The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-06
OTHER STATES

bOSUOn, NOVs O.-NOEI-rAuoooS chusetts gave its l7 electoral votes to President Roosevelt and reelected its Democratic U. s. Senator and Republican Governor, late returns showed today.
 Indications were that all 15 U. s. Representatives = 10 Republicans and five Democrats--were reelected.
 Republicans appeared to be mak- ing a clean sweep of the minor state offices.
 Tn the closest battle of the elec- ton in this state, Gov. Leverett Sal- tonstall (R) apparently won a sec ond term by a plurality of 30,OO0 to 10000 over Attorney General Paul A. Dever CD. To help him win, Dever had anticipated a 100000 margin in Boston, where his actual edge was nearer 60,00O.
 Running far ahead of his ticket, Sen. David I. Walsh (D), chairman of the Senate naval affairs con1- mittee, easily won reelection with a plurality exceeding 100000 over former state Sen. Henry Parkman, Jr. (R).
 Philadelphia, Nov. 6.-(UP)- President Roosevelt's lead over Wendell L. Willkie in Pennsylvania, derived wholly from heavy indus trial areas, exceeded 25o,000 in tab- ulations of nearly complete returns today.
 The third term victory in Penn sylvania reelected Sen. Joseph F. Guffey, D., elected two Democratic state fiscal officers and reestablish- ed Democratic control of the states Congressional delegation and the state house of Representatives.
 Willkie carried 42 counties, near ly two-thirds of Pennsylvania's 67 but fell before MT. Roosevelt's top- heavy majorities in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and the mining fields.
 Returns from 7800 of the S,ll8 precincts gave:
 President = Roosevelt, 2os5, $40; Willkie, 1,832,568.
 Returns from 7,768 jrecincts gave:
 U. s. Guffey, i,978,828; Jay Cooke, Republican, l,77l,2lS.
 Newark, N. J., Nov. 6.-(UP)- New Jersey gave its IS electoral votes to President Roosevelt, vir- tual complete election returns dis- closed today.
 With all but 620 of the states 3,631 districts reported, and almost half the missing ones in Hudson county, bailiwick of Jersey Citys Democratic Mayor-Boss Frank Hague, the count was:
 MT. Roosevelt ........ .8l9,629
 Wendell L. Willkie ....,. 81l ,99l
 The missing districts included "A in Hudson anad 239 in Democratic Camden county, where MT. Roose- welt was leading in reported re- turns.
 Charles Edison, former Secretary of the Navy, former Republican but now Democrat, a son of the late Thomas A. Edison. the inventor, was elected Governor.
 Sen. W Warren Barbour, Repub- lican incumbent, ran ahead of his ticket and defeated Democratic James H. R. Cromwell, former min- ister to Canada and husband of the tobacco heiress, the former Doris Duke.
 Providence, R. l., Nov. 6.-(UP)- With President Roosevelt topping the ticket to win Rhode Islands four electoral votes, Democrats swept all five major contests in this state, unofficial complete returns showed today.
 Biggest surprise was the defeat of Republican Gov. William H. Van- derbilt, staunch Willkie supporter, by former U. s. District Attorney J. Howard McGrath CD.
 The states 259 precincts gave President Roosevelt 181, ,746 to 1884, 432 for Wendell Wiflkie.
 U. s. Sen. Peter G. Geery, CD, millionaire lawyer and New Deal opponent, was reelected with 173,-