Bricker's Running Mate Bricker Leads Ohio to Surplus
John W. Bricker, governor of Ohio since 1938, rose from a log farmhouse to national prominence. A legal mind who passed the state bar and studied at Ohio State, he enjoys sports and hunting but focuses on his job. Under his administration Ohio moved from deficit to sizable surplus.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio State University
Bricker
Madison County
Lemuel Spencer
Laura (King) Bricker
John William Bricker
Ella
Joseph W. Martin
United States
Gover
Background highlights of Tom Dewey rising GOP figure
The report traces Tom Dewey's rise from relative obscurity to national prominence. It notes his 1938 NY gubernatorial loss, 1942 victory, 1940 presidential bid, and early career as a racket busting reformer with youthful energy. Bricker era notes appear as context.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey
New York
Empire State
Dewey
Hammer and Tongs
Dewey Accepts GOP Nomination for Presidency at Chicago Rally
Dewey accepts the Republican nomination before a crowd at Chicago stadium with Bricker as running mate. He pledges a new Republican administration to replace the one party rule and criticizes the Roosevelt era while highlighting youth and performance. Bricker’s Ohio delegation votes for him as vice president nominee amid frenzied cheers.
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Wisconsin
Grant Ritter
Beloit
Dewey
Bricker
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Albany
Dewey-Bricker
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
Two Nazi Trawlers Sent to Bottom
The Canadian destroyer Huron and the British destroyer Eskimo sank two of three armed German trawlers near the Channel Islands early Wednesday and damaged a third, Allied headquarters announced. Commercial fishermen landed tuna up to 1,800 pounds and about ten feet long.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Huron
Channel Islands
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