Year’s Top News of 1932 Survey Highlights Lindbergh Kidnapping
The Associated Press Editors ranked the Lindbergh kidnapping first among 1932’s biggest stories. Other top events include the Bonus Army eviction, Roosevelt’s election landslide, Kreuger’s death, Los Angeles Olympics, Shanghai hostilities, and Insull collapse. Walker resigns as New York mayor amid a Roosevelt hearing.
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Lindbergh
Cose
Associated Press
Bonus Army
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Ivar Kreuger
Los Angeles
Shanghai
Insull
Chicago
Walker
New York
Massie
Honolulu
Doumer
France
Smith Reynolds
Libby Holman
Rockefeller
Gandhi
Germany
Lausanne
Raymond Robbins
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jimmy Walker
Roosevelt
Woman Loses Twenty Pounds in Four Weeks
Mrs Mae West of St Louis Missouri reports dropping from 170 to 150 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts. She says it gives energy and suppresses hunger. Advertisement touts half a teaspoon in hot water each morning as a safe weight loss method with a 4 week bottle price.
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Mae West
St. Louis
Democrats Face Budget Balance Challenge After Delayed Plans
Washington sources report Democrats delaying revenue-raising steps to end of session and relying on expenditure cuts to balance the budget. Republican Leader Snell says the party will fail to balance the budget this session and blames focus on beer policy. He notes Roosevelt must present a concrete program and push leaders to act.
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Washington
Republican House
Snell
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Treasury-Post Office
Senate
New Yorker
Will of Calvin Coolidge leaves estate to wife
Cal v in Coolidge left his entire estate to wife Grace in a 1926 will written on White House stationery. The will cites the son John but provides no estate value. estimates range from 250000 to 600000 dollars. Secretaries Sanders and Clark witnessed the document in Washington.
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
Library of Congress
Capitol
Northampton
Mass
Hoover
Calvin
Northaapton
Hampshire County
Massachusetts
John
Grace Goodhue Coolidge
District of Columbia
A. D
Goverett Sanders
Edward T. Clark
Erwin C. Gesiser
White House
Nyal Throat Gargle Promotion at Watauga Drug Store
Nyal throat gargle offered two for the price of one at the Watauga Drug Store. The sale highlights a simple discount likely aimed at everyday health purchases and value conscious shoppers.
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Nyal
Watauga
Reynolds Discovers Old Ties With Long and Gore
North Carolina Senator Reynolds recalls a long friendship with Huey Long after an informal party. Long remembers skating in Baton Rouge with Reynolds who once ran a skating rink. A second reminiscence involves Reynolds and Oklahoma Senator Gore, both puzzled by a past meeting.
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Washington
Bob Reynolds
North Carolina
Huey Long
Louisiana
Senate
Bob
Kingfish
Tye
Baton Rouge
Reynolds
the Kingfish
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Senator Reynolds
Oklahoma City
Gore
Hoover Gives His Camp to Nation for Shenandoah Park
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover donate their Madison County Virginia camp to the commonwealth. The deed names William E. Carson trustee and asks the camp be added to Shenandoah National Park for use by future presidents. A President letter is included in the deed.
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Richmond
Hoover
Mr. Carson
Treated Camp Plan Would Pass To Shenandoah Park
The speaker reiterated his plan from August 2 1929 to make the camp permanent for successors and eventually part of Shenandoah National Park. He stated it could be used for a weekend camp or, if presidents do not claim it, be at the park’s disposal after transfer to the federal government.
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Shenandoah National Park
Two Gun Schoolma Am Reforms Bad Indians In Old West Style
In The American Weekly distributed with the Atlanta Sunday American a two gun schoolma am recounts reforming a band of Indians using frontier justice and rugged tactics. The piece evokes Wild West law and order through a fictional persona and period flavor.
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American Weekly
Atlanta Sunday American
Vinci Iron Tonic Aids New Mother Says It Helped
After the birth of her baby, Mrs. M. Gunstone describes feeling thin nervous and run down. She credits the first bottle of Vinci iron tonic with restoring strength and needed weight at Watauga Drug.
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Vinci
Mystery Solved by French Detective in The American Weekly
A feature recounts a puzzling crime solved by a French detective of the Surete. Mr. H. Ashton-Wolfe, former assistant to Dr. Bertillon, explains the investigative breakthrough and its implications in a serialized narrative.
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H. Ashton-Wolfe
Dr. Bertillon
the Surete
Atlanta Sunday American
Nyal Zinc Oxide Ointment Offer At Watauga Drug Co
The Watauga Drug Company advertises a two for one sale on Nyal Zinc Oxide Ointment, inviting shoppers to take advantage of the discount and stock up on this product.
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Watauga Drug Co
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