Dewey Speech Boosts GOP Prospect After Nomination
A newspaper praise of Governor Dewey's acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention notes its clear stance on war conduct and critiques of Washington bureaucracy. The editorial credits the speech with sharpening Dewey's campaign appeal while urging clarifications on policy for the fall race.
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Thomas E. Dewey
United States
America
Dewey
Resolutions Committee
Mr. Dewey
Washington
Prohibitionists Seek State Ticket in North Carolina
Greensboro Daily News notes prohibitionists push to collect signatures for a party line and a statewide referendum on liquor. Senator L A Martin leads efforts, promising a referendum, but splits the Democratic camp and weakens the prohibition cause.
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Tom Best
Greensboro Daily News
North Carolina
L. A. Martin
Martin
Dr. McDonald
Best
Tacitus on Rome and modern Europe amid modern threats
M. J. McLean compares Tacitus’s description of Rome’s disasters to contemporary Europe under fascism and warns that portents and divine vengeance reflect sins of society. He critiques isolationists and laissez faire leaders following World War I.
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Haly
Campania
Rome
McLean
Italy
Europa
Europe
Tacitus
Local youths sell War stamps amid political chatter
Dc H Rhodes recalls preferring Bricker, while three High Point girls Helen Martin, Betty Baxter and Mary dean Wardell eagerly sell War stamps in a dime store. Bruce Carraway says Herbert Hoover would have less ground to criticize Roosevelt at the Chicago Republican convention.
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Bricker
Dc. H. Rhodes
Helen Martin
Betty Baxter
Mary Dean Wardell
Roosevelt
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Bruce Carraway
Independent voter thoughts and public opinions quoted
Dr. W. KR. McCain defends citizen voting as an American right and notes how pri niples shift across elections. Perry Jones asks Outdoorsman editors for hunting stories while Tom Smith cites OPA car price rules. Carolyn Johnston comments Bricker’s vice presidential move as smart business. a local clerk says she knows little about politics.
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Dr. W. KR. McCain
Bricker
Carolyn Johnston
Quiet Chicago Convention Reflects Dewey Bid
In Chicago the Republican gathering is calm with little quarrel over the platform. Some sparks arose over foreign relations wording and tariff stance but were controlled. The nomination is nearly unanimous, with Ohio the sole state reportedly withholding support for Thomas E. Dewey.
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Chicago
United States
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Edge
New Jersey
Gerald Smith
Stevens Hotel
Thomas E. Dewey
Ohio
Dewey's Nomination Strategy Drives GOP Faith in Victory
Delegates praise Tom Dewey for securing nomination through nontraditional methods and stress his leadership, organization, and confidence. Supporters point to his executives as proof he can run the country and win the campaign, despite incomplete public positions.
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Blican
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt
Tom Dewey
Icans
Dewey
Dewey Platform and Liberalism Expect Broad Support
Behind the news notes Dewey’s convention platform hints at liberal aims with calls for social security greater medical aid and a realist foreign policy toward Russia and communists. Mary Donlin as platform leader and the split among governors senators and delegates shape the party’s preparation for Dewey.
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Dewey
World Organization
Russia
Dewey and Labor Realities Shaping Campaign Image
Paul Mallon argues that Dewey will steer a practical course on labor and principle, clashing with radicals and the CIO crowd. He notes Dewey’s past cooperation with New York unions, a broad middle ground in labor, and a plan to campaign aggressively nationwide with a strong New York public image.
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Roosevelt
Dewey
CIO
New York State
American Federation of Labor
New York
New York City
Winchell On Broadway Capsule Criticisms Of Celebrities
A brisk collection of Winchell style impressions from a leading city maître d noting celebrities and their meals, drinks, and quirks. Describes Gus Arnheim Mary Astor John Barrymore Lucius Beebe Constance Bennett Chas Bu and many others with playful, droll observations and occasional humor.
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Scott White
Mary Astor
John Barrymore
Lucius Beeb
R. R. Espe
Constance Bennett
Scott
Chas
Ray Bolger
Ruth Cha
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