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Be Sure You Do -- Polls Will Be Open Until Eight O'clock Tonight The Weather CN UTAH — Partly cloudy with mmtif$$&®9S3 Temperatures fttoeaperatures for the a m today ending el Max M an 41 at Okla City ogdca iwavsnrejie eg 40 Omaha at p at 11 ao 32 Portland Cheyenne t SO Prove Chicago Dervfr ag 36 Rock Gd Junction S3 a sen i Springs Las Vegas 79 48 San Antonio os 40 San Fran Logon a Ana-eta t Georee Mtantt St Louis at S3 '" anaai 41 Seattle 9 1 I a Ortaoas 68 M York aa 43 Washington West Yellst showers mostly over mountains of north and central portions today Mo and tonight decreasing cloudiness Wednesday Slightly cooler tonight with low temperatures 34 to 44 ex 3tandavi) in Dixie High both after noons Si to 82 opt 4fi The United Press The Associated Press Year— No 295 seventy-sevent- h OGDEN CITY i They Defied Communists Reds Predict They'll Rule All of China Surrender of Beaten Chiang Forces Sought ML n UTAH TUESDAY EVENING — —— — i NANKING saaMaaagjliaaTiiMi'ii aeriaian "tr Utah Likely To Set New Vole Record Rematch Old Political Foes - Ir- Reports from good authority said fighting had ceased within the entire Mukden area There were no major disorders this source said as the triumphant red forces took over their richest prize of the civil war No further information came on casualties or damage from the bombing of Mukden yesterday by government planes an hour after the communists completed their occupation Several bombs exploded within two blocks of the U S consulate The impact of Mukden's fall and the disaster to Chiang's armies jarred China The military setback added heavily to economic instability anPremier Won Wen-Ha- o nounced in Nanking that he would Prices Skyrocket The tiny premier who accepted the post under protest and twice has attempted to quit reported on the economic situation to a hostile legislative yuan admitting that his efforts to balance the national budget were "a total failure" control j&conomic regulations g the new gold yuan eonrmletelv and withdrawn bv the fAvsrn ment yesieraav Shanghai prices jumped 300 to 400 per eent Mukden's conquerers urged residents including foreigners to continue normal activities The procla-matio- n was signed "the committee of northeast people for negotiation of temporary peace" It was Interpreted here as governing only the Manchurian area A wider scope of communist-ambitio- n was set forth by Mao chairman of the Chinese communist party He told the communist nations of eastern Europe his armies eventually will control ajl of China He made his prediction !n the latest issue of the bulletin published in Bucharest by the communist international information bureau Control Fourth of China Mao said red forces already control 907000 square miles or roughly 245 per cent of China's area Under them he said are 168000- 000 people about 35 per cent of ed Tze-Tu- the total population Associated Press Correspondent Spencer Moosa in Peiping said capture of Mukden frees the communists for a massive assault against north China Shanhaikuan great wall gateway to this area is expected to be the next major target Some Chinese expressed belief however the reds may bypass North China for the time being and attempt to capture Nanking the government capital Peiping heard rumors of large-scal- e surrenders of government soldiers near Port Hulutao The communist radio said more than 70 nationalist generals had been taken prisoner at Mukden It declared last week that five government armies had been decimated The communists said they had cut off the nationalists' escape corridor to the port of Yingkow 115 miles south of Mukden 1 8 Carriers at Tsingtao U S task force 38 including the carriers Tarawa and Princeton arrived at Tsingtao big Shantung seaport The visit was planned months ago There are more than 6000 Americans at Tsingtao including 5000 military personnel and 815 navy dependents 'District' Folks Lack Franchise WASHINGTON Nov 2' (UP) — Residents of the District of Columbia won't have anything to say today about whether President Truman or Gov Thomas E Dewey is to be their "neighbor" for the next four years Though the District" is more populous than 12' states and pays more national taxes than 29 states its citizens do not have the right to vote The constitutionmakers neglected to fix the political status of future residents of the nation's capitol and failed to empower congress to grant them representation in the electoral college An amendment to the constitution is required to give citizens of the District a vote Such action frequently has been proposed to congress but never has been carried out NTA Service 1948 AP Service MnBaaaalBaafSMiattS K'-itaW- - HbP'"- - ' would be borne out if the usual tion judges reported that by noon late afternoon and evening mo- 100 citizens had voted where at mentum develops Polls are open the last general election only 53 until eight p m and despite y had cast votes at that district pollof election officials ing place by three p m appeals Weber County Clerk Lawrence judges are prepared to handle the usual surge into the M Malan said he believed possibly 30000 of the 38000 registered votpolling places At noon checks of several voting ers in the county would cast a ballot today Absentee ballots cast places showed the following amounted to 1036 he reported District 2 voting at 444 Thirty-firThe polls opened at seven a m listed 80 votes cast against and will remain open until eight 500 registered p m District 17 at 2341 Lincoln 71 Clerk Malan and six of his staff votes 450 registered will remain on duty tonight to tabDistrict 25A Community build- ulate returns Newsmen and radio ing Bonneville Park 173 votes staffs will also be on hand to re1025 registered port figures as they are received The big contests with the Republicans favored in both were between President Harry S Truman and Thomas E Dewey and between Gov Herbert B Maw and Bracken Lee It's the second general election in a row that these four men have met in the top contests Only difference was that in 1Q44 Mr Tru man was running for vice president In that polling four years ago it Was the npmnfrat whn am out on top Franklin D Roosevelt ana iruman Deat Dewey and John District 39 1149 Twenty-thir- d Bricker bv R22SS vnt finnan tr 115 votes 500 registered 97933 Maw downed Lee by only District 58A 2866 Virginia Way 1056—123907 to 122851 150 votes 537 registered Roy No I Community building Record Set In 1944 Arsenal Villa 300 votes 1030 regThe total of 248261 votes cast istered for president then — including 340 1 and District 25A have Roy No for Socialist Norman Thomas — is the heaviest registration of any me record for l tan county voting districts But it probably Will be broken today if the early hours are an indication ine pons opened at seven a m A spot check of oollina place tm flier heavily-- populated centers of the state at ten a m brought startling replies from the election judges L Burt Bigler judge at a southeastern Salt Lake county district said it was the heaviest he'd known — about five times greater than the September primary and about double the 1944 general election By John L Cutter Most districts checked had about INDEPENDENCE Mo Nov 2 their votes cast in those first three hours Several judges (UP) — President Truman cast his said that was more than were ballot today in the accompaniment marked all day four years ago of flash bulb lightning and the familiar election day banter with the Price Balloting Heavy Even heavier) voting was report neighbors who were working as ed from Price home town of nom- election officials in the polling place inee Lee and center of Utah's coal a block from the summer white mining district Union miners took house the day off by order of John L The president was accompanied Lewis and went to the polls early The top man on the presidential on his trip to the polls by the first list will get Utah's four votes in lady and their daughter Miss Mar the electoral college Since Utah garet Truman who was casting her has been a state the electors have vote in a presidential election been Republican seven times and first The first family rode the block to Dmocratic six times — including the the precinct voting place in the last four elections In addition to Truman and Dew Memorial building as an uncomfortey and their running mates the able drizzle continued from the clouds ballot also had the names of ProA reporter asked Mr Truman Wallace and Socigressive Henry do you think it's alist-Worker Ferrell Dobbs but "how "It can t be anythinggoing?" but a victheir votes were expected to be he replied tory" inconsequential As he entered the Memorial The gubernatorial contest topped the state ballot in interest but the building he said: "It's a grand morning" congressional districts held a close second Votes Ballot No 101 Particular attention was on the v As he walltnH inv th hku 110 populous second district where ballot t muirMrsf Em Republican Judge woman Utah's first nominee Judge ma r towers canea: Reva Beck Bosone opposed the "Harry S Truman?" William Republican incumbent "Harry S Truman 219 North DeDawson In the first district Democrat laware" He looked around the polling Walter K Granger and Republican and remarked there were lots David J Wilson were waging an- place Of Pictures anH nieres nf fiimitnro other fight like they did in 1946 showing when Granger won by 104 votes I hen he was handed ballot No 101 Mrs Truman received 102 and Miss Truman 103 They walked to a row of booths Mrs Truman in th first nn Mar garet next and then the president The fourth booth was not in use at me time Aca in he nnsa1 fur nhMnm-nnhaas he marked his ballot then folded vote-earl- These eight Americans were besieged in the Presbyterian mission D ' "rei aunng me communist occupation of tu Ttown ijrj defied the insurgent forces by They over the compound this flag made of feed sacks and shirts raising Seated (left to right) Greenbaum Lo Lt Gordon D Mohr Sanish xreUtewart D They were advisors at YosuAngeles to the Korean 14th regiment which began the rebellion Standing (left to right) are Dr John C Crano GuMport Miss head of the mission Miss Louis Miller Atlanta Ga Rchmon Va a mission worker Miss Janet Crane o Voyeli Miss Dr Crane a sister Miss Meta Bigger Kansas Mo and City Mrs Crane Miss Miller Miss Crane and Miss Bigger teaeh in the mission school — Ya-lo- last-minu- Agency Denies Armed Forces Railroad Plea Siill Feuding For Rate Hike Despite Order WASHINGTON Nov 2 (AP)— The interstate commerce commission today rejected the railroads' petition for an immediate "emergency" eight per cent freight rate increase The commission announced that it will open hearings Nov 30 on the general 13 per cent advance in rates asked by the railroads At that time the ICC said it will also take evidence on the rail industry motion for an eight per cent increase to be collected while the commission considers the request for a 13 per cent advance on a long-terbasis The railroads asked the ICC on Oct 12 for permission to boost rates quickly as an emergency measure in view of new wage increases for rail workers The carriers said the situation warranted action without hearing But they said that if a hearing was necessary it should be held before the end of October The commission's decision to let the matter stand for review on Nov 30 followed" requests from shippers and other interests for a full hearing before any rate increase is granted m WASHINGTON Defense officials st 1 Nov 2 (UP) — predicted today that Secretary James Forrestal will have trouble keeping the army navy and air force from quarreling in public despite his latest clamp-dow- n Forrestal in an order yesterday placed all legislation and contact with congress under the "central control" of his office His action followed by only a few days a statement by Gen Omar N Bradley army chief of staff that the armed services would lose the unrespect of the American less they stopped their public fights over the taxpayer's dol"dog-eat-do- g" lar See Fight in Congress Defense officials predicted that Forresental's most recent directive would fail to prevent a major battle in the next congress over the air force program Congress overrode Forrestal in the last session and voted to start on a four-yeprogram to produce a more formidable air arm The defense secretary had argued that such expansion would throw the air force out of balance with the army and navy and would place too great a strain on the nation's economy Forrestal's aides said has no intention of allowing thehp air force program to be included in defense plans His budget for fiscal 1949-5- 0 does not contain money for it Despite Forrestal's order it was ELKO Nev Nov 2 (AP)— One the air force will contend that man is being held here in con- said nection with the fataf shooting of 70 groups are vital to the national aircraft manufacturing Abraham L Butierrez and Louis safety The Evans railroad section workers industry is backing the air force near here yesterday An inquest stand will be held tomorrow or Thurs- Teeth Needed in Law day Coroner George Boucher said Defense officials believe Forrestal today to stop the batSheriff C L Smith said he was never will betheable air force navy and called to Deeth yesterday by a tling among until congress puts some teeth maintenance man for the Southern army in the armed forces unification law Pacific railroad When he arrived Forrestal's order of yesterday is Smith said he found the two men aimed at tunneling all legislative dead in separate houses in which and congressional busiother workers were sleeping at the proposals ness through a central office headtime ed by Maj Gen Wilton B Persons 70-gro- ar Nevadan Held as 70-gro- Two Men Killed November Sunshine Gives Relief to 'Smog' Sufferers DONORA Pa Nov 2 (UP)— Bright November sunshine brought relief to this stricken Mononga-hel- a river mill town today The sun broke through for the first time in ten days after a mild breeze swept away an early morning fog Before the heavy damp fog disappeared health authorities were fearful of another outbreak of deaths among asthmatic or cardiac sufferers But health authorities reported that no calls for aid had been received indicating that the "silent killer" which brought death to 19 persons last Saturday and Sunday had been washed out of J" the air The town was returning to normalcy Voting booths were open with the usual electionHnv cam paigning A numbei of victims of g me smog were buried under a mocking sun Health authorities said the fact that it was fog and not smog (a heavy concentration nf tmAlr Hilar and foe) that enveloneri the riw early today saved Donora residents irom anoiner epidemic of death and sickness aeain-aeaitn- 'zinc plant had halted all smelting thus preventing the fog from absorbing poisonous gases and trapping them near the earth officials said Dr William Rongaus Donora health physician who treated many of the 600 victims of the weekend disaster said only the rain prevented the death toll from reaching 1000 He said the airborne "silent killer" carried in the cloud of smog paralyzed the breathing apparatus of its victims He warned that there still was danger of a pneumonia epidemic and advised persons affected by the smog to remain in bed until the atmosphere cleared Some 20 persons still were hospitalized and it was believed they would be kept in oxygen tents until the fog lifted The special session of the city council convened last night drew a te ts: C one-four- th low-hangi- ng Two Men Hunted For Idaho Killing JEROME Nov 2 badly-battere- n (AP) — An alarm was spread today over the entire western U S for two Mexican nationals who are believed to have murdered Salvador Ornelas a transient worker d Ornelas' body was found yesterday A road blockade of south central Idaho was lifted at ten a m At dawn two planes patrolled the area but were unsuccessful Jerome County Sheriff Galen Hall reported "They either have left the area or are well hidden he said He identified the two hunted men as Benjamin P Medina 21 and George Kalderon 22 A two-da- y search ended yesterday when the body of Ornelas was found in a borrow pit by the side' of the road The body covered by cardboard has been beaten almost A beyond recognition Hall said section of pipe found near the body was identified by Hall as the assault weapon Sheriff Hall said search for a victim was started after a blood spattered 1942 sedan was found in a borrow pit one quarter mile west of here 20-in- ch FARM INGTON Nov 2— Heavy voting was indicated in Davis county according to County Clerk Hyrum Brough Heestimated 14000 out of a possible 16500 would cast ballots Many people were waiting at the polling places e One absentee ballots have been cast Brough said hundred-thirty-fiv- Truman Rides Photographers To Polls When Take Over as Shower Falls Dewey Ballots ssrst TS SS 47 31 33 S3 41 S3 68 4C 43 48 30 51 38 M 37 ga 70 53 — aa FINAL EDITION — Good Weather in Most of Nation Encourage s Kg Turnout Senate Shares 1948 Election Spotlight Weather Is Factor In Record Balloting - for president and governor Min sa sa aa 44 Heavy Early Vote Points To Possible U S Record record-threatenin- JP 16 PAGES — Weber county voters trooped to the polls today in perBy Murray M Moler fect weather and in g numbers SALT LAKE CITY Nov 2 Bright sunshine and blue skies mottled intermittently (UP)— Utah voters in unusu by clouds followed early morning showers and by late ally heavy numbers braved morning the weather was as near perfect as any party leadscattered rainstorms today to er—concerned with a heaw vote —could ask ' — —— mark their choices in the 1948 L Sampling of polling i placescountv the throughout general election — particularly that forecasts of a record vote At Ogden s Fourth district elec- Nov 2 (AP)— Kai-Shek- NOVEMBER 2 t Top Contests Chinese communists called today for quick surrender of 's beaten Chiang armies in Manchuria and openly boasted they would conquer all of China 34-ho-ur ntr iCoimnuea (Column on Hat Threat rww I Taft-Hartle- cordance with contract terms or obtained several hours' leave under state laws to go to the polls urganized labor s stated obiec- tive is to defeat every congressman who voted for the act Few unionists believe thev will achieve this goal But they nope 10 come close enough to impress conaress with labor' nnlitt- Taft-Hart-l- capacity audience After hearcal power ing Dr Rongaus describe the conLabor also hoped to defeat closed ditions that prevailed Friday night Markets Closed uan uniuusea in iviassarnu- and Saturday the council voted NEW YORK Nov 2 (AP)— Major $1000 for disaster relief and passed ' rtiizuna a resolution calling upon the U S fecurlty and commodity markets in and a proposal to reneal Califa United the Rain had purified the air and the public States were closed today nia's railroad full crew act health service to investigate for the nationa lelections Thousands of John L Lewis' coal j leave your radio right there for fast complete election service will hold control Democrats replied they will take over Barrinc UPsets the house Wialaal stav Republican The two major candidates wound up their campaign drives in much the same language used at ttat start last SeptembertheyBoth were on Mtotional radio hookups tart nteht But Mr Truman broke away from the tradition that election eve to speeches are confined to appeal get out and vote He said Mo that to continue his administration "is our best I lip ance against going back to the iark a- toin day today with a brief squab ble with a press cameraman who photographed the GOP candidate In his voting vice-presiden- tial booth Warren his face flushed with anger emerged from the voting booth to confront the photo grapher after be atoad on a chair and snapped the governors picture Inde-peodenc- "M1 hir ballot "Don't you know it is an mvastoai of privacy and illegal to photograph a person while he is votnig?" WarI want you to destroy ren asked that film The cameraman who identified himself as a representative of a national picture magazine (Life! apologized and promised to bum the film A crowd of angry newspapermen and photographers who were waiting for the California governor to finish voting surrounded the picture-take- r and demanded also that the negative be destroyed e RIPLEY Too ill to N Y Nov 2 AP— leave his home today Robert Rownd 104 missed voting in a presidential election for the first time since the Civil war The former commander of the Grand Army of the Republic did not apply for an absentee ballot town officials said PRINCETON N J Nov 2 AP) 11 46 and Mrs Dewey's as 45 Mrs Dewey was voter No 268 and Dewey was 269 in the precinct which has a total registration of 566 and was said by Republican workers at the polling place to be 75 per cent Republican It includes some of the larger hotels the Biltmore the Commodore the Roosevelt where Dewey has a auitfc the Yale club and several fashionable addresses on Park ave- nue Photographers insisted that Dewey pose with the inspectors and they had voting to rearrange themselves around the table Fraal-l- y Hart's Location Casts Dewey Votes Truman Dewev said"Now are you fallows all set?" - aim OAKLAND Calif Nov 2 (UP) Gov Earl Warren started off elec-- Norman Thomas Socialist candidate for president predicts Gov Dewey will win the election Thomas said yesterday in a rsssssia days of 1932' And he addei: "I believe in particalur thgMjB speech that he wished Dewey "well industrial workers the farmers and for the sake of the United States the small business men of this and for the sake of the mankind' country can best protect themselves PARIS Nov 2 (AP) — Depuagainst reaction and against inflation through the Democratic party" ty Sheriff Ky John Neal said today a ballot box stuffed with 17 DemoDewey Stresses Unity cratic ballots was found when the Dewey struck the "unity" note polls opened in Clintonville prehe has sounded up and down tip cinct No 3 land Said he from New York after The stuffed ballot box w re a plea to "vote regardless of how": "The foremost issue rising clear ported by Russell Day Republican and high above all others is wheth- county campaign manager and er in this solemn hour the Unfed later confirmed by Neal The depustates of America is going to be a ty sid Sheriff J M Leer and the other election commissioners have (Com: niro on rsgs taken custody of the ballots and iCoiumn T o have gone to the scene Day said B Bates a Republican challenger inspected the box before voting started and heard something rattling inside Upon being 11 opened the box was found to contain 17 ballots Neal said the sharttf told him 10 were straight DetBMk 1 cratic except for the senatonaatg the vote Koine to ReDubliran Jaaaa HART'S : LOCATION N H a riickartfkg lamp registered vot- t (CP) —By kerosene Nov Sherman Cooper TOPEKA Kan Nov 2 (UP) — ers in this White moaantaina mm vote tabulations in Tope k a Early tlement marked their ballots at advocates of prohibition regave — dawn today then reported fb peal a 268 to 185 vote advantage nation's first presidential elecover those who would keep Kansas tions returns The vote was: President Harry S Traman L dry The returns were from four Gov Thomas E Dewey ITU incomplete precincts of the citv $ 17 Two absentee ballets accounted for the total of 12 votes Topeka went wet in 1934 when In 1944 the vote was: RooseKansas rebuffed repeal in a atato velt 6: Dewey 4 wide popular vote In 194e it was: Roosevelt 5 I ey " Sidelights ' al Dqr Election " vote The entire facilities of the Ma-tunetwork will provide election coverage on a wider scale Tune to KLO at six p aa and of the Republican presidential candidate Dewey posed for fully 10 minutes in front of the voting machine for Mrs Dewey pre photographers ceded him and cast her vote first the polling the ggltering 63rd election district of place the First district in public school assembly 18 the governor and Mrs were applauded by a crowd that had been waiting for more than an hour Occupation: Lawyer Dewey waved to the crowd and entered the basement where he was greeted by Townserid Rice a Republican chairman of the registering board Having voted in this rfictrw previously it was not necessary for Dewey to give his occupation He gave it as when he first registered inlawyer the district His had age previously been listed as TSf dates to get his own ballot into the box was Henry A Wallace iflfa) early-risin- g Progressive party candidate put hi vote in shortly after eight a m at South Salem N Tho early rush at Baltimore brought predictions from election officials that the total of ballots there would reach 310000 about 25000 more than four years ago Such cities as Columbus Ajfrai Philadelphia and Newark alaoi re port en neavy voting Along with a president the voters are picking a congress Senate Control Disputed Democrats and Republicans disputed up to the end the complexion of the senate It now has 51 Republicans and 45 Democrats Republicans said they The Standard - Examiner and station KLO will provide the local coverage for tonight's election returns and tabulations will be broadcast as rapidly as counting judges complete their task — expected te be a long ane la view of the anticipated heavy mid-tow- Taft-Hartl- And good weather helps bring out a big farm vote For the country as a whole it was fair with mild temperatures There was some rain in the central valleys the northern Rockies and the state of Washington A vote going over 50000000 in this 41st nresidential election would be a record The biggest vote in the past was 49820312 in 1940 It fell nearly 2000000 under that four years ago when many Americans were overseas at war —— First of the presidential candi- - 4 Time to KLO By Merriman Smith NEW YORK Nov 2 (UP)— Gov Thomas E Dewey and Mrs Dewey voted today in the basement of a n public school while a crowd of several hundred persons waited outside to catch a glimpse miners were called to special elec tion day meetings by their local unions to make sure they vote In many locals absentees will be fined if they don't attend The shutdown it was estimated will cost the miners more than in wages and about $500000 for their welfare and retirement fund Across the country another "80000 union members stayed away from their jobs to work for the C I O political action committee as poll watchers baby sitters and drivers of cars to take voters to the balloting places Lewis like other labor leaders opposes the Republican-sponsore- d act But unlike most aii-n n- o'' the others ne -- i r —i a ui irestoential nominee Thomas E Dewey On that mre a big segment of his union was expected tn Heavy forenoon voting was reported from many indus- trial cities -- Coal Miners Lay Shovels Down Take Ballot Holiday By United Press The United Mine Workers shut down the nation's coal industrv todav to make sure its 4flfl OOfl members vote against candidates for congress who supported the y labor law More than 1500000 othpr union members took the dav off in ac By The Associated Press Good voting weather encouraged a possible record turnout of Americans today to ballot for a president 322 governors and a new congress m I I Willkle 3 While mnU tmfririm were asleep the mountain n an (fill folk MOBILE Ala Nov 2 (UP — The absentee vote in Mobile count v easy gave Gov J Strom Thurmond 106 Gov Thomas E Dewey 87 and Henry Wallace 3 President Truman was not on the Alabama beeattea rathrred around the oval dining room table at the batoaf of Mr and Mrs Joanna BesiaV ballot It was seven a aa when Town Clerk Douglas M scomber eaeaild BUFFALO N Y Nov 2 (UP) — a cardboard box from the saankW Election dav started off with a of state's office at Concord tary and took out the ballots He bangonPatrolman Herbert G Kless duty at a west side voting passed fhrtn around te the 19 waa voters crowded In the small room boMtl at 6 a m when five Wmt became embroiled tn a poliHetl The polls were opened at sevargument a short distance asssav en a m and the voting for president was completed tlx mlnates They finally came to blows Reluctant to leave his post to later At seven-thirt- y a m all ballots had been marked tn their break up the fight Kless yelled mmdm mmA h lt nfirlv a a — wmi m |