Quiet Weekend Before Election In Lawrence County
Voters prepare as foggy county weather ushers in a calm pre election period with polling stations open from 7 am to 8 pm Tuesday. National candidates held final rallies with Dewey in Madison Square Garden and Truman in St Louis, while local turnout remains notably low. Election boards will tally results and notify The News for early reporting. Judges Braham and Lamoree will oversee the courthouse from 7 am to 9 pm.
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Ward
Thomas E. Dewey
Madison Square Garden
Harry S. Truman
St. Louis
Lawrence County
Court House
W. Walter Braham
John G. Lamoree
Pa Newe Observes General Election Day
Pa Newe reports Tuesday as election day with reminders to vote. The article notes weather delays and a local farm claim of a 1014 inch long corn cob with 20 rows around, stating 125 bushels per acre.
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Eli
Brest
New Galilee
Moravia and
Petersburg Road
Weather statistics for Dail Weather Port area
United States weather statistics for the 94 hour period ending at 9 1 m today follow Mariam temperature 56 minimum tion .51 inches river stage 5.6 feet. For the 24 hour period ending at 9 o clock Sunday morning: maximum temperature 70 minimum 32 and precipitation.
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United States
Red Troops Enter Mukden in Manchuria Victory
Nationalist reports confirm Chinese Communist forces seized Mukden. Red troops moved into the city this morning amid disarmament of Nationalist units in the manufacturing and rail center. A US consular car was halted but its occupants unharmed. Fighting reported within six miles of Nanking.
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Mukden
Manchuria
U. S
China
Manchurian
Donora Smog Death Toll Revised To Nineteen
Investigators in Donora Pennsylvania reopen inquiries into the weekend smog mystery as autopsies find no gas exposure. Coroner calls the deaths typical cardiac and asthma failures while officials report the crisis appears to have passed.
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Donora
Troy Gordon
L. O. Gray
William Ronagaus
Donora Board of Health
Murderers Of U S Official In Via Soh
A military dragnet searched for four Russian soldiers suspected in the fatal assault on Irving Ross 36 Vienna near Inzersdorf. Ross served as special assistant to ECA chief Westmore Wilcox in Vienna. Austrian police called the killing the most brutal they had investigated. Ross’s wife and three children planned to join him soon.
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George Herald
Vienna
Irving Ross
Inzersdorf
Ross
Westmore Wilcox
Economic Cooperation Administration
East Hardwick
Five Die From Gas Fumes In New Jersey Home
Five members of the Silvers family died after coal gas seeped through a two story Freehold residence in New Jersey. Three other children were hospitalized in critical condition. Victims listed include Scudder S. Silvers aged 34 Annette Silvers 33 Hettie Silvers 60 Patricia Silvers 12 and Joan Silvers 7. Dentist Dr Daniel Sagotsky rushed to the scene. Police suspect a basement furnace as the source of the fumes.
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Freehold
N. Jd
INS
Scudder S. Silvers
Annette
Hettie Silvers
Patricia
Joan
Silvers
Daniel Sagotsky
Autopsy Ordered In Death Of Actress Mary Nolan
Hollywood investigators ordered an autopsy into the death of Mary Nolan once billed as Ziegfeld's most beautiful showgirl. The former star, treated for a gall bladder ailment, died in puzzling circumstances with an empty morphine bottle found among her effects suggesting possible narcotics poisoning.
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Hollywood
INS
Mary Nolan
First Army Recruits Processed At Local Station
The Frew building recruiting main station began processing the first group of enlisted men and draftees today. Capt. Charles E. Weddle reported smooth operation as 3 regular army enlistees and 25 draftees from local board 22 underwent mental and physical examinations. Edward G. Gall became the first regular army enlistee processed. Gall, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Gall, has prior WWII service including pilot wings and European theater duty. Continued em Page Two.
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U. S. Air Force
Frew
Charles E. Weddle
Kittanning
Armstrong County
Weddle
Edward G. Gall
Andrew Gall
Gall
Air Force
Maxwell Field
Ala
Stuttgart
Ark
Smyrna
455Th
Community Chest total reaches 50693 at noon
The Community Chest adds 11765.84 to reach 80693 by noon, still short of the 109000 goal by 28307. General Chairman Sidney L Lockley presided and Rev. F P Salmonetti gave the invocation. Lockley urged continued effort to meet the campaign target as several divisions report slowly but show contributions in sight.
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Community Chest
Sidney L Lockley
F. P. Salmonetti
Lockley
Death notices listed for Crawford Pollock Zimmerman Hurley Cox
Death notices record several individuals with ages and last known addresses including Mrs. Arthur G. Crawford 717 1234 Huron Ave. Mrs. Lucy Belle Pollock 77 e. Mrs. Henry Zimmerman 82 Cascade St. Howard J. Thompson 76 Florence Ave. Mrs. Hurley Pittsburgh. Seckler 44 A D Poland 6. Mrs. James L. Cox 71 1006 Woodlawn Ave.
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Arthur G. Crawford
Huron Avenue
Lucy Belle Pollock
Henry Zimmerman
Cascade Street
Howard J. Thompson
Florence Avenue
Mennessy Hurley
Pittsburgh
P. Waved Co
Seckler
A. D
Poland
James L. Cox
Woodlawn Avenue
Township Gets New Fire Truck for Neshannock
Neshannock Township received a 500 gallon pumper built by American LaFrance. A company field engineer will arrive tomorrow to train Chief James Messner and his crew for four days before the engine is officially turned over. The truck will be on display at the Township Fire Station on Highland Avenue extension and at Friday's oyster supper for the public.
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Neshannock Township
Highland Avenue
Russell D. Milliken
American la France Company
James Messner
Milliken
Normalcy Returns To Westminster Campus
Westminster college concludes a three day autumn week end with homecoming queen crowned Miss Blodwen Jones of Pittsburgh. Genevan students’ painting party disrupted campus landmarks, Titan football beat Geneva, and Dr Daniel Poling delivered a stirring sermon. Beta sorority earned honors in the campaigning battles.
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Westminster College
Geneva
Daniel Poling
Ace Church
New York
Blodwen Jones
Pittsburgh
New Castle
New Castle Cathedral, Highlighted the First Day’s Program. Miss Jones
Three convicts escape Western Penitentiary by tunneling
Three burglars escaped Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh at 6:30 am after digging from the boiler house. Warden Ashe identified the fugitives as Eugene West of Somerset County serving 9 to 18 years, Andrew Lee White of Allegheny County 15 to 30 years, and Alfous R Wynn of Washington County 2 to 4 years. They tunneled under a wall after starting behind an electric panel, and the break was found at 7:20 am.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Western Penitentiary
Stanley P. Ashe
Ashe
Eugene West
Somerset County
Andrew Lee White
Allegheny County
Alfous R. Wynn
Washington County
Hunt Slayer Of Georgia
Carrollton police launch statewide hunt extending into Alabama for a Black assailant who killed Carl Stevens Jr. and attacked his female companion near West Georgia College. Stevens was 22, from Carrollton, the girl unnamed, both abducted from their car before being killed by a gunman masked and armed. The search focuses on the killer’s escape and the masked assailant.
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Carrollton
INS
Alabama
Georgia State Highway Patrol
Georgia Tech
Carl
Buddy) Stevens, Jr
Steven
Moe
West Georgia College
Dewey Plans Final Talk Before Election
Governor Thomas E. Dewey heads to New York City for a brief election eve broadcast as the GOP nominee prepares to vote in the metropolis. He will deliver a five minute segment during a national program and urge eligible voters to polls while pledging national unity for world peace.
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Kansas City
INS
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Framte Ce
Barkley
Paducah
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
GOP
Pawling Farm
Metropolis
Republican National Committee
New York
America
Dewey
Fire In Atlanta Causes 250,000 Loss
A fire near Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel caused an estimated 250000 in damage. It began in the kitchen of a night club and spread to adjacent leather goods and shoe stores and a shirt shop. Firemen brought the blaze under control about an hour after it was reported.
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Atlanta
Auto train crash kills three at Greenwood crossing
Two teenage Greenwood girls identified as Thelma O Day and Louis Joseph, both 17, die when their car is struck by a railroad train at a Greenwood crossing. A 22 year old Viola resident, William Evans, also perishes in the collision.
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Greenwood
Del
Greenwood Crossing
Louis Joseph
Thelma O'Day
William Evans
Viola, el
Dewey Expected To Win National Election On Tuesday
6 De te Fity Million Are Expected To Vote On Tuesday Many State Battles Attract Interest. Dewey Seen As Winner. should win a minimum of 27 states and 337 electors, ahead in several others. Truman trails with eight electors in eight states. Thurmond holds four states with two electors. Final appeals planned by radio tonight from Pawling New York and Independence Missouri.
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William K. Hutchinson
New York
Truman
House of Representatives
Dewey
Strom Thurmond
Henry Agard Wallace
House
Senate
GOP
Earl Warren
Pawling
N. Y
New York City
Red Cross
Kansas City
Independence
Donation Day at Almira Home Likely Nov 3
Almira Home hosts its annual ingathering of staple groceries including sugar potatoes apples canned fruits vegetables jams and jellies with money gifts funding purchases. Open house runs 10 am to noon 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm chaired by Mrs. W Walter Braham.
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Almira Home
W. Walter Braham
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