Washington Digest Draft Eases Nation’s Call to Arms
Washington reflects on the draft and enlistment surge, noting exemptions and deferments for veterans, students, and certain professionals. The piece argues opposition to service is often personal fear or propaganda, urging acceptance of duty as part of national effort.
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Backhage
Washington
National Guard
Kremlin
Pearl Harbor
Vj- Day
Army Ife
United States
Truman and Barkley Nominated by Democrats in Philadelphia
At a sweltering Philadelphia convention, President Harry S. Truman was nominated for a full term with Alben W. Barkley as running mate. Truman challenged Republicans to act on their platform, signaling a vigorous campaign despite Southern opposition and a civil rights plank battle.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
Philadelphia
Harry S. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Mississippi
Birmingham
Platform Committee
80Th Congress
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Richard B Russell
Georgia
Russell
Truman
Dan Moody
Texas
Democratic Convention Civil Rights Plank Draws Fire
Delegations led by Mayor Hubert Humphrey push a civil rights plank praising Truman and urging full political participation equal employment and security of person while opposing Taft Hartley and tax and farm cooperative restrictions. The roll call reveals factionalism and lacks a single leader, with Truman favored to unite the party despite regional splits in Philadelphia.
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California
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Hubert J. Humphrey
Minneapolis
Truman
Congress
Resolutions Committee
United Nations
South America
Dewey
Philadelphia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Barkleys Keynote Sparks Democratic Convention Enthusiasm
The Kentuckian Barkley delivered a 28 minute keynote that whipped delegates into a high spirited mood. He boosted tempo and morale as Democratic delegates cheered speakers and demonstrations, rivaling the earlier Republican convention in energy and pageantry. Some state delegations were shifted to favor certain speakers.
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Barkley
Convention Briefs Highlight Fears of Rising Prices
Mrs India Edwards of the Democrats Women's Division lifted a steak to illustrate inflation. She claimed meat costs $1.10 a pound in Philadelphia as she and other speakers blamed Republicans for high prices and stressed the burden on housekeepers.
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India Edwards
Democrats
National Committee
Philadelphia
Mummers Parade For Delegates Attracts City Crowd
In Philadelphia the traditional Mummers parade was staged for delegates at no charge during the Democratic convention while the Republican gathering three weeks earlier drew about 30 000 attendees at Philadelphia Stadium paying two dollars each.
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Philadelphia
Convention chaos and badge ban at party gathering
Vendors hawked buttons reading draft Pershing while security officer Leslie Biffle enforced credentials. A jammed lock trapped guards outside their dressing room at the convention hall during a session.
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Leslie Biffle
Processed Churchill memoir edits reveal date errors and emblems shift
A compact look at how editors fixed Churchill memoirs while noting policies on emblems used by parties to aid voter recognition. The piece surveys Hollywood and literary anecdotes, including MGM casting, a narcotics scandal, and witty fan observations from various venues.
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Churchill
MGM
Margaret O'Brien
Yankee
Cleaning and household hacks from a past era
Practical tips cover glass cleanup with cotton, washing with blueing to add sparkle, repurposing a dressing bottle as a sprinkler, removing pet hairs with sandpaper or rubber, ivy in water aided by charcoal, pipe cleaners for straws, using a curved knife to hollow produce, wax flooring care, and adding orange rind to tea for flavor.
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Dallas
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Italy
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Raintree County
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New York Times
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Ashton Stevens
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