STATES & CITIES: Bible, Bond, Clgaret, Cinema

Bible, Bond, Clgaret, Cinema

In many a State voters at the polls last fortnight were asked to pass on many a special governmental proposition. Among the results:

¶ In Arkansas, a constitutional amendment requiring daily Bible reading in schools—approved.

¶ In California, a $35.000,000 bond issue to bridge the Golden Gate—won.

¶ In Oregon, a proposal to prohibit the sale, manufacture, transportation or advertisement of cigarets—beaten 3-to-1.

¶ In Brookline. populous (47,427), autonomous, fashionable Boston suburb, an old ban on all cinema theatres—lifted.

¶ In Louisiana, Confederate pensions— upped from...

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