In primary –
81-year-old wins Wisconsin race
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (UP) –
Acting Governor Walter S. Goodland, Wisconsin’s 81-year-old chief executive, and U.S. Senator Alexander Wiley, both won nomination from Republican voters by a wide margin in yesterday’s primary in which the once-powerful Progressive Party polled barely enough votes to keep its name on the ballot.
Governor Goodland, making his first bid for election to the governor’s chair after being elected lieutenant-governor three times, far outstripped all of his four younger opponents, who made a campaign issue of his age, and polled 120,206 votes, according to unofficial returns from 2,497 of the state’s 3,078 precincts.
Unofficial returns from the same number of precincts gave Mr. Wiley more than a 2-to-1 plurality over Marine Capt. Joseph R. McCarthy. Mr. Wiley’s total was 113,681 compared to 63,287 for McCarthy.
In the only Democratic contest, the race for the gubernatorial nomination, Daniel W. Hoan, former Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee, chalked up 53,511 votes to win the right to oppose Governor Goodland this fall.
In two Milwaukee County congressional races, the state CIO-PAC’s candidates were defeated by an incumbent and a former Congressman seeking a comeback. PAC candidate State Senator Anthony P. Gawronski, received 5,602 votes to 14,334 for Rep. Thad F. Wasielewski. PAC candidate Clem Kalvelage polled 4,550 to 7,109 for Andrew Biemiller, former state legislator.
Utah Republicans name candidate
Salt Lake City, Utah (UP) –
Mayor B. H. Stringham of Vernal today was conceded the nomination as the Republican Congressional candidate in the 1st district.
William Peterson of Logan admitted defeat after unofficial returns from yesterday’s runoff election gave Stringham 4,815 votes in 372 of 494 precincts, compared to 3,649 for himself.