Show DETROIT TURNS BACK BACKON UN KlAN Election of of Mayor Smith Looms DETROIT Nov 4 AP De AI Defeat t tot o ot t the e Ku AU Klux Klan lan in the Detroit partisan non-partisan municipal election loomed today as Mayor ao John W. W Smith continued to pile u up his lead over o his supported klan-supported opponent Charles B. B Bowles Bowies With more than half of oC the city officially reported at the city hall hail early today Smith had pushed his early lead of votes otes to more than In of the precincts In the city representing virtually all districts districts dis dig of ot Detroit De Smith had votes oles and Bowles had Al Although Although Al- Al though there were sufficient votes unreported to wipe out the Smith lead lend It ya was generally conceded Smiths Smith's ins in recognized re d Bowles strongholds made this improbable Smith mith based his campaign for fOl re reel reelection reelection re- re el election cUon on his record of the last year he having been elected to fill 1111 filla a Q vacancy while Bowles charged 1 that Detroit was wag known as a wide vide I open town and promised to clean cleanup cleanup cleanup up the Bowles denied he was wusI wasa I j a member of the klan Idan but that organization or or- openly supported him hilt J I The campaign marl marked ed the second deLeat t deel for Bowles He came from obscurity at the special election last year year- to make a good race for the nomination without any newspaper support and with little advertising I j He was defeated for the nomination by a slight majority and when he heater heater 1 ater ran as a sticker sUcker candidate defeated defeated de de- de- de Joseph A. A Martin l acting I mayor who had beaten him for the I I nomination but was wag second to Smith y |