Dewey Accepts Republican Nomination Amid War Crisis
In a firm acceptance Dewey pledges to lead a cabinet of capable Americans, reject one man rule, and unite the nation for victory abroad and peace at home. He contrasts Republican resolve with the current administration's war economy and calls for full employment and a renewed national purpose.
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Republican Party
America
Germany
Japan
Marshall
Admiral King
Washington
Congress
New Deal
Normandy
Pacific
Carter's Little Liver Pills Boost Digestion Claims
The ad argues Nature produces bile daily to aid digestion and Carter's Little Liver Pills quickly increase bile flow. It promises faster digestion and better feeling in many cases, urging readers to purchase for 25 cents.
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Carter
Dewey Nominated by Griswold for Presidency
Gov. Dwight Griswold formally placed Thomas E. Dewey in nomination at the Republican convention in Chicago. He praised Dewey as fresh leadership for wartime to peacetime America, citing his record as a prosecutor and New York governor with tax reform, veteran programs, and a strong anti crime stance.
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Chicago
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Griswold
Dewey
Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Civilians Begin to Feel Wartime Shortages
Washington June 28 The civilian is just beginning to feel the pinch of wartime shortages and may see no large scale relief until the war ends said William Y. Elliott head of the office of civilian requirements. He noted that the average American faces a thin time unless hostilities end early as consumer goods stocks have been drained from factory wholesale and retail channels.
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Washington
William Y. Elliott
Office of Civilian Requirements
War Production Board
Elliott
Swift Coup D Etat Hands Finland Over to Germans
Helsinki reportedly occupied as Finland ceded control to Nazi Germany after a swift coup. Risto Ryti, Edwin Lankomies, and Vaino Tanner allegedly bowed to pressure, then met with Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl, and Eduard Dietl to secure German troops and public support.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Risto Ryti
Edwin Lankomies
Viana Tanner
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
Alfred Jodl
Edward Dietl
Germany
von Ribbentrop
Reich
Mass arrest of Czechs cited by BBC broadcast
Four hundred Czech men from four villages suspected as resistance centers were arrested by the Gestapo in New York report. The BBC, monitored by NBC, said officials fear mass execution. A separate line notes vinegar brewing existed in seventeenth century France.
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New York
B. B.C
N. B.C
France
Allied Air Strikes Pound German Rail Hub and Oil Refineries
Britain based Eighth Air Force dispatched over 750 Liberators and Flying Fortresses with 500 fighters to hit Saarbrucken rail junction and Laon area targets in France. In another raid, 1,000 Liberators with Fifteenth Air Force attacked Bucharest area refineries and a Bulgarian airdrome near Sofia. Royal Air Force mounted a Pas de Calais coast raid with 800 bombers, losing four aircraft and inflicting enemy losses.
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Eighth Air Force
Saarbrucken
Laon
France
Paris
Nathan F. Twining
Fifteenth Air Force
Alps
Bucharest
Karlovo
Bulgaria
Sofia
Pas de Calais
Halifax
Referee Pat McCarthy Heads Naval Boxing Bouts at Great Lakes
Pat McCarthy, former Butte County V. O. director and now chief petty officer in the U S Navy at Great Lakes, officiated 30 boxing bouts at the naval station preliminaries for the Service Schools Golden Gloves finals. He notes 21 bouts ended in knockouts.
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Pat McCarthy
Butte Co. V. O
Uncle Sam's Navy
Great Lakes
Naval Station
Allied Casualties Report in India Burma Campaign
Headquarters in Kandy Ceylon reports official estimates for January through May showing Allies with 6000 killed or missing and 12000 wounded in the Burma India drive. Japanese losses reach about 21700 dead and 20000 wounded. Chinese American forces under Stilwell not included.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Burma-India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Paper Makers Association forms of Britain and Ireland
A research association of 211 paper mills across Great Britain Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland with about 70 000 workers is created by the Paper Makers association of Great Britain and Ireland. Buried treasure found at Friant dam California unearthed nearly 100 000 dollars in gold by workmen digging sand and gravel.
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Great Britain
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
The
Paper Makers Association of
Great Britain and Ireland
Friant Dam
California
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Mackinac
Organization For Peace
Schenley Reserve
Schenley
Lara
Schenley Distillers Corporation
India-Burma
Zenith
American Medical Association
Dillon
Feactional Federal Savings and Loan Assn
West Park
Salt Lake City
Coca-Cola Company
Butte
Daerea
Coca-Cola
Coke
C-C
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