Visit to France considered imperative to save blowup that would peril Europe’s future
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard foreign editor
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By Gracie Allen
Hollywood, California –
Well, the election is over and it’s high time we started thinking about who our next President is going to be. I’m in a hurry because Professor Hooton of Harvard says that it is entirely possible that a woman might become President of this country.
Let’s get started, girls, there are only 1,461 shopping days until the next election.
On the other hand, maybe we shouldn’t be too flattered. Professor Hooton is an authority on apes.
Besides, where are we going to find a woman with the brain, ability, personal charm and integrity necessary for the job of Vice President? And after that, where are we going to find a Vice President to run with me?
Republicans hold own elsewhere in U.S.
New York (UP) –
The Senate’s leading Republican isolationist, Gerald P. Nye (R-ND), was apparently headed for retirement today according to late returns which showed his Democratic opponent, Governor John Moses, rolling up a 13,000-vote lead.
Returns from 595 of the state’s 2,254 precincts gave Moses 33,588 to Nye’s 20,920. Independent Lynn U. Stambaugh, whose campaign apparently split the Republican vote to bring about Nye’s defeat, had received 7,244 votes on last returns.
Elsewhere in the country, the GOP was just holding its own in the Senate, where it now has 37 of the 96 seats.
Other losses balanced
If the present trend continues, the Senate rollcall will still read 58 Democrats, 37 Republicans and 1 Progressive when the 79th Congress convenes in January.
The likely loss of the North Dakota seat by the Republicans, the conceded defeat of Senator John A. Danaher (R-CT) by Democrat Brien McMahon, and the poor showing of Senator James J. Davis (R-PA) were counterbalanced by apparent gains in Indiana, Iowa and New Jersey.
The Connecticut tally gave Danaher 390,553 to McMahon’s 428,757. In Pennsylvania, Davis was trailing 1,636,130 to 1,650,370 for Democrat Francis J. Myers, but 210,000 soldier votes remain to be counted Nov, 22.
GOP gains in Midwest
GOP gains apparently were rolling up in Indiana, where Republican Homer E. Capehart was leading Democratic Governor Henry F. Schricker, 529,036 to 518,085, with 2,534 of the state’s 4,016 precincts reporting.
The Republican candidate in Iowa, Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper, was elected over Democratic Senator Guy M. Gillette.
In New Jersey, Republican H. Alexander Smith was leading Democrat Elmer H. Wene, 728,806 to 650,336, with 2,723 of 3,647 precincts reporting.
Meanwhile, Southern Democrats, as expected, won easily with Senators Lister Hill (D-AL), Claude Pepper (D-FL), Walter F. George (D-GA) and John Overton (D-LA) being reelected, and Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) and Olin D. Johnston (D-SC) going to the Senate for the first time.
Barkley wins early
Senator Alben W. Barkley (D-KY), Senate Democratic leader, won early, and Senator Millard E. Tydings (D-MD) loped in to win shortly afterward.
Senator Elbert D. Thomas (D-UT) won after lagging earlier behind Republican Adam S. Bennion.
Vermont’s Senator George D. Aiken was the first Republican to get under the reelection wire after 11 Democrats had already won their races. Mr. Aiken had 65,198 to 32,092 for Democrat Harry W. Witters when 231 out of 288 precincts reported.
Morse leading
Republican Wayne L. Morse, the labor conciliator who asked for and received CIO support after he had beaten Senator Rufus C. Holman in the primaries, was leading Democrat Edgar W. Smith in Oregon, 67,888 to 39,458 and appeared safe.
Senator Robert F. Wagner (D-NY) seesawed through much of the night to lead Republican Thomas J. Curran, 2,816,870 to 2,216,525, early today.
Democratic incumbents appearing to hold safe leads were:
CALIFORNIA: Senator Sheridan Downey reelected over Republican Frederick F. Houser.
ILLINOIS: Senator Scott W. Lucas, 1,374,009 to 1,091,847 for Republican Richard J. Lyons.
NEVADA: Senator Pat McCarran, reelected over Republican George W. Malone.
OKLAHOMA: Senator Elmer Thomas, 273,850 to 215,578 for Republican W. J. Otjen.
Republican incumbents with apparently safe leads were:
KANSAS: Senator Clyde M. Reed, 56,648 to 45,888 for Democrat Thurman Hill.
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Senator Charles W. Tobey, 91,342 to 86,423 for Democrat Joseph J. Betley.
OHIO: Senator Robert A. Taft, 426,250 to 388,510 for Democrat William G. Pickrel.
SOUTH DAKOTA: Senator Chan Gurney, 39,812 to 21,485 for Democrat George W. Bradshaw.
WISCONSIN: Senator Alexander R. Wiley, 79,742 to 36,414 for Democrat Howard J. McMurray.
Lagging reports from Massachusetts, where little more than a sixth of the vote was counted, gave Republican Leverett C. Saltonstall 180,877 to 93,356 for Democrat John H. Corcoran.
Missouri’s race remained close when 4,207 of the state’s 4,543 precincts gave Democrat Roy McKittrick 680,938 against 680,696 for Republican Forrest C. Donnell.
Fear of new taxes among factors
Omaha, Nebraska (UP) –
A proposal to return prohibition to Nebraska went down to a resounding defeat today as a general statewide anti-prohibition sentiment rolled up a three-to-one majority against the measure.
Returns from 1,390 of the state’s 2,026 precincts showed 258,636 votes against the proposal, and 86,851 for it.
Opponents of the proposal said distrust of the effectiveness of dry laws, resentment against the proposal’s presentation in wartime and apprehension over new or increased taxes to replace liquor revenues caused the proposal’s defeat.
Hollywood, California (UP) –
Democratic glamor girl Helen Gahagan Douglas took a growing lead in incomplete returns in the 14th district today over Republican William D. Campbell for election to Thomas F. Ford’s House of Representatives seat.
The actress, boosted by Hollywood liberals and the CIO as competition for Republican Clare Boothe Luce, was leading Campbell 37,272 to 34,271 in the latest returns, with 371 of the district’s 606 precincts still to report.
Mrs. Douglas, wife of film star Melvyn Douglas, now an Army major stationed in India, won the nomination in the May primary after Mr. Ford declined to run.
London, England (UP) –
Early editions of London afternoon newspapers bannered the reelection of President Roosevelt and carried editorials hailing his victory.
“…We in Britain can congratulate President Roosevelt for a triumph that makes American history,” the Evening News said in an editorial titled “Still on the Bridge.”
The Star stressed that Americans had given President Roosevelt an “unmistakable mandate for action beyond the fighting. They decided that he is the man to guide them both in the making of peace and the return to peace conditions.”
The Evening Standard paid tribute to President Roosevelt as the leader of an allied nation to whom Britain is linked by blood ties.
Moscow, USSR (UP) –
Early election returns showing President Roosevelt leading in 32 states caused satisfaction here.
The Russians are primarily interested in whether or not recent trends in American foreign policy will continue or will be interrupted.
Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, is the only newspaper which appears on Tuesday and it came out late in order to include New York dispatches reporting the preliminary results of the young.
New York (UP) –
The Army News Service maintained a 30-man staff around the clock to send full election results to U.S. troops in war theaters throughout the world.
ANS sent 25,000 words by radio and 25,000 by cable to Army newspapers and radios in London, Rome, Paris, Alaska, Australia, Cairo and China.
Full bulletin service was maintained throughout the night. Today, ANS will send the results of all state elections.
San Francisco, California (UP) –
The Army Signal Corps, broadcasting the nightly communiqué from Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters at Leyte, the Philippines, interspersed its reading of war bulletins with the frequent reminder to its San Francisco outlet: “Please don’t hesitate to interrupt us if you have some election news.
Meadows piles up big vote for governor
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