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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1932
Page
7
Carlton Hooks an 18 year old was robbed of 13 60 by an unknown assailant who approached from behind while he was securing the family car in the Park Way home. He cannot recall the weapon and police scouted the area for hours without locating the hijacker.
Funeral service for D. D. Helms, 28, who died Friday at Randolph hospital after a brief illness, was held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Lebanon M. P. Church with Rev. Farmer officiating. Pallbearers were Jesse Stone, Willard Chafin, Bud Kerns, Karlie Maddox, Gray O’Neil and Mick Puritt. flower bears included Louise Edmonds, Hazel Harkey, Carrie Harkey, Irene Pruitt, Doris O’Neil, Elon Green, Ruth Green, and Hazel Fields.
High Point Kiwanians will hold a special Armistice Day program Friday at the Elwood Hotel at 12 15 PM. Charlie Perry and Sam Holt are in charge and the meeting will include a feature address and acting. Wives of members are invited to attend the program.
The Roosevelt ticket attracted thousands as he spoke in Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Newburgh, Kingston and Kingston, with Mrs. Roosevelt accompanying and later returning to New York for school duties. His mother and wife watched intently as he concluded his remarks.
Despite heavy weather more than 700 people attended the annual singing festival at Liberty Sunday. Participants included Mt. Pleasant Girls Quartette Ramseur Melody Girls Stamps Trio Burlington Girls Ramseur High School Boys Miss Riddle with the Little Four Girls Quartette Burlington Mixed Quartette Central Quartette Carolina Girls Cores Quartette Colfax Girls Quartette and the Jarvis Quartette. R. P. Smith led the event.
Secretary of War Patrick J Hurley and Mrs Hurley voted early in Tulsa as a heavy ballot appeared across nearly all precincts.
Mrs Clara Bell Byerly died at her parents home 207 Howell Street after a six month illness. Born June 29 1908 in Lincoln County Georgia she moved to this city 11 years ago. She married E M Byerly on September 30 1928 and is survived by her husband and his parents two brothers a sister and a grandmother. Funeral arrangements include departure for Lincoln County Georgia and services at New Hope Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.
President Hoover spoke from his car window to a large audience as he neared his home, warning of a diverging political philosophy and urging truth over promises. The program included input from Coolidge, Mills, Capper, and other officials before Hoover's Palo Alto stop and reception.
Joplin Moody precinct reports early results with Roosevelt at 20 and Hoover at 10, as Missouri begins to tally votes.
First unofficial returns from Fort Worth precincts show Roosevelt with 123 votes and Hoover with 17 for the presidential race. Additional precinct tallies awaited.
While serving a five year term Herbert Thompson escaped last May from a road folly of escapes He said the law gets its man Thompson heard a speech in St Louis and hitchhiked back to Florida to surrender himself.
A Geneseo physician releases a concise guide for tending scarlet fever cases filled with germ precautions. The piece emphasizes home care, sanitation, and when to seek medical help. The remark about a thief wishing to burn the guide adds a quirky local aside.
Fred Geiser milking a cow when three strangers asked for a ride. Geiser, his daughter, and a friend pushed a stalled car to start it, then drove away with about 8145 dollars in money.
Louisvile boy Roy Hess aged 11 crawled into a sewer after a nickel he spotted. He found the coin but required 29 police and firemen to rescue him. The boy was freed after workers removed the iron grate from the street.
Ernest Stone, 54, a barber, died with his two dogs in his Detroit home. Police found their bodies on the floor. Stone formerly trimmed hair for a Washington hotel and was sometimes called to the White House.
Wandering monkeys from the Ligonier Pa Zoo have been seen near homes peering into windows and pelting residents. Mrs Mary Bates lured three with pancakes, captured them and collected a $3 reward, now seeking the remaining five.
Louis Hart, accustomed to keeping to the wagon, found a blaze under his seat on a Sacramento streetcar sprang a sudden fire. He could not extinguish it and summoned the fire department. hoses and ladders quickly put out the flames.
Weather bureau issues advisory at 9 30 am noting a tropical disturbance moving northwest near 17 north 82 west with shifting gales and possible hurricane force winds. Center position and future track remain uncertain. caution advised for vessels and coastal areas.
In Pine Bluff Arkansas on November 8 notices were posted by the Cotton Belt railroad shops calling 200 men to return to work on November 9 for a five day week. The recall covers 175 locomotive shop workers and 25 freight car department staff.
Hon Bruce H Carraway of this city spoke in Newark New Jersey substituting for Attorney General Mitchell before several thousand voters at the auditorium. He was escorted to the platform by leading Newark women leaders Governor Moore and former Congressman O Brien among the audience. The southern Democrat drew a three minute ovation and progressed through a strong campaign style.
Police report a single night break in at the Kellam Foundry on Park Street yielded an electric drill and a window sash. Detectives note such crimes may involve accomplices and that stolen tools sometimes appear in pawn shops. Investigation continues.
In North Carolina the first district sees a strong turnout despite gloomy weather. State Democrats predict a record or near record total, with McDowell County reports suggesting a large vote and heavy boxes overflowing in Charlotte Mecklenburg precincts. The scene features a large African American turnout and Roosevelt leading the straight Democratic ticket while Republican Jake Newell edges other Republicans in early returns. Elizabeth City shows 1009 ballots by noon as clouds threaten rain.
Atlanta reports election day in the solid south with Kentucky Florida and Tennessee as major battlegrounds. Voter eligibility totals far surpass 1928, as Republicans aim to regain influence across the region including four states that voted Hoover in 1928.
Voters face decisions on control of 34 states and the senate in the 1932 election with 40 million projected ballots. Weather may affect turnout, while CongressWatch notes party shifts could place Democrats in control of the lame duck session if they win New Jersey and Colorado seats.
Martin Station Alabama reported the state's first complete box in today’s election. Seven votes were cast for the Democratic nominees Roosevelt and Garner.
L. J. Fisher chairman of the High Point Democratic Executive committee invites all Democrats to visit headquarters tonight for election returns. He arranged rapid tally from local precincts and will relay nationwide results by a radio at the HQ, ahead of other places.
Across Colorado and Massachusetts early counts from scattered precincts indicate Roosevelt ahead of Hoover. In Salida Chaffee county Hoover 41 Roosevelt 60 at noon. in Denver Roosevelt 2,362 Hoover 1,060. in New Bedford nine of 45 precincts Hoover 2,420 Roosevelt 2,355.
Thirteen of 81 El Paso county precincts reported at noon with Roosevelt ahead for president 521 to 88 and Ferguson Democrat leading Bullington Republican 884 to 208 for governor.
Livermore population 28 reports first New Hampshire tally showing Roosevelt 13 to Hoover 1 and Democratic lead 18 to 1. Four years ago Smith received 6 votes and Hoover 4.
Unofficial returns from two Pittsburgh precincts report Hoover 14 and Roosevelt 8, indicating a lead for Hoover early in the vote tally.
Returns from 21 Houston precincts totaling 1000 votes reported to the Houston Chronicle at 9 15 a m list President Roosevelt 855 Moorer 154 and Governor Miriam A Ferguson 7138 Orville Bullington 874 with Ferguson leading in Texas and Roosevelt ahead nationally.
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