Literary Digest Poll Sees Roosevelt Lead in 41 States
Semifinal returns from The Literary Digest poll show Roosevelt leading Hoover 3 to 2 across 41 states plus State Unknown, with 1,648,237 votes for Roosevelt and 1,095,274 for Hoover from 2,938,600 tallied. Electoral tally would be 474 to 57 in Roosevelt favor.
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Literary Digest
Roosevelt
Electoral College
Hoover
Tomorrow
Thomas
New
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Delaware
California
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Nevada
North Dakota
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Texas
New England
Footprint Mystery Baffles Boston Police
Boston police search for a burglary suspect whose odd method includes robbing dwellings with one bare foot and the other in a stocking. Footprint analyses after 14 robberies in a suburban district reveal this unusual detail.
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Boston
Mass
Burelar
Hogs End Snakes With Ferocious Foraging
Hogs are observed to kill and eat snakes including rattlesnakes. In snake plagued areas some hogs promptly clean out the pests, demonstrating their appetite for serpents.
Whitsett News Notes Funeral and Local Happenings
Numerous friends and relatives attended the funeral of Mrs. Greene Boon at St. Mark's Reformed Church. The column notes visitors from Winston-Salem, Halloween rehearsals at the school auditorium, and local building plans. Also mentioned are mail schedule changes, football trips, health updates, and an auction sale led by F. G. Hammer.
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Luke Sharp
Burlington
H. BE. Enochs and Son
A. C. Brewer
Winston-Salem
Gordon Whitsett
Rainey Hospital
Rosa Sprinkle
Chapel Hill
J. W. Summers
N. Morrison
Little Son
Greensboro
Chas, T. M. Ne
Carrie Brewer Whitsett
Woman's College of the University
Gannon
Highway 10
Oshoro
Here
O. M. Noah
Whitsett, Julian
F. G. Hammer
Miller Discusses Aid for Destitute in North Carolina
Clinton North Carolina October 28 Miller of the state relief organization told welfare workers and citizens from 11 southeastern counties that economic recovery hinges on social recovery. He defended federal relief as necessary in a crisis, saying it is better to employ emergency aid than remain indifferent to destitution.
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Clinton
N. C
America
Julilan
Miller
T. W. Pickett
Raleigh
State Association of County Superintendents of Public Welfare
George Butler
W. T. Best
W. C. Jackson
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
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Califf
Rene
Clarence Hicks
Central State Teachers’ College
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
Hoe
Lansing
Whitsett News
Nash
Studebaker
Corona
Bears
Simon
Sears
Sears, Roebuckens Co
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