Cannon After Baskob in Virginia Campaign
In Virginia the split in the Democratic Party deepens as Bishop James Cannon Jr. urges anti Smith Democrats to abstain from the state primary and back a separate ticket, a move feared to threaten the dominant party in November. The clash highlights tensions over the party’s leadership and harmonizing factional differences in the South.
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Robert M. Lynn
Washington, D. C
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Virginia
James Cannon, Jr
Cannon
Virginia Mirrors 1928 Battles Over Raskob in Party Split
The piece explains how Bishop Cannon’s attacks on national party leader Raskob could redraw Virginia politics in 1929, shifting focus from prohibition and religion to leadership and party unity. It notes Cannon’s aim to mobilize anti Raskob voters and hints at a Washington dinner as a signaling move in the intra party contest.
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Hog Caller Announces Kansas City Lineups
Hughie Henry, famed hog caller, bellows lineups for the Kansas City Blues home games. He serves as the stockyards leading hog caller and previously announced at Young Stribling's Miami training camp.
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Hughie Henry
Kansas City Blues
Henry
Young Stribling
Miami
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