The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03
First Little Towns Reported Very Early
New Ashford Gave Roosevelt Double Vote of Years Ago Town in New Hampshire Declared
 Illegal in VOting--VermOnt Town in Line

challenged.
 Pointing out the polls were closed after only seven of the 12 registered voters had balloted, County Solicitor Lehnert of Coos County declared that under New Hampshire law the polls must be kept open until 3 p. m. unless every registered voter has balloted before that.
 Secretary of State Enoch D. Fui- Ter agreed with Lehnert that the polls had been closed illegally, but did not indicate what If any action would be taken.
 It was announced that the polls had been closed because the five non-voters had indicated that they did got plan to vote, but MT. and Mrs. Berl Raymond protested that they had planned to vote soon after daybreak.
 Roosevelt Only One
 No democrat other than President Roosevelt received any votes. In both the senatorial and gubernatorial contests all votes went to the re- publican candidates. 1 Millsfield did not vote until two years ago, when in the state elec- tion 1t voted the straight republican ticket.
 Fog blanketed this desolate coun- tryside at midnight when citizens assembled in the roadside shop where Miss 0enevieve Nadig, 27- year -old town clerk, makes balsam pillows.
 Soon the little place was filled to overhowing with newsmen and vis- itors from adjacent communities, and town officers decided to trans fer the polling both to the farm house of Quincy Davis, 86, dean of Millfield's voters.
 Tn his dining room, by the flick ering light of a kerosene lamp, six voters balloted and the absentee ballot of Dr. Henry H. Nazig, who was in New York, was recorded.
 Short Wave Radio
 Boston, Nov. 3-(UP)-The United Press utilized short-wave radio to- day to flash returns from New Ash 1 ford, since 10l6 the first community in the United States to announce It's vote in presidential eylections. The story was sent in code from an automobile parked beside the century-old one-room schoolhouse where the tiny Berkshire towns 48 voters marked their ballots at dawn. At the key of a portable transmit- ter punching out jerky dots and dashes was Milton A. George of WlBKG, western Massachusetts state net control station of the U. S. army radio system. Material was gathered and written for transmits sion by two United Press stah cor- respondents.
 On the receiving end in Quincy, 150 miles away was Reginald c. Hindon, whose WlIHI is the eastern Massachusetts state net control sta tion. AS he translated dots and dashes into sentences, another staff correspondent read the copy over the telephone to the United Press ofiice here. In Great Harrington sat an- other amateur tuned to the broad cast. Culver Dorsey of WiFNY stood by prepared to pick up the relay should contact with WlIHI be sev- cred. The army radio system was organized decade ago to act in emergencies. It now includes 1,ll7 stations in the United States and It's territorial possessions. All for Roosevelt Martins Station, Ala, Nov. 3. (UP) The eleven voters of this hamlet today marked their ballots for President Roosevelt and straight democratic ticket.
 Martins Station is always one of the first communities of the nation to report election returns. The vote here was completed shortly after 8 l 6. m.
 The vote for President Roosevelt was two larger than that reported in 1892, when the towns nine votes went for him also. Officials ex- plained that a new farmer had moved into the community and 8 local youth had come of age. More First Returns
 Topeka, Kan, Nov. 3--(UP)- First returns of incomplete precincts bulated by Kansas double election boards tocay gave Roosevelt ITO votes and ndon l46. The returns wee from Wyandotte, Shawnee, Atchison, Miami and Crawford counties.
 Pointe Aux Barques, Mich, Nov. 3-(UP)---Pointe Aux Barques town ship, Mic igan's first reporting precinct, today gave Gov. Ali Lan- don 8 votes and President Roose- welt 6.
 Four years ago 1t went demo. cratic, three to one. Waterville, N. H., Nov. 3-(UP) Vyaterville today gave Landon four votes and Roosevelt one. In 1882 this town gave Hoover six and Roosevelt four.
 Houston, Tex, Nov. 3-(UP) -- President Roosevelt held a Q to 1 lead over Gov. Ali M. Landon in the count of presidential votes here today.
 r turns from 26 precincts out of 143 in Harris county gave: Roose- welt 2,267; Landon, 254.
 Topeka, Kan, Nov. 3 -- (UP) - Fourteen incomplete precincts in 10 .Junties in Kansas today gave