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Show NEW YORK PRIMARIES. NEW YORK, April 6. Republican contests in seven congressional districts dis-tricts and one in the state at largo for delegates to tho national convention conven-tion furnished the principal interest in today's state wide .primaries. With tho exception of the seventeenth district in Manhattan, whero two independent candidates for delegates are pledged to support Herbert Hoover for the presidential nomination, all of the contests con-tests were made by candidates favoring favor-ing tho nomination of Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California. The "regular" "regu-lar" Republfcan delegates, named by tho unofficial state convention last February, will go to the convention un-Instructed. un-Instructed. Tho only contest for places on either the Republican or Democratic "big four" delegation was that mudo by formor State Senator William M. Bennett Ben-nett of Brooklyn, who Ja pledged to Support Johnson. Thirteen of tho contests con-tests were waged In Manhattan and Brooklyn congressional districts. Except for two tosts of strength for assembly district leaders there were no contests among the Democrats in this city. Owing" to the large number of women who registered hist October party leaders predicted that a good sized voto would bo polled hero. Outside of New York City tho polls opened at 7 o'clock this morning and will close at 0 o'clock tonight. The polls in this city open at 3 o'clock this afternoon. |