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Show Eight Hours' Gap in Poll Closing Time of Country CHICAGO, Nov. 7 ( By The Associated Asso-ciated Press) A s pace of eight hours covers the gap between the earliest and l.iti-Kt i Inslnt; of pulls In the United Unit-ed States on today's election. Certain rural districts In tho east close at 3 p. m. while It Is 11 p m., eastern time, before tho l ist of the far western west-ern polls close. Virginia and West Virginia, closing their polls at sunset, will start counting count-ing the votes at 4 54 p. m . eastern time, which will be only 1 b4 p. m. on the Pacific coast. The earliest closing time in the country Is for rur-' al polling places in New Hampshire! at 3 p. m. eastern time Washington and Oregon, closing at S p m. coast time, or 11 p. m. eastern east-ern time, may know the result in some eastern states while their own voters are still casting their ballots. Four states specify sunset for the ebbing of the voting places. The Min will set first on the Virginias. Eleven minutes later at 6:06 p m , It will go down on North Carolina; and at G 3S In Florida. North Dakota, bisected by the time rone line, which runs Just west of Klsmarck, the state capital, closes Its voting booths at different clock hours, but simultaneously In point of actual time, 10 o'clock In the central zone and 9 o'clock In the mountain time territory, both corresponding to II p. m. eastern standard time. |