Aftermath

P: A harried Manhattan bus driver cried: "Folks, they say we had a miracle in the election of President Truman. Now let's show them a real miracle. Let's all move to the rear of the bus." When, incredibly, the passengers moved, the driver broke into God Bless America.

P: Actress Tallulah Bankhead wired Harry Truman: "The people have put you in your place."

P: A bookstore in Mayfield, Ky. put a tag on a framed picture of the President: "Was $1.98, now $10."

P: Washington hotels were flooded with requests for rooms for the inauguration, but had as yet no cancellations from the Republicans.

P: St. Louis' Betting Commissioner James J. Carroll, who had quoted odds of 10 to 1 against Truman, lost more than $100,000. His worst-beating came from the bets he covered at 50 to 1 that Dewey would get fewer than 200 electoral votes.

P: The Nassau County Federation of Republican Women canceled a talk on "Our New Republican President," substituted one called "It Pays to Be Ignorant."

P: In Louisville, Ky., William F. Holliger, 23-year-old G.O.P. precinct captain, paid off an election bet, jumped into the Ohio River clutching a Dewey campaign picture.

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