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October 17, 1932

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BOTH PARTIES HAIL HUGE REGISTRATION; 2,334,131 Voters Qualify, Indicating Keenest Election Interest in City's History. DEMOCRATS SEE VICTORY Mayoralty Candidates Called to Court Today in Legal Test of Nominations. BOTH PARTIES HAIL HUGE REGISTRATION

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Both parties hail huge registration; comparison with former years

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JOINT PLEA OVER RADIO; The President Summons 'Great Heart of People' to Meet Distress. COMMUNITY AID 'ONLY WAY' Proud That Each Has Accepted Task, He Says in Urging All Who Are Able to 'Give.' BAKER VOICES CONFIDENCE 'Mute Appeal' of Children Will Be Answered, He Holds -- Gifford Also Speaks. PRESIDENT APPEALS TO NATION FOR NEEDY

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TAMMANY EXPECTED TO BACK M'KEE TODAY IN BUDGET ECONOMY; Likely to Go Along on Slashes After Bankers' Warning on New Financing for City. ACTING MAYOR SET TO FIGHT In Position at Final Hearing to Ask Roll-Call on Each Item to Put Tammany on Record. BIG DROP IN TAX PAYMENTS Grimm Says Study Shows Manhattan Alone Will Be $30,000,000 Behind at Present Rate. TAMMANY LIKELY TO ORDER ECONOMY

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Collections of 1931 and 1932 compared

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Davison to Tour State in Plane, With Wife Acting as His Pilot

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Notable Births

Paul Anderson (weightlifter)

1932Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994)^[†]

Paul Edward Anderson was an American weightlifter, powerlifter and strongman. During the 1950s, he was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-time national Olympic weightlifting champion.