Hillman PAC and Communist Tactics in American Politics
The piece argues for a deep study of Sidney Hillman’s CIO backed Democratic growth and the Communist influence in U S politics. It notes native and naturalized citizens amid conspiratorial prejudice, urging use of books and Congressional records to inform an organized nationwide study before election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Hillman
Democratic Party
Hillman
Earl Browder
Virginia
Reds Storm Across Visla River In Major Offensive
Russian infantry reportedly stormed across the Vistula southeast of Warsaw in large amphibious columns and massed artillery. Bialystok was captured and Brest Litovsk reported stormed as Stalin announced the seizure of the strategic city and railroad hub, signaling a critical breakthrough toward German Silesia and the central front.
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London
Vistula
Warsaw
Bialystok
Moscow
Brest Litovsk
Stalin
German Silesia
Eddy Gilmore
Visla
Silesia
Mos
Deep Seaway Okay Sought In Postwar Plan
The National Rivers and Harbors Congress met in New Orleans to consider a tidewater seaway from New Orleans to the Gulf. Proponents argue it would create a 40 foot deep channel, 600 feet wide, connecting the industrial canal to Gulf waters and boost Mississippi Valley trade.
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New Orleans
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Gulf
Mississippi River
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Projects Committee
William J. Driver
Osceola
Ark
Mississippi
Andrew J. Higgins
Chandeleur Island
Bilbo Leaves for Mayo Clinic After Illness
Senator Theo G. Bilbo Democrat Mississippi travels from Jackson to Rochester Minnesota with doctor saying he is a mighty sick man after three weeks of malaria and jaundice. He may undergo a serious operation for a gall bladder ailment and kidney stone.
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Jackson
Miss
Upy
Theo G. Bilbo
Mississippi
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
A. J. Podesta
Vicksburg
Bilbo
Richard G. Wooton
Hattiesburg
Mike Morrisey
Mayo
Fulbright and Adkins Run in Arkansas Senate Runoff
In a Arkansas Democratic runoff set for August 8, former University of Arkansas president discharged and ex governor Homer M. Adkins advanced as finalists. Fulbright, a 39 year old freshman congressman, promotes harmony with Sen. John L. McClellan, while Adkins attacks Fulbright’s theories of government and warns against utopian policy and European coddling.
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Little, Rock
Ark
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
W. G2ilb Fulbright
Homer M. Adkins
Fulbright
Hines
Adkin
Adkins
Fayetteville
Henry Wallace
United States Senate
John L. McClellan
McClellan
Foremer
Jack Holt
New Orleans
War Department telegram interrupts Nagle anniversary
A War Department telegram interrupted Doris Nagle of Pottstown during her second wedding anniversary celebration. It stated her husband, Sgt. Robert Nagle, aged 22, had been killed in action in Normandy on July 5.
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Pottstown
War Department
Doris Nagle
Robert Nagle
Normandy
Nazis Name Generals Involved In Hitler Bomb Plot
London dispatch reports German radio named three generals tied to the July bomb plot. Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck is said to have died by his own hand after arrest, Inf Gen. Friedrich Olbright reportedly shot after court martial, and a third general said to have been killed in action. Berlin says two are dead and one awaits trial.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Hitler
Berlin
Ludwig Beck
Friedrich Olbright
Russo Polish pact signed as Polish exile leader heads to Moscow
London reports Premier Mikolajczyk of the Polish government in exile travels to Moscow to confer with Premier Stalin in a bid to resolve differences with the Polish committee of liberation. The move signals hope for unity between the London Poles and the Soviet backed administration.
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London
Stanislaw Mikoljczyk
Moscow
Stalin
Polish Committee of Liberation
Red Army
London Daily Worker
Poland
Mikolajczyk
Sigmund Berling
Alexander Zawadski
Juljan Zeligowski
Ouachita Parish Faces $100000 Gap in War Bond Drive
Parish bond chair Jack Rogers says Ouachita has met quotas before and must do so again. He urges residents to buy War Bond E by Saturday noon as the fifth drive ends and the shortfall stands at $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quachita Parish
Jack Rogers
Parish
Rogers
Ouachita Parish
Defense boosts Higgins Aircraft deal with New Orleans plant
The Defense Plant Corporation announced a $1,300,000 increase in its contract with Higgins Aircraft, Inc., New Orleans, to supply additional equipment at a New Orleans plant, bringing the total commitment with Higgins Aircraft to $31. The update reflects ongoing expansion of defense production capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Higgins Aircraft, Inc
New Orleans
Defense Plant Corporation
Higgins AircraFt
New Invasion Seen In Northern Italy Near La Spezia and Genoa
Berlin radio said Allied warships transports and landing craft massed in the Tyrrhenian coast area with several divisions for a possible new landing near La Spezia and Genoa. No Allied confirmation yet. The targets lie behind the Gothic line as German troops retreat toward Rome.
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London
Berlin
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Pisa
Fifth Army
General McNair Killed in Normandy Action
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, 61, former commanding general of the army ground forces, was killed by enemy fire in Normandy. He was hailed as the brains of the army by Gen. Marshall and helped shape anti tank defenses and tank destroyers. Continued on Sixth Pages.
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Washington
Lesley J. McNair
Army
Normandy
Qnee
George C. Marshall
McNair
War Department
Ben Learn
General Headquarters
Tunisian
Road Tax Gets Jury Approval for Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish police jury unanimously approves a one and a half mill road maintenance tax to be voted by parish property owners on August 15. The tax, in force 25 years, began at two mills in 1919 and was reduced in 1934. controversy centers a Ward 4 drainage project involving Caldwell parish and a proposed ditch to Highway 165.
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Ouachita Parish
A. E. Montgomery
Montgomery
Caldwell Parish
C. A. Kincaid
Allied ships and planes demolish Sabang harbor works
Allied warships and carrier aircraft blasted Sabang harbor in a 35 minute strike silencing shore batteries. They sank a freighter wrecked two jetties workshops and wharves and left the area aflame. On Saipan Guam and Tinian American forces pressed Japanese garrisons with heavy casualties reported.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Indian Ocean
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
Tokyo
15 Point Dewey Program Outlined For Governors Conference
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced a 15 point program of action for the Republican governors conference to be held in St. Louis starting August 2. He pledged to end petty bickering among federal state and local governments and said he and Gov. Bricker are in full accord on campaign issues. He listed topics to be considered including public expenditures public health unemployment insurance administration and employment services.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
St. Louis
Bricker
Executive Mansion
Battle for Florence Heats Up as Allied Drive Advances
In Rome dated July 27, American and British forces pressed the German defense south of the Gothic line. The Eighth Army smashed counterattacks eight miles from Florence while rail and artillery penalties hit German positions. Pisa area shows signs of becoming a major battlefront with enemy activity along the Arno and in San Romano.
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Rome
Florence
Eighth Army
Pisa
Arno
Fifth Army
San Romano
Horseshoe Bend
San Romany
London
Brussels
Ghent
Berlin
United States
Budapest
Normandy
Givors-Bissen
Lyon
France
Hianburg
Robots Again Hit Southern England
London reports a 12 hour barrage as German flying bombs strike London and southern England causing new damage and casualties. A bomb hit a residential district killing and injuring residents as a row of houses was wrecked. Goebbels issued veiled threats amid fears of further terror weapons.
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London
England
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Americans Advance Three Miles In Six Hours Near St Lo
Allied reports say American doughboys and tank units penetrated German defenses south of St. Lo, gaining three miles in six hours. Patrols reached Periers, Canisy seized, and forces pushing toward Coutances and Caumont. Dozens of villages and towns have fallen in 48 hours as tanks and infantry press the advance with air support.
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Gladwin Hill Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
St. Lo
Periers
St. Gilles
Canisy
Vire
le Mesnil Herman
Percy
Cherbourg
Coutances
Marigny
St. Lo-Coutances
Caumont
Mouffet
Berigny
Caumont- St. Lo
St. Samson-De-Bonfosse
Caen
Normandy
Esquay
Second Army
Verrieres
Omar N. Bradley
Douaghboys
Caoumont
Montrabot
United States
Air battles rage as Budapest steel works target hit hard
Allied air forces launch heavy attacks on the Manfred Weiss steel plant in Budapest as Mediterranean bombers press the assault. Reports cite 193 German planes down in three days, with U S Lightning and Mustang pilots claiming a share of the successes.
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Rome
Manfred Weiss
Budapest
Hungary
United States Air Force
Russia
Romania
Poland
Cherbourg Harbor Not Yet Ready to Support Normandy
Secretary of War Stimson said Cherbourg, captured June 26, remains unrepaired for full use by Allied supply efforts in Normandy. He praised the invasion logistics under Le Gendotin C. OH. Lee and noted ongoing port preparations for permanent occupancy.
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Washington
Stimson
Cherbourg
Normandy
le Gendotin C. OH. Lee
Contract Awarded for Moisant Airport Parking Apron
The War Department says it awarded a $207,005 contract to T. L. James and Company Inc of Ruston Louisiana to build a parking apron and taxiway extension at Moisant airport in Kenner Louisiana.
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Washington
War Department
T. L. James and Company, Inc
Ruston
Moisant Airport
Kenner
US Casualties Jump to 311000 Across War Fronts
Washington reports US casualties surpass 311000 with over 63000 dead as battle losses mount in both hemispheres. Army totals up to July 6 show 207283 casualties including 37397 killed and 397...
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Normandy
Saipan
Gauam
Normany
St. Lo
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