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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1932
Page
2
The 1933 presidential race moves toward its end with Hoover finishing speeches in St Paul and Madison while Roosevelt and Alfred E. Smith rally in Madison Square Garden. Both campaigns outline posturing plans as ballots near.
Revised tabulations from Washington DC show the national presidential poll results by state. The table breaks out counts for Hoover and Roosevelt, including an allocation by gender and potential electoral votes. The figures indicate a total around 181 850 and 266 as the electoral totals.
Louis Seibold reports the Hearst newspapers’ two month poll favors the Roosevelt Garner ticket. Of 617,922 ballots, 343,737 support Roosevelt Garner and 274,189 Hoover Curtis, with an electoral prediction of 350 to 181 in Roosevelt Garner’s favor, the largest Democratic majority since 2012.
Saturday will feature Roosevelt at Madison Square Garden New York and on air nationwide. Al Smith may join Roosevelt on the platform if the Democratic committee sees an opening. NBC and CBS will broadcast. WOAL KTSA schedule shows Roosevelt's last major appeal before the election. Amos and Andy may end Saturday night programs on networks.
The read text appears as a garbled weather and location report with scattered place names, dates, and figures. It mentions moon phases, times, and various place references, but lacks coherent structure or usable facts.
A cluttered montage lists radio program schedules and host groups across stations, detailing shows from various cities. It mentions musical acts, orchestras, and talk segments with names like Mildred Bailey and Hubert Prior Vallee, plus ads urging loan services.
Vanderbilt finally clinches the Vanderbilt Cup in a ceremony presented by Douglas Paige. The trophy honors a four member bridge team including Herald 5, Vanderbilt, donor Willard Karp and P. Hi Sims, celebrated as a symbol of contract bridge supremacy.
A group of prominent business leaders urge voters to back the Roosevelt Garner ticket citing aims to end liquor gang control, restore beverage tax proceeds to the treasury, and provide genuine stimulus to industry and employment through the Democratic platform amid a crisis of bank failures and farmer distress. They criticize Republican statesmanship as bankrupt of ideals and foresight.
President Hoover denounced Democratic evasion of key topics and claimed Republican actions saved banks and stabilized the economy. He cited Democratic allies and asserts a Moratorium proposal reshaped history while accusing Democrats of misleading the public and distorting facts to undermine the Administration.
The report describes a domestic dispute with an evangelist and his wife, including a claim that a man visited the wife with whiskey in a Houston room. The husband, Wilken, recounts finding a man in the room and jealously details tensions and messages about clothes and travel.
Roosevelt in a campaign speech criticizes the Washington administration for destruction delay deceit and despair. He cites the Democratic platform opposing sound money as a safeguard and accuses Hoover of misquoting him. He references quotes about poverty and the 1928 campaign book, noting deletions he says altered meaning. He plans to vote then go to New York for returns.
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