Baptist Convention declares defeat of anti prohibition candidates
The Southern Baptist convention announced a plan to oppose any candidate at any level who opposes the current prohibition law. The report urged support for the Anti Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union and praised Governor Emerson of Illinois for vetoing repeal legislation. Dr W J McGlothlin was re elected president and St Petersburg Fla won the 1932 convention bid.
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Ala
Southern Baptist Convention
W. D. Upshaw
Georgia
Anti-Saloon League
Women's Christian Temperance Union
A. J. Baron
Wilmington
N. C
Emerson
Illinois
Ilinois
W. J. McGlothlin
Greenville
S. C
St. Petersburg
Fla
Recount Nears End in Heflin Bankhead Alabama Contest
The Senate elections subcommittee neared completion of a recount in ten Alabama counties to determine whether to continue the Heflin Bankhead contest. By mid recount, Heflin led Bankhead by 626 votes but trailed 15,520 to 27,431 versus official totals of 17,102 and 29,639.
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Senate
Heflin-Bankhead
Alabama
Heflin
Bankhead
Numa F. Reid Lodge Set for Monday Called Meeting
Master Masons called meeting of Numa F. Reid Lodge No 344 A F and A M Monday at 7 30 PM. Entered apprentice degree will be conferred. Members urged to attend and visiting Master Masons invited. G C Howard W M H C Massey Secy.
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Numa F. Reid Lodge
G. C. Howard
W. M. H. C. Massey
Sec’y
Democrats to Wage Drive on Economic Issue in 1930s
Senator Hull of Tennessee said Democrats would base their national campaign next year on the economic issue, with prohibition and state control plans taking a secondary role. He urged the party to abandon the 1928 platform and confront tariff and commercial policies to regain leadership.
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Washington
Senator Hill
Tennessee
Hull
Raskob
National Committee
Jouett Shouse
Houston
Mitchell on Racketeers and a Palm Sunday Gospel
Attorney General Mitchell said illicit liquor traffic accounts for about one fifth of gangster revenue, urging local and state action to curb crime. The piece also presents a Palm Sunday gospel lesson by WM. FE. GILROY with reflections on Jesus triumphant entry and its contrast to later events.
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Mitchell
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Radio Forum
Washington Star
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Jerusalem
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Gethsemane
Father
God
The Sex Side of Life Likely Reproduced Abroad
Mary Ware Dennett has received requests to reproduce her pamphlet The Sex Side of Life in multiple languages including Chinese Japanese Russian Yiddish Spanish Greek and Arabic. Her new book The Sex Education of Children will be published by Vanguard Press in June.
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Mary Ware Dennett
Vanguard Press
Bowers Delivers Centennial Oration at Alabama Campus
Claude G. Bowers, author of The Tragic Era and Jefferson and Hamilton, spoke the centennial oration at the University of Alabama on May 1. The event highlighted his assessment of American political history and national themes.
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Claude G. Bowers
Jefferson
Hamilton
University of Alabama
Seed On the Wind ban shocks Irish Free State
Rex Stout novel Seed On the Wind is among several new works banned by the Irish Free State. The action reflects ongoing censorship and cultural tensions in the period. Independent critics condemn the bans as restricting literary freedom while publishers assess next steps.
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Rex Stout
The
Irish Free Ta
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