Maine and Nation Eye Record Midterm Vote Peak
Reports from state officials and party leaders forecast a nationwide midterm turnout surpassing 42 million, a new nonpresidential election record. Estimated eligible voters reach about 69.95 million, with state tallies showing large registrations in New York, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Illinois, and southern states amid rising Negro voter registrations.
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Wasengton
Maine
House
New York
New York City
Pennsylvania
California
Ohio
Charles F. Sweeney
Illinois
Massachusetts
Oregon
Idaho
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
South
St Bernard a Hazard on Cleveland Airfield
A 150 pound St Bernard named Aline escaped from her owner and wandered 30 hours near Cleveland Airport. The airport tower warned incoming planes to avoid her, while William C. Mullen of Eastern Air Lines found her. Owner Hubert Heilman rewarded him and tripled the dog’s rations, noting she may be a mother soon.
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Aline
St. Bernard
Lorain
Cleveland
Eastern
Eastern Air Lines
William C. Mullen
Hubert Heilman
Heilman
Cleveland’s First Color TV Will Show Surgery
Cleveland’s first color television broadcast will run Wednesday Thursday and Friday mornings this week as the International College of Surgeons presents colorcasts of surgical procedures from St. Vincent Charity Hospital in the Public Auditorium during its convention. The colorcasts will not be shown on home television sets.
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Cleveland
INS
International College of Surgeons
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Plane lands, taxis into fence injuring two
R B Mantel of 320 Poplar NW and Robert Cleary of Austin Minnesota, the pilot, were slightly hurt when a four place Cessna ran out of fuel, landed in a field, then taxed into a fence near Routes 224 and 21 west of Norton Center at Akron Canton Airport Saturday at 8 05 p m. The plane was demolished but occupants sustained only cuts and bruises. Mantel and Cleary were returning from a business conference in Akron Canton Airport.
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R. B. Mantel
Poplar
Robert Cleary
Austin
Akron-Canton
Mr. Cleary
Fly Grows Its Nest in Rose Buds
A small gall fly Rhodites rosae lays eggs in rose leaf buds. The bud then fills with hair-like material as the insect’s nest forms, replacing the leaf with a protective mass.
Progressives SlimN Slate Shrinks In Fringe Nominations
Washington reports a sharp drop in Progressive party candidates for this year with only 22 running, far below nearly 100 two years ago. Henry A. Wallace drew 1.16 million votes in 1948 amid the party’s decline, while Communist party candidates were none for the second straight election. A note adds bamboo shoots can reach over 50 feet in 4 to 6 weeks.
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Washington
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Oregon
Michigan
New Jersey
Illinois
Massachusetts
Montana
Virginia
California
Communist Party
Wallace
Senate
House
United States
Korea
Stimson Will Leaves Major Share to Widow and Institutions
The will of Henry L. Stimson, who died Oct. 20, leaves most of the estate to widow Mrs. Mabel Wells ton Stimson. Ten relatives receive cash bequests from $5,000 to $15,000 each. Yale University gains 25 percent of the residuary estate after Mrs. Stimson’s death and Phillips Academy At Andover 45 percent. The chauffeur and Long Island estate manager each get $15,000. No total value is stated. St. Francis Xavier known as apostle of the Indies.
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Census Bureau
Democratic National Committee
C.I.C. Political Action Committee
John Jacob
Court Ave. NW
Plete
Nick
Shoe Service
W. Tusce
Canton, Ohio
America
Bond
Schenley
Schenley Distributors, Inc
Cleveland Airfield
China Ware
I, Price
Ohio China Wholesale CO
Rex Ave
William D. Maloney Jr
Green Island
N. Y
Billy
G& P Shoe Repair
E. Tusc
Sam
Stimson
St. Francis Xavier
Apostle of
the Indies
Far East
Benson
S.S.S
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
West LeRoi Street
Canton
Laundry Laboratories
Harrisburg Rd
James
Peter van Hayes
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
Peter Lind Hayes
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