Evening star., 1932-11-09
FAR-REACH|NG PLAN
UNEQUALED BEFORE
Many Thousands Watching
Lands!ide-NeWs Flashed
by Radio Corps.

downtown crOWGS as lOhd SPEAKERS,
newspaper bulletin screens and req
signal lights flashing over the leaden
clouds apprised them OF the crash OF
the Republican dynasty.
1t was a night characterized by al
most perfect orderliness and sobriety.
The machinery by which the public was
kept informed Of the progress OF the
election was so extensive and worked SO
perfectly that there was no chance for
confusion. The Evening Stars far
reaching reporting of this event exceed
ed ANYTHING Of the kind ever expert
enced in washington before
The weather kept thousands indoors,
where. due to the exceptionally COM
plete radio service by The Star, they
were able to follow the course OF the
election from moment to moment.
Much of the jubilatlon and chagrln
which must have been aroused by the
Democratic landslide was hidden under
family roof trees.
Cheering Greets Results.
Despite the rain large croWds gathel-
cd shielded by umbrellas, before the
newspaper screens. Pennsylvania ave
nue in front of The Star Building was
filled with a closely packed gathering
which extended to the Post once De
partment steps 1t was by no means
noisy or excited crowd. The prepon-
derance of sentiment. to Judge from the
cheering which greeted the more sig
nifcant returns, was with the winner >
but after 8 O'Clock there was ltIle
cheerful information OF any KIND for tne
losers. The outcome was practlcaily
certain with returns early IN lne eve
ming showing the New York Lead oelng
PnnSPVPlf
tended to reduce the interest due 70
uncertainty. Nevertheless. the crowd
Uas augmented as the moving picture
theaters let out and did not begin 70
thin perceptibly until close to mldnlght;
when it was obvious that there nau
been Democratic landslide
The most picturesque feature OF lhe
election for Washington was the slgnal
flashed continually over the SKY from
giant searchlights on the Monument
grounds operated by detail from lne
District National Guard InlS lnhoVa-
ton introducer by The Star attracted
continual interest. Through the carry
evening the green and red light Hasheo
over the sky indicating that the result
was still in doubt but shortly before
IN O'Clock this was changed to red, in
forming washington that the election
of Gov. Roosevelt had been conceded.
Deluged With Calls.
The intensive interest was demon
strated by the avalanche OF telephone
calls to The Star received during the
night for election details. Many OF
these inquiries were for the outcome
In home districts which was croWoeo
out OF the radio reports The star
maintained a battery of II telephones
to provide this service and thev were
constantly busy during the night.
The stars radio service through Sta
ton WMAL was by far the most ex-
tensive and best organized ever pro-
vided in Washington. Results we're an
nounced as they came in by The Star S
own broadcasters. Howard P. Bailey and
James E. Chinn. The service was
opened by Oliver Owen Kuhn, man
aging editor, who explained the unusual
preparations and plans for the evening.
There were frequent talks by G. Gould
Lincoln. The Stars political expert, IN
terpreting the results. Seven men we're
engaged constantly preparing material
for the broadcasterS. The exceptional
completeness and arrangement OF the
service has brought much comment
from the whole area served oy Inc
Star
Braving fog, mist and loW-hanging
clouds. which made flying conditions
exceedingly dangerous. and which
brought virtually all flying operations
to a close along the Atlantic Coast,
Roger Scott. pilot Of The Star election
airplane few for a half hour lodging
through cloud banks to carry the cleo
tion message to spectators below.
Clouds Force Landing.
As the clouds began to drop again
"Scotty" turned back up the Virginia
shore of the Potomac, but, finding the
clouds down to 300 feet over the city
and rapidly closing in around the air.
port. he landed to avoid having the
field shut of entirely
National Guard battery, Of the 260th
Coast Artillery commanded by Lieut..
Clifton w Royston, handled the search
light.
Traffic in the downtown streets was
not heavy for an election night. The
constant fine drizzlc restrained many
from bringing cars into the normally
crowded area. Only the voices of
newsboys and the loud speakers broke
the normal evening quiet along Penn
svlvania avenue and F street. There
were waiting lines at the movie houses
The White House was one Of the
Cuietest spots in Washington as the
mounting Democratic tide indicated
that it would soon have new occupants
Secretary Theodore Joslin listened to
radio returns in his office with few
friends. Later in the evening Secre-
tary Walter Newton joined the group
The press room was almost deserted
Joslin refused to make any comment.
Never before in history has Washing
ton been kept so completely informed
of the moment by moment progress Of
an event of national interest. Inc
returns were known to everybody al
most as soon as they came over the
Associated Press wires. These returns
were so well co-ordinated by The star
radio staff that they gave running
nicture of the progress of the election
to everybody and left no room loi
doubt as to the conclusion.
From The Star office the returns Welt
furnished to the Naval Communlca,loI:: :
ONCE and from there flashed by Snor'
u,ave to ships at sea and naval station!
all over the world. Faraway Guam
and Samoa were kept almost as Wei
informed Of the progress OF the electloi
through this Star service as were nome
within a mile of the newspaner o1Hce
Pear Admiral Noble E. Irwin, com
rander of the 18th Naval District, a
Balboa Panama Canal Zone. reauesto'
frequent service at the request OF th
American colony there. This was give
40 that, so far as election news serve
uas concerned, Balboa might have peel
mistaken for suburb Of the Nationa
Capital. ;,+aras+e,
In the outcome of the national e-ec.lol
for the presidency inasmuch as Gov
roosevelt spent eight years at the Nav
Department in Washington IS Asslstan
Secretary. The service was hkeWis
race for the governorship in Ohio par
ticipated in by David S. ingalls,. ne
publican candidate. who served
Washington until recently as Assistan
Secretary Of the Navy for Aeronautics
Mr.. ingalls, was the Navy's outstandm
world War ace The balloting affectin
the members OF Congress who hold tn
purse strings for naval appropriation
was likewise closely followed by In
eorypp