Battle in Europe Stalemated Amid Front-Line Slugging
The Western Front remains a bloody stalemate around the Haertgen forest as Allied and German forces trade attritional gains. Allied armies push toward Holland and Russia nears Budapest, while Eisenhower’s HQ shift from London to Paris marks a shifting strategic mood. German defenses brace for a winter campaign as Allied odds improve with Antwerp port relief and Patton’s rapid French thrust.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Holland
Russia
Budapest
Wise
Géntral
Eisenhower
London
Paris
Iiuerlgen
Forest
Berlin
Propa
Randa
Nazi Germany
Vosges Mountains
France
Antwerp
United States
Patton
Metz
Moselle
Europa
Germany
Record Ballot Seen in Harris County and Fort Worth
Associated Press reports from across Texas show voters in Harris County and Fort Worth casting ballots for state and federal offices. Early returns from 46% of Harris County's 152 precincts give Democratic electors 6298 votes, Republicans 636, and Texas Regulars 1275. Weather mostly mild though showers in North Texas. Harris County, Houston, population over 606,000, required extra election clerks to manage crowds. 283,788 voters are qualified in the county.
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Associated Press
Harris County
Forth Worth
Houston
Texas
Voters await results as parties contest Seventy-ninth Congress
Washington voters pick party lineups for the Seventy-ninth Congress as Republicans seek to gain control of the House and Senate. The Senate contest hinges on a two thirds approval for treaties, with thirty five seats up and several incumbents facing strong Republican challenges.
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Nay
Senate
Congress
Maine
Barkley
Kentucky
James Park
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Tobey
New Hampshire
Nye
Nats Dakota
Daneher
Connecticut
Davis
Y Milifkin
Revd
Kansas
Wiley
Wisconsin
Guy M. Gillette
Iowa
Repubican
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Scott
Heavy early voting predicted in Bexar County
Early election notes indicate Bexar County residents will cast heavy ballots in a Democratic primary. Harlandale is expected to produce about 2200 voters with Sunday estimates near 400 in Hot Wells precinct. Reports cite precinct tallies, party workers alleging improprieties, and absentee ballots arriving from New York State.
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Bexar County
Harlandale
Sid Murray
Harlandale Improvement, League
Half Year of Fighting Nazis Lose 2 Million Men
Allied and Soviet reports tally German losses between May and November, with official estimates showing about 2,044,090 enemy killed or captured. Figures from France, Low Countries, and Italy add thousands more, while Churchill and Alexander note further casualties and prisoners.
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UMV Peerteeerseee
Sumer
White
Russia
Soviet Information Bureau
Stalin
France
Low Countries
Churchill
Alexander
Ttaly
Weather Affects Voter Turnout Across Regions
Voters in New Hampshire faced heavy snow while others nationwide enjoyed clearer skies aiding turnout. The Weather Bureau reported severe rain in the southern Atlantic states and Detroit area, with widespread showers across the Mississippi Valley and Great Basin regions.
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Deans
New Hampshire
Washington Weather Bureau
Detroit
New England
Pennsylvania
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
Oregon
Washington
California
FDR and Dewey Vote Cast in New York Area Polls
President Roosevelt and Governor Dewey cast ballots in separate faces of New York voting. Roosevelt voted at Hyde Park while accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and family members. Dewey voted near 40th Street in Manhattan with Mrs. Dewey as they waited in line.
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Old Town
Heath
Mrsrina Bootiiger
Johnny
Dewey
40Th Street
Palling
New York City
Deweyl
Bet Odds Favor FDR Over Dewey in St Louis
In St Louis on November 7, James Carroll of the local betting commission says money laid on Franklin D Roosevelt to win the 1944 election is more than twice the amount bet in 1940 on Roosevelt versus Willkie. He notes Dewey is reported as a distant underdog, with Roosevelt ahead in nationwide odds.
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Roosevelt
James Dq
Carroll
St. Louis
Passioner
Roosevel
Fayotte
Dewey
Ladies' Day at the Polls Signals Women Power in 1944 Race
Women play a major role in the 1944 elections as a record share of voters, with 25 women candidates, including Clare Boothe Luce and Margaret Co nors, contesting Congress. Party lines and battles shape a landmark vote with 20 national women’s groups mobilizing turnout.
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Conia
Irene Oisnatchis
Tuesaday
Canaress
Areginrhorou
Clare ‘Boothe Luce
Roosevelt
Mary T. Norbon
New Jersey
Women
House
Jessie Saniher
Edith Nourse Rogers
Mass
Frances P. ‘Bolton Tohla
Margaret Adams Rockwell
Arizona
Jane Edith Shaffer
Stearns
Florida
Renate
Senate
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas
Toe
R. Busy-Mather Vale
Der Fuehrer Mentally Ill
London reports spread that Adolf Hitler may be ill after unspecified examinations by a brain specialist at Berchtesgaden. Conflicting dispatches claim he is in seclusion at a castle near Klostheim awaiting fortifications in the Salzburg-Terchtesgaden region and has not spoken since the bombing attempt the day after his last broadcast.
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London
Hitler
Hram
Berchtesgarden
Klesshaim
Adam
Salzburg-Terchtesgaden
Gtrmar
Extra Police to Patrol New York Area
More than 1000 policemen are assigned to patrol New York City, with Times Square area tonight expected to host a million people for election night. Potatoes unchanged in prices nationwide, cash prices similar to last year at current shipping points.
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N.Y
New York
City
Times Square
Washington
Balloting surges nationwide amid wartime election
Across the country fast and furious voting piled up early as Americans chose between Roosevelt and Dewey in a wartime election. Turnout surged with tens of millions voting before noon, women voting in large numbers, and several states already reporting early results.
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Praes
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Bronx
Manhattan
Clites
New York
East Indies Atrocities Reported Widespread Japanese Mass Killings
A Far East dispatch outlines alleged Japanese war crimes in the Netherlands East Indies. Villages near Modan and on Java were burned with inhabitants killed or forced into peril. other towns suffered shelling, gas, and interrogations. The report cites civilian deaths, mistreatment of prisoners, and starvation under occupation, with names of places and a cited document detailing the atrocities.
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Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
Far East
Modan
Java
Wanack
Netherlands Indies
Medan
Arada
Meir
Sumatra
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