Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1932, Page 9

D. C. FEBRUARY 28, 1932—PART ONE. #e OQpening 07‘, NLARGED Srore ary values in the Newest and best Furniture Creations. No matter what you buy you are invited to use our convenient deferred payment plan. A9 ROOSEVELT LEAS INHODVERS TATE lowa Straw Ballot Gives Him 53 Margin in Presiden- tial Race. THE SUNDAY STAR, Special Dispatch to The Star. DES MOINES, Iowa, February 27 (NANA)—Gov. Franklin D. Rox velt of New York received more votes than any other presidential in a straw ballot which has completed in President Hoover's home State by the Des Moines Register- Tribune. Roosevelt’s margin over Hoover was 53 votes. Here are the final figures of the poll: Roosevelt, 18,817; Hoover, 18,764; Murray, 16,508, and Smith, 7.693, with Baker, Ritchie, Dawes and Young trail- n| g. Although Towa is traditionally & Re- publican State, more than 71 per cent of the votes cast were for the Demo- cratic presidential possibilities Home County for Hoover. Cedar County, where Hoover was born, returned 187 votes for the Presi- dent. Roosevelt came second with 123 Voters were asked to state their 1928 stand as well as their present prefer- ence. Hoover's total in the same group of voters in 1928 was 42.480 and Smith’s was 22,672 Approximately 56 per cent of the 1928 Hoover vote con- sequently was shown to have drifted to other candidates during the interval, as had approximately 6 per cent of the previous Smith vote in the same group. Hoover led in votes from women, receiving 8,333 or 30.7 per cent. Smith was second, with 6,509 or 23.9 per cent. In the votes from men Rooseveit took the lead, with 12,308 or 27.3 per cent, and Murray came second, 10,555 or 234 per cent. Hoover was a close third. Hoover was the favorite in the cities and towns, with Roosevelt a close sec- ond in the cities, getting 266 per cent to the President’s 28.3 per cent of the city vote. Murray Rural Favorite. Murray was the favorite in the rural vote, his agricultural platform of “but- ter, bread, beans and bacon” appeal- ing to the Iowa farmer strongly. Murray received 37 per cent of the farm vote, while Roosevelt came sec- ond with 28 per cent. Murray already has established headquarters in Iowa after comg}etms’ three public appear- ances in the State. The ballots received were equivalent approximately to 10 per cent of the normal general election vote in the State. In the same poll partial returns on the question of retaining the pres- ent liquor laws shoved 17,836 against and 18,014 favoring them. The re-election of United States Sen- ator Smith W. Brcokhart was favored by 6,583 and opposed by 9473. These returns showed the triumph of the unexpected as clearly ar had the pres- idential ballot. (Copyright. 1932. by the North "Newspaper Alliance, Tne.) 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Akron will draft a report stating that the glant Navy airship contained no faulty work- manship or materials when she was de- livered to the Navy, it was announced by Representative McClintic, Oklahoma. Mr. McClintic said he had told Rep- resentative Vinson, chairman of the Naval Affairs Committee, that he was “willing to make a report that the charges about poor materials and work- manship were untrue.” “The evidence we got” he said, “showed there were some 6,000 changes made in the Akron, but all the first- hand testimony we got tended to show no defects were left in.” . BROADCAST ON HOARDING President and Others to Make Plea to Circulate Money. President Hoover. Charles G. Dawes, president of the Reconstruction Cor- poration; Eugene Meyer, jr., governor of the Federal Reserve Board, and Senator Robinson, Democratic floor leader, plan an appeal to the people by radio the night of March 6 to end money hoarding. Each will speak 10 minutes. 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