New Jersey May Decide Close Presidential Race
Gallup polls show Roosevelt leading Dewey 51 percent to 49 in New Jersey if they face off. The state has voted Republican for U S Senate and governor in past cycles, with lower midterm turnout affecting results.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
New Jersey
Relcan
U. S
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Albert Akes
Ornor
Walter E. Edge
New Jery
U. S. Senate
FDR
James Cromwell
Warren Barr
Cromwell
Atlantic
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Newark
Illinois
Michigan
Penn Ivania
Roosevelt Dewey
Tllinois
Navy finds 432 vessels suffered breaks in welded ships
An inquiry board report to Secretary Forrestal reveals 432 of 2 893 examined Liberty type vessels had fractures. 95 cracks were potentially serious and five ships broke completely. no lives were lost except on the John P Gaines where 10 people escaped. The board urges broad adoption of welded ship construction and continued research to improve the design and build rate.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Knox
James V. Forrestal
John P. Gaines
Corp Valencia Receives Medal For Pacific Heroism
By order of the President the distinguished service cross is awarded to Corp AR Mando V Valencia of Tucson for extraordinary heroism near Lorengau Manus Island on March 18, 1944. He advanced to a machine gun position under heavy fire, kept the weapon in action after being blown back, then fought with a submachine gun to cover his squad.
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United States Army
Far East
Corp
Armando V. Valencia
McCormick Street
Tucson
Lorengau Village
Manus Island
Admiralty Group
Valencia
Corp Valencia
Tucson Servicemen See War Duty on Multiple Fronts
Pvt. Ramona Dubose of Tucson joins a WAC unit leaving Des Moines for duty at Fort George Meade Maryland. Navy recruit M Jerome Johnson Jr of Tucson graduates high school and heads to boot camp. Coast Guardsman John Palmer Jr of Tempe, with 21 years in service, takes part in the coast invasion. Warrant Officer Phillip Carter Molett of Nogales operates with a British based quartermaster detachment in Great Britain. Ordonnance specialists with Aberdeen training gather enemy arms in Africa for the Army Ordnance Department. Sgt. Joseph Aboud of Tucson is in England awaiting assignment with invading forces.
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J. N. Pemberton
Tucson
Women's Army Co
First
WAC
Des Moines
Iowa
Army
Ft George Meade
M. Jerome Johnson, Jr
M. J. Johnson
West
Ventura
Tucson High School
Navy
Oneh
Oast Guard
John Palmer, Jr
Tempe
Palmer
Phillip Carter Molett
Edwards Street
Nogales
Great Britain
Molett
Africa
United States Army Ordnance Department
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
England
Joseph Aboud
East Sixth Street
Bellmer to Return From European Theater Service
First Lieut. Harold O. Bellmer son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bellmer of Tucson will arrive in the United States this month from the European theater where he served 11 months in the Army Air Forces.
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Harold O. Bellmer
Fred Bellmer
North Third Avenue
Tucson
United States
Army Air Forces
Woman Serves 45 Day Cruelty Sentence in Hermosa Case
Mrs. Helen S. Wells of Hermosa Beach began a 45 day county jail term after conviction for cruelty to animals for destroying three fox terrier puppies in an incinerator. She told Judge Collamer A. Bridge the destruction was accidental.
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Los Angeles
Helens. Wells
Hermosa Beach
Collamer A. Bridge
4 H Group Plans Camp Trip to Lawton in July
A 4 H group from Pinal and Pima counties schedules a Camp Lawton trip in the Catalina Mountains from July 3 to 10. The program features nature study woodcraft and crafts led by experts O W Dishaw Dr. Robert Darrow and Pauline Bonnelly with a camp store and a spending bank.
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Pinal
Pima County
Camp Lawton
Catalina Mountains
O. W. Dishaw
Robert Darrow
University Botany Department
Pauline Bonnelly
Retail Activity Holds Steady Despite Weather and Shortages
Dun and Bradstreet reports retail activity remained near last week’s levels across sections, with weather and merchandise shortages limiting some areas. Summer apparel and beach items sell fast, while cot ton dresses and print crepes stay in demand. furniture and houseware sales are restrained by stock shortages. Food sales rise 5 to 10 percent year over year with beef veal and pork shipments up. Regional gains range from 0 to 11 percent, led by the Southwest and South.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
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East
Middle West
Northwest
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Australia area equals United States size
The statement asserts that Australia has a land area equal to the United States while its population does not exceed that of New York City. It contrasts vast space with a relatively small urban population.
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Australia
United States
New York City
Islands and costs after Gilbert invasion explained
Maj. F. A. L. Holland clarifies rumors about paying for destroyed trees on Gilbert islands. He says Britain reimburses natives about eight shillings per tree and notes Gilbertese land ownership units, with natives earning wages paid in American money. He adds that locals prioritize tobacco, soap, and clothing when Copra exports declined.
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United States
Britain
Councilman Seeks Grade Crossing on West 18th Street
Forrest G. Priser, new fifth ward councilman, will press for funds to add a grade crossing on West 18th Street to aid Hayhurst residents beyond the El Paso & Southwestern railway. Estimated cost is 1000 to 1500 dollars. Children face danger crossing tracks and residents lack adequate water service and fire protection. A prior similar petition was debated in 1940 but dropped.
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Forrest G. Priser
Fifth Ward
Hayhurst
el Paso & Southwestern Railway
18Th Street
Aged French Couple Bury 16 D-Day Dead Under White Crosses
A devout elderly French couple buried sixteen American airborne soldiers near their Normandy farm. They marked each white cross with the date June 6 1944, the name and rank, and hung identification tags. Thunderbolt pilots reported the scene and praised the graves.
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Franklin Banker
England
Thunderbolt
Normandy
Alonzo Morgan
Glens Falls
N. Y
Ex-Tucsodian Buys Only Essential War Purchases
Mrs Helen McGowan formerly of Tucson now works in Phoenix pledged to buy only essentials and invest all earnings in war bonds since Pearl Harbor. On D day she traded 7500 cash for a 1000 war bond and added to more than 5500 bonds already saved. She lives on a small Tucson income.
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Phoenix
Daily Citizen
Helen McGowan
Tucson
Pearl Harbor
McGowan Urges Postponing Purchases For War Bonds
McGowan says he will not sacrifice but postpone buying wants until the war ends. He argues money saved now will fund peacetime prosperity and help returning girls and boys by ensuring jobs and a stable future for the country. He questions praise for bond buyers and emphasizes future value and national stability.
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McGowan
Grow Lemons in Basement? Oregon's Victory Garden Curios
Oregon readers explore unusual home horticulture as a wartime era question leads to basement lemon growing. The note hints at inventive methods amid a broader push for self sufficiency and garden work.
Private U.S. Shipyards Built 1896 Merchant Ships in 1943
In 1943 privately owned American shipyards produced 1 896 merchant vessels as part of wartime output. The figure reflects total hulls completed by private yards across the United States.
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United States
Grand Island couple harvests 37 lemons in basement
Mr and Mrs Roy Stoutenburg of Grand Island proudly report a basement lemon crop of 37 fruit. A tree grows in a nail keg, demonstrating their unexpected citrus yield amid seasonal competition with California.
Night Ends at Six Gracie The Star and the Story
A radio schedule outlines programs from 6:00 pm through 11:15 pm featuring Gracie The Star and the Story, Sunday Serenade, One Man's Family, Music for Me, Rita Serenade, Walter Winchell, Hal G Orch, and Old Revival, concluding with News of the World and La Hora pact on KVOA.
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la Hora News of the
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Walter Winchel
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