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Jersey City. on the other hand, saw Q
heavier vote than generally.
Indiana Record Seen.

jersey City, on the other hand, saw .
heavier vote than generally.
Indiana Record Seen.
Indiana voters, apparently aroused by
,reone of the most heated political cam
paigns OF recent years, thronged to the
polls.
Election officials throughout the State
reported that during the early hours
the voting was heavy. Party leaders
said 1t seemed possible the record
breaking vote Of 1928 would be sur
passed. In the election four years ago
/ 1.42l .3l4 ballots were cast.
The rapidity with which voters
marked their ballots or pulled machine
levers indicated to election officials that
little scratching was being done.
Throughout the State weather was
balmy, although the skies were overcast
in some places.
The balloting went on in most To-
calities without any disturbance. In
Garry and the Calumet district, how
ever, party workers were alert to guard
against fraud.
10000 Vote in Kansas City.
Despite slushy snow. overcast skies
and a wintry wind, lines of persons
waited at the polls at Kansas City.
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election commissioners predicted a
shattering of the balloting record es-
tablished in the 1928 Smith Hoover
contest.
In the first four and one-half hours
Of voting, it was estimated 10000 Of the
235,000 registered voters in Kansas
City had cast their ballots
West Virginia Fair.
West Virginians took advantage of
fair weather today to vote early In large
numbers, according to a dispatch from
Charleston.
In 1928, approximately $4,000 West
Virginia voters expressed their prefer
ence for national and State Offices
Registration Of both Republicans and
Democrats was materially increased this
year. leading political chieftains to look
for still larger vote.
One case of violence was reported at
Weirton Mike Tortoran, 35, Democratic
election worker, told police two men kid
naped him from polling booth. took
him in an automobile to the outskirts Of
that town, pummeled him and tossed
him from the machine.
Rain in Minnesota.
Rain and snow generally failed to
keep early voters at home in Minnesota
cities. st. Paul reported.
Election officials in the larger cities,
with the exception of Minneapolis, re-
ported early voting in unusually heavy
volume
St. Paul had three times the June
primary vote after one and one-half
hours. Winona the most extensive early
balloting in four years. and Duluth
heavy early forenoon voting
Minneapolis. after three hours. record
ed 10000 votes, compared with $4,000
at the same time four years ago.
Heavy Vote Elsewhere.
The early vote in city precincts in
Utah was estimated as about 10 per
cent heavier than four years ago, it
was reported from Salt Lake City.
So great was the rush of voters to
the polls at Ottawa. Kans., that au-
thorities found it necessary to provide
additional booths. Voters were form
ing lines by 10 am.
Fairly heavy early voting was report
ed in North Dakota except in the East
ern part, where rain and light snow
made some highways virtually i'm
passable
Wisconsin started voting at am,
but that wasn't early enough TO satisfy
many voters. In numerous precincts
lines had formed before election officials
arrived. it was reported from Milwau-
kee. Despite rains over the State, all
communities reported extraordinarily
heavy voting, and indications were that
considerably more than a million bal
lots would be cast. In 1928 Wisconsin
cast 1,0l6,000 votes for President.
Despite a snowstorm which swept
over much Of Iowa there was heavy vot
ing. A State vote OF more than ! 900 900
was in prospect. according to a Des
Moines dispatch.
Points reporting heavy voting shortly
after the opening Of the polls included
Des Moines. Muscatine. Fort Dodge
Waterloo. Davenport and Sioux City.
Three thousand milkmen in London
have changed from a seven-day to a
siX-day-a- week delivery schedule