Early Raleigh County Dems Lead In Unofficial Votes
Unofficial results from nine Raleigh County precincts show President Truman leading with 486 votes to 357 for Dewey. M M Neely led Republican Chapman Revercomb 455 to 382, as late noon tallies favored Democrats and continued strong turnout in Beck and Kanawha precincts.
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Raleigh County
Harry S.truman
Dewey
M. M. Neely
Republica
Chapman S. Revercomb
Faouch
Neonle
President Only Top Candidate Facing Vacation
The article outlines that eight presidential and vice presidential hopefuls would lose their current government jobs if elected. It notes Dewey and Warren hold governor posts with $25,000 salaries and that Warren faces a pay cut if the GOP wins the White House. It details Barkley, Thurmond, and Wright pay scales and terms, and mentions Wallace’s resignation from the New Republic and Glen Taylor’s Senate term.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Truman
Henrys A. Wallace
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
New York
California
Warren
White House
Sacramento
Atben W. Barkley
Senate
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
Thurmond
South Carolina
Wright
Mississippi
Progressive Party
Wallace
New Republic
Glen Taylor
Idaho
U S Constitution Questioned by British Press
The Manchester Guardian labeled the U S Constitution a mysterious survival from the 18th century delaying key diplomacy. It warned that if Dewey defeats Truman, government changes would take about two months, not hours, while British papers highlight other domestic ration news.
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Lonuon
Manchester Guardian
United States
Dewey
Truman
Warren Angered by Vote Photo Incident
Gov Earl Warren, the Republican vice presidential nominee, angrily confronted a photographer who snapped his picture while he cast an early ballot in a residential garage polling place in Oakland. Warren asked if it was illegal to photograph a person while voting and the photographer apologized.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Galif
Earl Warren
Warren
Joe Herrera
Berkley
Alma Martin
Court House
Mark Tortello
Eunice
EF. J. Bowman, Jr
Herrera
Beckley
Election Potpourri and Early Returns Highlight WV Race
West Virginia voters eye early returns as precinct openings face delays from a strike by some election officials in Greenbrier County. Four substitutes served after pay disputes, while Maryland and New York trends shape national outlooks.
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Associated Press
Alderson
Greenbrier County
Leslie
Eugene Gwinn
Gwinn
Democratic
West Virginia General Election Voters Stream In
Weather was fair as West Virginia’s general election drew heavy early voting across multiple counties. Reports from Charleston and Clarksburg indicated strong turnout with precincts reporting brisk figures. Osage and Scott’s Run district saw more than 100 ballots by 10 am.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Huntington
Charleston Daily Mail
Clarksburg
F Ierly
Monongalian
Osage
Scott's Run
White Youth Held By Georgia Cops
A Carrollton youth is held in connection with the murder of Carl Stevens Jr. and an attempted rape of an 18 year old Carrollton woman. Sheriff Kilgore and a state patrol incident suggest fear and racial tension, with two Negro suspects arrested then released. The white youth was transported to Atlanta for tests while the victim claimed the attacker was a Negro.
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Associated Press
Carrollton
B. B. Kilgore
Carl Stevens, Jr
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Weather jargon fragment yields local forecast note
Fragmentary OCR reads scattered weather data including temperatures, precipitation, and regional names. The text mentions a noon reading, a last night’s low, a morning time, and a 24 hour precipitation tally with trace values. Regional placements include Greenbrier and Belle points with no clear forecast conclusion.
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Klivers Greenbrier
Newpoint
Navy Tests Postwar Strength With 100 Ships
Navy uses 100 ships and 36 000 sailors to simulate a wartime stand against Argentia and Greenland. Seventeen submarines under Rear Admiral James Fife Jr and 543 aircraft join the exercise directed by Admiral William H P Blandy. Vice Admiral Donald B Duncan will assume control Thursday for a coordinated assault ending Nov 8. Blackouts radio silence and warnings mark all phases as the Second Task Meet sails through Davis Strait and Wolfpacks toward Newfoundland and back to Norfolk.
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Associated Press
Boston
Arctic
U. S. Navy
William H. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
James Fife, Jr
French Strikers and Troops Hurt in Lille Coal Clash
Communist led strikers battled French troops and police in the Lille area as about 15 officers were wounded and several strikers reported hurt. The confrontation, in the Le Vin sector near 20 miles southwest of Lille, saw trenches dug and oil set alight to hinder guards amid the ongoing clearance of 1112 mines in France’s largest coal field.
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Associated Press
Lille
France
Levin
Arras
Dewey Leads In Ist Tally At New Hampshire Town
The Associated Press reports in Wart’s Location New Hampshire the first in the nation to report returns. Dewey leads with 11 ballots for governor, and 10 for president for Truman. Dewey had 4 votes and Roosevelt 6 in the 194 presidential election.
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Brass
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Haris
Houston Chronicle
Harry 5. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
U. S
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White Mountain
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
First Draftees Report Nov. 22
Adj. Gen. Charles R. Fox said 184 West Virginians aged 25 to 24 will report at induction stations on November 22 for peacetime army service. The figure comes from 1,640 examined with about 78 percent rejected for physical or mental defects. The December quota for West Virginia is 231 with inductions set for December 20. Examinations have begun.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Adj
Charles R. Fox
West
General Fox
Ex Nazi Warns of Red Police in Soviet Zone
Former German General Walter Schreiber warned that a Soviet zone people’s police force could become a Red German army. He said the force, to be armed with tanks and artillery, may threaten Western Germany if Western Allied forces withdraw. He cited talks with Kurt Fischer and offered posts, while Moscow papers dismissed force size estimates as fantastic.
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Que Associacise
Frankfurt
Germany
Ane
Walter Schreiber
Schreiber
Berlin
Kurt Fischer
Minis
Ter
People's Police
Moscow
Voting in West Virginia Ends After 13 Hour Ballot Run
Charlestown West Virginia precincts opened at 6:30 am local time with 13 hours to cast ballots as 1 103 928 eligible voters faced weeks of campaigning. Governor Meadows predicted a great Democratic victory while Republican voices projected a wave supporting Dewey Warren ticket and a GOP sweep including Boreman win and six congressmen.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Meadows
Walter S. Hallanan
Ite
Revercomb
Landress
Washington
Herbert Boreman
Dicket
Hallanan
U S Budget Turns Red Again Amid Deficit Rise
The Treasury reports the current fiscal year showing a deficit of 10.42 million dollars through October 29, with congressional exclusions for foreign aid raising the deficit to 807.9 million. Compared to last year’s surplus, income lags by over 600 million, while corporate and excise taxes partially offset the individual tax decline.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Industrial Areas Count on Unions To Aid Truman
Heavy early voting marked the presidential election with unions expected to deliver labor strength for Truman in industrial centers. Reports from Kentucky noted a ballot-box stuffing claim as Deputy Sheriff John Neal found a box with 17 Democratic votes at Clintonville precinct No 3. Early returns showed mixed results across small precincts, with Hart's Location New Hampshire going to Dewey and Cataloochee precinct in North Carolina favoring Truman. President Truman and Governor Dewey voted in their respective locales, Truman in Independence Missouri and Dewey in Manhattan, as turnout loomed near a national record.
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Crunan
Thomas K. Dewey
Kentucky
John Neal
Clintonville
Rockies
Washington
der Thal
Hart
N. H
Harry S. Truman
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Smoky Mountains
Roosevelt
Brown
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Florida
J. Strom Thurmond
Henry Wallace
South Salem
N.Y
Schenectady
New York
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Margaret
Manhattan
Paul E. Lockwood
Air Force Seeks Cause of Crash at Muldrow Oklahoma
Investigators examined wreckage and questioned witnesses as Air Force officials probed why a B 47 transport plane disintegrated in midair over Muldrow Oklahoma killing 11 servicemen during a training mission from Sheppard Field Wichita Falls Texas. Fire followed the crash at the city dump area after the heavy rain.
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Associated Press
Muldrow
Okla
Sheppard Field
Wichita
Falls
Tex
Oklahoma
Jal
Beckley
Romanian officers sentenced for treason plots
A Bucharest military tribunal sentenced 12 Romanian reserve officers to prison terms from 16 years to life for conspiring with American and British representatives to overthrow the government. All sentences impose confiscation of property, civil rights loss, and military degradation. Eleven pleaded guilty. Max Ausnit was tried in absentia. The indictment charged connections with U S and British officials.
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Associated Press
Nucharest
Romania
Max Ausnit
New York
Demo Head Cites Flaws in Polls
The final Gallup poll shows Dewey 49.5 percent, Truman 44.5, Wallace 4, Thurmond 2. The Democratic National Chairman says the poll favors Truman despite a Dewey win, noting potential undercounting of Roosevelt’s strength in 1944 and suggesting corrected totals as 47.3 for Truman, 46.7 for Dewey, and six percent for Wallace and Thurmond combined.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
Truman
Dewey
Wallace
Thurmond
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Gallup
Roosevelt
Wallace and Thurmond
Demos Take Lead In Uncontested States of South
In early returns Democrats lead in uncontested southern states while Republicans aim to hold or widen their House majority and retain a slim Senate edge. With 246 of 435 House seats GOP and 32 Senate seats at stake, analysts see Democrats needing at least a net gain of four seats to claim control.
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South
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Tney
House
Senate
Tollay
Maine
Margaret "Chase Smith
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
John L. McClean
Ark
Bnet
American Labor Party
Hut Gop
Thheir
Staine
John H. Overton
Bid for Freight Raise Rejected
The Interstate Commerce Commission today rejected the railroads petition for an immediate eight per cent freight rate increase. It announced hearings will open in November on the broader thirteen per cent rate advance sought by the railroads, with evidence also taken on an eight per cent interim rise during review.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
ICC
Soviets Plan Air Firing Near Berlin Airlift Lane
The Soviet Union announced plans to conduct air-to-air firing at two points in lanes used by planes delivering supplies to blockaded Western Berlin. The practice, at about 2,500 feet, was said by Berlin safety officials to pose no hazard to U S and British cargo carriers flying at higher levels.
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Berlin
U. S
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