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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS VOLUME XXXII. NO. 60. ROOSEVELTS LEAD IS INCREASING * * * * * « X * * * * * * * * XX* Democrats Capture Senate, Increase Majority In House U V\ CONTROL OF BOTH • II * Mowing Down Opponents on Many Fronts, Party Power and Will Direct Legis= lative Branches VETERAN REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE BEATEN Smoot, Watson, Moses, Bing ham Glenn are Among G. 0. P. Candidates Who Were Defeat* ed at Polls By CECIL 15. DICKSON Associated Press Staff Writer Associated Press returns compiled test ■»}»►.«£,<*• for the 34 seats ?■ v in the r «s United States senate showed: Democrats elected 25; holdovers 31; ° Republicans T ? °i elected . , 4; . iii holdovers 30; 10 ’ ■ harmer-Labors ,, T . elected , 0; holdovers 1 ’ of-,? ' .1 , ou tul , - < o. Necessary for a ma jority, 49. Associated . • , i Press r > returns , from j. congressional districts at 1:30 p. '■ m., nl " (E. S. T.) on contests for the 435 seats in the new house of representa¬ tives showed; Democrats elected 241; present con¬ gress 218. Republicans elected 78; present congress 209. Farmer-Labor elected 0 ; present congress 1 . Still doubtful 110. Necessary for a majority, 218. Washington, Nov. 9. (/P)—Mowing down their opponents on many fronts, the Democrats today were in complete control of the seventy-third congress The tidal wave of votes that swept Franklin D. Roosevelt into the pres¬ ident’s chair also gave him a Demo¬ cratic dominated national assembly with which to work. Stalwart Republican senate leaders were downed to give the Democrats seats necessary to place them in com¬ mand of that branch. Nine Republi¬ can seats had been seized at an early hour today and Democrats were lead¬ ing in four others. The hare majority by which the Democrats held the present house was swelled by more than a score of victories in Republican territory, and incomplete returns from many dis¬ tricts indicating a possible Democratic majority of between 50 and 100. Four Republican senators. Dale of Vermont, Norbeck of South Dakota, Sterner of Oregon and Davis of Penn¬ sylvania were re-elected. Nye was leading in North Dakota. Colorful figures in both branches went down in defeat. Senator Smoot of Utah, Watson of Indiana, Moses of New Hampshire, Bingham of Con¬ necticut and Glenn of Illinois were among the Republican casualties. Representatives Laguardia and Ruth Baker Pratt, both New York Repub¬ licans, also fell. Of the 34 senatorial contests, the* Democrats had won 22 and were ing in four states. William Gibbs Mc¬ Adoo was victorious in a three-corner¬ ed California race and Louis R. Mur¬ phy win in a like contest in Iowa, President Hoover’s birthplace. The nine states in which the ocrats seized senate seats were In¬ diana, Illinois, New Hampshire, Con¬ necticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Cla it'ornia, Utah and Iowa. Not one Democratic incumbent was ousted in the senate races on the bas¬ is of returns so far available. In Con¬ necticut, however,- there was one Democratic seat that returned to the Republican column. On the other hand, the Democrats had captured around 30 Republican house seats. With 31 holdovers and 21 addition¬ al seats already in their column, the Democrats were assured of 52 sena¬ tors in the next congress. Forty-nine is necessary for a majority of the 96. The Democratic senators elected yesterday are: Percy H. Stewart of New Jersey, Fred Brown, of New Hampshire, F. Ryan Duffy of Wise on sin, Louis R. Murphy of Iowa, Dr. El¬ bert Ryan Duffy of Utah, William Gibbs McAdoo of California, Carl Hayden of Arizona, Robert J. Bulk ley of Ohio, Bennett C. Clark of Mis¬ souri, Millard E. Tydings of Mary¬ land, Augustine I.onegan of Connecti¬ cut. William H. Dietrich of Illinois, Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina, Fred eiick Van Nuys of Indiana, Robert F. (Continued on Page 8 .) it I U* 65 I W [Governor 862,000 is in Given the Metropolitan Majority of District, Greatest Ever corded Candidate HE TAEKS HOOVER’S STATE BY OVER 300,000 His Victory in That State Car* ries Along William G. McAdoo, Who Wins For Seat in U. S. Senate. liy WILLIAM H. RE1BOLD New York, Nov. 9. (/P)—Lieuten -Governor Herbert H. Lehman, »s; splendid right arm of mine » wag the Democratic governor-elect of New York today.. The Democratic tidal wave that up the Hudson f rom New York City and overflowed into normally Re publican upstate counties gaV e Roose the state’s 47 electoral votes, Leh man the governorship, Senator Rob bel .t F. Wagner re-election, and car ried the entire state Democratic tick v j ct01 . v Overcoming an upstate plurality of 284,000 amassed by President Hoover, Governor Roosevelt coasted to victory in the state as he gained a plurality of 802,000 in the metropolitan dis¬ trict. Returns, from 8,573 out of the 8,837 election districts in the entire state (with New York City complete) for president gave: Roosevelt ... 2,480,325 Hoover 1,872,798 Governor Roosevelt lost his home town of Hyde Park by 139 votes, the total being Ho.over, 1,017; Roosevelt, 878. However, he carried his election district by five votes. The vote for governor with 520 pre¬ cincts missing was: Lehman ...... 2,589,470 Win. J. Donovan (R) 1,709,455 In the state senatorial fight the Democrats gained three seats and lost two, bringing the unofficial stand¬ ing to 26 Democrats and 25 Repub¬ licans. As for the assembly, the past] lineup of 80 Republicans to 70 Demo¬ crats appeared to have been changed to 76 Republicans and 72 Democrats with two contests undecided. In New York City the Democratic wave was at its strongest, carrying Surrogate John P. O’Brien into the office of mayor by a plurality of 616,- 736—breaking the record of half a million margin set in 1929 by -Tames J. Walker. O’Brien was elected for the -one year of Walker’s unexpired term. Perhaps the most startling upsets the state were in the congressional races ; n New York City, which saw the defeat of Mrs. Ruth Baker Pratt, Re¬ publican, in the 17th district, and Fio rello La Guardia, independent -Repub¬ lican, in the 20 th. Mrs. Pratt lost to Theodore Pey¬ ser, a Democrat, and an insurance agent, and La Guardia to James Lan zetta, a Democratic city alderman. Takes California San FErancisco, Nov. 9. (/P)—The steadily mounting lead of Franklin D. Roosevelt in President Hoover’s home state climbed past the 300,000 mark with four-fifths of California’s vote counted today. The New York governor’s victory was accompanied by the election to the senate of an outstanding figure in the last Democratic administration—Wil¬ liam Gibbs McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury. President Hoover readily conceded the election of Governor Roosevelt last night. Today 8,247 of California’s 10,547 precincts gave the New York governor 948,559 to 632,115 for Hoover. Bv the most decisive vote in yester¬ day’s election California repealed the state prohibition act with 4,496 pre¬ cincts giving 529,169 for repeal to 194,312 for retention of the law. j J DE f’RIEST WINS Chicago, Nov. 9. (A 1 )—Belated re¬ turns in the first (Chicago) Illinois district today indicated that Oscar De Priest, negro representative,- was one of the few Republican congressional candidates in Illinois to overcome the barrage of votes in yesterday’s elec tion. With 139 of the district’s 155 precincts reported, De Priest led his Democratic opponent, Harry Baker 28,567 to 26,027. BRUNSWICK, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9, 1932. The President-Elect BIG TASK FACTS (BENT Urgent Responsibilities are Thrust Upon Governor Roose¬ velt With Election to the Pres¬ idency. By KIRKE SIMPSON Associated Press Staff Writer Washington, N»v. 9. i/P)—The swelling tidal wave of votes which to¬ day swept Franklin D. Roosevelt to¬ ward the White House washed up al prospects of new and urgent re sponsibilities to be thrust upon him even before he takes office next March. Between now, with the thunder acclaim deafening his ears, and then, when the actual duties of the pre.,i dency p ¥ s to him, congress- -the present congress—will meet in regu lar session to shape the 1933-34 get and deal with emergencies of the winter. As chosen leader of his victorious party, affirmed by indicated majori¬ ties that stagger imagination, nor Roosevelt’s voice in party poll ' cies will be all powerful. His decis¬ ions will be backed by the presidential weapon of patronage, so soon to he given into his hand. And party decisions of grave import to the country may be already shap¬ ing for the coming session of con¬ gress as it attempts again, bearing the scars of the election on its rolls, to balance the national budget; to make good on pledges by all who fought on either side that none in the the nation bitter need winter go hungry months or ahead. unclothed in What form those immediate ques¬ tions will take awaits opening of the congressional session in December; de¬ velopment of the post-election rela¬ tions that are to exist between Pres¬ ident Hoover and the senate and the house, where majorities hostile-to him will rule. There will be much to do in strengthening or revising the the machinery created to meet the - (Continued on page 3.1 ELECTORAL VOTE Roosevelt Hoover ALABAMA 11 ARIZONA 3 —<> ARKANSAS !) CALIFORNIA 22 COLORADO 6 — CONNECTICUT DEL A WARE FLORIDA 7 GEORGIA 12 IDAHO 4 ILLINOIS 29 INDIANA 14 IOWA 11 KANSAS 9 KENTUCKY 11 LOUISIANA 10 MAINE MARYLAND 8 MASSACHUSETTS 17 MICHIGAN 19 . 11 MISSISSIPPI 9 MISSOURI 15 4 _ ™ 7 A *) . NbW HAMPSHIRE ... JERSEY 16 MEXICO •> y 47 CAROI TNA 13 NORTH DAKOTA 4 OHIO 26 OKLAHOMA 11 ’ ' ' : 5 PENNSYLVANIA :>(; RHODE ISLAND 4 SOUTH CAROLINA 8 SOUTH DAKOTA 4 TENNESSEE 11 TEXAS 23 UTAH 4 VERMONT VIRGINIA 11 ’ WASHINGTON 8 1 WEST VIRGINIA 8 : WISCONSIN 12 ] WYOMING O TOTALS 472 59 DIKE BREAKS - West Palm Beach, Nov. 9. UP ,break in the dike last night, i , the waters of Lake Okeechobee over more than 15 square, miles of jtory hole and township inundating Canal practically w of Point, ! to the woes of the flood-stricken [per Everglades: today. FIVE ARE KILLED IN POLL BATTLES Elecllon Day Violence in Ken lucky Leaves Many anil Seven Olliers Injured Today. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 9. (A 1 ) Five men, shot in election lights, lay dead today as Kentucky started counting its ballots. Seven others were wound¬ ed in election day violence. At Pikeville, Homer Fields died to¬ day of bullet wounds received in in elec tiori dispute at Island Creek vester day. Roosevelt Elswiek was held, At Mid, K.v., in Floyd county, Wil land I burn Shepherd was slain, and Alec Benton Whittaker and Tony Har I ris were wounded in a pistol fight which witnesses said followed an election argument. Al the River Hill Holiness in Laurel county, Wilbur Dees was shot arid killed during another elec lion quarrel. Deputy Sheriff Peter Thompson .surrendered and was jail ed at, London. Charles Redmond was fatally ! wounded at Tyrone, in Lawrence coun ty. Sheriff O. Y. Walker arrested Shreck and said lie shot Red mond after he had left a polling place. Four men were wounded in a gen I oral gun fight at a polling place in i Bell county. They were Paul Miller, an election officer, Andrew Miller Huey Rice and Matt Shelton. Paul Miller died today. At Wise’s Landing in Trimble coun ty, Clarence Carson was seriously wounded. Charlie Simpson and his father, Pete Simpson, were arrested. I -------------- Roosevelt's Reply j New York, Nov. 9, UP)- -President I elect Franklin D. Roosevelt today sent | j the Hoover following at Palo telegram Alto, Cal.: to President ! “I appreciate your generous tele¬ gram for the immediate as well as for i the more distant future. I join in j your gracious in expression helpful effort of a for com mon purpose our [country.” TIME ME I Hurricane Sweeps Provinces of Santa Clara and Camaguani and Many Homes are Destroyed ADDITIONAL WARNINGS ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT Miami Weather Bureau An ' nounces Tropical Disturbance Offers No Danger to East Coast Florida By The Associated Press Three steamers were in distress to¬ day in seas of southeastern United Stales, Uvo the victims of a hurricane which was expected to strike southern ports of Cuba this afternoon. The British ship Killerig reported it, was proceeding full speed to the rescue of the British freighter l'hem ius, which radioed Sunday it was leak¬ ing badly about 151) miles east of Cape Gracias a Dios, Nical'agua. The American freighter San Si¬ meon, south and east of Die I’hemius and also in the wake of the hurricane, was reported out of immediate danger after it. called for help when its steer¬ ing gear was disabled. The Amofican steamer Tachiru re¬ ported ils engines broken down off the Florida coast and a rescue ship was standing by. Havana, Nov. 9. (/Pj Twenty-live persons were killed, many were in jured and a number of houses were destroyed today as a heavy storm struck tin 1 eastern Cuban provinces of Santa Clara and Cumajuani. These casualty estimates were re¬ ported to the department of com¬ munications from the storm area. National police in Cumajuani re¬ ported to the secretary of the interior that they were providing first aid hut that they had been unable to make an official estimate of the dead. Cumajuani isa city of 23,0000 about 15 miles northeast of Santa Clara City. Meanwhile increasingly high winds were sweeping the province of Cama juani. The national observatory esti¬ mated that the center of the storm was over that province, with winds of hurricane force. Shipping from the eastern ports was suspended. High winds were reported also in Santiago. The sturm was moving at about 15 miles an hour approximately north across the island. If its direction does not change it should strike the Bahamas sometime tonight, then pos move on through a pow pressure 61 ' 0 Jacks ' onvil,t! an(l Warning Issued Washington, Nov. 9. </P) The weather today issued the following storm warning: “Advisory 10 a. m. Tropical dis¬ turbance moving rather rapidly northeastward approaching Cuban coast, between Santa Cruze and Tunas attended by shifting gales and winds of hurricane force. II will cross Cuba this afternoon and the Bahamas prob not far from Nassau tonight. Caution advised vassels in vicinity of storm. Northeast storm warnings ordered 11 a. m., Keywest to Jupiter, | Flu Florida To Escape Miami, Fla., Nov. 9. (A J ) .....The Mi weather bureau announced the tropica! disturbance now threatening the southeast eoast of Cuba offered*r.o danger to the East Coast of Florida. Mr. Gray said “the storm wdl not cause gales in Miami as it will pass too far east of the coast. I he gales will occur off the coast. JOHN I). HEADS SOUTH North Tarrytown, N. Y., Nov. 9. (A') John D. Rockefeller, Sr., left [ home for his in annual Florida. sojourn The elderly at his oil winter man was driven to Pennsylvania Station in New York where he was to hoard a rnid-aifternoon train. Details on his departure were not divulged. URGES QUICK ACTION Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 9. UP)—Sen¬ ator Joe T. Robinson, the Democratic senate leader, said today in comment¬ ing on the landslide which sweeps his party into power next March 4, that “pending that change, I see no reas¬ on why congress during the short 'ses¬ sion should not consider the submis¬ sion of an amendment relating to re¬ peal or modification of ttic 18th amendment, as well as a bill carrying out the Democratic platform modify¬ ing the Volstead act with respect to beer.” PRICE FIVE CENTS EATESI RETURNS ■EASES LEAD Democratic Candidate Has Car¬ ried Total of 42 States to Six. lor Hoover According to Latest Report WEST VOTES SOLID FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE Republican Leaders Watson, Moses, Smooth and Others Defeated in Tlteir Fight to Re¬ turn to Senate, Which is Democratic. By The Associated Press Marching resolutely in the parade which takes Roosevelt (o the White House and Garner to the vice-presi¬ Democrats continued to mow their opponents in numbers became startling as the count Tuesday’s election neared its finish. With the. Democratic triumphs for contnoi went mounting gains for anti-pi blhibitionists, while referenda on liquor regulation in II showed the wet side ahead. Out of congress, out of governors’ chairs and minor offices Republicans tumbod from coast tq coast. President Hoover, apparently more decisively defeated thun was Alfred E. Smith in 1928, clung to a hare six states, indicating the possibility of an all-time record electoral vote of 472 for Roosevelt. The latter’s papuler vote in 72.0UD of the country’s 119,000 election dis¬ tricts was 14,600,C00 -out: of twenty live million. News ol' the landslide brought a great chorus of optimistic reaction from foreign nations. Of 35 gubernatorial elections this year, the Democrats definitely have carried eighteen, taken seven from Republicans. Vermont and New Hampshire, Hoover states, returned governors and only two were leadinjg in incomplete vote In congress the Democrats clinched 20 -vote majority of the senate and headed for two-thirds con¬ trol of the house. These contests saw the downfall of a familiar figure of Capitol Hill. The genial Jim Watson, of Indiana, Republican floor leader, lost to Fred¬ Van Nuys, a Democrat. Senator 'George Moses of New Hampshire, famed for his allusion to western in¬ surgents as “sons of the wild jack¬ went down to defeat. So, too, did Smoot of Utah, veteran chairman of the senate finance committee whose name is borne by, the current and tariff law. House upsets swept from office the patrician Ruth Pratt of New York and the fiery Fiorella La Guard¬ ia, staunch friend of labor. The Con¬ necticut district now represented by Q. Tilson, former house Repub¬ lican floor leader, went Democratic, with Francis T. Maloney defeating Re¬ publican T. A. I). Jones, the, famous former Yale football coach. An analysis of the presidential re¬ turns showed no section untouched by the Democratic triumph. The south made up for its 1928 departure by re¬ turning with emphasis to the Demo¬ crats fold, carrying with them the sometimes debatable border states. In the cast, tiny Delaware gave Hoover three electoral votes while the Democrats were sweeping New York and New Jersey. The present chief executive Led, but inconclusively in Pennsylvania, in which the strongly Republican Philadelphia districts gave hm a vote roughly 100,000 below that which party leaders there generally count upon. New York went for Roosevelt and lost no time about it. Eastern Repub¬ lican leaders conceded the state both Governor Roosevelt and Herbert Lehman, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, early in the vote-counting. New York City gave the governor an 800,000 plurality to offset a Hoover advantage of 200,000 in other parts of the state. In New England, Maine, which wan¬ dered off the Republican reservation in September, was back with a Hoover lead of some sixty to sixty-five thou¬ sand. New Hempsliire, Vermont and Connecticut were counted safe for the Hoover column. Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which the prediction makers had counted as uncertain, lin¬ ed up for Roosevelt. Aside from the six states already mentioned as for Hoover, not a single state west of the Alleghenies, on the basis of returns today, gave its elec (Continued on page 8.)