Evening star., 1936-11-03

|: In West Virginia, incomplete re-
turns from 80 of Huntington's pre-
cincts gave the Democratic standard
bearer 1926 votes as against 1,176 for
Landon.
Few reports of disorders at the polls
were heard across the Nation up to
midafternoon. In one of the few in
stances, an election officer was shot
and critically wounded at McRoberts,
in the Eastern Kentucky mountains.
Heavy Voting in Metropolitan Centers.
From the metropolitan centers Of
New York. Chicago and elsewhere
came reports that heavy voting prom.
jsed to shatter all records. The presi.
Dental and vice presidential nominees
of both major parties all had voted
well before noon, and even the weather
man held out an encouraging hand.
Late reports told of snow and rain
in some sections-abnormal cold west
of the Mississippi, but mild weather
in the East-and led to a Weather
Bureau statement that voters staying
away from the polls would have to find
some other excuse.
Although the voting started shortly
after midnight, the fact that many
polls will remain open until II p.p.,
Eastern standard time, dimmed hope
of anything conclusive until long after
nightfal.
In tiny Millsfleld, N. H., where the
polls were opened at 1901 am, the
vote was: ALT M. Landon, s.; Franklin
D. Roosevelt, 2. Within a few hours
three other New England village pre-
cincts came in to make the first total
of the 1886 election, Landon. 81;
Roosevelt, AZ.
Quickly, however, five small Hous-
ton, Tex, precincts we're reported, Civ
ing Roosevelt 126 and Landon 81.
Thus, before part of the Nation was
awake, and hardly any part of it set
tied down for the day, the battle was
on in earnest.
Roosevelt Gains in New England.
The first fragments from New Eng
land showed that President Roosevelt
had made tiny gains over the early
bird votes cast for him in 1882. In
New Ashford, Mass, the count was 26
to 10 for Landon today, as against "a
to for Herbert Hoover in 1882. In
Tolland, Mass. Landon led, A to 81,
as against 80 to % in 1882.
| With the Roosevelt forces claiming
an unbroken front in the solid South.
these claims were not shaken by the
first tiny community in that section to
complete its count. Martin Station,
Ala, gave Roosevelt. IL; Landon, 0.
Gov. Landon himself lost little slime
in voting. At $40 am, Eastern time.
he dropped his ballot in the box at
Independence, Kans.
Returns May Be Later Than Usual
But with So, ,427, 900 voters registered
and the Nations interest whipped up
by a tense, months-long campaign
that ended only last night with elev-
enth-hour appeals by President Roose.
velt and Gov. Landon, the experts
warned that conclusive returns may be
much later than usual. They cited the
mountainous stacks of ballots in pros
pect, and the fact that New York,
which usually goes as the country goes
and formerly has cleaned up its tally
early, has extended the poll-closing
time three hours. from 6 to o pm.
e. s. T.
Led by the presidential nominees,
who arranged to cast their ballots
early, the voters repaired to $4,000
polling places to say whether the
Roosevelt New Deal is to have another
four years at the capital, or whether
Gov. Landon and his followers shall
supplant it.
But this was not all the sovereign
citizens had to decide. At stake were
the vice presidency. the governorships
In 80 States, IS seats in the Senate.
the control Of the House Of Repre-.
(see ELECTION, Page A-4)