Voters Rush to Ballot Boxes March to Polls Starts Early
Voters begin casting ballots as polls open early with turnout approaching two thousand per hour. Amid the coverage, T. H. Glasener recalls wartime service driving trucks in the Blue Ridge near Uniontown Pennsylvania where a near fatal spin ended by skidding along a mountain slope. He joined the army transport service after enlisting at Des Moines and moved through numerous cantonments along the Iowa to Atlantic coast route.
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T. H. Glasener
Fourth Street West
Blue Ridge Mountains
Uniontown
Iowa
Atlantic Coast
Tremendous Turnout At Polls Across Nation In 1928 Report
The Associated Press notes a nationwide surge of voters through ten polls in east south and midwest regions. Women voted in unprecedented numbers and weather largely allowed high turnout with only scattered showers in New England and parts of the Rocky Mountain states. Early hours saw orderly voting despite bitter issues and minor precinct disturbances including arrests in New Jersey.
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Byron Price
Associated Press
New England
New York
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain States
New Jersey
Early Vote Drives Record Turnout Across States
Mount Washington and New Ashford report rapid tallies with Hoover leading in both towns. New Ashford was first in the nation to complete its presidential vote at 6 34 a.m., aided by Berkshire Eagle aided radio operators. Other reports from Houston Dallas Chicago Milwaukee and many states show heavy early voting, Republican leads in the south and rising turnout nationwide with press notes on registries and early counts.
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New York
New Ashford
Mass
Berkshires
Hoover
Smith
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Associated Press
Prentiss Bailey
IBHD
Walter Groves
Massachusetts
South
Houston
Tex
Texas
East
Kansas City
Chicago
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Ohio
Worcester
Pennsylvania
Vermont
C. E Honce
Central States
Middlewest
Farm Belt
Nebraska
la Follette
Wisconsin
Coolidge
Midwest
Troy
N. Y
Election Day Enthusiasm and Oddities Across Waterloo
Crowds before dawn at Waterloo polling places reflect a wave of participation as residents of Cedar Falls and neighboring towns vote. Early returns show Hoover leading in New Ashford and Mount Washington, with further figures from Union County, South Carolina. A local accident involving a cow prompts safety reminders, while a column mocks courtroom defenses and political buzz, ending with lighthearted notes on egg-throwing at rallies.
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Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Price of marriage sparks nurse maid tragedy in Minnesota
In Minneapolis a 19-year-old nurse maid Violet Hultberg killed four children and herself after love for widowed Herbert Moreau, a steel worker, led to a fatal gas tragedy. Moreau found the bodies in a darkened room as four gas burners were left open. He said her parents objected to their marriage and she had been in love with him.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Herbert Moreau
George
Herbert
Edward
Robert
Violet Hultberg
Long Lake
Moreau
G. W. Calterstrom
Coolidge Visits Northampton Casts Hoover Ballot
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge voted for Herbert Hoover in Northampton Massachusetts during a brief stop en route to Washington. The president spent a short time at the Massasoit Street duplex once home during his state tenure, while Mrs. Coolidge visited her ill mother in a local hospital.
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U. S
Walsh
Young
Allen
Cole
Emery Baker
Hattie Baker
Coolidge
Davis
Washington, D. C
INS
President Coolidge
Washington
Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Massasoit Street
New Yorker Drops Dead While Voting in Jamaica
On Election Day in Jamaica Queens Village resident Charles Leutersahk aged 44 collapsed in a voting booth and died within minutes as medical help could not reach him. The incident marks the first state fatality tied to voting in New York.
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Jamaica
N. Y
U.P
New York State
Charles Leutersahk
Queens Village
Waterloo Voters Pack Polls in Early Election Day
Under clear skies Waterloo voters flocked to 24 precincts to decide on presidential state and county offices with early counts surpassing 400 ballots per precinct. Women led turnout as workers and businesspeople joined the line while special ballots created confusion at some centers.
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Waterloo
Courier
Election Facts United States candidates and totals
United Press summary lists presidential nominees Herbert Hoover for the Republican Party and Alfred E. Smith for the Democrats along with socialist and workers party contenders. Vice presidential choices include Charles E. Curtis and Joseph T. Robinson with third party names. Senate class one third up for election and all House seats contested with 34 states choosing governors. Total electoral votes amount to 531 with 266 needed to win.
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United Press
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Norman Thomas
William Z. Foster
Workers
Charles E. Curtis
Joseph T. Robinson
James H. Maurer
Benjamin Gitlow
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Chicago Ballots Cast Fast In Early Voting
Chicago voters surged to the polls with 300000 cast by 8:30 am as officials reported 100000 per hour rate. Officials noted smooth operation with 15000 watchers on alert and voters averaging over five minutes each, indicating substantial scratching.
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Chicago
Marshalltown Man Jailed for Assault
Marshalltown Iowa November 6 1947 Hardy Friend son of a former local banker was arrested on charges of threatening to kill following an alleged assault on Mrs Jean Buchanan last night The information claims he beat the woman over the head with a revolver He is under sentence in four other cases including three liquor actions now on appeal to the Iowa supreme court Bonds total seventy thousand dollars.
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Marshalltown
Hardy Friend
Jean Buchanan
Friend
Iowa Supreme Court
Voting violence and arrests mark southern polls
Shooting at a Spencer West Virginia polling place seriously wounds Clyde Moore and leads to the arrest of E H Huffman. In New Bern North Carolina five men face conspiracy charges for blocking ballots with poll holders and election officials arrested across Philadelphia. Authorities report pocket ballots were barred and arrests may number into double digits.
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Newbern
N. C
C. D. Cherry
L. C
Newman
Ghent
A. A
Kafer
County Elections’ Board
C. A. Ryman
Winfield Gaskins
Bridgeton
Cherry
Ryman and Gaskins
Simmons
R. H. Kehoe
Early Election Bulletins From Across The Nation
A mosaic of early returns and noon tallies from Louisiana to California shows Hoover and Smith contesting in scattered districts. Reports cite Point Parish ward results, rising New York turnout, Forsyth and Harris county counts, Kansas City precincts, El Paso, Union County in South Carolina, and Georgia’s expected surge toward a large statewide vote.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Ninth Ward
Point Parish
Smith
Hoover
Houston
Tex
Harris County
Kansas City
Kansas
el Paso
Final statements from candidates in final election push
Herbert Hoover voiced faith in the will of the majority and hope for breaking sectional lines. Alfred E. Smith pledged a duty bound, constructive administration. Joseph T. Robinson predicted a great Democratic victory after touring 30 states. Charles E. Curtis predicted a landslide for Hoover.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Georgian
Hrars
Herbert Hoover
Georgia
Alfred E. Smith
Joseph T. Robinson
Charles E. Curtis
Couple Dispute Turns On Rolling Pin vs Knife
Des Moines reports a domestic case where Dora Fitzgerald counters her husband C. Fitzgerald in district court. He accuses her of knife assault while she claims she used only a rolling pin and justifies the attack after he allegedly insulted her granddaughter.
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Des Moines
U.P
Dora Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
West Branch Plans to Speed Up Count
Voters in West Branch Iowa and nearby areas queued to vote as an extra counting board prepared to work tonight to speed tallying. Iowa law prohibits starting the count before 7 pm even if all ballots are cast earlier.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Hassell Sees Short Air Trip to Europe
Bert Hassell of the Greater Rockford monoplane told Chicago air corps officers that a Europe route from the U S could be flown in about 40 hours. He proposed a path across Canada and Greenland to Sweden with 500 mile jumps to cut fuel and increase cargo.
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Chicago
United States
Europe
Bert Hassell
Post Office Clerk Arrested Over $1200 Shortage
Marshalltown Iowa November 6 Anton Johnson a former post office employee was arrested on advice from Des Moines federal authorities in connection with an alleged $1200 shortage in the money order department. The shortage was understood to have been made up by Johnson several weeks ago.
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Marshalltown
U.A
Anton Johnson
Post Office
Des Moines
Johnson
Short Interviews With Home Folks on Election Bets
Franklin Powers of Popular Cigar reports heavy betting on the election. Dem supporters wager heavily, with odds cited. Bets focus on state outcomes notably New York and the solid south, while Iowa’s result is seen as Republican.
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Frank Powers
Popular Cigar Store
Altho
Smith
New York
South
Iowa
Hoover
Waterloo
Literary Digest
Doctor Frank Crane Dies in Nice Cable Announcement
Malden Mass Nov 6 The death of Dr Frank Crane writer in Nice France was announced by his nephew Dr Henry H Crane of Malden in a cablegram stating Crane died suddenly last night in Nice France
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Frank Crane
Malden
Mass
Nice
France
Henry H. Crane
Crane
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