Arnall Questions Party Nomination Process In 1944 Debate
Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall questions the practicality of a Roosevelt fourth term and a Dewey vice presidential selection, suggesting the Democratic and Republican parties may skip national conventions. The piece notes cynicism among young leaders and analyzes party leaders Barkley and Arnall in the context of a tightly controlled nomination system.
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Arnall
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Roosevelt
Dewey
The Show Must Go On Senator McCarran Attends Cabaret Tax Debate
Senator McCarran abandons a plan to cut the cabaret tax from 30 to 10 percent after a Senate finance chair assures acceptance as an amendment to another bill. Petrillo’s ultimatum that the tax must be reduced drives show business pressure across Broadway and radio. The war era audience faces disillusionment as Petrillo orders continuation of the show.
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McCarran
Nevada
George
Senate Finance Committee
James Caesar Petrillo
AFM
Caesar
Times
Washington
Treasury
Ballyhoo
Broadway
Petrillo
Adoption or Kidnapping Democrats fret over labor party influence
Southern Democratic members worry about the party being taken over by the American Labor party the Communist party and the Liberal party as Earl Browder and communists back roosevelt for a fourth term. They fear slush funds and CIO actions in primaries and question the use of bayonets to compel union membership. The piece notes legal gaps and possible congressional action.
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Washington
Congress
Democratic Party
American Labor Party
Communist Party
Liberal” Party
Earl Browder
Roosevelt
South
CIO
Political Action Committee
War Labor Board
CIO Political Action Committee
House
Congressional Committee
Rayburn
Capitol Hill
Temple
Democratic Party Viewed Through French Politics Metaphor
Westbrook Regier argues that the Democratic Party in America is a mosaic of conflicting elements. He cites Southern poll taxers, Northern black officials, and figures like Hague Hillman and Dubinsky to illustrate party divisions. He likens internal strife to French political paradoxes and notes ties to fascist and communist figures.
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Democratic
Ais
Paris
France
Democratic Party
Vito Marcantonio
Frank Hague
Unien and
Method
New York
Jersey City
Earl Browder
Hague
Old State's Rights Party
Shelby Montana Oil and the Mythic Town Saga
The piece recounts Shelby Montana as a tough mythic town with a long history of oil finds since 1923 and a legendary mayor Jim Johnson involved in a bank and boxing dream. It weaves in cultural references, earlier columns, and a nostalgia for a place that spawned recurring characters and subscriber letters for two decades.
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Shelby
Jack Kearns
Jim Johnson
Shelby- Sunburst
Johnson
Madison Square Garden
Montana
Dempsey-Gibbons
Patricia Salmon
Heywood Broun
M.C
Hippodrome
Sixth Avenue
Patricia
Hoss
Illusion of Youth and Truth in Maugham Quote
A reflection on youth from Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage. It notes that young people feel wretched as their idealism clashes with reality, leaving them bruised and wounded when faced with truth.
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Somerset Maugham
Brewster Axed as Navy Takes Over First to Lose War Work
The Brewster Aircraft plant near Philadelphia will be taken over by the navy to work on modifications and likely transition to commercial planes if priorities are secured. Other Brewster sites will wind down and fold. Chance Vought and Good year retain operations, with Corsair pioneers continuing. News notes parade former Roosevelt aides into utilities, and Congresswomen projections rise with two New Deal entries likely, including Mrs. Melvyn Douglas and Mrs. Paul Douglas.
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Drew Pearson
Brewster
Chance Vought Company
Goodyear Company
Navy
Brewster Company
Philadelphia
U. S
New York
Washington
Michigan
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Detroit Edison Company
Roosevelt
Detroit Edison
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth
Southern
William Hickey
Securities and Exchange Commission
United Corporation
J. P. Morgan
John Burns
SEC
William Yeager
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
International Utilities
Dominion Gas and Electric Company
Mary Norton
New Jersey
Clare Luce
Connecticut
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Jessie Sumner
Illinois
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Winifred C. Stanley
Congress
Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Helen Gahagan
California
Douglas No
Paul Douglas
Th University of Chicago
Chicago
Lorado Taft
Senate
Marine Corps
South Pacific
Chicago Tribune
Repreto
Ilwnat
Saeee
Great Design for Peace Draws Mixed European Reactions
The Saturday Evening Post reprises Forrest Davis on the President’s “great design” for world peace, arguing big powers police order while trusteeship to select regions limits Small Nations. Welles warns against a lasting alliance of major powers over broad peace, stressing divergent views among Europeans and Americans.
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White House
Forrest Davis
Saturday Evening Post
Teheran
Davis
Britain
Mediterranean
United Nations
Moscow
Henry of Navarre
Sully
Mr. Davis
Sel Mowrer
Pacific
Brazil
West Africa
Robert Meormick
Illiam Randolph Hearst
Emer
Sumnerelles
Welles
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Collier
By David Lawrence
Stalin
The
Boston Globe
Westbroook Regier
Danbury, Conn
Hillman
Sidney Hillman
David Dubinsky
Communist Front
United States
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Ed Kelly
Republic Steel
Kelly
Jim Farley
Harry Byrd
Burt Wheeler
Josiah Bailey
Dubinsky
Bugs Bee
King Features
United Features Synd
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