City and rural voters shape 1948 election patterns
The piece analyzes how in 1948 Truman carried major cities like Chicago Cleveland New York Philadelphia and Detroit but Dewey won in state totals due to rural and suburban voting patterns. It notes city majorities and county results in Illinois Ohio New York Michigan and Pennsylvania across urban and rural lines.
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Taft
Chicago
Nebraska
Ohio
Omaha
Wisconsin
Gov. Warren
Raft
Milwaukee
Madison
Taa
Ter
Truman
White House
Cleveland
House of Representatives
Tlinois
Dewey
Cook County
Ilinois
Cuyahoga County
New York City
Philadelphia
Pittshurst
Detroit
Baltimore
New York State
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Maryland
Dewey Wer
Los Angeles
California
St. Loui
Missouri
St. Louis
Watchman Saves Child as Runaway Horses Halted at Rail Crossing
Sam Migliaccio a West Pleasant Street watchman for the Pennsylvania Railroad restrained a team of runaway horses near West Washington Street just as a freight train neared. The acts prevented a possible fatality with a child aboard the wagon though Migliaccio injured a leg.
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Sam Migliaccio
West Pleasant
Boy Admits Kidnap Hoax After False Tale to Sheriff
A 16 year old boy from Old Ridge road told police two men abducted him near loth and Peach streets and released him near Stoney Ridge, but he later admitted the tale was false and he had run away from home. His parents left for the Ohio town to bring him home after the admission.
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Brie
Erle
Stoney Ridge
Leonard Thomas
Leonard N. Thomas
Old Ridge Road
Wood
Toledo
Loth
Peach Streets
Wood County
Ohio
First Group of 28th Troops Enroute Home
The first home-bound units of the 28th Division Pennsylvania National Guard are returning from Germany aboard the transport Darby. The Defense Department confirmed no 28th troops had boarded before the Darby sailed and noted some members will be discharged after completing their duty.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Germany
Defense Department
Finswer
28Th Division
Darby
New York
Europe
28Th
Templeting
Atmospheric hydrogen and air composition at high altitudes
The report notes hydrogen is a tiny portion of sea level air while approximately 95 percent of the air at 100 miles above sea level is comprised of hydrogen.
iq Trivia Challenge Answers and Memory Boost Tips
A cheeky prompt asks ten questions with scoring by memory and knowledge. Questions cover decafoguet, Britain's highest decoration, a date ten years after 106 BC, the Prophet’s mosque, a district boundary, a Brynken Wynken trio, Diamond State nickname, Will Rogers’ death location, the S J initials Catholic order, and correct usage of feel bad vs feel badly.
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Great Britain
Mecca
Combis
Wynken
Brynken
Diamond State
Will Rogers
S. J
Tulips Missing From Grave Prompt Cash Offer
A reader reports Easter Sunday flowers placed on a mother’s grave were stolen. The writer asks the thief to come forward and receive a replacement bouquet or payment, offering to buy them flowers to avoid further theft on the grave.
Mystery Slaying of Youth in Ramapo Mountains
In Viola New York a gunman shot and killed 18 year old John Patrick Dooley of Brooklyn while he camped with seven classmates near Bear Mountain Park during spring break. Police cast doubt on motive amid camp site feuds and launched a large search after the shooter fled into the woods. Dooley’s companions described a tall under 20 gunman who warned, we will be back in the morning and clean out the rest of you.
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Viola
N. Y
Ramapo Mountains
Bear Mountain Park
New York Metropolitan Area
John Patrick Dooley
Brooklyn
Seek Erie Youth as Jail Escapee
Erie police hunt one of three juvenile escapees from Thornhill Reformatory after a second Sunday breakout from Ross Township Allegheny County Jail. The trio reportedly left through the jail front door after a guard gave them money for a Coke from a vending machine.
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Hagetey
Ero
Toy
Erie
Thornhill Reformatory
Pittsburgh
Ross Township
Allegheny County
Myrtle R Gates Burial Held at Pine Grove Cemetery
The burial of Mrs Myrtle R Gates took place yesterday afternoon at 2 o clock at Bracken Keating Funeral Home with Rev F Armitage officiating. Bearers included Edwin Borstorff Roy Borstorff Franklin Joy Karlton Williams Robert Sates Glenn Gates. Attendance from afar listed many relatives and friends.
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Gates
Bracken-Keating
F. Armitage
Methodist Church
Cherry Creek
Edwin Borstorff
Roy Borstorff
Franklin Joy
Karlton Williams
Robert Sates
Glenn Gates
Women's Belief Corps
Sit
Pine Grove
Echo Williams
Frederick Loell
Roberta Williams
Richard Wolfram
Nellie Gates
Lucy Allen
Exit
Arthur Beckerini
Glymer
Frederick Gates
Clair Gates
Pleasantville
Lurus Brown
Carolyn
Grand Valley
Milton Brown
Ray Brown
Spartanshaws
R. D
Jesse Arnold
Florence Baker
Ripley
George Whiteley
Charles Bell
Virgil Clute
Mill Village
Court Clears Way for Merger of Two Churches
An appellate court cleared a path for the proposed merger of the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church, involving about two million members. The decision reversed a lower court ruling, holding civil courts do not interfere with ecclesiastical matters when only civil rights are at issue. Cadman Memorial Church of Brooklyn and its Congregations Society challenged the merger, arguing it would strip individual congregations of autonomy.
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Wy Assueinigu
New York
Congregational Christian, Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
State Supreme Court
Meier Steinbrink
Supreme Court
Cadman Memorial Church
Brooklyn
Cadman Memorial Congregations Society
General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches
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