Roosevelt Victory Broadens Democratic Hold On Senate and House
The 1944 election results solidified F D R's fourth term and boosted Democratic strength in both chambers. Strong showings in industrial centers helped offset Republican gains in rural districts with Dewey failing to dent the president's wartime coalition. The London Evening Standard framed Roosevelts win as advancing allied unity to win the peace.
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Film Actress Ann Sheriden Bets on Dewey Parodies Run Amok
A garbled miscellany item notes actress Ann Sheriden losing a wager on Governor Dewey and a surreal scene on Bollywood Boulevard with ragged costume and burr cork on the face. It also cites a figure about 266 farm buildings burned daily in the US and Canada and about 3,500 people perishing in these fires over two years.
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Bollywood Boulevard
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Canada
Europe faces staggered Front as fighting continues
Across a 460 mile western front the conflict remains tight with brief holds around Aachen Metz and the Vosges as Allied and German forces trade gains. In the Pacific MacArthur’s advance toward Leyte stalls under a cyclone while Japanese defenses tighten under Yamashita in rugged Leyte terrain.
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Metz
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Philippines
U. S
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Leine
Douglas MacArthur
New Markets for American Cheese Rise Postwar
American consumers increasingly favor domestic cheeses such as roquefort camembert gorgonzola and Swiss. U.S. producers see growing business replacing imports, with cheese output peaking near 915 million pounds in 1941 and major strides in steel capacity contrasting Germany and Britain prewar figures.
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Italy
Switzerland
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Great Britain
Shoes with steel plated soles used as weapons in Los Angeles
Juvenile critics seize 106 pairs of allegedly weaponized shoes with steel plated soles and heels. Chief Jailer Robert Fisher inspects the confiscated footwear as officials note no clear nationwide rise in venereal disease but report increases among Navy personnel and Army since 1944.
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Los Angeles
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Robert Fisher
Thomas Parren
U. S. Public Health Service
U.S
Grain markets rise on Roosevelt reelection hopes
Grain prices edged higher as farm bloc influence remained likely under Roosevelt after reelection. Corn failed to gain, held back by ample country offerings, while rye rose on the prospect of renewed holiday distillation and other election premiums.
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Roosevelt
Army Surplus Property Returns to Civilian Use
War department reforms surplus serviceable goods for government agencies and civilian distribution. Items include marine engines wool shearlings machinery and machine tests air drums automotive spare parts payers graders and cranes.
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War Department
Smart Curtains for French Doors in Home Rooms
A vintage guide explains harmonizing door and window treatments for French doors using extended wooden or metal rods, enabling doors to open without snagging drapery. It references a Make Your Own Curtains page with step by step directions and an offer to order hooks by name.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears Bedford Ails and Book Plans
Ruth Wyeth Spears of Bedford reports illness while New York Drawer plans a book titled Make Your Own Curtains. The note lists a price in cents and mentions a name associated with the project.
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Bedford
Ails
New York
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