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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1932
Page
5
In Annapolis Maryland on October 14 Navy tightens plans for Ohio’s grid challenge. Coach Rip Miller and aides drill two full squads as Navy studies the Bobcats style and motions to counter the coming game.
In New York on October 14 the stock market surged with buoyant gains as shorts scrambled to cover. Prices rose two to eight points in principal issues, the market eased to around its best levels by afternoon, Sterling cables at 3.44 percent, call money renewed at 1 percent.
An address delivered before Loudoun Chapter DAR on the George Washington bicentennial celebration recounts Winchester in 1755. It describes town growth, frontier life, and Braddock’s expedition, with Washington as a key figure, his prior visits, and his 1755 appointment as colonel to defend Virginia.
Southern Conference results include Alabama 0 Tennessee 25 and Georgia 32 North Carolina 7. Duke 0 Maryland 25, Tulane 19 Vanderbilt 0, Kentucky 45 Wash Lee 0. Florida and Citadel, Fu and Davis Elkins, Louisiana College and Louisiana Tech, and others listed as DNP or unknown. Southwestern and Sewanee 0 0, Va Military 0 7 Virginia Poly 6 6. Mountain and western conferences report various outcomes. notable scores: Utah 43 Brigham Young 0, California 7 Washington State 13, Montana 19 Idaho 21, Stanford 13 California Tech 0 26.
Roosevelt leads in 31 states in a Digest straw poll with gains among former Republicans in nine states and more votes from former Republicans than former Democrats in eight others. The analysis notes Roosevelt has increased his support in several regions as campaigns unfold.
The Literary Digest reports Roosevelt leading Hoover by large margins in California and New York, with 356 to 57 electoral votes projected for Roosevelt. Massachusetts tops Republican returns while Vermont goes to Hoover, and the Socialist vote around Thomas offers a growing challenge for orthodox parties. The piece notes the poll spans 38 states, with 18 new entrants, and cautions that results may shift in later counts.
The Winchester Semi-Pros will travel to Frederick Maryland to face the Frederick Athletic Club on Sunday afternoon. Seventeen players are to depart from Rouss Engine House at 11 a.m. and a hard fought contest is anticipated as Maryland’s squad is described as one of the best in years. The team will return for a home game at Rouss Park on Sunday afternoon October 23 against Company No. 5 of Alexandria.
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