Heavy vote forecast in Lorain County as election nears
United Press surveys predict a Republican win for president for the first time in 20 years. Voting begins tomorrow with about 47 to 49 million ballots cast nationwide. Republicans likely to hold House control, Senate control uncertain. Truman and Barkley defend Democratic hopes. County notes tracer to statewide race and campaign travel.
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United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Thomas E. Dewer
Earl Warren
Truman
Alben W Barkley
Tonignais
House
Accidents In Ohio Take Toll Of Lives
Ohio weekend accidents claimed eleven lives across the state. Young victims include David Shirley 12 who died in Akron from a garage fire and Frederick Wihikerson 10 who fell into Buck Creek while attempting to rescue his brother Carlton 11.
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Br United
Ohio
David Shirley
Akron
Frederick Wihikerson
Buck Creek
Sprmefield
Carlton
Notiles
Albert Kempf
Alvss Anna Shank
Bluffton
Harold Nungster
Laurelville
Knife Fight Wounds Two Men Near Wellington
At a railroad camp west of Wellington a knife fight at 5 a m left Arthur Fosse 37 Longview Tex badly wounded with a punched lung and cuts. Richard Robinson 21 St Louis Mo was treated for multiple lacerations. Investigators say Robinson attacked Fosse who disarmed him and cut back.
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Wellington
Arthur Fosse
Longview
Pelee Cniel BH
P. Brown
Robinson
Feazle
Cleveland forecast and election night notice
Cloudy with rain likely this afternoon and night in Cleveland and surrounding areas. Election night party set for November 2 at the Supper Club with pork hocks and kraut served from 7 o clock. Bert Eberhardt presents this telecast of national and state returns. reservations urged.
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Cleveland
Onio
Bert Eberhardt
Adv
Election Party
Pork Hocks
Board 72 enlarges class 1-A to 55 men in local quota
Selective Service Board No. 72 in the Turner block closes tomorrow afternoon for election day and reopens at 7 p m to examine 10 registrants with defects flagged by questionnaires. Ten locals will go to Cleveland for pre induction on November 19. some examined tonight may join that group.
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Selective Service Board No. 72
Turner Block
Ben V. Mirers
Cleveland
Ss I-A
Neions Mencel Board
President Truman Campaign Stop in Kansas City Shrine Visit
President Truman joined Shrine ceremonies in Kansas City while keeping a campaign schedule in the evening with a nationwide radio appeal. The day featured a Red Cross breakfast, private visits, Shrine parade and speech, and dinners with friends as he presses for turnout ahead of tomorrow’s election.
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Truman
Lodge Brothers
White House
Red Cross
Muelebach
Kansas City Club
Elyria Parade Set To Move At 1 30 Tonight In 1940s Ceremony
Elyria plans a 1 30 PM parade for Hallowe en events organized by Kiwanis and other groups. About four thousand participants will march from West Avenue and Broad Street along Broad to East Avenue and Second Street to Middle Avenue. Local bands include Elyria High School and El Rey Grotto. American Legion drum corps joins. Prizes exceed sixty with refreshments by Kiwanis L OC and others. A C LA O Educational Council stage along Middle Avenue features Chuck Gates and a four piece band. Downtown window painting by students for a Junior Chamber contest. Also notices Wade veteran Joan E Bane dies at 109 Washington County served Union Army as substitute for stepfather. Closed due to illness at Franks Bakery Cleveland Street.
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Hallowe'en
Kiwanis Club
West Avenu
Broad Street
East Avenue
Second Street
Middle Avenue
Elyria High School
el Rey Grotto Band
American Legion
U_A-W_C.L.O. Educational Council
Broad
Second Streets
Chuck Gates
Als
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dewey Confident of Victory on Final Campaign Swing
Governor Thomas E. Dewey heads to New York City for a last campaign speech and a vote-getter event at the Roosevelt Hotel. He plans to return to his Pawling dairy farm after election night while his sons stay in school.
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Trimen
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Dewey
Pawling
N. Y
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Dever
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Mr. Truman
Gov. Dewer
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Roosevelt Hotel
Tom
Johnny
Smog Lifts But 19 Are Dead In Donora
A rain ended a deadly smog in Donora Pennsylvania killing at least 19 people and hospitalizing about 30 of 600 affected. Most victims were elderly with asthma or heart disease and doctors warned of possible pneumonia outbreak.
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Donora
Pennsylvania
East Charleroi
New Eagle
L. C. Gray
William Rongaus
Donora Board of Health
No. 4
Two Men Die After Separate Pedestrian Car Crashes
Two pedestrians died in highway crashes this week. Lee Reed 65 of 232 Lod street crossed Broad street at Sears when struck by a car driven by Albert Latzo 73 of 46 Bon Air avenue who was charged with traffic manslaughter and pleaded innocent.
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Laurelville
Waine Harold Beaslty
Columbus
Portsmouth
Ciei
Blackburn
Summin Vie
Lee Reed
Elvria
Benjamin Simons
Lod.street
Broad Street
Sears” Store
Albert Latzo
Bon Air Avenue
Poiice
Henry W. Ault
Charles Homer Martin
Forest Rice Farm
Huntington
Paul Hoffmeyer
R. D. Spencer
Lodi
Martin
Lod
T. V. Kolb
Medina
New London
Fitch
W. He. Mitchell
Grove Street
Reed
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Latzos
The
General Industries Co
Lorain County Votes With New Machines For 1940 Election
Lorain County officials prepared for the first use of automatic voting machines in a presidential election. polling places opened at 6 20 am and would run to 6 30 pm with about 530 absentee ballots handled earlier. 492 ballots cast, 25 independent electors listed for Wallace, warnings on proper ballot operation and early voting urged to avoid late lines.
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Lorain County
Election Board
Elyria
Wallace
Ruth Fox
Lorain County Board of Elections
Armed Services
Plane Crash Near Muldrow Leaves 12 Dead
Trooper Harry Davis of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports at least 12 people killed when an Air Force plane crashed near Muldrow Oklahoma during a thunderstorm.
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Muldrow
Oklo
Harry Davis
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Air Force
Here
Dilgren Heads Bar Association in County Election
Dilgren was elected president of the County Bar Association succeeding Prosecutor William Wickens. Jacob Levin, Lorain attorney, becomes vice president. Robert Vandemark, Elyria attorney, is reelected secretary and treasurer. Georgia Porter, 26, died from burns after a gas explosion at her parents’ home in Bellefontaine. The office is closed for business until further notice.
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Bellefontaine
Georgia Porter
Contests For Senate In 10 States
The Republican Democratic battle for Senate control narrowed to 10 key contests in ten states. Outcomes hinge on split ticket voting patterns with Democrats favored in Oklahoma Minnesota West Virginia Kentucky Iowa Wyoming and Republicans favored in Tennessee Montana Colorado New Mexico.
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Senate
Oklahoma
Minnesota
West Virginia
Kentucky
Iowa
Wyoming
Tennessee
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico
House
Truman
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
United Press
P-L
Hewitt Heads Ohio Society For Crippled Children
James A. Hewitt elected president of the Ohio Society for Crippled Children at its Columbus convention closing. Hewitt, Elyria Memorial Hospital secretary treasurer and Gates Hospital field worker, succeeds Walter Zaugg. Walter Underwood is executive director. The society began in Elyria in 1918 with founder Edgar F. Allen.
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Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Elyria
James A. Hewitt
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gates Hospital For Crippled Children
Columbus
Hewitt
Walter Zaugg
Bowling Green State University
Ohio Society
Gates Hospitl
Ohio
Walter Underwood
Elyman
Edgar F
Daddy” Allewater
International Society For Crippled Children
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