White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-11-07
HERE & THERE
in the
HEADLINES

shiver for a month from more than
300 tremblors, was rudely awakened at
one o'clock Friday morning by an
earthquake of it's own.
Seventeen northeastern states and
portions of Canada were shaken by
the strongest earthquake in ten years.
While extensive in scope, the quake
did little damage outside of Quebec,
where railroad tracks were wrecked.
The epicenter of the quake was de-
terrnined to be about 100 miles north
west of Ottawa.
SUNDAY NIGHT, southern weather
bureaus reported the hurricane off the
coast of Florida headed eastward, but
Monday morning, reports showed that
the storm had changed directions and
was headed directly for the extreme
southern portion of Florida.
By midafternoon the gale had struck
Miami, and when that city recovered
sufficiently to take stock of it's injuries
the next day, it found four dead, more
than hundred persons injured and
property damage which will reach sew
eral million dollars.
The hurricane was described as be-
ing just as severe as the 1926 storm,
the only salvation of the district being
that it did not last as long.
FOR The FIRST time in nearly
four years, Republican editors, of
whom there are many, could write a
headline to their liking as Tuesdays
elections gave eastern states Repub-
lican majorities in local contests.
New York and New Jersey voted on
members of the state assemblies with
New York also voting on 40 mayors,
while Philadelphia wound up may
oral election and many other large
cities also elected mayors In the. south,
Mississippi, Kentucky and Virginia
voters also went to the polls.
AS returns of the voting became
known Tuesday night, definite swing
toward the COP. was noted. In New
York, a previous Democratic majority
of four in the state assembly was
transformed into a Republican major
ity of IA. New Jersey also followed the
Republican trend and in Philadelphia
Republican mayor was elected by a
decisive majority.
These returns were hailed by COP.
chieftans as an indication of vanishing
New Deal support and caused them to
regard the future, and particularly the
1886 national elections, with greater
relish.
Democrats, on the other hand, re-
fused to feel downhearted over the re-
suits, claiming that local issues and
local personalities decided the issue,
and that in 1886, when national issues
and national personalities dominate
the stage, the battle will be something
else again. To support this claim, they
pointed out that in New York the total
Democratic vote in the state was larger
than the Republican vote, and that in
Philadelphia the largest Democratic
vote in history was recorded.
CLAIMS OF the party chieftans,
however, will have little attraction for
the average person, as announcement
is made Of another Literary Digest poll.
Prior to the past few national cleo
lions, this poll has been conducted and
has shown a remarkable degree Of ac-
curacy. The result of such poll prior
to the 1882 election showed Roose-
welt would get 59.86 per cent of the
popular vote. He actually received
1914 per cent. In the spring of 1882
a poll of the national sentiment on
prohibition forecast a popular vote OF
7505 per cent for repeal. The actual
vote was 73,41 in favor of repeal.
This years poll will be sent to 10,-
100000 persons, who will be asked: do
you NOW approve of the acts and
policies of the New Deal to date?"
Each person will also be asked how he
voted in 1882, so that any shift in pol
itical sentiment may be ascertained
THIS WEEK will bring a number of
football classics to the center Of the
stage as old-time rivals meet to settle
for another year their private feuds.
Oregon State and the University of
Oregon, with evenly matched teams,
will meet at Eugene in what, to each
of them, is the highlight of the season.
Another bitter argument will be settled
at Moscow as Idaho, which has been
alternately good and poor this season,
meets Washington State, still smart
ing from an upset last Saturday when
it was defeated, TO, by Gonzaga.
At Berkeley, California, alone in the
Washington, which is still fondling
hopes of going to the Rose Bowl this
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