The Pittsburgh Press (November 4, 1944)
Flood of GOP money lowers Dewey odds
St. Louis, Missouri (UP) –
Maury Cooper, St. Louis betting commissioner, today lowered the odds on Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Republican presidential candidate, “because of a flood of GOP money from all over the country.”
Cooper placed the odds on Mr. Dewey at 14–5, and against him at 16–5. The odds on Mr. Roosevelt, he said, were now 5–19. At one time, the President’s odds were 1–4.5.