Ohio Polls Baffle On Governor Race In GOP Stronghold
Ohio voters face a tight contest between Gov. Thomas J. Herbert and ex Governor Frank J. Lausche as polls split over the outcome. Nationally, Dewey and Warren appear favored for president and vp, while Trumans camp remains uncertain. Rainy weather could trim turnout with 4.5 million eligible voters and a record 3.5 million forecast to cast ballots.
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New York
Earl Warren
California
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George H. Harvey Dies Prominent Middletown Paper Pioneer
George H. Harvey 82 longtime Middletown paper manufacturer and founder of the line that became Gardner Richardson Company died at Middletown Hospital after a sudden illness following a weekend trip. Born in 1866 in England, he built a career across Canada and the United States before moving to Middletown in 1896 and helping form the Colin Gardner Paper Company in 1900. He was active in civic life, leading the Brotherhood and earning YMCA life membership.
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United States
Eliza Ross
West Springfield
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Jewish Troops Take Control of Galilee Front North Palestine
Israeli forces reported complete control of the Galilee after a two day offensive driving Arabic Liberation Army remnants toward Lebanon. UN observers said troops crossed into Lebanon while Beirut denied any Lebanese territory entry. Israel ordered cease fire for three am EST, while UN truce HQ in Haifa awaited compliance.
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Senate House vote stirs nation ahead of election
Associated Press notes Truman and Dewey at pivotal fork in campaign as 50.9 million voters prepare to cast ballots. Congress balance, Senate control and governorships loom large with parties eyeing key wins and party patronage in a nation enduring Cold War pressures.
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Ohio to shrink Legislature in coming election
Ohio lawmakers face a reduced body after representation changes. The 1949-50 legislature will have 135 in the House and 33 in the Senate, down from 139 and 36, due to population shifts. Republicans hold most seats currently, with many unopposed races as Democrats contest few seats.
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Columbus
Ohio
GOP
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Election Night Teletype Window At Greathouse And Son
The News-Journal adds an election party with a teletyped state and national results feed. An AP teletype in the Greathouse window will publish updates from 7:30 p.m. with a bulletin board for stories and a large display of Middletown voting results. Regular returns service continues from the Journal office with multiple telephone lines.
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Middletown
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Journal
UN Delegates Take Brief Trips as Paris Recess Ed
American United Nations delegates scattered through western Europe on a long weekend as the UN recess paused pending tomorrow's U.S. elections. Informed sources say the trips aim to lay groundwork for future anti-Communist moves. The talks centered on potential adherence by three northern nations to a projected North Atlantic security pact joining the United States and Canada with Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
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Petitions Filed To Seek County Option Law in Ohio
Ohio dry leaders said petitions will be filed to urge the 1949 legislature to adopt a county option law. Mary B. Ervin of the Ohio WTCU and S P McNaught of the Temperance League report petitions with several thousand more names than the 70 000 required.
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Mary Nolan Dies After Troubled Show Business Life
Hollywood AP report notes Mary Nolan once a Ziegfeld Follies star and film actress known as Imogene Wilson, died at 42 in a three room bungalow. Her career featured lawsuits with Frank Tinney and Edward Mannix, years of ill health, time in an actors fund home, and a late attempt at writing a life story for publication.
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Bubbles) Wilson
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Amityville N. Y
Wallace McCreary
Berkeley
Cal
Roy Robertson
Sunland
Chemists Seek Cause Of Malady In Donora
In Donora Pennsylvania chemists investigated a deadly smog event that killed 20 people and sickened hundreds. Fog and smoke lingered over the town causing asthma and heart cases. hospitals operated under strain as doctors treated 400 to 500 patients. State health officials and industry labs joined tests to determine the contaminant source and health impact.
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Five Die From Gas Fumes in Freehold House Tragedy
Five family members were killed and three children hospitalized after escaping coal gas fumes from a defective furnace in Freehold New Jersey. The victims include Scudder Silvers 32 his wife Annette 33 his mother Grace Silvers and two daughters Patricia 12 and Joan 7. Three other children Audrey 13 Bruce 10 and Guy 6 were treated at Fitkin Memorial Hospital with a family dog found dead in the cellar. The bodies were discovered by Dr Daniel Sagotsky who was visiting to watch a television program.
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Army plane crash near Muldrow leaves five dead
An Army aircraft crashed near Muldrow Oklahoma today about 12 miles from Fort Smith Arkansas. A Fort Smith Times Record reporter at the scene says the plane fell a quarter mile north of Muldrow and five unidentified bodies were removed. Other occupants and home base not yet determined.
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Extradition Sought in Ohio Slaying Case
Columbus prosecutor Ralph J. Bartlett sent another extradition request to West Virginia Governor Clarence Meadows for Homer Jack Dean, a 37 year old former Columbus bartender indicted on first degree murder for the December 10 1947 slaying of Elmo C Rice. Dean is already serving a life term as a habitual criminal in Moundsville West Virginia.
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Ralph J. Bartlett
Clarence Meadows
West Virginia
Homer Jack Dean
Dean
Columbus
Elmo C. Rice
Moundsville
W. Va
U.S. Official Beaten to Death in Vienna
Four Russian soldiers were blamed for bludgeoning Irving Ross an ECA official to death in the Soviet sector of Vienna. His Austrian companion Anna Sutkenina suffered a skull fracture as soldiers forced her back into the car. Police described the killing as brutal and investigated motives with U.S. investigators awaiting permission from Russian authorities.
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Ross
U. S. Army
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Miss Sutkenina
Autrian
Austria
Georgia Tech student fatally shot in Carrollton ambush
A 22 year old Georgia Tech student, Carl Stevens Jr., was killed when a masked Black gunman forced him and a female companion from a car near Carrollton. The woman fled, heard gunfire, and directed officers to the scene where Stevens was found with chest and head injuries. The assailant ordered the woman to remove footwear and led them into a field before the violence.
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Georgia Tech
B. B. Kilgore
Carroll County
Carl Stevens, Jr
Carrollton
George Syme
Carroll Service Council
Syme
Kilgore
Stevens
Stue
Dear
Carl Stevens, Sr
Hope Misses Boat Injury Delays Bob Hope Film
Hollywood star Bob Hope missed a prop gangplank on a film set last Friday. Doctors found a blood clot in his left leg and ordered him out of action for at least a week.
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