Klan on Trial in National Campaign Sidelines Dawes Debate
Edward W. Pickard surveys a turbulent week as the Ku Klux Klan faces denunciation and defeat in states from Maine to Texas. Dawes resists Klan usage in politics, Ohio Republicans denounce it, and Miriam Ferguson wins Texas governorship amid anti-Klan sentiment. Michigan warns against Klansmen near Camp Custer while Ford denies inflammatory quotes. Montana primaries advance, Dawes plan gains approval in London, and a Chicago official is linked to a $2,000,000 mail robbery as an insider.
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Edward W. Pickard K
Ku Klux Klan
Coolidge
John W. Davis
Dawes
Maine
United States
Davis
Democratic State Convention
Ohio
Texas
Miriam Ferguson
Judge Robertson
Order
Ferguson
Kluxers
Michigan
Camp Custer Military Reservation
George van Slorne Moseley
Henry Ford
Montreal Star
Ford
Detroit
Montreal
Senator Nathaniel Dial Defeats renomination challenge
South Carolina Senator Nathaniel B Dial withstands a renomination challenge as campaign actions unfold. Voters weigh support amid political maneuvering and party activity in the state.
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Nathaniel B. Dial
South Carolina
Early Zeppelin flights and rescue scenes from polar routes
Lieutenants Smith and Nelson flew from Fredericksdal to Ivig tut Greenland for the final sea crossing to Indian Harbor Labrador. Locatelli and companions were found aboard a damaged Plane 125 miles off Cape Farewell by the US cruiser Richmond after a flight from Iceland to Greenland. Locatelli requested destruction of the plane. ZR-2 test flights in Germany for the United States showed engine defects. a new motor set may be needed before Atlantic airship crossings. Overall trials were otherwise satisfactory.
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Nelson
Fredericksdal
Ivigtut
Greenland
Indian Harbor
Labrador
Locatelli
Italy
Iceland
Richmond
Cape Farewell
Germany
United States
Zepelin
Atlantic
Shanghai Faces Potential Clash Between Kilangsu and Cheklang Armies
Dispatches from Shanghai note the city, once spared from China’s civil warfare, may soon witness clashes between Kilangsu and Cheklang armies. Foreign residents urge gun boats and marines, though molestation is unlikely. The conflict centers on Wu Pei Fu’s plan to oust the Chekiang governor as a prelude to confronting Chang Tso-lin.
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Shanghai
China
Kilangsu
Cheklang
Wu Pei Fu
Chihil
Chekiang
Chang Tso- Lin
Famine Fear Looms Over Soviet Agriculture
The Moscow government reportedly admits this year's crop failure hits 60 percent of planted area and a famine as bad as 1921 may occur. Unofficial blame targets taxes, forced loans, monopoly on commerce, and artificial agricultural values amid propaganda appeals abroad.
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Moscow
Swald Villard sparks debate at Williams College speech
Nation editor Swald Villard accused the US government of aiding bankers to exploit Latin America through loans and military force. He cited Haitians killed by marines and Vera Cruz deaths as dishonoring the nation. Rear Admirals Huse and Jones rejected his claims as false and dangerous to liberty.
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Swald Garrison Villard
the Nation
America
Institute of Politics
Williamstown
Mass
United States
Latin America
Vera Cruz
Harry Huse
Villard
Hilary P. Jones
NOTHMIER Packing Firms Receiver Action Caps Reorg Efforts
Nothmier of Wilson & Co. Chicago faces court receivership in New York, halting private reorganization plans. Despite progress by bankers and lawyers toward financial restructuring, a New Jersey court appointed a temporary receiver, interrupting their work.
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Nothmier
Wilson & Co
Chicago
United States Court
New York
New Jersey
Ambassadors Named to Japan and Mexico by President Coolidge
President Coolidge announces Edgar Addison Bancroft of Chicago as ambassador to Japan and James Rockwell Sheffield of New York as ambassador to Mexico. Bancroft, Knox College and Columbia Law School graduate, eminent lawyer and author, succeeds Cyrus Woods who resigned in June. Sheffield, former New York legislator and ex president of the National Republican Club, fills the post vacated by Charles B. Warren. Yale and Harvard Law School educated.
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Coolidge
Edgar Addison Bancroft
Chicago
Japan
James Rockwell Sheffield
New York City
Mexico
Bancroft
Knox College
Columbia University
Cyrus 5. Woods
Sheffield
Charles B. Warren
New York
National Republican Club
Yale
Harvard Law School
Third national radio congress to meet in Washington
Secretary of Commerce Hoover calls for the third national radio congress to convene in Washington on September 90 to consider interconnection of stations for national events, frequency revisions to reduce interference, high frequency use, station classification, possible class C discontinuance, power limits, time division, zoning, amateur call identity, device interference, and government versus commercial service relations.
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Ecretary OF Commerce
Hoover
Third
National Radio Congress
Washington
American Education Week Set For 1924 Observance
The Bureau of Education with the American Legion and National Education Association plans a fifth national week for education from November 17 to 28. It outlines emphasis on Americanization, patriotism, teacher training and pay, rural school improvement, better facilities, literacy eradication, physical education, and hygiene with daily focus on Constitution, Patriotism, School and Teacher, Literacy, Physical Education, Community, and God and Country. The effort aims to reach every American home and life, stressing schools as the bulwark of democracy and urging broad public support.
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Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
American Legion
National Education Assocation
America
Lincoln dressmaking course yields good wages for graduates
Women who completed six months of dressmaking training at Lincoln's school of agriculture last spring are all employed at good wages. The program will be offered again starting October 6, with further details available from the principal at the Lincoln school of agriculture.
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School of Agriculture
Lincoln
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