The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-08
By RAYMOND CHAPTER 'Unietd Press Staff Correspondent

(Unietd Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Nov S.-(UP)-Al voting records were expected 10 DC broken in today's presidential elec. ton. Registration figures exceed the previous 1928 record by b,00O,- 900 or more, 1t is estimated. Forty million votes may be cast President Hoover, racing toward his California home, expected to arrive in Palo Alto later today to cast his ballot. :. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt planned to cast his ballot In the little, yellow frame town hall at Hyde Park, N. r., at ?. m.
 Norman Thomas, socialist candi- date, who was on a campaign tour during the registration period here. will be unable to vote.
 The decision may be known pe- fore midnight, although there Is some chance of delay because of the unusually heavy vote expected. This would tend to slow down the counting of ballots, furthermore in some close states, the entire vote may have to be counted before It will be clear which candidate has the lead.
 Indications are that returns from Illinois, Ohio and Indiana VIII pro- vide the first real indication as to who has won.
 Within q few more hours the outcome of the most vigorously fought presidential campaign in years will be revealed through re- turns clicking in from 123,00O elec- ton districts throughout the coun- try. o. presidential campaign was emphas- ized last night when party orators, including the two candidates. car ricd eleventh hour appeals to the voters in nationwide bursts Of ora tory.
 The thunder of the big guns of both republican and democratic parties died away only at midnight, and only after the president. former President Calvin Coolidge, ogden l.. Mills, secretary of the treasury, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and other leaders had made a final effort to urge their supporters to the polls.
 While election eve in previous YcdTJ IldB lOuIA iAiDDb N"sse&t'%NN'' content to rest from their cam- paigns and await the next days verdict, this year found MT Hoover addressing the nation from the lit- tie town of Elko, Nevada, and Gov ernor Roosevelt speaking to the country from Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 The president urged the elec- torate to face the facts through hU YAtifi6a1 fnfnf- est" and to trust in the leadership of the republican party.
 The governor, in q somewhat briefer address, pledged that with your help and your patience and your generous good will. we will do what we can to mend the torn fabric of our common life.' Although Roosevelt was a heavy lfavorite in the betting, and was fa- yored largely in straw polls, the republican management refused to concede the possibility of his elec- tion, passing their reported optim- ism on what they termed "a turn of the tide" towards Mir Hoover in recent weeks.
 In addition to the eight prcgiden- tial candidates. several thousand are running for lesser public of- fees. Candidates for the house and senate total 1,261. About 100 are running for governor in 32 states. Tn practically every state new leg isiatures are being elected. Tn most of 5000 counties in the country, candidates for sheriff. coroner and numerous other county officers are running. Hard times have increas- ed the number of candidates and parties. Twenty parties have put up candidates for congress.
 The presidential candidates. in addition to President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt are:
 Socia1ist-Norman Thomas.
 Prohibition--William D. Upshaw.