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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...London the closing session of the House of Commons, which was about to rise and reconvene for a new session with the Speech from the Throne on November 8, last week brimmed with historic interest. The Prime Minister asked a vote of confidence on his foreign policy to date and won it, 345-to-138, after plainly intimating to the House that what must now be expected is an almost unlimited extension of Japanese influence in East Asia and of German influence in East Europe. The shades of British Imperialists from Good Queen Bess to Rudyard Kipling must have paled...
Characterizing the loss by the Demoerats of several seats in the House and Senate as "a normal political phenomenon," Holcomber hold that any change contemplated in the traditional alignment of the parties before the vote could still be brought about...
...easy to pass that one off by replying "Oh, he's not up for election." Questions like "Do I have to vote for only one? It would be so nice to give them all a chance," presented more serious difficulties, which, however, if insoluble, could be passed on to those in attitude was taken by an elderly woman who fortified herself by saying that "Curley has been in there too long. It was no use explaining that Hurley and Curley were not the same...
...idea of the thing was that the Republican vote-checker at the polling place would give the volunteer a list showing all the registered voters by addresses. An "R" or a "D" showed which party they were registered under, and those who had already voted were checked off. The season was open for the other Republicans. You started canvassing at one end of the street and looked at the other with a longing eye. The longer the street the more longing...
Final returns on the referendum gave 21,182 'No' votes to 20,188 'Yes' votes, a margin or defeat of 1,294. Approximately 5,700 ballots had no vote on the Plan E charter question. The total registration for election...