Donnell Wins Missouri Governorship By Thousands
In a tight Missouri race, Forrest Donnell won the governorship by about 4,000 votes as unofficial tallies showed 904,987 for Donnell and 901,265 for McDaniel after precinct counts, with absentee ballots to be counted later. Roosevelt carried the state by roughly 69,000 votes, reflecting a wide ballot split.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Forrestt. Donnell
Lawrence E. McDaniel
Donnell
McDaniel
Roosevelt
Bennett Champ Clark
Tom
Herbert S. Hadley
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Lloyd C. Stark
Donnell-McDaniel
Manuel H
Cap) Davis
Davis
Truman
Bell
Wilson Bell
Potosi
Tyro
George Robb Ellison
Supreme Court
Forrest Smith
Ex-Convict's Loan Plan Gives New Start
Tulsa news tells how Ben F Fields ex convict head of Fields Investment Co formed the Fields Foundation a nonprofit loan fund to aid parolees. Loans carry no interest or security beyond the borrower's word to help ex convicts regain respectability and reenter society.
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Ben F. Fields
Leavenworth
Altania
Lewisburg
Ben Fields
Roosevelt
Tulsa
Fields Foundation
Foundation
Fields
Washington, D. C
America
Missouri returns and new GOP congressmen in 7th and 12th districts
Frank G. Harris announces election results showing Roy McKittrick and Dwight Brown securing third terms as state leaders. Dewey Short gains Missouri’s first GOP representation in the House with new congressmen Phil Bennett in the 6th and Walter Ploeser in the 12th, while Short is reelected. One Democrat and nine veterans will return to Washington, including John B. Sullivan moving to the 11th district and Thomas C. Hennings Jr. elected as circuit attorney. The nine returning Democrats are Romine, Nelson, Duncan, Bell, Shannon, Williams, Cannon, Zimmerman, Cochran.
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Frank G. Harris
Roy McKittrick
Dwight Brown
Dewey Short
Missouri
Short
Phil A. Bennett
Reuben T. Wead
Walter Ploeser
St. Louis
C. Jasper Bell
Joseph B. Shannon
Clyde Williams
Clarence Cannon
Orville Zimmerman
John J. Cochran
Nation split on Thanksgiving date New York article
The nation remains divided over Thanksgiving as two thirds plan to observe on November 21 designated by President Roosevelt while governors in 16 states cling to the traditional November 28 date. States named include Arkansas Florida Connecticut Kansas Iowa Nevada Massachusetts Oklahoma North Carolina New Hampshire South Dakota Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Vermont and Maine.
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New York
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Florida
Connecticut
Kansas
Iowa
Nevada
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
North Carolina
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Maine
Happy Relief From Painful Backache
Many people blame colds or nitrates for pains while tired kidneys cause trouble. Kidneys remove acids and wastes and 4 pints pass daily. Symptoms include backaches, swelling, headaches, and fatigue. Ask your druggist for Doan's Pills. trusted for over 40 years.
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Nature
Dean
Doas
Five Die In Collapse Of Traffic Tunnel
Five black workers were crushed to death when a concrete tunnel roof section collapsed during repairs near Stowe town. Eight men were inside. three warned of danger and escaped. William Peay, 30, was injured. Bodies were recovered after five hours of digging with steam shovels. The report notes American WWI casualties for context.
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Pittsburgh
Stowe Township
William Peay
Leaders Join In Movement Toward Unity
New York rallied leaders from both major parties and business and labor groups to back a national unity drive amid wartime effort. Raymond Massey recited a declaration by Stephen Vincent Benet urging unity, while figures like Wendell Willkie, Alf Landon, Herbert Hoover, and Alf Landon spoke of keeping democracy intact and avoiding prejudice. The nationwide push included a New York Carnegie Hall gathering and political commentary from leaders across the spectrum.
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New York
Stephen Vincent Benet
Raymond Massey
Massey
Abraham Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Asso
Wendell L. Willkie
Alf M. Landon
Repub
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Willkie
Cordell Mull
Clarence A. Dykstra
Philip D. Reed
General Electric Company
Carl Beck
American Defenders of Freedom, Inc
George’ M.harrison
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Salina
Kan
America United
Council For Democracy
Carnegie Hall
Landon
Republic
Topeka
Kans
Dykstra
America
Paines Wait Out Fog Over Kansas City
Three Transcontinental and Western airliners circled Kansas City Municipal Airport waiting for ground fog to lift. A Stratoliner from New York circled an hour, another for 45 minutes, and a Los Angeles to New York bound plane joined from the east. All planes landed after the fog cleared, with reserve fuel sufficient for several hours.
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Kansas City
New York
Municipal
Former Missourian Gibson Confirmed Chief Justice of California
Justice Phil S. Gibson, 48, former Missourian and Worth county prosecuting attorney, won a broad confirmation as chief justice of the California Supreme Court after Tuesday’s election. Born in Grant City, Missouri, he later served in World War I before his rise to California’s top judiciary post. The article notes Mexico’s political structure with 28 states, two territories, and a federal district.
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Phil.s. Gibson
California Supreme Court
Gibson
Grant City
Worth County
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