The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-08-29

ate who make so much trouble for the
administration, Senator George w.
Norris of Nebraska was renominated
by the Republicans of that state, the
regular" candidate, w. M. Stebbins,
being decisively defeated. Gov. Arthur
J. Weaver also won a denomination,
beating Harry o. Palmer of Omaha.
In the Democratic primaries former
Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock defeat
ed DR.. Jennie NJ. Callfas by about
three to one. Doctor Callfas bolted
the Democratic ticket two years ago
to support Herbert Hoover. She was
Endorsed this year by the w. c. T. U.
For the governorship the Democrats
named Charles w. Bryan. brother OF
the Commoner, who formerly held that
office.
Regular Republicans of Nebraska
were not supine under the Norris vic
tory. They intimated it had been won
by wholesale Democratic support, and
it was announced that Beatrice Fenton
Craig, a Lincoln school teacher, would
oppose Norris as an independent Re-
publican by petition.
Senator Joe Robinson and Gov.
Harvey Parnell won their fights for
denomination by the Democrats of
Arkansas. In Alabama the same party
named John II. Bankhead of Jasper
for the senate. His chief opponent
in the election will be Senator Thomas
]. Helm who, being barred from the
primary for boiling Smith in 1928, is
running as an Independent.
Oklahoma's run-off Democratic pri-
mary resulted in victory for w. Ell.
Murray for governor and Thomas P.
Gore for the senate. Their respective
Republican opponents will he Ira A.
Hill and Senator w. B. Pine.
Democrats of Ohio went wet and
dry. They named for senator Con.
gresham Robert ]. Buckley of Cleve-
land, an advocate of repeal of nation
al prohibition and then they turned
around and selected as their guberna-
torial candidate Congressman George
White of Marietta, pronounced dry
who has Anti-Saloon league backing.
Senator Roscoe G. McCulloch and
Gov. Myers Y. Cooper, Republicans,
were unopposed for denomination.
CENATOR TESS of. Ohio, the new
~ Republican national chairman,
says that the Hawley- Smoot tariff law
will be the chief issue in this falls
congressional campaigns. He admits
that prohibition may be controlling
factor in some districts, but asserts
"the distinctively social and economic
nature" of that problem precludes it
from becoming national partisan is
sue. Neither Of the major parties, he
says, is ready to make dry law en-
forcement an issue.
Under the immediate direction of
Robert II. Lucas, new executive d.
rector of the national committee, re-
search and publicity men will be
placed in charge of two bureaus to
conduct a continuous educational"
campaign to counteract the Democrat
ic tariff propaganda.
Chairman Fess accepted the resig-
nation of Mrs. Louise M. Dodson as
director of women's activities in the
Republican national committee, and
gave the position to Mrs. Ellis r. Yost
of Virginia, a leader in the National
w. C. T. U. and an experienced and
skillful politician.
VARIOUS aviation records were
v smashed last week. First, Dale
Jackson and Forest O'Brine with their
plane Greater st. Louis, recaptured
the endurance refueling record that
was taken away from them by the
Hunter brothers at Chicago. The
Hunters mark was 544 hours, but it
was easily beaten by the st. Louis pi-
lots who, at this writing, are still in
the air with the announced intention
Of staying there for 1000 hours.
Then Capt. Frank NJ Hawks sped
like an arrow across the continent
from Los Angeles to New York. with
two stops for fuel. making the distance
in the remarkable time of II hours %
minutes and seconds. His plane. a
Whirlwind powered Trayelair, main
tanned an average speed of more than
200 miles an hour.
Over in Germany Robert Kronfeld
set a new worlds record for distance
gliding, soaring from Wasserkuppe to
Gersfeld, about % miles. His flight
lasted all afternoon and he had to ma
neuver his glider in heavy gale.
Miss Laura Ingalls, at st. Louis
broke all records for barrel rolls. MAX
ing ia Of them before coming down.
with one Of its six engines disabled,
the British diriglhle RICO left Mont