GOP Tide Aims Toward Dewey At 1944 Convention
Chicago stadium hosts stream Republican delegates as California delivers 50 Dewey votes on first ballot. Bricker forces seek to curb momentum while Dewey plans arrival for Thursday acceptance speech. Crowd and trappings reflect wartime era as Dewey’s path to nomination tightens.
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Dewey drive overshadows speeches at Chicago rally
Harrison E Spangree gavels the WS amn CW meeting as Governor Dwight Green of Tr iais and Governor Warren of California headline a Chicago rally. The crowd roared while the Dewey draft and Bicker opposition dominated the night, with New York weighing in at 93 votes as balloting began amid wartime tension and glittering formalities.
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Predicting Dewey Delegates At Convention Tightens Hold
Delegations including Hansas and Massachusetts rally behind Dewey as 17 more states planned to act by nightfall. Governor Bricker denies withdrawal pressure while Senator Ball of Minnesota says Stassen will secure convention support. Taft recalled 1940 results urging delegates to decide when voting begins.
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Mrs Farley backs GOP choice at convention
CHICAGO June 2 I5 The wife of former Democratic national chairman Mrs James A Farley declares she will abide by the Republican convention choice and says her action does not reflect on her husband’s loyalty The interview notes she has long been an independent voter and is currently in Mexico City on business with him away from New York on the eve of the convention.
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Texans Back Dewey At Texas Republican Caucus
Thirty three of thirty three Texas delegates voted to cast ballots for Governor Thomas Dewey of New York for the Republican national convention. One delegate and his alternate were absent. R. B. Creager announced Dewey would likely secure the Texas votes, while Mars McLean of San Antonio pledged continued Bricker support.
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GOP Platform Seeks Peace Treaty Pledges Fight
GOP platform makers in Chicago moved to include nationalist declarations calling for executive consent on treaties and clear messaging to the public about foreign agreements. Senator Taft led night debates as Edge pressed for internationalist solidarity and to curb antiwar sentiment at the convention.
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Breaking Sabbath Law Sparks GOP Swapping Spree
Rupert Hughes reports from Chicago on a chaotic Republican convention scene where the Sabbath law and swapping tactics dominate discussion. The piece contrasts a raucous market like gathering with looming Democratic plans as Roosevelt’s fate hovers over the event.
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Ballots with Locked Boxes Halt Canvass in Idaho Primary
Washington county officials paused the official canvass of the Idaho primary after judges in two precincts found their ballot boxes locked and forgot the keys. The issue caused delays while securing the ballots and resuming counting. In unrelated notes a medical aside mentions skull patches and tantalum plates for repair.
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Nationalistic foreign policy plank debated at GOP convention
A North Carolina Democrat Senator Reynolds urged a 100 percent nationalist GOP plank to halt postwar alliances and push independence from world entanglements. The plan seeks a middle ground while party leaders worry over the foreign policy subcommittee report and possible world state implications.
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Mrs. Sims Dies at Son's Home in Texas City
Mrs. Ruby W. Sims of Port Arthur died at her son Dr. George M. Sims Jr. in San Antonio on Sunday. The body was sent to Port Arthur for services and burial Tuesday at 4 PM. She is survived by her husband George M. Sims and daughter Mrs. V. L. King.
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Green Assails New Deal Policy In Chicago Speech
Governor Dwight Green of Illinois, addressing delegates at the Republican national convention in Chicago, accuses the Roosevelt administration of political meddling in war matters. He pledges Republicans will give military leaders a free hand if victorious, denounces New Dealers for clinging to war slogans, and praises delegates for pledging to defend constitutional freedoms and oppose bureaucratic interference.
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