Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Willkie speeches fitted into a pattern in which specific legislative and economic proposals alternated with general discussions of Wendell Willkie's basic political views. In Los Angeles he talked of taxation, in San Francisco, of foreign policy, in Portland, of power, in Seattle, labor, in Omaha, the farm problem, in Cleveland, defense, in Pittsburgh, again labor. But between these talks that bore on what he planned to do if elected were reaffirmations of principles-harking back to the pattern of democratic education (Coffeyville), to the position of women in democratic and totalitarian societies (Detroit)-as if he were attempting...
Last week satirical "I Want To Be A Captain, Too" clubs were organized; buttons thus inscribed were worn throughout the East; a song was written to that slogan; and in Portland, Ore., 25 youths invaded a recruiting station, gave hard-boiled Sergeant Marley near-apoplexy by eagerly demanding they be enrolled as captains...
...Portland he began the parade of promises that he scattered like Johnny Appleseed's seeds all the way across the country. He promised, in precise terms...
Last week there were raids on ports (Dover, Portland, Southampton, Glasgow, Billingham, Newcastle), on Lancashire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Berkshire, Sussex, Surrey and the industrial Midlands-places which have been bombed since early August. Last week's raids on these spots were apparently not the worst of the war but no U. S. observers were present to tell how little or how much damage had been done. The British would not admit it, but there were probably serious hitches in armament production. One aircraft factory was hit badly enough to lose perhaps a sixth of its production. This week Minister...
...Romig doesn't care for God Bless America he will not be compelled to sing it. ... Almost every veterans' outfit and Minute Men organization in the land open their meetings with it. ... Portland (Ore.) used it for the floral theme of its annual Rose Festival. ... It is played at all Brooklyn Dodgers home games, at the midget auto races at Castle Hill Stadium in The Bronx, at bingo games, and it was a standout feature of the President's birthday balls.... At Sheboygan, Wis., a local ordinance makes it a must at all band concerts along with...