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Headlines from November 5, 1935

5,000,000 in the State Eligible to Vote Today

VALENTINE TO OUST POLICE DRUNKARDS; Captains Are Ordered to End Leniency to Men Who Become Intoxicated.

INDUSTRIAL GAINS FORECAST AS FARMS SHARE IN ADVANCE; Bureau of Agricultural Economics Says Outlook Is for 2 to 3 Years' Expansion.

Beatty's Shipboard Voice Drowns Laborite Heckling

3 DEAD 64 HURT MIAMI AS HURRICANE HITS CITY; IT SWEEPS OUT INTO GULF; PROPERTY DAMAGE LARGE

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