Evening star., 1942-09-16
Ferguson Nominated
Over Gerald Smith
By Michigan COP
Hoffman Renamed for
House Seat; Mrs. Roosevelt
Hos Commanding Leod
By the Associated Press.

BY ths Associated Press.
DETROIT, Sept. 1s.-Michigan
Republicans voting in yesterdays
primary election chose Detroit's
racket-busting Circuit Judge Homer
Ferguson as their candidate for the
Senate, rejecting the bid of Gerald
L. K. Smith, former Huey Long
aide, for the nomination :
Judge Ferguson will oppose Sena-
tor Brown, Democrat. in Novembef.
Senator Brown was renominated
without opposition
Unofficial returns from 3.506 Of
the States 3,75l precincts gave DR..
Ferguson 190,065 votes: Mr.. Smith
105, ,69S, and Elton R. Eaton, PlymA
out newspaper publisher. 37.518.
Tenerowicz Trailing.
Three Republican House members
whose pre-Pearl Harbor isolationist
stands drew fire from their oppo-
nentS appeared to be renominated,
but Representative Tenerowicz of
Hamtramck, Democrat, attacked on
the same grounds, trailed far be-
hind former Representative George
Sadowski for the 1st district nomi-~
ination.
Among the Republican nominees.
was Representative Hoffman of the
4th Michigan district, bitter ad-
ministration critic. Also holding
substantial leads over their oppo-Ji
nents were Republicans Jonkman in
the 5th district and Shafer in the 3d.p
Mrs. Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt
former wife of the late G. Hall
Roosevelt, brother of Mrs. Roosevelt.
piled up a commanding lead over
five male opponents for the Demo-
cratic nomination in the 17th
district.
Both major party nominees for
Governor were unopposed, The
Democrats renominated Gov. MUIR
ray D, Van Wagner; Republicans
named Secretary of State Harry r. &.
Kelly
Judge Ferguson, 53-year-old ma.
! tive of Pennsylvania, entered the
senatorial race after completing a.
one-man grand jury inquiry into
| Wayne County graft which resulted ]
In conviction of scores OF law en-
/ forcement officers, vice and gam
bling operators. Mr.. Smith, former
/ Louisiana preacher, exhibited syn
| thetic rubber tire at his campaign
meetings, to illustrate one of his
| platform planks, ''tires for every
body by Easter"
| DIR. Keyes Is Leading.
DR. Eugene c. Keyes, Detroit
doctor, dentist and lawyer, led two
opponents for the Republican
nomination for lieutenant governor
/ to oppose the incumbent, Democrat
Frank Murphy, in November. DR..
Keyes' closest competition came
from Thomas Read of Shelby, who
| has been lieutenant governor three
/ times.
Unofficial returns from 3,413 pre-
cincts out of 3,751 in this Republi-
can contest gave DR.. Keyes 126,353
votes; Mr.. Read 1858. and D.
Hale Brake of Stanton 60,117.
| Representative Hoffman held a
lead of more than to / over his
nearest opponent with all but IL
of 1876 precincts counted. The vote
was: Representative Hoffman. ia
694; State Senator J. T. Hammond,
5,343, and Benjamin j. Burton. LIB.
With but four of 174 precincts un-
reported in the 5th district, Mr..
Jonkman had 1884 votes to 1924
for Paul o. Strawhecker and 1904
for Benjamin H. Masselink. Mr..
Shafer, with 1873 of 1879 precincts
counted in the Sd district, led by
II 800 votes to 1897 for Lou w.
Collins.
In the 1St district, 1876 precincts
out of 2l4 gave Mr.. Tenerowicz
6,435 votes, while Mr.. Sadowski led
with 1862
Mrs. Roosevelt's lead in the 17th
district was nearly $500 votes, with
A of 258 precincts missing. These
totals gave her 4,581 to 2,169 for
Charles P. Nugent, her closest rival.