National Affairs: Two Hirams

Many a thumping wad was skrunched when Four-Corners read the newspaper jest: HIRAM JOHNSTON OUT OF RACE.

One Hiram Johnston, a farmer of Zilwaukee, Mich., proposed as Presidential candidate by local farmers, wrote to the Michigan Secretary of State saying he was not a candidate, and asking that his name be withdrawn from the primaries. Of this homely fact the headline writers made good sport.