Roosevelt Leads In Midwest Straw Vote Amid Election Hype
A corry PA newspaper notes Roosevelt leading in Midwest straw polls as Hoover campaigns widen the GOP effort. Ohio and neighboring states show Roosevelt with large margins in Columbus Dispatch and Cincinnati Enquirer tallies, while Hearst papers and Literary Digest also favor the Democratic nominee.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hoover
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Columbus Dispatch
Cincinnati Enquirer
Youngstown Vindicator
Ohio
Hearst
Literary Digest
Linois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Woodrow Wisen
Wilson
Hugues
Middlewest
Debts and doubts over postwar payments stir debate
Senator David A Read argues most European debtors can pay war debts, expressing faith in promises and integrity abroad while noting some countries’ worsening conditions. The public leans against debt cancellation, though some revision may be needed for a satisfactory settlement of war debt and its international repercussions.
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David A. Read
Deller
Pennsylvania
Reed
America
Auto Fatalities Seen Falling About Five Thousand
Present indications point to a likely decrease of about 5,000 deaths from last year’s peak in automobile fatalities. A survey by a lungersuriince com pany estimates the toll could drop to roughly 25,000 to 29,000, a figure seen as a strong safety trend though tempered by uncertain factors.
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Lungersuriince
Hollywood Film Shop Notes and Quips From Tinseltown
A playful Hollywood roundup by Alanison Edwards features actors such as Thomas Meighan and Kay Francia, with anecdotes on stage careers, multilingual talents, and studio quirks. It notes Paramount gifting a lamp post from Horsefeathers to the Los Angeles Museum and jokes about Groucho Marx and Charlie Ruggles.
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Thomas Meighan
Gary Cover
Bollyswood
Adblphe Menjoil
Paramount
Los Angeles Museum
Charles Laughter Woulike
Captain
Marshall
George M. Cohan
al Wick Joy
Frank Borzage
Helen Hayes
Kay Francia
Sarl Mahiten Grouppnees
William Collier, Sr
al- Jyavs
Carl Patrick
Paramount Find
Howard College
Chic Marx
Groucho
Sylvie Sidney
Miriam Hopking
Richard Arlen
Frederie March
Wisconsin U
Charlie Ruggles
Doe
Kate Smith
Ruggles
Neity
Joan
Hollywood
Fatality trends in early 1930s car registrations and deaths
The report notes a nationwide rise in car registration and gasoline use while fatalities, based on nine months of data across states, show a total around 20,500 with about a 15 percent decrease. Of 40 states plus D C, declines appear in 64 states. 102 states fall below the average, and 19 exceed a 20 percent rise. Pennsylvania reports 1,287 fatalities in 1935, down 6.79 percent.
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Pennsylvania
Twenty Years Ago Journal File on High School Beating
A freshman student at the high school was severely beaten. The incident prompted the Board of Education to take steps to prevent a recurrence and address the problem.
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Board of Atuction Instraight
Local Cory notes and world series recap from town page
A fragmentary Ames era column mentions Rex Mfg moving six loads of machinery to new quarters and notes Corry residents traveling. It recalls Louisa May Alcott, asks who wrote a fire mystery, and reports Dan Zilch and Allie Mahle back from New York for the World Series. The Red Sox win with Smoky Joe Wood delivering a ninth inning single.
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Rex Mfg
New Hampshire
Blakeslee
Glenahoma
Charles
Pire
William Penn
Louisa May Alvatt
Cameron
Dan Zilch
Allie Mahle
New York City
Red Sox
Smoky
Joe Wood
Child killed under father's heavy truck near Dunkirk
In Dunkirk on October 11 Francis Seybold, five year old son of Mr and Mrs Francis Seybold, was crushed to death when a gravel-pit truck backed into mud and the father stepped off to inspect the jam. The child, who had followed to the pit, was likely attempting to climb the truck when injured. Survived by parents and two sisters.
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Dunkirk
Francis Seybold
Bennett Road
Ghostwriting in Hoover and Roosevelt speeches explored
United Press reports that aides often draft campaign speeches for Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt. While some lines may reflect the candidate’s voice, others are credited to assistants or outside advisers. The piece cites Roosevelt’s Salt Lake City and Portland talks and Hoover’s Des Moines address as examples, noting a mix of personal recollection and scripted language.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Roosevelt
Buy
Salt Lake City
Understand Battalion
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Donald Richberg
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Portland
Lila
John McSparran
National Grange
Des Moines
Garfield Whien
Slong
French St
White House
Robbery fuels Erie party with car theft
Police hunt two men after S. C. Perry of the YMCA was robbed of 380 in cash and his Studebaker sedan following a Sunday night gathering with two Erie girls. The incident occurred Monday at 9 30 a m on West Ridge Road near Westminster. Perry was unhurt. The suspects, both about 28, are described with hair color and builds.
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Erie
Scarah
S. C. Perry
Perry
George Christoph
Studebaker
West Ridge
Westminster
Shout
Vlad Jin
Dare
Minister fatally injured possibly by fall at yard
Pittsburgh Oct 11 Deputy Coroner John Arts believed retired minister Rev Isaiah Hawn was jailed in a fall down a flight of steps after injuries in the Friendsip Avenue public school yard a week earlier. City detectives had suggested the same theory while Dr W J McMeans said injuries could have come from a tail though likely caused by a chip.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
Friendsip Avenue
Isaiah
Hawn
John Arts
W. J. McMeans
Death claims radio manager Morrie King
Morrie King, longtime radio and aviation figure and former WEDH manager, died of tuberculosis at Wright's sanitarium in Cleveland Ohio after a year of illness. Last rites will be at Kirk and Parr Funeral Home in Cleveland, cremation at Highland Park Cemetery Sunday afternoon. Mourners meeting at Erie County Airport to honor his life memory.
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Morrie King
Erie
Wvlator
Wright
Cleveland
Kiirke and Parr Fiuneral
Detroit Avenue
Highlind Park
Erie County
King
Morrie
Stadom Wedh
Man Falls to Death from Hotel Window in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on October 11 a man registered as A Kuntz of Philadelphia was killed when he fell from an open window on the 20th floor of the Fittsburgher Hotel. Police reported the incident and hotel manager J P ONeill said the victim, a World War veteran, may have slipped while looking out.
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United Press
Pittsburgh
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