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Description:22 26 59 00 Illinois. Chicago. William Hale Thompson is elected mayor with a very wide majority. William Hale Thompson poses surrounded by his coworkers. Handshakes, congratulations. Close-up on the mayor without his hat. Election office " Big Bill " puts his ballot paper in urn. Democracy. He goes out of the voting place, handshake with policemen, he is applauded. New mayor speaks about his victory on the radio, communications, information. Close-up on William Hale Thompson who speaks with a microphone.