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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
VOLUME XXXII. NO. 58.
NATION IS READY TO CAST BALLOTS
RECORD VOTE PREDICTED
AS NATION PREPARES TO
MARCHTOPOLLSTUESDAY
BOTH SIDES- ARE
ON ELECTION EVE
Republicans ami _ Democrats
Campaigning to Last Minute
Prior to Tomorrow’s
Balloting.
lNDICATIONS^OINT
TO DEMOCRATIC WIN
__
America AmoeIr*’c S> Voting Voting lulllions Millintic 1?a
laxed Today From Bedlam of
Polltical r» .... , r, Debate , , r For Over 'r Two
Months.
_
By D. HAROLD OLIVER
Associated Press Staff Writer
Washington, Nov. 7. yP) Americas ,
voting millions relaxed from a bedlam
of political debate today to await
writing of the final chapter of a
precedent-shattering campaign . „
morrow’s choice at the ballot box of
the nation’s next president.
Both sides were expressing confi¬
dence in the outcome at the pre-elec¬
tion spotlight played on the leading
figures. They were campaigning to
the very last, President Hoover white
en route to his home state of Cali¬
fornia to vote and Franklin D. Roose¬
velt in New York state just prior to
his final appeal for national support
from Poughkeepsie.
Quadrennial election eves usually
find the Republican and Democratic
nominees making exhortations to the
people to vote—normally 15 percent
of __ the eligibles _______ fail -....._ to do so—but .. ________ few
campaigns have witnessed candidates
on the road the day before election
carrying on the fight.
With an assertion at St. Paul
urday night tha- a Democratic vie
tory tomorrow would mean “four
whole months in which there can be
no definition of national policy” and
year before the Democrat* could “val
idate their promises and vtheir
deal,” President Hoover entrained
the Pacific coast.
Governor Roosevelt chose for to
day an automobile tour and a few
brief talks in his native Hudson river
valley He made his last maior
speech Saturday at Madison
Garden where, reunited with his
political ally, Alfred E. Smith, he as
serted the program he had outlined
in his thousands of miles of travels
was the “spontaneous expression
the aspirations of millions of individ¬
ual men and women.”
Whatever the outcome of tomor¬
row’s great march to the polls here
are some of the leaders’ forecast or
statements:
President Hoover: “I have fixed my
faith upon the logical conclusions of a
thoughtful people.”
Governor Roosevelt: “I believe that
the best interests of the country re¬
quire a change of administration.
Every sign points to that ehange.”
Norman Thomas: “The vote will go
down in history as marking the first
great definite trend to socialism in
this country.”
Vice President Curtis “Everything
is fine. “We’ll carry the country.”
Speaker Garner: “The -people of the
country long since made up their
minds for a change in administration.
President Hoover and his followers
are defeated.”
Chairman Sanders: “President
Hoover will he re-elpcted by a min¬
imum of 338 electoral votes.”
Chairman Farley “I predict a great
and triumphal victory. Roosevelt’s
popular majority will be 10,000,000
votes.”
Secretary Mills: “I believe Presi¬
dent Hoover will win.”
Alfred E. Smith: “The American
people will relieve the republicans of
their stewardship and place it in the
capable hands of Roosevelt and Gar¬
ner.”
With a prediction of his own, or
least a hope that he is right, the
will mark his ballot tomorrow
only for President and vice
but for United States senator in
states, for members of the
house of representatives m
state except Maine which elected
on September 12, for governor in
states and for other state officers
39 commonwealths.
A popular pluiality docs not
sarily elect a president. A
of the electoral votes, 266 out of
total of 531. is required.
The voters will choose 34
for the new senate, including two
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Honored At Brenau
Races In States
| And Nation Have
! 864 Candidates
By The Associated Press
Who’s to be voted tomorrow:
) President and vice-president of the
(United States,
j Members United States from senator state in 33 (except states.
every
Maine, which elected September 12)
to the Unite,i States house of repre *
sentatives
Governors in 34 states.
j Voters Lesser state will mark officials their in 39 ballots states. di¬
rect | for president and vice-president
j in eight states, although in effect
,the ' V wil1 ballot f « r electors whose
|names c ° nfusln were £ the left votei off 'S- the lists In aI1 to avoid other l
the names of electors , appear 1
'off the ba Illinois, >! ot -. Tb Nebraska, e eight leaving Iowa, them Wis
are
consin, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts—for the first time
in the last four named. They also do
not appear where machines are used
m New Yoik.
Nominees lor the senate number
{seats B22, including three women, for 34
(two in Georgia) now held by
13 Republicans and 10 Democrats and
.with terms running into the new sen
ate. In addition to electing one for the
new senate, Colorado will choose one
for the short term ending next March.
Twenty-seven incumbent senators
(15 Republicans 12 Democrats) are
seeking reelection, one (Brookhart, of
Iowa), as a progressive, having been
defeated in the Republican primary, j
Three senatorial candidates all U em
ocrats (Fletcher, Florida, Russell of 1
Georgia, and Overton, of Louisiana)
have no opposition. elected
For the 432 seats (3 already
in aMine) in the house, theer are 1,142
candidates, including 29 women (mo.st-j
ly minor party candidates) and 356
membebrs are seeking reelection
Nominees for the house in 40 dis- _
j tricts (36 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
, bave no opposition. I
In tflm 34 gubernatorial contests
bbere are 1^6 candidates, including
’women (Iowa and Texas).
teen governors (8 Democrats, 7 Re
publicans and one Farmer-Labor) are
seeb dge, * n £ reelection. Democrat, One Georgia, (Eugene has Ta-| no l
j ma
opposition. including
Tbere arp 864 candidates, .
women, for 280 lesser state offices,
! a!1 sub j e< * to state-wide vote. |
Approximately . 47,000,000 persons
-
, ba ve qualified ... , to vote, to
! Polls close at varlous tinleR up
8 P ‘ m ’ Pacific standard, or 11 p. m,
easteln standaid.
j FREED
. CMS IS
El M ICE
Sentence Against Convicted V/UIlVlcicu j
Shipbuilder in Lindbergh Case j
is Suspended and He is Given
i Liberty.
|
By FRANCIS A. JAMIESON
Flemington, N. J., Nov. 7. (A 3 )—
John Hughes Curtis, who was con¬
victed of obstructing justice in the
Lindbergh kidnap case, was freed to*.
day, Judge Adam O. Robbins suspend
ing operation of his one-year sentence.
Flemington, N. J., Nov. 7. UP )—It
was learned from a reliable source
today that the one-year sentence im¬
posed on John Hughes Curtis, who
was convicted of obstructing justice
in the Lindbergh kidnap case, will be
commuted this afternoon to permit
his immediate freedom.
Curtis was sentenced to a year in
prison and was fined $1,000. It was
learned today that when the sentence,
from which Curtis took an appeal
which is now pending, is commuted he
will pay the fine and drop the appeal
effort.
Curtis, a Virginia shipbuilder, play
j ' ed a announcing prominent part that he in the in kidnap touch
case, was
'■ with the kidnapers and negotiating
: with them for return of the infant son
! of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
He directed Col. Lindbergh and
j police on numerous efforts to make
| contact with the kidnapers and
Lindbergh was on one such errand
I when word came that the child had
i been found dead.
' It could not be definitely learned
on what grounds the Curtis prison
(sentence would be commuted but
j there was one report that this action
; would be taken because of valuable
I information given the authorities by
‘ Curtis since his trial.
Jane Brannon, of Weston, W. Va.,
elected president of the student
at Brenau College Con
Gainesville, Ga. She is a
ber of the varsity basketball
Roosevelt Packs
Away His Famous
Campaign Bonnet
Hyde Park, N. Y., Nov. 7. (TP)—
years ago, Franklin D.
knqwn chiefly as a young
wjtffi an interest in politics, cliug
g t , ( [ t ] ()Wn the Hudson river valley
; n a none too reliable automobile to
his first campaign speech at
Few Democrats and no Republicans
pg WO uU tie elected to the
office he sought, a seat in the state
The district which included
his home county of Dutchess had al
y S been overwhelmingly Repub
]j can ,
Today he vistis Beacon again, the
Democratic candidate for the presi
Tomorrow the voters of the
nation weight that candidacy at the
0 lls.
Beacon is one of several Hudson
cities he will visit on a motor
trip, scheduled to leave his Kruip El
home at 3 o’clock. He will speak
j n B eac0 n public square, the scene
0 f Bis maiden effort as a campaigner,
jj (i will cross the river on the ferry
a (. Beacon to. Newburg on the west
of the river. He will stop also
at Kingston before recrossing the
r j ver a t Rhinebeck.
Mr. Roosevelt will speak tonight at 1
Hall in Poughkeepsie. He
has been speaking regularly in Colum¬
bus Hall on the night before election
for more than two decades. It will
be the candidate’s last public utter
ance of the campaign, On Tuesday
afternoon, after voting in Hyde Park,
Mr. Roosevelt will drive to New York
tq receive election returns at national
headquarters in the Biltmore Hotel.
Yesterday, after returning to Krum
Elbow from a week-end in New York
City, Roosevelt appeared more con¬
cerned with the safety of bis well
worn gray felt hat than with the mo¬
mentous events ahead of him.
“Take that old campaign hat and
lock it in the safe,” he instructed Mc
Duffie, his negro valet. The old hat
has been with him throughout the
campaign. He has refused to replace
it, admitting changing hats is his one
superstitution. Souvenir hunters have
repeatedly tried to possess it, several
of them boldly attempting to snatch
It from Mr. Roosevelt as he rode
L^°"^:„ c ri ded ' Street8 wavin « 5t t0
the audiences.
1 be pn< I °E *- be campaign finds Mr.
Roosevelt confident he wall be elected.
“It’s been grand; I’m sorry we
aren’t starting out,” he remarked.
In the four months since his nomi
nation he has traveled in 37 states and
made hundreds of speeches. Marvin
McIntyre, his trip manager, estimat
ed that more than 6,000,000 persons
had seen him since he left Albany by
airplane on July 2 to make the ac¬
ceptance speech to the Chicago, con¬
vention.
RAGAN ACQUITTED
IN WIFE’S DEATH
Fernandina, Fla., Nov. 7. UP )—Kent
Ragan of Jacksonville has been ac
quitted of the murder of his wife
der a verdict of “not guilty because
of insanity.”
The acquittal was returned Satur
'day and Circuit Judge Dewitt T.
j Gray discharged the prisoner saying
; he did not care to impose on the tax
payers the expense of sending Ragan
to Chattahoochee when he knew
j time. would only mean his release in a short
Ragan left the courtroom with
father, a physician from Morgan, Ga.
Ragan’s mother suffered a breakdown
: during the trial and physicians said
it probably would be some days
fore the family could return to
S? an -
BRUNSWICK, CA., MONDAY, NOV. 7, 1932.
EFFORT TO PICKET
LG!
HALTEO BY POLICE
Police Disperse Groups of Rati*
icals M ho Carry Banners to
National Capitol on Flection
Eve
MANY ARE ARRESTED
TO PREVENT TROUBLE
Promised to Be Large De*
monstration Falls Short M'hen
Officials Quell First Disturb*
ance.
Washington, Nox. 7. (TP)—An at¬
tempt to picket the capitol grounds
today by a number of ftien bearing
placards was quickly broken up by the
police and several arrests were made.
The police quickly ended the dem¬
onstration scheduled to demand free¬
dom for seven negroes who were con¬
demned to death in Scoltsboro, Ala.
The case is now before the supreme
court.
When the group appeared on the
east side of the capitol with banners
demanding freedom for the seven, a
bluecoat detail approached and de
manded that they disperse and take
away their banners.
The delegation refused and shouted
“Free the Scottsboro boys.”
An order was given by Police In¬
spector Albert J. Headley and the
policemen charged the demonstrators
with drawn night sticks.
Down went the banners and the
protestants started to flee in two sep¬
arate groups. One attempted to cir¬
cumvent the police to get on the Cap¬
itol plaza. the
Meanwhile the officers flayed
group which put up a Tight and after
they were dispersed ran after the
smaller group and dispersed them
also.
Capitol officials had previously
fused permission for members of the
International Labor Defense and other
organizations to parade on capitol
grounds but they appeared despite the
refusal.
Night sticks rose and fell while the
brief struggle was on hut apparently
no one was seriously injured.
Police estimated there were about
100 demonstrators, some of whom
were "]«o negroes. th(”gro p’. White women were
in U
When the delegation broke up one
policeman fired a tear gas gun over
their heads.
The metropolitan police had 80 men the
on duty and Captain Knash of
capital police had his force of 75 in
action. So vigorously did the police
go at their job that the melee occu¬
pied only about three minutes.
The marchers were met by police
between the senate office building and
the capitol. They were tramping
double file toward the supreme court
in the center of the capitol.
Apparently unaware of the strug¬
gle outside, court justices donned
their robes for the session opening at
noon.
The flurry on the capitol grounds
was over before it was learned that
ithe delegation had severely beaten a
policeman just outside the capitol
grounds. He was George Walker, a
member of the capitol police force.
They hammered him about the head
and kicked him, before thrusting him
aside in their march toward the cap¬
itol. Walker was picked up by an
ambulance and taken to a hospital.
Capitol police were informed that
a second attempt at a demonstration
would be made later today. They
eight truckloads of
demonstrators , , , planned to enter the
fUounils.
PRISONER FACING
ELECTRIC CHAIR
SWALLOWS POISON
Calhoun, Ga., Nov 7. (TP)—Henry
Fortenbelry, condemned wife slayer,
drank poison in his jail cell here a
i-few hours before he was to be taken
the state prison for electrocution
| on November 11. Physicians hold lit
;tie hope for his recovery.
[ Fortenbery was to have been taken
|to the death cell at five o’clock
j morning. About 2:30 o’clock
ers heard a disturbance in his cell and
I called the sheriff. The condemned
man was found to be in a serious
dition. A physician said he had
itiuaJly no ch&ncG fou recovery*
Fortenbery, a farmer, went to
home of his estranged wife and prac
tie-ally severed her head with a
the morning of November 24,
after she had just been awarded
and the custody of the
jby the courts.
A SACRED DUTY!
The right to vote! American citizens, as members of a Demo¬
cratic hod) politic, have the power, the privilege and the duty to
choose their leaders. It is no small thing, this right. Generations
have labored and men have died to make it possible to exercise this
prerogative. Beginning far hack in ancient Greece, ami on through
the centuries, through the.years i 11 England—and during the forma¬
tive era ol these I’nited States zealous freemen have struggled to
make possible this Democratic ideal. And today what have we done
with our piivilege? That hard earned, hitterly-fought-for, sacred
right is ignored by a large portion of the American electorate.
Every four years the polls are opened for the election of a presi¬
dent of these United States. And at each election a small percentage
of the qualified voters casts its ballots. It is discouraging. It is more
than that—it is an unpardonable neglect fo duty. We bewail the des¬
perate condition of the nation. We blame this elected official of the
government, or that one. We talk. Wo even resort to downright de¬
nunciation of policies and political personages. But what do we do
about it? The general run of eligible voters does nothing. It is left
to the small group of interested citizens. And it is often the man or
woman who failed to exercise his or her privilege and duty at the polls
who grumbles at the election returns.
Tomorrow the voters will again have their opportunity of derid¬
ing whom their leader shall be. In this election year of unprecedented
economic distress more than ever before it behooves the conscientious,
thoughtful American voter to go to the polls. II will be his privilege
to voice his couustructive opinion as to the man who shall best fill the
presidency for the next four years. It will he his duty to his country
—.and to himself—to vote for the next president. And it will he in the
power of each voter to do his part toward electing the man of his
choice—(lie man whom he feels is best qualified to effect his ideas, his
principles, and his wishes. Besides the presidential candidates, there
will he eight constitutional amendments to he voted on by the people
of Georgia—and must he carefully considered. It behooves the
thoughtful citizen to go and vote on them as they will affect his per¬
sonal, individual affairs more directly than will the result of the pres¬
idential election.
Let the citizens of Glynn county go to the polls tomorrow! Let
us show our interest, our convictions, and voice our wishes by exer¬
cising our privilege and our duty by casting our ballots! And when
the count is made after the polls have closed may we point with pride
to the fact that at least ninety per cent of the qualified voters of
Glynn county have done their duty.
Incidentally Glynn county citizens should by all means vote for
constitutional amendment number 8. This particular amendment
refunds to the various counties revenues (hut they have advanced or
for which they have outstanding bond issues for good roads.
Glynn county’s share amounts to over $500,000 and under the
amendment the county will receive this sum beginning in 1937 in
payment of about $50,000 a year.
By all means vote for amendment number 8!
Placed Off Nicaragua and Near
Swan Island By National
Observatory at Havana, Cuba,
Today.
By The Associated Press
A tropical hurricane destroyed one
vessel and hid the fate of another to¬
day as it snaked its way up the Car
ribean toward Cuba.
The American schooner Abundance
was wrecked off eastern Jamaica by
high winds apparently attending the
storm yesterday but its crew of lix
was saved.
The blue funnel freighter Phemius
was not so fortunate. She radioed
that she was struck by the storm 150
miles east of Cape Gracias a Dios,
Nicaragua. The liner Arguani went
to the rescue but could not find, the
Premius in the position given.
The national observatory at Ha¬
vana in its midnight bulletin said the
hurricane was 100 miles northeast of
Cape Gracias a Dios driving north¬
westward toward Yucatan channel.
Considering the time of year and
meteorological conditions, the obser¬
vatory predicted the disturbance
would become increasingly dangerous
to western Cuba.
The storm first struck near the
Virgin Islands then lashed the north¬
ern coast of South America in the
neighborhood of Barranquiila, Colom¬
bia. It hit South America Thursday
and Friday, wrecking rail communi¬
cations and possibly injuring banana
plantations around Santa Marta.
There was some damage at Barran
quilla before the disturbance darted
northward again through the open
sea.
Colon, f’anama, Nov. 7. UP )—An
erratic Carribean hurricane today
veiled the fate of the blue funnel
freighter Phemius whose wireless had
sent frantic calls for help early last
night.
The freighter, out of New York for
Hongkong and Manilla, was struck by
the full force of the storm 150 miles
east of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nicara¬
gua. She reported her funnel swept
away, and her four holds filling.
The United fruit liner Ariguani out
of Kingston immediately changed her
course arid made the position given by
the Phemius, hut found no trace of
the distressed craft.
The Ariguani said the Phemius
gave her the position 14.12 north
latitude and 70.19 west longitude, out
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Democratic Campaign
Has Been Based Upon As¬
sumption American People
are Ignorant.
By WALTER T. BROWN
Associated Press Staff' Writer
Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City,
Nov. 7. UP) Launching his semi-final
campaign appeal, President Hoover
today asserted that the Democratic
campaign has been based upon “the
assumption that the American people
were an ignorant people” and that
this phase “of the campaign lias been
exploded.”
Riding into this Mormon stronghold
in the course of his swift dash to cast
his ballot, the chief executive reiter¬
ated declarations that. Democratic
leaders were “making politics out of
human misery” and seeking to stim¬
ulate “a protest vote against the Re¬
publican party.”
He spoke directly to his Utah aud¬
ience in saying he believed the na¬
tion should “restore silver to greater
use” and in promising “immediate re¬
lief to the beet sugar grower.”
Then he turned to world affairs, de¬
claring that he had used every means
within his power for the “mainten¬
ance of peace among the nations,”
the chief executive said he had held
to the sole reservation that “we will
join no movement that proposes to use
military or economic force in its at¬
tempts to prevent war.”
“And if it shall be the will of this
nation,” he said, “that for another
four years I shall continue to lead the
execution of their purposes, they may
be assured both by the pledge of past
endeavor and by my solemn pledge
for future endeavor, arid by the fur¬
ther knowledge of my personal con¬
victions and deep emotion upon this
subject, that then for yet another
four years this nation shall continue
to advance in leadership toward the
precious goal of world wide and en¬
during peace.”
The president summed up the issues
he has employed as weapons in his
campaign.
He asserted “the Democratic cam¬
paign has been exploded.” After fur¬
ther outlining his ideas of Democratic
campaign strategy, he declared “their
failure will be the rebuke of an hon¬
est-minded and thinking electorate.”
Mr. Hoover spoke of the govern¬
mental principles which he said had
formed a basis for his administra
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99
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SEVEN ARE SAVI B
United States Supreme Court
Sets Aside Death Sentences on
Seven Negroes in Scottsboro
Case
NEW TRIAL ASSURED
ACCUSED ASSAILANTS
Highest Tribunal Upholds Con*
tention of Counsel That De¬
fendants Had Not Had a Fair
Trial.
Washington, Nov 7. .UP )—The su¬
preme court today set aside the death
sentences imposed on seven negroes
at Scottsboro. Ala.
The ruling by the court means that
the cases will go back to Alabama
courts for a new trial.
The highest court irpheld the con¬
tention of counsel for the negroes,
accused of assaulting tfvvo white girls,
that they had not had a fair trial.
The decision by Justice Sutherland
reviewed in detail lihe charges and
the grounds on which ihe appeal was
taken. He said it was necessary in
deciding the case to consider only
whether the rights of the men to have
counsel was denied and whether this
infringed the due process clause of
the fourteenth amendment.
Justice Suther land said that the men
from the time of their arraignment
to the beginning of trial had been
substantially denied counsel at a time
such representation was of vital im¬
portance in properly preserving the
rights of the defendants.
He suggested the cases had been
forced to trial without proper prepara¬
tion by counsel.
All other grounds for seeking to
have the conviction set aside were
passed over by the justice as of no
material weight.
The case had attracted world-wide
attention, and because of the intense
feeling aroused by it extra guards
have been at. the court on almost ev¬
ery opinion day since last term. Com¬
munists in this country and abroad
have sent thousands of letters to the
court demanding freedom for the sev¬
en.
They were Andy Wright and Hay¬
wood Paterson, of Chattanooga; Wil¬
lie Roberson, of Memphis; Charlie
Weems, Powell, Clarence Norris Olen and Ozie
of Atlanta, and Mont¬
gomery of Monroe, Ga. The attacks
occurred on a freight train which was
going south from Chattanooga into
Alabama on March 25, 1931, accord¬
ing to the charge.
In addition to the girls and negroes,
several white hoys were on the train.
Testimony at the trial was that they
were forced or thrown off the freight
before the alleged assaults.
The negr oes were indicted on March
31, 1931, and the trial was concluded
on April 8. The Alabama supreme
court refused to review the cases.
Near the close of last term, how¬
ever, the supreme court granted a re¬
view, automatically suspending the
death sentences of the negroes, the
time for execution o.f which was close.
The basis of the appeal to the high¬
est court was that the negroes had
not had a fair trial.
Three Aviators
Dead In Crash;
Stunting Fatal
Randolph, Mass., Nov. 7. (fP )—
Three young aviators, all socially
prominent, were killed during a Sun¬
day afternoon plane ride after exe¬
cuting a series of hazardous stunts.
They were: Frederick Lothrop
Ames, 29, of Boston and Newport, R.
I., widely known yachtsman and pres¬
ident of Skyways, Inc., a Boston avia¬
tion company; Miss Frances Burnett,
22, of Southboro, daughter of the
founder of the Burnett Vanilla Ex¬
tract Company, and Frank Penrose
Sprout, of Pittsburgh, a grandson of
a former governor of Pennsylvania.
The three left East Boston Airport
and headed for the North Easton es¬
tate of the Ames family.'
Pilots at the airport said Ames’
monoplane executed a number of
(stunts as it left the port. The Sky¬
ways official narrowly avoided a plane
in the air and then swooped under
another plane and as he dove he came
so low that spectators scattered, air¬
port workers said.
As the Ames’ plane neared Ran¬
dolph it twisted jerked and rolled
through the sky in a series of diffi¬
cult maneuvers, according to spec¬
tators.
TREASURY FIGURES
Washington, Nov. 7. (TP)—Treasury
receipts for November 4 were $8,466,-
574.20; expenditures. $19,681,-222;
balance, $733,047,156. Customs du¬
ties for four days of November wersi
$4,678,100.77.________