Slight Vote Gain In Accredited Truman Poll
Archibald Crossley reports a drop to 56 percent of eligible adults likely to vote on November 2, projecting total turnout near 52 million. Dewey leads Truman 26.42 to 22.14 million, with Wallace at 2 and Thurmond at 1 million. Democrats show slightly higher turnout but overall apathy remains.
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Archibald Crossley
Crossley
Canidates
Dewey
Truman
Wallace
Thurmond
Roosevelt
Tru- Man
West Germany's economy to regain prewar strength by spring
American analyst Jack Bennett, adviser to Gen. Lucius D. Clay, predicts Germany will reach 1936 production levels by next spring as new currency and Recovery program aid lift output to 67 percent of prewar levels. He warns weak industries may suffer casualties and questions the high Western mark for textiles and other sectors. He urges at least six months to a year of currency stability before any rate change.
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Germany
Hitler
Schacht
Reich
Jack Bennett
Lucius D. Clay
Ameri
Bennett
Fennett
China
Third Reich
Marks and rationed goods drive wartime productivity
The piece explains that the mark is valued at 30 cents in Bennett's pinion while black market rates vary from ten to fifteen dollars per mark. Rationing left scarce articles unavailable, but German workers maximize incentives to obtain ration free items, boosting attendance and driving production to high levels.
White Undies and Girdles For New Wacs
Lakeland Air Force Base reports the first 100 women enrolled at a training school will be issued white underwear and may choose their own hairdos and buy their own girdles. The Air Force says female underclothes are no longer olive drab and civilian rookies will receive 43 items of clothing and equipment.
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Lakeland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Air Force Training School
Air Force
Wacs
Uncle Sam
Wafs
Waf
Plane's Auxiliary Gas Tank Strikes In City Market
Baltimore crowds flee an air show when an auxiliary gas tank from a passing plane fell onto Lexington Market. The tank released about 150 gallons of fuel plus fruit including bananas grapes and apples over a wide area.
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Baltimore
Early Mailing Urged For Overseas Forces
Winchester Post Master Carl Campbell urged Christmas parcel mailing to armed forces overseas before November 15. Parcels for personnel in Japan Korea and Pacific islands should be sent before November 1 with sealed prepaid first class greeting cards.
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Winchester Post
Carl, Campbell
Japan
Korea
Islands
Pacific
Campbell
Judge Examines Woman in Divorce Case Scar Findings
A New York State Supreme Court justice disclosed he and his physician examined Evelyn Biddle Dike Chandler De Baillet Latour and found several long deep discolored scars on her body. He upheld an annulment claiming the marriage to Alexandre De Baillet Latour was never consummated and that the husband had never seen the scars.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
Pecora
Annullment Trial Reveals Disputed Marital Duties Case
A trial record shows the husband admitting he never saw his wife's scars and contends he fulfilled marital obligations. The court considers testimony that he could not have known the condition of her body and implies he may not have consummated the marriage.
Mrs Clevenger Rites Louis Title Fight in June
Funeral services were held for Hattie May Clevenger 66 of Clarke county at Stones Chapel church. Interment followed at Green Hill cemetery Berryville. Survivors include son William E. Clevenger of Berryville. In New York, Joe Louis said he will definitely defend his heavyweight title in an outdoor show next June.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
George M. Dewey
William Dean Davis
Christ Episcopal Church
Owosso
Mich
Mrs. Clevenger
Louis
Stones Chapel
Hattie May Clevenger
Clarke County
Winchester Hospital
Green Hill
Berryville
R. K. McDonald
William E. Clevenger
Joe Louis
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