Georgia voters eyed in tight 12 electors race
Georgia fronts the 1948 presidential election as Republicans and States’ Rights Dixiecrats vie to win Georgia’s 12 electoral votes. Ed L Willingham led SR Democrats urging turnout across 158 counties while James Peters and Herman Talmadge offered cautious positions. Harry Sommers claimed optimism for a strong GOP showing, with Wallace on the ballot for the Progressive ticket but limited statewide impact. Dewey campaigned in Georgia, surpassing Roosevelt in local votes last cycle.
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WEBRT
sUL_ ATLANTA
Staten
Democrats
Mepub
Neem
Georgia
Ed L. Willingham
Augusta
Progressive Party
Henry
Wallace
Prohibition Party
National Democratic Party
Zatin
Truman
Willingham
SR Democrats
Herman ‘Talmadge
Talmadge
James 3. Peters
Irman
Democratic Party
Harry Sommers
Atlanta Auto Deaier
Republican National
South
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Georgia party activities spread across cities with limited action
A statewide survey shows party organization efforts expanding in cities such as Atlanta Columbus Macon Augusta Savannah Athens and Albany with several towns to follow. Reports describe Dewey Warren and States Righters activities split by city including university campaigns in Athens and Mercer University meetings in Macon while some areas show inactive regular Democrats and limited campaigning.
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Columbus
Macon
Augusta
Savannah
Atheny
Carrollton
Greenville
Thomasville
Moultriel
Albany
Fulton County
Dewey-Warren Lab
Democrats
Mary Carter Winter
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Middle Georgia
Dewey-Warren Club
Republican Club
Mercer University
Progressive Party
Larkin L. Marshall
U.S
Richard B. Russell
Valdosta
Strom Thurmond
Athens
States’ Rights Club
Democratic Club
University of Georgia
Thurmond
University
Talmadge
States’ Rights Ticket
Rome
Brunswick
Americus
County Oil Dealers Elect Davis Chairman
J B Davis was named chairman of the wholesale and retail oil dealers of Houston County at a Houston Hotel meeting. Flowers Crawford became vice chairman and Ingraham Hanahan was secretary. they will lead for 12 months. The group, tied to the Alabama Petroleum Industries Committee, advocates a highway funding plan that directs special motor vehicle fees to road use and road improvements.
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J. B. Davis
Houston County
Houston
Flowers Crawford
Sod Ingraham Hanahan
Alabama Petroleum Industries Committee
Carien Brantley
Montgomery
Alabama
Germans See American Press From The Inside
Hal Boyle recalls Hans-Norbert Finkel, a former German war prisoner, now a German news editor at Der Tagespiegel, who attended a Columbia University seminar with 15 editors. He contrasts German and American news cultures, praises Allied airlift, and notes Americans’ superficial newspaper reading.
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Hans - Norbert Finkel
United States
Tunisia
Rommel
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Finkel
Ameria
American Press Institute
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Germany
Ter
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Dena
State Insurance Fund To Show A Surplus
Montgomery AP The State Insurance Fund ended the year Sept 30 with a surplus of 1,110,218, a gain of 82,484 over the prior year according to State Finance Director W H Arinkerd. Actuary E B Amerine said state savings totaled 261,196. payouts for state property damage reached 432,421, with 34,078 recovered via reinsurance. Fire tornado losses to counties totaled 186,881, while 6,405 buildings and contents are insured by the fund.
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Ttate Insurance Fund
W. H. Arinkerd
E. B. Amerine
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Amerine
County Aboole
60 Pigs Entered In Jackson County Fair 4-H Club Show
About 60 registered pigs are to be exhibited at the Jackson County Fair 4-H Club Pig Show in Marianna during the week of October 25. Entries come from 21 4-H clubs, with judging and prizes to follow.
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Jackson County
Kaisers Ghost Walks Sweets Of Bestia
In a Weimar era reflection on Germany, the piece notes Kaiser rule and postwar distrust, contrasting old days with current political shifts. The event at 2 p.m. Tuesday October 26 in Berlin Soviet sector is announced with attendees Mae Mayo and state agriculture and Extension officials from Florida and Georgia.
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Barlin
Weimar Republic
Germany
Hraven
Berlin
Mae Than Mayo
Florida
R. W. Blacklock
W. W. Brown
Lee Smith
Walter J. Sheeley
Amina Husbandman
F. W. Risher
State Marketing Bureau
Jacksonville
Petereen's Ointment Promises Quick Relief
Advertising the Petereen's Ointment, described as a cooling soothing formula, claims rapid relief from itching and skin irritation. It asserts decades of trust, available from druggists and applicator tubs, with money back guarantees.
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