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Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News Journal
Trading
Two Weeks Before Election 1948 Forecasts Show Tight Race
A snapshot from October 1948 shows Democrats doubtful of winning the Truman Barkley ticket and Republicans claiming large, but not decisive, margins. Gallup and New York Times analyses conflict on electoral votes and public mood as campaigns stress labor, foreign policy, and economic issues.
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Truman- Barkley
Truman
Dewey-Warren
Gallup
Dewey
Wallace
Thurmond
New York Times
Inflation erodes savings and shocks voters demand new protection
Since 1945 the living-cost index rose 62 points, cutting 32 percent from $142.7 billion in savings. The loss totals $45.7 billion, about 5 percent yearly, prompting calls for new protections as voters seek leaders who will address inflation over bank safeguards.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
U. S
Astro Read On Tomorrow Warns Of Anxiety And Risk
Genevieve Kemble outlines astral indicators forecasting an anxious unsettled period with worry and possible legal trouble from blunders or misjudgments. Travel and letters should be postponed while investments and major ventures show potential growth. End with caution against gambling and extreme actions.
Spaniards Seek Peace Amid Modern Madrid Changes
Hal Boyle reports Madrid’s rapid modernization with new hotels and vast pastel apartments. Observers note Franco’s regime is governed by nine army chiefs, not the people, while Spaniards seek stability, housing, and a peaceful life amid poverty and reform.
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Franco
Europe
Parents Take Kids to Summer Resort Kept Everyone Tired
A New Jersey man cut his throat and smoked a cigarette. An Ohio girl had a man arrested for hugging her. She was up in arms, and commentators warned this would show up in ads.
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New Jersey
Ohio
7Th Ave
New York
Phil Moore
Lena Horne
Dorothy Dandridge
Woman combines ranching with politics in Montana
Mrs. Gladys E Knowles of Missoula is elected secretary of the Republican National Committee. She runs a Big Horn County cattle ranch leased from the Crow Reservation and visits Indians monthly while supporting GOP activities in Washington and Montana.
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Washington
Gladys E. Heinrich Knowles
Missoula
Montana
Republican
Big Horn County
Crow Indian Reservation
Gladys
Aubrey Knowles
Ida M. Ellsworth
Knowles
Dream Wife notion in Hollywood raises dream vs reality findings
Erich Brandeis reports on MGM plans for a Dream Wife plot with an Oriental princess and a psychologist adviser. He notes the fantasy image of a wife who follows a man and has no personality, then contrasts it with real life where spouses seek partnership and shared duties.
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Hollywood
MGM
Beta St. John
Cary Grant
Phil Silvers
Doubleday
Vivienne Segal
Harold Lang
Barbara Hutton
Lance Reventlow
Dawn Addams
Gary Merrill
Paul Hartman
Europe
Munich
Idlewild
Eisenhower Piano Claim Sparks November Elections
A writer recalls Ike Eisenhower as a piano player, quoting Mrs. Tompkins and Master Tompkins about his ear and piano enthusiasm. The piece notes Stevenson does not play and cites Republican optimism while acknowledging November’s presidential outcome remains undecided.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Charles H. Tompkins
Francis
Tommy" Tompkins
Tompkins
Tompkinses
Eisenhowers
Connecticut Ave
Ellicott St. N.W
Ike
Master Tompkins
Mamie
Truman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Gov. Stevenson
New Zealand Minister Webb Stresses ANZUS Security Stand
New Zealand External Affairs Minister T Clifton Webb asserts that strong naval forces are the cheapest form of national security as he comments on the new ANZUS treaty. Secretary of the Navy Dan A Kimball supports firm naval power.
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New Zealand
T. Clifton Webb
Secretary of the Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Beagle Family Seeks Homes as Shelter Drive Advances
A Middletown family left a mother beagle and six puppies to starve but were found and cared for. Mrs. Leland Lynch fosters the pets until a shelter is built. A six year old country bred Springer spaniel seeks a home outside Middletown. The town pursues a Butler County shelter at a $20,000 goal with memberships and donations to Here and There to fund the cause.
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Middletown
Leland Lynch
Butler County
Hamiteton
Gossip From Gotham lit by Broadway and society
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on Margaret Truman secrecy after the election, Johnny Jelke’s return to join the National Air Guard, showgirl salaries up to 400 dollars a week, and eggs at a dollar each. Roberto Rossellini disputes with an Englishman over a money dispute, baroness De La Bouillerie may divorce Baron Henri, and a backstage worker sues the city after a rally beat incident.
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Gotham
Margaret Truman
Mickey Jelke
Johnny
Europe
New York
National Air Guard
Alaska
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto
Dorothy Collins
de la Bouillerie
Elinor Marcus
Cafe Society
Henri
California
Madison Square Garden
Warner Brothers
Peggy Lee
Marianne O'Brien Reynolds
Woolie
Woolworth Donahue
Marianne
Comedian Jackie Miles Ill in Boston Hospital Stay
Comedian Jackie Miles remains hospitalized at Pratt Diagnostic Hospital in Boston after leaving New York’s Polyclinic Hospital Sunday night to fulfill a Boston engagement. He appeared only for shows as doctors advised rest.
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Jackie Miles
Pratt Diagnostic Hospital
Boston
New York
Polyclinic Hospital
Billy Reed
Billy
Palace
India
Atomic Commission
Roosevelt Junior High elects Student Senate leaders
Jerome Inwood was elected president of the Roosevelt Junior High School Student Senate with James Sexton as vice president and Eleanor Apple secretary. Kenneth Keister serves as sergeant at arms while Ross Kramer will be faculty advisor. In Middletown, Mary Christine Gear from Middletown High is selected for a free trip to Columbus for the State 4 H Club Congress. The American Legion opened its Noigel Nacire ma with a large crowd attending the opening night. A seven year old girl, Eleanor Feerer, is recovering after being struck by a car in West Middletown. Mrs Mayme Brooks was named worthy matron and Clayton C Hursh became worthy patron of Prosser chapter, Order of Eastern Star. Mrs A A Burkhardt retired as worthy patron.
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Truman
American Legion
Miami
Marshall
Justice Vinson
Moscow
Milwaukee
G.O.P
Dewey
United States
John S. Lewis
Sen
Taft
Congress
Barkley
Philip la Follett
Wisconsin
Tallulah Bankhead
Supreme Court
Illinois
Wallace
Pittsburgh
Europe
Ohio
North Carolina
U. S
Jerome Inwood
Roosevelt Junior High School
James Sexton
Eleanor Apple
Robert Egelston
Treaser
Kenneth Keister
Ross Kramer
Mary Christine Gear
Middletown High School
Columbus
Eleanor Feerer
Omer Feerer
West Middletown
Mayme Brooks
Clayton C. Hursh
Prosser
Order of Eastern Star
A. A. Burkhardt
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