Democrats Sweep High Point Precincts Roosevelt Wins Big
In High Point township voters set an all time record with 7 675 votes for Roosevelt and 3 630 for Landon Knox. Hoey won 5 905 votes and 5 150 for Am os Durham. Gilliam s carried four precincts in the senator’s race while Am os Durham and Patton split results in other races.
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Roosevelter
Landon
Knox
Roose
Ted
Gilliams
Clyde R. . Hoey
Slane
Congress
William B. Amos Durham
W. Batley
I. C. Patton
High Point
Electmas J. Gold
High
J. Benton Stacy
John Caffey
Joe T. Car Jr
Greensboro
Rupert T. Pickens
House of Representa
Election highlights and results across the states
The Associated Press reports Franklin D. Roosevelt wins decisively in 45 states with 519 of 531 electoral votes while Alf Landon carries 45 states. Democrats gain strength in the House with 219 seats. governors tilt Democratic in eight states. Lincoln, Lehman, Fitzgerald, and Huxman lead in various races as tally totals exceed 43 million votes.
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Cars Stolen In State During Month Of October
The vehicle bureau reported 120 automobiles stolen in North Carolina during October, the largest number in several years. There were 101 thefts previously reported.
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IGH
Or Vehicle Bureau
North Carolina
Strike Leader Fears Trouble as 10 Start Near
San Francisco dispatch reports a threatened surge of violence as a Pacific maritime strike paralyzes coastal shipping. The joint maritimes committee orders unloading of perishables by union workers, while a deadlock over skeleton safety crews persists.
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San Francisco
Pacific Maritime
Edward F. McGrady
Los Angeles Harbor
Democrats Seen Strong Gain in Congress in Elections
Fresh returns show Democrats likely to hold 66 Senate seats with leads in nine contests and 263 House seats versus 54 Republicans. The gains would expand Roosevelt era majorities, with at least four Republican Senate seats flipping to Democrats and notable defeats of Senator Hastings and Governor Wilbur M. Brucker.
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Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Hastings
Delaware
James H. Hughes
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
Wilbur M. Brucker
Couzens
Rmich
Bruéker
Mussolini Praises Veterans as Italy Remembers Victory
Premier Mussolini praised crippled veterans on the anniversary of World War I and urged Italy to stay ready for empire. In Rome, 3,000 blinded veterans marched with fascist escorts past the coliseum and war memorial as banners hung across the kingdom.
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Mussolini
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Empire
Victor Emmanuel II
Austria-Hungary
War Memorial
Austria
Hungary
Vittorio Veneto
Germany
Rome
Democratic gains widen state majority in early returns
With 1,312 of 1,855 precincts reporting in Charlotte the presidential vote shows Roosevelt 465,541 and London 132,695. Bailey leads Senate race and Hoey leads governor race by large margins in incomplete tallies while Congress incumbents appear safely ahead. precincts reporting are scattered and incomplete.
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Charlotte
Roosevelt
London
J. W. Bailey
Clyde R. Hoey
Senate
Frank C. Patton
William Grissom
Bailey
Patton
Hoey
Grissom
Congress
Five Constitutional Amendments Favored in Early Reports
Incomplete returns show all five proposed amendments gaining support by about two to one. The measures seek to expand the state supreme court to seven seats, grant tax exemptions for homes up to 1000, classify property, raise income tax to ten percent, and cap public debt growth. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Clyde R. Hoey issued statements on the results.
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State Supreme Court
Clyde R. Hoey
Insurgents Advance Toward Madrid in 10 Mile Front
Fascist forces push toward Madrid planting guns along a new 10 mile front. Madrid government militia retreating from constructed trenches as insurgents capture Mostoles and Villaviciosa. Insurgents say one more thrust could place their flag in Getafe eight miles from Madrid with tanks patrolling roads to Pinto.
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Mostoles
Fuenlabrada
Pinto
Madrid
Congress Faces Important Tasks Ahead in Incoming Session
Washington reports that social security, labor laws, and new farm aids dominate the early agenda as expiration dates loom on several New Deal emergency statutes. The Senate must reexamine the St Lawrence waterway treaty and reciprocal trade powers. the neutrality act may lapse. a Guffey coal bill could require House origin if tax provisions are kept. The period also threatens gold standard powers and a $2 billion stabilization fund.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
St. Lawrence
Raleigh Students Seek Invalidity Of Supplementary Tax
The North Carolina Supreme Court took under advisement a case in Raleigh where citizens challenge a local supplementary school tax election. Tomorrow the court will hear oral arguments in the appeal of Martin Moore, an Asheville hotel worker convicted of murdering Helen Clevenger of New York and sentenced to gas execution.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Martin Moore
Asheville Negro Hotel
Helen Clevenger
New York
North and South Carolina Weather Outlook
Cloudy with rain tonight and into Thursday morning. North Carolina likely colder in the east by Thursday. South Carolina sees rain possible on the coast with colder conditions Thursday morning. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville shift from southerly to north or northwest.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Landslide Maps Roosevelt Victory Across Nation
The Roosevelt landslide left Maine and Vermont clinging to the Republican banner while most states shifted to the Democratic ticket. Final electoral totals showed 628 for Roosevelt and 8 for Taft, with Republicans reduced to their smallest Senate and House presence since 1912 and near-unanimous electoral college support not seen since 1820.
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Vermont
Alfred M. Landon
Newshire
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Senate
House
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Taft
Moosers
Theodore Roe
Woodrowson
Ja Monroe
el Toral College
Roosevelt faces budget and debt questions for 1937 38
Washington reports a looming budget gap as the Roosevelt administration weighs tax policy and debt. The 1937 38 budget shows a deficit. public debt stands around 33.8 billion, with projections of a net increase by June 30. Officials anticipate balancing the budget via growing revenues and potential tax changes while considering monetary steps on the gold standard and a 12.5 billion gold reserve fund.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Movernent
Morgent
Gress
Political parties report lower election spending
Democrats and Republicans alike say campaign expenditures fell sharply in the just-concluded election. Walter Crissman and A. Coke Cecil credit volunteers and strict cost controls for the reduced outlays, noting many precincts relied on unpaid labor and voter transportation funded without cash pay. The officials claim spending hit a new low while stressing serious campaigning.
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Walter E. Crissman
High Point Township
Democratic Party
A. Coke Cecil
Crissman
Cecil
Mcrrissman
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