New York Gubernatorial Race Shapes Wartime Election
About 35 million Americans vote in wartime election amid tight focus on New York governorship. Dewey as Republican nominee could boost 1944 presidential chances. Democratic challenger John J. Bennett Jr. tied to James A. Farley, shaping party fortunes and Roosevelt's influence.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Empire State
John J. Bennett, Jr
James A. Farley
Bennett
Roosevelt
James M. Mead
Polling Places and Election Procedures Outlined
Voters are directed to use the same polling places as usual for the general election. Ballots feature five columns Democrats Republicans People’s Unity Independents and write-in. Soldiers may vote if their civil residence is in Lubbock County. Voters face five amendments and House election coverage alongside broader wartime politics and liquor sales prohibition on election day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Republicans
People's Unity
Lubbock County
Texas
Five Amendments To Be Up For Texans
Texas voters face a general election with five proposed constitutional amendments and a slate of state officials. Officials predicted turnout understates a decisive race as Republicans and the People’s Unity party oppose Democratic nominees for key offices including U S Senator and Governor. John W Philp urged readers to turn to page 6 for details.
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Austin
People's Unity
United States
John W. Philp
Stanford chancellor calls draft of youths a national disgrace
Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur chancellor of Stanford University denounces the draft of 18 and 19 year olds as a national disgrace. He warns of engineering medical and technical shortages for the war and notes a 10 percent drop in Stanford enrollment with possible summer term suspension if teens are drafted. He criticizes the lack of protest and says women have accepted the plan.
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New York
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Stanford
Columbia University Club
Wilbur
Washington
Women Voters Hold Majority in War Election
Washington reports women may form 50 to 62 percent of the electorate in the 1942 war election. Despite a potential pivotal vote, there are fewer women candidates this year than in 1940 or 1938, with 68 women running for national and state offices. Marguerite Wells of the National League of Women Voters urges women to vote for capable candidates.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Associated Press
Senate
House of Representatives
Marguerite Wells
National League of Women Voters
Platinum Banned In Making Of Jewelry
Washington reports the War Production Board bans the use of platinum in making jewelry. Platinum items already manufactured may be sold. Platinum is needed for war purposes such as nitric acid and radio tubes.
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Washington
War Production Board
Malta Air Defenders Down 131 Enemies in October
Malta's air defences shot down 131 enemy aircraft in October and damaged 200 more. 50 of the damaged were probably destroyed, an official tabulation reported tonight.
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Malta
Cairo
Germans Occupy Nalchik Amid Stalingrad Battles
German forces claimed Nalchik and Alagir as they pressed toward the trans Caucasus highway while Soviet forces reported gains in Stalingrad. The Soviet midnight communique noted Nalchik evacuated and a continued battle sequence with heavy losses on both sides.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Oscow
Nalchik
Caucasus
trans-Caucasus
Red Army
Stalingrad
Tiflis
Alagir
Ordznonikidze
Volga
Black Sea
Tuapse
Eastern
Mozdok
Pravda
Aviation Instructor Killed in Vernon Air Crash
Vaughn Wesley McAllister 30, a Victory Field primary flight school instructor from Lovington New Mexico, died in an air crash eight miles southwest of Vernon. Cadet Ralph F. Travis of Sidney Iowa was injured with injuries undetermined but expected to recover. McAllister's wife and young daughter survive.
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Vernon
Vaughn Wesley McAllister
Victory Field
Here
Ralph F. Travis
Sidney
Iowa
McAllister
Lovington
N. M
Travis
Latin American Officers To Observe Midland Bombing Demonstration
A bombing demonstration will be shown in Midland tomorrow before 17 high ranking officers from 13 Latin American republics. Led by Lieut. Gen. David Toro and Major Gen. Arturo Espinosa, the Inter-American Defense Board members will view Midland AAF bombardier school students exhibit at the Gulf Coast AAF Training center.
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Midland
David Toro
Bolivia
Arturo Espinosa
Chile
Midland Aaf
Bombardier School
Inter-American Defense Board
Gulf Coast
AAF
New Manpower Plea For Compulsory Mobilization
A Senate demand for compulsory manpow er mobilization emerges from Senator Hill D Ala and Dr Frank Leahy as they urge a national plan to end a guess work system and doctor shortages. They blame patriotism and wartime opinion for disorganization and argue voluntary recruitment is insufficient for total war needs.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Frank Leahy
Central Board of Procurement
Hill
Committee
Senate
John O'Grady
National Conference of Catholic Charities
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
The
Manpower Commission
Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Harper in St
Mr and Mrs Harper announce the birth of a son at 6 PM Monday at St. The newborn weighed pounds and ounces. Address 2109 Twenty-eighth Street is listed for the family.
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Robert D. Harper
Twenty-eighth Street
Winter Drives Out Arkansan Accused Of Draft Dodging
A 33 year old man James Louis Sharp of Athens Arkansas surrendered to federal agents after six months in the Quachita forest southwest Arkansas. He fled April 22 and hid without overnight stays. He was jailed at Nashville and will be transferred to Texarkana for trial.
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Little Rock
Quachita Forest
Arkansas
Fred Hallford
Federal Bureau of Investigation
James Louis Sharp
Athens
Ark
Hallford
FBI
Nashville, Ark
Texarkana
Chinese Fliers Pound Hankow In Heavy Pre-Dawn Raid
Chinese air force launches a major pre-dawn strike on Hankow targeting the Japanese concession and waterfront. Three squadrons drop more than 20 tons of explosives on military HQs, depots, and warehouses with fires visible for miles. No Chinese losses reported.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Japan
mid-China
Hankow
Central
China
Yangtze River
Shanghai
French, Aussies Blast Germans in RAF Offensives
London reports Fighting French and Australian pilots shot down four German fighters during RAF sweeps over northern France targeting Abbeville and Le Touquet. Two Spitfires were lost as Fighting French claimed three FW 190s near Abbeville while Beaufighters of the coastal command downed two Ju 88s over the Bay of Biscay aiding anti U-boat patrols.
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Associated
Preses
London
France
Abbeville
le Touquet
Jerry
Beaufighters
Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
Eight Nazi Convoy Vessels Damaged
London reports two naval clashes with escorted German shipping. Four enemy ships and four escorts were damaged by torpedoes and gunfire, the Admiralty said. The latest clash occurred in the English Channel with a torpedo hit on a medium Nazi ship and gunfire hits on another vessel and its escort. Two sailors were wounded.
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London
Admiralty
English Channel
De Gaullist Trial Ends in Lyon With 45 Penalties
In Lyon on November 2, France conducted its largest mass trial of De Gaullist suspects. Forty five defendants were punished with fines or prison terms up to ten years after six months of investigation following a March roundup.
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Vichy
France
Lyon
Flynn Accuser Says She Never Thought Much Of Him As Actor
Retty Hansen 17 testifies at Errol Flynn preliminary hearing that she did not think Flynn was much of an actor. She described the Bel Air dinner party at Fred McEvoy’s home last Sept 27 where she was allegedly seduced, while Flynn sat smiling during the proceedings.
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Errol Flynn
Associated Press
Ts Angeles
Retty Hansen
Jerry Giesler
Flynn
Mies Hansen
Giesler
Betty
Bel-Air
Fred Meekyvoy
Jom Cochran
British Hacking Away At Nazis In Desert Pocket
Cairo November 2 British Eighth Army pressed the Axis forces in a desert pocket 16 miles west of Fort Almaein along the coast and railway. German tanks from a relief force infiltrated westward but British infantry sealed the lines. The trapped force did not attempt a breakout. Australians had crossed the railway Friday night and subdued Axis positions taking prisoners.
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Presay
Cairo
Snd
New Farm Machinery To Be Scarce In 1943
College Station said the U S Department of Agriculture will restrict farm machinery in 1943. WPA concentration and transfer of production to smaller firms would cut output about 50 percent from prior limits. Quotas set at 20 percent of 1940 production for new gear. repair parts at 130 percent of 1940 production.
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College Station
Texas U. S. Department of Agriculturre
WPA
Nine Jap Ships Quickly Downed
Pearl Harbor reports a 40 minute battle around October 11 12 in which Captain Ernest Small of New Haven Conn describes sinking a heavy cruiser possibly two more ships and a destroyer with likely four additional vessels. He recalls rapid salvos and ships turning in confusion as Japanese forces aimed toward Guadalcanal and compares the action to Fourth of July fireworks.
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Nokoda
Buna
Tn Miucutter
Walter Clausen
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Ernest Gregor Small
New Haven
Conn
Captain Small
Guadalcanal
Babies Born To Tornado Victims In Berryville
Berryville Arkansas reports two women who survived Thursday's tornado gave birth in Gentry Hospital. The town buried five more of its 29 storm victims as funeral processions moved through the square with a flag at half staff. A nine pound daughter and an eight pound son were born to two hospitalized mothers.
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Berryville
Ark
Gentry Hospital
Mary Fivyson
Hattenhour
Second Town
Weather outlook across Texas and New Mexico
The forecast shows a much warmer Tuesday afternoon for the Panhandle and South Plains while the Paso area, Big Bend country, and Del Rio Kaple Pass remain cooler than Monday. New Mexico cools in the morning but warms by afternoon in the northeast, with mild conditions elsewhere. A Bible quotation about unity is included.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Paso
Big Bend
del Rio-Kaple Pass
New Mexico
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