Only FDR Can Keep Votes Of Many In Party
George Gallup reports a Princeton survey showing Democrats would likely abandon their party for a Republican if Roosevelt did not run. Among Democrats naming Roosevelt as first choice 89 percent favor him, with 40 percent of Roosevelt backers shifting to Republicans without him. Dewey is seen as top Republican choice. Roosevelt’s reelection prospects appear strong with 79 percent believing he will run.
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Princeton
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White House
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Cordell Hull
Henry M. Wallace Wren
Alban Barkley
James Byrnes
Paul V. McNutt
Henry A. Wallace
Dewey
New York
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Hink Roosevelt
Big Bill Thompson Estate Worth About Two Million
CHICAGO May 12 William Hale Thompson three times mayor of Chicago left an estate near two million dollars mainly in cash. Attorney James W Brown filed an inventory report in probate revealing cash and securities in five deposit boxes and a bank. Widow Mary Wyse Thompson to receive a $100000 award during probate. Thompson died at age 74 after serving as mayor 1915 to 1923 and 1927 to 1931.
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Minturno Road Rough Rocky Tour Over Front Lines
On May 7 at the Garigliano front Italy Maj George Walker guides a six mile rough road tour to Minturno with observation posts and a ringside view of the front from Mount Scaur to Spignos heights. Fire from above drops signs and warning cards while civilians’ homes and streets are under strict observation as the advance continues toward Cassino.
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Cassino
West water shortage debate spurs irrigation priority
Senate commerce subcommittee hears National Reclamation Association president O E Warren urge prioritizing irrigation over navigation as western water scarcity grows. Govs John Moses and Sam Ford back integrated Missouri basin plans with Army engineers and reclamation bureau for regional water development amid ongoing Western drought concerns.
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Americans of Japanese Ancestry Learn Abroad Trends
San Francisco May 12 The War Relocation Authority released findings from a study of Japanese aliens and American citizens of Japanese ancestry. About 73 per cent of American born Japs have never visited Japan and 52 per cent of those who have visited had no schooling there. Of 27,100 checked cases, 9,144 were born in Japan and 17,956 in the United States. Among visitors to Japan with schooling, only 1/8 had more than three years. 99 per cent of American born are under 40. 87 per cent of alien Japanese are over 40.
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War Relocation Authority Today
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Nippon
WRA
America
Robert B. Cozzens
Carl Sandburg
Cozzens
Flow of U S News into Far East Expands
B R Morris United Press Far Eastern manager says wartime conditions and Japanese seizures have not halted news flow to Asia. At Missouri University journalism week he will receive an honor medal. He notes United Press coverage to China and other occupied regions has grown since Pearl Harbor.
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Service and headquarters moves after Pearl Harbor
Morris announced the service inauguration since Pearl Harbor era in India, noting ownership of major Indian daily papers and two weekly economic journals plus the American soldiers’ theater paper the CBI Roundup. He traveled from New Delhi toward Shanghai, then set new Batavia headquarters and flew to India with Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Breardich on the last Flying.
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Fortress that escaped before Japanese overrunning
A fortress managed to withdraw its garrison before enemy forces overran Java and Sumatra, preserving key defenses and personnel amid rapid Japanese advances in the region. The report notes strategic retreat and continued resistance in the wider theater.
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Java
Sumatra
Forsling Nomination Approved by Senate for Grazing Director
Clarerice L. Forsling of Utah was confirmed by the Senate to lead the grazing director post. A forest service veteran of 25 years, he succeeds Richard H. Rutledge who resigned in March due to illness.
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Clarerice L. Forsling
Utah
Senate
Forest Service
Richard H. Rutledge
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