Backing the Winner Myth In 1940 to 1944 Public Opinion
George Gallup reports that bandwagon effects are a myth in presidential voting. Gallup finds 71 percent expect Roosevelt to win, 17 percent expect Dewey, with undecided voters. Polls across 40 states show an evenly split electoral vote, while Newsweek writers favor Roosevelt by a narrow margin.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
U. S
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
F.D.R
Institute
Newsweek
Foreign Flier Rules Ban Use of Mexican Airways
Mexico City Aug. 19 Foreign pilots may not operate foreign planes over Mexican routes the communications ministry announced. Aerovias Braniff may rent Braniff Airways planes if properly registered with Mexican authorities. Rentals end after the war emergency. Mexican renters must renounce foreign registry rights and foreign government protections and obey Mexican law. North American pilots may be employed as technical advisers for up to six months to train Mexican pilots.
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Mexico City
Aerovias Braniff
Braniff Airways, Inc
Strongest Marauder force precedes D day invasion
The largest Marauder air unit ever to operate in the Mediterranean cleared German beach defenses just before the June landing. Lt. Arthur Porter of San Diego described the air cover as stupendous with more ships nearby than he could count and noted Salerno and Anzio were visible.
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Rome
Mediterranean
France
LST
Arthur Porter
San Diego
Cal
Fanatical Japs Raise Cost Of Wir
United Press war dispatch from Pearl Harbor reports three Pacific campaigns Saipan Guam and Tinian show Japanese fanaticism with suicide attacks and fierce resistance. The piece notes high U S casualties yet emphasizes organized American superiority and predicts costly continued warfare until Japan’s defeat.
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Pearl Harbor
U.P
Marianas
Saipan
Guam
Tinian
U. S
Pacific
Tarawa
Fall Of Nazis To Begin Manufacture Of Radios
The War Production Board said civilian radio receiving sets will be produced again after Germany’s surrender but not before. Executive Vice Chairman Charles E. Wilson told manufacturers that curtailment of arms output after the Nazi collapse could free materials to lift radio industry quotas.
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Washington
Germany
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
Naval shipping losses since Pearl Harbor total 1.6 billion
The report itemizes United States naval shipping losses since Pearl Harbor at 1.6 billion dollars. It names no specific ships or dates, but highlights the scale of wartime material loss for the federal fleet and wartime economy.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Crematory At South Lawn Park To Cost 14000
A 14000 crematory is being built at South Lawn memorial park by Southwestern Cemeteries Inc. President D. D. Chalk says construction will finish in 90 days. It will serve Tucson and southeastern Arizona, replacing confusion with the San Xavier mission cemetery. Architect M. H. Starkweather and contractor Frank Potter listed.
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South Lawn Memorial Park
San Xavier Memorial Park
Southwestern Cemeteries, Inc
D. D. Chalk
Chalk
Tucson
Phoenix
Hodeo Grounds
M. H. Starkweather
Frank Potter
San Xavier Mission
Navajos’ Mineral Output Surges Worth Over 1.6 Million
On the Navajo reservation in Arizona and New Mexico during wartime production of mineral oil and timber has topped 1.6 million dollars. Royalties from vanadium ore shipments reached about 1.13 million. Oil and gas royalties totaled 606 thousand, timber and lumber added 435 thousand in value.
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Window Rock
Arizona
New Mexico
Pearl Harbor
J. M. Stewart
Navajo Agency
Stewart
Tennis Strengthens The Body And Forearm
Tennis builds physical fitness and enhances forearm strength through consistent play. Players gain endurance and muscle development while improving coordination and grip strength across strokes and rallies.
Nazi News Throttled to Seven Percent of Prewar Print
London reports a Berlin broadcast announcing drastic cutbacks in German press. Total mobilization reduces newsprint to seven percent, with many papers to be discontinued or merged. Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering's national Zeitung will absorb five titles. All Sunday issues abolished except for select Nazi organs. only two illustrated papers continue.
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London
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
National Zeitung
Illustrierte Beobachter
Berliner Hlustrierte
Army Quells Revolt of Italian Prisoners at Ft Lawton
U S troops used night sticks to subdue a July 10 uprising by Italian prisoners at Ft Lawton who objected to being sent to Hawaiian work camps. Some injuries occurred but none were hospitalized and the prisoners were shipped to Hawaii. The incident followed an earlier clash between a service unit of Italian volunteers and African American soldiers.
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Seattle
United States
Ft. Lawton
the Times
War Department
Hawaii
Islands
Coal Institute urges leak fix to save fuel
The Bituminous Coal Institute says a steam line leak of one sixteenth inch at three psi wastes a half ton of coal per year, and at 70 psi the loss rises to 4.9 tons, urging users of steam heat to check leaks and conserve fuel.
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The
Bituminous Coal Institute
Institute
General Asks For Clothing Canned Goods
Lt Gen Jonathan Wainwright, then commanding at Bataan, told a Red Cross delegate in his For ?mosa camp that conditions are "as good as can be reasonably expected." He said more canned food and warm clothing are needed despite relief via the Gripsholm exchange. Fellow prisoners urged one parcel per month per man for protein and fats, plus towels socks raincoats and toilet articles. Basil O’Connor said efforts continue to secure steady Red Cross shipments through a Soviet Pacific port.
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Washington
Jonathan Wainwright
Bataan
Formosa
American Red Cross
Wainwright
International Committee of the Red Cross
Gripsholm
Lewis C. Beebe
George T. Scholey
Red Cross
Basil O'Connor
Arizona Wool Clip Estimate Drops From Last Year
Arizona's wool clip was estimated by the department of agriculture at 4,196,000 pounds today, down from 4,531,000 pounds last year and 4,794,000 in a 10 year average. Fleeces will be clipped from 632,000 sheep, compared with 654,000 last year and 770,000 in an average year.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Department of Agriculture
Silk Cocoon Output Drops in Yunnan Province
War conditions reduce silk cocoon production in Yunnan China lowering raw silk output from 40000 to 26600 pounds annually.
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Yunnan Province
China
American Airlines Reports Quarter Two Earnings
American Airlines announced net earnings of 1,567,239.19 dollars for the second quarter of 1944 after tax provisions. The figure equals 2.63 dollars per share on outstanding common stock. Adjusted earnings for Q2 1943 were 1,675,142.30 dollars or 2.82 dollars per share.
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Los Angeles
American Airlines
Housewives Face 1944 Fat Salvage Quota
The article states that housewives must salvage 250 million pounds of fat in 1944 to meet industrial quotas, a dramatic increase from 90 million pounds salvaged in 1943.
Dublin Seaside Season Opens Amid Record Queues
Bus and trolley car queues in Dublin at the start of this year’s seaside season were the largest in many years, reflecting high holiday traffic and renewed interest in coastal visits.
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Dublin
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