Hoover Attacks New Deal In Philadelphia Address
Former President Herbert Hoover in his first Eastern campaign speech denounced the Roosevelt New Deal as deceptive accounting. He claimed recovery began in 1932 and accused the administration of deceptive bookkeeping and budget deficits, urging moral honesty in government. He cited the national debt and a baseball scorecard analogy to critique Roosevelt.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Hoover
Academy of Music
George Horace Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Republican Women of Pennsylvania
Mr. Hoover
Roosevelt
United States
Hoover
Pittsburgh
Textile mills gain 90 day exemption for night work rule
Washington reports the Walsh Healey act exemption for 90 days allows textile mills to hire girls aged 16 to 18 on government contracts if employed by October 15 and not at night or in hazardous jobs. The 40 hour week and 8 hour day provisions remain under review.
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Washington
Walsh- Healey
Charles O. Gregory
Public Contracts Board
Walsh-Healey
Gregory
Call for bids on five projects in Raleigh
Raleigh officials, on October 17, issued a call for bids on October 29 for five construction projects with an estimated total cost of about 220000 dollars. Public works and highway commission oversee the procurements and bids will be opened publicly.
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Raleigh
Highway and Public Works Commission
Two Aggidents Claim 5 Lives In Greensboro Area
Three men riding in a light roadster were killed when their car was struck by a train at a grade crossing near Climax. Luther Burrus aged about 55 died instantly. Herbert Burrus about 19 and Winfred McNeill about 20 died after hospital arrival.
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Greensboro
Climax
Luther Burrus
Herbert Burrus
Winfred McNeil
Burrus
Winfred McNeill
Herbert
McNeill
Campaign trail pivots from Topeka to New York and Cleveland
Governor Landon plans a topeka meeting as a prelude to a campaign swing that includes Los Angeles Madison Square Garden and a Rochester address as ballots near. Roosevelt criticizes Wall Street while Hoover condemns the New Deal in Philadelphia and Lancaster.
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Frank Knox
Roosevelt
New York State
Topeka
Los Angeles
Madison Square Garden
Cleveland
Wall Street
Rochester
N. Y
Herbert Hoover
Philadelphia
New Deal
Lancaster
Wallace
Labor Urges Support For Friends In 1936 Campaign
The American Federation of Labor executive council urges members to stand by their friends and elect them. The report reviews labor planks from the Democratic and Republican parties but keeps a nonpartisan stance, stressing the movement’s allegiance to principles of righteousness, freedom and justice.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
American Federation of Labor Today
Federations of Labor
Congress
Bridge Plan Accord Reached in North River North Carolina
Washington reports a satisfactory agreement between the North Carolina highway department and the rivers and harbors board on bridge construction across the North River section of the intercoastal waterway in northeastern North Carolina.
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Washington
North Carolina Highway Department
Rivers and Harbors Board
North River
North
Carolna
Pair Of Gunmen Miss Mae West In Hollywood Robbery
Two gunmen entered Mae Wests apartment house in Hollywood last night and robbed eight residents of cash and jewelry. The victims were bound in the basement garage as they awaited Miss West who did not appear. Police say the loot totaled several hundred dollars with valuables taken and the robbers restrained the residents.
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Hollywood
Opt
Mae West
Miss West
J. A. Everson
Danny Driscoll
Roosevelt Plans Perpetuation Of NRA Principles
A Massachusetts dispatch reports James Roosevelt saying President Roosevelt aims to seek a constitutional amendment to make NRA principles law. He spoke after a Gardner rally, noting if NRA had not been struck down unemployment would be lower and hours of work should be shortened.
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Washington
Massachusetts
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
NRA
Gardner
Mass
Worcester Telegram
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Democratic 5
Philadelphia
Belgium Pledges to Keep Security Ties and Military Pact
Independance Belge reported Belgium will not abandon military accords with France nor its League of Nations obligations or Locarno principles. King Leopold urged strengthening defenses and parliament to discuss a larger army budget of about 100 million, clarifying neutrality as guiding principle rather than neutral stance.
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Brussels
Independance Belge
Belgum
France
Leopold
Belgium
Blow In Ring Fatal To Boxer Youth Dies After Amateur Bout
Eron Jackson an 18 year old amateur boxer died in Mobile Alabama from injuries sustained last night when his head struck the ring floor after a blow in the bout with Dick Morgan Jackson never regained consciousness and died early today officials reported the fatal accident.
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Mobile
Ala
Eron Jackson
Dick Morgan
Jackson
Constitution Changes Listed In Simple Language
Raleigh Oct 17 Commissioner of Revenue A J Maxwell says five proposed amendments to the North Carolina constitution on November 3 should pass. They would widen Supreme Court to seven members allow varied property tax rates grant a 1000 home stead exemption raise the income tax cap to 10 percent and limit subdivision debt without a vote to three quarters of prior year indebtedness. Maxwell backs all, noting more taxation elasticity and no danger, despite opposition to the homestead exemption from small property owners.
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Raleigh
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Dr Dedicates CVG Stadium in Niagara Falls
President Roosevelt dedicates a civic stadium in Niagara Falls New York praising the project for creating jobs and future growth. He notes Canada proximity and a peaceful border as a benefit while joking about missing a football game for his benefit.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Roosevelt
Canada
Postmasters End Annual Meeting in Salisbury
The North Carolina Postmasters association re elected all officers and directors and set next year's convention for Fayetteville. President Paul R. Younts of Charlotte presided with Wythe Peyton of Asheville as vice president and S T Lough of Davidson as secretary treasurer. A constitutional change will let the executive committee pick another vice president and one more director from each district to balance representation across office classes.
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Salisbury
North Carolina Postmasters Association
Fayetteville
Paul R. Younts
Charlotte
Wythe Peyton
Ashe Ville
S. T. Lough
Davidson
Three Die In Northern California Forest Fires
A dozen fires raged across northern California fanned by hot winds leaving three dead and extensive property damage. In Placer County a 15 mile wall of flame devastated much of Westville, while volunteers saved several nearby towns including Rockaway Beach Vallemar South of San Francisco Bolinas Standard City Sonora and Soulsbyville.
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California
Placer County
Westville
Rockaway Beach
Vallemar
Bolinas
San Francisco Bay
Standard City
Sonora
Soulsbyville
Sierra Foothills
Loyalists Claim Rebels Repulsed On Madrid Front
Loyalist reports say rebels were repulsed as Madrid troops held a western highway position and Fascist columns advanced toward the capital from three directions in a strategic push. The Soviet Union denied knowledge of a mysterious Spanish arms shipment.
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Associated Press
Soviet
Russia
Madrid
Francisco Lar Caballero
Bac
Navalcarnero
Toledo
Strate
Madri
Aranjuez
Valmado
Naval Camero
Capita
Burgos
Guadarram
Torrelaguna
Guadalajara
Siguenza
Navyalcarero
el Escorial
King Edward Plans to Wed Mrs Simpson
The Post reports cabled advices that King Edward VIII intends to marry Mrs Wallis Warfield Simpson, despite her divorce suit from Ernest Simpson. The story says the plan could cost him the throne, with a coronation in May looming, and notes English law allows his marriage only with consent from the Privy Council or abdication if needed.
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Washington
the Post
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
Merryman
Simpson
Prince of Wales
Biarritz
Cotton Buyer Is Claimed By Death
E. Barnes a 55 year old cotton buyer for the Erwin Cotton mills of Cooleemee died at 3 a m in a Baltimore hospital. He had worked with the mills since organization. Survived by wife Mrs Barnes and several children. Body being returned to Cooleemee with burial plans not announced.
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Cooleemee
E. Barnes
Erwin Cotton Mills
Baltimore
Barnes
Erwin Mills
Farm Bureau to Move State Headquarters to Raleigh
E. F. Arnold executive secretary announced the state farm bureau federation plans to relocate its headquarters from Greenville to Raleigh as soon as suitable quarters are obtained.
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Raleigh
E. F. Arnold
State Farm Bureau Federation
Greenville
Swollen Streams Subside In Mountains No Deaths
Swollen streams in western North Carolina receded with no loss of life but caused disrupted communications washed out highways and crop damage. The French Broad crested at nine feet three inches above flood stage while the Yadkin rose steadily submerging valley crops and threatening Wilkes county corn.
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Asheville
North Carolina
French Broad
Yadkin
Yadkin Valley
Wilkes County
Former Prizefighter Bennie McIntyre Sentenced
Bennie McIntyre a 26 year old former prizefighter was sentenced to three years nine months in Atlanta federal penitentiary after conviction in federal district court on two counts of violating the national motor vehicle theft act.
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Greenville
D. C
Bennie McIntyre
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Weather Brief North and South Carolina Sunday Forecast
Partly cloudy and cooler in North Carolina after light mountain showers. South Carolina stays generally fair tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions near coast. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville are west and northwest moderate to fresh, with overall fair conditions through Sunday.
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Coast
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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