Republicans poised for big landslide in House and Senate
Washington dispatch reports a strong Republican trend in the national elections with the GOP set to win a solid House majority and challenge for a Senate edge. Mass. New York Pennsylvania Delaware Ohio Missouri Idaho Wisconsin show certain gains. Virginia Nevada New Mexico Wyoming tight. Governors races total 33 nationwide with Republicans favored in Colorado Connecticut Illinois Kansas New Jersey Ohio. Democrats lead in Maryland Massachusetts Nevada New Mexico Oklahoma Rhode Island Wyoming. A single Republican win could deadlock the Senate.
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New Deal
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Senate
Congress
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Repubicans
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New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Ohio
Missouri
Idaho
Wisconsin
G O. P
Montana
Maryland
Rhode Island
Maine
Michigan
Colorado
Connecticut
Itahe
Kansas
New Jersey
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Wyoming
West Virginia
Texas Farm Prices Rise Moderately as Ceilings Lift
Texas farmers and ranchers saw modest price increases from September 15 to October 15, according to a U S Department of Agriculture statewide survey. The lifting of price ceilings on live stock and meats produced the sharpest gains near the period’s end, per the bureau of agricultural economies.
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Austin
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricatural
Delegates Pay Tribute to F. D. R. in Hyde Park
Delegates from 51 United Nations gathered at Hyde Park to honor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov placed a wreath and stated eternal memory to the great President. Other nations including China Venezuela Canada Yugoslavia and Nicaragua also laid flowers as U S and Soviet reps attended the tribute.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
China
Venezuela
Canada
Yugoslavia
Nicaragua
Light Vote in Bexar County Forecasted for Tuesday
A light turnout is forecast for Bexar County in the general election with 13 contested races between Republicans and Democrats and four Texas constitutional amendments. San Antonio Republicans Eugene Mike Nolte Jr. and Andrew Longaker are on the ballot for governor and associate Texas Supreme Court justice respectively, while three amendments vote Tuesday and the fourth in a Thursday separate election, consolidated on one ballot by the Commissioners' Court against County Judge Charles W. Anderson's protest.
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Bexar Country
Texas
San Antonio
Eugene
Mike” Nolte Jr
Andrew Longaker
Texas Supreme Court
Bexar County
Commissioners’ Court
Charles
W. Anderson
Bexer County
Youth Dies In College Blaze At UC Berkeley Frat Row
A student boarding house on the University of California campus fraternity sorority row burned early today. One youth, believed to be a UC student, was burned to death and several students plus a fire department captain were injured. The body was found in the burning room of a shower bath, heavily burned beyond identification.
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Berkeley
Calif
INS
University of California
Truman Seen Planning Eleventh Hour Appeal on Eve of Vote
GPENDENCE Mo Nov 4 A report suggests President Truman would make an eleventh hour appeal to voters on the eve of the congressional election. He remains aloof from politics during a stay at his Independence home and has not spoken at rallies. His only official act is reaffirming U S policy to retain base trusteeship of vital Pacific island outposts.
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Truman
Washington
Independence
United States
Pacific Island
Charles G. Ross
Hunter Shoots Wife in Fatal Deer Accident
In Augusta Maine a young father shot at a deer and wounded his wife Dorothy Laughton 22 of Winthrop and gravely wounded their premature daughter. The four pound four ounce baby, delivered by cesarean after the shooting, died from a blood clot linked to the thigh wound. Mrs Laughton remained in fair condition at an Augusta hospital.
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Augusta
Dorothy Laughton
Winthrop
Roland L. McKay
One of Family Escapes Crash
Eugene Oregon November 4 per INS a crash killed six members of the Arch ie Shelton family of Springfield. Mrs Shelton 40 Homer 20 Harvey 14 Frederick 12 and Francis F Davis 21 were killed. Archie Shelton 40 died later at a hospital with injuries to Howard 16 who survived with serious injuries. The sole survivor was a younger daughter from Cottage Grove staying uninjured.
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Eugene
Ore
Archié Shelton
Springfield
Cottage Grove
Quake Recorded In Northern Chile Felt by Weston Seismograph
A moderate to strong earthquake about 4380 miles south of Boston, probably in northern Chile, was recorded Sunday on the Weston college seismograph. The disturbance lasted for three hours, reported by Rev. Daniel Linehan S.J.
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Weston
Mass
Boston
Chile
Weston College
Danie Linehan
S.J
South Africa urged to annex Southwest Africa
Prime Minister Jan Christianstruis asked the United Nations trusteeship committee to incorporate the mandated territory of Southwest Africa into the Union of South Africa. He presented his plea in Lake Success on November 4 before the UN committee.
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Lake Success
INS
Jan Christianstauis
Southwest Africa
Union of South Africa
St-country
United Nations I
Big Four Open Talks On East Europe Peace After War
In New York four foreign ministers meet to finalize peace treaties for Italy Finland Hungary Romania and Bulgaria and draft postwar pacts for Germany and Japan. They pursue Adriatic Trieste status Danube navigation rights and Western Thrace disputes amid UN assembly focus on Franco Spain veto and small nation issues.
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Couve de Murville
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Balgaria
Gether
Japan
United Nations
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Trieste
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Yugoslavia
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Greece
Bulgaria
Two Cool Days Ahead For San Antonio Weather
Weatherman J H Jarhoe warned of a cool spell with clearing skies bringing sunshine. Expect temps around 62 degrees Tuesday morning as a cold front moves through. A norther Sunday brought heavy clouds and 1.07 inches of rain, with Fredericksburg 1.26 inches Kerrville region and New Braunfels 1.4 inches and Austin 3.38 inches.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarhoe
Calavario
Fredericksburg
Kerrville
Guadalupe River
New Braunfels
Austin
U S to Drop Weathermen Food in Austrian Alps
Berlin report says U S forces at Wiesbaden plan to airlift coal and supplies to a weather station 11,000 feet high in the Austrian Alps. The isolated station, manned by Austrians, has run short on food and coal and faces starvation.
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Berlin
Air Forces
Wiesbaden
Austrian Alps
Weather forecast fragment hints at cold Monday night
Forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions with light rain possible Monday afternoon. Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday with colder temperatures. Monday maximum around 1 degree, Tuesday high near 72 and low 52, with Sunday 2 degrees and Monday low uncertain.
Federal Aid To Suburbs Urged
Washington reports housing chief Wilson Wyatt calls for federal aid to extend sewer water and facilities to new home sites on raw outskirts. He says by January Congress may hear recommendations and notes 1947 plans to start 1.5 million new homes will press land and development limits, with RFC funding disputes ongoing.
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Washington
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Congress
Danary
RFC
NHA
Paint Prices Increased By OPA Paint Prices Increased By OPA
The OPA raised most paint prices by 31 cents citing higher tinseed oil costs freed from ceilings October 29. The move, aimed at preventing production impediments for veterans housing, will flow to manufacturers and possibly retailers before reaching consumers. The agency will monitor price margins on linseed oil and related products to decide if further actions are needed.
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Washington
Mon
OPA
India
Watcil
Mar
U S and China Sign Five Year Friendship Pact
The United States and China signed a five year pact of friendship commerce and navigation negotiated in Nanking. It was signed in Beijing by American Ambassador John Leighton Stuart and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Shih-Chieh and awaits ratification by the U S Senate and Chinese government. The accord aims to restore extraterritorial rights and grant business access on equal terms while preserving existing migration limits and protecting land holdings and property.
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Washington
United States
China
State Department
Nansking
John Leighton Stuart
Wang Shih-Chiev
United States Senate
Wife of Cowboy Star Dies in Hollywood
Roy Rogers mourns wife Adene Rogers who died after childbirth complications. She was 32 and married to the actor for 10 years. In India, Attavedabad saw deadly sectarian clashes with a bomb blast injuring scores.
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Cowboy Star
Hollywood
Snow Drifts and Floods Hit North Texas and Panhandle
Panhandle and East Texas faced a freakish three day storm with snow in El Paso and 25 years of first snow in Dallas. The Trinity River swelled six feet over banks, flooding lowlands and halting highway traffic as drenching rains caused widespread damage from Commerce to Beaumont. Weather forecast calls for showers in East Texas and milder conditions in West Texas, Panhandle excluded.
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Texas
Commerce
Dallas
Trinity
Texline
el Paso
Weather Bureau
East Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Beaumont
Denver Paralyzed by Blizzard After Heavy Snowfall
Denver faced a six death blizzard with 22 inches of snow since Saturday. Strikebound 150 retail food outlets left housewives with scarce meals and pantry stocks while buses halted southbound service. Weather officials predicted a steady, fair day as the storm moved south.
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Denver
Weather Bureau
Sub freeZsing temperatures hit Southern California citrus belt
Sub freezing temperatures struck the citrus regions of Southern California following a weekend storm with winds near 65 miles an hour. Ranchers reported damage running into thousands of dollars as the gale sweeps the southland, with continued notes on the page 2 update.
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California
Southland
Mine Explodes Underneath Train Near Jerusalem
In Battle station five miles from Jerusalem a mine exploded beneath a train causing injuries to three crewmen and tipping five cars. A second mine nearby was removed by British sap personnel. A jeep blast and portending violence were reported near Ras El Ain, north of Tel Aviv, blamed on Zionist fighters with no casualties. Refugee tensions rise as strikes and clashes intensify around Palestine.
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Battle Station
Ras el Ain
Orth
Tel Aviv
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