Democrats Sweep Mercer County Off-Year Balloting
In Mercer County, Democrat incumbent John Kee won a 3 2 margin over GOP candidate Arnold Porterfield after 87 of 92 precincts counted. Kee led 12 044 to 8 740 as voters turned out amid heavy turnout and favorable weather. Bluefield city backed Porterfield by 213 votes, while other races showed Democrats maintaining a countywide edge.
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John Kee
Mercer County
Arnold
Nub) Porterfield
Bluefield
Mercer
Kee
Young Marine
Beaver Pond
East River
Jumping Branch
Rock District
GOP
Chapman Revercomb
M. M. Neely
United States Senate
Porterfield
Hugh Ike Shott
Neely
Ballard
Martin
G. T. Johnston
Mercer County School Board
Fred Snead
Princeton
Ed Jones
D. J. Sexton
Freeman
L. C. Thornton
Athens
Swiger Leads In Tenth District State Senate Race
J Lynn Swiger a Huntington businessman Democrat led in the tenth district with 11 011 votes to Harold B Eagle 8 054 as 61 of 146 precincts counted Mercer Summers and Monroe counties form the district Swiger seeks the seat vacated by Forest L McNeer Last night other senate districts showed various leads including Campbell Hannig Yoho Carrigan Casto Swearingen Hedges Reed Winters Christian Taylor Fillinger Jackson Love Byrd Wall Bowl ing Holden Sinsel Eddy Haislip Murphy Stemple Martin Beeler and McKinley
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J. Lynn Swiger
Hinton
Swiger
Harold B. Eagle
House of Delegates
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Forest L. McNeer
Thomas M. Campbell
Wheeling
William A. Hannig
Joe Yoho
Moundsville
John E. Carrigan
Dorr Casto
Parkersburg
Andy Swearingen
Walker
Foster Hedges
Spencer
E. Ray Reed
Clay
A. R. (Snooks) Winters
Huntington
J. Shelby Christian
Glenn Taylor
Matewan
Enoch L. Fillinger
Williamson
Lloyd G. Jackson
Hamlin
Charles M. Love
Charleston
L. F. Siege
Dunbar
Dewey Wins As Taft Takes Lead And Tydings Trails
Republican upsets for Indiana seat as Dewey gains on Taft while Tydings lags. Labor-backed challenger defeated. race develops with early returns and shifting leads.
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Dewey
Taft
Tydings
Hoosier
Dewey Clinches New York Governor Seat in Election Night
President hopefuls and state contests dominate results as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey wins a third term in New York and Sen. Millard E. Tydings trails in Maryland. Illinois, Ohio, and Connecticut show shifting balances with Lehman leading in New York Senate races and Taft forging ahead in Ohio.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Dewey
Walter A. Lynch
Joe R. Hanley
U. S. Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maryland
Milard Tydings
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
New York Times
Vincent R. Impelliterri
Congress
Senate
House
American Labor Party
Marines in Changjin gorge push toward reservoir front
U S Marines moved over a mile up the Changjin river gorge with light resistance from Chinese forces. The Tenth corps said no contact with the 124th division while air and artillery targeting Chinese Red positions intensified near the Changjin hydroelectric dam and plateau.
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Seoul
U. S
Changjin River
Tenth Corps
Changijin
United Nations
Manchurian
U. N
Changchon
Pyongyang
China
U. S. Seventh Infantry Division
Pungsan
Troi
GOP Trails In State's Vote Count
Early returns show West Virginia races leaning Democratic as 670 precincts counted. Holt trails Bailey in one district while Burnside leads Ellis. other statewide offices tilt to incumbents as results from multiple precincts come in.
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Charleston
W. Va
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Holt
New Deal
Cleveland M. Bailey
Clarksburg
M. G. Burnside
Hubert S. Ellis
Huntington
GoPer
Precinct Totals Show Votes On Bonus Bond And Salary Measure
Partial results from 2,811 precincts report support for a soldier bonus and school bond amendment with sizable margins, while a legislative salary raise measure trails. Figures show for and against tallies across multiple precincts, reflecting early returns in a local election.
Local Precinct Totals Feed Tight Treasurer General Races
Partial precinct results show Ansel leading for treasurer with 174 229 votes over Morris 130 826. Attorney General counts favor Marland 188 794 over Bardin 140 559. Supreme Court Given 171 733 leads Ritchie 130 269 with remaining precincts to report.
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Morris
Marland
Bardin
Supreme Court
Given
Ritchie
Talbot Concedes McMahon Victory in Conn Senate Race
In New Haven on November 7, Republican challenger Joseph E. Talbot conceded the bid after McMahon led by an estimated 40,000 votes. McMahon, Democrat, chaired the atomic energy committee and faced other tight statewide races including Bowles Lodge and Benton. Baldwin resigned his Senate seat earlier in the term.
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New Haven
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Joseph E. Talbot
Talbot
McMahon
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Chester Bowles
John Lodge
R-Conn
William Benton
Dconn
Senate
Raymond E. Baldwin
Baldwin
Poor Concedes Victory To FDR Jr In New York
New York November 7 Republican candidate Henry V Poor conceded defeat to Franklin D Roosevelt Jr Democratic congressman seeking re election at 850 p m EST.
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Poor
Fdr, Jr
N. Y
New York
Henry V. Poor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Airliner Vanishes in Montana Storm With 22 Aboard
A Northwest Air Lines flight carrying 18 passengers and four crew disappeared in a blizzard over the Continental Divide near Pipestone pass 15 miles east of Butte after leaving Helena for Butte. Pilot Lloyd Lampman 37 co pilot James Huff 29 and stewardesses Laurine Nohr 23 Marnie White 22 of Seattle were listed as aboard.
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Here
Northwest
Helena
Butte
Whitehall
Carl Halvorson
Northern Pacific Railroad
Lake Delmo
Camp Caroline
Homestake Pass
Northern Pacific
Continental Divide
Halvorson
Pipestone Pass
Northwest Air Lines
Seattle
Lloyd Lampman
James Huff
Laurine Nohr
Marnie White
Democrats Win Virginia Seats in Five Contests
Democrats swept five Virginia congressional races with large leads as partial returns showed incumbents ahead. Voters approved two constitutional amendments enabling election of judges in large cities and consolidation of local school systems under one administrative board. Incumbents Robeson Gary Harrison Smith Fugate led in their districts, with various Republican challengers well behind in early precinct reports.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
E. J. Robeson
Newport News
Nile Straughan
Fredericksburg
Stanley Garner
Newport News Independent
J. Vaughan Gary
Phronia McNeill
Kathryn Bernstein
Burr P. Harrison
Winchester
Jacob Garber
Harrisonburg
Howard W. Smith
Alexandria
Tyrrell Krum
Dixie Makes Gains as Democrats Dominate Southern Vote
In the general election across the south Democrats posted wide margins while Republicans like Carroll Reece and Howard Baker won key seats. Kentucky senatorials favored Democrat Earle Clements over Charles Dawson, and Alabama backed incumbent Lister Hill amid Crommelin's independent run critiquing creeping socialism. Arkansas eyed a dry amendment as early returns trickled in.
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Atlanta
GOP
Carroll Reece
South
Dixie
Earle Clements
Kentucky
U. S. Senate
Charles Dawson
Snes
John Crommelin
Lister Hill
Alabama
Crommelin
Hill
Arkansas
Reece
East
Tennessee
Dayton Phillips
Kyle King
Howard Baker
Frank Wilson
Jefferson County
Louisville
Thurston Morton
Alex P. Humphrey
J. William Fulbright
George A. Smathers
Florida
Walter F. George
Georgia
Russell B. Long
Clyde R. Hoey
Willis Smith
North Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Russia’s Vishinsky Doubts Chinese Troops in Korea
Moscow confirms Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky doubts Chinese Communist troops are fighting in Korea. He suggests only possible volunteers and says he has not read General MacArthur’s report to the U N. He spoke at a gala hosted by the Russian embassy.
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U. S
MacArthur
United Nations Council
Korea
Red China
Peiping
Tokyo
America
Washington
Andrei Vishinsky
Dirksen Leads Late as Taft Wins Big in Cincinnati
Republican Everett M. Dirksen surged into a late lead against Democrat Scott W. Lucas. In Cincinnati, Taft predicted reelection over Ferguson by more than 250000. Pennsylvania candidates for governor and senate held slim advantages as Bowles conceded Lodge, a Republican, defeated him in Connecticut.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Scott W. Lucas
Cincinnati
Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Pennsylvania
Senate
Connecticut
Chester Bowles
U. S
John Lodge
Donovan Victorious Over Marcantonio
In New York on November 7 veteran left wing Congressman Vito Marcantonio conceded defeat at 9 20 p m EST. His opponent James G Donovan had claimed victory moments earlier as the American Labor party candidate conceded. Donovan was backed by the Democratic Republican and Liberal parties in a broad coalition victory.
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Vito Marcantonio
New York City
James G. Donovan
Vincent R
Impy) Impellitteri
New York Daily Mirror
The
Daily News
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Joseph T. Ferguson
Joe
New York State
Dewey
Walter A. Lynch
New York
American Labor Party
Donovan
People
Commu
River Yields Fourth Body In Bridge River Tragedy
In Sutton West Virginia the Little Kanawha river found the fourth victim of a car plunge last weekend. Marrell Cogar 20 of Gregory Braxton county was recovered near Falls Mills about noon after 36 hours of searches. The other three Gregory youths Madalene Fisher 14 Barb 12 and Junior Richard Cogar 16 remained in the submerged car as police noted the water had risen and then receded.
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Sutton
W. Va
Kanawha
Marrell Cogar
Gregory
Braxton County
Falls Mills
Gregory Young
Madalene Fisher
Barb
Richard Cogar
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Beckley
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White Sulphur Springs
C. Laird Wall
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Elkins
Walter A. Holden
Salem
Rute Sinsel
Don J. Eddy
Morgantown
Charles A. Haislip
Grafton
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Philippi
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Clarence E. Martin, Jr
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Berkeley Springs
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Indiana
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Capitol Hill
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Devereux
Wake Island
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Ilinois
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Chicago
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House of Representatives
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Charles B. Brownson
U.S
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Sinuiju
Manchuria
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Yalu
27Th Brigade
Pakchon
West
Lewis County
of Delegates
Harley M. Kilgore
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