Dewey Trend Shown In Michigan Poll
Gallup survey in Michigan shows Dewey leading Roosevelt if election held today. Michigan voters were asked to choose between Dewey and Roosevelt with the two as candidates, results showing Roosevelt at 46 percent. The piece notes a continuing trend away from Roosevelt since 1936, with willkie-like shifts in Michigan’s past and references broader state surveys.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Michigan
Dewey
Gallup
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Detroit
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Dewey Wii
Marine Major Ig Systematic On Jap Raids
Maj Elmer G Glidden commander of the Ace of Spades dive bomber squadron of the fourth marine air wing reports he has flown more than 70 dive bombing missions against Japan at Midway Guadalcanal and the Marshalls while squadron records show 43 in four months at the base Works systematically and praises his pilots for disciplined method and effectiveness in the dangerous craft.
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Dan Bowerman
Marine Air Wing
The
Marshalls
United States Marine Corps
Maj
Elmer G. Glidden
West Roxbury
Mass
Ace of Spades
Fourth Marine Air Wing
Midway
Guadalcanal
van Rensalear Polytechnic
Glidden
Civil airports capable of heavy air transport in the US exceed nine hundred
The United States hosts just over nine hundred civil airports qualified to handle heavy air transport operations. This reflects a broad network of facilities able to accommodate large aircraft, supporting national logistics and defense readiness.
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United States
Police Tag Silvers In Racket Shooting
New York police questioned Louis Silvers alias the Babe over a Brooklyn club shooting that killed Jake Finkel known as the Ox. Finkel died from a bullet wound in front of the Embassy club as investigators link the slaying to a power struggle in the rackets after Lepke Buchalter’s death. Silvers was arraigned in Brooklyn court and held without bail for Thursday’s hearing.
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New York
Louis
the Babe) Silvers
Jake
the Ox) Finkel
Broklyn
John C. McGowan
Brooklyn
Finkel
Underworld
Lepke) Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Silvers
Manhattan
Get Hospital
Tip Finkel
Embassy Club
Beth-El Hospital
Lila Harris
Lepke
Sing Sing
William
Big Gangy
Harry
Little Gangy
Davidoff
Armed Services
Brownsville
Buchalter
U S Combat Aircraft Output to Double in 1944
A 50 percent increase in production of U S combat aircraft is scheduled for 1944 as wartime needs rise. Factories are to boost output across major programs with new orders and expanded shifts to meet demand.
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U. S
Room To Room Battle Rages In Old Chateau
British American forces in France clash with German troops in a chateau, advancing from dining room to salon and bedrooms. Welsh and American units suffer and repel a German counterattack with 88 mm guns, leaving the chateau badly damaged and Germans defeated.
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Old Chateau
France
Chateau
Louis XIV Salon
Bayeux
Hitchhiker Loses Wallet After Ride to Quincy Theater
Russell O'Brien aimed to save 10 cents in carfare by hitch hiking from his home to a Quincy theater. A ride ended badly when his benefactor left with a wallet containing $70.
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Quincy
Mass
Russell O’brien
Tucson Corporal Kautenburger Completes Nine Months South Pacific
Robert L. Kautenburger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Kautenburger of 2027 East First Street Tucson, finished nine months service in the South Pacific with the 13th AAF. He helps in a statistical control unit at Maj. Gen. Hubert R Harmon’s headquarters after earlier duties at Davis-Monthan and Marana. He joined the AAF in March 1943 after clerical training at Oklahoma A&M and a clerk at Amphitheatre senior school. He is a Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 549 member.
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Amphitheatre Senior School
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 549
Navy Promotion Honors Armand O Herreras
Armando O Herreras, a 25 year old bluejacket from Tucson, was promoted to fireman first class during recent graduation ceremonies at the Naval Training School Electric. He is married to Armida Herreras of 485 South Stone Avenue.
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Armand O. Herreras
Armida Herreras
South Stone Avenue
Tucson
Naval Training School
Electric
University of Kansas soldier earns Good Conduct ribbon
Pvt. Robert A. Espinosa of Tucson, a University of Kansas student past, receives the Army Good Conduct ribbon for exemplary behavior and fidelity. He is assigned to an evacuation hospital of a major command and is the son of Mrs. Carmen Espinoza of Tucson. He worked for M. M. Sundt Construction before enlisting and has overseas service of six months.
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Pvt
Robert A. Espinosa
Tucson
Army of the United States
Pvt. Espinosa
M. M. Sundt Construction Co
Army
Carmen Espinoza
North Seventh Avenue
Army Air Forces Promote Two Officers at Training Center
Willie W. Wilson Jr of 1116 South Eighth Avenue Tucson is promoted to technician 4th grade at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Lt Lesley H. McCarthy of 402 B Glass Canyon Miami Arizona rises from second to first lieutenant in a recent promotion roundup.
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Willie W. Wilson
South Eighth Avenue
Tucson
Army Air Forces Training Center
Camp Claiborne
Lesley H. McCarthy
Glass Canyon
Miami, Ariz
Marine officer commission for W. E. Dolph
W. E. Dolph, son of Mrs. J. C. Hooks of 161 West Columbia street, received his commission as lieutenant in the Marine air corps. He completed cadet training at Corpus Christi Texas and is now stationed at Jacksonville Florida.
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W. E. Dolph
J. C. Hooks
West
Columbia Street
Marine Air Corps
Corpus Christi
Tex
Jacksonville, Fla
South Carolina NAACP Protests Execution of 14 Year Old
The South Carolina chapter of the NAACP filed a protest against Gov. Olin D. Johnson over the scheduled execution of 14 year old George Junius Stinney of Alcola for the slaying of a white girl. Stinney was sentenced to die on Friday.
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Sumter
S. C
Olin D. Johnson
South Carolina
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
George Junius Stinney
Alcola
South Carolina Refuses Clemency in Stinney Case
The state association met here and telegraphed the governor that Stinney's execution would mar South Carolina. The governor said he studied the case and found no reason to intervene despite the brutal beating deaths of two girls aged 11 and eight.
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Ing
Association
Stinney
South Carolina
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Combined Allied Press
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Studebaker Corporation
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Inees
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kans
England
Army Air Forces
McCarthy
University of Arizona
Hawkinson
General Tire
General Tire CO
George Cowden
the Borden Co
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