Roosevelt Discusses Politics Bets and Personal Clubs
President Roosevelt spoke with reporters about election bets and a $1000 Democlub joke, claiming he once proposed a $100,000 club. He noted Chicago organizers and rival claims by Gov. Dewey that the club seeks special privilege. He also teased doctors and health rumors, joking about not asking for medical opinions.
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Hull
Joseph W. Stilwell
Roosevelt
Fan la Aey
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
Frank J. Lewis
Altho
Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Navy Hospital
Lady Windermere's Fan at William Penn Auditorium
The drama by Oscar Wilde will be staged Monday night at 8 at William Penn auditorium with an all local cast. The Alpha Art club sponsors the play to raise funds for undernourished children and Mrs. E P Wilson directs. Also, the WLC circle of First Baptist church meets at 6 30 pm. Sergeant Torrence praised for first aid actions aiding a wounded comrade.
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Lady Windermere
Wm. Penn Auditorium
Oscar Wilde
Merritt
Lord Windermere
C. E. Yokely
Lord Darlington
D. L. Flowe
Augustus Lorton
James Lynch
Cecil Graham
Willex Merritt, Sr
Dumby
Lester Boyd
Hopper
Theodore Walker
Parker
English
E. P. Wilson
Wm. Penn High School
Alpha Art Club
W. I. OC
W.lc
Circle of the First Baptist Church
John Torrence
Lieut
M. Crowe
Cpl. Williams
Torrence
Lieut. Crowe
Young People’s Club Supper At Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
The Young People’s Christian Stewardship club of Mt. Vernon Baptist church will host a supper Saturday night November 4 at the home of Mrs. Mary Stevenson located at 32 A Daniel Brooke Homes.
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Young People's Club
Young People's Christian Stewardship Club
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Mary Stevenson
Daniel Brooke
Needle Craft Club Meeting at William Penn High School
The Needle Craft club will meet Wednesday at 2 30 PM with Mrs R G Mason in the Home Economics department at William Penn High School. Ministers Wives Alliance gathering with Rev and Mrs L M Mayfield on Fairview Street Thursday November 2 at 5 PM. members urged to attend.
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Needle Craft Club
R. G. Mason
Wm. Penn High School
Ministers’ Wives Alliance
L. M. Mayfield
Fairview Street
Resignations accepted of Pitts and McLean at state prison
Governor announces the resignations of Prison Director Oscar Pitts and Warden Ralph McLean with thanks for their service. Both will remain on duty through December 31. Pitts led the system to national merit and peers praised its performance and study by visiting commissioners. McLean earned respect through years of service and efficient administration.
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Ment
Oscar Pitts
McLean
Pitts
Ralph cLean
German Counterattacks Against Allied Salients Near Bologna
German forces on the central sector south of Bologna launched heavy counterattacks against allied salients as American troops fought hand to hand to hold terrain along the Po valley. Medium bombers struck bridges in the Po valley and fighters attacked enemy concentrations while a small force of heavy bombers targeted Yugoslavia. A bold assault aimed at a 2,000 foot hill southwest of Castel San Pietro tested American defenses.
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Albania
Greece
Reich
Fifth
Bologna
Yugoslavia
Castelo San Pietro
Po Valley
Dewey outlines eight GOP proposals in Buffalo rally
The Republican nominee told 18,000 at Memorial Auditorium that Roosevelt’s four terms threaten freedom, rejects the fourth term allyship of Sidney Hillman, and pledges eight policy goals from full employment to farm price floors. He criticizes New Deal failures and warns of stalemate with Congress. Stops planned in Massachusetts before Boston.
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Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Ittee
Jor State Democratic Campaign Fund
GOP
United States
Buffalo
Memorial
White House
Dewey
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Justice
Massachusetts
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester
Boston
Allied and German Fronts See Advances Amid Mud and Weather
Allied reports say British and American forces push in the Dutch border area while Canadian units claim 18 000 prisoners and 850 square miles liberated. British infantry reinforce near Venlo as German counterattacks around Nederweert are repulsed. heavy mud slows operations. In France, U S Seventh Army gains small ground near Rambervillers and Bruyeres with village captures while artillery exchanges continue near Baccarat.
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Rotterdam
Arnhem
Neders
Brazzaville
Maas
Hertogenbosch
Canadian First Army
Capelle
Mark
Moerdijk
Hollandsch Diep
Liesel
Venlo
Willems Canal
Nederweert
Eindhoven
Germany
U. S
Seventh Army
Vosges
France
St. Benoit
Rambervillers
Laveline
Les Poulieres
Bruyeres
Baccarat
Bigger program seeks price support and farm aid reforms
The article outlines policy proposals to balance farm product supply with price stability. It calls for price floors, assured markets, soil fertility, new product uses, crop insurance, continued social security, global agriculture representation, consumer share, commodity programs, and more employment for part time farmers. It also notes a NC grange review highlighting higher tobacco prices and a 25 percent rise in membership along with a churning method of buttermaking by Tartary tribes.
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Caldwell
North Carolina
China Crisis Affects War Effort and China Leaders
The column discusses Madame Chiang Kai-shek in America amid wartime strain, noting her influence on Chiang Kai-shek and concerns over a potential clash between Nationalist forces and Chinese Communist troops. It recalls past truces and warns that fratricidal conflict could threaten China’s war against Japan.
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China
Madame Ch Kai-Shek
America
Mao Chiang
Chungking
Japan
Sioa
Pacific
Nippon
Chiang
Doughboys Advance Near Burigo In Pacific Fight
On the coast First cavalry division units moved west from captured Burigo, less than five miles from the next objective, as Japanese reinforcements flow north and defenders hold road blocks. A Leyte dispatch reveals Marine artillerymen join the reinvasion of the Philippines with the 24th corps including Army and Marine battalions.
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First Cavalry Division
Burigo
Lief Erickson
Leyte
Philippines
Arong
24Th Corps
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