Dewey Lost Voters Late Swing After Election
A University of Michigan Survey Research Center study notes Dewey gained more support from those who wanted him to win, while Truman led among late deciders. It finds many voters formed opinions before campaigns, with city residents voting later and professionals leaning Dewey, while skilled workers favored Truman.
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Truman
Survey Research Center
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Angus Campbell
Pollster Method At Center Shapes Federal Reserve View
The Survey Research Center revisited the same October interviewees to trace why pollsters missed the mark. Its precise cross section sampling informs opinions used by the Federal Reserve Board in formulating policy.
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Survey Research Center
Federal Reserve Board
Voter Leanings by Age Split Between Truman and Dewey
Younger voters aimed longer at deciding and favored Truman more often while those over 45 leaned Dewey. About 46 percent blamed Truman on supporting a group, 11 percent blamed Dewey on a group like big business, and mood shifted from Dewey to Truman. The class split among voters.
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Dewey
Big Business
Campbell
Voting patterns split by class and union status in Truman vs Dewey
Unskilled workers favored Truman two to one while half did not vote. Farmers favored Truman two to one with many abstaining. College graduates leaned three to one to Dewey. Three of four union members supported Truman, 27 percent of union members skipped voting. Union workers five to one backed Truman. nonunion workers favored Truman two to one. Higher incomes above 5,000 fed Dewey two to one, 4,000 to 5,000 slight Dewey majority, 3,000 to 4,000 even, and 1,000 to 2,000 to 3,000 favored Truman two to one.
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Anecdotal Method Used In Sermon Address
The speaker compares Jesus Christ to Abraham Lincoln noting his use of stories to convey messages. He explains the Anecdotal Method as a sequence of narratives that form a cohesive address aimed at clear understanding by listeners.
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Rotary Club hears Dr Roehll on national health plan
Dr W H Roehll spoke on nationalism in medicine at the Rotary Club. He noted 1948 revival of the Murray Wagner Dingle bill proposing a national health insurance fund financed by 1 percent payroll taxes from workers and identical shares from employers, comparing costs to current medical expenses and liquor and cosmetics spending.
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England
Congress
Ohio Budget Is Trimmed
The House Finance Committee cut a net 173 787 from the 650 million dollar state budget under pressure from the Administration to speed adjournment. Hardest hit was the House itself with 67 100 cut mainly from supplies. the code revision bureau faced 60 219 in cuts likely closing it. Treasurer Don Ebright lost 46 176 while Attorney General Herbert S. Duffy gained 15 350. Governor and governor mansion allocations remained unchanged.
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Ohio
House of Representatives
Bureau of Code Revision
Don Ebright
Herbert S. Duffy
Death penalty for Pvt Calvin Dennis in Farnsworth murder case
Pvt Calvin Dennis, a Negro air man from Frederick Maryland, was sentenced to death by a 20th Air Force court martial for the attack murder of Miss Ruth Farnsworth. His half brother Pvt Herman Dennis already sentenced to die last week. Sgt Robert Burns of Spokane will stand trial Friday.
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Ruth Farnsworth
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Herman Dennis
Calvert and Seguin
Texas
Farnsworth
Seeing-Eye Dog Taken From Man With Reluctance
Atlanta report of Humane Society taking a trained seeing-eye German Shepherd named Big Boy from W. C. Knight a blind beggar. Knight said he fed the dog daily and would feed him sirloin steak. a court hearing was scheduled for Knight.
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Marshall E. Lind
Humane Society
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Big Boy
Kidnapped San Francisco Woman Held in Jade Shop
Miss Farnsworth of San Francisco worked part time in a jade shop and was abducted on the fatal night, police report indicates a confrontation at the store. Investigators pursue leads as rumors swirl around the case.
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Speech correction teacher resigns from Sandusky County schools
Connie Parks a speech correction teacher for Woodville Gibsonburg and Jackson schools in Sandusky County has resigned effective at the end of the school year She also plans to continue speech therapy studies at Northwestern University
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Connie Park
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Sandusky County
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Weather forecast calls for warm, unsettled Thursday
Forecasters predict tonight not quite as cool and Thursday fair and warmer with scattered afternoon showers in the north. Yesterday's temperatures ranged from 74 degrees at 11 a.m. to 62 degrees before dawn, with 6 a.m. reading at 16 and 10 a.m. at 56 degrees.
Norwalk Woman Dies After Traffic Crash
Grace Kay, 72, of Norwalk, dies from injuries after being struck by a car yesterday. The incident marks the city’s first traffic fatality in nearly two years.
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