Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1936, Page 28

B—6 =* 3 Star Provides Election Service Most Complete in D. C. History Radio, Telephone, Movie Screens, Loud- speakers and Signals in Sky Used to Give News to City. By radio and telephone, by movie Acreen and loudspeaker and by sig- nals blazoned across the sky, The Btar brought to Washington dra- matically last night the news of the re-election of President Roosevelt. It was the most complete election news ‘gervice in the city's history. Citizens who preferred the com- “fort of their homes to election night “street crowds were kept closely and «accurately advised of the trend of the .votes by a staff of Star newscasters, headed by G. Gould Lincoln, The Btar’s political expert. For those who wished special in- formation regarding State, county and municipal results, a corps of 16 reporters manned a special battery of phones installed for the occasion. In front of The Star Building were gathered thousands of men, women and children to watch the rapid suc- cession of Associated Press and Star staff bulletins flashed on a huge double-screen by stereopticon ma- chines. Supplementing these visual bulletins were the radio announce- ments, via loudspeakers. When early returns lagged, entertainment was provided in the way of news reels, cartoon comedies and colored sketches by Star cartoonists. Blimp Flashes News. Cruising above the downtown crowds end over nearby suburbs was the Goodyear blimp, Enterprise, which by radio contact with its hangar received instructions to flash in neon letters on its side: “The Star Announces Roosevelt Leading,” followed by the climactic announcement of Roosevelt landslide “indications.” Simultaneously, a dazzling 300,000, 000 candle-power searchlight, visible 40 miles away, played its beam upward from the Monument grounds—a bea- con of good cheer to supporters of the New Deal. Movie fans received special screen were Fred Shawn, N. B. C. staff an- nouncer, and Stanley Bell, now with the commercial department of N. B. C., but a veteran of The Star's quad- rennial election-night broadcasts. ‘The vast throng in front of the screens on Pennsylvania avenue proved to be quite partisan—and obviously pro-Roosevelt, although Gov. Landon had his share of supporters to cheer him lustily when sporadic returns gave the Kansan the edge in some of the States. It was a noisy crowd, but an or- derly and good-natured one. One 200- pound Landonite led the Republican cheering section with a stentorian voice that nearly drowned out all op- position. He was unable to cope with the wave of cheers from the Roose- velt admirers, however. Avenue Packed Curb to Curb. By order of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police, Pennsylvania avenue was roped off between Tenth and Twelfth streets so as to divert all vehicular traffic except busses and street cars. The street car tracks also were lined with steel cables, to pro- tect the crowds from the street cars and busses routed down the center of the Avenue. Except for this guarded lane along the street car tracks, the Avenue was packed from curb to curb with citizens of all ages. The steps of the old Post Office Building proved a popular place of vantage. Inspector James F, Beckett was in personal charge of a largé detail of policemen assigned to The Star Build- ing area. A total of 90 officers was on duty for the night between Tenth and Fifteenth streets. The searchlight at the Monument swung back and forth pver the White House until nearly midnight, when it | sent a stationary beam into the skies | in token of the New Deal victory. The light was loaned by the anti-aircraft bulletins from The Star in 19 theaters | in the city and suburbs. | The “nerve center” of this epochal | hews service was on the seventh floor of The Star Building, where are lo- cated the news and editorial rooms. To that nerve center came an al- most continuous stream of news from the far-flung wire network of the| Associated Press, from The Star’s own | special political correspondents in the | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBE-R 1936. unit of the 260th Coast Artillery, Dis- trict National Guard, through the courtesy of Capt. Walter J. Burns. It 'was operated by a staff of 11 men un- der Capt. Lee J. Rutz and Lieut. James H. Heizer, Four special telephone operators re- layed to 13 Warner Bros. theaters here and to six in the suburbs the bulletins, which were announced dur- ing the shows to movie patrons. The Warner Bros. theaters were the Am- bassador, Apollo, Avalon, Avenue Grand, Central, Colony, Earle, Home, Penn, Savoy, Uptown, Tivoli and York. The suburban theaters were the Ar- cade in Hyattsville, the Milo in Rock- ville, the Cameo in Mount Rainier, the State in Bethesda, the Ashton in Clarendon and the State in Falls Church. Ttalians Study Aeronautics. 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