The Wilmington Morning Star (August 22, 1944)
Republicans claim New England sweep
Albany, New York (AP) – (Aug. 21)
The prediction that the Republicans would carry most, if not all, of New England was made to Governor Thomas E. Dewey today as the GOP presidential nominee awaited the outcome of his foreign affairs talks by proxy with Wendell L. Willkie.
The Governor spent nearly three hours with Horace A. Hildreth, Republican candidate for Governor of Maine, who later told reporters that either Dewey or his running mate, Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio, would visit the state on a campaign trip.