Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-05
ELECTION SERVICE
PLANS COMPLETED
The Star to Flash Results of
BaIIoting on Screen, by
Radio and SearchIight.

Arrangements for tomorrow nights
election news service to the people 81
Washington and vicinity from The Eve
ming Star we're rapidly being put into
final shape today.
All will be in readiness. when the first
news comes into The Star from its in
Vulnerable sources throughout the Ma
ton, to flash the results to the anxious
" waiting public with the utmost speed
and through several channels of in
formation. including radio,
The big election night screen upon
which the returns will be flashed. and
before which thousands of persons are
expected to gather, has been put into
place on the Pennsylvania avenue front
of The Star Building In the plaza be-
fore this screen. between The Star and
the Post Office Department Building. IS
room for gigantic crowd. The double
screen will also give space for running
of motion picture entertainment along
with the election news, and earlier IN
the evening should there be lag in the
flow of returns from the polls.
Searchlight to. Come Here.
The Government anti-aircraft search
light whose giant beam VIII hasn from
the Monument lot the trend of the bal
lots, is expected to leave Fort
Humphreys tomorrow afternoon at about
! O'Clock, according to Maj. w. H.
flanagan of the Corps of Engineers This
motorized unit which also supplies the
electricity for the powerful searchlight,
will come to Washington under its own
power, probably arriving on the Monu-
ment grounds about 2:30 o'clock. so as
to allow plenty of Isme to set it up for
operation early in the evening. The
crew of three in charge of the search
light will be under N. c. Benson,
electrical engineer
If the night is Clear, Maj. flanagan
estimated that the piercing beam of
powerful light from this Army apparatus
may be seen by persons within radius
of 40 or so miles of the Nations Capt.
tai It is so storing as to enable oper-
ators on the ground to spot an airplane
six miles away.
When an important development in
the returns favors Smith the search
light will flash north to south three
times When such developments favor
Hoover the light will move east to west
three times When victory for one of
the candidates is determined the light
will be shifted north to south for
Smith, east to west for Hoover, as the
case may be. for a period of 10 minutes.
AS long as the election is IN doubt the
searchlight will be played directly up
ward at intervals.
WMAL to Garry Returns.
Outstanding in The Stars program
for the public will be the broadcasting
of returns over station WMAL, begin
ming at 6 o'clock. Frederic William
Vile, well known political analyst, from
time to time will interpret the trend
of the returns. and Thornton Fisher
announcer. will give the returns therl-
selves from a special studio in the
news department of The Evening Star
as rapidly as they are received from
the Associated Press and other sources
of its own which The Star has built
up in nearby States. Music will be
provided when there is delay in recep-
ton of returns, but only then.
Additional telephone service will be
available for those who desire to call
The Evening Star, Main 5000.
Many theaters throughout the city
will be furnished election returns from
The Star. thus reaching thousands in
the various audiences.
A feature of the service in front of
The Star Building will be public adj
dress system. so loud that the returns
may be heard for blocks in every
direction