Literary Digest Prohibition Poll Faces Skepticism on Reflection
The Literary Digest poll tracks national views on enforcement modification and repeal of Prohibition. While many favor keeping the 18th Amendment, criticism notes the survey may not mirror public sentiment, with strong regional contrasts in the South and early repeal efforts failing in states like Maine Kansas Iowa and North Dakota.
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Literary Digest
United States
Floyd Gibbons
Richmond
South
Maine
Kansas
Iowa
North Dakota
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Ten Years Of Women In Politics
The piece notes rising female political impact in the U S with Ruth Hanna McCormick's senate nomination seen as a milestone. It cites increases in women officeholders in Minnesota from 227 to 348 and parallels growth in Connecticut Michigan and Wisconsin, with League of Women Voters data reflecting widespread presence and reelection records.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States Senate
Deneen
Connecticut
Michigan
Wisconsin
League of Wo- Voters
J. Ham Lewis
Political Shifts Show Women Gaining In Local Politics
The record notes women learning the game of politics and poised to gain rapid influence in smaller subdivisions where their impact is strongest. It highlights apt study and potential in the evolving political landscape.
Tornadoes Rattle Texas Oklahoma and Midwest Death Toll Grows
A Texas Frost tornado isolated the town, with up to 70 feared dead as fires raged and a special train with doctors arrived from Corsicana. Oklahoma City reports 30 homes damaged, while Chicago and nine states endure widespread destruction with multiple fatalities.
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Hillsboro
Texas
Frost
Here
Corsicana
Gunfire Incident Ends With Wounding and Car Crash
Sheriff’s officers pursued Alley after a shooting at cane corner. Wier and his wife had just divorced. Alley fled to a hospital while Wier was injured and later captured. The suspect’s future disposition remained undetermined the night of the report.
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Page Cane
B and
Park Streets
Lett Hospital
Sherif Gilbert
Hodges
Meigs
Wier
Alley
Steveneville
Wyoming Man Completes Quiet Self Destruction in Home
Green River Wyoming May 2 Mike Schefeik 46 prepared for death over hours arranging lodge regalia a lodge Bible and a prepared room before drinking poison in his basement he left a note blaming domestic infelicity and had recently updated his will naming his widow as sole beneficiary while he worked as manager of the waterworks he was found by his wife after she failed to find him for luncheon.
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Oklahoma City
South City
Tom Ewen
Ewen
David Bean
Green River
Wyo
Mike Schefeik
Schefeik
Schefcik
James Gourley Remembered by Pioneer Society Members
James Gourley, a one term Gallatin county clerk and recorder, worked for John T. Murphy & Co in Helena, then mined before an injury from a shaft accident near Stemple. He returned to Bozeman in 1928, attended the 1927 Society of Montana Pioneers meeting in Missouri, and lingered in Helena and Bozeman while in fair health with a sharp memory for his age.
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Gallatin County
Helena
John T. Murphy & Co
Stemple
Bozeman
Society of Montana Pioneers
Missouri
Hoover asks Congress for 250000 to boost law enforcement inquiry
President Hoover urged Congress to provide an additional 250000 for the law enforcement commission to continue probing prohibition enforcement and related laws. The request covers fiscal year 1931 with prior 250000 allotment nearly exhausted. The commission has proposed measures including transferring the prohibition bureau to the justice department and stronger border and prison controls.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Law Enforcement Commission
United States
Roop
Budget Bureau
Commission
Prohibition Bureau
Justice Department
House
Senate
Army
Morrow Pursues New Jersey Senate Bid
Dwight W. Morrow rejected a senate appointment and announced a focused campaign for the Republican nomination from New Jersey. If nominated and elected, he would fill the unexpired term of December 1930 to March 1931 and seek a six year term beginning 1981, with plans to enter office after the December session.
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Washington
United States Senate
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
Senate
Morrow
Walter E. Edge
France
Merrew
Larson
Beird
Mexico City
London Naval Conference
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