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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1934
Page
1
Disjointed passages mention European leaders, parliaments, and power dynamics. References touch on nobility, patriotism, and political figures across France Britain Germany and Russia, with hints of wartime leadership, church issues, and economic themes.
IN S reports from Boston and Worcester show Democrats gaining with Joseph L Hurley and Paul Dever leading, Charles F Hurley winning state offices, and Attorney General Warner trailing. Early results hint at a broad Democratic landslide across the state.
Anthony O Malley will oversee the recount in the town after Moyse won by 20 votes as Cahill petitions for a recount.
Mrs Guy G Persad of West Concord was elected president of the West Concord Woman's Club at Ada Jenows Hall. Chester H Adams, elected January for the remainder of the season, declined to serve longer and became second vice president. The group plans a bridge party and tea at Warner Hall on November 13. A program of music and dramatic sketches featured local performers under Miss Annie W. McCarthy of West Concord. The 11th District director Mrs Widem Taylor spoke and a style show by Mrs Warner M Bush and Mrs Gladys J Coolidge was held.
An ERA worker in Maynard reimbursed 264 dollars after admitting to falsifying statements to obtain benefits. Local DRA officials praised the honesty and noted the case shows truth prevails. Miss Queen Sullivan of Weston visited relatives, departing on the SS Georgia Commonwealth Pier for Ireland as friends saw her off with a farewell gathering.
Public auction at the Prentiss farm on Stow Road Boxboro Mass Saturday Nov 10 1934 at 10 oclock. Items include a black farm horse hay and farming gear house furnishings tools and household furniture. By order of Casper Oagata mortgagee terms cash. Caterer at sale.
The state vote indicates James M. Curley elected governor by a plurality exceeding 110. W Haigis leads in incomplete returns for the Republicans. Charles F. Hurley appears reelected as state treasurer over Oscar A. Dionne and Thomas H. Buckley. Alonzo leads for another post. Joseph E. Warner leads for reelection as attorney general as Paul A. Dever gains with larger city results. Frederic W. Cook seems secure as secretary of state. Legalized betting on horse and dog racing approved by a majority of places, with horse racing largely approved and dog racing split.
The article reports McElroy's victory for sheriff with the final tally incomplete as presses moved. 8,000 ballots talked at the District Attorney’s East Cambridge office. The result impacts local deputy sheriffs and court officers, including William Stiles and Hudson men dependent on his return.
Card thanks voters of the 10th Middlesex district for their support in the election. He notes Maynard endorsement and pledges to serve another two years to the best of his ability. Bent. Ave., Maynard.
At 4 am, Warren L. Bishop leads James J. Buin by 12 000 votes in Middlesex County town returns with 33 511 to 18 04. Joseph M. McElroy tops Ralph W. Robart by 12 833, 39 413 to 26 580, with city support seen as swing potential for Democrats.
Maynard Fred Carlton, son of Mrs Adelaide Carlton, died Saturday in New Mexico where he was superintendent of the Federal project. A World War veteran who served in the U S Navy and was lieutenant commander at the Pier in Boston during the war, he survived his wife by less than a year. The body was to arrive in Boston this morning and be brought to Maynard.
Rep Sheridan II was re-elected with 3345 votes in the district against 2196 for Steele. The Democrat carried Hudson by 387 votes and won Maynard by 1038 as part of a Democratic sweep. Sheridan led in the pivotal Hudson town, securing a majority there and overall strong support.
A brief item lists candidates Sheridan Democrat and Steele Republican with vote counts and regional placement across Stow Boxboro Hudson Maynard and surrounding areas. Totals show 3345 votes for one side and 2261 for the other, reflecting district results.
Gunfire and street clashes swept scattered areas as elections sparked deadly outbursts. Four people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a Democratic parade eve in Kalyres Pennsylvania. A colored man was slain near Steele Missouri by white men allegedly barring black voters from Arkansas. Another Black man died in front of a Philadelphia polling place in a dispute with a voter.
In Baltimore on November 7 Elwood Miller aged six put a campaign button showing Governor Albert Ritchie in his mouth and swallowed it. He was taken to a hospital where an X ray revealed no immediate danger. The picture revealed the Governor’s image facing one way while Elwood’s face appeared opposite.
Washington report by Dickerson Hoover suggests the Morro Castle fire may have been caused by an explosion of contraband munitions aboard the liner, a incident that left 34 dead.
In a London suburb, a deceased man’s will leaves his wife a single item a pair of trousers. The note describes the garment as a symbol of what she wanted to wear in his lifetime but could not.
Seven men were taken into custody in Ward 9 during a police raid, with two women among the arrested. Among those detained is Henry, a resident of Howard Street in the West End, and described as a local fescai resident.
Boston November 1 The strike that began October 15 ended yesterday. All men who were barred are admitted to the pier and will be absorbed promptly under open shop conditions with no discrimination.
Voters hit the polls at 8 AM with record turnout in Maynard where about 85 percent of the registered cast 2416 votes in a Democratic sweep. Representative Sheridan won large majorities in Maynard and Hudson. Senator Welsh set previously unseen tallies. Sudbury reported 660 votes with Bacon carrying a decisive win while liquor proposals failed.
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