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Daily News from New York, New York • 675

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AGUARDIA fi I 454000 Ti '7 ILs DAILY NEWS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 3. mi osjoool i raw -By LOWELL A tidal wave of independent ballots, which viri tually wrecked Tammany Hall, swept both Mayor La-Guardia and Thomas E. Dewey to an overwhelming victory yesterday. The peppery little chief executive, only Fusion Mayor ever re-elected, polled 1,311,016 DEWEY VARNS CROOKS HE'LL RIDE Ifl HARD By Gt'Y RICHARDS.

District Attorney-elect Thomas E. Dewey hurled a dual warning last night at the 6 i i- 4 4 underworld and the present I New York County District Attorney's office. To the criminal fringe he said: "We shall meet the challenge of 7 r1 the underworld." To the prosecutor's office he handed the notice. I shall effect a complete reorganization in the office of the District Attorney." Dewey's Statement. Dewey's statement was issued shortly after 10 P.M., when his It i i 4, I I.I' i ,1 mi 'iwini (NEWS Into I Hand raised, Thomas E.

Dewey acknowledges cheers during visit to American Labor Party early this morning with his wife. efroif vote Swamps CI Detroit, Nov. 3 (Wednesday) (U.R). The CIO was in its first concerted effort to gain control of a government, almost complete returns from yesterday's Mayor I.aC.uardia ra-ts his vole at 7:15 A. M.

His re-1ection a conceded at .8:13 last night by his Dt-mm-ratic opponent. votes, the largest total ever received by a mayoralty candidate. He was returned to City Hall by a majority of 451,125. Dewey, young special prosecutor, swamped his Tammany opponent to the tune of votes in a contest limited to Manhattan alone. election showed early today Patrick H.

O'Brien, CIO candi sweeping victory over Harold V. Hastings became assured. At his campaign headquarters, HE. 4Uh he said: "This is a great victory for the decent administration of criminal justice. "The re-election of Mayor La-Guardia establishes that the people of New York want an honest, competent administration of their public affairs.

"The vote for District Attorney, of course, gives me great happiness. The election, however, is not a personal triumph. It indicates a tremendously aroused interest on the part of all the people for decent municipal government. "I shall effect a complete reorganization in the office of the District Attorney, responsive to the will of the people. Thanks Volunteer Workers.

"The fight against crime is begun. Much remains to be done. We shall meet the challenge of the underworld and restore criminal justice in New York County. 'I want to express my sincere appreciation to Millard H. Ellison, my campaign manager, and to the thousands of volunteer workers who have made it possible to carry the message to the people." vote was Dewey's total 325,747: Tammany's Harold Hastings polled 21G.D24.

The voters gave LaGuardia ballots to Jeremiah Ma-honey's 889,591. The victory assured LaGuardia 15 out of 10 votes in the Board of Estimate and probable control of the new City Council, for which the vote counting will begin today. His majority was over- whelming: out failed to equal the record breaking margin of 611,301, by which John 1. O'Urien won over Lewis Pounds in 1932. Itiuardia's running mates needed his assistance because they ran far behind their Man.l.ml bearer.

While he was burying Jeremiah T. Mahoney beneath Ins avalanche of more than 4.r0,00i ballots, Newbold Mollis was beating Max J. Si hneiilcr for President of the Council by 225,000 and Dr. Joseph D. McGoJdrick was taking the decision from Controller Frank J.

Taylor, who sought re-election, by about The sole Democrat who survived the LaGuarditt landslide and saved a seat on the Hoard of Kstimat was Uormnrh President James J. Lyons, of the Hronx, and he owed (Continutd on page cot. t) date for Mayor, waited until enough votes had been counted to show that his rival, Richard Wr. Heading, who belatedly received the endorsement of the AFL. was leading: him by more than 100,000 votes.

He then conceded his defeat. At 3 A. when 800 of the 918 precincts had been tabluated, Reading- led by 80,000 votes. The five CIO candidates for places on the nine-member Board of Councilmen also were defeated. Six incumbent councilmen seemed assured of election, and three other candidates, likewise not backed by the CIO, were leading for the remaining places on the Board.

Maurice Sugar, attorney for the United Auto orkers and the CIO's leading vote getter anion? its council-manic candidates, was in tenth place. Richard T. Frankenteen, assist-an president of the union, was in eleventh place. Scully Rolls Up Lead in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, Nov.

2 CIO-supported Cornelius D. Scully, Pittsburgh's Democrat mayor, 5 C'. I I J1 ir4 AJ ii MAYOR COMPLETE Richard V. Reading 'Conservative' winner. Election Districts 1,055 1,210 76G 737 112 leading his Republican opponent, Borough Manhattan Brooklyn Bronx Queens Richmond Judge Theodore Rosen, by 3,634 LaGUARDIA MAUONKV 329,573 236,058 492,631 273,090 213,920 172,811 31,799 27,1 Ofi 1,31 1,016 votes as returns from 549 of 1,300 election precincts were tabulated tonight.

They both seek the seat in No. 2 Common Pleas Court rolled up a commanding lead to Democratic candidates for fourteen other judicial seats were running Totals 3,910 night over his Republican opponent, Robert X. Waddell. Returns from 282 of the steel F.D.R. Congratulates LaGuardia President Roosevelt, who studiously refrained from endorsing the Democratic candidate for Mayor, telephoned Mayor (iuardia from Hyde Park last night and congratulated hira on his re-election.

The Mayor issued a statement: The jieople know what to expect. They have had four year of my kind of good government. They rendered their verdict slightly ahead of Judge Kalodner. Labor Man Beaten In Jackson, Mich. Jackson, Nov.

2 District Attorney NEW YORK COUNTY Complete Thomas E. Dewey, Republican-F Mayor Russell H. Bengel was re city's 412 districts gave Scully to 63,036 for Waddell, a young insurance executive and former Carnegie Tech football coach. Democrats Lead In Philadelphia. (Srweial (o The Xcl Philadelphia, Nov.

2. Democratic Judge Harry E. Kalodner was 325,717 elected today, 7,079 to 3,334, defeating Robert W. Cooper, secretary of the Jackson Federation of Harold W. Hastings, Democrat, 216,921 Dewey's Majority 108,823 Labor.

Cooper was endorsed by the AFL and the CIO. JFour Special Election JPages in Cenien of This Rpiper.

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