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...Probably to be retained as Secretary of Agriculture: famed Kansan agronomist, William M. Jardine...
Another chef was the wayfaring Editor William Allen White of the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette. Far at sea, Editor White heard that his "withdrawal" of charges against Nominee Smith had been interpreted as a "retraction." No retractor, Editor White cabled his fellow Kansan, Henry Justin Allen, national publicity chief for Hooverism: "On the prostitution issue I proved my case, got a conviction and suspended the sentence. I only did this because I felt that a debate on the subject of harlotry was not worthy of a presidential campaign...
...Omaha, Secretary Wilbur of the Navy said: "I am for Herbert Hoover." He thus became the third overtly Hooverized member of the Cabinet. The others are Mr. Work and Postmaster General New. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine is paying his fellow Kansan, Candidate Curtis, the compliment of staying silent...
Charles Curtis, the Indian-blooded Kansan, accepted Senator Borah's invitation to proclaim himself no friend of the palefaces' firewater...
With airplanes, tanks, armored cars and motor cycles competing, the cavalry, once the most spectacular service of national defense, is so little heard of that few citizens know who is U. S. cavalry chief. Major General Herbert B. Crosby is his name. A 56-year-old Kansan, he served in Cuba, the west, the Philippines and, as a Colonel of Infantry, in France. He mounted the highest of U. S. horses...