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eturns Indicate Demos. Victorious
last Returns Show Electoral Vote Is Topheavy
UPSETS OCCUR IN REPUBLICAN COLUMNS
EARLY COUNT SHOWED
ROOSEVELT LEADING
IN STATE OF KANSAS
(By The Associated Press)
UNDATED, Nov. 3. — 1:48 p.m.—A nip and tuck
battle in Landon’s home state of Kansas, with President
Roosevelt leading by a narrow margin, marked the re
cording of the first fragmentary returns across the na
tion, with Roosevelt running far ahead in the southwest
almost universally forecast.
Landon was holding a slender margin on the first
New England returns, when major interest suddenly
shifted the vote counting to Kansas.
So scattered were returns there and elsewhere dur
ing the afternoon as compared to the record breaking
ballots indicated during the day, that nothing even ap
proaching a final conclusion was possible at this time.
EARLIEST RETURNS ELECTION
INDICATED CLOSE TREND OF
SECTIONS FOR TWO PARTIES
(Bv The Associated Press')
UNDATED, Nov. 3, —Four early New England
towns—Millsfield and Somerset, Vermont, and New
Ashford and Tolland, Massachusetts, totalled, gave
Landon 82 and Roosevelt 42.
But soon, four small Houston, Texas, precincts re
ported among the first for the South, gave Roosevelt
126 and Landon 21.
The New Ashford vote four years ago was 24 to 8
in favor of Hoover. Today it was 26 to 19 for Landon.
Far western voters were greeted by fair and cool
weather. Washington, Utah, and Arizona will elect
governors. Senator Borah of Idaho is seeking re-elec
tion for a sixth term. Senator McNary of Oregon is
seeking reelection for a fourth term.
Oregon, California and Nevada will fill congress
men’s posts. The seven western states with a combin
ed electoral vote of 49 have voted with deciding maj
ority in every election since 1920. All have shown a
large registration for this election and great increas
es. Where party affiliations have been specified they
show a proportionate increase for the Democrats, al
though republicans still dominate Oregon.
Unions Bolted
From Maritime
Hearing Mon.
(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3, —
Leaders of the general maritime
strike called for a tieup of all
American ships, as they sought to
extend the blockade to Atlantic
and Gulf ports.
The “new policy” instructions
were issued by the joint commit
tee representing seven dock and i
seagoing unions.
The instructions ordered crews
of Pacific Coast ships to walk off
“in any United States port”.
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The hearing by the Federal
Maritime Commission, which un
on representatives bolted yester
day, has been postponed indefin
tely by Rear Admiral Hamlet the
Commission representative on the
Coast.
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President Asked
Voters Not To Be
Afraid Cast Vote
(By The Associated Press)
HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Nov. 3, —
In his final speech before election
Monday night, President Roose
velt asked the voters of the na
tion “not to be afraid. Vote as you
think best for the kind of a world
you want to have. There need be
no strings on any of us in the
polling place. A man or woman
in the polling place is his or her
own boss. No one will fire you
because you vote contrary to his
' wishes or instructions. Don’t Ie1
anyone intimidate you or coerce
you by telling you otherwise. Ir
the polling place we are all eq
uals.”
The President spoke from his
Hyde Park home, on a nation
wide broadcast, which included
also, Democratic Chairman Jam
I es Farley Senator F. Wagner ol
I New York, Edward A. Filene
! Boston merchant.
It was the President’s final ad
dress of his campaign and took
on more the form of a general
discussion of the principles ol
government and duties of the cit
izens, than a last minute plea for
votes.
Landon Confident
People Understand
Issues Of Eleetion
(By The Associated Press)
TOPEKA, Nov. 3, — Governor
Landon directed his last appeal
to the voters of the nation Mon
day night from his study here,
his address being broadcast from
Chicago, along with those of oth
er GOP leaders.
It is the basic principle of the
American form of government,
so long as our citizens understand
the issues before them, that
their decision will be the right
decision. I’m confident the peo
ple understand the issues,” said
Landon.
Shortly after his address, the
Republican nominee and his fam
ily left for Independence, Kan
sas, to vote in today’s election.
RADIO INTERFERENCE
Operators of motors and other
electrical contrivances are urged
to refrain from their use this
evening and tonight to permit
uninterrupted RADIO reception
of ELECTION returns.
Signed: Some Citizens
j LATEST ELECTION RETURNS
(By The Associated Press)
FLASH—Shortwave radio, hour going to press
electoral votes for Roosevelt 311 for Landon 59.
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UNDATED, Nov. 3, — With slender leads for Roose
velt on the basis of fragmentary returns from Kansas,
Missouri, West Virginia, all were claimed by the GOP
| spokesman. ..A spotlighted tabulation indicated a re
! cord vote.
After scanning first returns Farley in a late radio
speech declared he had been informed by messages
from all over the U. S. that the nation was voting ov
whelmingly for Roosevelt.
Almost simultaneously Hamilton asserted over
the air that reports coming to him indicated that Lan
don “was well in front.”’
ELECTION RETURNS 6 P. M. EST.—Show the
following state with a Roosevelt trend—Alabama, Flor
ida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts Miss
ouri, New Mexico, North Carolina South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas, West Virginia.
Following are those with Landon trend—Colorado
Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Rhode Island.
Vermont, Virginia. Total Roosevelt 13 Landon 7.
—
ELECTION RETURNS—7 P. M. EST—With re
turns far from complete Roosevelt was leading in stat
es having a total electoral vote of 202 as follows: Ala
bama. Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dak
ota, Tennessee Virginia, West Virginia.
Landon leading in states with electoral vote of 54:
Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Vermont. Only scatterd returns have
been received from the remaining states with 275 el
ectoral votes._ _
NATION VOTERS WENT TO
POLLS HfflS MORNING. BIG
VOTE EXPECTED BE CAST
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( By The Associaled Press)
UNDATED, Nov. 3, — In an atmosphere of electric
excitement America’s voters applied themselves to the
high duty of choosing their next president, and a host
of other public servants.
In New England, at Millsfield, New Hampshire,
the first vote will be counted and continue through the!
hours and miles back to the Pacific Coast where the
polls do not close until 11 p.m. EST.
All indications point to a record-smashing avalan
che of votes. Rain and snow, or threats of them, are
bothering the electorate in many sections.
Statisticians are uncertain whether the vote will
reach the forty-five million total which has been fore
cast, but with fifty-five million, four hundred and twen
ty-seven thousand voters registered, the nation’s in
terest has been whipped to the crucial point after the
tense months of the long campaign.
Experts warned that the returns would be much
later than usual. New York which usually is the one
big controlling factor in how goes the country, and
which formerly cleaned up its tally early, has extended
the time for closing the polls three hours, from six to
nine p.m. EST.
Republican candidate Landon cast his vote in his
home precinct at Independence, at 8:40 a.m., at one of
the nation’s 122,000 polling places.
One Woman Is
Injured in Land
Slide at Juneau
To be in a house directly in the
path of an earth and rock slide
and to escape uninjured was the
experience in Juneau recently of
Mrs. Minnie Monroe and her two
children.
Mrs. Monroe and her son and
daughter lived several years in
Fairbanks and settled in Juneau
last year after making a trip to
their old home in Oklahoma.
A complete account of the slide
Was given in the Daily Alaska
Empire, copies of which were
; brought to the News-Miner by
i the Pacific Alaska Airways, said:
One woman was hurt, several
other persons narrowly escaped
serious injury and property dam
age running into several thous
and dollars was caused shortly
after 8 o'clock in the morning,
when a big earth and rock si de
roared down over Gastineau Ave
nue, completely demolishing one
house and damaging three others
Mrs. Alex Kupoff was the in
jured woman, having been caught
in the demolished house as the
avalanche swept it down the hill
si le. Partially buried in the
muck and debris, she e caped with
reported minor injuries, mostly
bruises, for which she was treat
ed at the Juneau Medical and
Surgical clinic.
occupants Escape
George Smith, Mr . M nnie Mon
roe end ■ o ch 'n George
Marks, Joe Gi- ve 1 jL* and Bill
Allen '.vet e occupant: c f other
hour -s damaged, but none was
hurt.
The slide, apparently started as
the result of torrential rains of
the last few days, broke loose
well up on Mt. Roberts above the
Alaska Juneau trail, swept out
the footpath trestle and struck
first the house occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Alex KupofT, it was re
ported. The mighty avalanche
hurled the KupofT house around
with such force that it sideswiped
the duplex house owned by W. L.
Torell and occupied by Allen and
Giovenale, throwing it from its
foundation and moving it down
the slope, along with another Tor
rell house occupied by Smith,
Mrs. Monroe and family and Mr.
Marks.
Log Enter Hotel
In the downward jam, the roof
of the KupofT home, owned by
Sam Rosenberg, landed on top of
the Tom Elswick house, also own
ed by Rosenberg, knocking that
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