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Dewey the Racket Smasher Seen as GOP Hope in 1940
The article profiles Thomas E. Dewey of Onondaga Michigan as a rising Republican star and possible 1940 White House contender. It charts his rapid rise as New York City special prosecutor who tamed organized crime, his clashes with Tammany Hall, and speculation about his gubernatorial and national ambitions within a reformist GOP framework.
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