Democratic convention in chaos as Klan plank divides
Madison Square Garden, June 28. Police surrounded the crowded hall amid fighting over the platform and a minority plan to name the Ku Klux Klan. Leaders arranged a special tonight session to debate the Klan plank away from the galleries while Bryan’s non naming plank moves forward.
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Madison, Square Garden
New York
Madison Square Garden
Cummings
Resolutions Committee
William Jennings Bryan
Colby
Bainbridge Colby
Still Argue Klan Denunciation Division At Democratic Meet
New York dispatch reports ongoing disputes among Democratic leaders over how to handle the Ku Klux Klan in the national convention platform. The platform committee may issue two reports, one condemning the Klan without naming it and another attacking it by name, with delegates split along factional lines.
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Platform Committee
Cummings
Resolutions’ Committee
League of Nations
Newton
James R. Nugent
Newark
Ku Klux Klan
Walsh
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
New ‘York
Edith Bennett
Concord
N. H
Gin
Edmund Moore
Newton D. Baker
W. A. McCorkle
Charleston
W. Va
National Committee
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
spe#er
New York
Smith
Franklin. D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
McAdoo
Underwood
Hlinois
Filinoig
George E. Brennan
Klan
Brennan
Edmund H. Moore
Ohio
The Democratic Party Plank on the Klans Role
The Democratic party re affirms its adherence to constitutional cardinal principles and the separation of church and state. It pledges obedience to lawful processes and condemns efforts to arouse religious or racial dissension. It insists on no religious test for public office and upholds freedom of speech press and assembly.
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Democratic Party
Isi
Congress
United States
Weather outlook week beginning Monday in Upper Mississippi region
Weather summary shows cloudy unsettled conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible Tuesday or Wednesday. Moderate temperatures expected midweek with cooler periods. Kansas forecast indicates fair weather tonight and Sunday, followed by cooler conditions.
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Washington
Jane
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Kin's Drug Store 1104 Mass Dish
Fragmentary OCR suggests a local column or ad item from Kin's Drug Store at 1104 Mass with a bake related note about berries. Details are unclear but indicate a short sale or recipe tease in a community page.
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Kin’s Drug ‘Store
Mass
Service Man Placed on Democratic Vice Presidential Prospect
A June caucus of former service men in New York discussed nominating a veteran as the Democratic vice presidential candidate. The group, with representatives from forty states, will not choose among three asked veterans. Arkansas chair O. L. Bodenhamer announced the panel accepts most platform suggestions but rejects universal military service.
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New York
O. L. Bodenhamer
Arkansas
C. G. Calhoun
Texas
Charles G. Dawes
Bodenhamer
Convention
Nevada cowboy pleads guilty in car theft and robbery case
Sentenced to terms in the state reformatory for stealing a Chalmers touring car from Louis Lee and robbing him of a dollar with threats. Co-defendant James Shigley, 15, may be sent to juvenile court. Fingerprints were sent to penitentiaries with no response. Lawrence Jones alias Lawrence West, tied to another theft, was also sentenced to a reformatory term.
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Harry Lordon
Nevada
Chalmers
Louis Lee
Fort-To-Fort
Hugh Means
State Reformatory
James Shigley
Lordon
Lawrence Jones
Lawrence West
D. E. R. Keith
Baseball results recap with scattered scores and homers
Daily baseball results show several games with mixed scores. Brooklyn loses to Philadelphia 16 11 in first game and 10 7 in a second, with Deakan Taylor Betts Carlson Heine and Brown homering. Other games feature Gowdy Watson and Faber homers, plus Perez, Rixey, and McManus homers in varied matchups across the league.
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Brooklyn
Osses
Philadelphia
Gowdy
Watson
Homer
Chicago
Pitts
Keen
Cartnett
Kremer
Gooch
Cincinnati
Sti Louis Bonncues
Rixey
Haines
Gonzales
Romer
Mogridge
McManus
Detroit
Cleveland
Weevene
Wells
Rotary Club to Receive New Members at Lunch
The Rotary Club will admit rev. Ray Eusden Marcel Cohn chaplain Evan Edwards D O Vaughn and George Kreeck at the regular Monday noon lunch. Kreeck, a former mayor, is welcomed as an honorary member alongside the new inductees.
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Rotary Club
Ray’ Eusden
Marcel Cohn
Evan
A. Edwards
George Kreeck
Kreeck
Committee Votes Against Naming Klan at Platform Session
Madison Square Garden June 28 final session of the platform committee ends with a 34 to 16 vote against naming the Ku Klux Klan in the platform. The split signals the committee’s inability to reach agreement and the issue moving to the floor of the convention.
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Madison Square Garden
N. Y
Platform Committee
Tornado Swept Peoria Early Morning Fatalities Reported
Peoria Ills June 28 five persons known dead two more dead and over twenty injured as a tornado struck Peoria and vicinity causing property damage estimated at one and a half million dollars. Train service to Indianapolis Peoria bound disrupted. Bod ies of a woman and infant found near Cloverdale and two killed at Morton with many injured.
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Peoria
Ills
Indianapolis
Cloverdale
Morton
Here
Veterans urged to apply for war bonus via local Legion post
World war veterans in Douglas county are told Eli Ferrell Dorsey Post of the American Legion in Lawrence is designated to assist in obtaining federal adjusted compensation benefits. The post will handle rigidly filled forms. about twenty statements are required. Five hundred copies of the American Legion Weekly from June 6, 1924, with guidance and sample applications are available at City Drug Store Hess Drug Store Rankin's Drug Store and Varsity Annex for veterans’ use.
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Douglas County
Eli Ferrell Dorsey
American Legion of
Lawrence
War and Navy Departments
Washington
Legion
Elé Ferrell Dorsey
Eli Ferrell Dorsey Post
American Legion Weekly
Veterans of
City Drug Store
Hess Drug Store
Rankin’s Drug Store
Varsity
Annex
CORDLEY FIELD WON PLAYGROUND BASEBALL SHOWDOWN
The Cordsley Field playground team defeated Pinckney Park 11 to 8 in the feature event at South Park yesterday. About 150 children gathered for a big day with a peat hunt and other activities. Next week’s playground day will be Wednesday under Mrs Beatrice Cook’s supervision. Friday is canceled for the Fourth of July.
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Cordsley Field
Pinckney Park
South Park
South Wark
Thirteen Teachers Take County Certificate Exams
Thirteen county teachers sat for first, second and third grade certificate exams at the county superintendent O J Lane's office. Morning tests covered arithmetic names reading and English classics. afternoon tests included penmanship US history physiology general science and physics.
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O. J. Lane
U. S&s
Spreckels Dies In San Francisco At 82
Adolph B. Spreckels, renowned sugar magnate and manufacturer, died at his home in San Francisco on June 28. The long time figure in industry passed away peacefully. Spreckels led major sugar operations and had wide business influence across the sector.
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A. RB. Spreckels
San Francisco
Adolph ‘B. Spreckels
Big Birthday Party Honors Two Temple Masons
Two longtime Mason colleagues in Temple Kansas endured seventy and near seventy birthdays with a large public celebration at the Masonic Temple. Judges, grand masters and educators lauded W F March and F P Smith for decades of service and loyalty. Elephants and two loving cups were exchanged as gifts amid speeches describing their contributions to Lawrence and the wider Masonic and educational communities. Frank March was born June 24 1854 in Ohio and Frank Smith July 9 1854 in Indiana.
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Masonic Temple
Hugh Means
W. L. Burdick
F. D. Morse
Smith
March
University of Indiana
Kansas
Ottawa
Lawrence
Elmer F. Strain
Topeka
Clarence E. Birch
Lawrence Masons
Arthur G. Wherry
Mr. Smith
Grand Lodge of
Utah
West
Charles G. Dunlap
Melvin
Hagsts
Mr. March
Means
Iliam Frank March
Ohio
Franklin Pierce
Indiana
Preacher bound over on theft charge in Kansas
Rev William Hawkins formerly of Dunlap was held to district court after a preliminary hearing on allegedly purchasing an automobile from Dunlap farmer Charles Mackentham, not paying, and leaving the state in the car. He was arrested in Larned. A misuse of the mails inquiry is open. His wife and infant daughter are destitute and cared for by the county.
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Council Grove
Kan
William Hawkins
Dunlap
Charles Mackentham
Missouri denial repeats bonus ruling for Fred M Johnson
The statement that Fred M Johnson received a Missouri bonus is incorrect. Judge Hugh Means denied his Missouri bonus Friday in district court. Johnson had sought a state bonus, but the claim was not allowed in Missouri.
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Missouri
Fred M
Johnson
Hugh Means
Gets Ready for Election in Douglas County
The county clerk sent out blanks to all township trustees to notify judges and clerks of the coming primary election. The clerk has not yet received official notification of candidates for state offices to appear on the Douglas county ticket.
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Douglas County
France faces cabinet crisis over Ruhr occupation vote
Paris June 28 The Herriot ministry risks collapse as Socialists refuse to vote on appropriations for forces in the Ruhr. The chamber approves the spending 456 to 26 but some Socialists abstain, deciding to back the government on the Ruhr question.
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Paris
Associated Press
Herriot
Ruhr
Commissioners Delay Road Surfacing Decision Until Regular Session
County commissioners hear neighbors along a one mile stretch west of Lawrence from Twenty-Third Street to the No. 6 school house opposing the hard surfacing petition no action taken pending the regular session. No objectors present yet many petition signers attend to support the project. The road lies on the Lawrence Ottawa route approved for federal aid, following the Pleasant Grove highway to the old Santa Fe Trail.
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Lawrence
Twenty-Third
School House
Ottawa
Pleasant Grove
Collision injures Lawrence residents on Fort to Fort highway
Joe Hickock of Lawrence sustained minor neck and left hand cuts in a head on collision last night at about 11 between Harold Browns Ford touring car and Byron Williams Chandlers coupe on the Fort to Fort highway near the W R Stiner home. Brown and Miss Lillie Hickock were bruised. Williams was traveling east while the Ford went west toward Lawrence. Passersby took others in the party to Lawrence as the Ford and Williams coupe each suffered extensive damage.
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Joe Hickock
Lawrence
Harold Brown
Missouri Street
Chandlers
Byron Williams
Missouri St
Fort-To-Fort
W. R. Stiner
Lillie Hickock
Williams
Scholarships Granted to Virginia Arnold and Vena Bolin
Virginia Arnold and Vena Bolin received scholarships awarding a year’s tuition and private lessons at Kansas State College of Emporia for placing in the state musical contest held in Emporia. Arnold, a pianist, and Bolin, a bass, won second prize in their classes. Arnold will attend the university this fall, and Bolin will likely enroll there as well.
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Virginia Arnold
Vena Bolin
Kansas State College of
U S Polo Team Triumphs Over France in Olympic Opener
The United States Olympic polo team defeated France 13 to 1 in the opening match of the competition at St. Cloud on June 28. The Americans showcased a strong offense and solid defense, signaling strong medal potential for the U S squad.
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U. S
St. Cloud
France
Associated Press
United States
Fourth of July program set at Woodland Park with Capper speech
The American Legion and civic groups plan a free all day celebration at Woodland Park next Friday featuring morning Boy Scout exercises, Capper of Topeka delivering the address at 2 PM, races, a F A U baseball game, two F A U band concerts, an old fashioned fiddlers contest with prizes, a firework display at 9 PM, and dancing. Families urged to bring basket dinners and enjoy coffee served at noon and evening. Entry deadlines by Tuesday night July 1 for fiddlers contest.
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Woodland Park
American Legion
Boy Scouts of
Arthur Capper
Topeka
Holcom’s Grove
Cdb. Holmes
C. C. Carl
L. R. Melvin
Doe Rice
John R. Dyer
Petition to Vacate and Relocate County Roads
Frank Wulfkuhle and twelve others filed a petition to vacate two roads and relocate another in the district. Residents seek a half mile road from section 33 township 12 range 12E to the township west line and a parallel half mile road north to Stull county road from the same starting point. Officials have not set a date for the official viewing.
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Frank Wulfkuhle
Stull
Try Out Fire Siren At Eighth and Massachusetts
The big siren at the corner of Eighth and Massachusetts street was installed and tested today. Late this afternoon the shriek disturbed traffic on Massachusetts street as cars reacted differently, with many stopping and others disregarding the warning.
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Eighth and
Massachusetts Street
Clearing House Reserves in New York Show Excess of 13.4 Million
The weekly report on clearing house banks and trust companies in New York shows an excess reserve of 13 416 120 dollars, a decline of 39 557 300 dollars from the prior period. The data reflects the overall condition of the banking sector in June.
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New York
Manion Wins Trans Mississippi Golf Championship
James Manion of St. Louis defeated Lawson Watts of St. Louis 11 and 10 to become the Trans Mississippi golf champion in St. Joseph Missouri this afternoon.
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St. Joseph, Mo
James Manion
St. Louis
Lawson Watts
Brodhead Party Plans Summer Vacation in Colorado Springs
Mr. and Mrs. BR. B. Brodhead, with Elizabeth and Burleigh Brodhead and Miss Annie Monroe, will spend their summer vacation in Colorado Springs.
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Colorado Springs
BR. B. Brodhead
Elizabeth and
Burleigh Brodhead
Annie Monroe
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Way
Ranger Bicycles
Hanna
Setition
Ghee
Capper
F. A.U
Young
William Frank March
Franklin Pierce Smith
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