Ballot Fly Freely This Week In Several State Primaries
Army and Navy voters push for absentee ballots as major races loom this week. Key nominations include Clark against McKittrick in Missouri and Fish against Bennett in New York with Dewey weighing on the race. Missouri and New York each hold multiple statewide contests and a large slate of House seats.
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Dubbock
Tex
Avalanche-Journal
SUN
D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Clark
McKittrick
Pearl Harbor
Clark-McKittrick
Forrest C. Donnell
Donnell
Rep. Fish
New York
Augustus W. Bennett
Newburgh
Thomas E. Dewey
Fish
Dewey
Kansas
Senate
Clyde M. Reed
Andrew Schoeppel
House
Reed
Carl E. Friend
Schoeppel
Wallace Urges Farmer Labor Unity For Democratic Victory
Vice-President Henry A Wallace told Iowa Democrats the November win hinges on a liberal constructive platform uniting farmers and workers. He praised the South and warned against Republican linked opposition, citing Senator Claude Pepper and Governor Ellis Arnall as examples of future liberal leadership.
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Des Moines
Henry A .Wallace
South
Iowa
Wallace
Truman
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Chicago
Middlewest
Marvin Jones
John Bankhead
Alben Barkley
North
Wall Street
Claude Pepper
Florida
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
New Type Bombing Used In Normandy
London reports a new saturation bombing in Normandy pre ceded the American breakthrough. Some ten bombs fell per acre over ten square miles with 65 951 bombs from 2 423 planes totaling about 4 302 tons. The strikes targeted German tanks installations and vehicles while some bombs misfired injuring American troops.
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London
Normandy
Nazi Leaders Must Be Excluded After War
London July 29 Edgar Granville independent MP urged neutral countries refuse admission to Nazi leaders fleeing Germany after the war. He warned Goebbels indicated that when Hitler and company have played their last card they will seek flight to a neutral country to plan a new Nazi war far from defeated Germany.
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London
U.P
Edgar Granville
Suffolk
Germany
Granville
Ft Stockton Man Is Appointed Attorney
Austin July 29 Gov Coke Stevenson appointed Travers Crumpton of Fort Stockton to fill the unexpired term of Alan Fraser as district attorney of the 83rd judicial district Crumpton won the Democratic nomination to the post Saturday and will serve the balance of Fraser s term which expires Jan 1 1945.
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Austin
Coke Stevenson
Travers Crumpton
Fort Stockton
83Rd Judicial
Alan Fraser
Owe. Crumpton
Fraser
Four Hot Races See Results From Ava County Voting
Unofficial results reported in the Ava lanche Journal show four tight races from the July 22 election. State Representative 121st district Hubert Lee led H. C. Pressar 3076 to 2770. State Representative 120th district Tom W. Deen won 6292 to J. W. Jennings 6020. State Representative 118th district Sterling Williams 3807 over Albert Power 3661. District Attorney 106th Judicial Calloway Huffaker 5806 over Rollin McCord 4346.
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Avalanche Journal
Hubert Lee
H. C. Pressar
Tom W. Deen
J. W. Jennings
Sterling Williams
Albert Power
Calloway Huffaker
Rollin McCord
Hammaker To Head Temperance Board
Bishop Wilbur E. Hammack of Denver, Colorado, will lead the Methodist church temperance board, succeeding Bishop H Lester Smith of Columbus, Ohio, as chairman. The board last year spent $152,236 to promote temperance in civilian and military efforts.
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Temperance Board
Chicago
U.P
Wilbur E. Hammack
Denver
Colo
Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Church
H. Lester Smith
Columbus
Dewey Leads in Four Midwestern States in Gallup Poll
George Gallup reports Dewey ahead of Roosevelt in Illinois Ohio Michigan and Indiana based on interviews conducted in late June to mid July. Dewey civilian votes run 54 percent in Illinois and Ohio while 57 percent in Michigan and Indiana. The survey suggests potential safety Republican status for Michigan and Indiana if carried in November. Electoral implications cited include 85 votes from the four states plus 47 from New York Army life.
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Gallup
Dewey
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Mr. Roosevelt
Ilinois
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
New York
GOP Has Quiet Convention Here
Republican delegates named to the state convention in Dallas on August 8 after a 45 minute county gathering in the county court room. A four member slate included A. E. Quest and John L. Vaughan with Annie Vaughan and W. D. Girand.
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Gop
Chicago Tribune
John L. Vaughan
Pony Express
Dallas
A. E. Quest
Vaughan
W. D. Girand
Annie Vaughan
WC. Briggs
A. E. Dumont
Paducah
Hobart K. McDowell
San Angelo
J. H. Edgar
Lubbock
Quest
J. Wright Kerr
Girand
Ira Brown
J. S. Edwards
William Weaver
County May Lead Again In Cotton Production
Lubbock county is expected to lead Texas in cotton production for 1944 with a conservative estimate above 100000 bales. The 1943 output was 84802 bales. Labor prospects look brighter than last year as the county agent notes interest from families to harvest, housing limits the number of workers, with the Lubbock fair grounds proposed as a staging area.
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Lubbock County
W. O. Jennings
Jason C. Gordon
Lubbock
Lubbock Fair Grounds
October 1 Deadline for Nominees in Texas Ballot
Texas faces potential dual Democratic elector slates on the general election ballot if certifying nominating slates by October 1 is not resolved. The attorney general sets the deadline for county clerks to print ballots, while the May 23 electors are official. pro Roosevelt Democrats claim possible, and Chicago convention issues may trigger further litigation before election day.
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Austin
Texas
Sidney Latham
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Vise Poeec
Chicago
Moscow Kremlin Campus Size Reported at Sixty Three Acres
A historical note states the Kremlin in Moscow spans about 63 acres. The figure highlights the expansive complex surrounding the Moscow historic center with multiple palaces churches and government buildings.
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Kremlin
Moscow
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