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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. UP)--
Election day for voteless Washing
ton was a day of anxious waiting
for returns that mean dollars and
cents to thousands of District OF
Columbia residents.
Though the capital was perhaps
more intensely concerned than the
rest of the country over the out
come, it had not part in the ballot
ing. Residents of the district are
barred by law from voting. Only
those who maintain legal residences
elsewhere can vote-by mail or by
travelling back to their home
states.
The positions of thousands hold
ing government jobs outside the
civil service hang in the balance.
If the Republican administration
is returned for another four years
they will keep their jobs.
If Governor Roosevelt wins, they
will have to make way for office
hungry Democrats.
Normally the political center of
the nation, Washington on cleo
ton day was almost bereft of poll
ticianS.
Only four of the 10 cabinet Off
GERS remained here. They were
Secretary of Navy Adams, Secretary
of Commerce Chaplin, Secretary of
Labor Doak, and Postmaster Gen
eral Brown. The others closed
their stumping tours by going home
to vote and await the verdict.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
WILSON SCHOOL
REMAINS TRUE
TO NAMESAKE

Democratic candidates scored a
decisive victory at Wilson schools
election which took place this
morning and in which the children
went through the entire election
procedure which the nation is eX-
periencing today.
Roosevelt Garner secured l56
votes, Hoover-Curtis, rs, an d
Thomas, l, in the presidential cleo
ton. In the senatorial contest,
McAdoo received 100 votes, TubbS,
80, and Shuler, 81, while Claude
Chandler received lit votes and
George Burnham, IA, for congress-
man. In the race for senator, F.
w. Greer scored 121 to 106 for
Ben Hulse. Samuel E. Robinson,
only candidate for the state assem-
bly,, received a vote of 125. Judge
A. G. Finney won 1875 votes while
mis- opponent for the judgeship, R.
D. McPherrin, received 70 votes. In
the supervisors race Hugh T. Os-
horne was high with 100 votes while
Romeo C. Smith received 81.
The school was divided into two
precincts with separate polling
places, one for the seventh grade
and one for the eighth grade. Bal
lots, shortened in form, were given
the children and they cast their
votes in an orderly manner &C
cording to proper regulations.
An election board counted the
votes and also decided upon eligi-
bility of votes. One girl was not
permitted to vote because she had
been in the school only two days
and the board decided that she was
not sufficiently familiar with the
situation to vote intelligently, des-
pite her protests to the contrary.
One amusing situation occurred
when four girls fatty refused to
vote stating that they did not be-
lieve that women should be permit
ted to vote.
For the past two weeks the stu
dents have been studying the po-
litical campaigns, both nationanl
and local, and as study in civics,
held their own election today.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
Absentee Voter
Loses Ballot

One resident of Imperial Valley
now sojourning in New Mexico pro-
badly is well satisfied with his vote,
not knowing that election officials
at the county clerks office are not
so we'll satisfied.
Reducing the number of ballots
cast in this election, County Clerk
Ed Law was forced to throw out
the ballot in question on a rather
important technically.
The absentee voter, who dis
patched his vote by air mail from
New Mexico, carlessly had mark
ed a sample ballot instead of the
absentee ballot.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
BattIeships On
Tactical Cruise

SAN PEDRO. Calf, Nov. 8.-tUP)
The battle force from the Pacific
and the scouting force from the
Atlantic, consisting of 103 craft of
the United States fleet, were at
sea today for three days of tacti-
cal exercises.
The ships will converge tomor-
row to simulate a major fleet in
action.
Some of the ships going to Cali
fornia ports for Armistice day will
proceed directly from operating
points to holiday ports.
Three battleships and four light
cruisers will go to San Francisco.
The battleship Arkansas will go to
Santa Cruz and the United States
fleet flagship Pennsylvania will an
Choir at San Diego.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
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HOOVER TRAIN
NEAR DANGER

NROUTE PRESIDENTIAL
SPECIAL, Nov. 8. U.R-A bridge
guard was slightly wounded last
night in frustrating an attempt OF
two men to cross trestle west
of Carlin, New, few minutes be-
fore the presidential special passed
the point, Dan O'Connell, chief
special agent of the Southern Pa
cific railroad, said today.
According to OConnell, t h
guard, P. E. Fish, was shot in one
finger and his coat slashed with
knife, by the two men, who re-
portedly fled Immediately. O'Con-
nell said Fish reported firing four
shots as the men vanished in the
darkness.
|, OConnell said that the crew of
the pilot train which was preced-
ing the special, searched the sur
rounding terrain for the two men
en- arriving at the bridge. A quar-
ter of mile up the Western Pa
cific railroad, which parallels the
Southern Pacific near the bridge
small stick of dynamite was
found, O'Connell said.
The special was held up at the
bridge for several minutes at the
time of the incident. The delay
was ascribed last night to a hot
box or piston on the engine OF the
pilot train.
It is customary for all bridges
and tunnels to be guarded while
the presidential train is passing
over a line.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
HEAVY GUARD
ABOUT POLLS
(By United Press

Strong concentrations OF police
reserves supplemented in some CT
ties by federal officers guarded polls
throughout the nation today against
election fraud or violence.
In several states, particular ILL
nois and Pennsylvania, where plots
to "steal' the election were charged,
the precautions we're unusually eX-
tenSive.
Extraordinary precautions were
taken in New York City after char
ges of illegal registration had left
some 5000 names subject to chal-
lenge. The entire police depart
ment was on duty or in reserve,
starting at midnight. They will
continue ready for action until
Wednesday morning.
About 200 special deputy state
officers and more than 100 deputy
federal marshals will aid trained
watchers at the polls.
In Pennsylvania, 200 especially
commissioned deputy sergeants at
arms of the United States house OF
representatives were on duty in
counties where the election was
most holly contested.
Thousands of police and special
watchers were at the polls in ILL
nois where Gov. L. l.. Emmerson
was asked to order out the national
guard or send state police to Chi
cago to prevent theft of the cleo
ton. States Attorney John A.
Swanson of Cook county charged
the Democrats sought to defeat
him by fraud. The governor re-
fused the request.
Federal agents warded against
election fraud and violence in In
diana as an unusually heavy early
vote was reported.
Special federal guards were on
duty in northern Indiana counties
and at Evansville. U. S. marshals
escorted 100 men across the state
line into Illinois after raid at the
Lakota hotel in Indiana Harbor.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
NEW YORK BOY
k|ONAP VICTIM

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-U.Pg- A
crowded Manhattan tenement dis
trict, populated largely by Italians,
was tense with emotion today as
police sought 10-year-old Paul Mar
ciante and the men who kidnapped
him from the side of his aunt yes
terday.
Portly matrons stood on street
corners, talking excitedly. In dingy
little grocery stores and in the cor
ridorS OF the tenements, men whis-
pered. Police were everywhere, but
received little cooperation.
Kidnapings in the Italian tene-
ment district are not unusual. They
are usually executed by country
men of the victims who have heard
of new wealth coming into the fam
ily or who are aware of affluent
circumstances. Ancient customs
transplanteo from Italy, forbid CO.
operation with police lest the kid
napers kill their captive.
Police did learn, however. that
the boys father, Vincent MARI
cante, recently sold his grocery
store and planned TO visit his mo-
ther in Italy. They also learned
that young Paul had $3.50 In his
schools savings bank. Police said
Maricante Was now proprietor OF
a speakeasy. They expected the
kidnapers to transmit ransom de-
mands privately.
The father refused 10 answer
police questions.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
STORM RACES
Off JAMAICA

PANAMA CITY, Nov. 8. UP-A
Caribbean hurricane of great in
tensity threatened Jamaica and
southeastern Cuba today after
leaving two freighters in distress
off the Nicaraguan coast Three
United States naval vessels and
other ships were seeking the
freighters.
The disturbance was moving
slowly east-northeast toward ia
maica. Unless it's strength is
spent, it might reach Oriente pro-
vince, in southeastern Cuba, and
carry it on to Haiti, Santo Domin-
go, and the Bahamas on its course
to the open sea. Western and
central Cuba were believed safe.
The distressed freighters were
the Phemius of the Blue Funnel
line, 7615 tons, and the San Sim
con of the Quaker line, 1851 tons.
Tugs were believed to have reached
the ships and to be standing by,
although there was no indication
that either ship had been located
by the U. S. destroyer Overton,
the mine sweeper Swan, or the tug
K.illerick.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
REPUBLICANS TO
RECEIVE RETURNS

Local Republican headquarters
have installed an elaborate chart
for totalling election returns by
states and insular possessions,
State returns will be made by
counties and those for Imperial
county will be made by precincts.
In addition the electoral votes OF
each state will be included.
Republican headquarters, accord
ing to P. A. Thaanum, secretary,
are confident throughout h e
country of the votes the party will
receive. Polls taken by civic or
ganization, teachers organizations,
schools, chambers of commerce, all
indicate an overwhelming majority
for Herbert Hoover.
However" Thaanum states, ere
CARELESS of the result of the cleo
ton, we will forget about the per-
sonal remarks made during the
heat of argument and return to
cur interrupted work to make this
valley of ours bigger and better
Iplace in which to live"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
ROOSEVELT IN
JOYOUS MOOD
Candidate Confident OF Vic
tory As Results OF Voting
Are Anticipated.
BY FREDERICK A. STORM
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov. 6. =
Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt, eX-
pressing confidence of victory for
his party, today exchanged his role
of presidential candidate for that
of country squire, and joined the
American millions at the national
polls.
The Democratic nominee made
his final appeal in an address late
last night to Duchess county
neighbors in Poughkeepsie. He re-
viewed briefly his three months
battle in an easy and almost con-
fidential manner, pledged to car
ry out, if elected, the policies he
championed, and then went home
to bed at "Krum Elbow" his Hyde
Park estate.
Roosevelt planned to go with his
wife, his mother and his son, Ell
lott, to the little yellow frame town
hall here to cast his ballot at 2
p. m. He was scheduled to return
to the house and leave almost i'm
mediately for New York City where
he will hear the nationwide re-
turns in Democratic campaign
headquarters, Hotel Biltmore.
The most unruffled member of
the Roosevelt household as election
day rolled around was Mrs. Roose-
welt.
She listened attentively to her
husbands address in Poughkeep-
sic, and then drove her own car IS
miles to New York City where she
taught her class as usual this morn
ing in the Todhunter school.
"One politician in the family is
enough" she observed.
Roosevelt spent election eve WIS.,
iting the thousands of citizens in
the towns and villages of this Hud-
son valley country home whom he
termed my neighbors."
In accordance with Rooseveltian
campaign custom of % years, the
governor concluded activities in
Columbus hall at Poughkeepsie.
There he told his audience that Il
! have learned much Of what I know
of human life and political af-
fairs in country and city from you
my friends"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
'Drys' Pray For
Prohibition LauU

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Nov. g.
U.PS-A group of worshipers gath
cred in the Methodist church here
today and knelt in prayer for the
preservation of the prohibition
laws. Polls were opening for an
election in which the liquor issue
is in the forefront.
Westerville, a pleasant middle
western village, is the home of the
Anti-Saloon league which, in the
past, has exerted great Influence in
bringing about anti-liquor laws.
Each hour Westerville voters
heard the closing notes of church
bells as balloting progressed.
Chimes in one steeple tolled out
the music of sacred hymns.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
Submit Bids On
Aqueduct Job

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8. up
Engineers of the Metropolitan
Water district today analysed bids
submitted by 10 contractors for
construction of field headquarters
of the Colorado river aqueduct
construction at Banning, Calf.
The board was expected to can
vass the bids next Thursday, at
which time the directors will open
the estimates of Chief Engineer
Frank E. Weymouth.
John j. Bibb, $50 North Central
avenue, Glen (,le, submitted the
lowest figure for the work, bidding
S35 1857. The highest bid was for
$49,733.
The Banning headquarters will
consist of a one-story building and
a garage.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
CHARGES FLY
At CHICAGO
Continued On Page g.

CHICAGO, Nov. 8. U.P)-Chica-
COS voters went to the polls today
guarded by thousands of police
and special marchers as a precau-
ton against fraud and violence.
Last minute charges of attempts
to steal the election" reverberated
from rival office seekers after one
OF the city's hottest local election
fights.
States Attorney John A. Swan
son, Republican candidate to sue
coed himself, called upon Gov. l..
L. Emmerson to order out the ma
tional guard or send state police
to Chicago to prevent his Demo-
cratic opponents from stealing"
bis election.
Swanson's request, accompanied
by charges against the local DEM
ocratic organization headed by
Mayor Anton Cermak, came after
the city suddenly recalled the
states attorneys police squad and
ordered it to duty guarding the
polls.
When Governor Emmerson re-
fused Swanson's request, the can
didate asked aid of the U. S. dis
trict attorneys office in preventing
vote frauds. U. S. Marshal Henry
e.. w. Laubenheimer said he had
been given authorization by Acting
U. S. Attorney General Thomas
Thatcher to swear in special dep
titles for the election.
In addition Swanson swore in a
force of 1000 special deputies.
Mayor Cermak predicted the
ouietest election the city's his
tory. There will be $4,000 watchers
at the polls and police at every
voting station.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
Prison Inmates
To Get Vote

JOLIET, Ill, Nov. 8. U.D-When
prisoners at the Will county Jail
complained to Deputy Sheriff Seav-
er that they were missing their
chance to vote due to being be-
hind the bars, the officer felt
sympathetic.
''I'm not going to let anybody
out to vote" Seaver said, but
the prisoners are going to have a
chance to vote-all so of them. y
Seaver obtained supply OF
sample ballots and arranged to
pass them out to each prisoner
There will even be regular ballot
boxes, tellers and clerks. But the
votes won't count.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
MANY GRAVE:
/. PROBLEMS Up
To CONGRESS
Successful Candidates Elected
Today To Face Vexatious
Questions Later
ISSUES BITTERLY FOUGHT
Taxation, Prohibition, Sales
Tax And Depression Cure Are
Some OF Difficulties
By LYLE C. WILSON

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Taxes and
tariffs, the bonus and beer win
dominate the labors of the 73rd
congress to be elected today.
A prospective $1,000,000,000 def
cit challenges the ability of legis-
lators. The emergency tax bill pro-
duced last session and scheduled to
balance the budget has failed to
do so. In fewer than five months
the treasury has fallen more than
$500, 100000 behind in its efforts to
pay the governments expenses.
There is rapidly developing pres
sure for enactment of a general
sales tax such as a rebellious house
refused last session to endorse. Its
advocates claim for the general
sales tax system that it will pro-
duce tremendous revenue and that
it is almost painless.
A short lame duck session of the
current congress will intervene this
winter between the election and the
first meeting of the new congress.
1t is possible Volstead act modi-
ficationists may in that short ses-
sion achieve their objective, which
is to legalize beer and wine of an
alcoholic content greater than one
half of one per cent, now the legal
limit.
Immediate modification deSends
wholly, however, on election of a
Democratic president and upon De-
mocratic control of the house and
senate. Republicans approach the
problem somewhat differently and
without any pledge of immediate
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08

CO TO POLLS

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 8. WP)-
Climaxing one of the warmest
presidential campaigns in history,
California voters joined the ma
tionwide parade to the polls to-
day.
All indications pointed to rec
ord vote. Fair weather. was re-
ported in all sections of the state.
The final week of campaigning STIR
red popular interest to a fever
heat.
Another feature contributing to
large vote was California's new
permanent registration law, under
which a citizen must vote to re-
main registered.
The arrival of President Hoover,
who crossed the country to cast his
vote at his home in Palo Alto, add
ed to the nationwide interest in
CALIFORNIA; election.
AS the campaign closed, Califor-
MIA was claimed with equal con-
fidence for both President Hoover
and Governor Roosevelt.
Republicans were heartened by
the Presidents arrival home for
election day. Democrats, on the
other hand, rested in confidence
that Governor Roosevelt won the
state when he stumped it in Sep
TENDER and when he later got the
support of the fiery Senator Hiram
w. johnson.
Registration figures showed Re-
publicans with 1,565,OO0, as COM
pared with 1,161,000 Democrats.
Statistics showed a gain in Demo-
cratic registration of So per cent
since 1928.
There remained, however, a
quarter million Republican voters
to be won away from party alleg-
lance before a Democratic victory
could be certain, and political OBJ
servers at Sacramento listed Cali
fornia in the doubtful" column.
Much interest was focused on the
"protest vote" in the Golden State.
Five parties were qualified to par
ticipate in the election--Republi-
can, Democratic, Socialist, Prohib-
1UlOn anu LlUeIGy.
Senate Race Exciting
A movement toward Norman
Thomas. Socialist candidate, was
expected to bring him several thou
sand votes. Smaller blocks were to
20 to william D. Upshaw, Prohibi-
zionist, and Colonel Frank Ell
bridge Webb, Liberty party candl-
dates.
Almost as exciting as the pres
idential race was the three way
contest for United States senator.
The participants are Tallant Tubbs,
Republican; William Gibbs Nc
Adoo, Democratic, and the Rev.
Robert P. Shuler, Prohibition.
Twenty seats in the house OF
representatives are to be filled by
today's election. In the last six
years, when California had but II
seats in the national congress, only
two Democrats managed to win
places on the general election bal
lot. Today, however, the Repubn-
can candidates in 16 districts were
faced by Democratic opposition.
Forming the state legislature
for what is regarded as potential
ly one of the most important ses-
slons ever to be held, voters were
to elect an entire new state as
sembly of so members, and 20 new
senators, from the odd-numbered
districts.
Repeal of the state prohibition
enforcement law, the Wright act,
and a companion measure calling
Tor state liquor control in the
event light wines and beer are leg
allied, headed list of 20 initiative
and constitutional amendments to
be voted upon.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
ASSERT ACTOR
ILLEGAL ALIEN

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 8. U.P)-
Duncan Renaldo, motion picture
actor, today was ordered to wait
until December Is for trial on
charges of being in this county il
legally.
The government claims Renaldo
is a native of Rumania and seeks
to deport him to that country.
Renaldo asserts he was born in
Camden, N. j.
Trial of the case, set for today,
was postponed when the govern
ment attorney stated that neces-
sary funds to bring a witness from
Rumania were not forthcoming:
Renaldo's attorney declared that
delay in settling the case has cost
his client 100000 in salary.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
First City Goes
For Roosevelt

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Nov. g.
WP)-New Bedford, first city in
the nation to announce complete
returns, today gave:
Hoover, 1853.
Roosevelt, 1858.
In 1923 New Bedford gave Hooy-
er 1880 and Smith 1882.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
Ashes Of Writer
To Be Scattered

LOS ANGELES, Nov. s.-tU.P)-
The ashes of Will Lexington Com
fort, 81, widely-known writer OF
western stories, will be scattered
over the San Gorgonio mountains
in which he maintained a camp
where he wrote the last two of his
many novels.
Funeral services for the author
and former war correspondent were
conducted yesterday from the Wee
Kirk O. the Heather. where the
body later was cremated.
Besides his widow, Penelope,
Comfort left two sons and a daugh-
ter.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08

NEW YORK, Nov. 8. U.P)-Final
predictions on the result of today's
presidential vote from the rival
campaign managers differed only
in the language in which they
claimed victory.
1--WE are going to win-decisive-
~" Everett Sanders, chairman of
the Republican committee, an
nounced.
"At no stage has the extent of
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
@MlLlL-,e
w sSayS:

BEVERLY HILLS, Nov. 7.
(SpeciaD-There is only one
redeeming thing about this
whole election. 1t will be over
at shutdown. And let everybody
pray that it's not a tie. For
we couldn't go through with
this thing again, and when the
votes are counted, let every
body, including the candidates,
get into good humor as quick
as they got into a bad one.
Both gangs have been bad
sports, so see if at least one
can't redeem themselves by off
ering no alibis, but cooperate
with the winner, for no matter
which one it is the poor fell
low is going to need it. So
cheer up, let's all be friends
again, for one of the evils of
democracy is, you have to put
up with the man you elect
whether you want. him or not.
That's why we call it DEM
ocracy.
Yours.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-08
Hoover Leading
By Two To One

NEW YORK, Nov. s. UP
President Hoover led Cover
nor Roosevelt by margin of
almost two to one in complete
returns from the first three
small towns to report in the
presidential election today.
The first national tabulati0n
on this basis gave the Presi-
dent 81 votes and Governor
Roosevelt SO.
The towns were:
New Ashford, Mass: Hoover,
"a, Roosevelt, 8.
Peru, Mass: Hoover, 81;
Roosevelt, %.
Martin station, Alabama:
Roosevelt, 4; Hoover, none.