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Show Big Bill Thompson Again Wins Nomination For Mayor Gang-Baiting Judge Runs Far Behind In Spirited Chicago Primary; Cermak Is Almost Unanimous Choice Of Demos; Bill Celebrates S CHICAGO, Feb. 25. (U.R) Big Bill Thompson emerged triumphant today to-day as Chicago's Republican mayoralty mayor-alty nominee for the fourth tirne in his amazing political career. The cowboy mayor rode to victory vic-tory with an unofficial pluralty of approximately 67,800 votes over John H. Lyle, gang-baiting judge. Arthur Albert, 33-year-old alderman, alder-man, was third. George Schmidt, former city comptroller, and Eugene Eu-gene McCafferty ran fourth and fifth. Anton J. Cermak. president of the O"ok county board of commissioners, commission-ers, was nominated by the Demo-outs Demo-outs almost unanimously. His one opponent averaged about two votes to the precinct. Cermak's vote exceeded 225,000. , Thompson and Cermak go to the polls again April 7 to determine which shall head the nation's second sec-ond largest city for the next four years. Countingof the ballots ended Chicago's Chi-cago's most spectacular primary a campaign punctuated with circu? acts, vaudeville, invective of the frontier sort and numerous libel suits. Results were announced only after they had passed to Thompson's Thomp-son's office through the hands of the police. Far into the morning hours Thompsonites made merry in the executive offices on the fifth floor of the city hall. A jazz band whooped up Big Bill's campaign song. "Happy Days Are Here Again." Hundreds of wll- j wishers shoved to shake the may- or's hand or pat him on the back. Caterers carried in trayload after trayload of food. Streamers fluttered flut-tered in the cigar smoke. Big Bill talked so much he was hoarse. |