Solent Vote Key to Election Echoes in 1932 Campaign
The piece traces campaign swings in the 1932 race with Democratic hopes buoyed by relief measures, social security in late stages, and Roosevelt's late campaigning. It notes Republican optimism for Landon in Maine and the West, and pivotal New Ashford results showing Roosevelt support amid tight contests.
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Philadelphia
Landon
New England
West
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Plains States
Kansas
Maine
Brann
Senate
West Coast
California
Roosevelt
Record Breaking Vote Seen Across Nation
Voters flocked to 122000 polling places to decide Roosevelt's future and Landon’s bid, with high stakes across 33 states and many local offices. Roosevelt urged voters to act freely, while Landon called for the American way, as campaigns warned of fraud and awaited results.
Voters in New Ashford cast ballots despite late wake up
Early voting began at 6 43 am as New Ashford residents queued at the little Mount Greylock polling place. All 48 eligible voters participated with three blanks in the presidential race while Mrs Rainey, awakened by reporters, rushed to vote after passing her infant Denold to a neighbor. Hundreds gathered outside during the scene.
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Phoebe Jordan
Roosevelt
New England
New Ashford
London
Hoover
William Rainey
Mount Greylock
Denold
Nab Suspect With $40,000 Worth Of Stolen Wool Cloth
FBI director J Edger Hoover said Harry Kutler, a convicted forger, was arrested in Cleveland driving a truck with 57 bolts of cloth stolen from Yorkshire Worsted mills Lenni Pa. Federal agents recovered 193 bolts and Kutler faces charges under the national stolen property act.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cleveland Police Department
Harry Kutler
Pennsylvania
Kutler
Cleveland
Hoover
Yorkshire
Lenni
Red Recruit Slays Kin Then Kills Self in Brooklyn
Morris Becker, 25, a Brooklyn recruitment to communism, attacked his sleeping mother Cecilia Becker and her grandson Jerry Sieger with an axe before ingesting poison and dying. Cecilia and Jerry survived serious injuries. Police found communist literature and Lenin volumes in Becker's room alongside erotic pamphlets.
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Morris Becker
Brooklyn
Cecilia Becker
Jerry Sieger
Becker
Lenin
Senate and House Seats At Stake In 1930 Elections
The article outlines the 1930 electoral landscape with 31 Senate terms up for election, 19 held by Democrats, 11 by Republicans, and 1 farmer labor seat. It notes four vacancies from deaths and the House composition of 308 Democrats, 100 Republicans, seven Progressives, three Farmer-Labor members, with 17 vacancies. Maine had already elected three representatives in September.
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House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
London
Independence
Kan
Topeka
Frank Knox
Chicago
Garner
Uvalde
Tex
House
Maine
Switzerland bans all Red meetings nationwide
The Swiss federal council issued a decree banning all communist meetings and related activities and extended the ban to the International Red Aid society. The move comes ahead of parliament action on a bill to suppress communist, anarchist, anti militarist and anti religious movements in the country.
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Berne
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Council
International Red Aid Society
Spain
Voters Error Prompted Ballot Mix Up In County
The county auditor halted action after discovering a second ballot sent to Stepan due to a rushed review of filings. Hanson's and Stepan's applications were both in the auditor's office, and only Stepan’s second ballot will be counted.
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Hanson
Stepan
Brockman
School Community Building Dedicated November 19
Kalona officials announce the new school community building dedication set for Thursday evening November 19. Miss Agnes Samuelson state superintendent of instruction from Des Moines will be the principal speaker.
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Kalona
H. V. Snodgrass
Agnes Samuelson
Des Moines
St. Joseph Priest Named Bishop of San Diego
Vatican announces Pope Pius names Charles F. Buddy a bishop for the new San Diego diocese. Buddy is the very Rev. from St. Joseph Missouri and will lead the California see.
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Vatican City
Pius
Charles F. Buddy
St. Joseph
San Diego
Calif
Barber Collapses and Dies While Voting in Dallas
W H Haughey a barber who had qualified waited in line at a Dallas voting machine collapsed and died from a heart attack before casting a ballot. Local authorities report no vote for him today.
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Dallas
Tex
INS
W. H. Haughey
French Admiral Schwerer Dies at 74
Vice Admiral Antoine Schwerer former commander in chief of France's Atlantic fleet died Tuesday at the Chateau de la Derre in Grand-Fougeray. He was 74.
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Rennes
France
Antoine Schwerer
Chateau de la Derre
Grand-Fougeray
Railroad executive Moorhead C. Kennedy dies in Chambersburg
Col. Moorhead C. Kennedy, 74, former vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and deputy director of transportation for the American Expeditionary Forces, died Tuesday in Chambersburg Pennsylvania.
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Chambersburg, Pa
Col. Moorhead C. Kennedy
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Expeditionary Forces
London Opened Baby Clinics in 1816
Public health note states London established baby clinics as early as 1816, marking an early government or charitable effort to provide maternal and infant services in the metropolis. The statement highlights historical roots of child welfare programs in the city.
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London
Kraschel political deal ends in discharge after ten months
Kraschel, discharged after ten months, claims Governor Her ring secured the night watchman's job for him. Marshall cited Gazette material on state matters and urged Henry Wallace to repudiate a Bloomington claim about corn prices. Talle concluded his congressional bid with a hometown appeal highlighting Fred Biermann's missed farm committee meetings.
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Marshall
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Henry Wallace
Bloomington
Ill
Wallace
Talle
Fred Biermann
House Committee On Agriculture
Washington
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