Majority Of Businessmen Choose Dewey
George Gallup reports that a large majority of business and professional voters favor Thomas E. Dewey over Roosevelt in a current poll. Roosevelt retains more support among business groups than in 1940, with war and foreign policy cited as key factors shaping views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Eigier
Institute
DIGG
Asiana
Wilkie
Oviene
PS ND
Ila Ie
United States
WLB Approves Convair AFL Contract
The War Labor Board approved a contract between Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp of Fort Worth Texas and the International Association of Machinists AFL. It provides 2,861 of the firm's 16,367 employees a 6.3 cent per hour wage increase retroactive to May 5 1943. The wage plan from Southern California aircraft industry will be adopted and no employee currently paid above the plan will have pay reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Ft. Worth
Tex
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Fred M. Vinson
Southern California
Union
Veteran Conductor Dies Unexpectedly At Work
Superior reports the death of Less Stone a veteran Magma Arizona railroad conductor about 60 while weighing in a freight car. He planned to retire soon to a farm near Scottsdale and his family had recently moved there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Less Stone
Magma Arizona Railroad
Scottsdale
Snoring Owls Baffle Tenants Near City Hall
Tenants plagued by five weeks of loud noises near Philadelphia city hall apartments learn the culprit is barn owls. University of Pennsylvania zoology professor Dr. Robert W. Stabler identifies the birds and locals debate how to handle them while noting owls are protected and cannot be shot. An amateur ornithologist suggests they will migrate south soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City Hall
Robert W. Stabler
University of Pennsylvania
George Fears
Lend-Lease Tanks Parade Through Marseille Main Street
American tanks manned by French troops moved down La Canebiere blasting German mortar and sniper positions as residents garlanded the vehicles with dahlias and roses. The port area endured heavy fire while windows and shops showed blast damage, yet citizens greeted the advancing troops with wine and flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
Marseille
France
la Cannebiere
Douglas Youth Dies In European Theater
War department lists six Arizona soldiers killed in action across theaters. In Europe, Staff Sgt. Manuel M. Ramos of Douglas and Lt. George C. Wylie of Bisbee are named among those killed, with personal parentage and addresses noted. Other names appear under Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific theaters.
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Washington
War Department
Arizona
Masashi Araki
Choeman Araki
Gila River Relocation Center
Rivers
Frank B. Cinnajinny
Leonard Cinnajinny
Klagetoh
Frank M. Ochoa
Dolores M. Bazan
Phoenix
Manuel M. Ramos
Teresa M. Ramos
First Street
Douglas
George C. Wylie
Edith I. Wylie
Wood Canyon
Bisbee
Southwest Pacific
Joaquin Ruiz
Frankie Ruiz
Florence
Sign Language Used On English Speaking Reds
A newspaper photographer used sign language to coax three Russian naval officers to pose for a Paris liberation rally photo. He then tried to get their names, offering paper and pencil, but only one officer replied in English. The trio spoke fluent English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Maquis War Dispatch From Brittany
Dudley Ann Harmon reports from Brittany with the French interior forces known as the Maquis. She describes a ragged, diverse band, weapons of many nations, and the brutal German captivity and torture they endured, as she sought a message of support from America for these fighters.
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Dudley Ann Harmon
Interior
Brittany
U.2
Gestapo
America
Maquis
Vandiver Robbed After Ride Share in Kansas City
Ernest Vandiver, 26, accepted a lift from three men who then slugged him and stole $94 before throwing him out on his head in Kansas City. The incident highlights a dangerous encounter from a casual ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
U.P
Ernest Vandiver
Vandiver
Grapefruit Growers to Vote on 4 Cent Levy Measure
Arizona grapefruit growers will receive ballots and explanatory material within two weeks. The proposal from the Desert Grapefruit Industry Committee would levy up to four cents per box to fund an extensive advertising campaign. Passage requires two thirds of voters and 51 percent of 10 500 acres producing grapefruit, effective before the November market season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grapefruit Industry Committee
Arizona
Paul S. Burgess
Agriculture College
University of Arizona
Burgess
Byron Showers
Desert Grapefruit Industry Committee
Phoenix
booklet tells airmen to make faces to stay warm
A pamphlet at the Army Air Forces tactical training center in Orlando Florida advises fliers to make faces when forced down in the Arctic to help stay warm and prevent freezing.
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Orlando
Fla. UP
Army Air Forces Tactical Training Center
Arctic
Hitler’s Holdouts and the Final German Stand
The piece argues Hitler will fight to the end in France and the Russian theatre, with Benes predicting disintegration rather than surrender. It notes Germany’s regimentation as rock bottom and cites Allied pressure and a doomed seventh army trapped in a shrinking pocket in northwest France.
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France
Hitler
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovak
Benes
Germany
Fuehrer
Europe
Germans retreating in France and defending eastern lines
The report describes a 20 by 15 mile area on the Seine estuary, with the Nazi 15th Army weakened while attempting to rescue the seventh and guard the English Channel. Hitler has little left for a prolonged stand and must begin a northward retreat, as Germans cling to eastern lines and time is needed to shift them.
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Seine Estuary
Seine
15Th Army
English Channel
Hitler
No Repeal Legislation Now Says MacFarland
Washington reports that Secretary MacFarland warns against repealing railroad land grant freight rate laws, stating such action would cost the Navy 80 to 90 million dollars annually during the war and boost government rail costs by about 20 million dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacFarland
Washington
Navy
Navy Secretary Forrestal Testifies on Land Grant Rates Plan
Navy Secretary James Forrestal told the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee that hearings on terminating land grant rates have just ended. Ernest W. MacFarland, acting committee chairman, said action would come later after hearings on the House approved repeal bill. He presented a letter from Harold D. Smith, budget director, arguing the repeal should not be considered during the war period because of the extra costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
James Forrestal
Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Ernest W. MacFarland
D-Ariz
MacFarland
Harold D. Smith
Mystery dancer meets Maj. Gen. Chennault in letter
Eddie Nowak writes that at a dance he cut in on someone and realized too late the person was Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault. His parents wonder what he has been doing since his last letter.
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