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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1948
Page
1
United Press reports on the national vote including 32 senators 432 representatives 32 governors and 175+ special issues. Polls close 4 p m EST in Kentucky to 11 p m EST in Washington with early returns possible in towns. Electoral college meets Dec 13. 531 electors. 266 votes needed.
President Truman sharply attacked Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and the Republican party in a national radio address from Independence Missouri. He framed Tuesday’s vote as a choice between peace and prosperity under a Democratic administration or war and low mood under the Republicans. He urged voters to decide in their own terms and concluded the campaign. Henry A. Wallace, the Progressive candidate, campaigned on.
Forty seven politicians react to the cloudy and rainy forecast as weather tips shape the election mood. The outlook calls for cloudy with rain today, improving to partly cloudy tomorrow with highs around 45 to 50 degrees and cooler temps tonight.
A Utah firing squad sentence for aged Hiram Bebee was postponed to Saturday after his attorney E Leroy Shields failed to appear. District Judge F W Keller postponed to 1 30 p m citing lack of official notice to the lawyer who was unreachable by phone.
The Blackfoot Elks No. 1416 hosted a autumn semi formal dinner dance at the Elks home. Catholic Altar Society prepared the dinner and Gene Bowmans band provided music for the event. The next dance is the second annual Barn Dance planned for November 20.
In Topeka Kansas supporters and opponents of the 68 year old prohibition amendment campaigned to the final minute but neither side predicted an outcome as voters faced the state constitution question.
Edgerton Kansas railroad worker W. R. Adams left his desk on orders as a Santa Fe freight passed. The thirty car train derailed, with several cars striking the station and demolishing the area where he had been stationed.
Pocatello's Community Chest drive neared its $45,000 goal, ending Wednesday night with $35,433 raised and many contributions still to be counted. The breakdown shows $24,664 from advance subscriptions, $9,042 from employees, and $1,726 from railroad shops.
Wallace ends third party bid in New York statement admitting no path to the presidency. He backs supporters Rep. Vito Marcantonio and Rep. Leo Isacson and campaigns for their reelection in Manhattan and the Bronx.
The Ku Klux Klan led by Grand Dragon Samuel Green instructed members to back States' Rights candidates on all ballots. The Anti-Nazi League cited undercover reports from Green's Atlanta Klavern detailing the covert pre election meetings.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey tired but confident arrives in Manhattan to urge turnout for the election. He spends Sunday at his Pawling farm and plans a get out the vote program over three networks. Dewey and his wife vote at a public school and await results from reporters and Republican workers nationwide.
Seattle report says Marshall Johnson 32 left for Eau Claire Wisconsin for further questioning in the slaying of a Wisconsin couple last October. Eau Claire authorities arrived Monday to question the ex convict and said he had waived extratition proceedings.
Clare Booth Luce, playwright and ex congresswoman, reported that thieves stole 35000 dollars worth of jewelry from her Waldorf-Astoria suite while she and her husband slept. Hotel detectives found a diamond ring valued at 25000 dollars missing along with a pair of diamonds, a wrist watch, and a gold compact.
Senator Glen H. Taylor told Pocatello voters that the Progressive party is here to stay and urged a vote for Wallace. He predicted many Progressive congressmen but would not specify a target while criticizing Wall Street and army brass influence and noting Defense Secretary Forrestal’s war contract hints.
President Truman, broadcasting from Independence, urged a Democratic victory to advance world peace and domestic prosperity. He framed the party as the people’s choice and argued Democrats protect workers, farmers, and small business against inflation and reaction, pledging continuity of current policies.
Idaho’s big six prep teams pause for a week before Armistice Day games. Pocatello leads the league after a non conference win, with a possible clinch if Caldwell beats Nampa and Pocatello defeats Idaho Falls on Armistice Day. Twin Falls visits Boise in a non decisive clash.
Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Voters must vote in their registered precinct. If not on the books, voters may request the elector's oath. Scratched ballots should be clearly marked. Liquor pubs close at 7 p.m. Banks will remain closed.
Federal conciliators in San Francisco reported the opening of informal talks aimed at settling a west coast maritime strike. The sessions between ship owners and the Marine Firemen's union followed the lines used to reach a settlement with the Marine Engineers last week.
Puerto Rico opens 5930 polling places at 8 a.m. for the first popularly elected governor race. Three-way contest pits supporters of Luis Munoz Marin Francisco Susoni and Martin Travieso as leaders make final appeals before polls open.
Shell Oil company on Monday presented its final offer to the striking CIO of workers and union negotiators said they would present the offer to their membership within 24 hours.
Registration officials late last night predicted an all time voting high in Bannock County as about 30,000 ballots prepared for today’s general election. Total statewide voters are estimated near 200,000 with party splits projected and multiple polling sites listed across Pocatello and surrounding communities.
The main story on the presidential election ran as a one column headline in a leading newspaper on election day. A top box urged blood donation by the Red Cross while other columns highlighted Stalin branding Japan as an aggressor, Navy planes and ships at Luzon, and Allied actions near Aachen.
The Donora board of health and others met to probe a deadly weekend smog that killed 19 and affected about 600 residents. Dr. William Rongaus called the pollution an airborne silent killer, noting air quality might have caused far more deaths. The zinc plant operator suspended smelting as investigations continue while nearby Webster, Pa., faces pneumonia risk.
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