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 $30 to $60 per month.
¶In Washington, county ownership and operation of public utilities—sanctioned.
¶ In Nebraska, an $8.000.000 bond issue to replenish the State's "guaranty fund" from which depositors of failed banks were to be repaid—defeated.
¶ In Oklahoma, women were determined ineligible for the governorship.