Roosevelt Victory Margins Narrowest Since 1916 in Return Rush
AP tally shows Roosevelt leading with 23 6 million votes to Dewey 20 7 million as about 413 electoral votes to 118. Democrats gain a solid House majority with at least 49 seats, while margins and undecided contests underscore a tight postwar map.
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Roosevelt
Goveron Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
Alacomeen
al Smith
Calvin Coolidge
John W. Davis
Warren G. Harding
James Cox
Woodrow Wilson
Chales E. Hughes
Japs Use Poison Gas At Kweilin
Chinese authorities say Japan used large quantities of poison gas at Kweilin to break Chinese defenses in Kwangsi. Defenders held, while Japanese assaults in eastern northern and southern suburbs were repelled near the Hunan Kwangsi railway.
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Chungking
Kwangsi Province
Kweilin
Liuchow
Hunan- Kwangsi
Retiring Congress Faces Tough Pre Christmas Schedule
Retiring Congress plans a busy pre Christmas session to set up 1945 debates on world peace. The 78th Congress meets at noon Tuesday as it hands power to the 79th and tackles war powers, social security tax, highway and crop insurance measures, flood control, coal administration revival hearings, and postwar levy planning.
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Washington
Congress
World Organization
78Th Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Rayburn
D-Tex
House
Senate
Bob Hope says he suspended Paramount but studio disagrees
Bob Hope claims he suspended Paramount by asking to be released until year end after touring for GI benefits. Paramount says the studio suspended him for failing to report for work on his third picture this year. Hope cites medical advice and heavy service commitments as reasons for the request.
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Bob Hope
Paramount
Studio
Hollywood
Paramount Studio
Bob
Southwest Pacific
Toronto
New York
Akron
Chicago
Topeka
Atlanta
Cleveland
Independence
Kans
Mock Funeral Delays Production at Ford Rouge Plant
In Detroit on November 9 the Ford Rouge plant halted production for hours after union members staged a "mock funeral" for Dewey. More than 600 assembly line workers walked out following suspensions, before the second shift restored output.
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Detroit
Motor Assembly Department
Ford Rouge
United Automobile Workers
CX Eo
Dewey
Plan Welcome For President
Washington crowds prepare for President Roosevelt with a long standing homecoming tradition. With 24 hours notice local leaders arrange a plaza celebration as the Presidential train arrives at 8:30 A.M. from Hyde Park New York.
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Roosevelt
Arives
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
Champ
Union Station
Heinz Co announces prohibition on apples without office approval
Notice from H. J. Heinz Co at Valley Pike Winchester Virginia states no apples will be received without prior approval from their office. The notice includes a code (11-9-1p-1f).
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H. J. Heinz Co
Valley Pike
Winchester
Freshly Dressed Chickens with Free Delivery
Local ad promotes all sizes freshly dressed chickens with free delivery. Contact shows a phone-like line Dia) 5231 and an oblique date notation (9-8-11p-Thurs. Fri.-tf).
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Dia
Fresh home grown frying chickens for delivery
Home grown and home dressed frying chickens delivered to your door Saturday evenings. Please place order by 9 PM. Phone 3959.
Wanted Presser Apply Pingley and Company Cleaners
Classified notice seeking a presser position at Pingley and Company Cleaners. Apply in person with references. Location and contact details not fully provided in readable text.
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Pingley & Carper
Colonial Kitchen Not Open This Week Notice
A brief notice states Colonial Kitchen will not be open this week. The item appears as a short operational pause with no further details on dates or reasons.
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Colonial Kitchen
Russians Claim Across Danube In Apatin Drive
German and Soviet dispatches report Russian forces crossing the Danube at Apatin in northern Yugoslavia near the Hungarian border. The Berlin and Paris broadcasts say a battle is underway with heavy Soviet concentrations around Budapest as Stalin promises decisive action against Germany.
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London
Danube
Apatin
Yugoslavia
Budapest
West Bank
Germany
Stalin
Berlin
Postpone Nazi Party Celebration
Berlin reports indicate the annual Beer Hall Putsch event will pass without a Hitler speech for the first time since 1933. German radio says the celebration will occur later due to total mobilization and no date is set, while questions linger about Hitler's silence and health.
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London
Berlin
Adolph Hitler
Munich
Hitler
Puehrer
Geman
Fuehrer
London News Chronicle
Churchill Says Election Aided Big 3 Conference
Prime Minister Churchill said the U S presidential election vastly improved prospects for another three power meeting with Roosevelt and Stalin. He spoke at London’s Lord Mayor inaugural and praised Gov Dewey for sportsmanship in defeat. He warned of the final drive into Germany and the Antwerp port’s role for the Allied northern flank.
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Thoburn Wiant
London
Churchill
U. S
Frank Alexander
Gov. Dewey
Germany
Netherlands
Antwerp
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
United States
Great Britain
Brothers In
Thomas E. Dewey
Lagging Blood Donor Registration Sparks Urgent Appeal
Winchester Frederick County Blood Donor Service reports only three volunteers registered for a three day cross unit clinic starting Wednesday November 15 with five days left and a goal of five hundred volunteers. Chairman Stewart Bell Jr urges immediate phone registrations at 3831 and notes many locally serving service members overseas. Blood Donor Headquarters at 3 North Loudoun Street remains open daily 10 am to 9 pm except Sundays.
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Cross Mobile
Ince City
Stewart Bell, Jr
Winchester-Frederick County
Iverr
Bell
Mr. Bell
Loudoun Street
People’s Drug Store
Japs Hold Ormoc Amid Typhoon Hampering Aid
Military dispatches report fierce fighting near Ormoc with Japanese divisions pressing the Americans. A powerful typhoon disrupts supply lines, mud and washouts hinder road access, and both sides struggle as weather and terrain shape the four day battle. General Irving reports a strong Japanese concentration across his front, while no clear victor has emerged.
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MacArthur
Irving
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
24Th
Carigara
Pinamoppan
Limon
Ormoc Road
Third Army Hits Four Points Along 50 Mile Front
Patton’s Third Army advances with three fresh divisions along a 50 mile front near Metz and toward the Rhine as air fleets hit front line positions. At least 16 villages captured. Montgomery forces seize Walcheren Island in Holland amid snow.
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London
George S. Patton
Third Army
U. S
Metz
Rhine
Berlin
Patton
Luxembourg
Rhine-Marne
Nancy
Palatinate
Napoleon
Berg
Embourg
Seventh
Cheminot
Moselle
Chateau-Salins
Rhine-Marne Canal
Sarrebourg
Aachen
Holland
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Walcheren Island
Schekie
Kutting
St. Laurens
Middleburg
Maas
Meuse
Train wreck near Colfax kills nine on westbound Challenger
Investigators probe cause as wrecking crews clear twisted cars of Southern Pacific westbound Challenger near Colfax California three miles west of town. The 800 passenger train derailed at dawn killing nine and injuring 79. casualties include soldiers sailors civilians and two women yet unnamed. Army and Navy withheld names. Weather may have affected roadbed amid ongoing inquiry.
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Colfax
Calif
Southern Pacific
Chicago
San Francisco
Army
Navy
Ralph Haley
U. S. Army
Sacramento
Bingo at Sarah Zane Fire Hall Nov. 9
Community bingo event at the Sarah Zane Fire Hall on Thursday November 9 at 8 30 p m offering a $100 door prize and additional prizes.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Local Parlor Seeks Patrons For Appointments
Advertisement from Miss Nina Strosnider offering salon services at Artistic Beauty Parlor. Calls to 5333 invited for appointments and improved service.
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Nina Strosnider
Public Sale of Horses and Farm Implements at Crawford Estate
Clean up sale scheduled for 11 oclock Thursday November 16 at Kerns town. Assets include horses cattle and farming implements from the estate of C G Crawford. J M Pishpaw Mar. 11-9 14-1p-2t.
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C. G. Crawford
Kernstown
J. M. Pishpaw
All-Time Record Vote In Virginia Pleased Leaders Say
Virginia posted an all-time vote total near 385 000 as ballots counted in 64 of 1715 precincts boosted Roosevelt to 238 186 and Dewey to 143 884 creating a Roosevelt lead of 94 302. Democratic leaders Horace H. Edwards and Earl A. Fitzpatrick praised the result and noted Roosevelt’s larger vote than in 1932. Ralph H. Daughton resigned his state senate post after winning a district seat.
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Richmond
Virginia
Roosevelt
Congress
Dewey
Hoover
Smith
Horace H. Edwards
Democratic Central
Earl A. Fitzpatrick
Roanoke
Viginia
Daughton
Ralph H. Daughton
State Senate
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