Military generals as presidential possibilities in wartime
Washington reports generals repeatedly named as potential presidents during and after wars. MacArthur, MacNider, Hurley and others are discussed as Republican possibilities, with a history of military figures reaching the White House from Jackson to Roosevelt and McKinley.
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White House
Mexico
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Franklin Pierce
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Futherford B. Hayes
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Chester A. Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Spain
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Rough Riders
Navy
Leonard Wood
Calvary
Pershing
John J. Peshing
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G. Harding
Notable generals and leaders tied to presidential chances
The text notes that a small 1 percent saw wartime service, with few professional soldiers among them. It mentions generals and at least one admiral, George Dewey of Manila Bay fame, as presidential possibilities or nominees who were defeated. It also highlights William T. Sherman as the only man to say he would not accept a nomination or the presidency if elected.
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George Gton
Repub
France
Congress
James Monroe
Willian and Mary College
Monroe
Washington
Britain
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Colombia
George Dewey
Manila Bay
William T. Sherman
Shavetail's Idea Sparks Inspection Shock at Camp Pickett
At Camp Pickett Virginia the medical replacement training corps officer pool conducts inspection of field gear. An officer pauses before a kit and discovers an electric razor tucked among the equipment shocking the inspection team.
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Camp Pickett
Medical Replacement Training Corps Officer Pool
Bishop to Attend St Lawrence's Diamond Jubilee
St Lawrence's Church marks a two day diamond jubilee beginning Sunday October 10 with a solemn high mass led by Rt Rev Edmund F Gibbons bishop of Albany. A mass Monday October 11 and a requiem on Tuesday October 12 honor deceased parishioners. Civic events follow each evening with speakers and a historical sketch of the church school and societies. Committees met with chairman Joseph W Zepf. Rev Francis J.
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St. Lawrence's Church
Edmund F. Gibbons
Diocese of
Albany
Joseph W. Zepf
Francis J
Parish meeting opens with prayer at school hall
Buechier, pastor, opened the session with prayer. Reports were given by Frank Mitter, chairman of the program committee, and Miss Rose Gackenheimer and Mrs. Mary Walsh, in charge of social events. The next meeting will be held Sept. 29 at the school hall and all parishioners are invited.
A. W. Mace Succeeds Ronan as Panel Chairman
Arthur W. Mace of the Troy County Rationing Board is named acting chairman of the Processed Foods Price Panel by Charles C. Freihofer. Mace resigns from the fuel oil panel to lead the processor foods panel, succeeding City Comptroller Edward J. Ronan who left due to an OPA rule barring candidates for public office from rationing board membership.
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Arthur W. Mace
Troy County Rationing Board
Processed Foods
Charles C. Freihofer
Mr. Mace
Fuel Oil
City Comptroller
Edward J. Ronan
Ratis Voara
OPA
Trojan Among Sicily Invaders
An October magazine feature recounts the paratroopers in the Sicilian invasion. Includes photo of an aircraft interior showing Fre. Joseph Anslow, son of a Central Police Station patrolman, who previously endured a North African camp and a later rescue. Sgt. Frank Herkness writes of the dawn assault and of Michael Scambelluri, captured and ill treated, later freed.
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Sicily
Africa
Joseph Anslow
Harry Anslow
Central Police Station
Anslow
Sergt
Frank Herkness
Philadelphia
Michael Scambeluri
Rensselaer
Scambelluri
Paratroopers Hear Tale Of Shootings In Sicily
Herkness described a veteran patrolman shot seven times by an Italian officer. The tale left the paratroopers sensing they had become killers for the first time. Patrolman Anslow had just received a Cable two weeks earlier from his son. Private Anslow was in Sicily. Another son, Harry, serves in the Air Corps overseas. Patrolman Anston, a veteran of the Boer War, also served in multiple conflicts. Aircraft modification centers aim to weatherize and equip each new plane for its theater.
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Anslow
Sicily
Harry
Air
Anston
Am American Development
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