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June 8, 1932

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BROOKHART BEATEN IN IOWA PRIMARY; Henry Field's Lead Over Senator Passes 46,000, With 142 Precincts Unreported. VICTOR IS A SEED DEALER winner's Vote Nears 45% of the Total, Obviating Selection of Nominee by Convention.

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 7 -- Senator Smith W. Brookhart, running for renominatlon for the Senate in yesterday's Republican primary, appeared tonight to have been decisively defeated by Henry Field, 61-year-old seed merchant of Shenandoah.

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Notable Births

Ray Illingworth

1932Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2021)[โ€ ]

Raymond Illingworth CBE was an English cricketer, cricket commentator and administrator. As of 2015, he was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first-class cricket. He played for Yorkshire, Leicestershire (1969โ€“1978) and England (1958โ€“1973) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1960.

1932Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (died 2017)[โ€ ]

Ian Candlish Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood QC was a Senator of the College of Justice of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. He was appointed to the Inner House in 1987.