Decision in Voters Hands in 48 Hours Campaign Winds Up
This mirror of wartime life recounts a civilian Army driver in London May 1942 awaiting Very Important Persons including a Major General Ike. The piece reflects on delays, snobbery, and the lure of high rank as drivers hoped for Gen Marshall or Gen Hap Arnold. The tale centers on Kathy Summersby recalling the tense wait for brass arriving by train.
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Paddington Station
Wisenhower
United States
Scotland
Prestivick
George Marshall
Mukden Falls to Reds Endorses Civil War Turn in China
Reports from Nanking say Mukden has fallen to Communist forces ending three years of civil war. Chiang Kai-shek’s national campaign is said to be crippled with heavy fighting likely to continue. Officials fled as the city teetered into an anarchic vacuum near midnight.
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CPI
Mukden
China-proper
Bhut
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Greek Regime To Step Out After Three Years in Power
Athens The Greek government under Premier Themistokles Sophoulis will resign within three days. The cabinet formed in September 1947 was a coalition pressured by the United States to create a broadly based government to wage war on Communist rebels. Venizelos, deputy to Sophoulis, may seek a new cabinet of technically capable ministers.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
United States
Sophoulis
Sophocles Venizelos
Venizelos
Liberal Party
Truce off Arab points in new Jewish northern push
An Israel Army spokesman said Jews captured several positions in the northern Palestine offensive and that the UN cease fire could not be accepted unconditionally. The UN ordered a cease fire at 4 PM Israeli time. Israel demanded guarantees that Fawzi Bey El Kaukji forces withdraw from heights.
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Israel Army
Palestine
Haifa
Lebanon
Fawzi Bey el Kaukji
Kaukji
United Nations
Lake Hula
Egyptian War Ministry
Cairo
Parties tout New York as near sure vote trove in election
Republican and Democratic leaders claim New York will deliver the 47 electoral votes. Chapman and Bedenkapp forecast a Dewey-Warren plurality of 600000, citing GOP strength in Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Queens offsetting Democratic margins in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Fitzpatrick expects Truman-Barkley to win by about 250000, with Buffalo and Rochester supporting the ticket.
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Alger B. ‘Chapman
Glen R. Bedenkapp
Ichapman
Bedenkapp
Nassau
Suffolk
Westchester
Queens
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Paul E. Fitzpatrick
Truman- Barkley
Buffalo
Rochester
Fitzpatrick
Cornell Beats Columbia in Thin Victory and Other Scores
Cornell defeated Columbia 20 to 18 in a close football game while other results include Penn State 32 Colgate 13 Northwestern 21 Ohio State 14 Harvard 20 Holy Cross 13 Georgia Tech 19 Duke 7 Princeton 65 Virginia 14 Notre Dame 41 Navy 7 Army 49 Williams 7 Michigan 28 Illinois 20 Dartmouth 41 Yale 14. Complete accounts on sports pages.
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Boston
Colgate
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Columbia
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Holy Cross
Georgia Tech
Duke
Princeton
Virginia
Notre Dame
Navy
Pennsylvania
Army
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Illnois
Dartmouth
Yale
Four Die In Fire In South Side Apartment Building
A five alarm blaze on Chicago's South Side killed four residents and injured eight in a 32 family building. Firemen rescued twenty others. Hours later another nearby structure caught fire with no injuries reported. The doomed building was 55 years old.
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Chicago
INS
Hames
Seventeen Die as Smog Overtakes Donora
Donora Pennsylvania, in a mill town of 15 000, reports seventeen deaths linked to a prolonged heavy smog caused by industrial smoke. Emergency hospital care was set up, Charleroi Monessen hospital filled, and dozens more treated as physicians struggle to manage oxygen needs amid the pervasive fog.
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Donora
Prex
Cora Vernon
American Red Cross
Charleroi- Monessen
Charleroi
Rudy Schwerha
Board of Health
Schwerha
James Lau
Charleroi-Monessen Hospital
GOP predicted landslide gain in House by Hall
Rep. Leonard W. Hall, Republican chairman, forecast a tremendous Republican landslide in Congress. He said the GOP would net 11 to 23 seats in the House based on GOP Congressional Campaign Committee reports and other sources.
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Washington
Leonard W. Hall
G.O.P.1
House
Hall
Republican Congressional
G.Q. P. Congressional
Moscow Sees First Heavy Snowfall of Season
Moscow reports four inches of snow after a dry mild autumn and late onset of winter. Snow began Friday night, blanketing the city and disrupting some activities as residents adjust to the early winter.
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Moscow
Feature Page Highlights and Inside Amer Sections
The page lists today's feature sections across pages 26 and 27 including Books Art Chnt Poet's Corner Inside Amer Past 14 Music Amusements Political City Life Periscope Classified Radio Crossword Social Deaths Sports Weather Talk Editorial Vets News Financial Winchell Ing Reporter and Today's Pictures on page 14. It outlines where to find coverage of arts politics social life and other features in the edition.
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Amer
Winchell
Ing
Eve of Victory and Going to Win in Atomic Era Campaign
The final American presidential campaign of the atomic era ends with Dewey in Madison Square Garden and Truman in St Louis. Both candidates emerge in good health despite minor illnesses, Dewey with bursitis after shaking many hands and Truman with laryngitis from dusty crowds.
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Dewey
Truman
Madison Square Garden
New York
South
North
St. Louis
Truman Returns to Missouri Claiming Democratic Victory
President Truman addressed about 12 500 cheering supporters in St Louis claiming he had cracked the Republican East and that Democrats would win. He denounced the McCormick Patterson saboteurs and the 80th Congress while urging voters in Independence for an eve get out and vote appeal.
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ST. Louis
Truman
Missouri
Yulia
McCormick-Patterson
Kiel Auditorium
Independence
Birdseye View of Election Candidates Across States
Washington report notes 1,179 candidates vying for president vice president governor senator and representative in Tuesday’s elections. Maine elected Republican governor senator and three GOP House members, totaling 33 governors 33 senators and 435 House members to be chosen this year.
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Washington
Maine
House
Ceaeeee OG Ae
Cover dog goes awol model for Rockwell artwork
Norman Rockwell used his springer spaniel Butch as the dog model for the current Saturday Evening Post cover. The pet ran away Friday from Rockwell's home in West Arlington Virginia and is not wearing a collar. A substantial reward was offered for its return in the Bennington Banner.
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Norman Rockwell
Bennington
Rockwell
Butch
Saturday Evening Post
Dewey ends campaign with a sharp attack on Truman
Governor Thomas E. Dewey closed his presidential bid at Madison Square Garden, mocking the Goblins slogan and accusing the administration of paralysis in foreign policy. He argued the Democratic Party is divided and pledged stronger soil conservation, labor rights, and a broader social security program while promising a decisive end to the alleged nightmarish era.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Madison Square Garden
Dewey
Democratic Party
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