Short Ballot Seen as Key to Strong Mayor Charter
Judge Clarence H. Hall urged adoption of a revised charter at a Womens League meeting, arguing administrative consolidation under the strong mayor plan will improve efficiency. He criticized eight- to ninety-person ballot slates, endorsed reducing electees and aligning offices with nonpartisan qualifications to limit overlaps and conflicts.
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Clarence H. Hall
Charter Revision Commission
Women's League
Pirar Presbyterian Church
Hall
Bridgeport
Wwe Vota
Hull
Government League
Judz
Bird
Bey
Agriculturists Face Handicaps in Sweden Postwar Readjustment
In Stockholm on October 1, a press dispatch outlines Sweden's agricultural woes as the sector lags recovery. The general price index sits 70 percent above prewar levels while grain prices stay only 10 percent higher. Farm labor wages remain over 18 percent above 1934 averages, prompting calls for wage reductions to aid farmers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Escapes Officers and Executes Court Degree in Elmira
A man evaded police escort to return to a jail cell in Elmira County. An argument over a court order led to a fatal assault on his wife Sabine. The court had previously ordered the man to stay away from his wife, who had left him months earlier in Bre, Pa.
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Elmira
Ghemung
Councy
Subing
Sehinu
First Fishermen's Race Set For October 20
Halifax announces October 20 as the date for the first fishermen’s race in the annual international Cup contest if the trusteeship of the trophy is approved by the American race committee. The Nova Scotia fleet race to decide the defender will be held off Lunenberg around October 12.
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Halifax
Iuergeston
Nova Scotia
Lunenberg
Attorney Urges Vote Against New Charter in GOP Meeting
At a Twelfth District Republican club gathering Attorney Lewis M. Bernareth stated his opposition to the charter. He urged members to vote solidly against adoption and to enlist friends and neighbors to oppose it as well.
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Twelfth District
Republican Club
Lewis M. Bernareth
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Peta
Orient
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