Primary Voting Rules Allow Independent Nomination In Kansas
Attorney General Fred S. Jackson explains how independent candidates may be nominated under the primary law in Topeka on May 2. Two methods exist: blank ballots and circulating petitions. Voters cannot cross party lines by writing another party’s candidate on a ballot. misballots invalidate the vote, and a tied nomination may require a state or county ruling.
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Topeka
Fred S. Jackson
Rsans
Jackson
Federal Bureaus May Form Unified Commerce Statistical Unit
President Roosevelt and Secretary Straus approved a committee report proposing an interdepartmental statistical board to unify federal statistics. The plan routes data from the Bureau of Manufactures Census Office and Bureau of Statistics under one Foreign and Domestic Commerce Bureau with a tariffs unit. Congress action is needed to implement the coordination effort.
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Washmorox
Roosevelt
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ingmre
Government
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cmoc
Bureau of Manuacturers
Census Office
Ireau
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Congress
Securjg
Desert Bloom Plan Aims Arkansas Valley Electric Rail
Capitalists propose an electric railway from Canyon City Colorado to Dodge City Kansas 350 miles long. Power would be generated in Colorado coal fields and used for irrigation mills lighting and other uses along the route. The prospectus estimates 300000 acres irrigable creating about 74 million dollars in agricultural value.
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Arkansas Valley
Canyon City
Col
Dodge City
Kas
Colorado Town
Colorado
Arkansas
Wife of Navy Dentist Dies from Morphine Overdose
Wallryo Can May 2 Mrs. Joseph McCarthy wife of Dr Joseph McCarthy a dental surgeon in the navy on duty at Guam died here today from an overdose of morphine after being in a coma to state since Wednesday. She was 23 and from a well known Cincinnati family, long troubled by insomnia.
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Wallryo
Can
Joseph McCarthy
Navy
Guam
McCarthy
Cincinnati
Bryan Democratic club organized in McPherson county Kansas
At a McPherson county Democratic conference Oliver Matthews was named president of the Bryan Democratic club with L C Criner as secretary. Eight delegates were chosen to attend the Bryan clubs convention in Salina on May 20 and a committee was formed to select county ticket candidates and circulate petitions.
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Kansas
McPurrson
Kas
McPherson County
Oliver Matthews
L. C. Criner
Salina
Central Missouri fruit grower reports mixed crop outlook
J L Absher, noted Missouri fruit authority, surveyed orchards at SipALta on May 2. He found strawberries uninjured, most cherries and plums killed, late cherries at half a crop, peaches at one third to one half, and a large apple crop anticipated.
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Sipalta
Missouri
Absher
Idaho romance ends in St Louis marriage at Hotel Jefferson
Miss Francis E. Marshall of Grant City Missouri and Ford Marshall Jack of Mount Carroll Illinois wed at the Hotel Jefferson in St Louis after a romance that began in a one room Idaho log schoolhouse two years ago. Jack, a former Chicago Daily News writer and forest ranger, met Marshall during inspections in Teton Basin Idaho. The couple plan a Chicago visit before settling in Mount Carroll.
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Ido
Jack
University of Chicago
Chicago Daily News
Teton Basin
Idaho
Carroll, Il
Marshall
Grant City
St. Louis
Hotel Jefferson
Samuel Huey
Grand Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Margaret Marshall
Mount Carroll
Chicago
University of Missouri high school day draws thousands
Three thousand students and teachers crowded into Columbia for a Missouri university high school day. Overnight trains filled hotels and boarding houses housed many visitors as local fraternities hosted overflow. Various teacher societies met and elected officers while papers on German pronunciation and inflection were read. A luncheon and dance closed the day.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Nsinsondi Society of Teachers of English and Modern Languages
E. R. Barrett
Kirksville Normal
W. G. Beck
Missouri University
Miss Launesley
Sedalia
B F. Hollman
State University
Dr. Heyd
E. Cousley
B. H. Almstedt
Heyd
Vaeth
Paris
Dey
The
United States
Society of Mathematics
R. Hedrick
Academy Hall
Presbyterian 120th General Assembly to Push Foreign Missions
The Presbyterian Church in the United States plans its 120th General Assembly in Convention Hall May 21 and backs a New Standard aiming to raise 6 million dollars annually for foreign missions. The effort targets 100 million unevangelized people across regions including China, India, Africa, and the Philippines, with detailed counts of potential converts and required missionaries.
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Presbyterian Church
United States of America
General Assembly
Convention Hall
Omaha
Mission Workers of
Philadelphia
Mexico
Central America
South America
Japan
Korea
China
Siam
India
Persia
Turkey
Africa
Philippines
Atlantic Fleet Split For Monterey Bay Celebration
The Atlantic fleet divided into two squadrons to celebrate its stay in Monterey Bay. The first squadron sailed to Santa Cruz while the second remained until Monday to join the voyage, with boxing bouts baseball games boat races and liberty ashore. Officers toured the seventeen mile drive and attended a Del Monte hotel naval ball.
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Monterey
Can
Atlantic
Monterey Bay
Santa Cruz
Connecticut
Kansas
Vermont
Louisiana
Georgia
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Virginia
Mayor Jacks
Delmonte
Presidio
Tur Weather Ahead For Week In Progress
May 2 forecast shows rains spreading from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico during the week starting May 3. A Pacific to Atlantic rain system moves in May 3 to 6, with another broad rain area near week end. Warm spell is expected in the Middle and Northern states before the second disturbance arrives.
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Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
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Miesport Meni Authority
Idaho Forest
St. Lows
Ahile
Montgomery
Bob” Taylor
Hobson
Presbyterian
America
Board of Foreign Missions
Shanghai
Beirut
Syria
Board of Publication
Board of Missions For Freedmen
South
Biddle University
Charlotte
N.C
FLERT
Portia
Miladi
Leonard
Bed Davenport
Verona
Hoosier
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