Helen Gahagan in growing lead
Hollywood, California (UP) –
Democratic glamor girl Helen Gahagan Douglas took a growing lead in incomplete returns in the 14th district today over Republican William D. Campbell for election to Thomas F. Ford’s House of Representatives seat.
The actress, boosted by Hollywood liberals and the CIO as competition for Republican Clare Boothe Luce, was leading Campbell 37,272 to 34,271 in the latest returns, with 371 of the district’s 606 precincts still to report.
Mrs. Douglas, wife of film star Melvyn Douglas, now an Army major stationed in India, won the nomination in the May primary after Mr. Ford declined to run.