American Elections. The energetic manner in which people of the United States conducted their elections was commented lip by Mr Justice Kennedy, who returned from a Avorld tour by the Monterey on Saturday. His Honor said he was in San Francisco during the recent mayoral election and found that some remarkable methods were used for attracting electors' votes. Outstanding among these was "sky-writing" by aeroplanes, in which slogans such as "Vote for Mayor Rossi" were spelled out in smoke. So high was, the "writing" done that the aeroplanes looked exceedingly small. Another method of campaigning was with processions of cars, which drove through the streets bearing banners and accompanied by a great noise of hooters.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 94, 29 November 1939, Page 2
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115Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 94, 29 November 1939, Page 2
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