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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) -V 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