The Greatest Number and the Dewey Support Analysis
The Baltimore Sun’s choice to back Governor Dewey signals an independent border state view focusing on domestic policy and postwar competence. It warns Roosevelt risks bias, divisiveness, and failure to deliver broad happiness, amid Hillman driven politics and rising corporatist aims.
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Baltimore Sun
Dewey
Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
Evangelization by Radio Sparks Debate at Pastors Institute
At the 13th Annual Pastors Institute professor Fred Eastman outlined plans for an interdenominational body to curb religious radio quackery. Major networks back the idea while debates grew over accountability, ecclesiastical endorsements, and potential censorship by recognized churches. Eastman cited 1943 listener donations totaling about 200 million dollars, with one sponsor raising 1.5 million.
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Pastors Institute
Fred Eastman
Federated Theological Faculty
University of Chicago
Prof. Eastman
Canada views on socialism and the CCF in wartime Quebec
A Detroit writer contrasts Canadian socialism with capitalism amid wartime economics. He notes the CCF's limited provincial power in Quebec, lower living costs and wages, no draft, and minimal Communist presence. He argues socialism remains far from Canada today.
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Washington
Quebec
Britain
Canada
Republican Party
CCF
Communist Party
Mackenzie King
King Features Syndicate
First postwar cars echo prewar designs
Detroit News notes designers may imitate prewar models with features like hub caps and door placements, arguing improvements come through redesigns rather than wholesale change.
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Detroit News
Contested Origins of Sand Painting Claims by Germans and Japanese
A colonial era debate questions who invented sand painting with claims by Germans and Japanese. Dr. Emil Haury of the University of Arizona notes Hopi mastery may date to aboriginal times though no artifacts prove early origins. The passage humorously contrasts with a New York apartment hunt and a quip on German posture.
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Emil Haury
University of Arizona
New York
Milwaukee Journal
Davenport Propaganda and the Liberal Party in 1940s America
Westbrook Pegler critiques a United Press dispatch claiming Russell Davenport backs Dewey. The column labels Davenport as obscure and unconnected to any party while linking the Liberal party and Communists to Roosevelt allies, and questions the presentation of Davenport as a political voice.
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Westbrook Pegler
ST. Louis
U. P
Russell Davenport
Tom Dewey
Fortune
Davenport
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
Republican Party
Marcia Davenport
Joe Bush
New York
Liberal Party
Communist Party
Russia
France
American Labor Party
Frank Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman
Finland
Poland
Roosevelt
Hillman
David Dubinsky
Garment Workers’ Union
Marcantonio
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Congress
Ham Fish
Vito Marcantonio
Communist Front
Fish
United States
The Beast in Me on a Cross-Country Train
A 1944 King Features piece narrates a traveller's humorous, slightly sharp survey of dining-car life across several states. The writer notes crowded service, quirky customs, and the evolving Pullman policies encouraging social meals while preserving travel etiquette.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Pullman Company
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
King Features
Readings on postwar politics and war workforce
A digest of remarks by Dewey critic Gerald L. Smith hints at a 1948 nationalist rise amid wartime readjustment. The piece covers Dravo Corp barge work misuse and a Lambertson letter opposing England aid, plus veterans discharge plans and VFW input on postwar staffing.
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Dre Washington
Dewey
Gerald L. K. Smith
Rootin’rootin
Smith
Tom
Europe
Navy Department
Navy
Dravo Corporation
Wilmington
Del
R. W. Kemp
Dravo
J. R. Quark
Kemp
AFL Painters’ Union
CIO
Lambertson
Kansas
U.S.A
Germany
England
Exposé on Rubber Labor and War Tire Shortages
Washington columnist argues Roosevelt aides shielded unions from drastic measures, forcing aging rubber workers in the army back to produce tires for trucks and aircraft. He claims piece work and union politics slowed production and risks military need.
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Washington
Army
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Ament
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Mallon
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Alberta
The
New Yorker
MR. Davenport
Philadophila
Bunkum
Gerald
William Allien White
W. P. Lambertson
Fifth Army
Italy
Clark
Tarawa
War Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pacific
VFW
European
Far East
By David Lawrence