Republicans adopt prohibition plank at Chicago convention
At the Chicago Republican convention President Hoover led the push for a prohibition plank that would keep federal control over dry states and liquor in wet states. Hoover and Curtis were renominated. debate over the eighteenth amendment dominated, with Bingham's repeal plank defeated 681 to 472 as southern Republicans swung against northern and midwest allies.
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State News in Brief captures Michigan reports
Lansing agricul tural statistician says crops are above average and fruit prospects remain fairly good. Port Huron police raid Benjamin Richert home found basement with bar and orchestra, neighbors objected. Ann Arbor Russian Student Club forms at University of Michigan with 13 of 19 members natives of Russia. In Ramsey a 6 year old dies after being struck by a car driven by Fred Selsky. accident tied to school closing picnic. Niles state police probe explosive damage to Berrien Lake presumed by poachers. Traverse City Cherry Festival bans other desserts. cherry pie only legal. bootlegger penalties set. Lansing Michigan Milk Producers Association purchases conden sary butter plants at Sebewaing Vassar North Adams and Clifford. Grand Rapids furniture history book in works by George F. Clingman. Grand Rapids seven year old Edward Koziol seriously injured in two auto crashes. Battle Creek man pleads guilty to drunken driving. sentence deferred. Adrian Walter Hurst sentenced to 90 days for slapping 7 week old son. Escanaba porcupine gnawed insulator brackets blamed for telephone line damage. East Lansing MS College entomology dept recommends apple coddling moth banding as supplementary control. Ludington Hamlin Lake district reports unusually large deer herds. some deer seen with cattle. local farmer foresees venison herd of about twenty five.
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G.0. P. Big Show at Chicago was a Masterpiece
Chicago Republican convention nominated Herbert Hoover for president and Charles Curtis for vice president. The event featured a long roll call, floor demonstrations, and debates over the Eighteenth amendment and a proposed platform modification. Despite attendance gaps, the majority report on the platform passed 462 to 682.
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