Saloon league, Ku Klux Klan face new reporting rule
The piece notes a proposed requirement for reporting all sums received and disbursed by political groups. Senator Borah says the committee can call sessions and form a quorum with one member. Jurisdiction would cover political and non political groups nationwide, affecting corporate backing for candidates. The move unsettles the Republican National Committee.
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Saloon League
Ku Klux Klan
Borah
Republican National Committee
Contrast Between Republican and Democratic Conventions
The piece contrasts New York and Cleveland conventions, noting the Republican event as boss ridden and controlled, with a rare burst of rank and file rebellion over vice presidential selection. It praises Democrats as freely debating, energetic, and fearless, promising vigorous canvass of party sentiment before a candidate is chosen.
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Butler
Republian
New York
Late Democratic Convention War Fades Into Possible Unity
The first four days of the Democratic convention show deepening rifts between McAdoo and Smith, with shouting and feuds. Yet historical parallels to 1920 suggest a midnight conference could yield a united ticket while delegates tire, and leaders seek a softened split.
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Lowden
Wood
New York
Hotel Blackstone
Chicago
Metropolis
George Brennan
Tom Taggart
Judge Rockwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
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Jove
Tammany Hall
Burgess Bedtime Stories 8 The Hungry Watchers
Reddy Fox watches two young porcupines as they start their morning, while Blacky the Crow spreads news across the Green Forest. The crowd gathers to observe the Porcupine brood and the fox weighs a meal as the story hints at a forthcoming encounter.
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Blacky the Crow
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Reddy
Two Kinds of Sense by Florence Davies
A collection of comic and reflective anecdotes on book sense and plain sense, stressing parents' role in teaching practical wisdom. It contrasts a humorist tale with real world lessons about responsibility, punctuality, and milk for supper, illustrating how upbringing shapes everyday judgment.
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Florence Davies
Fred C. Kelly
America
Pels
Mr. Kelly
Borah Heads Senate Campaign Finance Committee
Senator Borah, chair of the special senate committee investigating campaign contributions and expenditures, asserts the panel will press its case. Other members include Jones of Washington, Shipstead of Minnesota, Caraway of Arkansas, and Bayard of Maryland. He says hearings will be public and all testimony broadcast. The panel will scrutinize political organizations including the Anti-. further details unreadable.
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Senate
Jones
Washington
Shipstead
Minnesota
Caraway
Arkansas
Bayard
Maryland
Prohibition Agents Seize Large Liquor Cache in New York
Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League said federal agents have seized 56 200 cases of liquor 300 barrels of beer and 8 500 gallons of beverage alcohol in New York since the Democratic national convention crowd began arriving last Saturday The report cites a New York Associated Press dispatch dated June 27 1924.
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New York
Associated Press
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti- Saloon League
Black men executed for slaying of white woman in Arkansas
Two Black men, Spur geon Rock and Will Bettis, were executed by electric chair at the Arkansas State Penitentiary for the first degree murder of Mrs. Effie Latimer, a white woman, near Gateher on December 28.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Spurgeon Rock
Will Bettis
Effie Latimer
Gateher
Thaw Buys Estate Near Winchester for Retirement
Harry K Thaw paid the first installment on Kenilworth an estate five miles from Winchester. He plans retirement there to devote himself to fruit growing. A New York architect is hired to plan improvements on the mansion and the 104 acre farm.
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Thaw
The
Associated Press
Winchester
W. Va
Harry K. Thaw
Kenilworth
New York
Doctor Dolittle Weather Bureau Expands Across Seas
In a tale from 1923, the Doctor and his avian team, led by One Eye the prophet, develop a bird weather bureau. They forecast winds, coordinate bird migrations, and publish Weather Reports on a new notice board. Fantippan merchants grow wealth, prompting government scrutiny of Dolittle’s methods.
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John Dolittle
Channel Islands
England
One Eye
Cheapside
Speedy
Too
Doctor's Post Office
Cape Horn
Randwich Islands
Cut
Antartica
Fantippans
West Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Indian Ocean
Kingdom of
Fantippo
Foreign Mails Post Office
No-Man's’ Land Weather Bureau
London
Africa
Royal Meteorologist
Primary Markets Discussed by Dun’s
New York June 27 The Associated Press reports that Dun’s will say the price situation in primary markets remains influenced by a control fee factor. Some trade departments show concessions in quotations but resist aggressive operations as industrial lines await developments. Wholesale dry goods dealers push to clear accumulations that should have moved earlier, keeping values irregular.
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Associated Press
New York
Dun
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