Word: precinct
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...every big industrial state, labor organized down to the ward and precinct level. The A.F.L. and President A. F. Whitney's Railroad Trainmen worked side by side with the lieutenants of C.I.O.'s Jack Kroll (who had predicted Harry Truman's election right along). They combed registration lists, personally called on unregistered voters...
...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...
Gentleman. In Manhattan, Patrolman William H. Schneider, arrested for holding up a liquor store, explained that he needed the money to pay poker debts he had run up around precinct headquarters...
...Ward 8, Precinct 4: This takes care of the rest of the western side of the Square, extending as far as Ash st. The voting booths here are in the Unitarian Church, 3 Church...
...Ward 22, Precinct 1: This one is under Boston jurisdiction, being on the other side of the river, and taking in the whole Business School, Polling booths are the David Barrett School on Kingeley...