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WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1944___FINAL EDITION
IS FIRST IN STATES
WITH TOTAL OF324
ELECTORAL BALLOTS
CHIEF FAR AHEAD
IN MAJOR STATES
Vice President Wallace
Declares It’s ‘Roose
velt Until 1948’ {
CLAIMS REELECTION
NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—(fP)
Democratic National Chair
man Robert E. Hannegan at
11:49 p. m. (EFT) tonight
claimed the reelection of
President Roosevelt.
(By the Associated Press)
Riding a groundswell of re
turns from vote-heavy pivotal
states, President Roosevelt
surged to the front by 10 p.
m. (EWT) last night in states
with 324 electoral votes—58
more than a winner needs.
At that hour, with millions
of votes yet to be reported,
Thomas E. Dewey trailed in
his bid for the White House,
holding a lead in 16 states
with 152 electoral ballots.
The President was out
ahead in early returns from
such important states as
New York, Pennsylvania and
Illinois—the heaviest voters
i of them all.
Altogether, Roosevelt spurted in
to leads in 25 states by mid-eve
ning. Eleven of them were in the
normally "solid south”, which were
giving a hearty endorsement to the
fourth term.
Wallace Confident
I
Confidently, vice president Henry
Wallace telephoned the Associat
ed Press in Washington that it's
"Roosevet until 1948.” Wallace
campaigned for the President al
thoughSenato r Truman of Missouir
took his place on the ticket.
From Upstate New York, where
the Republican strongholds lie, the
first computations showed it was
Democrat Roosevelt nosing ahead
in the race. New York city where
he expected to command his heav
iest support was slow getting in
the results.
Philadelphia apparently hung up
a Roosevelt victory, but by a nar
rower margin than four years ago,
and the President swung out front
early in the Pennsylvania as a
whole.
The early returns from Illinois
showed Roosevelt ahead in that
key state, but they were mostly
from the Chicago precincts where
that outcome was to be anticipated.
Downstate. Dewey was leading.
Dewey Leads In Ohio
The Republican nominee seet the
early pace in Ohio, home state of
his running mate. Governor John
W. Bricker. The greater part of the
initial counts came from the rural
districts where Dewey and Brick,
er looked for their heaviest back
ing.
Dewey also led in Michigan, New
Jersey and Indiana—and in Mis
souri. That Truman’s home state.
Missouri, however, had been wa
vering, jumping first into tha Rose
velt column then picking up the
Dewey banner as the vote-count
proceeded.
In Michigan, the first tabulation
came from outside industrial De
troit.
Maryland, a border state, turned
out a heavy Roosevlet majority in
Baltimore that it was apparent
only a Republican landslide else
wjere could overcome.
Massachusetts, with few reports
from Boston, was on the Demo
cratic side, but not by far.
Follow Trend
In battles for governorships and
seats in Congress, returns were
less complete than in the presiden
tail struggle. But in general the
candidates appeared to be follow
ing the tendencies of the national
tickets.
The south, despite ist substantial
support for Roosevelt, neverthe
less provided echoes of insurgen
cies against the new deal. In Texas
and South Carolina ba’lots for anti
Roosevelt Democratic slate cut int*
(Continued on Page Five; Col, 4)
r - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' > r ^
Democrats Sweep State
_____ A
F.D.R. Scores
Big Majority
Over Dewey
! w;ns 158,783 Votes
Against 48,959 For Op
ponent In 505 Precincts
OTHERS TRIUMPH
Early Reports Indicate
Five Amendments To
Constitution Approved
RALEIGH, Nov. 7.—{/P)—
North Carolina inarched with
traditional democratic stride
behind the banner of Roose
velt in today’s general elec
tion on the basis of incom
plete but representative re
turns from all parts of the
state.
Returns from 505 of the
state’s 1.922 precincts gave
Roosevelt 158,783 votes
against 48.959 for his re
publican opponent, Governor
Thomas E. Dewey.
At this stage Roosevelt was
maintaining a better proportionate
margin than he established four
years ago over Wendell Willkie.
The vote for the state was 609.
0’5 for Roosevelt, 213,633 for
Willkie in 1940.
Returns from the voting for sen
ator, governor, and other state
offices were far less complete but
they indicated that the democratic
candidates had been swept into
office by at least the party’s nor
mal majority.
lit the senate race former gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby,
the democratic nominee, received
37.048 votes in 180 precincts as
compared with 10. 476 for A. I.
1’erree of Asheboro. the republi
can candidate.
For governor Gastonia’s Gregg
Cherry, democrat, received 39,243
votes in 178 precincts while the re
publican nominee, Frank C. Pat
ton of Morganton, received .9.473.
Only a handful of precincts had
reported on the balloting for other
siate offices and for congress. The
available returns, however, "indi
cted that the democratic ticket
had won handily as usual.
First reports bore out predictions
'hal an unexpectedly heavy vote
' °uld be cast. An official estimate
Ml'ly in the day was that the to
° mi?ht reach 750,000 or possibly
M.000. .Clear, snappy weather
Prevailed.
amendments approved
Raleigh, nov. 7.— cap) —Five
Proposed constitutional amend
®eilts apparently passed today by
safe majority, on the basis of
i"0 le'a‘ and incomplete returns
m ,oday's general election.
Leading the ticket in early re
hlns "as amendment three, which
s attracted most attention dur
the last 10 days.
•eu members of the state board
30 d7vUCation issued a statement
•s ago in which they opposed
than„am.?dmein which would
divvy6 tde boarid structure' by
Uidm§ state into eight edu
^Piucdjm Page Five; Col. 3) |
LEADING
_ PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
U. S. Destroys 440 Jap Planes,
Two Warships In Manila Area
FREIGHTERS SUNK
Twenty-Fourth Division Is
Locked In Critical Fight
In Ormoc Valley
BY CHARLES H. McMURTRY
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
■QUATERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov. 7
_(#)— Carrier- based Helldivers,
Hellcats and Avengers destroyed
440 Japanese planes, sank two ene
,my warships, probably sank a third
and damaged eight others in a
two-day raid on the Manila area of
the Philippines, the Navy discolsed
today.
Additionally, three cargo vessels
and an oil tanker were sunk, a
trawler and 14 others were dam
aged and heavy destruction was
spread among airfieds. oil stores
and installations.
The raids by planes of the U S.
Third fleet were made Saturday
and Sunday. An enemy sub chaser
went down Saturday and a heavy
cruiser probably sank. An enemy
destroyer was sunk Sunday.
*’*■*’ W&i'sRifls' Damaged .
. A light.cruiser and.three destroy
ers were damaged Saturday. Two
destroyers' and' two ' destroyer es
corts were hit Sunday.
At least 191 enemy planes were
wiped out Saturday, the bulk of
(Continued on Page Seven, Col. 6)
BATTLE SLACKENS ‘
ON SOVIET FRONT
Sixteen German Tanks
Knocked Out In Scat
tered Engagements
LONDON, Nov. 7.— (P —Fight
ing along the winding eastern front
slackened generally today — 27th
anniversary of the Russian revo
lution—with Xvloscow announcing
only that ‘'there were no essential
changes on the front” and that
yesterday 16 German tanks were
knocked out in scattered local en
gagements.
Behind the major sectors, how
ever, there was the promise, of
big operations to come.
The close siege of Budapest was
impeded by a third day of tor
rential rains, but the Russians
used the weather as cover for
movement of thousands of infan
trymen into the front lines beside
their tanks, and Soviet artillery
shelled the Hungarian capital’^ de
fenses methodically. ' ' '
The Paris and Brazzaville radios
said that inside the city a ver
itable civil war was raging among
dissident Hungarians and German
and Hungarian Nazi troops.
(Continued on Page Seven, Col. 2)
Army And Navy Declare Robot Bomb
Raids On U. S. <Entirely_Possible>
*ar aMINGT0N' Nov- 7-<*>-The
dav thlavy dePartments said to
Germa . 101501 bomb attacks by
'entirely 0” e United States are
possible.’
«®«SBha‘tmei'ls said lbe f-tues'
fcade haV [ sucb attacki could be
C5trtinuarfcebe™ raised in view of;
gainst Great 4 !'0bot bomb use
tit® 0f i 1 villain alter destruc
plat£orms in
I In a ioin, ' !°w countries.
^ents assert!6m0111' lhe dePart
attacks bv r . ey “consider such
sibie.-- ' 0,61 many entirely pos
bot bombs, the departments
said, “might be launched from sub
marines lying offshore or from one
way sacrifice flights of long-range
bombers controlled across the At
lantic by submarines. It is also pos
sible that attacks might be launch
ed from catapult plane tenders.
The statement said: .
“It is extremely doubtful that
such attacks could entirely elude
allied sea and air patrols. Reason
able measures are in force to pro
tect the country. However, as has
previously been stated, with res
pect to the possibility of sporadic
enemy air attacks on our shores, it
is impossible to insure that such
an attack will be completely frus
trated.
“Any such attacks could have no
great military effectiveness and
could only serve to stimulate the
nation still further in its determin
ed prosecution of the tyar.”
In authoritative. quarters. it was
explained that the formal state
ment was not intended to convey
the impression that the two depart
ments have reasons, to believe robot
attacks necessarily are imminent.
At the same time, however, there
'was‘no disposition to discount the
warning that attacks are entirely
possible.
YANKS FIGHTING
FOR VOSSENACK
Germans Seek To Bar Road
To Cologne And The
Rich Rhine Valley
LONDON, Nov. 7.— (#)— Americar
and Gerinan troops were locked to
night in a swaying, bitter struggle
for the center of the German towr
of Vossenack in Hurtgen forest
with powerful nazi reinforcement;
battling fiercely to bar the roac
to Cologne and the rich Rhine val
ley only 30 miles away.
After five days of see-saw fight
ing, Lt.' Gen. Courtney Hodges
First army doughboys tonight helc
half of the mile-and-a-half lonj
town, and the Germans were solid
ly entrenched in the other half
Shock troops of both sides actually
were fighting from opposite wing;
of the church in the heart of town
Vossenack, 13 miles southeast o
Aachen, was captured by Hodges
forces at the outset of their nev
offensive last Friday, but repeatec
counterattacks by German reserve:
rushed down from the Arnherr
sector in Holland knocked th«
Americans back.
. A front dispatch tonight des
cribed the fight for Vossenack a;
“savage as was the struggle foi
Aachen—and one of much greatei
scope.” It said that fighting o:
“unexcelled bitterness” was raging
continuously^ over all the Hurtger
forest region. The town of Schmidt,
which the Germans recaptured ir
a counterattack two days ago, stil
was in enemy hands.
Despite the house-to-house char
acter of the fighting inside Vosse
nack, American artillery was blast
ing away at German ppsitions ir
the upper part of the town anc
American fighter-bombers were pii
pointing targets along the mail
street. Special American dynamiti
units were being used to blow uj
enemy pillboxes.
“In the Schmidt area alone then
are up ‘to 50 German tanks,” sai<
Associated Press Corresponden
William; S. White. “The enemy i:
holding on all over this front, whicl
(Continued on Page Seven, Col 5]
F.D.R. Tops
Dewey 3-1 In
NewHanover
President Receives 9,431
Votes Against 2,820
For GOP Niminee
12,250 BALLOT
Democrats Also Score A
Landslide In Various
State Contests
By a vote of more than 3 to 1,
New Hanover countians yesterday
gave their support to Franklin
Delano Roosevelt in his race for
a fourth term in the White House
against Thomas E. Dewey, the
Republican candidate.
The county, which in 1940 gave
Roosevelt a 5 to 1 majority over
Wendell Willkie, yesterday gave
Roosevelt a vote of 9,431 against
2,820 for the New York governor.
Yesterday’s vote was an all time
high for the county, according to
the returns compared with recent
national elections. In all no less
than 10,251 voters of the 18,741
registered dropped their ballots in
the boxes of the counties 18 pre
cincts.
In 1940, a previous record vote
of 10,323 was set and in the 1936
national election the total was
8,819.
Other Results
The results of other races with
10 out of 18 precincts reporting
were as follows. U. S. Senate.
Hoey 4267, Ferree tR) 499. Govern:
nor, Cherry 4247, Patton (R) 523.
Lt. Governor, Ballentine 4621,
Greene (R) 506. Secretary of State,
Eure 4,141, Gragg (R) 489. State
Auditor. Pou 4.118, Van Hoy (R)
496. State Treasurer, Johnson
4111, Roberts (R) 486. Attorney
General, McMullan 4566, Morris
(R) 497. Supt. of Public Instruc
tion, Erwin 4106, Fussell (R) 517.
Commissioner o f Argiculture,
Scott 4087. Allen (R) 493. Insur
ance Commissioner, Hodges 4085,
Leavitt (R) 469. Commissioner of
LaLbor, Shuford 4062, Spence (R)
495. Member of Congress 7th dis
trict, Clark 4052, Maultsby (R)
515.
In the race for State Senator of
the Ninth Senatorial district, Roy
Rowe polled 236 votes in the two
precincets reported at midnight
with Henry Vann 232, he Rodgers
received 35 votes and John B. Wil
liams 31. In the Honse of Repre
sentatives race, Jack Q. Legrand
received a total of 242 votes in two
precincts and “J. A. Modiner re
ceived 32 ballots.
The fourth commissioner with
two precincts reported gave Hew
lett 247, Hall 139, Coleman 240
and Show 33.
The midnight the New Hanover
Elections board had not completed
tabulation of the votes on the
amendments to the stat constitu
: tion.
-—V
WEATHER
forecast
North Carolina—Clear to partly cloudy
and warm Wednesday and Wednesday
night. Thursday partly cloudy and con
tinued mild.
(Eastern Standard Time)
(By U. S. Weather Bureau)
Meteorological data for the 24 hours
ending 7:30 p. m.. yesterday:
TEMPERATURE
1:30 a. m. 40; 7:30 a. m.. 36; 1:30 p.
m. 60; 7:30 p. m. 32. Maximum 64;
. minimum 35; mean 50; normal 58.
HUMIDITY
1:30 a. m. 75; 7:30 a. m. 86; 1:30 p.
m. 35; 7:30 p. m. 69.
[ precipitation
I Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.
m. 00.00 inches. Totals since the first
1 of the month. 0.00 inches.
TIDES FOR TODAY
I (From the Tide Tables published by
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.)
High Low
! Wilmington .. 3:41 a. m. 10:50 a. m.
4:07 p.m. 11:27 p. m.
. Masconboro Inlet 1:52 a. m. 7:50 a. m.
' 2:09 p. m. 8:31 p. m.
Sunrise 6:38 a. m.; Sunset 5:14 p. m.;
i Moonrise, ; Moonset 1:46 p.
(Continued on Page Five; Col. 5)
V. 1
Gov. Dewey Holds Slim
Lead In New York Race
NEW York, Nov. 7.—(/P)—
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey held a
narrow lead over President
Rosevelt in New York State
tonight, although the president
cut deeply into Dewey’s mar
gin in traditionally Republi
can upstate.
Unofficial returns from 8*7
of 9,121 districts in the state
gave Dewey 251,413 votes to
220,138 for Roosevelt.
Returns from 800 of the 5,421
districts outside New York city
showed: Dewey 217,343; Roose
velt 186,689.
In 87 of the 3,700 districts >n
New York city which is strong
ly Democratic, Dewey polled
34,070 votes to 33,449 for Roose
velt.
The president carried Roch
ester, Syracuse and Auburn,
normally Republican Syracuse
which gave the late Wendell L.
Wilkie at 10,064 plurality in
1940, went to Roosevelt by 4,
093.
Rochester, which rolled up a
Rosevoel* plurality of 20,360 in
1940, went to the president by
a 19,403 margin.
In Erie county, which in
cludes Buffalo, the state’s sec
ond city, President Roosevelt
was runing almost two to one
ahead of Dewey.
In the V. S. senate contest,
the veteran Democratic in
cumbent Robert F. Wagner led
the Republican nominee, Thom
as J. Curran. The vote in 622
of the state’s 9,121 districts was
Wagner 179,504; Curran 169,
124.
The presidential v«*te gave in
(Continued on Page Three; Cal. 8)
Southeastern N. C. Gives
Roosevelt Big Majority
19,678 TO 5,372
Democrats Hold 175 To
200 Vote Lead In
Brunswick County
Southeastern North Carolina ap
parently had. joined hands with the
state early last night in giving
President Roosevelt an over
whelming vote for his fourth return
to the White House.
Incomplete returns from seven
counties at 10:5 o’clock gave
Roosevelt 19,678 votes, against
Dewey’s 5,372.
Most interest throughout South
eastern North Carolina centered
around the presidential race, and
in some instances only that vote
had been tabulated at an early
hour. Only in Brunswick county
did the county ticket take the fore
front, but it was reported that the
Democratic ticket in all races was
holding a lead of between 175 and
200* over Republican candidates.
New Hanover First
New Hanover county was the
first to report a complete presi
dential ticket, with 18 of 18 pre
cincts, giving Roosevelt 9,431 votes
to 2.820 for Dewey. Truman rack
ed up 9,422 in the vice presidential
race, against Ericker’s 2,818.
Hoey was leadingaFerree in the
U. S. Senate race by 4,267 against
499 in 10 precincts of New Han
over.
In 10 precincts, New Hanover
voted on the state ticket as fol
lows: governor, Cherry, 4,4247;
Patton, 523; lieutenant governor,
Ballentine, 4,621; Greene, 506;
secretary of state, Eure, 4,141;
Gragg, 489; state auditor, Pou, 4,
118; Van Hoy, 496; state treasurer.
Johnson, 4.111 Roberts, 486; attor
ney general, McMullan, 4,566; Mor
‘Continued on Page Three; Col, 6)
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Kiss Campaigner
Soandly Defeated
HALUMUKh, MOV. 1.—(tf)
—Merchant Marine Ensign
John W. Benson, who con
ducted a widely publicized
"kiss” campaign for election
to congress on the Republican
ticket from the third Maryland
district, was soundly defeated
at the polls today by incum
bent Democratic representa
tive Thomas A’Alesandro.
Unofficial returns, complete
except for absentee service
votes, gave D’Alesandro 38,903
to Benson’s 13,581.
Twenty-nine year old Ben
son, who said he hadn’t the
money to duplicate the *oiia
getti dinners he claimed D’Al
esandro gave to prospective
voters, announced a campaign
of handing out kisses to every
one in the district and en
listed the assistance of a pret
ty girl helper for the men.
Those who objected to the
physical variety were to be
given candy ones.
Presidential Race
In North Carolina
(By The Associated Press)
County No. Pets.
Pet*. Rep. (D) (R)
Alamance _ 20 4 3179 1426
Alexander _ 14 1 20 400
Alleghany-- 7 3 574 505
Anson __- 13 10 3051 336
Ashe _ 19 3 1091 658
Avery _—-- 20
Beaufort _ 29 8 1645 227
Bertie _ 12 10 2746 116
Bladen _ 15 5 1362 303
Brunswick _ 16
Buncombe _ 53 25 11081 4522
Burke __ 29 6 1227 1070
Cabarrus _ 26 17 6557 2912
Caldwell _ 15 4 1073 845
Camden (C) _ 3 3 722 193
Carteret _ 26
Caswell __ 14 10 1031 255
Catawba _ 29 15 6039 3770
Chatham _ 18 6 1665 565
Cherokee _ 24
Chowan _ 6 4 775 106
Clay _ 6
Cleveland _ 26 24 7887 2466
Columbus _ 23 6 1805 584
Craven _ 21 14 3018 480
Cumberland _,_ 24 8 2838 736
Currituck _ 12 6 611 94
Dare__ 15
Davidson _ 33 14 4469 3740
Davie _ 11
Dupl n _ 20 5 1834 413
Durham _ 30 5 540 167
Edgecombe _ 22 13 3843 292
Forsyth _ 32 3 2121 1079
Franklin _ 11 1 365 23
Gaston _ 34 12 3261 1381
Gates _ 7 3 571 75
Graham _ 13
Granville _ 16 6 894 54
Greene _ 10 3 535 31
Guilford _ 69 7 2431 971
Halifax - 17 10 3689 186
Harnett _ 21 10 3558 1381
Haywood _ 22
Henderson _ 20 2 426 228
Hertford _ 6 5 1802 124
Hoke - 20
Hyde - 7 1 210 112
redell _ 23
Jackson - 20 12 2733 1869
Johnston - 28 13 4474 1260
Jones - 8
Lee - 14
Lenoir _ 16 14 5076 520
Lincoln - 22
Macon - 12
Madison - 24 3 281 877
Martin - 13 13 4405 135
McDowell - 17
Mecklenburg - 62 27 8946 2573
Mitchell - 13
Montgomery - 13
Moore - 17
Nash _ 16 10 5142 566
New Hanover _ 18 17 8287 2555
Northampton - 18 12 2046 111
Onslow _—— 16 4 1180 129
Orange__ 16 5 1700 688
Pamlico - 17
Pasquotank - 11 3 648 267
Pender _ 14 4 817 155
Perquimans - 6 4 774 172
Person _ 17 5 1026 198
Pitt _ 20 14 4484 190
Polk _ 6
Randolph - 31 7 1848 1768
Richmond - 17 1 526 134
Robeson _ 34 15 3268 290
Rockingham - 23 15 4251 1281
Rowan _ 34 9 1565 1188
Rutherford -33 3 486 159
Sampson - 20
ScQtland- 11 3 791 119
Stanly - 20
Stokes _ 21 4 486 -94
Surry _-_- 1® 16 5750 2858
Swain 11 6 1858 980
Transylvania - 17 3 204 111
Tyrell _ 7 3 472 224
Union _ 23 15 4397 593
Vance _ 13
Wake _ 46 17 7155 1951
Warren _ 14 5 1171 150
Washington _— 3 2 958 172
Watauga _ 16
Wayne___ 20 2 616 112
Wilkes _ 28
Wilson _ 13 10 4923 609
Yadkin (C> 13 13 2460 4476
Yancey _-_ 11
Total _ 1922 589 185644 62573