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A—4 *» THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1936. STAR T0 INFORM D. C. OF RETURNS Radio, Phones, Searchlight and Dirigible to Show Trend. Seven radio broadcasts of the elec- tion returns will be an outstanding feature of elaborate arrangements made by The Star to keep Washington posted tonight on the latest develop- ments in the race between President Roosevelt and Gov. Alf M. Landon for the country’s highest political office. ‘These broadcasts will be conducted by a staff of experienced newscasters, headed by G. Gould Lincoln, The Star’s nationally known political ex- pert, and will be heard over Station WMAL from 6 pm. to 6:15, 6:30 to 6:45, 7:15 to 7:30, 7:40 to 7:50,, 10:00 to 10:30, 11:00 to 11:15 and from 11:30 until the station signs off after the late returns are in. The Star also has arranged to signal the results across the sky with a huge 800,000,000-candlepower searchlight, | which can be seen 40 miles away. The light will be set up on the Monument Grounds, and if the trend of the bal- loting favors President Roosevelt, its ‘beam will swing over the White House. If Gov. Landon should go into the lead, however, the beam will flash over | the Capitol. When the final results | are in, it will remain stationery over one of the two, depending on which | of the candidates has won. Belongs to Anti-Aircraft Unit. The light belongs to the anti-air- craft unit of the 260th Coast Artillery, | District National Guard, and arrange- | ments for its use were made through Lieut. Col. Walter J. Burns. It will | managers and their assistants Wfll} be operated by a staff of 11 men, under the direction of Capt. Lee J. Rutz and | Lieut. James H. Heizer. { ‘The results also will be signaled from | the Goodyear blimp Enterprise, cruis- ing over Washington, Virginia and Maryland. The Star has made ar- rangements to phone the returns as they come in to the blimp's hangar at Washington Airport, from which they will be relayed to the aircraft by short wave radio. Neon lights then | will be used to signal the bulletins to watchers on the ground. News flashes, bulletins and back- ground material supplied by the As- sociated Press, The Star’s political correspondents in the 48 States and | members of the paper's own staff will ' Star Fore- cast*x Electors | State Precincts Ala. R Ariz. R Ark. R Calif. R Colo. R Conn. L Del. Fla. Ga. Idaho 1. Ind. lowa R R R R D D L L R R Maine L Md. R Mass. L Mich. L Minn. D lal- 5] -— -+ | — — Kan. le| - p— | — o o] p— ~ | - -] | -t - le] p— wi NE9N - o o] — w %] | - p=— oo ] — — ol o] — pry lglal] | supplemented be turned over to a staff of 16 news reporters, who will be stationed in The Star Building to answer telephone inquiries. The latest results received from the voting precincts scattered across the couniry can be obtained through this set-up by calling Na- tional 5000. Nearby Results to Be Available. Nearby results will be handled by staff correspondents in Alexandria and Prince Georges, Montgomery and Ar- lington Counties, while special corre- spondents will phone the returns in from Fairfax and Loudoun Counties. Returns from every other county in Virginia and Maryland will be sent in to The Star immediately over the Associated Press wires. ‘The Star also has arranged to have the returns announced at regular intervals from 8 p.m. until midnight at the following Warner Bros. theaters here: Ambassador, Apollo, Avalon, Avenue Grand, Central, Colony, Earle, Home, Penn, Savoy, Uptown, Tivoli and York. In the suburbs they will be announced at the Arcade in Hyatts- ville; Milo, Rockville; Cameo, Mount Rainier; State, Bethesda; Ashton, Clarendon; and State, Falls Church. As in past elections, The Star will | furnish a complete program of pro- jected bulletins and lantern slides on a screen at Eleventh street and Penn- sylvania avenue. Up-to-the-minute returns shown on this screen will be with a program of travelogues, film comedies and other entertainment. Associated Press wire- photos of interesting events in various sections of the country on election day also will be shown on the screen. Arrangements for announcing the returns in the theaters were made by John J. Payette, Warner Bros. general zone manager. Four special operators will receive the returns from The Star and turn them over to stenographers, who will type out the results. These type- wTitten sheets then will go to seven telephone operators, each of whom will | call returns to the theaters, where the read them to the audiences. Extended schedules will be in effect | so patrons can learn who has been elected before going home. B.L.K. SMITH, HELD AFTERTALK, FREED Booked on Charges of Dis- turbing Peace and Revil- ing Police. BY the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, November 3.— Gerald L. K. Smith, former organizer of Share-our-wealth Clubs for the late Huey Long, early today stalked angrily from a jail cell in which he was placed after denouncing the State administration in a radio address. Smith, taken into custody with three others at his hotel room last night, was booked on charges of disturbing the peace, reviling the police and us- ing obscene language. All accusations. Smith refused a release offered by Mayor Robert E. Maestri, but left the jail at the expiration of a two-hour period, in accordance with an ordi- nance concerning persons arersted for city law violations. “I was put in jail by Maestri, but it got so hot for him he called up here and offered me a parole,” Smith said. “I refused to accept.” Arrested with Smith were Preston Decazal, his secretary, and Henry and Herman Grundmeyer. The Grund- }meyers were described as friends of Smith not officially connected with his activities. | Smith, Decazal and the Grund- meyers were ordered to appear Wed- nesday night at midnight at Police Court to answer to the three charges, (Continued From First Page.) trict, which began planning a celebra- | tion weeks before the organization | | knew whether it would have occasion Star Radio Schedule A staff of Star newscasters, headed by G. Gould Lincoln, The Star’s political authority, will bring the election returns to the radio audience tonight over Station WMAL. Bcginnin_g at 6 o'clock, the returns will be broadcast at intervals until 1 am. or later. The schedule follows: 6 to 6:15, 6:30 to 6:45, 7:15 to 7:30, 7:40 to 7:50, 10 to 10:30, 11 to close. 9 O’Clock Roosevelt Landon Precincts L | 10 O'Clock 1 S Roosevelt Landon Precincts LT RNIRRARERNARARER to celebrate, will hold an open house at the Hamilton Hotel beginning at 8 p.m, and lasting “until —,” as the program said. There will be speeches, & buffet dinner and dancing. A big election-night celebration for both Democrats and Republicans will be held at the Shoreham Hotel. A number of politiclans have made reservations, and a special leased wire will furnish up-to-the-minute reports to be flashed on a screen in the main ball room. Arrangements have been made to answer the questions of out- of-town visitors who might wish, for example, to know how Podunk County went in the race for the House of Rep- resentatives. The Brotherhood and Sisterhood of the Washington Hebrew Congregation is sponsoring an election night dance at the Mayflower Hotel. A number of prizes will be awarded, and dancing is to begin at 10 p.m. Supper will be served at 1 am. The Colorado State Society will hold a dance from 8 p.m. until 2 am. at the Willard Hotel, and election returns | will be broadcast in the ball room. The District Commissioners have given permission to District employes who are eligible to vote in nearby States to take two hours off to cast their ballots. Even travelers will receive con- tinuous news bulletins of the progress | of the election. The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad announced it will fur- nish this information on all of its trains tonight. Election (Continued From Pirst Page.) sentatives; thousands of lesser State office holders, and a large number of | questions of State policy, submitted | to the electorate in referenda. Nominees on Home Grounds. All the nominees were on home- ground for the ceremony of entering the polling booths amid the clicking of photographers’ shutters; President Roosevelt at Hyde Park, Gov. Lan- | don at Independence, Kans, after an overnight train ride from Topeka: | Col. Frank Knox, Republican vice presidential nominee, at Chicago; Vice President Garner, Democratic | nominee for re-election, at Uvalde, | Tex, and the other candidates at their respective home towns. Last night they said their final pre- election words. Mr. Roosevelt, speak- | ing from Hyde Park by radio, told his | listeners they should not be “afraid to | vote as you think best for the kind of | a world you want to have.” “A man or woman in, the poliing place is his or her own boss,” he said. 1 O'Clock Roosevelt Landon Precincts ELECTION SCORE CARD FOR RADIO LISTENERS TONIGHT . l | AR L T 266 clectoral votes elect. *Forecasts in Star final survey last Sunday indjcated by R as sure or leaking for Roosevelt, L as surefor leaning for Landon, D doubtful, TR i Closing Time of Polls Today ‘The closing time of the polls in time, follows: Alabama..._5 p.m, rural, 6 p.m. citles i sunsst 3 p.m. rural, 6 p.m., citi 6 pm, rural, 7 p.m. cities Kentucky - 4pm. Louisiana - Tpm. Maine._7 p.m,, rural may close 5 p.m Maryland.___7 p.m.; Baltimore 5 .p.m. Massachusetts .. 9 paa. Michigan_. 5 p.m. cities, 8 p.m. rural Minnesota - Mississippi Missouri - Montana Nebraska .. the various States, all shown in local - 6pm. -== 6pm. - 8pm. BERRAE T T Oklahoms.. 6 p.m. rural, 7 p.m. cities . | Oregon .. Pennsylvania .. Rhode Island South Carolina. 6 p.m. cities South Dakota —-- Spm. Tennessee -_. - 4 p.m. rural 7 p.m. cities (Memphis, 7:30 p.m.) . | Wyoming “* ¢ * How a citizen votes is the citi- zen’s own business. No one will fire you because you vote contrary to his wishes or instructions. No one can know how you vote.” He was joined in his remarks to the Nation by Senator Wagner, Dem~ ocrat, of New York, who said the voters would “indignantly repudiate’” the pay envelope campaign against the social security act. Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley and Edward A. Filene, Boston mer- chant, spoke on the same program. Gov. Landon, in his final speech, | fro Topeka, urged the voters to go to | the polls “resolved that the American | way of life shall not fail.” | Telling citizens he was sure they | would unite In a single aim—to “vote as Americans for the future of Amer- ica”"—he said: | “It is the basic principle of the | American form of government that | s0 long as our citizens understand the | issues that are before them their de- cision will be the right decision. I am confident that the people under- stand the issues.” Other speakers on this Republican | program were Col. Knox, who at-| tacked the New Deal social security | program as inequitable and a plan! threatening to put workers under the surveillance of “Government spies”; Republican Chairman John D. M. Hamilton and Willlam Hutcheson, labor leader. Even as the citizens operated the ! levers of voting machines and marked ! Final L Total Precincts Roosevelt Landon D e S | E—— 1,660 446 | their ballots, the high commands of both major parties continued to pre- dict victory. Thanking President Roosevelt's supporters as “patriotic soldiers in a conquering army,” Demo- cratic Chairman Farley forecast an overwhelming triumph. Only Maine and Vermont were omitted from the States counted “sure” for the New Deal in Farley’s latest estimates. On the other hand, Republican Chairman Hamilton announced that his recent prediction of “at least 320 eléctoral votes” for Landon (with only 266 being necessary to elect) had brought him a flood of protests that he was “too conservative.” He sald the “rising tide” for Landon had swept on in an unprecedented way. Fraud Warnings Made, Herbert Hoover joined in predict- ing Republican victory, while Hugh 8. Johnson forecast “the ashcan” for Landon. With both sides making tremendous efforts to get out the vote, oppos- ing captains of campaign forces watched each other’s tactics warily, Warnings of prosecution for any vot- ing frauds were heard. In New Mexico, Democratic Gov. Clyde, Tingley announced National Guardsmen had been ordered into San Miguel County. He said the aim was to “insure the voters an honest election,” while George R. Craig, Re- publican State chairman, declared the object was to “intimidate voters.” Relaxing from weeks of active cam- paigning, minor party nominees watched for the returns with inter- est. Representative William Lemke, Union party, wound up his drive in his home State of North Dakota last night with an assertion he had voted in Congress “100 per cent for | the people and against Wall Street on every issue.” Lemke had contended that neither | major party would get a majority of the total electoral vote of 531 and that the election thus would be thrown into the House of Representa- tives, where he said he would win. Appeals for Socialist Votes. Appealing for Socialist votes, Nor- | 922 New York Ave. man Thomas declared that the old parties had demonstrated “misunder- standing or contempt .for real democracy,” and that the “campaign in general has been on a disgrace= fully low level.” Before a cheering, whistling throng in New York, Earl Browder, Commu= nist, assailed what he termed “the camp of reaction and fascism around Landon and the Republican banner” and foresaw a strong national Farmer« Labor party. Aside from the presidential contest, much interest centered on the con= gressional struggles. Because of their present strength, Democrats are sure to retain a majority in the Senate. Speculation was concerned with the question how large it would be. Thirty-one Senators are being elected for full terms in seats now held by 19 Democrats, 11 Republicans and 1 Farmer-Laborite. In addition, the seats of four Senators who died are being filled. In the House, where seats total 435, the present line-up is 308 Democrats, 100 Republicans, 7 Progressives, 3 Farmer-Laborites and 17 vacancies. 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