Women on the 1944 campaign trail and their roles
The piece reviews how First Ladies and candidate spouses like Mrs. Truman Mrs. Dewey Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Thurmond navigated the 1944 election campaign. It notes Dewey’s win would alter Frances Dewey’s happiness and describes the restrained public presence of these women alongside their husbands.
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W. Ington
Harry Truman
Democratie
Prévdent
Thomas Ft. Deway
Henry Wallace
Nomminga
Star Thurmond
Brida
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Truman
Dewey
Wallace
Thurmond
Erih
Morganza Head Quits in Pennsylvania Training School
W. Gordon Wanbaugh, formerly assistant superintendent at the Pennsylvania Training School in Morganza, Washington County, has resigned. The resignation becomes effective January 1 and was announced by Garfield McDowell over the weekend.
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Greensburg
W. Gordon Wanbaugh
Pennsylvania
Morganza
Washington County
Wanbaugh
Garfield McDowell
Gun Digest Fourth Edition Promises Comprehensive Firearms Guide
A promotional note for the 4th edition of The Gun Digest touts the most popular firearms reference. It describes American and foreign rifles, handguns, shotguns, and accessories with detailed pictures and buying guidance, claiming updated 1949 information from top experts.
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Gun Digest
America
Honizonita i Pictured 1S Title and Odds
Fragmented OCR style entry presents a string of mismatched clues and partial phrases including fragments like Rim Reted 93 Georgie and Extinct bird. It lacks coherent facts or a readable event to summarize. It reads as a garbled crossword style puzzle snippet with no clear news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honizonita
Resignation Letter From School Board President
The president of the board of trustees submitted his resignation amid heavy scrutiny from The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He stated the action was voluntary and not due to guilt, citing unfavorable publicity affecting the school and his duties and noting no successor had been named.
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Board of Trustees
Vanbaugh
Pittsburgh
the Post Gazette
Fog and Clouds Veil Nairobi Solar Eclipse
In Nairobi heavy rain fog and clouds hid the morning solar eclipse. Visibility dropped to a few yards as the sun darkened, temperatures fell sharply, and the eclipse lasted from 6:09 to 6:58 A M Cairo time with totality in parts of Africa and the Pacific.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Helwan Observatory
Cairo
Egypt
Pacific
Africa
Australia
India
Arabian Peninsula
South Africa
Safe Crackers Net $12,000 From Pittsburgh Businesses
Safe crackers robbed six Pittsburgh business houses over the weekend and escaped with $12,000 in cash and checks. The largest haul, $11,000, came from the Sweet Clean Laundry in the East End. Night watchman Walter Anuszkiewicz said several men tied him up while they pounded the safe. he freed himself five hours later and alerted police.
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Pittsburgh
Sweet Clean
East End
Walter Anuszkiewicz
Fifteen Die In Morocco Truck Wreck
Casablanca dispatch reports a motor truck slid into a ravine on Sunday after brake failure. Fifteen people were killed and ten injured among the riders and crew as the vehicle bore several tons of grain.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Bus Auto Crash Fatal For Two In Abbottstown Pa
A Lincoln Highway bus collision near Abbottstown Pennsylvania killed John T. Wildasin 72 and Rebecca Wildasin 65. Four others were hurt including bus driver Wilburforce E. Mitchell 27 and passengers Charles Saurbaugh 17 and Robert Meredith 17. The coroner said Wildasin stopped in front of his home and started a turn into a driveway when the bus struck, dragging the car 290 feet.
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Abbottstown
Lincoln Highway
John T. Wildasin
Rebecca
York
Lester J. Sell
Wildasin
Wilburforce E. Mitchell
Mt. Ephraim
N. J
Bob Hope Ordered to Bed for a Week
Hollywood reports Bob Hope fell on set missing the gangplank and injured his left leg. Doctors found a blood clot and ordered him to bed for at least a week amid filming delays.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Bob
Wright named secretary in Labor Department reshuffle
Washington announces Ralph Wright, 48, a former printer and International Typographers Union official, as assistant secretary to the Labor Department. Wright has been secretary of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York and will represent API in the department. He succeeds John Kmetz who resigned in July. posts for undersecretary and a third assistant secretary remain vacant.
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Washington
Pugh
Bronident Truth
Uinion
Til
Ralph Wright
Wright Haspeek
New York
International Typographers Trifod
Allied Printing ‘Trades Council
Gradter New York
API
Labor Department
John W. Olbsoh
Cfo
Wright
John Kmetz
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Labor
Lewis
Schwellenbach
Abdullah Seeks Unity for Arab Peace in Palestine
King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan declared a determination to bring peace to Palestine and avoid disunity among Arab nations. His throne speech opened parliament as delegations from Hebron Bethlehem Gaza Beer Sheba and Nablus arrived seeking his aid, with tribal chiefs and civil leaders pledging loyalty.
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Amman
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Trans-Jorda
Palestine
Hebron
Bethlehem
Gaza
Beersheba
Nablus
Obscure Fragments Describe Site and Sale Items
Fragmentary text mentions a bishop and unnamed figures, references a sale of items including nineteen vine and caraindie, and a location unclear. The legible portions suggest a religious figure connected to a transaction or listing, but details and context remain unreadable.
Masked gunman kills Georgia Tech student in Carrollton
In Carrollton Georgia on November 1 9 a masked Negro gunman shot and killed 22 year old Carl Steynes Jr a Georgia Tech student and then attempted to rape his companion a member of a prominent local family The assailant forced them from their car and into a field near a swamp where the attack occurred The companion fled and alerted authorities and George Syme executive director of the Carroll Service Council notified police
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Carrollton
Georgia Tech
Kilgore
Carroll County
Gheriff
Carl Steynes, Jr
Sherity
George Syme
Carroll Service Council Group Welfare Organization
Syme
Hayworth Splits With Amorous Foreign Prince Report
A fragmented clipping reports actress Rita Hayworth visiting at a hotel in Mexico amid rumors of a romance with a wealthy prince. It notes a planned meeting with a Riviera figure and mentions a pending divorce, with scattered references to a separation and travel plans.
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Los Angeems
Hayworth
Alyhet
Aga: Rhin
India
Teddy
Mexico
Bretoh Riviery
Dat Prado
Bean
Miss Hayworth
Srson
Welsles
Hia
Five Coal Gas Fumes Fatal in Monmouth County
In PREEHOLD New Jersey on November 1, authorities said five members of the Silvers family died and three others were hospitalized after coal gas fumes escaped from a defective furnace. Victims include Scudder Silvers, 32, his wife Annette, his mother Grace Silvers, and two daughters Patricia 12 and Joan 7. Three other children Audrey 18 Grace 10 Guy 6 were treated at Fitken Memorial Hospital. a pet dog was found dead in the cellar. The bodies were found by friend Dr Daniel Sagotsky who was asked to watch a TV program.
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Audrey
Grace
Guy
Fitken Memorial Hospital
Daniel Sagotsky
French tanker seized off Tork Getto Coast
A French tanker named Aegoutaine was reportedly attacked or seized near the Tork Getto coast during a confrontation. One person was noted as seriously injured in the incident.
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Ae Abl
Eet i Seti Thy
Ae Agtouine
Getto
Ontraiet
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