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CONGRESS
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clan Maciora defeated Boleslaus J.
Monkiewicz, Republican.
Connecticut, 1st district. where
Herman P. Kopplemann, former
member, defeated the legless World
War aviator, Representative Will
liam j. Miller, Republican; I'd dis
trict, where a former member, Will
liam J. Fitzgerald, defeated Thomas
r. Ball, Republican; 4th district,
where LIE Roy D. Downs. defeated
Albert E. Austin, Republican.
Pennsylvania, 5th district, where
Francis r. Smith defeated Fred c.
Gartner Republican); 22d district,
where Harry L. Haines, a former
member, defeated Chester H. Gross
Republican, 30th district, where
Thomas E. Scanlon defeated Robert
j. Corbett (Republican).
Forand Defeats Risk.
Rhode Island, LIST district, where
Anne j. Forand, a former member,
defeated Charles F. Risk CRepub-
lican); I'd district, where John E.
Fogarty defeated Harry Sandager
Republican,.
New York, 41st district, where Al
fred F. Better, former member, de-
feated j. Francis Harter CRepub-
lican).
West Virginia, LIST district, where
Robert L. Ramsay, former men,
Der, defeated A. G. Schiller (Repub-
lican).
The seats gained by the Repub-
hcans are:
Oklahoma, 9Th district, where
Ross Ridley defeated Phil Ferguson
Democrat).
New York, 18th district, where
William T. Pheiffer defeated John
H. Fay Democrat. Mr.. Fay had
won his seat by defeating -epre-
sentative O'Connor, Rules - ,.hmit-
tee chairman in the Presidents
purge"
California, 4th district, where
Thomas Rolph defeated Franck c.
Hawnner (Democrat).
Illinois, 21st district where Evan
Howell defeated Frank w. Fries
Democrat); oath district where
James v. Heidinger defeated Claude
V. Parsons DemocraD.
Byrns Defeated.
The Democrats lost the 5th Ten
nessee district where Representa-
tive Joseph w. Byrns, jr., son of the
former Speaker, was defeated by j.
Percival Priest independently,
Nashville newspaperman, who had
stressed Mr.. Byrns' vote to defer
CONSUMPTION.
Representative Randolph of West
Virginia, chairman of the House
District Committee, was reelected
as were other members of that COM
mittee including: Schultz. Indiana;
Nichols, Oklahoma; McGhee, Mis-
sissippi; McArdle, Pennsylvania;
Eberharter, Pennsylvania; Hunter,
Ohio; Poage, Texas; D'Alesandro,
Maryland; Michael ]. Kennedy, New
York; Mcmillan, South Carolina;
Dirksen, Illinois; Bates, Massachu-
sets; Shafer, Michigan. The Dis
trict Committee lost three members
Goodwin, Iowa, who was not
candidate; Sandager, Rhode Island,
and Fries of Illinois, who were de-
feated for reelection.
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, former
chairman of the District Commit
tee and now chairman of the Labor
Committee, was reelected.
Walter johnson, the old Washing
ton baseball pitcher, now a farmer
in Montgomery County, was de-
feated in his attempt to unseat
Representative william B. Byron in
the 9Th Maryland district.
Simpson Gets Barton's Seat.
Kenneth F. Simpson, former Re-
publican national committeeman for
New York, was elected to the seat
vacated by Bruce Barton when he
challenged Senator Mead for the
Senate and was defeated. This is
the so-called silk stocking" dis
trict which cuts across the bust
ness center of New York, including
the theater and hotel area.
New York also returned the two
Democratic Representatives at large
Mrs. Caroline O'Day and Matthew
Merritt.
Sullivan Leaving Congress.
Among the veterans who will not
be in the next Congress is Repre-
sentative Sullivan of New York, who
is completing "a years of consecu-
tive service. Mr.. Sullivan was a
Tammany Hall leader. He declined
to be candidate for reelection.
Two popular congressional secre-
taries are coming into the next
Congress as members. These are