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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...making dangerous inroads. He called on New York's ailing Mayor Bill O'Dwyer and Eleanor Roosevelt to prop up Propper. The best O'Dwyer could do was appeal to Wallace to come back to the Democratic Party. For his final rally, Isacson drew an overflow crowd of 8,500, who came to hear Wallace and such other notables of the far left as Singer Paul Robeson and Congressman Vito Marcantonio. At another rally the same night Prizefighter Champion Joe Louis, contributed $100 to the Wallace campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: They Voted Against Us | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...spite of the nurse situation, the blood committee is instigating an intensive drive for more pledges. The fall campaign fell short of its 200 man quota with 186 pints. The committee hopes to fill the deficit with an overflow haul during this drive, although only 80 sigaces are now registered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PBH, No Vampire but Out for Blood, Seeks Feminine Pulse-Encouragers | 2/26/1948 | See Source »

Contrary to the statements of "biased" journalists and the opinion of many Americans, present-day Czechoslovakia "is not run by the Soviet Union," F. O. Matthiessen, professor of History and Literature, told an overflow audience of students and teachers in the Littauer Auditorium last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matthiessen Says Czechs Are Not Run from Soviet Union | 2/14/1948 | See Source »

Large enough to overflow the Union Common Room, the world's biggest calculating machine received final approval from College engineers last week and will soon be dismantled for delivery to the Navy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Giant Super-Brain Ready for Navy | 2/13/1948 | See Source »

Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government, blasted last night the State Department, Congress, and the press for their "dismal failure" in the realm of foreign affairs. He spoke before an overflow crowd of 200 in the Littauer Auditorium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Friedrich Attacks 'Dismal' Foreign Policy, U.S. Press | 2/11/1948 | See Source »

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