Campaign windup set as Truman and Dewey tour nation
President Truman and Governor Dewey conclude campaigning with speeches to home-state crowds. Truman heads Missouri bound for Independence after Madison Square Garden appearance while Dewey closes in New York after a cross country Victory Special train run. Truman defends foreign policy and civil rights while Dewey pledges unified leadership for peace and stronger GOP control.
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Associated Press
Truman
Gov. E. Dewey
Mr. Truman
St. Louis
Missouri
Independence
Key West
Fla
Dewey
Madison Square
Manhattan
White House
Congress
Brooklyn
New Yorkty
Henry Wallace
Harlem
Boston
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Mass
State Young Democrats Push Million Vote Campaign
North Carolina Democrats urged the Young Democratic Clubs to mobilize a million votes in the Tuesday general election. State YDC organizer Bedford Black and leaders Clifton Blue Jeff Wilson and Capus Waynick were cited for expanding YDC reach, while elder party figures prepared a final rally slate with Kerr Scott and U S Senate nominee John A Wilkinson among speakers.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Young Democratic Organization
Young Democratic Club
Capus Waynick
YDC
Waynick
Kerr Scott
Marion
Clyde R. Hoey
Morganton
William B. Umstead
Nashville
George M. Pritchard
Republicar
Marshall
John A. Wilkinson
GOP
U. S. Senate
Lenoir
GOP Spends Heavily On Senate Races
Final pre election reports show the GOP raised 1,183,516 and spent 2,007,287 on house and senate campaigns versus the Democrats 1,683,193 in receipts and 1,674,760 spent through Wednesday. Loans and unpaid bills totaled 95,000 and 151,414 respectively.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
GOP
Republican National Committee
Democratic
Republicans
Four Arrested In Butter Egg Lottery Raid
Four people including Smiley T. Wagner and Frank P. Meier were released on $10,000 bail each after a raid on a Lexington home uncovered four suitcases of lottery tickets two adding machines and record books. Police said two large bags of tickets were found in Yopp’s car and the group faces trial in Davidson County on Nov 5.
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Lexington
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Davidson County
State Bureau of Investigation
Smiley T. Wagner
Route 1
Frank P. Meier
Wagner
Meiers
S. B. Yopp
Davidson County Recorders Court
Yopp
UN Business At Standstill World Eyes U S Elections
Berlin dispatch notes a new wave of factory removals in eastern Germany as Soviet occupation signals possible withdrawal. American intelligence cites dismantling of German and Soviet titled plants, with a secret list claimed to push toward U S and Western withdrawal by mid 1949, though timing remains uncertain.
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Berlin
Eans
Germany
Dena
Two Engineers and Fireman Die In Wreck
Two engineers from Boston and Maine and Canadian Pacific died when the two trains collided head on near Newbury Vermont. A Canadian Pacific fireman and five railway mail clerks were seriously injured while passengers were treated at the scene. none of the passengers required hospitalization. The Boston and Maine train was traveling Boston to Montreal and the Canadian Pacific train Montreal to Boston.
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Newbury
Boston
Peru’s President in Exile After Army Coup
Peru's deposed President Jose Luis Bustamante fled Lima for exile in Chile as General Manuel Odria took charge, promising democratic elections and a provisional junta. Odria pledged a national workers conference and reforms to improve agriculture and living standards.
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Lima
Peru
Jose Luis Bustamante
Chile
Manuel Odria
Arequipa
Zenon Noriega
Odria
Apra
Callao
Iolludhente
Bustamante
Stocks Edge Up in Slow Saturday Trading Ahead of Election
On a dull Saturday, markets rose fractionally with gains in Central of New Jersey U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Montgomery Ward American Telephone Gulf Oil and others. Investors held a cautious stance awaiting election results and potential White House shifts.
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New York
Central of New Jersey
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
American Telephone
Consolidated Natural Gas
Phelps Dodge
U. S. Gypsum
American Tobacco
Great Northern Preferred
Gulf Oil
Mission Corp
Wall Street
White House
Communists Getting Stronger Each Day In China
AP foreign affairs analyst Fred Hampson argues that US strategy toward China must change to halt Communist expansion in Asia. He outlines four courses from minimal aid to total intervention, noting China’s vast, diverse terrain, weak national cohesion, low literacy, and distant public support for either side in the civil war.
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China
Nanking
Red Army closes on Mukden in Manchuria drive
Red troops pressed toward Mukden in Manchuria as Chiang Kai-shek flew south to Nanking from Peiping. Rebels seized Mukden north airfield and six P-51 fighters while defenders still held the south air field and city. The battle deepened, with signs of drastic moves from Chiang and danger to the national government.
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Spencer Moosa
Peiping
Mukden
Chiang Kai- Shek
Nanking
Manchuria
Rouaine
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
Chiang
Sinmin
Chensi
Church leader attacks Oxnam and Dulles over socialism claim
The Rev. Carl McIntire told about 100 delegates that five major Protestant bodies publish socialist literature in Sunday School materials and accused G Bromley Oxnam of promoting a new economic order. He also labeled Dulles a radical pacifist influence within church circles.
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Philadelphia
Carl McIntire
McIntire
American Council of Christian Churches
Literaure
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Northern Baptist Convention
Methodist Church
Congregational Christian Church
Protestant Episcopal Church
McIintire
International Council of Christian Churches
Bible Presbyterian Church
Collinswood
N.J
G. Bromley Oxnam
New York
J. F. Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
United Nations
Dulles
UN Orders Cease Fire in Northern Holy Land
The United Nations, in Paris, ordered Israeli and Arab troops to halt firing in northern Palestine. UN spokesmen in Haifa reported an Israeli attack preceded by aerial bombardment as Jewish planes dropped leaflets claiming liberation of all Palestine. Brig. Gen. William Riley set noon Greenwich time as the truce start, but both sides demanded guaranties before acceptance. Dispatches say heavy fighting continued nearby.
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Paris
United Nations
Holy Land
Haifa
Palestine
William Riley
Greenwich
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Lebanon
United States
U.S
Security Council
Soviet Union
Soviet Ukraine
U.N
France
Jary
Marshall
London
Eco
Pales
Truman
Negev
U N General Session Drifts Amid US Election Turmoil
The United Nations adjourned for a long holiday as the U S election loomed. The Security Council shelved the Palestine issue, with the Soviet bloc abstaining, and U S officials dispatched diplomats to discuss policy with Britain and other allies.
All 13 Passengers Killed In Crash Near Mount Pehu
A New Zealand search party reports all 13 aboard the National Air plane that crashed on Mount Pehu were killed instantly. They reached the scene and found 12 bodies. the 13th was not recovered. The craft appeared to have flown directly into the rock face.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Mount Pehu
Jury Finds Pair Guilty In Torture Robbery Case
A Guilford county jury found Charley Fales and Earl Black guilty on armed robbery and breaking and entering with intent to commit robbery for the April 19 torture robbery of G F Waddell, a Greensboro road restaurant operator. Each received 15 years on armed robbery and 10 on breaking and entering, to run concurrently.
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Guilford County
Charley Fales
Earl Black
G. F. Waddell
Greensboro Road
William H. Bobbitt
North Carolina Supreme Court
H. L. Koontz
Fales
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Tsingtao
U.S. Navy
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Oxnam, Dulles
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Greensboro
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T. Hagan, Jr
Wortherson
Black
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