The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-03
Nearly Half Vote OF
 City M Before Noon
Waterbury Was Making Record in It's History; Voting Started Early in Morning Continued in
 Steady Stream All Day

Waterbury's electorate broke vot- ing records today. At noon almost half the halloting strength of the city had been registered as men and women fiocked to the polls to vote for their choices for national and state officers.
 Record Vote Is Predicted
 Election officials and party leaders predicted that by the time the polls close at 6 o'clock this evening the largest vote in the history of the Brass City will have been recorded. The local voting list contains 42,- 6l2 names.
 Rush In Eary Morning Tn every one of the city's 20 vot- ing precincts attendants declared that the rush between and g o'clock this morning was never before equalled. Traffic around the polls was pammed as workers strove to register their votes before going to their places of employment.
 That President Roosevelt and Governor wilbur l.. Cross will carry Waterbury was the general opinion Republican and union party workers were striving to get in a huge vote but the democratic trend appeared to be very great.
 Very Little Splitting
 Attendants at the polls said that there was very little splitting Of tickets. On the contrary, they said, 1t appeared that straight tickets were being voted. Most of the dis tricts reported that there was very little writing in" for the union party candidates for congressman in the fifth district. Considerable writing in" was reported, however in the eastern and Baldwin street sections of the city. These reports were merely guesses, however, based on the length of time some electors stayed in the voting booths. Union Party Confused
 The union party congressional race was somewhat confused today when, at the last moment, 1t was announced that Frederick w Puckey had been endorsed once more for the congressional post by Rev. Charles Coughlin. It was be- lieved that tonight, when the write in" slips are checked the Puckey vote will have taken away somewhat from that of Mrs. Lydia Ayotte, who has been official union party candidate for the past two weeks,
 Tie polls were thrown open at ( o'clock this morning and will not close until c o'clock tonight. There was little or no confusion and aug mented police force under the al. rection of Superintendent of Police William J. Roach kept the traiflc moving and things orderly in gen. eral.
 All Time Record
 At il o'clock this morning i6,8i0 votes had been cast out of the city's total of 42,6i2. This was an all-tiine record for the city. Last year, in the city election, only l6,7i5 votes had been cast at noon hour. Four years ago, in the presidential! election only l5,023 votes had been cast ct Il o'clock in the morning.
 The vote today at Il o'clock by districts was: First, 625; second i,ib0; third, 826; fourth, l,i26; fifth 1900; sixth TOP; seventh, l,200; eighth, 426; ninth, 925; tenth. 760; eleventh, 97B; twelfth 675; thirteenth TOO; fourteenth, i,008; fifteenth 675 sixteenth, 026; seventeenth, 725 eighteenth $50; nineteenth, i,026i twentieth, 025.
 Tagging At Noon
 Some of the districts were tagging behind at noon hour but most oi them were breaking records. Lieu tenant- Governor Frank Hayes ant Congressman J. Joseph Smith cast their votes in their respective dis tricts about mid-morning. Mrs Ayotte cast her vote at 0:30 o'clock and at about the same time Towi Chairman J. Warren Upson, 6. o. ? candidate for congressman, entered the voting booth in his voting pre- cinct. State Chairman J. Francil Smith voted very early this morn. ing and then made his contact witr state democratic headquarters.
 Split For Judge Slav!n
 It was believed t:ir. e great ma jority of those voting the unior l