Evening star., 1936-09-17
MICHIGAN RACES
FOR HOUSE CLOSE
Wisconsin Renames All Rep.
resentatives, Cleanup
Returns Show.
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DETROIT, September 17.-Repre-
sentative Prentiss M. Browns margin
Of victory over Louis B. Ward, asso-
ciate of Father Charles z. Coughlin.
for the Democratic senatorial nomi-
nation apparently will be not more
than 1000 votes. nearly complete re-
turns indicated today.
Brown will oppose former Gov. Wil-
ber M. Brucker, the Republican can
didate. in November for the Senate
seat now held by James Cou2ens.
Browns lead over Ward, with all
but so of the States 3.467 precincts
in, was 4,032 votes. Twenty-Five Of
the missing precincts were In Wayne
County (DetroiD. where the pro-Ward
drift may more than Offset probable
Brown gains in most of the out
State precincts still to be heard from.
Ward Carries Several Counties.
Returns from 3,407 precincts gave
Brown l20,884 to Wards 1852.
Ward, in whose behalf Father Cough
lin made a radio appeal during the
campaign and who had the indorse-
ment of the priests National Union
for Social Justice, carried several
counties. but Brown captured most
of them outside the Detroit area.
In the seventeenth district. belated
Wayne County returns apparently
gave the Democratic congressional
nomination to Draper Allen by an un-
official margin of l69 votes over May
nard Siebert, the Coughlin candidate.
Brucker's victory over the veteran
Senator Couzens piled up q majority
which passed the 100000 mark. The
former Governor made a vigorous
campaign. attacking Couzens' support
of President Roosevelt's New Deal
policies, while Couzens made no active
campaign.
Returns from 5000 precints out of
3.467 gave Brucker 313,280. against
Couzens' l90.411.
Murphy's Vote Mounts.
The vote for Frank Murphy. for
mer Detroit mayor and high COM
missioner of the Philippines. for the
Democratic nomination as Governor
mounted steadily as Wayne Countys
| returns were reported.
Offsetting an early lead from West
| ern Michigan for his opponent. George
w. Welsh, Murphy gained steadily
and on the basis of reports from 1888
precincts had Est, 6,084 against Welsh's
121,05l.
On the Republican ticket, Gov
Frank D. Fitzgerald piled up 453,434
votes from 5000 precincts against
$4,000 for his opponent. Roscoe C..
Fitch
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg tele-
graphed Brucker last night that he
would support him actively in his
| campaign to succeed Senator Couzens
Main Is Defeated.
There were extremely close races
in half a dozen Congressional dis
tricts. but the only incumbent who
definitely had failed Of denomination
was Representative Werner w. Main
Of Battle Greek. who won q special
election in the Third District last
December as indorsee of the Townsend
| organization. Representative Main,
who waived Townsend support In the
primary campaign, lost the Repub-
hcan nomination by 400 votes to Paul
w. Shafer. Rosslyn L. Sewers. who
won the Democratic nomination in
that district. was the only Townsend
-
Michigan primaries
! Six of the eighteen National Union
Congressional indorsees apparently
were victorious: Representative
the First (DetroiD; Charles E. Down.
ing, Democrat, in the Second: Ross
lyn w. Sewers. Democrat, In the
Third: Representative Jesse p. VOL
colt, Republican, in the Seventh; John
j. Leucke. Democrat, in the Eleventh,
and Representative Frank E. Hook,
Democrat, in the Twelfth.
The nominees in the various dis
tricts:
First-Charles A. Roxborough, COL
ored, Republican,; Representative Sa-
dowski, Democrat.
Second-Representa Earl c.
Michener, Republican; Charles E.
Downing, Democrat.
Third-Paul w. Shafer. Republican:
Rosslyn w. Sewers, Democrat.
Fourth-Representative Clare E.
Hoffman. Republican; Guy M. Tyler,
Democrat.
Fifth-Representative Carl Z, Mapes,
Republican; Thomas F. McAllister,
Democrat.
Stxth-Representstive William w.
Blackney, Republican,; Andrew J.
Transue. Democrat tleading).
Seventh-Representative Jesse p.
Wolcott, Republican; Albert A. Wag.
ner, Democrat.
Eighth - Representative Fred L.
Crawford. Republican,; former Repre-
sentative Michael J. Hart, Democrat.
Ninth-Representative Albert j.
Engel, Republican: Jack Eliasohn,
Democrat Oeading).
Tenth - Representative Roy O.
Woodruff, Republican: William J.
Kelly. Democrat.
Eleventh-Herbert j. Rushton. Re-
publican 0eading); John Leucke,
Democrat.
Twelfth-Former Representative w.
Frank James, Republican,; Repre-
sentative Frank z. Hook, Democrat.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Clar-
ence j. Mcleod, Republican; George
D. O'Brien, Democrat.
Observation-Disclosures M. Alger, jr.,
Republican: Representative Louis c.
Rabaut, Democrat.
Observation-Disclosures H. Goldstick,
Republican: Representative John D.
Dingell, Democrat.
Sixteenth-Clyde M. Ford. Repub-
IT,. N.a: