Democratic repeal plank dominates 1932 convention session
At Chicago June 30 the Democratic national convention endorsed immediate repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and a more liberal Volstead Act, led by Al Smith and Senator Walsh. The roll call showed strong anti prohibition blocs but varied regional support, with Roosevelt aligned delegates backing broader platform changes including economic and monetary reforms.
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Roll Call On Democratic Repeal Plank In Chicago
United Democratic roll call tallies show ayes and noes across states on the minority prohibition plank. Alabama through Wyoming list votes. several states report all noes while Georgia and Alabama display mixed results. A final note mentions a new two wing bullet design claimed to reach 500 feet per second and pierce armor at 30 yards.
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Purification Health Ad Promotes Calotabs Cure
A physician endorsed claim urges Purification of the system as key to health. It touts Calotabs for cleansing the blood by energizing the liver kidneys stomach and bowels with trial and family package prices.
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India opens first section of world irrigation project
The initial segment of the world's largest irrigation system in India is now in service. The project will eventually supply water to 5,000,000 acres via 6,400 miles of canals, transforming agricultural irrigation nationwide.
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Detective Shot Marcher Chiapetta Murder Trial
In Marion North Carolina two witnesses identified W B Banks Asheville Southern Railway detective as the shooter in the Chiapetta murder case. Chiapetta Houston war veteran was killed in a box car after a train halted in Marion railroad yards. Witnesses J W Phillips and Arthur Horton testified Banks fired a revolver into the car floor.
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Record June rain floods Oklahoma with record 14.08 inches
New drenchings swelled a record monthly rainfall in Central and Northwestern Oklahoma causing wind and lightning damage. The Oklahoma City rain gauge reached 14.08 inches for June the highest on record for a month. An Enid country club was struck by a tornado endangering lives as streams rose and roads were flooded.
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Binney Woodward Earl Marries For Third Time
Edgewater Park New Jersey June 30 Binney Woodward Earl has taken the same woman to wife for the third time They wed first in 1916 divorced 1927 and remarried in Nova Scotia last year A Maryland ceremony followed to be married under the American flag.
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