Show ELECTIONS IN BAY STATE Advocates of No License Lost Much Strength Boston Mass Dec Seventeen of the 32 cities of the commonwealth held their municipal elections today in a ma jority of the cases the Republicans wt r successful in electing thir ma or and securing control of the city govtrnmem ano althovzn the results show that the ide i of independent or nonpartisan control of municipalities is steadily growing m favor Seven of the 1 mayors chosen won upon other than straight party nomination al though nearly all had party endorsements endorse-ments On the license question the contest was 1 closely fought but the advocates of no license lost much ground and strength |