America at war! (1941–) – Part 4

[NormanStewart]

Bricker: Elect ‘vigorous’ man

Stresses huge task ahead for President

Cleveland, Ohio (UP) – (Nov. 4)
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, ending his eight-week, 16,000-mile campaign, called tonight for the election of a President “vigorous enough to perform the greatest task that ever confronted an American statesman.”

Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Republican nominee, Mr. Bricker said, in an address at the Music Hall, is “that man.”

The GOP vice-presidential nominee voiced confidence that next Tuesday “this long-suffering nation will free itself from the depressing regimentation of the New Deal.”

Hits Hillman, Browder

Taking a parting shot at Sidney Hillman who, he said, was “working in double harness” with Earl Browder, “the ex-convict whom President Roosevelt released from the penitentiary in time to manage his campaign,” Governor Bricker said:

I am fully convinced, after my travels over practically this entire country, that neither Hillman nor Browder will have their way with the working men and women of this country.

Governor Dewey, he added, “with his record and reputation for good government, for efficiency, for order and for single-minded devotion to public service, would be the last person to win Mr. Browder’s support.”

Calls for change

Calling for a change from the Democrats to Republicans next Tuesday, Governor Bricker said the need was for an administration that would “restore responsible cabinet government and free us from the caprice of one-man government.”

Making his final appeal for the election of Dewey, Governor Bricker said:

We must choose a leader who is vigorous enough to perform the greatest task that ever confronted an American statesman. We must choose a leader who will take the American people into his confidence instead of asking them to take him on faith… who will select the ablest en available for places of responsibility instead of making appointments on the basis of friendship or to pay off political obligations.

[NormanStewart]

Truman calls Roosevelt symbol to small nations

Europe’s oppressed people look to our Commander-in-Chief, running mate says

Independence, Missouri (UP) – (Nov. 4)
Democratic vice-president candidate Harry S. Truman, closing his campaign in his home town, tonight characterized President Roosevelt “as a symbol of liberty to all the smaller nations of the world.”

“The small nations of this world look to our Commander-in-Chief to champion their interests,” Mr. Truman said in a speech broadcast to the borderline state of Missouri.

‘Send him to peace table’

He said:

Franklin D. Roosevelt is the symbol of liberty to all the smaller nations of the world. On our President the oppressed people of Europe will depend to renew their hope in the future.

You will not let him down. You will not betray the American boys who have made the greatest sacrifice a man can make for his country, by gambling on the peace. You will send Franklin D. Roosevelt to the peace table.

Mr. Truman asserted we lost the peace in 1920 “when we were misled by the promises of a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, Warren G. Harding.” He charged the Republican candidates “can offer us no more than did Harding,” that for “political expediency they rendered lip service to the foreign policy of the Roosevelt administration.”

Mr. Truman said:

Ask yourselves if you are willing to take a chance on a man who has had no experience in world affairs, who has no program to secure the peace.

Ask yourselves if you want a man with no experience to sit at the peace table with Churchill, Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek, or do you want a man to represent you who can meet those great leaders on equal terms?

Bids for farm vote

Mr. Truman, turning to the home front, declared the Roosevelt leadership “will create new opportunities for our returning veterans and for all of our people.”

He continued:

I have had an opportunity given to few men to study and to observe what has been done to get this war won.

I have had intimate contact with the men who are getting the job done. I can tell you that these same men will utilize our plants and facilities and our resources just as efficiently for peace as they have for war.

Mr. Truman made a final bid for the farm vote, declaring that “the farmer knows that his government has done more to help him in the last 12 years than was done by any other administration in our history.”

---

Indiana voting time extended two hours

Indianapolis, Indiana (UP) – (Nov. 4)
The State General Assembly today passed a Republican majority bill extending the Indiana polling deadline from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CWT to give farmers and war workers a better opportunity to vote in next Tuesday’s election.

The regular polling hours, from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., were extended two hours by the legislation. The Assembly was called into special session by Governor Henry F. Schrick, to consider the bill.

[NormanStewart]

Nations consider world air routes

Irish likely to hold bargaining key

…

[NormanStewart]

How states have voted in last six elections

In the presidential elections since the end of World War I, each major political party has been victorious three times, the Republicans in the three elections held in the 1920s and the Democrats in 1932, 1936 and 1940. These maps show how the states have cast their votes. It is interesting to note the sharp increase in the total vote cast since the low marks of the early 1920s when fewer votes were cast for both candidates than were cast for President Roosevelt alone in 1940.

On the large map below the 1944 electoral votes of the states are given beside the name of the state. In parenthesis on 16 of the states are the electoral votes which the states had in 1940. The electoral vote total is changed at the end of the national census every 10 years. The total of 531 remains unchanged but some of the state figures are altered with shifts in population. Pennsylvania, for instance, in 1940 had 36 electoral votes. This year, it has 35.

	Popular	Electoral
Warren G. Harding (R)	16,152,200	404
James M. Cox (D)	9,147,353	127

	Popular	Electoral
Calvin Coolidge (R)	15,725,016	382
John W. Davis (D)	8,385,586	136

	Popular	Electoral
Herbert Hoover (R)	21,392,190	444
Alfred E. Smith (D)	15,016,443	87

	Popular	Electoral
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	22,821,857	472
Herbert Hoover (R)	15,761,841	59

	Popular	Electoral
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	27,476,637	523
Alfred M. Landon (R)	16,579,583	8

	Popular	Electoral
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	27,243,466	449
Wendell Willkie (R)	22,304,755	82

---

Poll: Soldier vote may decide Nov. 7 winner

Scales could be tipped in 21 states
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion

…

[NormanStewart]

A likely possibility –
PAC may go on if Roosevelt is reelected

President would owe group a big debt
By Daniel M. Kidney, Scripps-Howard staff writer

New York (UP) – (Nov. 4)
If President Roosevelt is elected for a fourth term next Tuesday, the CIO may make its Political Action Committee a permanent organization.

Plans for the Political Action Committee’s future have been discussed at headquarters here, But O. B. Baldwin, assistant to Sidney Hillman, says that any talk of permanency must await such action as will be taken by the CIO at its national convention after the election.

The Political Action Committee now has a better organized headquarters here than does the Democratic Party. The PAC originated with the CIO, but it since has been expanded under the name of the National Citizens Political Action Committee, to take in other union members, or anyone else who wants to join in the fourth-term fight.

But the planning for a post-election organization all depends upon CIO action, Mr. Baldwin said.

Should Governor Dewey win, PAC quite likely will go out of business. But its officials feel they have a large share of credit coming if they put President Roosevelt across and quite likely would keep going.

Among the ideas being considered is keeping PAC as a well-knit pressure group which can stir up demands for such things as repeal of the Smith-Connally Act and the like.

With the President owing more to them than he does to the Democrats, the PAC feels it has a field for future functioning if Mr. Roosevelt is reelected.

They do not like to talk too much now about organization, since it might detract from their Election Day efforts, one official reported.

[NormanStewart]

Democrats lead in West Virginia

Charleston, West Virginia (UP) – (Nov. 4)
West Virginia, which is classed generally this year by national election polls as a “doubtful” state, has a registered Democratic majority of 171,677 voters, a figure which varies less than 200 registrants from the last general election “edge” held by the Democratic Party.

Secretary of State William S. O’Brien said today all 55 counties had reported final registration figures, showing 1,046,514 persons registered, or an increase of 63,574 from the number registered for the May primaries.

15 counties GOP

Of all 55 counties, only 15 were majority GOP, including Ohio, Hancock, Marshall, Mason, Preston, Jackson and Upshur. However, Ohio’s Republican majority was only 127, where in 1940 there was a GOP majority in Ohio County of 3,481.

By party divisions, 604,645 were registered Democratic in all counties, or an increase of 36,932 over the 1944 primary total. The GOP registration total is 432,968, or a 25,758 increase since the primary.

What of soldiers

During 1940, of 1,109,082 voters registered, 635,324 were Democratic and 463,844 Republican.

Records show that about 80 percent of the registrants voted in the 1940 contest.

About the soldier registration – Mr. O’Brien’s office has received reports from 51 counties, showing 16,827 servicemen registered, of which 9,705 are Democratic and 5,826 Republican.

---

Truman takes time out to register

Independence, Missouri (UP) – (Nov. 4)
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman dropped in to see the home folks on the Eastern Jackson County election board this afternoon and got their names back on the books so they can vote next Tuesday.

They had been so busy campaigning around the country that they hadn’t had time to register when the books were revamped last month.

Ed S. Carroll, chairman of the board, said:

We were in session getting the ballots arranged for the voting when they dropped in and we figured there was no need for a court order. We took care of them.

Under election laws in rural Jackson County, all voters are required to register before each presidential election.

[NormanStewart]

Editorial: One great issue still outranks all others

…

[NormanStewart]

Editorial: You can split a ticket

…

[NormanStewart]

Editorial: Intelligence test

…

[NormanStewart]

Editorial: How?

…

[NormanStewart]

Perkins: An outside looks at Martin

By Fred W. Perkins, Press Washington correspondent

…

[NormanStewart]

McKay: Partisans tell election views in letters

By Edwin J. McKay, Pittsburgh Press staff writer

…

[NormanStewart]

Paulus: Durant writes historic panorama

Caesar and Christ brilliant work
By John D. Paulus

…

---

Hansen: Nazi psychology provides background for story

Author’s feelings revealed through Lt. Wolff, main character of book
By Harry Hansen

…

[NormanStewart]

I DARE SAY —
Being a tribute to the classroom teachers of Shakespeare’s dramas

By Florence Fisher Parry

…

[NormanStewart]

Paul Robeson wins distinction in four fields

Plays title role in Guild Othello

…

---

Abolitionist grandfather aids co-author of Harriet

Tales of slave-running inspire drama starring Helen Hayes

…

[NormanStewart]

‘Gun moll’ is no ‘toughie’

Freckle-faced gal kills ‘em wholesale
By Si Steinhauser

…

[NormanStewart]

West prepares for industrial post-war era

Seeks equal footing with East

…

[NormanStewart]

Navy whips Irish, 32–13

64,000 see Middles hand Notre Dame season’s first loss
By Chester L. Smith, sports editor

…

---

Donora, Glassport Highs triumph

Russ Sparkles, Dragons beat Altoona, 20–0

…

[NormanStewart]

Oberdonau-Zeitung (November 6, 1944)

Schwere Verluste der USA auf Leyte

115 Landungsboote und 130 Flugzeuge – 4.500 Mann tot oder verwundet

…

[NormanStewart]

Führer HQ (November 6, 1944)

Kommuniqué des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht

Auf der überfluteten Insel Walcheren halten sich auf einzelnen Dünen noch zahlreiche eigene Stützpunkte. Auf Middelburg liegt schwerstes Feuer feindlicher Schiffsartillerie. Nach erbitterten Kämpfen an der unteren Maas zogen sich unsere Truppen auf einige kleinere Brückenköpfe zurück. Die Brücken von Moerdijk wurden planmäßig gesprengt. Südöstlich Helmond wurden die angreifenden Engländer nach geringen Anfangserfolgen wieder zurückgeworfen.

Im Einbruchsraum südöstlich Stolberg kamen unsere von Osten und Süden zum Gegenangriff angetretenen Kampfgruppen gut vorwärts und schnitten feindliche Kräfte ab. Fünf Panzer wurden abgeschossen.

Um die Seen und Waldausgänge westlich der oberen Meuthe bei St. Dié und um die aus dem Moseltal nach den Westvogesen führende Straße kam es auch gestern wieder zu erbitterten Kämpfen. Die angreifenden feindlichen Bataillone wurden zurückgeworfen. Nur in einzelnen Abschnitten konnten sie im Verlaufe des Tages geringfügig Boden gewinnen.

Die Besatzung von Rochelle durchstieß bei überraschendem Ausfall 30 km südöstlich der Stadt ausgebaute französische Stellungen und rollte sie auf. Bei nur 14 eigenen Verwundeten wurden dem Feind schwere Verluste beigebracht. Nach Sprengung zahlreicher Befestigungsanlagen des Gegners kehrte die Kampfgruppe mit reicher Beute und zahlreichen Gefangenen wieder in die Festung zurück.

Das Feuer unserer „V1“ lag gestern wieder auf London.

Die geringe Gefechtstätigkeit in den meisten Abschnitten der mittelitalienischen Front dauert an. Nur im Raum nordöstlich Roccas, Casciano kam es zu harten örtlichen Kämpfen, bei denen der angreifende Feind unter hohen Verlusten geringe Fortschritte erzielte.

Auf dem Balkan erlitten die im Strumicatal bei Kumanova und nordöstlich Pristina angreifenden Bulgaren schwere Verluste.

Mehrere starke Angriffe der Sowjets gegen unseren Donaubrückenkopf Dunaföldvár brachen zusammen. Im Raum südlich und südöstlich Budapest scheiterten erneute Angriffe der Bolschewisten. Eigene Panzerverbände stießen in die rückwärtigen Verbindungen des Feindes und vernichteten zahlreiche Marsch- und Nachschubkolonnen. Schlachtflieger griffen südöstlich Budapest bei Tag und Nacht Bereitstellungen der Sowjets mit guter Wirkung an.

Zwischen Cegled und Szolnok leisten deutsche und ungarische Truppen erbitterten Widerstand gegen die weiter angreifenden sowjetischen Verbände. Gegenangriffe warfen die Bolschewisten an der Theißfront und an der slowakischen Grenze aus unserem Kampffeld, in das sie nach starker Feuervorbereitung hatten eindringen können.

Die Stadt Goldap in Ostpreußen ist von den Bolschewisten befreit. In dreitägigen erbitterten Kämpfen wurden die dort eingeschlossenen sowjetischen Regimenter zum größten Teil vernichtet, ihre Reste gefangengenommen, 59 Panzer und Sturmgeschütze, 134 Geschütze aller Art und zahllose schwere und leichte Waffen fielen in unsere Hand. Zahlreiche tote Bolschewisten bedecken das Kampffeld.

In Kurland scheiterten auch am zehnten Tage der Abwehrschlacht alle Durchbruchsversuche der Sowjets. 41 feindliche Panzer wurden hier abgeschossen.

Anglo-amerikanische Bomberverbände und Tiefflieger setzten ihre Terrorangriffe gegen das westliche, südwestliche und südliche Reichsgebiet fort. Das Stadtgebiet von Wien wurde besonders schwer getroffen. Luftverteidigungskräfte schossen 48 feindliche Flugzeuge, in der Mehrzahl viermotorige Bomber, ab.

---

Im Kampf gegen britische Terrorflieger hat sich Feldwebel Morlock durch den Abschuß von sechs viermotorigen Bombern in einer Nacht besonders ausgezeichnet.

In Kurland hat sich die im Brennpunkt des feindlichen Großangriffes stehende pommersche 32. Infanteriedivision unter Führung des Generalleutnants Böckh-Behrens hervorragend geschlagen.