Fourth War Loan –
Sales of bonds exceed quotas
Two-day total in area is $6,700,000
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Madison, Wisconsin (UP) –
Two more Wisconsin leaders of the “Draft-Dewey” movement switched to the Willkie camp today because they had not “received any encouragement that the New York Governor will be a candidate.”
The two, State Assembly Speaker Vernon Thompson of Richland Center, and Ralph Nelson of Superior, who had previously announced their candidacy for election as Dewey delegates to the GOP convention, became the third and fourth 1940 Dewey supporters to bolt in favor of Willkie.
Senator ‘proves’ report on spending was correct
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New Orleans, Louisiana (UP) –
Tabulation of more than half the votes in the Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial primary indicated today that a runoff will be necessary to decide the state’s next governor.
James H. “Jimmie” Davis, hillbilly songwriter of Shreveport, held a lead of almost 10,000 votes over his machine-backed opponent, Lewis L. Morgan of Covington, in returns from 1,002 of the state’s 1,867 precincts. Those districts gave Davis 97,157 votes to Morgan’s 87,953.
Davis took the lead yesterday afternoon when returns from the rural areas overcame Morgan’s early margin, built up by the machine vote from New Orleans.
Earl K. Long, a brother of the late Huey Long, was leading the race for lieutenant governor and had almost attained a majority.
Failure of 12 planes to return brings warning from MacArthur against overoptimism
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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Full and continued preparedness recommended executive vice president of WPB
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‘Straws in the wind’ cited following Churchill-de Gaulle talks
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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U.S. is persecuting business, owner of war plant says; Vivian Kellems: She can’t pay up and won’t try
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Albany, New York (UP) –
A State Labor Department survey showed that during 1943, women comprised 71% of the employees in retail stores and miscellaneous service industries as compared with 68% in 1942 and 62% in 1941.