The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-10
cop ADVANCE.
 STRONGER IN OTHER AREAS
Republican House Major. fly Looms on Basis of
 Returns Now in

i Returns Now in
 A swing to the Republican ban ner, evidenced by early counts in First Division general election vot- ing, became more apparent as re- turns rolled in from other parts of Alaska
 Tallying of the huge Anchorage city precinct was completed yes terday afternoon and when the votes were totted up Stanley Me- Cutcheon conceded his defeat for the Senate by Republican Gunnard Engebreth. Anchorage boiled a record vote which leaned strongly toward the COP, with three Re- publicans and one Democrat top ping the House lists.
 In other Third Division voting, returns from 34 of 60 precincts showed Delegate Bob Bartlett more than doubling the vote of his An ohorage opponent Amer Peterson, and Treasurer Oscar Olson taking a commanding lead over Cash Cole. Democratic incumbent Walter Sharpe, however, was way down on the short end in the Commissioner of Labor race. Sharpe dropped more than 300 votes to Republican Henry Benson in the Third.
 On the referendum questions, Anchorage and three immediately surrounding precincts voted in fav- tor of statehood nearly five to one, while adoption of the Blanket Pri- mary was practically unopposed. I Third Division
 Third Division returns, incom- plete and unofficial, are: i For Delegate to Congress-Bart- lett (D) 3,474; Peterson {R0 1873. For Treasurer-Olson CD 2,811; Cole (R) 1877.
 For Labor Commissioner-Ben son (R) 2,236; Sharpe CD 1875; klmbau tI) 949.
 For Senator-Engebreth (R) g. 559; Rivers CD 2,486; Stanley Me- ] Cutcheon D) 2,122; Snodgrass (R) 1887
 For Representative-Egan CD 2,50l; Snider (R) 2,41S; Gill (R) 2.244; Steve McCutcheon CD 2,239; Atwood tR) 2,171; Morris (R) D. 168; Barnett CD 2,134; Pollard CD 2,o96; Huntley CD 2,093; Heating i CD 1,o90; Andresen (R) 1892; Bugge (R) 1,761; Mcdonald CD 1881; Warren CD 1,251.
 i For Statehood-3,00 against l. I 897; for Blanket Primary 3,904; against 805.
 ! Fourth Division
 In the Fourth Division returns from five small precincts, plus in- complete returns from the city of Fairbanks, put Republicans well out in front for both Senate seats and for four of five House vacan- cies Delegate Bartlett holds a large lead over Peterson, but Treas urer Olson slightly trails Cash Cole.
 In the three-way Labor Commis- sioner ballotting, Interior voters put both Republican Benson and Inde- pendent Ross Kimball ahead of Democrat Sharpe.
 ! No Fourth Division returns are in on the two referendum issues The Fourth Division includes approxi- mately 60 precincts. Total vote in the City of Fairbanks was 1,348.
 The scanty unofficial Fourth Di- vision returns are:
 For Delegate to Congress-Bart- lett CD 1,084; Peterson (R) 318. i For Treasurer-Cole (R) 672; Ol- son CD 656.
 1 For Commissioner of Labor-Ben- son (R) 522; Kimball CD 409 l Sharpe (D) 400.
 For Senator-Nerland (R) 981 Collins (R) 752; Lander CD 496 Taylor D) 419.
 ! For Representatives-Coble (R) 79l; Maurice Johnson CR) 671; Joy (R) 751; Meath (R) 563; Hoop es CD 542; Murray CD 530; Frank lin CD 493; Dale CD 48l; Savage (R) ATS; Victor Johnson (D) 422; Moore CD 404; McCombe CD 359