Republicans Split on War Policy Shapes Chicago Platform
Chicago reports Republicans expect a short, issue driven campaign against Roosevelt with a World Organization plank aimed at postwar cooperation. Charles Evans Hughes and Cordell Hull indirectly influenced the foreign policy section crafted by Arthur Van denberg and Warren Austin. Hull and Hughes debated timing of a world body amid Axis defeat.
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Ray Tucker
Chicago
Franklin D. Roosevelt
G.O.P
Hull
Vandenberg
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
F.D.R
Hughes
Dewey Deliberates On War Issue Before Delegates
An outline of Thomas E. Dewey’s speech outlines wartime policy and the war issue. He may address the delegates before delivering his acceptance speech if about eleven hundred nominators remain.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Wartime speech credits civilians and service members
A speaker asserts victory rests with ordinary Americans at home and in industry, not the White House identity. He praises the Army General Staff, Navy Board of Operations, and Allied leaders, pledging no service member will be removed without cause, from General Marshall to a GI Joe.
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Dewey
White House
Navy
Axis
Army General Staff
Navy Board of Operations
United Nations
Armed Services
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Gree
Jeremiah
City Governing Body Can Refuse Beer License
Raleigh reports a legal ruling that a city governing body may deny a new beer license if after inspection the operation would justify license revocation. The piece also outlines various state rulings on court clerk vacancy, school funding, war-effort appropriations, and sales tax for ironing boards.
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Raleigh
Prem Geen
North Carolina
Revolt Flares Among German Troops and Workers
Ibert Leman reports rising anti Nazi sentiment among veterans and workers in Germany. Friction between Rus sian eell veterans and Waffen SS is seen, with front pigs as bywords for the brave yet at risk. News notes alleged Communist leanings, Gestapo clashes, and soldiers abroad who fear the regime. Russian workers disrupt Reich industry by minor sabotages causing longer shifts.
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Ibert Leman
New York
Eell
Steppes
Germany
Gestapo
Himmler
Junker
Reich
Duplication of Aces Creates Risk in Bridge Bids
A bridge article explains that when an ace in one hand is duplicated by a void in the other, both sides may bid to a contract that is one trick too high. The risk doubles if the void duplicates an ace king combination in the opposite hand.
Slam try in clubs misjudged by North South bidding
In a South dealer auction with both sides vulnerable North-South reach six clubs after a diamond cue bid. West has two sure trump tricks so the slam fails. The flaw is South not signaling the duplication in diamonds by bidding three diamonds to echo North s cue bid, which might have guided a slower, clearer path to slam.
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South West North East Isle
West
South
North
Ivery
Third Rescue Party to Go After Fliers
Army airmen aimed to guide a third ground party to three paratroopers stranded for a week on a desert plateau 500 feet above the Colorado River. Park rangers and river teams planned to reach the floor of the Grand Canyon as radio contact was pursued and land routes were explored for the rescue effort.
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Ariz
Colorado River
Mile Deep
Donald B. Phillips
Comander
Kingman
Army Airfield
U. S. Park Service
James Wergen
Salinas
Calif
Burgh
Maurice J. Cruicks , Jr
Lawrence
Mass
Cpl
Roy W. Embanks
Kalispell
Mont
DeForest Plans Mexico Lab For Radionics Work
Inventor Lee DeForest, 70, moves his research laboratory from Los Angeles to Mexico City to focus on commercial radionics development. He also develops a ground speed indicator for aircraft to show pilots exact ground speed despite wind and weather.
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Mexico City
Lee DeForest
Los Angeles
DeForest
Jim Selvage Returns to Business After Republican Convention
Chicago June 28 James Marlow reports that Jim Selvage a stocky publicity man known for his pipe and quick talk is leaving his own publicity firm to return to private life. He notes Selvage has been the go to man for the Republican National Committee and headlines the scene with reporters photographers and agents clamoring for him as he contemplates quitting. The piece describes the pressures of the job and Selvage’s wish for a hot dog and a beer as he prepares to depart the platform amid the carnival of media attention.
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James Marlow
Chicago
Jim Selvage
Nat 1 Committee
Selvage
Hamby
Barnum and Bailey
Jim
Texas
Hua- 4
Man Comgs Runn
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Target Berlin Next On Bond Campaign List
Camp Butner directs a Fourth of July style benefit musical revue titled Target Berlin to support the Fifth War Loan drive. The July 7 premiere at the Junior High School features top local and allied talent, a Dieppe raid account, and a finale linking liberty to modern times. Proceeds fund war bonds.
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Berlin
Camp Butner
Cpl
Phil Tannenbaum
United Nations
Pittsburgh Symphony
Chauncey V. Kelly
Harold Boxer
Max Bernstein
Carmen Miranda
Four
Wacettes
Maurice Zeenberg
Wac
Liberty
United States
Plan uniform spelling London ins Dutch language postwar
The Netherlands and Belgium agree to adopt a uniform spelling system for the Dutch language to be used in both countries after the war. The move aims to standardize orthography and ease cross border communication and administration.
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London
INS
Netherland
Belgium
Comment by W A Bivins on postwar Germany and society
The column muses on a Nazi era population estimate of 80 million rats in Greater Germany, postwar census needs, and modern views of Liberty. It contrasts bootlicking in politics, home safety, and church charity with stark scenes of poverty, class inequality, and religious discrimination observed in urban life.
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Germany
Uncle Sam
Browning
Brother X
Social Security Filings Guide for Beneficiaries
Officials remind that before benefits can be paid a claim must be filed with the Social Security Board. Eligible widows, orphans and spouses may receive monthly survivor or old age benefits, with conditions on age and family status. For information visit Room 201 in the Office Building or contact the local board.
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Security Board
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