Political tides and war plans loom in 1944 race
A survey of looming political shifts details G O P strength needed for majority, Roosevelt’s tightrope on Bennett support, and looming anti Roosevelt sentiment in New York and other states. The piece notes potential revenue bill impacts, inflation fears, and war mobilization amid voter discontent and wartime policy debate.
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New Deal
New York State
Dewey
Albany
G.O.P
Jim Farley
John J. Bennett
Farley
Bennett
Democratic
F.D.R
Roosevelt
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Bacon
Portuguese East African harbor ends as Nazi threats loom
Portuguese East Africa harbor was cleared of stores as Lisbon ordered authorities to bar sales to non residents amid a boom in cloth ing shoes and medical supplies. US technicians fear railroad gains in Persia may be lost as Nazis blockade the Volga and Luftwaffe strikes hit the Caspian Sea. Higher officers remain hopeful that lost materiel near Moscow could aid allied forces south of the Caucasus if German advances threaten Palestine.
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Persia
United States
Volga
Caspian Sea
Moscow
Caucasus
Rommel
Palestine
Winning the War by Albert N. Leman
War election trends show the New Deal being weighed in the balance. Experts say only a sensational military victory could avert harsh voter judgment as October nears. Republicans may gain anti New Deal influence in Congress even if overall control remains elusive.
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Bay State
Sam Rayburn
Joe
Capitol Hill
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Albert N. Leman
Wormwood
Woodrow Wilson
White House
House of Representatives
F.D.R
Amnesia Victim Recovers Memory Of Second Marriage
Hollywood reports Mrs. Glory Weller Miller of Binghamton New York, an amnesia patient for a year, recalling she is now married to Henry Miller a stranger. She awoke at a motor hotel in Las Vegas unaware of her marriage or earlier life and later identified Miller via a police photo. She remembered her first husband Pierce Weller from November 4, 1941, and reported she did not know the era of the Pearl Harbor attack.
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N.Y
Glory Weller Miller
Henry Miller
Miller
Las Vegas
Atascadero
Calif
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Motor Hotel
Pear Harbor
International News Service correspondent missing in action
New York Sept 23 The International News Service reports Navy Department confirming Jack Singer INS Pacific fleet correspondent is missing in action. His last dispatch dated late August described a torpedo plane sinking a Japanese carrier, location undisclosed. Singer born Nov 21 1914 in New York joined INS last April after time as sports writer. Asheboro event notes T Lynwood Smith elected president of Randolph County Young Democrats Club.
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International News Service
Navy Department
Jack Singer
INS
Singer
New York City
New York Journal and Journal - American
Asheboro
Lynwood Smith
Randolph County
Young Democrats Club
Dreiser Banned From Speaking In Canada
In Ottawa Canadian authorities barred Theodore Dreiser from public speaking after an Ontario interview cited anti British remarks. Attorney General Gordon Conant announced the ban under defense regulations. Dreiser was to speak at Eaton Auditorium in Toronto tonight but was not available for comment.
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Theodore Dreiser
Canada
Toronto Evening Telegram
Gordon Conant
Ontario
England
United States
Justice
St. Laurent
Justice Department
Inductees Leave Monday For Camp Croft
Selective Service registrants from High Point depart Monday morning October 5 at 1 45 a m for Camp Croft South Carolina for induction into service. The list includes many named individuals with full hometowns and the Dublin Government fixes a guaranteed eight dollar per bushel price for harvested wheat in Ireland.
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Selective Service Board No. 4
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Camp Croft
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Olin Francis Davis
David Samuel Miller
Len Leanders
William Hastian Scott
Eiland
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Albert B. Jr. Stanton
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Clifford Wright
Liney Green
Otha Ray Baler
John Hudson
Cicero Hammer Pierce
Dillard Arnok Byerly
Lester Lee Cox
Troy William Blackwell
Carlton Millisey Mosteller
Raymond Lee Shackleford
Chester C. Cooper
Raymond Ru
Dublin
Eire
Quickie Priority Plan Set Up By Nelson To Avoid Plant Shutdowns
Washington Sept 23 The War Production Board launched a quickie priority plan to avert stoppages at munitions lines aircraft plants and shipyards by expediting scarce materials like steel copper and aluminum when ordinary channels fail Regional WPB offices can grant high priority ratings to purchases of limited critical materials to prevent plant shutdowns Northern Rhodesia tightens controls on imports from non sterling areas.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
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