Women rally for national convention on equal rights
Colorado Springs hosts the National Woman's Party convention July 7 to 10 to press for the federal Equal Rights Amendment. Western delegates plan to meet President Coolidge in the Black Hills and urge swift passage, with a monster open air rally closing the event.
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National Woman’s Party
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Congress
Coolidge
National
Woman's Tv
Black Hills
Hertha W. Fowles
Colorado
Fowler
Washington
West
United States
Monument Valley Park
Pikes Peak
Woman’s Party
Denver
Adams
Gail Laughlin
Flogs and indictments loom in Toccoa case trial
Six Stephens county men including W. G. Acres and Claude Groover face trial for flogging Mrs. Ansley Bowers and her son Lloyd, with charges of assault with intent to murder, riot and carrying weapons. If convicted on the assault charge they face two to ten years. a postponement seems likely as crowds gather in northern Georgia.
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Toccoa
Stephens County
Ansley Bowers
Lloyd
Barton Singleton
W. G. Acres
Claude Groover
Elmer Clark
Charles Thomas
T. R. Lowery
Georgia
National Woman's Party to Lead Maine Convention Sessions
A Republican Maine legislator will chair business sessions of a convention on international women's affairs. Anita Pollitzer, national secretary, returns from Europe to address the topic. Dorothy Evans of Britain will speak for Six Point Group and other feminist groups. Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, president, opens with a message from France where she extended party contracts.
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Maine
Anita Pollitzer
America
Dorothy Evans
International Advisor Council
The
Woman’s Party
Six Point Group
Women’s Freedom League
Great Britain
Oliver H. P. Belmont
National Woman’s Party
France
Floggings Reported As Ku Klux Attacks Hit County
A grand jury probes a series of beatings tied to the Bowers case. Victims describe masked assailants in Ku Klux Klan attire beating and robbing residents, with several women dragged from homes and over a dozen attackers alleged. State Klan officials deny ties to the incidents.
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Bowers
Blackburn Returns From Vacation Visit to Alabama
E. M. Blackburn of Blackburn's funeral home came back from a month long trip to Marion Alabama with his daughter Ann Lita and sons E. M. Blackburn Jr and Percy. He says the flood stricken area is in terrible condition yet shows a valiant effort to recover.
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Marion
Alabama
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Women slain in effort to cover kidnapping, police say
Two women were found shot in their bedroom in St Paul on July 4. Mrs. Ted dy Dubois, former operator of a downtown hotel, and Anne Grenville, daughter of labor leader George Grenville, were identified. Police believe the killings were meant to cover up a kidnapping connected to a gang feud.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Woman and companion slain in apparent double tragedy
Police believe Mrs. Duboin was found in bed with her killed companion and Miss Crenville, fully clad, entered later, recognized the killer, and was shot to death to prevent disclosure of her knowledge.
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