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Last week, however, that prospect was materially altered when Illinois Republicans held their State convention at Springfield. A Prohibition referendum goes on the Illinois ballot this November, due to the 400,000 petition signatures obtained by Chairman Bernard Snow of the Cook County Republican Committee and his Wet friends. Voters are asked three questions: 1) Shall the 18th Amendment be repealed? 2) Shall the Volstead Act be modified? 3) Shall the State Dry law be repealed? On two previous Prohibition polls (1922, 1926), Illinois voted Wet two-to-one. Observers last week could detect no shift in sentiment this year...
...relief policies. Senator Allen, though nominated, lost political power when Governor Reed was beaten because David Winfield Mulvane, potent Old Guard boss, National Committeeman for Kansas, successfully supported Nominee Haucke. Vice President Curtis, partial to the Mulvane-Haucke wing of the party, journeyed to Topeka to cast his primary ballot, then hurried east to enjoy the social atmosphere of Newport, R. I. Missouri. With no serious contests all 16 Congressmen (ten Republicans, six Democrats) were renominated...
Kentucky in last week's primary first used its new election law requiring a 24-hour delay before ballot boxes were unsealed, the court begun. Senator John Marshall Robsion was unopposed for the Republican Senatorial Nomination to succeed himself. Judge Marvel Mills Logan had no opposition for the Democratic Senatorial Nomination. In only six of the state's eleven Congressional districts was it necessary to hold primaries for House nominations...
Every year Film Daily asks cinema critics to pick the ten directors they liked best. Last week the last ballot was counted. Elections: 1) Alfred E. Green of Warner (Disraeli, The Green Goddess, The Man from Blankley's); 2) King Vidor of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Hallelujah, Not So Dumb); 3) Clarence Brown of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Anna Christie, Wonder of Women) ; 4) Lionel Barrymore of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Madame X, His Glorious Night). Others: Ernst Lubitsch, Roy Del Ruth, Herbert Brenon, James Whale, Frank Lloyd, Sidney Franklin. Good directors not placed: Raoul Walsh, Dorothy Arzner, Edmund Goulding, Frank Borzage...
Last week Chief Justice Goss of the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Grocer Norris off the Republican ballot because his petition had not been legally filed July 3. Greatly relieved, Senator Norris, a 2-to-1 favorite, stayed in the party primary...