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North Carolina delegates back Roosevelt on dry platform
At Raleigh on June 23 the North Carolina State Democratic Convention instructed 26 delegates for Franklin D Roosevelt and endorsed the Gardner administration. The platform favored a mildly dry stance after four hours of committee work, rejected a resubmission plank by 1770 to 512, and called for enforcement of national Prohibition law, school funding, reduced government expenses, and welfare of farmers and workers. District and at large electors were chosen. numerous delegates named from across the state.
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Herald
Raleigh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gardner
Sesson
R. A. Coughton
U. S. Senate
H. P. Foxall
Edgecombe
J. L. Wiggins
Chowan
John H. Small
Washington
F. E. Winslow
Rocky Mount
Larry I. Moore
New Bern
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
John W. Hester
Oxford
Atention
National Congress
A. Hall Johnson
Asheville
J. Crawford Biggs
Rivers D. Johnson
Warsaw
Thad Eure
Hertford
E. R. Tyler
Bertie
W. W. Penisall
Burgaw
Harold C. Codley
Nash
Fred S. Hutchins
Cooper E. Hall
D. M