Caribbean Storm Threatens Cuba or Mexico Actioned Ships Helped
Two freighters Phemius and San Simeon drifted 150 to 400 miles off Cape Gracias a Dios as a Caribbean hurricane loomed. A Sixaola SOS prompted US Navy responders including Swan and Overton while Kingston salvage aided the Phemius. The storm’s center remained uncertain as it moved north, with Cuba and Yucatan in potential paths.
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A Dios
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Overton
Colon
Panama
National Observatory
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Yucatan
Mexico
Virgin Islands
Battery A Troops Sent to Santa Rosa
Twenty members of Battery A Roswell National Guard unit under Lt. Ed Purdy departed Roswell at 5:30 PM by bus for Santa Rosa. Ordered by Brig. Gen. Osborn C. Wood to observe the election, they carried side arms and filled absent ballots before leaving. The trip included Ed Purdy and 15 others: William H. Brown, David Johnson, Howard B. Smith, Richard Dowell, W. R. Bond, Dave Ackerman, Melvin Knox, Robert Ramft, Sam Perkins, Melvin Brooks, Andrew Hewit, Elmer Bond, Ralph Nellis, Charles Clouse, David Zipps, and J. B. Lassator.
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Roswell
Santa Rosa
Ed Purdy
William H. Brown
David Johnson
Howard B. Smith
Richard Dowell
W. R. Bond
Dave Ackerman
Melvin Knox
Robert Ramft
Sam Perkins
Melvin Brooks
Andrew Hewit
Elmer Bond
Ralph Nellis
Charles Clouse
David Zipps
J. B. Lassator
Roswell Advertising Club to decide on Santa visit
At tomorrow noon's regular Roswell Advertising Club meeting the group will decide whether to sponsor the annual Santa Claus visit to Roswell and the distribution of candy sacks to local children.
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Roswell
Dr Crile speaks on state constitution amendments at Lions
Dr Austin D Crile addressed the Roswell Lions Club on the two amendments to the New Mexico state constitution being voted on today. He presented arguments for and against both measures. The club set November 15 to collect toys for the Lions Christmas gifts for poor city children. Guests included Miss Acrobat LaVerne Jensen and her mother Mrs Jensen, plus Herbert Gray. Myron Prager presided.
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Austin D. Crile
Roswell
Toys For the Lions
Acrobat
Election Day closes final QF campaign events
Sunrise brought the pivotal issues of the 1932 presidential race to registered voters as Hoover and Roosevelt faced a nationwide choice. By midnight, results would determine the next president and likely party control of Congress and the future of prohibition. An unusually high turnout was anticipated though many qualified voters sat out. full results would take days to tally.
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Associated Press
Palo Alito
California
Hyde Park
New York
Herbert Clark Hoover
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
New Jersey
Colorado
United States Senate
Heavy vote 15 cast in San Miguel 68 warily monitored
Las Vegas New Mexico November 8 AP under martial law guardsmen watched voting as National Guard troopers from Clovis and Albuquerque administered polls. Brig Gen Osborne Wood oversaw trooper activities in four counties. Judges ordered absentee ballot records released to Democratic chair Ceferino Quintana amid fraud concerns.
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Las Vegas
N. M
National Guard
Arthur Lengman
Clovis
Albuquerque
Albert Marth
Osborne Wood
Clyde Ely
Gallup
Harry M. Peck
Harry Bowman
Santa Fe
Luis Armijo
Ceferino Quintana
Do. L. Collins
First Town For Hoover New Ashford Mass First to report vote
The Berkshire hill town of New Ashford reported its presidential vote first, with Hoover 24, Roosevelt 8 and one blank. The town has led this claim since 1916, reporting officially at 6:28 a.m. Also noted were results from Peru Massachusetts and early counts from Texas, Florida, and other locales as polls opened nationwide.
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Mass
Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts
Hoover
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Peru
Franklin D. Roosevelt
E. St T
Littl Forkshire
United States
William S. Youngman
Joseph B. Ely
Texas
Houston
Mrs. Ferguson
Orville Bullington
First Returns Favor Roosevelt Across Regions
Early national returns from The Associated Press show a strong Democratic tilt as Roosevelt leads Hoover in multiple regions. Voter turnout appears record breaking with reports of arrests for alleged fraud and an election dispute in Kentucky that left a man possibly fatally wounded.
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Hoover
Midwest
Alabama
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Rhode Island
New York City
Philadelphia
Pikeville
Heavy vote forecast as New Mexico polls open
Fair weather spread across New Mexico as voters queued at polling places from Albuquerque to Las Cruces. Officials predicted turnout could exceed five thousand ballots in Eddy County. A rally in Albuquerque ended with a deadly shooting at an American Legion Hall during GOP candidate R C Dillon’s introduction.
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N. M
Las Cruces
Eddy County
Gallup
Joe Baca
Juan M. Baca
American Legion Hall
R. C. Dillon
Forget-me-not sale raises funds for disabled veterans
Roswell ladies auxiliary of the Disabled American Veterans sold forget-me-nots today and will sell again Friday Armistice Day with all proceeds benefiting disabled veterans in Roswell. Mrs. E L Lyda leads the sale. volunteers include Mrs. Ralph Sheehan and others. In Santa Fe Gov. Seligman placed four northern counties under martial law as National Guard units patrolled polling places amid fears of insurrection and riot.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Disabled American Veterans Post
E L. Lyda
Ralph Sheehan
Tar Lassiter
Lake J. Frazier
W. M. Biludworth
Santa Fe
N. M
Arthur Seligman
San Miguel
Valencia
Guadalupe
Sandoval
New Mexico National Guard
Osborne C. Wood
National Guard
Paul W. Howard
11Fth
Charles G. Sage
111Th Cavalry
San Miguel County
John G. Baker
Valencia County
Col
Oil Lane
Guadalupe County
Heavy vote cast in Roswell elections today
Roswell voters fill well ahead of four years ago with turnout surpassing the presidential vote at 2:30 pm. Early tallies show Armory and Court House districts among the busiest as ballots stream through North Hill and Malone Building booths.
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Armory
North Hillies Court House
Pest
Malone Building
Senior Hi
Coen Cola
Attempted dynamite attack on Hoover train near Palisade
Southern Pacific officials report would be wrecking attempt thwarted near Palisade when a night watchman scared away two men carrying dynamite sticks near the railroad right of way. Otis Weeks, division engineer, said the pair likely planned to blow a Western Pacific bridge to wreck the President's special train.
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Elko
Southern Pacific Railroad
President Hoover
Palisade
Here
Otis Weeks
Weeks
Western Pacific
Southern Pacific
Harold Hurd Elected Chairman of Relief Committee
Harold Hurd was chosen chairman of the executive committee of the Chaves County Emergency Relief Committee in charge of administering federal direct relief funds. The selection occurred at a Chamber of Commerce meeting yesterday afternoon as the committee awaits further guidance from senior officials.
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Harold Hurd
Chaves County
Chamber of Commerce
Review of election day conditions across regions
AP dispatches from New York and eastern states report record registration of 17,274,470, with ten states leaning Hoover four years ago and Democrats noting 1932 is not 1923. The piece notes 12 states voting for president, 122 representatives, and ten referenda including anti prohibition measures on ballots.
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New York
Farley
Kert
Rhode Island
England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Asylvania
Delaware
West Vixinia
Maryland
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