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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1936
Page
9
Charles Sawyer Democratic National Committeeman from Ohio said Roosevelt’s re election was more than a partisan victory praising Ohio’s large majority and urging all parties to unite for continued happiness and prosperity after the campaign ends
Chicago voters display strong support for Franklin D. Roosevelt with a large early lead as results from more than half of Illinois counties come in. Governor Horner trails, while Alf Landon and C. War Brooks run as Republican candidates with sizable margins in downstate returns.
Complete Philadelphia returns from 1291 precincts show Roosevelt ahead Landon by 195 12 to swing the city into the Democratic column for the first time since 1856. Roosevelt 521,941 Landon 322,299.
Wilford K. Funk editor of the Literary Digest issued a statement noting the Poll may not reflect a representative cross-section of the population in ballot distribution and acknowledging possible last minute shifts to account for the results.
Fragmentary text recalls Pilgrims in America and Virginia’s settlement, mentioning Peter the Great as a youth inspecting a decaying English ship among lumber. The excerpt ends mid thought with an unknown purpose of the mast and sails and a need for information.
With under a third of precincts in, Roosevelt leads Landon by about one million in New York. Early tallies from 7 858 precincts show Roosevelt with 3 072 986 votes to Landon 1 904 188. The margin reflects Roosevelt's strong statewide support as results continue to come in.
President Roosevelt leads Iowa by a wide margin with about 92 precincts reporting out of 2442. Roosevelt holds a strong edge near the level of his 1932 landslide as Democrat candidates sweep into office including the U S Senate and most of the state ticket.
Nebraska returns show President Roosevelt ahead by more than 39 000 votes at 12 30 am from 455 of 2925 precincts Roosevelt 102 104 London 69 271 Lemke 1713 Norris 74821 Simmons 63128 Carpenter 29907 Cochran leading Griswold 93973 to 67590 as votes trickle in from outside counties
Stanford University town of Palo Alto favored Roosevelt with 783 votes to 625 for Landon across 22 of 28 precincts. Overall Palo Alto precincts reported Roosevelt 180 to Landon 2335.
A garbled note claims no grouse in the Tropics and asserts America's first golf club formed in 18838 with confusion over ships and foreign influence. The sentence mix blends wildlife fact with a long-ago club origin, lacking clear details or dates.
The article outlines President Roosevelt plans for a youthful cabinet reshuffle aiming to replace key figures. It lists probable successors for Labor, War, Postmaster General, and Interior posts, and notes the president’s strategy to govern with minimal reliance on party blocs or old-line aides.
Indiana Governor Paul V. McNutt seeks Roosevelt support to seat Sherman Minton on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and later resign to allow his successor in Indiana to replace him in the Senate. Projections say the plan could unfold by 1936. New Yorkers weigh its feasibility amid national ambitions.
Secretary Henry Wallace called the election results a pointed rebuke to the greedy minority in organized business and to partisan publishers who fled news columns with propaganda. He urged politicians and publishers to reconsider underestimating the American people's intelligence.
The 18th century English tragic actor David Garrick is portrayed as a miser who often condemns others for thrift. A noted wit quips that Garrick should mend his own excesses before criticizing others, joking he is not confident he can sell the timber he would use.
Workmen at the former Elvira plant of Willys-Overland in Elyria began repairs to ready the site for automobile trailer manufacturing by the Bender Body Corporation of Cleveland. The 457,900 square foot facility on 17 acres is being acquired for about 100000 dollars with an estimated equal amount for alterations. The company plans to display new all steel trailer models at shows and may employ around six thousand four hundred workers, though exact staffing and production numbers were not released.
East Hartford, Conn. Lieut-Commander Frank Hawks eyed a record run before winter with his Time Flies mystery ship. The aircraft with 1150 hp Pratt and Whitney engine and 22 ft fuselage aims to approach 359 to 406 mph, disrupted only by a pilot seat mechanism and automatic controls.
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