Dewey Campaign Gains Steam With New York Wisconsin Wins
In early April Dewey surged in New York and Wisconsin primaries, outpointing Vandenberg for G O P delegates and surpassing Roosevelt in Wisconsin Democratic votes. The piece notes rising campaign energy, mixed signals on a possible third term, and party tensions shaping the 1944 contest.
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N. Y
Wisconsin
Congress
Senate
Alben Barkley
New York
Tom Dewey
Cactus Jack Garner
Empire State
G. O. P. Hope
Frank Gannett
America
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Franklin Roosevelt
Jack Garner
Los Angeles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Europe
Sumner Welles
White House
Germany
Monongah
W. Va
John Lewis
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
San Francisco
Wind shifts as Wallaces opposes chain store tax bill
Secretary Wallace attacks Rep. Patman bill as ruinous to interstate chains and marketing efficiency. The report covers political fights, labor law reviews, tax receipts, farm outlooks, wage-hour rulings, and government reorganizations with focus on names like Henry Wallace and Patman.
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Henry Wallace
Texas
Wright Patman
Wallace
U. S
Supreme Court
A. F. of L
Chicago
New Orleans
Fifth
U. S. Circuit
Cleveland talk links thrombosis to oxygen deprivation
At the American College of Physicians meeting in Cleveland a past president explained that coronary thrombosis results from heart suffocation due to oxygen shortage. Dr. William J. Kerr of San Francisco noted that elastic belts lifting adiposities raise the diaphragm and draw more oxygen to the heart.
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Cleveland
American College of Physicians
William J. Kerr
San Francisco
News Quiz Scoring Rules Card
A quick scoring guide for a news quiz. It awards 100 points for all correct answers and deducts 20 points per missed question. A score from 60 to 100 is considered good to perfect.
Portrayal of Potocki Signature Forgery Controversy
The document alleges Polish ambassador Potocki signed over a conversation with William Bullitt, with experts labeling the signature a forgery. It also notes the Wang Ching-wei regime in Nanking angered by U.S. nonrecognition.
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Earl of Athlone
Australia
U.S
Nanking
Wang Ching-wei
San Francisco
Potocki
U. S
William Bullitt
France
Bullitt
Canada
Wang
Carmen Snow
Harper’s Bazaar
Churchill Leads Three Man War Cabinet In World War II
The piece portrays Winston Churchill as head of a three man inner war cabinet amid early World War II tensions. It notes Hitler's spring offensive, Goering boasting air strength, and Allied efforts to choke Nazi trade. Chamberlain gains renewed confidence. Reynaud vows France will not sign a phony peace.
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Gallipoli
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
West
Scapa Flow
Germany
Chamberlain
Kingsley Wood
John Simon
Paris
Paul Reynaud
America
France
Pelley Leader of Pro Fascist Silver Legion Faces Hearing
The Dies committee questioned William Dudley Pelley head of the Silver Legion after Dorothy Waring, a former McCormack agent, testified he sought funds for the group and bragged of leading a Washington march to crown himself dictator. Meanwhile Philadelphia raids targeted Communist party headquarters, seizing membership lists and financial records.
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King Pelley I
William Dudley Pelley
Washington
Dies un-Americanism Committee
Pelley
Dorothy Waring
McCormack Committee
Miss Waring
Dies
New York
Legion
U.S
King-Wrecker
Try
White King
Philadelphia
FRANKS G O P PLATFORM PLEDGED BY FARM-ISSUE ALIGNMENT
The piece notes that Republican candidates Dewey Taft and Vandenberg echo the Glenn Frank program on farm policy, aligning with its emphasis on soil conservation over crop control and criticizing bureaucracy in administration. It suggests the forthcoming G O P platform will resemble the Frank report, mirroring liberal farm ideas to win voters.
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Glenn Frank
Capitol Hill
AAA
Dewey
Taft
Vandenberg
Farm Plank
Omaha
Plank
Des Moines
Springfield
Ill
Senate
Frank
Philadelphia
Frank Report. In His Preface, Dr. Frank
General Johnson on Amateur Ambassadors and New Deal credit
The piece dismisses Bill Bullitt and other informal ambassadors as unqualified amateurs and argues the Washington uproar over his Poland France remarks is overblown. It credits the New Deal for cleaning up crime and corruption while noting reservations about prosecutorial mindset in presidential leadership.
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Bill Bullitt
Bill
Washington
General Foods
Soviet
Russia
Brussels
New Deal Party
Tony Biddle
Poland
Hitler
Warsaw
Eliza
General Putnam
Breakneck Hill
Jimmy Cromwell
Canada
France
New Deal
Dewey
A-1
Easy Smocking Guide and Mrs Spears Book 2 Offer
MOTHER explains a honeycomb smocking method suitable for dresses, starting at the center front tuck and working outward with colored thread. The item references Mrs Spears Book 2 with 42 stitches and five fabric mending and craft processes, priced 10 cents per book, offering a free Quilt Block set with four orders.
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Mrs. Spears
Submission at Rome and Helsinki jewelry drive
General Giuseppe Garibaldi Baldi, son of the Italian patriot in exile, visited Italy to see his ill mother and publicly submitted to Fascism by writing Dictator Mussolini. In Helsinki, Finns surrendered jewelry to raise six million dollars for pursuit planes.
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Rome
Giuseppe Garibaldi
U. S
Mussolini
Helsinki
Bedford Hills Notice for Book Sale and Quilt Patterns
New York residents in Bedford Hills are invited to enclose 10 cents for one book or 40 cents for four books and a set of quilt block patterns. Include name and address with your request.
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Bedford Hills
New York
Actions vs Words Define True Friendship, Washington Quote
A reflection on friendship noting that deeds gauge true attachment more than words. Liberality of spoken goodwill fails as a reliable sign of loyalty, per George Washington.
Treacherous Memory in Colton Quote
A brief reflection notes memory as wit’s friend yet aid to invention’s treachery and peril.
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