Foreign Chiefs Watching U.S. Elections Across Nations
Foreign diplomats tracking the U.S. congressional elections expect bipartisan U.S. policy to limit shifts. Molotov may press for Yugoslav gains at Trieste as Big Four foreign ministers tackle eastern peace treaties. The UN Assembly eyeing a permanent home faces a split over sites including Geneva San Francisco New York and Westchester.
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New York
United Nations Assembly
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Molotov
Yugoslavia
Trieste
U.N. Assembly
Europe
Geneva
League of Nations
San Francisco
Westchester County
Foreign Comment On U S Election
Europe watched America's elections with anxiety over potential effects on the world economy. British coverage stressed economic trends and Bevin's call to Truman on the world food situation. Paris and German papers predicted Republican gains but limited foreign policy change. Italy interest rose with sensational headlines about donkey and elephants.
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London
Europe
America
Britain
United States
Ernest Bevin
Truman
U. S
Italy
Rome
Laborite
Daily Herald
The
Herald
U S General Warns Germans Over Denazification Efforts
Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay said the American military government is thoroughly disappointed with German denazification work. He warned that if Germany does not improve quickly, the U S military government will assume control of the process in Stuttgart Germany on November 5.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
German Council of State Today
Election day sees 1065 seeking top offices across Senate House and Governor
Over 1000 candidates vie today for major offices in Maine with 35 Senate seats 580 House seats and 88 Governor candidates. Results will determine party control of Congress and state administration.
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Senate
House
Renee
Aeenecese
Maine
Congress
Near 300 Women Are Candidates
Washington reports about 300 feminine candidates for Congress and state offices, led by 15 women seeking House seats including 11 Democrats and four Republicans. Mrs Margaret Chase Smith already won a ticket to Congress in Maine. The article notes a theoretical female majority in the qualified vote and cites Martha Sharpe challenging Rep. Joseph Martin in Massachusetts.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Joseph Martin
Martha Sharpe
Massachusetts
President Truman Votes Early With Daughter In Missouri
President Truman and his daughter Margaret cast ballots in the 1948 congressional election. They voted nearly an hour after Mrs. Truman at Blue Township precinct 7, then headed to Independence to catch a special train to Washington.
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Independence
Truman
Margaret
Blue Township
Frank Wallace
Memorial Building
Washington
Jesse Flowers
James Miller
OConor Votes With Wife and Children in Maryland
Governor OConor the Democratic candidate for the U S Senate cast his ballot with his wife Patricia and son Herbert R OConor Jr about 9 50 a m. He said voting was heavier than anticipated and planned to remain at the executive mansion until noon before a tour in Upper Anne Arundel county. He would then go to Baltimore to stay at Democratic headquarters awaiting returns.
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Annapolis
O’conor
U. S. Senate
Patricia
Herbert R. O’conor
Executive Mansion
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore
Democratic
Chimney Fire Rushes Firemen To Mitchell Avenue
Firemen were summoned about 11:30 this morning to extinguish a chimney fire on Mitchell avenue.
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Mitchell Avenue
Americans Decide Today on New Congress Control
In the first peacetime general election in six years, millions vote on whether Republicans claim a Senate and House majority or Democrats retain the majority. Forecasts show 35 million voters, with the GOP needing 10 Senate seats and 26 House seats for control, while Democrats could lose several but may still hold the legislative whip. A split Congress possibility sparks talk of a post election special session.
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Congress
Senate
House
GOP
OPA BUSINESS GUIDANCE GIVEN BY FRANKLIN THOMAS
Franklin M. Thomas, chairman of the defunct Price Control Board of Washington county, outlined future OPA operations. Trade inquiries go to the Baltimore district office. transfers and sugar forms available from district and regional centers. rent control to continue under Hagerstown office serving three counties. the local board office closed yesterday but staff remain to transfer records. Thomas praised local volunteers for preventing inflation during rationing and ensuring fair access to commodities.
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Price Control Board
Washington County
OPA
O’sullivan
Baltimore
Varick Street
New York City
Hagerstown
Washington
Frederick
Allegany
Thomas
Miners Back On Job Tomorrow In Williamson Field
Charles Kiser of the United Miners Workers said election day closures covered nearly all Williamson mines but predicted full resumption of work tomorrow with mines reopening after the vote in Williamson West Virginia.
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W. Va
Williamson
Charles Kiser
United Mine Workers
Williamson Field
Late Morning Survey Points to Big Vote Here Today
Washington county voters faced unusually large turnout by late morning with many precincts reporting over 20 percent of votes cast in the first four hours. Observers warned records could fall by 7 pm as turnout neared potential 75 percent in city precincts amid ideal weather and late opening. District 214 in the extreme north led with the highest 11 am turnout.
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Washington County
Nation Reports Ideal Weather Across Regions
The weather outlook describes typical fall conditions nationwide with a Christmas storm in parts of Colorado, New Mexico and Kansas bringing heavy snow drifts. Rain is forecast in the Southwest while New England warms from freezing to the 40s. Mid-Atlantic highs reach 50s to 60s with fair, partly cloudy skies.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
New England
mid-Atlantic
Mercury
New York State
Virginia
South Atlantic
South Carolina
Florida
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Plains States
Mercury Dips To 44 Degrees Last Night
The mercury fell to 44 degrees last night as frost is expected with clear skies. Keedysville weather observer J A Miller notes a potential further drop of about 10 degrees tonight while patchners record a high of 72 and a low of 58.
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Mercury
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Patchners
Miller
Baltimore Stock Exchange Lists Edison Co Cumulative Preferred
The Baltimore Stock Exchange announced listing of 63 784 outstanding shares of Thomas A Edison Company 3.60 percent cumulative preferred stock with par value of 100 dollars. Trading will begin in this stock tomorrow.
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Baltimore Stock Exchange
Potomac Edison Company
Election Today Signals 1948 Presidential Trend
Washington reports the 1946 off year voting pattern may hint at the 1948 race. The piece notes that in most off years the party winning the House tends to supply the next president, referencing 1876 and the contested Hayes-Tilden outcome.
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Washington
House
White House
Samuel Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
13-Foot Ballot Slowing Up Vote In Omaha Today
Omaha voters faced a 13 foot ballot with 26 000 words for 57 questions on a 315 million city improvement plan. The unwieldy ballot risked delaying voting and counting. Mayor Charles W Leeman urged citizens to decide early to ease congestion at the polls.
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Omaha
Charles W. Leeman
May Seeks Re election in Seventh District
Prestonsburg Ky Nov 5 Rep A J May D Ky who has held the Seventh District seat for 16 years was in good spirits at his home awaiting voters verdict but was not seeing reporters reports say he expects re election without public comments or interviews.
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Prestonsburg
A. J. May
Public Health Nurse Tours Aid For Needy Families
Mrs. Rose White of the Infant and Child Health Center explains the nurse’s work during a county tour visiting several sample cases. She notes caring for children in squalid homes and the vital role of welfare and health agencies in providing checkups and discharge care to improve survival and wellbeing.
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Rose White
Infant and Child Health Center
R. N
Hagerstown
Pay Boost Possible At No Price Increase
Washington reports John L. Lewis might win a 25 cent an hour increase and a shorter work week for 400,000 soft coal miners without raising coal costs. UMW economists say Lewis will set out his demands in talks with Interior Secretary Krug later this week as negotiations pause for election day. Meantime, wildcat mine shutdowns spread across southern West Virginia eastern Kentucky and Tennessee amid unclear causes and election turmoil.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
UMW Chief Will Specify His Own Demands In A Showdown With Secretary of Interior
J. A. Krug
Lewis Nor Krug
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Krug
Former clerk confesses to 1937 theft of 40000
A 46 year old ex postal clerk in San Francisco admitted stealing 40000 from a mail sack in 1937 but cannot be prosecuted due to a three year statute of limitations. Treasury officials note he did not pay income tax on the cash. He reportedly hid the money in a garage before continuing in business and losing it all. He moved often with his wife and two children. Palmer says he is near a breakdown.
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San Francisco
U. S. Treasury
W. S. Palmer
Shere
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Bank
Oakland
Palmer
Noted Astronomer Injured In Observatory Fall
Pasadena November 5 Dr Alfred H Joy 64 internationally known astronomer is in serious condition after a fall from the Mt Wilson Observatorys 100 inch telescope platform to a concrete tier below He suffered two broken arms and a fractured left leg as he worked on charting and photographing the Milky Way A giant crane was used to lower him to an ambulance
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Pasadena
Calif
Alfred H. Joy
Mt. Wison Observatory
Joy
Milky Way
Blizzard Moving Into New Mexico Today
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Elliott D. Cooke released in a book published today that in early 1943 many men were discharged for real or feigned disabilities. He cites 80 to 99 percent of psychoneurotics as emotional disturbances from combat, with 40 percent of disability pensions going to NP cases and over 100,000 men drawing nervous-service compensation, costing millions.
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Washington
Elliott D. Cooke
Cooke
Infantry Journal Press
George C. Marshall
Reluctant Customers Prompt Price Policy Change at Plush Port Hole Cafe
Clinton Iowa November 5 Floyd Magee veteran co owner of the Plush Port Hole Cafe says customers prefer a set price for meals after an experiment where patrons paid what they thought meals were worth. About 3140 meals served under the policy. A new price list averages 17 percent below prior set prices.
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Clinton
Iowa
Floyd Magee
Port Hole
Magee
Oyster Dredging Near Standstill
Baltimore date line reports oyster dredging nearly halted due to inactive market. Edwin Warfield Jr of the Maryland Department of Tidewater Fisheries says end of meat centrol, hot weather, and high labor costs curb activity. Poplar Island dredging is postponed indefinitely with Kent Island and Old Rock delayed until conditions improve. Demand may rise with Thanksgiving and colder weather.
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Baltimore
Edwin Warfield, Jr
State Department of Tidewater Fisheries
Warfield
Maryland
Poplar Island
Kent Island
Old Rock
Fisheries Departments
City Market Opens Two Days Weekly This Winter
City Market will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays throughout the winter, per the City Clerk's office. The schedule begins this week and continues weekly.
Snowstorm Hits Rocky Mountain Region Deep in Colorado
Denver and Colorado faced the worst winter lash in over three decades as a weekend snowstorm moved southward. Eight deaths were linked to the storm. Denver roads were clogged and travel on highways deemed hazardous. A Denver woman gave birth during the storm with the father assisting. Despite the chaos, watersheds received heavy snow and crop prospects improved for beet crops, with about 75 percent of the harvest ready.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Cheyenne
Laramie
Wyoming
Great Western Sugar Company
Stickell's Mill Adds Five Story Addition
Stickell's Mill on Baltimore street widens with a reinforced concrete five story addition costing about 160000. When finished next May it nearly doubles capacity and adds 20 jobs. Officials cite growing demand for poultry and dairy feeds and new equipment for mixed feeds aiding local farmers.
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D. A. Stickell and Sons
Baltimore Street
Saigq
Thousands of Volunteers To Guard Chicago Vote
Chicago on election day sees about 8,000 volunteers joining officials to guard against fraud. The joint civic committee on elections will marshal over 5,000 watchers with the business men's committee adding 3,000 observers. The civic group also runs 18 roving squads across the city as over 2,100,000 voters are qualified to cast ballots.
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Chicago
Joint
Civic Committee
Business Men's Committee
Scocca Granted Absolute Divorce
Agnes Rosaria Scocca has been granted an absolute divorce from Dante Anthony Scocca. The ruling finalizes the dissolution of their marriage with no further legal actions required.
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Agnes Rosaria Scocca
Dante Anthony Scocca
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