Poll shows 12 pivotal states with 114 votes in play
The first poll outlines twelve pivotal states with 114 electoral votes that could swing to either Dewey or Truman. It notes Massachusetts New York and Idaho as Dewey favored, plus nine swing states with within two points. It also lists Missouri Utah and several southern states near the edge, with overall totals suggesting Dewey around 309 or higher and Truman around under 184 without cross-state shifts.
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Truman
Dewey
Massachusetts
New York
Idaho
Rhode Island
Delaware
Maryland
Minnesota
Colorado
New Mexico
Arzona
Nevada
Montana
Missouri
Utah
Wallace
Virginia
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
Texas
Thurmond
Crossier Incorporated
Believe Food Prices Have Passed Peak
Housewives monitor food price trends amid hints of a retail decline as wholesale meat prices fall in New York and Chicago. Industry spokesmen cite market glut from high prices and increased farmer shipments. dairy butter and milk cuts follow a drop in raw milk costs.
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New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Weather outlook and Halloween sale ads in Cleveland
Northeast Ohio forecast calls for cloudy cooler conditions this afternoon tonight and Saturday with occasional drizzle. Light southwest winds shift to northwest 10 to 15 mph tonight. Low around 82, high Saturday 62. Also ads for Halloween costumes toys and novelties at Grants basement 321 Broad St and ice cream to take out or drive up at the Clevelander 111 Cedar St with parking.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Clevelander
Cedar St
Adv
World Wide Communion Sunday Observed by Local Churches
Elyria area churches join in World Wide Communion Sunday during Sunday services. Members from Elyria Council of Churches and others will partake of the Lord's Supper, symbolizing Christian unity across nations. The observance starts 10:30 a m Sunday in New Zealand and 6:00 p m Saturday in Elyria, spanning 24 hours with many languages.
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Elyria
Christ
Score Update On Elsy ria Shaker Heights Game Tonight
Chronicle Telegram will relay live score information for the Elsy ria Shaker Heights game tonight via several phone lines. Call 44-111 44-121 44-131 44-161 44-171 44-181 or 44-391 after 8:30 PM for results.
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Chronicle- Telegram
Elsyria-Shaker Heights
Lorain man crashes into pond in cemetery drive
Edwin W. Stack, 22, of 2951 East Erie Avenue Lorain, failed to turn onto North Ridge Road at 1:20 a.m. and drove into the Swan Pond at Ridehill Memorial Cemetery near Oberlin Avenue. Front of the car damaged, Stack unharmed. Beginning Monday October 4, clearance sale on all groceries at Elyria Frozen Feed Fuller Road.
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Lorain
State Highway Patrol
Edwin W. Stack
East Erie Avenue
North Ridge Road
Ridehill Memorial Cemetery
Oberlin Avenue
Stack
Elyria
Fuller Road
Chest Campaign Workers To Meet Oct 18 In Elyria
Elyria Community Chest kicks off its 1949 drive for 97867 dollars with a rally at Elyria High School auditorium on Monday October 18 at 8 pm. A parade of stars features five acts from Cleveland volunteers, no admission charge but tickets for workers, 1200 volunteers expected, section A industrial solicits pledges of 25 dollars, corporate gifts division proceeds, film strips shown, all in support of the Community Chest campaign.
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Elyria
Community Chest
Elyria High School
Cleveland
Community
J. E. Glass
R. J. Gollmar
B. C. Franklin
Earl W. Bell
Model Railroad Enthusiasts To Meet Here
Elyria events center on railroad shows and a regional convention drawing enthusiasts from Ohio and neighboring states. The Elyria Y.M.C.A. hosts exhibits and registration for the North Central Regional Convention of the National Model Railroad Association, with tours of local rail facilities and periodic viewings of famed New York Central trains. A banquet at Spring Valley Country Club will crown the gathering with speaker Jd. Gibbons of the New York Central System.
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Elyria Y.M.C.A
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
North Central
National Model Railroad Association
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Indiana
Y.M.C.A
Paul D. Lawson
Lorain
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Centrals
Elyria
New York Central
Glen Rogers Motors
Mercury
New England States
Commodore Vanderbilt
Paul Revere
Twentieth Century Limited
Graystone
Y.alc.a
Spring Valley Country Club
Jd. Gibbons
New York Central System
Buffalo
Former Experimental Farm Manager Cary Montgomery Dies
Cary W. Montgomery 92, former chief farm manager of the State Experimental Farm at Wooster, died yesterday at a Newark nursing home. He directed Chestnut Hill fruit farms for 60 years and headed the Wooster facility for 14 months.
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Newark
Cary W. Montgomery
State Experimental Farm
Wooster
Montgomery
Chestnut Hill
Dewey Pursues Firm Policy On Russia And Western Unity
Governor Dewey campaigns through Wyoming backing Senator Robertson while urging friendly firmness with Soviet Russia. He argues Democratic errors aided aggression, cites Potsdam, and pledges Western Europe to unite under a single framework as he critiques Roosevelt era diplomacy. He plans stops in Green River Rock Springs Rawlins and Laramie with a Cheyenne speech at night.
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Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Senate
Soviet Russia
Western Europe
White House
Wyoming
Edward V. Robertson
Lester C. Hunt
Pluys
Robertson
Green River
Rock Springs
Rawlins
Laramie
Cheyenne
Russia
Salt Lake City
Temple Square Tabernacle
Potsdam
Truman Nears End of 18 State Tour
President Truman nears home after an 18 state swing through Kentucky and West Virginia. He will deliver 15 speeches today ending with a major address at Charleston West Virginia at 8 30 p m EST and returns to the White House tomorrow morning. In Louisville last night he praised running mate Alban Barkley and criticized Republicans and the National Association of Manufacturers for their stance.
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Truman
Kentucky
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
White House
Louisville
Alban W. Barkley
National Association of Manufacturers
Bombs To Announce Touchdowns Tonite
Unusual loud noises near Lily Stadium tonight trace to four sources the Elyria Booster Club the Junior Booster Club the Elyria High team and the Shaker Heights team Senior Booster Club supplies bombs fired by Junior Club members if touchdowns are scored Two bombs for Elyria if Shaker Heights scores One bomb after every successful extra point regardless of team
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Lily Stadium
Elyria
Elyria High
Shaker Heights
Wallace Makes His Bid In California
Henry A. Wallace led his Progressive party campaign to California bidding for support from west coast racial and national groups. He flew to Los Angeles for a California swing beginning with a Ciros restaurant talk. He planned a 15 car caravan tour of Los Angeles Negro and Mexican areas to press his anti discrimination stance. He urged ending Jim Crow through federal law or intensive education and warned that prejudice and tensions threaten the nation.
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Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
California
el Paso
Tex
Los Angeles
Ciro’s
Hollywood
Texas
el Paso City
Local Model Railroad Group Plans Regional Convention
Five members of the local committee on arrangements for the North Central Regional Convention of the National Model Railroad Association are listed. E. B. Strong is a New York Central freight agent from Oberlin, with Abert Immediate Guaranteed Automobile Service. Deets, Chrys ler-Plymouth and Radio Sales and Service are also noted with addresses. Dick Stewart is listed at 242 Marseilles.
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North Central
National Model Railrod Association
E. B. Strong
New York Central
Oberlin
Abert
Record Elyria Registration Set to Break Local Voting Mark
Lorain County Board of Elections officials anticipate a new Elyria registration record with over 12 000 potential voters as the deadline looms Monday night. Offices in Elyria open late today tomorrow and Monday to accommodate late registrations along with 2 755 new county registrations outside Elyria.
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Lorain
Elyria
Judge Dismisses Land Appropriation Cases Near Lorain
Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley dismissed appropriation actions filed by the Ohio Department of Public Works to seize land for a state park at Beaver Park west of Lorain. The court sustained defenses by Dr William G Schaeffer and Lorain Concrete Products Inc moving to dismiss on authority grounds, citing lack of power to bring suits. The state had offered 63000 for Schaeffer and 3500 for the concrete firm. Judge Findley urged obtaining a higher court ruling on validity before trial on damages and potential appeal.
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Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Ohio Department of Public Works
Beaver Park
Lorain
William G. Schaeffer
Lorain Concrete Products, Inc
Public Works Department
George B. Sowers
Schaeffer
Concrete Company
Judge Findley
Common Pleas Court
Lake County
Russia Hints It Can Build Atomic Bomb Says Vishinsky
Paris dispatch reports Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky asserting at the United Nations that the United States no longer holds a monopoly on the atom bomb. Britain dismissed Soviet claims as propaganda while noting Russia’s potential capability and desire for international control with reciprocity.
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Paris
Russia
Great Britain
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations
United States
Vishinsky
Hector McNeil
McNeil
Fitchville Soldier To Be Laid To Rest On Sunday
A Fitchville soldier, S/Set Ralph J. Chandler, killed July 6 1944 in St. Lo France, will be laid to rest with services at 2 pm Sunday at Fitchville Methodist Church. Graveside rites at 2:30 will be conducted by Fitchville American Legion in Fitchville cemetery. Chandler, 28, served with the 117th Infantry Division. survived by his parents and two brothers, with a third brother killed in 1943 at Camp Gordon.
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Fitchville
Ralph J. Chandler
St. So
France
Charles Keiser
Fitehville
Ralph H. Chandler
Clifford
Isle of West Salem
William
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Miracle of Printer's ink Chronicle Telegram Want Ads sell items
Inexpensive Chronicle Telegram Want Ads promote dogs for pals hunting and watching with eye on the listings. Mixed Darwin Tulips 89¢ per dozen large bulbs Crocus and Grape Hyacinths 35¢ per dozen Carek Florist adv.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Darwin
Carek Florist
Woman Injured When Car Hits Tree
Mrs. Harry Diedrick, 28, of 61814 Lodi street, was admitted to Elyria Memorial Hospital after a crash on Cleveland road 13 miles east of Elyria. She was thrown 39 feet into a field with possible neck injury and injuries to her right leg and foot. the car engine lay in the highway and was struck by a Cambridge Massachusetts man driving Ralph Geebler.
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Harry Diedrick
Lodi Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland Road
Elyria
Eugene Finegan
Howard van Buren
Ralph Geebler
Cambridge
Massy
Heir To Fortune Killed By Train Near Erie
Norman D. Wilson heir to the Hammermill paper fortune was fatally struck after stepping into the path of an oncoming train near Erie Pennsylvania. His wife said she halted the car at a grade crossing to wait for the train before he exited and walked into the locomotive.
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Erie
Norman D. Wilson
Wilson
Hammermill
Here
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