The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 4, 1936, Page 1

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” VOL. XLIX., NO. 7321. JUNEAU, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1936. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENT2 ROOSEVELT SWEEPS NATION AGAIN CHANCE THAT PERI FARLEY MAKES STATEMENT ON ELECTION VOTE New Deal Has Been Popu- larly Returned—Men- tions Opponents NEW YORK, Nov. 4—With the popular return of the New Deal for four more years, backed by an electoral plurality that may be the greatest in American history, Chair- man James A. Farley of the Demo- cratic National Committee said early today: “We will now look forward to four years of uninterrupted effort to ac-| complish the completion of econo- mic recovery of industrial welfare and that permanent establishment of real liberty in the United States.” Early today Farley said opponents of the President would be ashamed of the campaign bitterness and hoped the attacks would be forgot- ten. ————— HAMILTON IS STANDING BY 6. 0. P. GUNS Chairman of Republican Committee Issues His Statement CHICAGO, Ill, Nov. 4—John D. Hamilton, Chairman of the Repub- lican National Committee, said early this morning: “None of those who have stood shoulder to shoulder in this fight need have any regrets or fears, for in making this fight, they have freely and courageously followed the dictates of their conscience. “Under our form of Government, a militant and vigilant minority had a vital service to render the Na- tion. “The Republican Party, with the cooperation of those Democrats and Independents who find a common cause with us, will not fail in that obligation.” - e, AS ALASKA GOES S0 GOES NATION IS PROVEN AGAIN Farley Vision_eg It Early— Gov. Troy Comments on Prediction “As Alaska Goes, So Goes the Na- tion.” Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley in an Associated Press dispatch from New York City printed in The Empire September 11, 1936, following the sweeping Democratic victory in the Terri- tory, said: “It is time to change the ancient byword of the past from as Maine goes, so goes the Nation to as Al- aska goes so goes the mfition.” For the past 30 years, Farley said, Alaska h:*gonc Republican when the natio election has been Re-! publican and has gone Democratic when the national election was Democratic except in 1912 when| Woodrow Wilson was elected as a result of a Republican split. National Democratic committee- man J. A. Hellenthall sent Farley word that the entire Democratic| ticket had carried the election in’ Alaska by more than a three to one| ma jority. “The Alaska verdict, because of a similarity of economic interests, can be taken as an indication of what is going to happen in the Western States on November 3, Chairman Farley said then. Another instance of Farley's shrewd judgment was graphically proved by yesterday's results. Last night the Associated Press (Continued on Page Two) “I Told You So!”’ i |loading the vessels. That is what James A. Farley, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is telling Prseident Franklin D. Roosevelt, who has been re-elected by another landslide. “There wasn't a chance of you losing. The people are behind you and your Administration.” iLiterary Digest Editor Can’t Explain Land Roosevelt Into Office Again ci; DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS WIN IN 21 STATES Republicans Apparently As- sured of Vermont and New Hampshire WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—Demo- cratic gubernatorial candidates were victorious in at least 21 states and were leading in four others on the face of incomplete returns. Repub- lican candidates have captured two states, Vermont and New Hamp- shire, and are leading in four more. Democratic nominees won in Ar- kansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Dela- ware, Indiana, Tennessee, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nebras- ka, New York, North Carolina, Tex- as, Georgia, Rhode Island, Idaho, Ohio, Washington, West Virginia and Utan. Walter A. Huxman, Democrat, was leading Will G. West, Republi- can, for the Governorship in Lan- don’s home state of Kansas. Eleven Democratic Governors' of- fices were not at stake, but the Democrats are assured of 32 Demo- cratic State Executives and possibly four more, Gov. Philip LaFollette, Progressive, was returned to office in Wisconsin and Elmer Benson, Farmer-Laborite, held a substantial lead in Minnesota over his Repub- lican opponent. ELECTION BY STATES Th incomplete returns show the following Governors elected in the respective States compiled thus far: Arizona—R. G. Sanford, Demo- crat. Arkansas—Carl E. Bailey, Demo- crat. Connecticuut — Wilbur L. Cross, Democrat, incumbent. Delaware—Richard C. McMullen, Democrat. Florida—Fred P. Cone, Democrat. Georgia—E. D. Rivers, Democrat. Idaho—D. Worth Clark, Dcmo- crat, incumbent. Illinois—Henry Horner, Democrat, incumbent. Indiana—M. Clifford Townsend, Democrat. Michigan—Frank Mutphy, Demo- crat. Missouri—Lloyd C. Stark, Demo- crat. Nebraska—R. L. Cochran, Demo- crat, incumbent. New Hampshire—Francis P. Mur- phy, Republican, New York—Herbert H. Lehman, Democrat and American Labor par- ties, incumbent. North Carolina—Clyde R. Hoey, Democrat. Oh!o—)‘lnrtln L. Davey, (Continued on Page Seven) slide that Sent With Wilfred J NEW YORK, Nov. chuckle in his voice, election, said last night: “I am simply astounded at what is apparently a landslide for Roos- evelt.” The laugh, Funk said, was to show he could take it. “It is beyond comprehension to explain away the Digest poll,” fur- |ther said Funk. “I could not pos- sibly do that. It will take time and al Punk, editor-in-chief of the Literary | Digest, which forecest’ Lnndon's’ SHABLES BE DOCKED SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4. —The Joint Maritime Strike Committee meeting here this afternoon agreed to unload all perishable foodstuffs that is now aboard vessels that are |tied up.’Union labor is to do |all the .work involved in un- Democrats Take . Most of House, Senate Seats Of 435 Members in House 288 Certain Democratic Members of the local I.L.A. —66 Republicans strategy committee said late —_ this afternoon that the local| union had not received any in- formation relative to the ac- tion of the Joint Maritime ‘Strike Committee’s action in | San Francisco, but that if au- |thority was received they {would unload the Northland lin accordance with the in- structions received. BULLETIN — Washington, Nov. 4—Of 25 Senate contests, 20 are conclusively Democratic, five Republican and 11 in doubt. Of 435 seats in the House, 288 will be Democratic, 66 Republi- ‘can and five other parties with 76 still in doubt. PARTIAL COUNT WASHINGTON, Nov. 4—Returns on 36 seats in the Senate compiled at noon today showed the Demo- erats had elected 19 holdovers out of 47 candidates for a total of 66| seats. Republicans elected three | holdovers out of 11 for a total of | 14 seats. The Farmer-Laborites | elected no holdovers of one and | still have one seat. The Progres- e { JUNEAU BBUND sives elected no holdovers but have | one seat. Fourteen seats are stiil ! FR u M S ITK A in doubt which will be necessary for | a majority of 49 in the upper house. Returns on 435 seats in the new | House of Representatives compiled ) at noon showed the Democrats elect- ed 267 of the present Congress out of 308 candidates. There were 13 |vacancies. The Republicans elected 156 of the present Congress out of {160 with three vacancies. The Pro-l (Special to Empire) |eressives elected none, and the | | SITKA, Alaska, Nov. 4—Motor~ Farmer-Laborites elected none but ‘ship Northland of the Northland has three seats in the present Con- | Transportation Company sailed from gress. A total of 112 seats necessary {here at 11 o'clock this morning |for a majority of 218 is still in doubt, bound for Juneau. — .- F:D.R. RETIRES zens Are Not Successful in Attempt to Re- move Freight | | | A crowd of local citizens at-| |tempted to board the vessel to| lots of pencils and paper in figuring. | unload much needed food, buflding; IWe constructed a poll from returns |materials and fuel but were stopped from ten million ballots distributed by Capt. L. Willlams at the gang {among every class in the country.|plank who would not permit any Don't get me wrong; my personal |Persons aboard for the avowed in- The Northland sailed without un- | | EARLY TODAY; | y | belief was that Roosevelt would | win. I thought it would be close| but I cannot explain that apparent | landslide.” | | The Literary Digest, which pre-: |dicted the winner in three previous | elections, last week gave Landon‘ 379 electoral votes from 32 statesi to 161 from 16 states for Roose-| velt. | MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE CHOSEN BY ELECTORATE Democrats Capture Big Ma-| jority of Seats in Lower | House of Congress | The following Representatives in yesterday’s election, according to Associated Press returns received by | the Empire at 1 o'clock this after- noon: 1 Alabama | Frank W. Boykin, Lister Hill, Hen- ry B. Steagall, Sam Hobbs, Joe Starnes, Pete B. Jarman, Jr., Wil- liam B. Bankhead, John J. Spark- man and Luther B. Patrick; all Democrats. Arizona John R. Murdock; Democrat. Arkansas William J. Driver, John E. Miller, Claude A. Fuller, Ben Cravens, Da- vid D. Terry, John L. McClellan and Wade Kitchens; all Democrats. California Franck H. Havener, John H. To- lan, John Joseph MecGrath; Demo- crats. Albert E. Carter; Republican. Colorado Lawrence Lewis, Edward T. Tay- lor; Democrats. Connecticut William M. Citron, Herman P. Koppleman, William J. Fitzgerald, James A. Shanley, Alfred N. Phil- lips, Jr., and J. Joseph Smith; all Democrats. Delaware William F. Allen; Democrat. Florida J. Hardin Peterson, R. A. Green, (Continued on Page Two) were elected to the National House | - tention to remove freight. Local residents face a food and [loading cargo after being in port| - RETURNS READ |for 48 hours. | Thousands of Congratula-| fuel shortage in ten days. tory Messages Receiv- | HYDE PARK, N. Y, Nov. 4.— | President Roosevelt retired at 1:30 jo'clock this morning after reading | c 0 M B I N AT'uN |election returns for seven hours. |of Democrats that they had received | the largest sweep of any party in| The following Senators were el- = StOTY: | Hon (into his home starting soon after| k. the early returns indicated he was/| ARaim ain swept into offi John H. Bankhead, Democrat. | EiR sWept into office. i | Joseph T. Robinson, Democrat. | TELEGRAPHS LANDON Delaware HYDE ‘PARK, N. Y., Nov. 4 James H. Hughes, Democrat. | President Roosevelt last night tele- Claude Pepper, Charles O. An- pressing confidence “that all of us drews, Democrats. JAmzrlca.ns will now pull together| (Continued on Page Eight) jfor the common good.” i ———— CHANGES MADE | e o Hyde Pk The President declared to a crowd | ected at yestreday's national elec-| Thousands of telegrams poured Arkansas 1 Florida |graphed Gov. Alfred M. Landon, ex- High Lights of Election NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 4 — President Roosevelt carried New Haven, the secongd largest city of the state, by nearly 2 to 1. Roose- velt received 43,656 votes and Lan- don 22,484. Four years ago Roose- velt carried the city by 8,000. that Roosevelt's plurality over Lan- don in Chicago would reach 568,000 votes. LOOK AT MISSOURI KANSAS CITY, Missouri — The first 58 precincts reporting last night gave Roosevelt 34528 and! TWENTY-FOUR TO ONE Landon 2,386. LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas—Young| * township, the first precinct in Ar- kansas to report, gave Roosevelt 24 and Landon 1 vote. BORAH TOOK LEAD BOISE, Idaho — U. S. Senator Borah leaped ahead of the lagging Republican ticket early last evening| and at the start pulled away from Gov. C. Ben Ross. Seventeen pre-| cincts gave Borah 1,733 votes and Ross 1,145. OHIO ALSO IN LINE COLUMBUS, O. — Roosevelt re- ceived 25,722 votes from 134 of the state’s 8600 precincts against 14.- 381 for Landon and 613 for Lemke.| in the early returns. IN MONTANA HELENA, Mont. — In the first HE IS PLEASED returns received in the state last NEW YORK—Chairman Farley Night Roosevelt held better than a said the first returns made Roose-|2 t0 1 lead over Roosevelt with the velt “very pleased.” latter polling then 5,689 and Lan- don 2,798 votes. START OF AVALANCHE | CHICAGO, Ill.—The City News| IN OREGON Bureau, which unofficially tabulates| PORTLAND, Oregon. —Thirteen the votes of Cook County, estimat- | Precinets, the first reporting last Demo-,| Millard F. Caldwell, J. Mark Wilcox ed early last evening on the basis Dight, gave Roosevelt 1,293, Landon of 1,000 of the city's 3,573 precincts, | (Continued on Page Thrae) Is Reélecte;l firos?dent FRANKLIN of D. ROOSEVELT Gov. Landon Concedes Election of Roosevelt; | Other Statements Made LAST TRAIN IS OPERATED ALASKAR.R. [Regular Run Taken, Sew- ard to Fairbanks— Then Shut Down SEWARD, Alaska, Nov. 4. — The last train on the Government owned Alaska Railroad leaves here today | for Fairbanks and intermediate sta- tions. A shutdown of the railroad will follow the completion of the run by the train. Members of train crews here claim that if there is a shutdown for 30 days, the railroad cannot be re- opened until next June as there will be no maintenance crews re- l,malnlng on the job. PALMER MAKES PROTEST PALMER, Alaska, Nov. 4—The Palmer Chamber of Commerce has Jjoined the Railroad Belt protest against the shut down on the Al- aska Railroad. The Chamber has wired Secretary of Interior Ickes a stroing demand that the railroad continue to oper- ate. The Chamber's message, signed by Edward Coffey, President, said the “management continues to dis- regard the rights and wishes of the road’s supporters.” ——————— BLOOD SWEPT INTO OFFICE AS UTAH GOV, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 4. —Ray Diliman, Republican candi- date for Governor, has conceded the {victory of Henry H. Blood, present Democratic Governor of this state. The entire Democratic ticket led [ TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 4.—Gov. Alfred M. Landon conceded the elec- | tion of Franklin D. Roosevelt early | today and sent the following tele- gram to the President: “The Nation has spoken and every | American will accept the verdict |and work for the common cause of | the good of our country. That is the spirit of democracy. You have |my sincerest congratulations.” |CHICAGO DAILY NEWS FALLS RIGHT IN LINE | | | CHICAGO, Nov. 4—The Chicago | Daily News, published by Col. Frank Knox, running mate of Gov. Lan- don, and candidate for Vice-Presi- dent on the Republican ticket, said: “President Roosevelt's re-election over the Republican challenge of Gov. Alfrd M. Landon, of Kansas, | appears not only to be assured, but his victory has come by a more substantial majority. that he had in 1932 over Herbert Hoover." HEARST'S AMERICAN ALSO ADMITS VICTORY NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 4—The American, one of William Randolph Hearst's newspapers, declared Pres- ident Roosevelt had been eleN(d in a 9:30 o'clock edition last nisnt Hearst continuously urged Lan- don’s election. The story the concession on the bass of I 9 o'clock returns which were able. VICTORY WAS LANDSLIDE IN ALL PROPORTIONS KANSAS CITY, Nov. 4 The Kansas City Star, which supported | Gov. Landon, said in the first elec- tion edition last night that “early returns from over the nation indi- cate a victory of landslide propor- tions for Roosevelt in the Electoral College.” PHILADELPHIA RECORD ALSO JOINS TO CHEER PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 4. The Philadelphia Record, which supported President Roosevelt, said last night in its 9 o'clock edition that Roosevelt carried the Nation and the state as well as the city of Philadelphia. e, BABY GIRL IS BORN A baby girl, Louise Alice Baker, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl A, PRESIDENT IS ' RE-ELEGTED BY BIG LANDSLIDE New Deal Erality Esti- mated to Reach Well Over 9,000,000 ONLY TWO STATES GOING FOR LANDON California, Tllinois, Michi- gan, N. Y., Pennsylvania All Give Huge Lead BULLETIN — Washing- ton, Nov. 4.—Election results totaled at 1:45 o’clock this af- ternoon with 90,389 districts reporting out of 122,773 gives the following popular vote for President: Roosevelt, 21,768,- ’254; Landon, 13,575,602; i Lemke, 562,293. It indicated that the elec- toral vote would stand at Roosevelt, 523, Landon, 8, and ‘;Lemke, none. | WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.— ;A Roosevelt landslide shook the nation today und left only Maine and Vermont ciinging to Republicanism as a result of yesterday’s general elec- tion. The electoral vote stood at 523 for the President to eight for Gov. Landon, the Republican, The New Deal plurality likely will reach nine million votes, it was indicated as re- turns continued to pour in. California went for Roose- velt by a half million votes, Illinois by* 600,000, Michigan by 100,000, New York by one million, Ohio by 300,000 and Pennsylvania by half a mil- lion. In the Senate the Demo- (Continued on Page Eight) EARLY VOTE SHOWED GAIN - OF NEW DEAL iCity and Factory Centers | Started Piling Up i Roosevelt Lead NEW YORK, Nov. 4—Early elec- tion returns last night from city and factory centers lifted the New Deal Presidential ticket to high ma- Jorities at which the opposition nibbled uncertainly as the country precincts repdrted more slowly. On the face of far from com- plete returns, Roosevelt led Landon in a sweeping fashion throughout most of the nation, east, west and south. The Republicans reiused to accept the early indications as conclusive, although the New York American, | Hearst’s newspaper, and the Kansas City Star, Landon's booster, said returns indicated a Roosevelt vic- ory. | Contending the early trend to |Roosevelt was not unexpected, | Chairman Hamilton declared he still | expected the country to spell a | GOP victory. | Farley Tells 'Em | Almost at the same time, Chair- |man Farley of the Democratic Na- | tional Committee, was repeating his claims to a Democratic landslide. At that time, only a New England handful, minus Connecticut, was standing steadily by the Republi= cans. Switches Are Made New Jersey, first for Roasevelt, by President Roosevelt is staging a |E. Baker October 30. Dr. L. P. switched to Landon, in the. later re- runaway, Dawes was physician, . (Continued on Page Twe)