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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1944
Page
1
Open as early as 6 a.m. EWT and close as late as 11 p.m. EWT, state officials estimate about 44 million voters plus 3.5 million military ballots. The Associated Press notes a peaceful process as Americans choose leaders for four years amid war.
An unprecedented early and heavy turnout swamped polling places nationwide with a possible 50 000 000 vote. Citizens lined up before opening as Franklin D Roosevelt and Thomas E Dewey campaigned for the wartime election in 1944. New York City officials reported 25 percent of vote in by 9 30 a m with long lines at many stations.
In a tense pre election moment Americans face two leaders. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 62, a three term president, and Governor Thomas E. Dewey, 42, a Republican challenger, both pledge capable leadership. Both sides emphasize mobilizing a massive wartime vote as the nation heads to the polls.
Roosevelt led with 27,245,446 votes while Willkie trailed at 22,304,755 and third party totals ranged from 99,556 for Thomas to 46,251 for Browder. The Electoral College favored Roosevelt with 449 to Willkie’s 82, and Willkie carried ten states including Colorado and Michigan.
The piece reports on the 1944 campaign discussion where Roosevelt’s push for a fourth term dominates, with Republicans accusing Democrats of PAC ties and Democrats accusing Republicans of prejudice. A family gathering highlights Dewey’s war aims and postwar planning to unite soldiers and families and create a world peace body to avert future disasters. Dewey also expresses desire to ensure veterans have honorable work.
Voters in North Carolina and nationwide head to the polls to choose president between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas B. Dewey. Page 2 carries an election score card listing each state's electoral votes and precinct counts for the race.
New York reports election coverage dominating tonight broadcasting across networks and short wave services. Signals from OWL NBC CBS and others will relay multilingual vote figures to aid overseas listeners while NBC CBS Dumont outlets prepare visual election summaries in major cities.
Unprecedented morning and mid day voting in High Point township with polls opening at 6 30 and expected to reach around 12 000 votes surpassing the 11 098 cast four years ago in the Roosevelt Willkie race. observers foresee up to 13 000 with absentee ballots from service men and women. Polls close at 6 30 with heavy turnout and orderly administration.
The Associated Press reports voters select six presidential and six vice presidential candidates across 48 states with Democratic and Republican choices on all ballots. The lineup includes Roosevelt-Truman, Dewey-Bricker, Watson-Johnson, Thomas-Hoops, Teighert-Albaugh, and Amer-1st. Prohibition electors appear in 26 states with various third party tickets on ballots.
The Associated Press reports American B 29s over Tokyo and the Kanto region for the third time this week with no bombs dropped. The same broadcast says 40 B 29s attacked Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, 750 miles south of Tokyo.
San Francisco dispatch reports Japanese headquarters claiming Nipponese planes attacked American held Saipan and Tinian in the Marianas, destroying 20 or more Allied planes and starting fires. Tokyo said planes were destroyed at Saipan but cloud cover hid Tinian results. one plane did not return. No American confirmation yet.
Radio reports two B29s conducted an hour long reconnaissance over Japan's Honshu Kanto area with warnings from propagandists of a coming air strike on Tokyo and eastern Honshu. American sources had not confirmed the flights and the first report dated November 1.
About 700000 voters across North Carolina are expected at the polls from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. for president, governor, U S senator, 30 state Senate seats, 82 House seats, and five proposed constitutional amendments. Democrats seek national and state wins while Republicans field candidates for major offices.
Allied reports say Polish Eighth Army units captured Sa. Martino and Marsignano near Forli with key hill gains. German infiltration attempts near Ravenna repelled. Forli area unchanged. In the East Indies, Japanese forces burned two villages near Medan, Sumatra, and on Java, as civilians were shot while fleeing.
Red army troops fought reinforced Nazi forces on the outskirts of Budapest as Stalin pledged that Hungary would soon exit the war. Russian columns moved within two miles of Ferihegy Airdrome as the drive to encircle the eastern city intensified.
Official Allied sources disclose German losses from May to November totaling 2,044,090 across Russia Western front and Italy. Russia 790,000 Western front 1,060,090 Italy 194,000. Actual losses may be higher.
Henderson November 7 Nutbush precinct in Vance county reports all 21 voters cast a straight Democratic ticket by ten this morning marking NC's first precinct to report.
In the center of Wossenack German and American forces clash in hand to hand fighting in a church and bombed houses as the Roer line and surrounding towns like Schmidt Hurtgen and Vossenack witness renewed fierce combat. Allied forces push toward Vosges passes and Meurthe near Baccarat St Die as heavy air and ground battles unfold.
Weather halted major Allied air offensives from British bases today after a three day period of intensive bombing. RAF bombed Coblenz and Gelsenkirchen while Mosquito fighters hit targets in the Ruhr as daylight raids delivered thousands of tons of bombs.
Vice President Wallace Roosevelt are projected to win two thirds of states about 350 electoral votes and a large popular margin. Ohio Governor Bricker says Dewey will be elected president. Democratic chair Hannegan-Dewey predicts fewer states than Willkie. Republican chair Brownell asserts no loss outside the solid south for the Dewey-Bricker ticket.
The article notes Stalin’s claim that Germany is on the verge of catastrophe but argues no one can predict when. It recalls past shocks like Schmeling’s knockout of 1938 and discusses Allied hopes for a Christmas end to the war. It weighs fronts and pressures needed to force a quick victory.
Dewitt Mackenzie argues the push toward the Vistula tightens German defenses as Hitler shortens fronts and boosts defense strength. He notes Allied forces will shorten fronts but lengthen communications while Stalin forecasts a Red Army offensive. A Rhine crossing could quicken Hitler's fall if Soviet pressure persists.
Lord Moyne the British resident minister in the Middle East was shot as he stepped from his Cairo residence. His chauffeur died and one gunman was killed by an Egyptian constable. another was captured. Prime Minister Churchill offered no motive or authorship. Moyne, 64, focused on Britain Egypt relations and Zionist issues.
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