The only Jewess ever elected to Congress, Mrs. Florence Prag Kahn (R) of San Francisco, will again be a member of Congress according to the results of yesterday’s elections. She will now begin her third term since she succeeded her husband, the late Julius Kahn.
Edgar Levey, (R), speaker of the state legislature, was also re-elected. Harry Lyons of Los Angeles was returned to the state legislature and B. J. Feigenbaum of San Francisco was elected for his first term.
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