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VOL. 41. NO. 131. NOME. ALASKA. Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1938. Prioe per copy 154
Details Of Yesterday’s Voting Thru The States
Republicans cut Heavily into Democratic Majorities
40 Million Voters
' Turn Out Spite
Of Bad Weather
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UNDATED, Nov. 8 (VP)—Amer
ican sovereign voters forty mil
lion strong helped to determine
, the New Deals future course by
choosing congressmen and state
officials in the momentous off
year election. Outpouring voters
gave every indication of setting
a record vote surpassed only by
the 45 million votes in 1936. In
some regions, however, incle
pment weather appeared likely
to lowr advance estimates.
Snow blanketed many Western
states and a cold rain storm is
^ (moving east
The major offices at stake are
35 Senate seats, 32 governorships,
-432 House seats, except in Maine
which elected a Republican gov
eronr and three representative
.in their September election and
no votes are being cast in the
bulk of the congressional con
fests. The question of the sup
port or opposition of Roosevelt
policies predominated.
The President himself appeal
ed Friday for the election of the
< men who would favor liberal
proposals.
The Republicans, with an eye
o 1940 criticized the national ad
ministration and called for the
.electon of candidates advocating
the “return of the American
way,” in several states where the
contest is especially gruelling.
Tension is at a high point in Pen
nsylvania where special guards
• are on duty at the polls.
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Opposite East End Grill
GOPs Elect 17
of 32 Governors
UNDATED. Nov. 9 (/P) — Re
publicans elected seventeen gov
ernors in the thirty two states
contest yesterday, gaining eleven
over the present number of Dem
ocrats, who elected fifteen. Nine
GOP gains were made at the
expense of the Democrats, one
over the Progressive block and
one over Farmer Laborite. Fif
ten states held no electeions. The
new lineup will be Democrats
30, and Republicans 18
UNDATED, Nov. 9 (/P)—House
i table returns on the 435 seats,
showed the Democrats had elect
ed 243. The present Congress has
328 Democrats with six vacan
cies. The Republicans elected 159
and their present number in
Congress is 88 with one vacancy.
The Progresses elected, two and
they number seven, while the
Farmer Laborites elected none,
but hold, at present 5 seats.
UNDATED, Nov. 9 (iP)-Senate
table returns on the thirty five
seats, showed Demorats electee)
21, holdovers 45, total 6(3. The Re
publicans elected 11, holdovers
12, total 23. Farmer Laborites
elected none, holdovers 2. total
2. Progressives elected none,
holdover one, total one. Independ
ent Republicans elected none,
holdover one. total one. Forty
. nine is necessary for a majority.
PARIS TAKES STEPS
TO KEEP OUT SPIES
PARIS, Nov.—The French gov
i eminent, campaigning against
spies, forbade foreigners from
settling in the Paris region with
| out special authorization.
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Proof of Labor Blanks can now
I be had at the I7eine Nugget office.
®JAT DIDN’T DISMAY lads who lost New York
tug-of-war tournament staged by the Boys’ Athletio league In
crowded lower Manhattan. The losers were dragged through a
^ shower spray; the winners got Ice cream and film passes.
!>v States
The Following
Were Eleted
Governors
The following were elected:
Colorado, Ralph Carr, Repub
lican.
New Hampshire, Frances Mur
phy, Republican.
Idaho. C. A. BottoLfsen, Repub
lican.
Vermont. George Aiken, Re
publican.
Oklahoma, Leon Phillips, Dem.
Texas, Lee O’Daniel, Democrat.
Arkansas, Carl Bailey, Demo
crat.
Wisconsin, Julius P. He.il, Re
publican.
Oregon, Charles A. Sprague,
Republican.
Rhode Island, William H. Van
derbilt, Republican.
Kansas, Payne H. Ratner, Re
publican.
South Carolina, May-bank, Dem;
oerat.
Georgia, Rivers, Democrat.
Alabama, Frank M. Dixon,:
Democrat.
Connecticut, Raymond E. Bald |
win, Republican.
Massachusetts, Leverett Saltom
stall, Republican.
Tennessee, Prentice Cooper,
Democrat.
Wyoming, Nels H. Smith, Re-!
publican.
Senators
The following were elected:
Now Hampshire, Charles To
bey, Republican.
Utah, Elbert Thomas, Demo
crat.
Idaho, Worth Clark, Democrat.
Arkansas, Mrs. Hattie Cara
way. Democrat.
Oklahoma, Elder Thomas, Dem
j ocrat.
Vermont, Ernest Gibson, Re
publican.
Colorado, Alva B. Adams, Dem
: ocrat.
Wisconsin. Alexander Wiley,
Republican.
Oregon. Rufus C. Holman, Re
publican.
Filling unexpired terms until
January 3, Alex Barry, Oregon
Republican, and Walter M. Pierce
Democrat
Florida, Pepper, Democrat.
South Carolina, Smith Demo-1
crat.
Georgia. George, Democrat.
■North Carolina, Robert Rey
nolds, Democrat.
Maryland, Millard Tydings,
Democrat.
Alabama, Lister Hall, Demo
crat.
Arizona. Carl Hayden, Demo
crat.
Kansas, Clyde M. Reed, Repub
lican.
Louisiana, John H. Overton,
Democrat.
Misouri, Bennett Clark, Demo
crat.
New Jersey, W. J. Warren Bar
bour, Republican.
Now YorJ^, Robert F. Wagner
and James M. Mead, Democrats.
Ohio, Robert, Republican.
South Dakota, J. Chandler
Gurney, Republican,
Tennessee, A. Tom Stewart,
Democrat.
Illinois, Scott W. Lucas, Demo
(Continued on Page Two)
GOP Sweep
Out Dems. In
Dozen States
UNDATED, Nov. 9 UP) — Re
surgent Republican strength in
the midwest and New England
and pivotal Pennsylvania swept
the Democratic party out of pow
er in nearly a dozen states and
reversed the national political
trend for the first time in a dec
ade. Democrats regained control
of both branches of Congress,
but the Republians are cutting
sharply into these huge major
ities after a breath taking strug
gle.
Democrats retained New York
but in addition Pennsylvania
lost heavily as did Ohio, Conn
ecticut, Rhode Island, Kansas
and Massachusetts. Iowa, New
Jersey and Michigan are threat
ened with losses.
Republicans lost the Maryland
governorship. In California loom
ed the prospect of of a Demo
cratic governor f the first time
in 40 years as Cu mert L. Olson
piled up an impressive lead over
Governor Frank E. Merriam.
Among Democratic senators
defeated are McGill of Kansas,
Bulkley of Ohio. Brown of New
Hampshire and Duffy of Wiscon
sin.
In Wisconsin, the home of the
Progressives, Julius P. Heil, Re
publican. Milwaukee manufact
urer defeated Governor Philip
LaFollette. In Minnesota, Harold
Stassen, Republican had u wide
lead over Governor Elmer A.
Benson, Farmer Labor:te. Repub
licans erased from the House
rolls, include such well-known
names as Mrs. Nan Honeyman of
Oregon, Brooks Fletcher of Ohio,
Henry L. Haines of Pennsylvan
ia, and James O'Connor of New
York.
The apparent defeat of the $30
a week plan in California topped
the list of state actions in refer
enda.
In Colorado, the voters decided
to retain the $45 a month pension
plan. New York furnished more
excitement with a close race be
tween Governor Lehman and
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Democrats Take
All But 3 King
County Offices
SEATTLE, Nov. 9 (&)-demo
crats and the A F L won the re
election of all but three King
County offices. On a basis of
complete returns from 508 count
ise and 694 precincts, only one
Republian was in the lead, Hen
ry Clay Agnow who is ahead of
Prosecutor B. Gray Warner, Dem
ocrat. The Democrats also hold a
slight lead for two commision
erships.
SEATTLE, Nov. 9 <^*)—The re
. election of Senator Bone assur
ed leads for all six Democratic,
congressmen in growing vote to-1
tab. The hotly contested strike
regulation initiative cheered New i
Dealers and Labor as the Wash
ington election tabulation pro-1
gresed. Bone won by a wide mar
gin over Republican Ewung D.'
Colvin.
In tuo Eastern Washington
districts, Republican congresion-:
al candidates are making a
strong fight to crack the Demo
cratic solid front. Congressman
Krute Hill held a slight lead ovc.
Frank E. Miller, and Congress
man Charles Levy held a small
(lead over Norman Ericson.
Congressman Warenr G. Mag
nusson easily defeated Matthew
Hill. Congressmen John M Cof
fee defeated Willard V. Young.
Congressman Monrad C. Wall
gren held a small margin Char
s A. Sather and Congressman
Martin F. Smith led Walter S.
Talbott.
SEATTLE, Nov. 9 (JP)- Wash
ington voters were snowing un
der the income tax constitutional
amendment by over two to one,
about the same margin by which
they are renewing the forty mill
tax limit measure.
For Supreme Court Justice, C.
B. Jeffers of Ephrala, finally at
Dewey. Lehman emerged the vie
i tor after four hours seesawing
and considerably dampened Dew
: ey’s presidential prospects.
tained a good lead on Ernest M
Card of Tacoma. Both are Super-*,
io Court judges
SEATTLE. Nov. 9 </P> —Rep
resentative Knute Hill Prosser,
Democrat is trailing Frank Mill
er of Yakima by about a thou
sand votes today, giving the Re
publicans renewed hope that
they might break the Democrat
ic congressional delegation solid
front lead which seesawed thru
the night.
New Governor
Intends Pardon
Thomas Mooney
LOS ANGELES, Nov 9 f/P) —.
Governor elect Colbert Olson
started drafting a statement say
ing he will pardon Thomas J
Mooney for participation in the
1916 San Francisco Preparedness
Day bombing.
17 Year Old
Polish Jew Kills
German Secty
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PARIS, Nov. 9 (./Pi — Ernest
Vomrath, secretary of the Ger
man embassy died of gunshot
wounds inflicted at the embassy,
Monday, by a Polish Jew. Four
blood transfusions did not save
him, and were made on the dir
ections of Hitler’s personal phy
sician who was sent from Ger
many. Vomrath, aged 32, died in
a Paris 'hospital just after his
parents arrived. His assailant,
17 year old Herschel GrydsqpanK
is held by the police
BASKETBALL
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vs
Whaley’s Whalers
Gold Diggers
vs
Nevada Nighthawks
TONIGHT, SCHOOL GYM
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