Arkansas Voters Favor Amendments and Acts in Early Returns
Early returns from 233 precincts show Amendments No 22 Grand Juries No 23 Homestead Tax Exemption No 25 Reapportionment and Acts No 1 Free Textbooks No 3 Criminal Code all appearing to pass with margins varying by precinct. Hempstead County tallies show Roosevelt sweeping in Box Six with strong majorities.
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Roosevelt Victory Leads Amid Partial Returns Across States
Early returns show Roosevelt ahead in a broad set of states with 516 electoral votes versus 15 for Landon, as New England urban centers tilt the balance. The Senate table lists Democrats at 57 seats, Republicans 22, with 25 seats uncertain. House results place Democrats at 30 seats and Republicans at 5, with 230 still in doubt.
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Wyoming
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Rhode Island
Roosevelt Victory Admitted by the Republican Press
Executive Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee pledged continued effort despite a bleak outlook. Hearst papers concede Roosevelt victory on street editions while Kansas City Star acknowledges a landslide in early returns.
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Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
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Kansas City
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Plan Spending of Stark Derby Prize
Toronto report notes Pauline Clarke plans to spend part of Pauline Millar’s $500000 Stark Derby prize on a wedding, amid contest rules. Clarke is one of six mothers with nine children in ten years. four other mothers also seek Derby honors. Lily Kennay claims to have eleven children registered, forming a dispute over who should claim prize funds.
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Theater
Fragmentary Thought on Bible, Swan, and Eternity
A fragmentary meditation references the Bible, a swan, and a preparation bed for eternity. The text suggests belabored lines about belief and destined finality amid unclear context and attribution.
Movie Villain in Hospital Interview
HOLLYWOOD The heavy had been in a by hospital, yet C Henry Gordon, famed villain of The Charge of the Light Brigade, was lucid about his illness and operation. He hints that hospitals attract visitors who linger outside his door, yet remains gracious and affable despite his condition. Continued on page feed.
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Weary Gordon
C. Henry Gordon
Light Brigade
Turned Brown By Brown Turner
Nashville Tenn specials discuss election questions as Republicans seek unemployment answers and Democrats defend actions. Father Cougin questions Mexico policy. Mr Lemke asks about breath. Mr Thames and Mr Browder address division and attack incidents. A satirical look at candidates and public opinion amid a complaining crowd.
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Mexico
Lemke Wats
Thames
Mr. Browder
Williams Family Legacy Draws Wide Florida Attendance
All but two of Florida's 67 counties are represented as descendants of Andrew Elton Williams gather in Graceville near there. Williams came to Jackson county from North Carolina in 1814, and their descendants now total between 2,000 and 3,000.
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North Carolina
Quadruplets Born and Father Paints
SENATH, Mo. Four Bridges children born in a small log cabin. two survived brief, but the other two died, leaving a family of five with only a four year old daughter living. The father, a southeast Missouri sharecropper, reported the weights of the newborns and noted the family’s hardship.
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End of the party era debated after 1936 elections
After the 1936 elections the piece questions if November 3 signals the end of the old Republican and Democratic parties and a forthcoming realignment by 1940. It notes wide intra party schisms, challenges for Roosevelt allies to maintain control, and for Landon or others to rebuild the Republicans. The piece argues history shows new parties are hard to form and old alignments shift, with prognostications common after campaigns.
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Washington
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Voting results by state and precincts for Landon and Roosevelt
The report lists candidate tallies by state and precinct counts, detailing Roosevelt and Landon totals across many jurisdictions. It notes incomplete precincts in California Kansas New York Maine South Carolina and others with varying Roosevelt and Landon sums.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Arkansas
Missouri
Montana
New York
Lemker
Massachusetts
Maine
South Carolina
Rooosevelt
Colorado
Delaware
Nebraska
Illinois
Connecticut
Conservatives in England Win Sweeping Municipal Victories
Conservatives swept England and Wales municipal elections, reducingLabour’s control from 42 of 872 councils while advocating retrenchment. London boroughs excluded as the London Council elects in three-year cycles. Scottish polls set for Tuesday.
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Corn Husking Test To Be Held Nov 10
Newark Ohio reports the 136th national corn husking championship shifts to Alva Oyler’s 487 acre farm on old National road. November 10 will host 18 contestants from nine states with two entrants per state. Last year Elmer Carlson of Iowa set a record with 41.52 bushels in 80 minutes.
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Ohio
Iowa
Uinois
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Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
South Dakota
Fountain County
Elmer Carlson
Spon
145 Ships Tied Up as Strike Spreads
San Francisco report details a general maritime strike halting coast shipping with 145 ships tied up by Monday night. Sympathy walkouts reached Atlantic and Gulf ports as 37,000 union mariners and 20,000 laundry workers faced disruption. New York canceled two liners after sit down strikes. Public officials sought negotiations while Joint Negotiating Committee had called the strike Thursday midnight.
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Gulf Ports
Maritime Commission
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Seattle
America
New York
Pacific Northwest
Edward F. McGrady
A Rough Time for Club's Bachelors
The Kiwanis club met Tuesday at the Capital Hotel with about 20 members. New member Alvin Pitt, manager of a local grocery, was introduced. After initiation, members gave talks on Kiwanis beliefs. Four bachelors Reich, Sutton, Pitt, and Moreland were ordered to sing as a penalty for singleness.
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