Nationwide repeal of 18th Amendment gains momentum
The United States moves toward repealing national Prohibition as states report large margins in favor of repeal and Kentucky vote tallies shift the path toward ending national dry laws. Ohio Pennsylvania Utah lead the wave while North and South Carolina oppose.
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States and Counties Vote on Repeal Across U S
AP dispatches report early returns from multiple states and counties showing strong repeal majorities. Utah leads national and state repeal tallies with totals from hundreds of districts while Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky and North Carolina also show substantial repeal support.
Prohibition Vote Shapes 1932 Wave in Several States
News briefs describe North Carolina leading the repeal trend by a wide margin and Utah, Ohio, and Pennsylvania moving toward national prohibition repeal. Ohio and Pennsylvania report large majorities for repeal while Kentucky and other states begin tabulations. In New York City, La Guardia defeats Tammany's O'Brien, altering political power, with other state offices decided as Virginia elected Peery governor and Byrd to the Senate.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Utah
North Carolina
South Carolina
Kentucky
Maine
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Tammany Hall
J. P. O’brien
Joseph V. McKee
Farley
Tammany Organization
W. A. Cunningham
Bernard
S. Deutsch
la Guardia
Wer
Board of Aldermen
Ferdinand Pecora
William C. Dodge
Tammany
New York
Roosevelt Seeks Talks With Litvinoff on Soviet Ties
President Roosevelt plans to open talks with M. M. Litvinoff, Soviet envoy, at the state department to bridge 16 years of Russo American relations. Secretary Hull and aides attend a preliminary session while the White House outlines that substantive recognition questions will be addressed in later discussions.
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Roosevelt
M. M. Litvinoff
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Litvinoff
State Department
White House
Hull
Phillipa
R. Walton Moore
Wil Hull
Henry Mors
Morgenthau, Jr
Is Farm Credit Administration
Hack- Worth
United States
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Thirteen Slain in Battle Over Havana City
In Havana on November 8, a revolt against the Grau San Martin regime ended after about six and a half hours of fighting. Thirteen known dead and thirty three wounded, as loyal troops repelled attacks on the palace and secured the capital. ABC secret society remained active with arrests over 200 rebels, and detatchments from guard units prepared for surrender negotiations.
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Navy
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Guillermo Martull
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Camp Columbia
Cabana
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Dragones
San Ambrosio
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Formr Aviation
National Hotel
LaGuardia Defeats Tammany in Historic New York Mayor Race
Fiorello H. LaGuardia won the New York mayoralty by about 250000 votes, delivering a decisive defeat to Tammany Hall and Joseph V. McKee. Fusion forces gained control of the city government as LaGuardia carried all boroughs and topped 858551 votes.
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B. L. Livingstone
New York
Tammany Dynasty
New York City
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Joseph V. McKee
Tammany Hall
Tammany
LaGuardia
Langston Challenges GOP Claim In North Carolina Vote
Col John D Langston of Goldsboro a Democratic leader who opposed repeal disputed Jake Newell of Charlotte claim that the NC vote was a great victory for Republicans He called it not a Democratic nor Republican victory but a triumph by stalwart women and mothers protecting families.
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John D. Langston
Jake Newell
Charlotte
North Carolina
Langston
S. C. Goes Dry. But Can Now Buy Quart A Month
South Carolina's quart a month law will reopen after national prohibition repeal. With a permit from the probate judge, male residents over 21 may import not more than one quart of whiskey monthly. Women may import only if they prove they are heads of households.
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South Carolina
Appointment to succeed Kendrick named in Wyoming
Leslie A. Miller announced today that Joseph C. O'Mahoney will be appointed to succeed Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming. The report places O'Mahoney as the first assistant postmaster general ahead of Kendrick's departure from the Senate.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
John B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Lesiie A. Miller
Roosevelt expands relief plan to cut four million from rolls
President Roosevelt announced a civil works administration funded with 400 million dollars to reduce public relief by placing two million workers on a self sustaining basis by November 16 and two million more by December 15. Harry Hopkins will oversee the program with a thirty hour workweek. White House estimates show about three million families benefiting, down 1.5 million since April, with 250 thousand families removed in September. Farm prices also rose week ending October 25.
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Harry Hopkins
White House
Watkins Surrenders After Four-Day Hunt Ends Slaying Case
John Watkins, a 25 year old Negro, surrenders to deputies at Little River near Winnsboro after a four day manhunt for the slaying of Sheriff Raymond A Feaster of Fairfield County. Watkins claims two white men did it and is jailed in Columbia for safety.
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John Watkins
Raymond A. Feaster
Fairfield County
Watkins
Columbia
E. K. Rabb
Little River
Rabb
Feaster
Blackwood
Banks report loans to Alfred E. Smith syndicate after market crash
Senate investigators disclosed Chase National Bank evidence showing loans totaling several hundred thousand dollars to Alfred E. Smith and others in a stock account syndicate shortly after the 1929 market collapse.
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Washington
Senate
Chase National Bank
Alfred EB. Smith
Rebellion in Cuba Ends with Loyalist Victory at Camp Columbia
During the October uprising the rebel movement lost momentum as Colonel Batista’s infantry heavy fire drove rebels from Camp Columbia airfield. Rebels had seized multiple police stations and key government buildings but failed to gain Bakabana and De La Fuerza fortresses. President Grau addressed the palace guard and declared the situation settled as loyal troops tightened control.
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Gerardo Machado
Cuba
Grau
Camp Columbia
Batista
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San Ambrosio
Markets Hold Steady Amid Foresight of Economic Events
New York traders remained cautious as equities stayed steady, grains and cotton rose modestly, and bonds drifted. Cotton rose on government crop estimates of 13,100,000 bales as of November 1 versus 12,885,000 on October 1, with hopes of currency expansion to lift prices. Wall Street eyed possible non interest bearing bonds and potential British and French retaliation in the dollar-pound franc race.
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France
Will Rogers on dictators and progress plans
Will Rogers jokes about Mussolini as aviation head after Balbo's Italy visit. He predicts Italy will send planes to Chicago's Century of Progress. He quips that gold rose but little else can rise without government purchase.
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Italy
Mussolini
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