London, Sept. 21.
The Admiralty today announced that a naval squadron had been ordered to leave Istanbul and proceed to the Mediterranean for exercises off Alexandria, Egypt. Informed Navy circles, however, understood the transfer was definitely connected with the present European crisis.—United Press, O'Connor Defeated in [New York Primaries President Roosevelt's Only Victory in "Purge"
New York, Sept. 21.
President Roosevelt today achieved his first and only victory in his campaign to purge his party of anti-New Deal candidates through the defeat of Mr. J. J. O'Connor, Chi man of the powerful Rules Committee of the House of Representatives, at the hands of Mr. James Ray in the Democratic primary elections at New York, Mr. Ray triumphed by 8,352 votes 7,799.
Mr. O'Connor, however, won the Republican primary elections, for which he also entered, by 2,953 votes to 1,969 from Mr. Dulles, but as a Republican he will not be able to retain the chairmanship of the Rules Committee.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.