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would be created due to reduced Gus
toms receipts and shrinkage in cur
rent revenues.
Unless belated returns change the
~ figures materially, Senator Cole
Blease and James f. Byrne will be the
candidates in a run-off Democratic
primary in South Carolina to choose
the man to fill the seat now held by
Blease. In an eight-cornered race for
the gubernatorial nomination Olin D.
Johnston was well in the lead. In
both cases nomination is considered
equivalent to election.
Democrats of Idaho in state conven-
ton nominated Joseph Tyler of EN-
NETT to oppose Senator Borah. The
Republicans re-nominated Borah and
Representatives Burton L. French and
Addison T. Smith by reclamation.
For the Republican gubernatorial
nomination in California James Rolph,
Jr., mayor of San Francisco, had
good lead over Gov. G. G. Young and
Buron Fits, district attorney of Los
Angeles. Young was Endorsed by the
California Anti-Saloon league, which
explained that Fits also was dry, but
something had to be done to defeat
ROlph."
Mississippi Democrats re-nominated
Senator Pat Harrison and the eight
sitting representatives in the lower
house.
In the run-off Democratic primary in
Texas Mrs. Miriam Ferguson was de-
cisively defeated by Ross S. Sterling
for the gubernatorial nomination.
DERHAPS dozen naval yards and
L shore properties will be eliminated
as no longer necessary to the efficient
operation of the naval establishment,
or at least drastically cut down in
their activities, as result of the sur
vey made by Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy Jahncke and chiefs of navy
bureaus. Several shore establish
ments probably will be consolidated
and all possible obsolete equipment
scrapped. This will be a part of the
Navy departments contribution to the
Presidents retrenchment program, and
naval officers say it will save millions
of dollars.
The navy yard at Charleston, S.
c., the naval plant at New Orleans,
the naval ordnance plant at South
Charleston, W. Va. and the naval tor
pedo plant at Alexandria, Va, are
shore properties virtually certain to
be affected by the economy survey.
In the past all efforts to close shore
properties along the Atlantic coast
have been blocked by political pres
sure.
MOT more than fifteen hundred
l members of the Grand Army of
the Republic were able to attend the
annual encampment that was held in
Cincinnati, and hardly a thousand
could take part in the grand parade
which always is the feature of the
gathering. All that could muster the
strength walked in the procession, for
those old boys resent the infirmities
of age and hate to be carried in auto
mobiles on that occasion.
The United States marine band was
present by special act of congress and
played at all the important functions
of the encampment.
Annual meetings were held by the
six subsidiary organizations of the
G. A. R.-Army Nurses Of the Civil
War, National Women's Relief Corps, :
Ladies of the G. A. R.. Daughters of
Union Veterans, Sons of Union Vet
Grams, and It's auxiliary.
MELVIN A. TRAYLOR of Chicago,
1Vl Nicholas Dosker of Louisville
and Morton Prentis of Baltimore were
appointed at a conference with Presi-
dent Hoover to prepare recommended
tons for utilizing available financing
agencies for drought relief. Their
work was based on a broad plan of
setting up state and local credit cor
poAdtAohS " at 40 Observation-Disclosures ih
handling loans to farmers of the af-
feeted regions. The results of their
study of the question were submitted
to the financial representatives of 10
states who met In Washington with
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. Henry
NJ. Robinson of Los Angeles was made
chairman of this financial committee,
and its meetings continued through
out the week.
Secretary Hyde, who is chairman of
the general drought relief committee.
presented a report from the American
Railway association showing that the
railroads already had transported 665
carloads of feed and live stock at