Show would fill her dead husbands husband seat mrs airs edith nourse lingers widow of congressman john jacob rogers has bas announced that site she would become a candidate for election as representative of the fifth massachusetts district to succeed tier her husband my aly intention and wish have been to return to my work among the disabled veterans of the world war but there seems to be a desire for it a continuance ti nuance ce of the policies established by my husband and for which he worked so hard mrs airs rogers still said 1 I be hove that the residents of the district k are entitled if they wish it to have hav e me carry on the work and I 1 also believe lieve that under the circumstances lie he would wish me to continue this work if called upon I 1 have thlire therefore fore concluded an clouded to comply with the apparent wish of the residents of the district and hereby announce my candidacy for the balance of the present term mrs airs rogers Is the third woman to seek beck election to the house of representatives to fo succeed her husband upon his death mrs mae nolan of san francisco was elected to the sixty seventh congress anti and the sixty eighth congress after the death of her husband john nolin nolan while mrs airs julius kahn also of san francisco francas co wits was elected at it a recent election to succeed tier her husband mrs winnifred mason jason huck of illinois was chosen in 1022 1922 to succeed her father william mason as congressman at large front from that state she served one term |