Poll predicts Roosevelt 286 Dewey 245 votes in early survey
The Citizen reports American Institute of Public Opinion results translating to 286 to 245 in electoral votes with 157 to 147 safe and leaning states for Roosevelt and Dewey respectively. Eight leaning states split 8 to Roosevelt and seven to Dewey, while eight dead heat states total 66 electoral votes.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
The
Citizen
Dewey
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
New York
Empire
Keystone States
Mr. Roosevelt
Solid South
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Midwest
Sidney Hillman
Gallup
Margaret Mitchell
Stalin demands Romanian troops fight Germans for armistice
A Moscow dispatch notes Romania compares its chaos to Italy after Badoglio capitulation. Stalin tells Bucharest to place troops in line with the Red Army for armistice, arguing it speeds cessation of hostilities. A London play is criticized as anti travel propaganda.
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Romania
Italy
Moscow
Pietro Badoglio
Stalin
Bucharest
Germany
Red Army
London
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad’s Surprising Soprano Note
A playful line hints at a joke about the tune sounding odd with a soprano part once an emergency ends. The remark suggests a humorous musical twist tied to a forthcoming calm after crisis.
Dewey and Hull clash over postwar small nation protection
Washington dispatch traces the debate among senators and officials on postwar world order. It credits Secretary Hull with warning that peace must endure at home and abroad, while Governor Dewey urges keeping military power separate from economic and political blocs to protect small nations. The piece notes Hull’s restraint, Dewey’s alternative, and the clash of foreign policy ideas shaping Dumbarton Oaks talks.
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Washington
Dewey
Tom Connally
Dumbarton
Senate
Hull
Hull. Mr. Hull
United Nations
Foreign Policy Association
Welles
Kibitzer
Lippmann
Japan
Germany
Mr. Dulles
Russia
United States
Britain
China
Hal
Bretton Woods
King Features Syndicate
Truman Initiated Issue By David Lawrence
The Roberts commission report on Pearl Harbor is analyzed as a self serving executive order limiting inquiry. It scrutinizes the obligation of civil authorities and questions the timing and impact on Kimmel Short and Roosevelt amid a 1941 attack.
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David Lawrence
New York
Roberts Commission
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Roosevelt
United States Army
Army
Navy
Secretaries of State
War
Secretaries of War
Secretary of State
Japan
Admiral Kimmel
General Short
Honolulu
Kimmel
Short
Truman
Political Roast on Elections and Public Figures in 1944
A King Features humor piece from 1944 lampoons political life arguing truth is stretched in campaigns. It skewers candidates relatives, public perception, and the press while contrasting American vigor with European cowardice. The essay notes the ongoing heat of September and October political drama.
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Bugs
Poughkeepsie
Ella
Europe
Hitler
Mussolini
George Washington
Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
Dewey
Roosevelt
King Features
Quote from Blackstone on citizen soldiers and liberty
The passage argues that in free states one should only bear arms to defend the country and laws. It states a citizen does not cease to be a citizen when joining the military, but becomes a soldier for a time to uphold national law and order.
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Free States
Sir William Blackstone
England
Eden Asked Phillips Recall
U S and foreign diplomats faced a backstage clash over Ambassador Phillips leaving London as Eisenhower's adviser. The recall stemmed from a 1943 letter criticizing British India policy and supporting Indian independence, prompting Eden and Churchill to demand explanations and Phillips to be deemed persona non grata.
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Washington
U. S
William Phillips
London
Eisenhower
Phillips
Roosevelt
India
State Department
Eden
George Merrell
New Delhi
Merrell
United States
Lionel Sackville-West
Grover Cleveland
White House
FDR
Japan
Stilwell
Anthony Eden
Ronald Campbell
Churchill
Ronald
Hull
John Winant
Plan for world peace backed by moral force and enforcement
Washington outlines a joint peace plan requiring approval by the President and Congress, with a international security organization to issue warnings and coordinate actions. It proposes collective military response against aggressors, while preserving American sovereignty and aiming to outlaw war through Dumbarton Oaks London Washington talks.
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Washington
United States
Executive Council
International Security Organization
Congress
General International Organization
Ings
Germany
Japan
Russia
America
Britain
France
China
London
Moscow
Hull
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Berlin
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Ter
Sir Ronald
Sumner Welles
Stettinius
Berle
Washington Post
Post
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