Roosevelt takes command in New York drive to hold 47 electoral votes
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt directly guiding fast moving strategy in New York as Democrats seek to keep all forty seven electoral votes from Dewey. Hannegan remains as national chair while Sid Hillman’s role draws attention amid field tactics.
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Roosevelt La Guardia Clash Over War Economy Politics
The piece surveys New York politics during World War II with FDR ally La Guardia pressured to campaign for Roosevelt amid Italian voter sentiment. It notes alleged profiteering in U S food aid to Italy, fears of German rule nostalgia, and hints at a forthcoming Rome mission for La Guardia.
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Private Given Trip Through Large House in Spa
Pvt. Leland Holland tours the Kaiser Wilhelm mansion in Spa Belgium noting it has 27 rooms. He recalls Ludendorff and the Kaiser’s abdication scene nearby and hears memories from caretakers Madame and Monsieur Thibert about the war era and a Belgian boy craving to be a soldier to “kill Boche.”
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Airports by mail move from Westinghouse concept
A Business Week feature reports packaged airports sold as complete units shipped worldwide within days. Westinghouse develops modules with lighting power plants dispensaries and prefab buildings while installation engineers are available for on site setup.
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Business Week
Westinghouse
Miniature Maker Showcases Odd Tiny Collection
Seaside Oregon reports Frank Matter a renowned miniature maker displays a one inch meat grinder that disassembles like a real unit and a tiny coffee grinder. His desk drawers swivel chair a matchbox sized ironing board set of half inch binoculars and a matchbox sized iron complete the collection.
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Enslavement signs stir Allied zones response in Germany
London reports Nazi editors denounce Eisenhower decrees as signs of enslavement while Allied authorities urge German civilians to resist. In Longview Washington a 675 year old Douglas fir 124 inches in diameter is felled to support war needs. The tree yielded enough lumber for four five room houses and required ten flat cars to move to the mill.
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