Sidelights

P: Roosevelt-hating Chicago Tribune headlines, by editions: DEWEY SWEEPING MIDWEST; DEWEY, FDR NECK AND NECK; ROOSEVELT WINNING; finally: FOURTH TERM FOR FDR.

P:The Boston Globe headlined its lead election story: ROOSEVELT WINS, AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN.

P:Roosevelt won in Roosevelt, Okla., Roosevelt, Minn, and Roosevelt, La.; lost in Roosevelt, N.Y. and Roosevelt, Ariz. It was Dewey in Dewey, Mont., 3240-30.

P:From Leyte in the Philippines, the Army Signal Corps was ready to transmit Douglas MacArthur's afternoon communique. Leyte's first words: "Have you anything on the election yet?" The answer: "Not yet." Said Leyte: "Just break in when you have anything." Then came the communique.

P: Sergeant Michael Troiano of the Army Air Forces was allowed to cast his vote at home after he had explained to a Staten Island judge that he was a prisoner of war in Bulgaria when his soldiers' ballot was sent to him.

P: Congressional Candidate John W. Benson was defeated in Maryland's Third District after offering to kiss every girl who would vote for him. The winner: Incumbent Thomas 0. D'Alesandro, who offered the voters spaghetti dinners.

P: Lebanon, Mo., hometown of both Missouri gubernatorial candidates, just couldn't decide which was its favorite son. The vote: Jean Paul Bradshaw, Republican, 1,791; Phil M. Donnelly, Democrat, 1,791.

P: Mrs. Helen Petacque of Chicago rushed to cast her ballot at 6:45 a.m., rushed on to the hospital, where she gave birth to a 7 lb.-7 1/2 oz. girl at 8:16 a.m.

P:At Sing Sing, Warden William E. Snyder lifted the prison's 10:30 radio curfew to let convicts follow the returns. Among the listeners: five men in the death house.

P:In an election-eve advertisement the Socialist Party boldly deadpanned: "Why throw away your vote on either of them? The only vote that counts is a vote for the Socialist candidates. . . ."

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