Challenge To Democrats In Raleigh County Sees GOP Hurdle
Unofficial voter registration in Raleigh County shows Democrats with a wide lead over Republicans. About 16 000 Democrats to 9 000 Republicans across 76 of 108 precincts suggest a larger Democratic majority than in 1940, potentially sealing Republican chances in local races. The piece urges the Democratic party to nominate high quality candidates to uphold core principles.
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Raleigh
Democratic Party
Raleigh County
Neely forces seize WVU Alumni leadership in a divisive coup
Morgantown Dominion News reports a clash within the West Virginia University Alumni Association as Governor Neely backed group uses “dive-bombing” tactics to replace longtime president hopeful J. Robinson. H. H. Rose wins the presidency amid criticism of partisan influence in academics.
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Neely
West Virginia University Alumni Association
Bill Hart
Morgantown Dominion News
J. French Robinson
Pittsburgh
University Alumni Association
A. Hale Watkins
H. L. Snyder, Jr
Carl Bachmann
Reynolds Hall
Hart
Neely Forces
Supreme Court
H. H. Rose
Fairmont
Georgia
Uni
Alumni presidency choice amid partisan politics at state university
The piece argues Judge Rose is capable and perhaps better suited than Mr. Robinson for the alumni presidency but warns that using the university to pursue party aims harms the institution. It notes the university serves Democrats Republicans nonpartisans socialists and others and questions what the Democratic maneuver gained, suggesting a setback.
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Judge Rose
Robinson
The
State University
Whatnot
Democratic Party
Supreme Court backs FBI power in listening device ruling
The Supreme Court ruling allows evidence from a listening device that records conversations in an adjoining room to be used in federal trials, bolstering FBI effectiveness against enemy agents and fifth columnists. Hitler’s vague moves worry the United Nations as analysts seek where he will strike next. Inflation debate focuses on terminology rather than policy to curb it.
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Supreme Court
F.B.I
Hitler
United Nations
PUG DUST By Randolph Norton
Twenty Beckley area youths from Shady Spring High School head to farm work with teacher J M Collins. He notes pay varies, but a farm summer yields wholesome experience, even beyond money. Colonel Fletcher Hicks, on leave from Camp Shelby, shares views on training and front action.
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Shady Spring High School
J. M. Collins
Collins
Virginia
Table Rock
U S Bombers Over India Extend Distant Reach
U S bomber command in India reports eight moonlight raids destroying or damaging about 75 Japanese planes, wrecking docks and shipping at Rangoon, and striking a Japanese fleet in the Andaman Bay region. One plane was lost, due to a takeoff accident, not enemy action, marking a bold far flung operation about 10 000 miles from home.
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U. S. Bomber Command
India
Wide World
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S. Army
Rangoon
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
America
Burma
Florida
United States
Atlantic
Africa
New Delhi
Bomber Command
John E. Carmack
Decatur
Carmack
Cies
Walter C. Karol
New York
Paul J. Long
George C. Knippel
Denver
Milton J. Svoboda
Portland
Ore
Bruno C. del Missier
Seattle
Wash
Frederick W. Blanchard
Washington, D C
Marvin H. Palmer
Los Angeles
Keth F. Horner
Bombardier
New Orleans
Donald M. Keiser
McComb
Delmer J. Rogers
Munger
Mich
Charles E. Blankenhorn
Great Falls
Mont
Willard A. Fountain
Hialeah
Fla
James H. Keenan
van Nuys
Calif
Frank D. Sharp
Salem
Frank W. DeLong, Jr
Ginesville
River Ganges
Ganges
Kansas
Price control order stirs questions on its reach and effects
Washington experts and officials admit uncertainty over how the sweeping price ceiling will work in practice and whom it will hurt, with Leon Henderson and President Roosevelt urging readiness to act beyond the cornerstone measure. A war front dispatch notes bomber crews in India face heat, discipline, and peril, yet sustain morale as they distance themselves from home.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Roosevelt
OPA
Australia
Margie Hart charts film rise from burlesque to Lure of the Islands
Miss Margaret Hart of Missouri known as Margie rises from burlesque to screen art in Lure of the Islands. She recalls training by Bill Pickens and a debut strip after a Shakespeare headpiece. Audiences welcomed her act and she jokes about Garbo comparisons and costs to see her.
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Robbin Coonsollywood
Margaret Bridget Hart
Missouri
Margie
Gypsy Rose Lee
Ann Corio
Miss Hart
Will H. Hays
Iss Hart
Garbo
Igh
Chicago
Bill Pickens
Columbus
Kansas Ci
Aunt Betty
Astor Studio Cooks Up War Drama With Stars
In Astoria New York the old studio area is repurposed for Army training films. Hollywood names like Mae West and Jesse Lasky clan figures appear as soldiers. Burgess Meredith and others perform relief work while Parade Weekly moves away from leg art in wartime publication.
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George Tucker
New York
Astoria
Long Island
Manhattan
Mae West
John Barrymore
Helen Morgan
Pearl White
Lillian Gish
Norma Shearer
Jimmy Durante
Jesse L. Lasky
Hollywood
Signal Corps
U. S. Army
Effrey Mven
Joyce Kilmer
Gil Scott
Zanuck Tribe
Ben Bernie
Jason
Harry Hopkins
Bob
Eddie Small
Buddy
Jess
Jim Broderick
Jimmy Ballast
Lynn
Asbury Park
Ommy Dorsey
Burgess Meredith
N. Y
Parade
Entangled Love Triangle and a Fatal Illness
Janice Dorian faces a web of affections involving Howard Dorian her fiancé, and Van Emerson her partner, while Betty Wallace Dowries for a rumor of illness and a looming divorce. Amid secret maneuvers and fragile loyalties, Janice prepares to visit Howard as his condition worsens, with Blossom the housekeeper and Pat as silent witnesses to a tangle of pride, pursuit, and longing.
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Rob Eden
Janice Garth
Howard Dorian
Betty Wallace
Martha
Betty
Howard
Janice
Pyre
van Emerson
Mrs. Saunders
Van
Blossom
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