Democratic Platform Fight Divides Nation Over Klan
The Democratic national convention rejected Newton Baker's substitute on the League of Nations and adopted the majority platform. Debate raged over naming the Ku Klux Klan in a proposed plank with leaders arguing for a broader approach to religious liberty and civil rights. The session featured disorderly scenes as the roll call stretched into the night and adjournment proposals were floated.
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Associated Press
Madison Square Garden
Ku Klux Klan
League of Nations
Abe Ku Klux Klan
Franklin
Walsh
New York
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Mr. Baker
Woodrow Wilson
United States
League
Resolutions Committee
Baker
Pattangall
Maine
Senator Owen
Oklahoma
Owen
National Convention
Klan
America
Ku Klux
Deadly tornado devastates Loraine Mississippi Valley
Cleveland dispatch reports 200 killed and about 1,500 injured as a powerful tornado strikes Loraine and surrounding areas. Telegraph and telephone lines are down, trains hindered, and relief efforts mobilize from Elyria and Sandusky to reach the stricken city. Theatre collapses trap hundreds, with rescue crews seeking medical aid amid widespread destruction.
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Loraine
Cole H. Pond
Red Cross
Elyra
Nickel Plate Railroad
Wee S
Elyria
Pecuat
Cleveland Plain Dealer
East Loraine Nolishar
Pere
Sandusky
Sheffield
Black River
the Plain Dealer
Campaign to Stop Filling Booze Prescriptions in Amarillo
A movement in Amarillo seeks a city commission ordinance prohibiting filing whiskey prescriptions. Supporters cite a Supreme Court ruling validating such cities may act, aiming to model California. Two commissioners reportedly favor the measure, with 130 to 271 gallons of alcohol and whiskey per quarter sold by seven drug stores, mostly for medical prescriptions.
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City Commission
Supreme Court
Washington
California
Austin
Klan Sued For Half Million By Publishing Co
The American United Publishing Company sues the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in U S district court for 500000 alleging conspiracy against races and classes. It claims Neu f aid Jets recruited to smear the Klan and that internal fights caused the publication Tol erance to lose subscriptions and money.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
United States District Court
American United Publishing Company
Kabs
Atlanta
Aisrap He. Wisson
Tolerance
Germany Admitted To International Chamber Of Commerce
Paris June 23 Germany was admitted to membership in the International Chamber of Commerce. The motion, led by a Belgian member and supported by Etienne Clementel, French finance minister, passed unanimously. Two conditions were set: German commercial interests must accept a prior reparations resolution and the Dawes plan report must be accepted.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
International Chamber of Commerce
Etienne Clementel
Council of the Chamber
Chamber
Dawes
Packing Company Records Opened to Inspectors
Chicago June 28 The department of agriculture won its contest for the right to inspect packs and records of the packing companies when Federal Judge Clyffe issued a writ of mandamus ordering all such records opened to department inspectors.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture Today
Clyffe
Mussolini Cabinet May Resign After Premier Speech
Rome June 23. All members of Mussolini's cabinet will likely resign their portfolios. Reportedly set to place their positions at the premier's disposal today or tomorrow following his recent Senate address.
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Rome
Sugar King Spreckels Dies in San Francisco Home
Adolph B. Spreckels, prominent sugar magnate and manufacturer, died at his San Francisco residence on June 23. His death marks the end of a career spanning decades in the sugar industry and business leadership.
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Sugar King
San Francisco
Adolph B. Spreckies
Adopted Planks on Kian and the League of Nations
The text outlines Democratic platform planks on religious freedom and civil liberties, urging separation of church and state, free exercise, speech, and press, plus the right to assemble and petition. It champions world peace through the League of Nations, calls for a referendum to gauge public support, and asserts a moral leadership role for the United States in global affairs.
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League OF Nations
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World Court of Justice
Family of Nations
Leages of Nations
Covenant of the League
Senate
First bale of 1924 cotton sold in Houston auction
On June 8 at the Houston Cotton Exchange the first bale of the 1924 crop sold for over 100 dollars above the year’s price. It was bought by J. M. and others from Brown Juan Diag and A. Bentsen of the Mission section Rio Grande Valley.
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Associated Press
Houston
Juan Diag
A. Bentsen
Mission
Rio Grande Valley
Houston Cotton Exchange
J. M
Dollar corn market rise linked to grower action
Des Moines reports the Corn Growers Association says its February effort to push a dollar corn price succeeded as corn sold at 1.01 dollars per bushel on the Chisago market. Thousands of farmers withheld grain from markets, boosting hoped price.
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Associated Preas
Democrats urged to name former service member for VP
A caucus of former service men and women from 49 states urged the Democrats to nominate a veteran as vice president, with Arkansas chair O L Bodenhamer saying no choice will be made among the three or four named. Texas Calhoun's resolution calls for a candidate with war and peace time record. Daw’s Republican nomination prompted the move to appeal to soldiers.
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Fy Associated
New York
Nanic
O. L. Bodenhamer
Arkansas
C. G. Calhoun
Texas
Charles G. Daw
French Socialists Refuse Ruhr Appropriations Vote
Paris June 28 The Herriot ministry faced a perilous moment as the socialists refused to approve appropriations for the occupation forces in the Ruhr. The premier sought confidence votes and part of the socialist group abstained from voting, signaling a fragile coalition fate.
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Associated Presa
Paris
Herriot
Ruhr
Fifty Years Since Adobe Walls Fight Remembered
The 1924 commemoration drew visitors from many states as planes and autos gathered at Adobe Walls. Surviving participants Andrew Johnson and Fred Leonard recalled the 1874 battle led by Olive Dixon. Efforts to erect a monument succeeded, with local supporters contributing funds and the Panhandle Plains Pilatoric Society taking interest.
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City Kansas
Fred Leonard
Lake City
Johnson
Panhandle
Southwest
Viiluy
Adobe Walls
Olive Dixon
William. Dixon
F. PB
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