World Leaders Face Shifts in Roosevelt Ties
A portrait of how Franklin D Roosevelt’s death reshapes ties with Churchill King Somervell Hopkins Baruch and other leaders. Allies who relied on Roosevelt must now negotiate with a new president while old loyalties and policy lines face scrutiny.
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Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
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U. S Army-Navy
Ernest King
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
King
B. B. Somervell
Army
Truman Committee
Somervell
Truman
Marshall
Harry
Jimmie
Bernard Baruch
War Production Board
Baruch
Omervell
WPB
Byrnes
Chicago
After the War: A National Commissioner for Major Sports
The author argues for a strong, nationally respected commissioner with full authority to govern baseball racing football and boxing after the war. He cites scandals in basketball as a warning and calls for decisive centralized control, including an “iron hand” approach, to restore public confidence and curb corruption.
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New York
Judge Landis
Babe Ruth
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Feller Back to Pitch for Great Lakes After War Service
Bob Feller returns to the United States and will be allowed to pitch for his Great Lakes team after two or more years in the South Pacific. His wartime record is noted and his 1941 season with Cleveland highlighted, with expectations he will iron out rust and regain form.
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States
Bob Feller
Great Lakes
South Pacific
Feller
Cleveland
Artists and TV Stars Light Up Summer Radio Mix
Virginia Vale Adio surveys summer radio plans with Georgia Gibbs co hosting with Paul Whiteman on the Blue Network. Don DeFore returns to Cedar Rapids for a church play with family cast. notes on industry veterans Eddie Sutherland George Marshall and others hint at long careers and shifting roles.
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Virginia Vale
ADIO
Georgia Gibbs
Hall of Fame
Georgia
Jimmy Durante
Gary Moore
Don DeFore
Paramount
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sinclair Memorial Church
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Happy” Chandler
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