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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1944
Page
1
Voters in Frederick city and county turned out in numbers that observers say could eclipse the 1940 presidential turnout of 21 833. Early tallies show strong participation across precincts as banks and offices closed for the holiday and absentee ballots complicate counting.
Voter turnout is light at Sudbrook United Methodist Church as a skunk is struck and killed by a car in front of the polling place, marking an unusual incident on election day.
Washington observers urge listeners to track key urban and rural areas to gauge the Roosevelt Dewey race. Big cities like New York Philadelphia Chicago and Detroit, plus states such as Illinois Ohio and Michigan, loom crucial for electoral totals and the final outcome.
City sources say Linganore filtration plant improvements will be delayed at least until December 15 due to non arrival of essential motors for the new mixing basin. The new coagulation system is in use, and the building to house three new fillers is nearing completion. Taste and odor control gear has arrived and awaits installation. Water supply is strained as Fishing Creek reservoir falls 13 to 14 feet below full, with possible brief plant interruptions to install new equipment.
Washington reports Stalin discussed Japan as an aggressive power and sparked speculation that the Soviet Union may lend resources to the Allies in the Pacific conflict. Observers note Russia's position in northeast Asia could affect timing and scope of any aid, with bases and ports offering strategic support.
About 650000 to 675000 Maryland free staters vote before 7 p m for President Roosevelt or Dewey Bricker ticket and U S Senate and House seats. Baltimore and state leaders warn the contest will be close with heavy Democratic registration and several constitutional amendments and local referenda on the ballot.
Seaman Third Class Harry M. Mossburg spent a thirty day leave with his parents at 421 North Bentz Street after eight months overseas. He participated in the D Day invasion and Anzio and fought along the western Italian coast. Mossburg was aboard a PT boat sunk by a mine and was lost at sea ten days before rescue. He holds a Purple Heart and enlisted April 20, 1943, shipping overseas February this year and is now stationed at Melville.
Rome reports Polish forces of the Eighth Army captured San Martino and Marsignano in the mountains southwest of Forsi with several key hill features seized. Main front activity consisted of patrols by both sides.
The Earl of Strathmore aged 89 and father of Queen Elizabeth died today at Glamis Castle in Forfarshire Scotland after about a month of illness. His condition worsened over the weekend and became critical last night.
Washington reports early white potatoes, including Irish, will cost consumers about the same as last prices announced today, signaling stable markets.
The Jug Bridge over the Monocacy river on Route 40 east of Frederick nears completion. Contractors M J Grave Lime Company are tying in approaches and finishing the bridge floor. no definite opening date has been set, with potential opening within a week or two.
Polls opened as early as 9 a.m. in the east and 11 p.m. astern War I time on the Pacific Coast as voting began. More than 130,000 polling places nationwide were expected to produce a total vote estimated between 44 and 50 million.
Melville C. Stockwell, once in this city, writes from a base in New Guinea. In a letter to cousin Charles McC Mathias he says he has been moved to a site that was once a Japanese camp, with battle traces and occupation remnants still visible. He recalls prisoners joking that when the Japs landed they were told it was California and some still think San Francisco was captured.
The Packard Motor Car Co said its Detroit plant, employing about 39,000 workers, has closed following a dispute involving several hundred polishers that created an unbalanced material condition preventing production of aircraft and marine engines.
General rain expected from the upper Mississippi Valley eastward into the western Great Lakes and into Michigan and Indiana later. Showers extend through the Missouri Valley and Plains northward from Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Clear and cold on the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf states, mild in the south. Snow flurries in the Rockies, clear elsewhere except rain in western Oregon and Washington.
Tokyo radio says American B 29s over Tokyo and Kanto for a third time this week with no bombs dropped. Forty more B 29s raided the Volcano Islands. two recon over Honshu. Japanese claims of raids on Iwo Saipan Tinian noted. American confirmation pending.
Southeast Asia Command reports the Japanese resistance has ended around Kennedy Peak in Ceylon and in the Chin Hills of northern Burma. The communique dated November 7 confirms the end of a Japanese strong point in that sector.
The Associated Press Vice-President Wallace President Roosevelt are predicted to win two thirds of states and about 1000 electoral votes beyond the 260 needed, while popular vote could exceed 3 million. Ohio Governor Bricker and Dewey backers project varied outcomes with Willkie cited as a past comparison and GOP leaders cautioning against conceding states outside the solid south.
A Far East headquarters document details Japanese brutality in the Netherlands Indies. Villages near Medan and on Java are burned. prisoners and civilians face torture, including fire, water, and beating. One Sumatra village is cited as wiped out for a critic's article. rice crops were seized.
London reports speculate Hitler has undergone a brain examination at Berchtesgaden and lies in seclusion at a castle near Klessheim while fortifications in the Salzburg Berchtesgaden area are completed. He has not spoken since the July 20 bombing attempt and a voice purported to be his broadcast a message.
Adm. Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the U S fleet and Chief of Naval Operations, walked into the Middies dressing room at halftime in Baltimore before Navy beat Notre Dame 32 to 13. Coach Hagberg described the exchange as an order to win. The remark was relayed to the Maxwell football club by Ray Swartz, Navy line coach.
Residents report a nocturnal howling creature disturbing sleep and allegedly attacking cattle in the Manchester-Reistere church area. Descriptions vary, with guesses including wildcat puma mountain lion and panther, color ranging from dark brown to yellow with black stripes. Organised searches have yielded no results.
Voters nation wide surge to polls in the first wartime election since 1864. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas Dewey attract lines as estimates point to a record vote around 50,000 or more with heavy early turnout in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Los Angeles, and other cities.
Soviet forces clash with reinforced Nazi units on Budapest outskirts as Stalin heralds a decisive offensive. Two miles south of Ferihegy airfield fighting intensifies while reports say Budapest faces strikes, refugee movements, and industrial disruptions at Manfred Weiss works.
In Hartgen forest area southeast of Aachen American infantry, backed by air power, clash with German forces. West of Hurtken, a German thrust is repelled but one American unit is temporarily knocked out. Allied air attacks blanket German positions as efforts continue to push toward the Cologne plain and clear the Hurtgen forest.
Antiques and personal property drew strong bids at the Mary L Boteler estate sale on West Main Street Middletown. The event, conducted by executor Howard A Griogs, saw dealers from Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia attend as total receipts reached 2266 95. Notable pieces included a Hepplewhite mahogany sideboard at 410 a pair of dining tables 174 and a gold leaf Adams mirror 165. Other items ranged from a walnut chest 115 to a poster bed 38 and a china closet 52 50.
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