Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-20 | Page 1 | O'Brien Wins in N. Y. Primary

OBRIEN O'BRIEN WINS IN INN N N. N Y PRIMARY Tammany Hall Half However Suffers Defeat in Race for Controller m Dr fly Associated Press Fress NEW YORK Sept Mayor 20 Mayor John P. P OBrien O'Brien the num number r one candidate of Tammany hall won a 11 walkaway nomination for mayor in yesterdays yesterday's Democratic primary election defeating defeatIng defeating defeat defeat- ing Congressman Loring M. M Black and Jerome G. G Ambro by y approximately three to one The vote out of 1 election districts OBrien O'Brien Black Ambro In the scalping of or Black and Ambro Amro Am Am- bro ro however the Tammany brakes lost ost some head feathers Their principal prin cipal disappointment was accomplished accorn by Frank J. J Prial who won the he nomination as controller Prial defeated the Tammany choice John N. N i. i Harmon Harman The vote out of election districts Prial Harman Harm Harman Hannan an was he personal choice of John fohn M M. Brooklyn ally of ot John Curry Tammany chief Prial previously had virtually the solid soUd support of ot the city's civil service em em- policemen loyes policemen firemen school schoolteachers schoolteachers teachers eachers and others others from from whose ranks he be has risen politically and imd in whose cause he h has ha constantly fought Ordinarily the civil service arc are the backbone of Tammany s a vot vot- Ins fag n strength Other Tammany defeats Included the he shelving by Democrats of ot the fourteenth assembly district of Thomas M. M Farley as district leader the he place going goin to Michael T. T McCarron McCar McCar- ron Farley Fancy former sheriff of New NewYork NewYork York fork county was removed from office of- of fice ice by Franklin D. D Roosevelt then governor following disclosures made at the Seabury Investigation Into city affairs As a consequence of ot the Sea Sea- abury a- a bury ury testimony Farley Fancy long an dc- dc etive c e- e tive ive Tammany figure acquired the nickname name among his political foes of Tin Box Dox Farley Fancy Curry Tammany leader was not riot Continued on Pore Pate Two To OBRIEN O'BRIEN WINS IN N. N Y YI PRIMARY Continued from Pare Pise One inclined to be talkative as he departed depart depart- ed from Tammany headquarters shortly before 2 o'clock this morning I have nothing to say except good goodni goodnight goodnight ni night ht he said Someone interjected Is It a good goodnight goodnight goodnight night Curry replied Certainly Every night is a good night to me Mayor OBrien O'Brien confined his comment comment com corn ment to the statement that fo 10 o far as the mayoral vote was concerned i iwas It was very gratifying Congressman Black runner up for forthe forthe forthe the nomination noted that in one Manhattan election district the theote vote ote for OBrien O'Brien was unanimous and he remarked It looks as if somebody's going to jail aIl for this