Dollar War Bond Drive
Seabee veterans at Camp Parks California joined in a five day war bond allotment drive pledging more than one million dollars in maturities. A total of 828864 dollars in deductions was promised by 5843 men led by Capt J D Wilson to secure postwar savings for the fleet and postwar readjustments.
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Camp Parks
Calif
Altoutians
South Pacific
Camp Prks
J. D. Wilson
Seabees
Seventh Seabees
1,000 Men Opening for Deductions of More Than $120 a Year
Among station force departments, disbursing led with a 100 percent subscription. The item notes deductions exceeding $120 annually for a large group, highlighting the wide participation and impact on payroll.
Explosion at Standard Oil high octane plant in Baton Rouge
Officials report a violent explosion at the Standard Oil Louisiana hydro plant last night. No injuries were reported though damage estimates are pending and production impact undetermined. Concussion disrupted state capitol activity briefly two miles away.
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Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company of Louisiana
Senate
Alaska coastline and Befana facts lampooned
Alaska has a coastline of 26000 miles and Befana is the Italian name for Santa Claus.
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Alaska
Befana
Santa Claus
Port Expected To Be Ready In Ten Days
Allied notes Cherbourg port facilities to be ready for use within ten days. Degraded harbor works and port basins described, with 30 foot minimum depth and multiple docks. The city includes military and commercial harbors, drydocks, shipyards, and a famed breakwater from Louis XVI era.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dehrbourg
North Africa
Italy
Cherbourg
Tomlete
United States
Tarsiinad
Divette
Louis XVI
France
Glass Bender Hinman Shapes Research Glass at Cornell
INS Staff Correspondent in Ithaca N Y Leon H Hinman a glass bender and technician at Cornell also serves several colleges He crafts complex bulbs and apparatus from blueprints and sketches for researchers while handling delicate repairs for students His experience includes 13 years at Cornell and a two year apprenticeship in glass dealing He highlights Pyrex as a key advance and expects further radical developments in glass technology.
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INS
Ithaca, N. Y
Leon H. Hinman
Cornell
Pulaski
N. Y
Hinman
Schenectady
Ithaca
Thermionic tubes prove airtight in vacuum research
A glass expert develops thermionic tubes for vacuum research, noting the air is evacuated before sealing to preserve long term vacuum. He spent 12 hours crafting a tube with complex wiring. Floodwaters from the Big Muddy overwhelmed his home porch while his dogs swam to safety on higher ground.
Dogs swim home as floods threaten Mysboro area
Two dogs in the Mysboro region endure rising waters and refuse to leave their home despite flooding. A farmer and owner efforts highlight resilience amid natural flooding and disruption in the area.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Mysboro
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