G O P Keeps Majorities in Legislature
Albany reports confirm GOP maintains control with Republicans expanding in the Senate to 22 seats and 59 Democrats plus one American Labor member in the Assembly. John J. Dunzans and David Shossbers factor into shifts. Syracuse and Albany races influence the balance. Governor Dewey’s political position cited amid Louisville framing.
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New York
New York City
John J. Dunz
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Yeager
Jeaker
Bing Poef Thay
Dunemigen
American Labor Party
David Shossbers
Upstate Senate Races See Incumbent Edge Narrowly
In a tight upstate contest an incumbent senator barely lost as Vincent El Corrou of Utica delivered the final blow to William H. Hampios, a Senate member since 1925. Republican and Democratic figures across New York state faced shifts with several incumbents and challengers noted in district results.
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Republican Party
America
Trojan Pfc Breen Receives Purple Heart in England
Pfc John T Breen son of Mrs Maude Breen of 352 Fourth Street received the Purple Heart after being wounded in France on September 12. At 19 he has 14 months overseas and is recovering in an English hospital. His brothers Norman serves in the Navy in the Pacific and Frank with a paratrooper unit at Fort Benning.
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John T. Breen
Maude Breen
Fourth Street
France
England
Order of the Purple Heart
Breen
Norman
Navy
Pacific
Frank
Fort Benning
Red Rock Group to Hold Handbag Making Lesson
The Red Rock Home Bureau begins handbag and mitten making with a lesson by project leader Mrs. William Wakeles at 20 Melton Avenue today at 1 am. Members should bring sewing kits and materials. day-long attendees should bring their Lunches. Friends of members may attend.
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Red Rock
William Wakeles
Melton Avenue
Greenwich District Tax Notices Send 1600 Letters
Greenwich Central District No 1 begins tax collection as Bertha P Eddy mails about 1600 notices to residents. The district covers Greenwich Argyle Easton Cambridge Fort Edward Hebron Jackson and Salem, with Edwin J Wilcox confined recently for a couple of weeks.
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Argyle
Easton
Cambridge
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Hebron
Jackson
Saiem
Proceeds From Schaghticoke Chowder Supper Soar
The annual clara chowder supper at the Presbyterian Church reported proceeds of 202.15 to date. The missionary program for tomorrow afternoon at the Presbyterian manse is postponed to a later date. The annual Thanksgiving praise service by the United Society of the First Presbyterian Church will be held in the church parlors Wednesday evening.
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Torhorrow
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Small force of Yanks knocks out 77 pillboxes in Germany
A 34 to 40 vehicle American assault smashed 77 pillboxes in three days during a Siegfried Line breach northwest of Aachen. Lieutenant Courtney Hodges led First Army supported by engineers and doughboys in highly coordinated tanks and specialized teams. The operation, described as a miracle of training and coordination, used maps and precise timing to overwhelm German fortifications under heavy artillery fire.
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Cer
Joe T. Harper
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Tunisia
Missouri Joins Democratic Landslide In 1944 Election
Missouri gave its 15 electoral votes to President Roosevelt and appeared to elect a Democratic U S senator governor lieutenant governor attorney general and secretary of state among others as results from 3 971 of 5 543 precincts showed Roosevelt leading with with 614 235 votes for Dewey.
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Thomas . Dewey
Green Island salvage drive and Legion talk planned
Green Island hosts a general salvage collection Saturday November 28 with residents asked to assemble scrap and waste paper by their doors. FBI agent E T Morgas will address the American Legion on The FBI in Wartime.
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Frank Je Legherd
Legion
Specer
E T. Morgas
Albany
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tie Green Island American Legion
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Frenk
Thomas Callahan
Victory Variety Review For Student Scholarship Fund
A program at 8 35 p m in the school auditorium supports the Green Island Teachers Association student scholarship fund. Les Mre ger Broderick presides. The program features orchestra and student chorus numbers with saxophone solos by Donald Snyder and piano numbers by Don.
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Green Island Teachers’ Association
Les Mreger Broderick
Donald Snyder
Don
Musical program directed by Richard Tweedy features solo and ensemble
Vocal selections by Betty Kay Keating and Joan Geer with the O’Hare trio and other performers including Thomas Atkinson on mello phone and Whitney McCoubrey on baritone. The performance also features a bell and violin ensemble led by John Barnes Donald Kelly and Waites Martin and a clarinet duet by Richard Demarest and John A Kel.
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Ald Kelly
Betty Kay Keating
Joan
Key Geer
O'Hare
Dorothy
Delores
Robert
Thomas Atkinson
Baritone Borg
Whitney McCoubrey
Bell
John Barnes
Donald Kelly
Waites Martin
Richard Demarest
John ¥Akel
Richard Tweedy
The America of Both Parties Before the 1948 Election
A nonpartisan call urging Democrats and Republicans to abandon shadow-boxing and pursue a shared Security and Enterprise agenda. The piece argues for balanced policy mixing Social Security with Individual Initiative, cross-party cooperation, and a credible plan for international cooperation. It cites Dewey, Hopkins, and Wendell Berge to illustrate broad support for market freedom and social protections.
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Harry Hopkins
American Magazine
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