Hypothetical 1944 U S Election Scenarios in Roosevelts Term
Westbrook Pegler surveys a potential 1944 political shift if Roosevelt loses reelection and a non party successor takes the White House. He weighs generals Marshall and MacArthur as unlikely, with Willkie and Dewey as leading possibilities and outlines implications for New Deal supporters and wartime policy.
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Roosevelt
White House
Marshall
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Wi Front
Camian
Allied Forces Make Progress Across Italian Front
Allied forces push along multiple fronts in Italy and North Africa. Fifth Army gains a mile and captures Calebritta while advancing near Isernie from Foggia to Rome. British Eighth Army seizes the Simeto River line and nears the Sangro. German bombardments include attacks on Vatican City as retreat pressures grow.
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Algiers
Nova
Gaeta
Rome
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Rossession
Simetlo
Sango
Seerni
Casalbordine
Carunchin
Gist
Saleite
Bernard L. Montgomery
Vasto
Sangro
Fifth Armies
Mark W. Clark
Calebritta
Isernie
Foggia
Abruzzi
French North Africa
Gets
Vatican City
Red Army Drives Fast Toward Fastov in Kiev Corridor
Russian forces push toward Fastov near Kiev driving 24 miles daily and seizing trainloads of German materiel. Moscow reports 70 towns cleared and heavy fighting near Kerch as Stalin proclaims Germany on the edge of catastrophe.
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London
Red Army
Fastov
Kiev
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Reuters
Moscow
Fostov
Dnieper
Foster
Rumania
Joseph Stalin
Kerch
Perekop
Latovian
Nevel
Berlin
Koyev
Pripet Marshes
Nemyeshaeva
Kernsten
Zhitomir
Fastev
Zhmerinka
Lwow-Odessa
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Germany
Ry~balko
Tornadoes Kill Five in Louisiana and Injure Dozens
Severe storms swept through Louisiana and Mississippi over the weekend killing five and injuring many. In Maurice and Crowley areas storms damaged homes and roofs with reports of a cow killed and several people hospitalized including an elderly woman with a skull fracture. Red Cross estimated property damage around fifty thousand dollars as rescues continued and victims were cared for at charity hospitals.
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Orleans
Louisana
Miseunipps Saturnight
Maurice
Southwrstern
Louisi
Yeeter
Mary May Hebert
Hie
Oid
Louis
Crowley Ares
Maurice Ares
Shout
Lafayette
Yvette Charity Hospital
Hebert
Euieane Hebert
Plaquemines Parish
Joseph Hingle
Laure Hingle Ricouard
Ricouard
Fatal Crash In Monroe Claims Life Of Crossett Man B Mitchell
B Mitchell 47 of Crossett Ark died when a 1949 two door sedan left Powell avenue cross and slid into a ditch west of the crossing. His wife Mrs Thell was seriously injured and hospitalized. Police say the car was traveling south on Powell and the driver appeared to be at fault. The night was clear and rail traffic could be seen from both sides. Mitchell had a brother Morgan living at 3404 Polk Monroe. He suffered facial lacerations and possible chest injuries.
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B. Mitchell
Crossett
Ark
Powell Avenue
Monroe
Mrathell
St. Francis Tarium
Peete
B. L. Brantley
Powell
Mitchell
Morgan
Polk 7
Ding
J. Q. Graves
Eleven convicts escape Georgia prison camp amid gunfire
Eleven long term inmates blasted from a Douglas prison camp wounding two guards and forcing motorists at gunpoint to surrender vehicles. State troopers captured two escapees in Alma, others fled into woodlands as Governor Arnall's prison reforms loom. Wounded guards at Douglas hospital include Clarence Cox listed in critical condition.
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Douglas
Alma
Woodlands
Georgia
Cartersville
Ellis Arnall
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
L. W. Wildes
Wild Bill” Byrd
J. W. Razell
Wildes
Douglas Hospital
Clarence Cox
Cotton Crop Estimated At 11 442 000 Bales For Year
The agriculture department projects this year’s cotton crop at 11 442 000 bales based on conditions as of November 1, down from a prior estimate. Last year produced 12 824 000 bales. ten year average is 12 474 000. Census reports 9 061 252 running bales ginned by November 1, with prior figures of 9 713 354 and 7 961 157 in earlier years.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Senate House Conferees Deadlock Over Father Draft Delays
Senate and House conferees failed to agree on delaying pre Pearl Harbor father drafting. Dispute centers on stripping War Manpower Commission Chair Pawl McNutt of selective service authority while Congress weighs administration backed moves to halt drafts of non fathers. Negotiations continue as war needs push for a final settlement.
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Washington
Senate
House
War Manpower Commission
Pawl V. McNutt
Johnson
Colorado
Donaresa
Emil
White House
Wheeler
Montana
Britain eyes early end to war amid betting boom
In Britain growing optimism spurs bets on an early war end, with chatter from London councils and the Moscow talks fueling hope. Lloyds brokers quote four to one against Christmas armistice and three to one against February, while officials urge caution amid uncertain forecasts.
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London
Allwd Council
Britain
Churchill
Germany
Clement Attiee
Moscow
Lloyd's
Women Officers to Pack Pistols in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police announce a novel traffic plan placing women in regulation uniforms to direct traffic and carry pistols. The first two rookies Mrs Artie Stockdale and Mrs Ann Bennett will soon begin duties at headquarters, transitioning from clerical work to active traffic control in blue uniforms with Sam Browne belts.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hoosier
Clifford F Becker
Artie Stockdale
Ann Bennett
Headquarters
Sam Browne
No Planes Lost by U S Raiders
Allied daylight raids over Germany continue with American heavy bombers and medium bombers targeting air fields and military sites in France and the Low Countries. Swarms of fighters backed Thunderbolts as bombers attacked Dueren, a key aircraft parts and fight metals plant, with observers noting no American losses yesterday.
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London
English Channel
Germany
France
Low Countries
Dueren
De Marigny alibi built as Bahamian trial continues
In Nassau the defense calls Marquis Georges De Visdelou to support Alfred De Marigny alibi in Sir Harry Oakes murder case. Witness recaps July 7 dinner at Westbourne Cottage and shows De Marigny claimed he returned to bed about 3 am.
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Alfred de Marigny
Nassau
Bahamas
Harry Quakes
de Marigny
Godfrey Higgs
de Murigny
John Douglas
Oscar Daly
W. F E. A. Callender
A. P
Alfred de Marigmy
Georges de Visdelou
Bahamas Supreme Court
Harry Oakes
Ulrich Oberwarth
Westbourne
Oberwarth
de Visdelou
Betty Roberts
Misa Roberts
Miss Roberts
Marquis
Grisou
Drive Fund Tops $71 000 in Community Chest Effort
The combined Community Chest and United War Fund drive reached 711,186.78 at noon Monday, about 4,000 short of Ouachita parish’s quota. A list of previously acknowledged gifts follows including individuals and local organizations contributing amounts from 1.00 to 100.00.
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Community Chest
United War Fund
Ouachita Parish
Department of Revenue
M. Wilenzick
B. R. Golson
W. EB. Leckie
Molly LeBlanc
John R. Humbie
H. Brinson Miles
Mike Amethod
N. E. Dawson i
Monroe Bending Company
Weg
M. F. Lichtenfelseden
J. E. McConnell
Monroe
Sree Tia
Monroe Scrap Material Company
Monroe Fire Fighters Assn
Ae No
Rail unions reject wage rise urged by presidential board
A presidential board recommended wage increases of 4 to 10 cents an hour for 1.1 million railroad workers, with Stabilization Director Vinson approving. Union leaders called the plan unsatisfactory and a strike vote looms as Congress weighs a separate eight-cent increase already tied to Vinson’s interpretation of a prior award.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
B. M. Jewell
Jewell
George M. Harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Vinson
Presidential Board
Harrison
Senate Interstate Commerce
Reed
Republican
Kansas
Senate
Truman
Democrat
Missouri
Mrs A Nelson Briggs Dies Sudden in Monroe
Mrs Alice Nelson Briggs longtime Monroe social figure died suddenly at 1709 North Fifth Street after attending a social event Saturday night Her father in law was a prominent real estate holder in downtown Monroe and she studied at Ward Belmont in Nashville Her surviving relatives include sister Mrs Janet Powell of Detroit and brothers W H Nelson and J L Nelson of Wichita Falls Tex Funeral arrangements are not yet set.
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Alice Nelson Briggs
North
Louisiana
North Fifth Street
Briggs
R. J. Nelson
Monroe
Ward-Belmont
Nashville
James Keith Briggs
Richmond
Janet Powell
Detroit
Mich
W. H. Nelson
Wichita
Kans
J. L. Nelson
Tex
Neces
Selman’s Fliers Win Hondo Navigation Award
Cadets from Selman field Monroe Louisiana won an aerial navigation contest against Hondo and San Marcos air fields yesterday. The Selman team received the all around navigation trophy from Col G B Dany. Members include C R Crewson Snyder John C Downey Mark E Doub Dudley W Davis and Berthold K Fendt. The exercise simulated a bombing run to El Paso and back.
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Hondo
Tex
Selman Field
Monroe
San Marcos
Selman
Hondo Field
G. B. Dany
C. R. Crewson
Snyder
John C. Downey
Yonkers
N. Y
Mark E. Doub
Ooltewah
Tenn
Dudley W. Davis
Raleigh
N. C
Berthold K. Fendt
Philadelphia
el Paso
Think King's Throne Saved in Italian Capital Crisis
The Italian king Vittorio Emanuele holds his throne after a temporary reprieve amid Rome’s liberation and a hoped for coalition. Prince of Naples, Carlo Sforza, and Pietro Badoglio maneuver toward a patchwork cabinet as the monarch’s grip faces uncertain future.
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Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Prince
Naples
Raud
Carlo Sforza
Pietro Badoglio
Sforza
Mysterious benefactor distributes cash in Halifax
A cigar smelling stranger, akin to the Toronto donor, handed out banknotes and checks in Halifax over a weekend. He gave Roy Whelan 2000 and a taxi driver father 240 in cash, plus a 1000 check to a hotel switchboard girl. No names disclosed.
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Halifax
N. S
Serveney
Toronto
Roy Whelan
Timberlake
Germans Favor Surrender to Western Powers Says Mann
At the 17th national convention of Jewish groups a German exile leader claimed the German people recognize war is lost and prefer surrender to the western powers to escape Russian revenge. He warned of internal revolution and predicted drastic German collapse within a year unless a permanent international army enforces rights. He urged adopting a basic rights framework akin to the Bill of Rights.
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Hicago
Thomas Mann
Wenn
Germany
Aathor
Mann
Weather warnings issued east of Morgan City Louisiana
The United States Weather Bureau posted warnings today for areas east of Morgan City Louisiana. Forecasters report fresh winds will diminish later today as patterns shift offshore.
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New Orleans
Ted States Weather Bureau
Aft
Morgan City
la Te Persascola
Fis
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