Primary ballots in county race raise voter pressure
County Clerk Joe Hartley moves to drop petitions for Auditor Samuel Bailey and Coroner Floyd Olson, while political machine operatives push marked sample ballots to homes. Barr's band plans strict ballot marking to secure Will county, targeting Kingston, Olson, Grassle and Bailey. echoes of Deneen era reform and the push for honest primaries.
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Joe Hartley
Samuel Bailey
Floyd E. Olson
George A. Barr
Arch Jeffrey
Charles
George Barr
Barr
Will County
E. A. Kingston
Ing
Olson
Herman Grassle
Bailey
Science sees race as warfront issue in world war era
The piece argues science should study race to aid unity in wartime America. It cites Roosevelt and Illinois politics, notes diverse troops in Africa India and the Solomons, and warns against racial prejudice. It frames race science as evaluating evidence rather than assigning hierarchy.
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North Africa
India
China
Solomons
Will County
McCormick
Frank P. Lyman
Crete
Lyman
Illinois Alumni Association
State University
War Dept blocks 10 cent pamphlet The Races of Mankind
The War Department abandoned plans to distribute the 10 cent pamphlet The Races of Mankind amid criticism from House Military Committee. Authors Ruth Benedict and Gene Westfish present scientific findings debunking Nazi master race doctrine and urging interracial cooperation. Critics cite Negro mental ability statements. army distribution limited to educational offices.
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St. Louis
Public Affairs Committee
Ruth Benedict
Gene Westfish
Columbia University Department of Anthropology
American Association of Scientific Workers
May
Kentucky
Father Heithaus
St. Louis University
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