Democrats Renominate Roosevelt as War Winds Shift
In Chicago the Democratic convention renominated Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term and urged continued New Deal policies and a world peace organization. The platform promises crop guarantees, rural electrification, demobilization aid, tax reform, and expanded trade while U S forces advance on Guam Saipan and Normandy battles intensify as Hitler faces internal upheaval.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
World Organization
U. S
American Dreyfuss figure dies in Chicago at 88
OBITUARY: Carter a former U S army engineer dubbed the American Dreyfuss died in Chicago at 88. He faced a court martial conviction for allegedly defrauding the government of two million dollars tied to a Savannah Georgia project. The piece notes his long fight to clear his name.
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Oberlin
Carter
Dreyfuss
Chicago
Savannah
World Bank discusses 8.8b fund and 10b fund for postwar aid
Forty four allied nations back an 8.8 billion dollar fund to offer aid to states for trade balance settlements while a 10 billion dollar World Bank plan would extend 2 billion in long term loans for reconstruction and development and use 8 billion to guarantee private loans. American participation hinges on congressional approval with the U S share totaling about 2.75 billion for the 8.8 billion fund and about 3 billion for the 10 billion bank.
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Normandy
U.S
Marshall Rommel
World Bank
U. S
July 1943 cattle prices rise to multi year highs at Chicago yards
Prime long fed steers bring 17.65 per hundredweight at Chicago yards, the highest July price since 1919 and a peak for any July since 1943. Heifers hit 17.35, matching July record highs, with strong demand amid tight shipments and fierce market competition across the beef trade. GI READING: Taft pushes for broader political literature access for servicemen as the army expands permitted magazines.
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Chicago
Tobacco Shortage Persists Amid War Production Limits
Tobacco stocks are limited as manufacturers face a year of supplies and a War Food order restricting aging tobacco to 70 percent of last year’s level. Iron ore records rise in the Great Lakes with stockpiles up. oil production and gas stocks increase. Great Northern plans a major debt refinancing to cut annual interest costs, proposing new bonds and using treasury funds to redeem old notes.
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War Food Administration
Lower Great Lakes
U. S
Canadian
Great Northern
Louisiana Renames Muskrats to Marsh Hares
Gov. James H. Davis signs house bill 675 changing muskrats to marsh hares to boost musk rat meat sales. Framers hope the neutral name improves appeal versus the old term. The aquatic rodent flesh is considered a delicacy in Louisiana where musk rats are found.
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James H. Davis
Louisiana
Army Fears Political Snarl In Handling News for Gis
An analysis of U S military controls on service papers and press access shows a struggle over GI Joe news coverage. Colonels and officials clash with policy limits as Taft and Lucas push to clarify the soldier vote law and avoid penalizing service publications.
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WNU
Union Trust
Washington, D. C
Congress
Armed Services
New York Herald- Tribune
Algiers
Stars & Stripes
Egbert White
Paris
Washington
Army News Service
New York
White
Mediterranean
Washington Army
Taft
Br’er Fox
Joe
Ring
Army
The
Council On Books
Lucas
Henry Stimson
Colonel White
Chaumont
London
Casablanca
Oran
Naples
Cairo
Middle East
Evacuations and Broadcasts Highlight War News
The Japanese Dome t agency reports about 30 000 school children evacuated from Tokyo to rural districts since July 8. Radio Cherbourg begins daily broadcasts with a message from liberated France. A British Information Service document stresses maps as foundations for invasion planning, noting maps filled a warehouse at the embarkation port.
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Domet Agency
Tokyo
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