Primaries

Missouri. When handsome, eloquent and often blatant Senator James A. Reed was thwarted in his presidential ambitions, he said he was through with politics--but not quite. He wanted to name his successor in the Senate. He picked a Wet named James A. Collet. He compared Candidate Collet's opponent, a Dry named Charles Martin Hay, to Alabama's buffoon Senator James Thomas ("Tom Tom") Heflin. But Missouri voters, last week, gave Senator Reed a farewell rebuke and gave the Democratic nomination to Mr. Hay, who is neither handsome, eloquent nor blatant. In school, Mr. Hay was bright. In St. Louis, he is a lawyer. In politics, he preaches Prohibition and yet says he will support Alfred Emanuel Smith.

The Republicans nominated Roscoe C. Patterson to oppose Mr. Hay for Reed's seat.

Kansas. Clyde Martin Reed, Republican, publisher, railroad rate expert, and Chauncey B. Little, Democrat, lawyer, were nominated for Governor.

Oklahoma and Virginia nominated several handfuls of U. S. Representatives.