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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With these not particularly original words, Franklin Roosevelt urged all U.S. voters to go to the polls this week in the first national election of World War II. Then he packed his bags and was off for Hyde Park to add example to precept. After some playful banter at his press conference, he allowed that his vote would not be cast for Ham Fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Bullets, also Ballots | 11/9/1942 | See Source »

...Bond and Stamp sales in the Houses decreased about $40 over last week, Drive director John W. Ellison '44 disclosed last night. Ellison hastened to add, however, that the $40 drop was due only to the fact that Dunster House did not sell stamps during last week, through an administrative misunderstanding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ADAMS TAKES LEAD IN SELLING STAMPS | 11/3/1942 | See Source »

...took two and a half months to patch her under water, blow her free of water and mud. No sooner had she bobbed to the surface than an engine-room explosion settled her back into the ooze again. An explosion in the repair launch alongside her did not add to the efficiency of the salvage crew, which had been in a constant tizzy anyway for fear of being torpedoed themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: One and Only | 11/2/1942 | See Source »

...petition to add nominees to the ballot for the elections of Class Officers for the Class of 1944 must be in by Sunday, George R. Hooper 45, chairman of the election committee, announced last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '44 OFFICER PETITIONS MUST BE IN BY SUNDAY | 10/30/1942 | See Source »

...will go on trying to fight a war boom as if trying to fight a depression. And timid Mr. Morgenthau in sticking to his fetish of 2% is likely to find that either he has to take control over the entire credit system of the nation or add to the inflationary fires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greatest Flop Since Mellon | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

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