Roosevelt's wartime retreat and renomination maneuver
The piece contends Roosevelt used a wartime hiatus to conceal political calculations behind constitutional duty. It portrays his return as a calculated move toward renomination while framing his actions as necessary for war effort and national interest. It notes critics may view the retreat as self dramatization for political ends.
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Naval
Harry Hopkins
Centurion
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
War's End Still A Guess
Army and Navy officials fear optimistic overseas news will curb wartime production. Churchill hints end may come later than hoped and experts foresee months of fighting in Europe and a potentially shorter gap before Japan surrenders. Navy officials warn bases and fuel stockpiles in the Pacific remain insufficient for a large air offensive.
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Navy
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House of Commons
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Germany
Japan
Pacific
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China
Siberia
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Guam
Saipan
Britain
Philippines
Formosa
Chaplaincy of the U S Army marks 169th anniversary
The Chaplaincy of the United States Army recently celebrated its 169th anniversary. It has awarded 129 decorations to 114 chaplains, including five Distinguished Service Crosses and 55 Purple Hearts, reflecting service “They go wherever there are troops.”
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United States Army
Siege of Lwow Ends Amid War Broadcast Silence
After the fall of Lwow, now pronounced Lvolf, the city sits under occupation and the advance prompts broadcasters to pause sharing frontline updates.
Dewey Signals Campaign Drive From Springfield Stop
Westbrook Pegler reports Tom Dewey in Springfield with Gov. Dwight Green framing a campaign trip and a broad attack on gangsters tied to Roosevelt allies. The piece notes Dewey’s shift from conferring to campaigning, cites ties to Al Capone and Lepke Buchalter, and mentions Frank Simpson of the Albany governor’s office and a Lincoln tomb visit.
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Springfield
Whitcomb Riley
Tom Dewey
New York
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Dwight Green
Illinois
Green
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Capone
Alcatraz
Miami
Tammany
Dewey
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Albany
White House
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Mr. R
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Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Cio-Communist Political Action Committee
Roosevelt Company
Lepke
Roosevelt
Chicago
Wendell Willkie
Frank Simpson
Abraham Lincoln
General Sheridan
Court of Appeals
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Lincoln
Simpson
Tom Denney
Id es of November and the 1944 election tale
A King Features column muses on the November election timing and the duties and fates of candidates. It sketches a playful flow of days from Tuesday to Saturday and weighs Dewey versus Roosevelt in a wartime political moment.
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Eleanor
Franklin
Ellie
Deweys
Cal Coolidge
Franklin D
King Features
After Me the Deluge Hitler’s Bets on New Robots and Civil War
A wartime column surveys Nazi innovation and collapse across Europe. It notes a cheap new robot launching platform on steel rails, intensified bombing of London and southern ports, and internal Nazi power shifts between Himmler and Goering. It also covers Stalin’s plans for a postwar Germany, Red Army advances across Poland, and U.S. soldiers in Russia amid moral and cultural notes.
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London
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Goering
Gestapo
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Stalin
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Count von Einsiedel
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von Zeydlitz
Moscow
Russia
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Junkers
Wehrmacht
von Zerydlitz
Berlin
Litvinoff
Teheran
Roosevelt
Churchill
Pomerania
East Prussia
Upper Silesia
Poland
Orlemansky
Lange
John Knight
Midwest
Red Army
Vistula
Warsaw
Oder River
U. S
War Department
New York Daily News
War Problems to Come
From the Pacific Governor Stassen says home front is overoptimistic about victory and overly defeatist about peace. Public fear grows over national debt employment and postwar economics while concern rises about European stability and the fate of postwar peace with rising German resistance and shifting power.
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Germany
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