Hoover Holds Lead in Literary Digest Presidential Poll
New York Oct 6 Hoover gains more than 68 percent and Smith just under 31 in the Literary Digest 19 million vote poll. Arkansas favors Smith. Maryland and Wisconsin show slim Democratic distance. | The Digest notes shifts since 1924 with many voters defecting, and reports New York upstate totals favor Hoover while New York City votes are not yet in.
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Firemen Pay a Tribute To Late Thurman Hamilton
The Star reports Thurman Hamilton known as Pete has died in a hit and run incident. Firemen honor him as a young county man of sterling character and good habits reflecting the community’s loss.
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Hoover to Drive Wedge in Solid South
The piece argues southern states will press for nullification of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments while enforcing the eighteenth. It notes that no constitutional amendment matters without enforcement acts and funding, calling out powerful influential figures ready to push Congress.
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Dyer predicts federal enforcement of amendments aid rights drive
The speaker argues that ample appropriations will enforce the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. He says Congress will appoint enforcement officers in southern states to ensure Black citizens’ rights under the Constitution. He contrasts Hoover’s prohibition stance with southern Democratic zeal and predicts a shift by November 6 toward enforcement laws and equal rights.
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Garber to Speak at Reliance Saturday Evening
Rockingham county Republican nominee J A Garber will address voters at Reliance Warren county tomorrow night. The meeting expected to start at 8 oclock includes an address by Shenandoah College president Roebush and a performance by the Higgins Sisters Quartet audience invited.
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