Philadelphia Strike Tests Wartime Unity and Production
A CIO Transport Workers Union walkout in Philadelphia paralyzed the city transit system and disrupted war production at Navy Yards and ordnance facilities. Officials warned unauthorized action risks loyalty questions and could presage postwar chaos if unchecked, urging investigation and renewed labor discipline.
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Pacific
Normandy
Italy
Philadelphia
CIO Transport Workers
Philadelphia Navy Yards
OWI
CIO
Atty
Gen
Biddle
Nazi depravity reaches new depths in Normandy atrocity report
A Normandy dispatch describes a Nazi sniper killing a priest aiding a dying soldier. The account frames such acts within a broader pattern of vileness including grave desecration, use of dead for traps, bombing of field hospitals, mass killings, and village razing.
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Normandy
Reich
Wood as universal raw material cited to hint at wartime use
The piece cites American Forest Products Industries claiming Germany calls wood universal rohstoff and notes sixteen U.S. woods sink in water, implying a potential for naval use by Japan and a broader wartime urgency. The author frames resistance to press agents as weakening when confronted with these claims.
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Gentry
American Forest Products Industries, Inc
Germany
Hitler
Dewey's quiet organizing campaign contrasts with Roosevelts war focus
Governor Dewey builds a methodical party machine in 26 key states, holding back speeches and stressing organization over public appearances as Roosevelt maintains a war driven campaign. Dewey meets state delegations coast to coast, while Wagner and Bricker figures appear in the background.
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Wagner
Dewey
White House
Chicago
Bricker
Albany
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Maquis of France Meaning and Usage Explained
The term maquis refers to brush in Corsica and to guerrilla fighters or underground activity in France. It denotes living in hiding, outlaw life, and a network of conspirators who carry out killings and sabotage against German forces.
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France
Corsica
Chicago Daily News
Dewey Leads Campaign Train Toward St Louis Governors Meet
Gov. Tom Dewey travels from New York to Pittsburgh with Mrs. Dewey and nine cars amid a 26-governor conference plan in St. Louis. The trip features 45 reporters, unions’ talk against Roosevelt, and a Russia of political intrigue among labor and anti CIO factions. Dewey sharpens image with busy meetings and a long handshaking session at the William Penn hotel.
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Dewey
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Illinois
Springfield
St. Louis
Missouri
Harold Keller
Commerce
Westbrook Pegler
Tom Dewey
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Co
Republican Party
Roosevelt
CIO
Democratic Party
Labor Movement
Mussolini
Mr. Dewey
Sidney Hillman
Mr. Big
Mr. Lepke
Dewey S
William Penn
Hope
Paul Lockwood
Abraham Lincoln
Pipe weapon in pinochle game sparks quip on law
A kibitzer jabbed a clay pipe into a player's ear during a pinochle match and caused an empty chair at the table. The coroner ruled nicotine poisoning was the cause of death despite the improvised weapon, while legal satire critiques lawyers and constitutional rights in a 1944 King Features strip.
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Darrow
King Features
Prisoners Diet in Germany and War News Notes
War department officials report German camps feed American prisoners poorly with a breakfast of nothing, a thin soup lunch, stale bread and two potatoes for supper. Red Cross packages help many survive amid widespread malnutrition. Also covered are Russian artillery’s decisive role, air power limits, and labor party maneuvering in New York politics.
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Washington
War Department
Poland
Red Cross
Sweeney
Theu.s.a
U. S
Anna
Esther
Joseph
Red Army
Normandy
Air Corps
France
Record of a restrained 1944 campaign approach
Washington dispatch notes that Roosevelt and Dewey will limit speeches, with Willkie and others having varied tour styles. It highlights front porch and coast-to-coast campaigns, the impact of long tours on momentum, and forecasts a brief August-September effort before a broader October climax.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
William MacKinley
Canton
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Long Branch
N. J
Charles Evans Hughes
Smith
Herbert Hoover
James A. Farley
Franklin Rosevelt
Landon
Wendell Will
Kie
Bryan
Wendell Willkie
Philadelphia
Willkie
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Philadelphia Story
Henry Wallace
Goodnight, Sweet
Prince
Paul Mallon
Philippines
Japan
General MacArthur
Manila
Europe
Brettonwoods Conference
Financial Bank
King Features Syndicate
Drew Pearson
Bronx
Ed Flynn
New York State
American Labor Party
Hillman Brain Trusters
Labor Party
Democratic Organization
Bob Taft
Theodore Green
Rhode Island
Scott Lucas
United Features Synd., Inc
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