Dewey Gains Ground as Battleground States Shift
Washington dispatch analyzes a tight race with Republicans sensing a ballot box edge. It notes Dewey could win by flipping New York or Pennsylvania and Illinois while Roosevelt might lose only one major state and still prevail. It highlights influence from business, teachers, veterans and other groups shaping turnout.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Rovert
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dixie
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Montana
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ohio
Michigan
Oklahoma
York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Francisco
Los Angeles
Helena
Butte
Kentucky
Missouri
Minnesota
West Virginia
Utah
Wyoming
New Mexico
New Hampshire
Maryland
Idaho
Hey
Rooseveltians
Conant and
Elliot
Harvard
Douglas
Arnold and Hamilton
Yale
Hopkins
Dartmouth
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins
Woodrow Wilson
Princetonian
Winning the War. A Baltic plunge and Danish landing hopes
A detailed wartime speculation discusses a potential Anglo American maneuver into the Baltic via Kattegat to join the Russian Red Banner fleet and seal a sea blockade of northern Germany. It notes neutral reactions, German defensive fears, and challenges of landing on the Jutland west coast with existing reefs, dunes, and mines.
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Anton Ten
Hitler
Copenhagen
Jutland
Jonas Warns of Reintegration Challenge for Returning Soldiers
Major Charles R. Jonas told the North Carolina State Bar that reintegrating 10 to 12 million returning soldiers into economic life is a grave problem. He warned the nation must absorb twice as many men into industry and agriculture without disrupting current workers or creating surpluses, amid peacetime production expansion.
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Raleigh
Charles R. Jonas
State Selective Service Headquarters
N. C
Early American Navy Was Small But Very Effective
Navy Day article highlights the War of 1812 era. It notes a compact American navy under pressure that built strength despite limited ships. It mentions Commodore John Rodgers, the Constitution under Isaac Hull, privateers, and the 1814 Ghent treaty shaping postwar maritime power.
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C. C. Crittenden
Eleanor Rollins
Navy League
United States Navy
Congress
James Madison
High Seas
France
Tripoli
John Rodgers
Isaac Hull
Cape Race
Decatur
Azores
Macedonia
England
America
Pacific
English Channel
Atlantic
Britain
Irish Channel
Ghent
Seven Seas
Fort
Keartimore
Patriot New York Tattooist Calls Obscene Work Patriotic Duty
Charles Wagner a Bowery tattoo artist told a judge that altering obscene tattoos to help men qualify for military service was his patriotic duty He faced a charge of using unsanitary tattoo needles in court.
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New York
INS
Charles Wagner
Bowery
Government loan program backs veteran home and business needs
The measure guarantees repayment of loans up to 2000 dollars to eligible veterans for homes, farms, or business property purchases and related equipment. Sightseeing work and readjustment allowances for unemployed veterans are noted. In New York, police arrest 18 year old Conrad Kerr who claimed to be an actor after climbing to a Schwab home balcony on Riverside Drive.
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Jonas
Congress
United States
United States Court For
G. I
Veterans Administration
War and Navy Departments
New York
INS
Conrad Kerr
Charles M. Schwab
Riverside Drive
Kerr
Schwab
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