First Complete State By State Poll Shows F R Roosevelt 286
The Institute reports Roosevelt with 286 electoral votes and Dewey with 245 in a first complete post-convention poll based on 48 states. The breakdown highlights a Republican strength band across the northern half from the East Coast to the Rockies and notes the soldier vote as a potential Democratic factor.
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Princeton
N. J
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Thomas E. Dewey
Ania
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Pennsylvania
Institute
Willkie
Aes
Middle West
Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Nebraska
Kansas
Heavy Allied Raid Strikes Halmahera Island
Allied air forces led by MacArthur delivered a record 135 ton bombing of Halmahera 300 miles south of the Philippines destroying airfields dumps and eight planes and sinking a freighter. other Allied air offensives ranged from Flores to Marcus island as Nimitz forces hit Marcus and Truk while Wake was attacked. Chinese forces report gains near Hengyang though Japanese push two columns northwest of the city and consolidate near the Burma road.
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Japan
Halmahera Island
Philippines
MacArthurn
Halmahera
MacArthur
New Guinea
Flores Sea
Marcus Island
Tokyo
Ceram
Davao
Vogelkop
Dutch New Guinea
Biak Island
Wewak
Palau
New Ireland
New Britain
Bougainville
Central Pacific Air Forces
Adm
Nimitz
Marcus
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Yan Island
Guam
Wake
Western Pacific
Yunnan
Hengyang
Chungking
Enngcung
Burma
Hankow-Canton
India
Japanese Generals Die in Line of Duty Abroad
Tokyo reports the deaths of Maj. Gen. Genkichi Shima and Maj. Gen. Genzo Minakami in action abroad as part of a broader note on retreat toward the south.
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Tokyo
Genkichi Shima
Genzo Minakami
Lokken Ranks In Top Fifteen Percent At Wisconsin
Sigurd Lokken of Pigeon Falls places in the top 15 percent of his class at the University of Wisconsin in his first year. He is among 33 freshmen on the engineer honor roll and studies civil engineering. He enrolled as a new semester began in July.
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Whitehall, Wis
Sigurd T. Lokken
Pigeon Falls
University of Wisconsin
University Press Bulletin
Ben Lokken
Sigurd
Shipping effort to move division 100000 tons needed
About 100000 tons of shipping are required to transport a division of 20000 men with arms equipment and stores to keep it supplied 1000 miles overseas from England.
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England
Salvation Army Head Arrives Saturday for Welcome Service
Capt. W. J. Johnson succeeds Brig. H. G. Robb as Salvation Army head in La Crosse and will arrive Saturday due to a family death. His welcoming service is set for Sunday evening. tomorrow’s meeting is cancelled. A new fast burning furnace uses coal five to six times faster with less total coal and higher heat output, a postwar home heating development.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Salvation Army
W. J. Johnson
H. G. Robb
Capt. Johnson
Buckwheat Harvest Pressed By Dew Wet Binders
Buckwheat yields lower when dew keeps crop wet and the binder operates during cutting, reducing efficiency and increasing shredding. Farmers note damp conditions hinder machinery performance and could affect market quality.
Synthetic rubber demands alcohol for 1943 44
In 1943 total alcohol usage reached 126 million gallons to produce synthetic rubber. It is estimated that 345 million gallons will be needed to fulfill 1944 alcohol requirements.
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