Labor in the Election and the Hillman PAC's Power
James Thrashers analysis notes Sidney Hillman’s Labor in the Election and the influential role of his Political Action Committee. It highlights PAC activity behind Roosevelt’s victory, ALP shifts in New York, and warns Hillman to distance Communists from his movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thrasher
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
C.so
Chicago
Mr. Hillman
Roosevelt
PAC
Dewey
New York
Hilde Offman
New York State
Hillman
Cpu
Washington Co. Narrowly Democratic in County Vote
An official recount in three precincts gave Roosevelt a five vote lead over Dewey in Washington county. Final tabulation: Roosevelt 3,089. Dewey 3,954. Earlier tally had Roosevelt ahead by 20. In the Sperster race Trimble Outtommrat 4,050 Sullins 2.55%. Republican leaders sought the recount citing irregularities. election commissioners found no evidence of improper dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington County
Dewey
Spersert
Trimble
Outtommrat
Eltcon
Ethel Barrymore Resting Better in New York Hospital
Actress Ethel Barrymore shows improvement after a restless night in Flower Fifth Avenue hospital where she is treated for lung congestion. Dr Louis Rene Kaufman reports no change in her pulmonary condition. She was admitted Monday.
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New York
Ethel Barrymore
Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital
Louis Rene Kaufman
Pulmonar Conditios
War Fund Over Top in Hempstead County at 102 Percent
National War Fund campaign in Hempstead County exceeded its quota by 102 percent with total donations of 8314.41. Chairman James H. Jones and Treasurer Roy Anderson announced the final donor publication, listing numerous individuals and businesses contributing to the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Fund
Hempstead
James H. Jones
Roy Anderson
Tana
Mistrial Declared in Roscoe C. Lewis Narcotics Case
A federal jury in Texarkana failed to reach a verdict in the Roscoe C. Lewis narcotics case. The jury reported disagreement at 11 a.m. after being out since 3 p.m. yesterday. Judge Harry J. Lemley released Lewis on own recognizance, no formal bond posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. Lewis
Negro Hope
Texarkana
Harry J. Lemley
Lemley
Lewis
Liberty
Thanksgiving Observed In Arkansas On November 30
Arkansas will officially observe Thanksgiving Day on November 30 as mandated by a state law. Some cities had scheduled events for November 23 due to Roosevelt's federal proclamation, but the state's latest law fixes the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Roosevelt
Army transport planes bring wounded from Leyte to Palau
Six American transport planes arrived at Palau on November 5 carrying wounded from the Philippines. The men had been disabled less than 24 hours earlier on Leyte, about 600 miles west of Palau.
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Palau Islands
Philippines
Leyte
Here
National Democrats Won Without South in Presidential History
An Associated Press survey shows Roosevelt would have won four terms without the Southern electoral votes, with Wilson similarly unaffected in 1912. The analysis notes the South’s bloc often shapes Congress, but Democratic victori es rested on nationwide margins even sans the 127 electoral votes from the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Harold Oliver Washington
South
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Roosevelt
Wilson
Democratic Party
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Associated Press
Ohio
Wisconsin
New York
Alf M. Landon
Herbert Hoover
Bingen Leads in Organizing 6th War Loan Drive
Earl Martindale and Hicks Dildy announce that Bingen is the first community to organize for the Sixth War Loan. They name workers assisting the drive including Co. M. Lewis and several residents, listing Mrs. Carl Ross, Mrs. Glen Crowell, Mrs. Chas. Clin gan Jr., Mrs. Joe Redden, and others.
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Earl Martindale
Bingen
Hicks Dildy
Martindale
Mr. Dildy
Co. M. Lewis
Carl Ross
Glen Crowell
Chas. Clingan, Jr
Joe Redden
J. F. Haynes
Sim Sanford
Dies Group Probably to Be Disbanded
The Dies Committee, a congressional body since 1938 to probe un American activities, is headed for extinction on January 3 due to lack of support for a sixth renewal. Rep. Martin Dies will not seek reelection, and no influential sponsor has emerged to keep the inquiry alive. Several members faced defeat or retirement while others were reelected.
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William F. Arbogastshington
Dies
Capitol Hill
House
Rep
Martin Dies
Texas
Congress
CIO Political Action Committee
Starnes
Alabama
Costello
California
Busbey
Illinois
Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Courtney
Tennessee
Thomas
New Jersey
Mundt
South Dakota
Joe W. Martin, Jr
Painters Strike in Fort Smith Over Wage Hike Denied
Fifty Fort Smith union painters began a strike protesting the War Labor Board’s refusal to raise the city wage scale from 1.12 to 1.25 an hour. Secretary Ted Collins of Local 381 AFL said the group had sought a WLB order for a year.
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Fort Smith
War Labor Board
Ted Collins
The
Painters Union
AFL
WLB
Pair Held in Killing at Tokio
Richard Westfall 53 of Murfreesboro Ark was bludgeoned to death Tuesday near Tokio in rural north Hempstead county. Herman Bell and his wife of Tokio are held. Bell faces first degree murder charges while the wife is detained for investigation. Westfall died at Nashville hospital after his skull was fractured in a family dispute. Westfall was Bell’s uncle by marriage.
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Richard Westfall
Murfreesboro
Ark
Tokio
McGibbony
Westfall
Thjcen
Nashville
Bell
Waiter Held for Killing of Two Women in Los Angeles
Otto Steve Wilson a 31 year old waiter was held after confessing to the brutal slayings of two nude women in downtown Los Angeles hotels. Police say he admitted motive as greed and described the brutal mutilation of Virgie Griffin and the slashing of Lillian Johnson. Witnesses linked Wilson to both hotel registrations and he was captured after a patrolman acted on broadcast descriptions.
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Los Angeles
Otto Steve Wilson
Navy
Virgie Lee Griffin
R. F. McGarry
Wilson
Harry Hansen
Winnie Ruth Judd
Lillian Johnson
South Pacific
Lit
Magarry
Items Needed for Veterans in Hospital November drive
Mrs. Leo Robins, Hempstead county chairman for the Army and Navy camp and hospital council, lists needs for November including a electric hot plate tea kettle tea pot ten dollars for teas or at homes, used playing cards and a tea cart. Wheels from old tricycles or doll-buggy may help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Robins
Hempstead
Army and Navy Camp and Hospital Council
Hope High
R. E. Jackson
Ladies of Hope
Tin Smelter in Argentina Stands Unique in South America
The sole tin smelter in South America operates in Argentina, distinguishing the country on the regional metal production map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Argentina
Yanks Advance on All Europe Fronts Except Aachen
American forces press around Ormoc on Leyte in a tight ring. The 24th Division drives toward Lim, with hills captured by First Cavalry. the 7th and 96th advance toward Balogo and Alto Peak, while air operations hit enemy barges near Ormoc.
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Europe
Aachen
C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Philippines
Yamashita
Leyte
Ormoc
Pinamapoan
Limon
First Cavalry
Mt. Mambuan
Seventh Division
Balogo
24Th
Coramaique
Damulaan
96Th
Ormoce
Alto Peak
Eisenhower’s forces advance on Western Front in 1944 push
Allied armies under Eisenhower drive the German front toward the pre war frontier from the Swiss Alps to Holland. The First French Army moves toward Belfort on a 25 mile front while northern armies near the Maas and Dusseldorf press forward. Patton’s Third Army nears Morhange and Dieuze as Metz area actions continue with counterattacks repelled.
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William Frye
London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. First Army
Aachen
Swiss Alps
Holland
Eisenhower
Doubs
Belfort
Rhine
Maas
Roermond
Dusseldorf
Metz
U. S. Third Army
Luxembourg
Maginot Line
Bewendorf
Seventh
Ste. Pole
Strasbourg
George S. Patton
Racrange
Morhange
Bride and Koecking
Dieuze
Patton
Bourgaltroft
Morhang
Sweden Orders All Nazi Agents Out of That Country
Sweden has ordered German agents to leave the country immediately the BBC reported in a recording aired by NBC. The broadcast notes the demand came amid postwar tension and Nazi activity in Europe and reflects Allied pressure on Sweden to expel undercover operatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
New York
BBC
NBC
Franklin Marine Wounded in Action Navy Dept Reports
The Navy Department announced that Cpl. Cecil A. Billingsley USMCR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Billingsley of Franklin Arkansas, was wounded in action. V mail weighs 1149th as much as a standard letter.
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Franklin Marine
Navy Dept
Washington
Navy Department
Cpl
Cecil A. Billingsley
USMCR
Steve Billingsley
Franklin, Ark
Lost, Bud Sign Guards Front Lines in Haaren Rescue
Hal Boyle reports from Germany on patrols near Haaren where weary troops posted a 400 yard sign reading Are You Lost Bud with tales of encounters in French homes. The piece describes soldiers misreading danger, captures, and odd wartime feats by American air and ground units with vivid vignettes of humor and peril.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Haaren
Bud
Paul A. Danahy
Buffalo
N. Y
Dave Bernay
Berlin
Reds Close In On Budapest As Red Army Breaks German Lines
Moscow reports the Red Army breached the German flank east of Budapest and drives toward the capital within 12 miles. Malinovsky’s forces press a four day attack that pushes German units back from Jaszbereny and other towns along a 100 mile front toward Vienna.
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Daniel DE Luce
Moscow
Red Army
Budapest
Austria
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Jaszbereny
Mende
Korom
Miskolc
Matra Mountains
Vienna
Godollo
Budapset
Hatvan
E G Coop Dies at 66 Funeral Set for Friday
E G Coop 66 longtime head of Hope Transfer died at his residence 1201 South Elm after a long illness. Survived by widow three daughters two sons and four grandchildren. Funeral 10 am Friday at First Christian church with Rev Glenn Hutton officiating burial Rose Hill. Active pallbearers listed. honorary groups included First Christian class and railroad employees.
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E. G. Coop
Hope Transfer Company
South Elm Street
Vincent Keith
Ebb Johnson
Texarkana
Tom Wardlow
Hope
Lloyd of Hope
Merlin
South Carolina
First Christian Church
Coop
Glenn Hutton
Rose Hill Cemetery
Donald Moore Martin Pool
Theo Bonds
Bertis Rettig
Tom Kinser
Alva Reynerson
W.O.W
Ex-President of LSU Up for Parole
Ex-LSU president Dr James Monroe Smith seeks parole from an 8 to 24 year state term to begin a 30 month federal sentence. The pardon board urged commutation to 12 years making him eligible for parole within 30 days if approved. Smith pled guilty in 1939 40 scandals to forgery and fraud and has been jailed since July 193%. On release he would begin a 30 month federal term for mail fraud and income tax charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
James H. Davis
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana
Smith
Davis
Dr G E Cannon Undergoes Major Operation in New Orleans
Dr G E Cannon a renowned Hope surgeon and head of Josephine hospital had a major operation at Souro Infirmary in New Orleans yesterday morning. He had a bad night but was resting better this morning in the local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Cannon
Hope
Josephine Hospital
Souro Infirmary
New Orleans
Bombing hits Zog palace near Tirana
A Beau fighter squadron of the Balkan Air Force dropped 32 rocket bombs on the Nazi-occupied palace of former King Zog of Albania near Tirana, destroying the building yesterday.
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Zog
Rome
Beaufighter
Balkan Air Force
Zog of
Albania
Tirana
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Alex. H. Washburn
Frank McGibbony
State Police
Sheppard
Mr. Williams
District Police Broadcasting Station
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Police Staton
Washington Co
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Patmos School
W. A. Polle
C. J. Weisenberger
G. W. Wiggins
J. F. McDowell
O. A. Graves
Arkansas Mach. Spec. Co
Johnnie Baulkman
Adrel Carpenter
Rex Davis
Arthur Gibson
John Godwin
Gus Jamison
Sevier Jenkins
Jack Noble
Claude Ogden
O. H. Pennybaker
Arvil Phillips
Mrs. H. E. Porter
W. R. Sherman
Mayfield Thompson
Frank van Ness
W. P. Williams
Raymond Young
Pelvin Burns
Irene Eason
Dorothy Porter
Lucy Martin
L. M. Lile
Chas. Segnar
Lucille Porter
Earlene White
Graydon Anthony Lumber Co
Graydon Anthony Lbr. Co
W. W. Keaton
Ian Bateman
Ward
W. T. Franks
Newton
J. W. Strickland
Don Smith
W. A. Briant
S. D. Cook
McCaskill
J. S. Moses
Chester McCaskill
Hannie M. Cantrell
J. O. Harris
John Gaines
J. A. Sevedge
Glen Eley
Marshall Scott
Bert Scott
J. O. Tates
Robert E. Ward
Neal Elder
J. D. Roach
Willis Carter
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Mae Elder
R. McFadden
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W. T. Moxley
Henry Stuart
Pat Easter
Ed Verger
Arthur Garland
Heesch
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Eindhoven
Veghel ® Schijndel
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Miles
Uden
Nijmegen
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Asten
Weert
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Moasbree
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Cleves
Tegelen
Noorder Canal
Meije
Venlo
NEA Telemap
National Democratic Party
Cambria
Wales
Lucille B. Powrie
Army & Navy Camp & Hospital Council
Hot Springs, Ark
Sam Hogan
Third Armored
Hogan
Stars and Stripes
Air Corps
Tan Eier
John W. Ice
East Liverpool
Harvey Pilcher
Laurel Hill
Fla
Ice
Pilcher
Ado Langenkamp
83Rd Infantry Division
Langenkamp
Pfc
Charles Myer
Baltimore
John O. Mussey
Bay Springs
Miss
Elwood E. Case
Frankfurt
Mussey
Case
LSU Up For Parole
New Orleans Hospital
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