Democrats Refuse Klan Mention In Platform
Madison Square Garden June 29 report says the Democratic convention rejected a plank naming the Ku Klux Klan and also declined to pledge entry into the league of nations. The vote was 541 to 320 for the anti Klan plank with a fierce debate lasting into Sunday morning. Police kept order as delegates shouted and some changed votes, adjournment came at 2:30 AM Monday, and Underwood’s anti Klan stance may push him to retire.
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League of Nations
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State College Teacher Accepts New Position
Dr. George A. Underwood head of the romance language department at State Teachers College for six years, resigned today to join the romance language department at State College for Women Greensboro North Carolina.
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Greensboro
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Police drag creek for boy then name him hold up suspect
Fort Madison Ind June 28 searchers dragged a creek for Merle Strohmaek 19 of Keokuk after a car plunged into flood waters near a bridge. He had fled a robbery at Wever oil station taking $85 then was linked to the crime in notes to his parents. Authorities hold him as a suspect in the hold up.
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Merle Strohmaek
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Here
Wever
Dubuque Girl Injured When Auto Hits Horse
Miss Adele T Gratiot, 20, daughter of Dr and Mrs H B Gratiot, was seriously injured when a car driven by Anthony Smith collided with a horse near Dubuque Ya on June 2. She was thrown to the pavement as the horse fell.
Woodbury County Grounded by June Rain and Wind Losses
County Farm Agent Breckenridge reports heavy June rains and winds across Woodbury County devastate crops in the Missouri bottomlands from Sioux City to the Missouri River. Most western farms near Sergeant Bluffs Salix Sloan face ruin with corn stands buried by excess moisture and delayed alfalfa harvest while small grains suffer wind damage. Dry weather is urged to salvage what remains and improve future corn stands.
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Weather report favors Woodbury farmers late forecast
G. K. Greening Sioux City forecasts settle of weather for some time with June rainfall totaling 0.92 inches on 16 days and ranking as the fifth largest June rainfall in five years. June 13 reached 86 degrees, while June 1 dipped to 47.
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Tornado Wrecks Lorain and Sandusky Killing Many
A devastating tornado struck northern Ohio near Lorain and Sandusky causing massive loss of life and property. Lorain reports about 200 dead with 165 bodies recovered from the State theater wreckage and Sandusky suffering around 100 deaths with hundreds injured. Gov Donahey orders troops to aid relief as crews search collapsed buildings and assist survivors amid downed lines and widespread damage.
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First loads of injured arrive at Cleveland
Cleveland June 28 The first load of injured arrived from Lorain at Lakewood Hospital about 1 o'clock this morning. Kordos 35 died. His home had fallen at dinner. Pitiful tales were told by the injured. John Takats from Lorain described his family. Joe Kaigon learned his wife and four children were caught when his home was demolished. Mrs Mary Stasiak recalled being blown down the street. Mrs Mary Weston and Mrs Vera were also brought in.Pulmonary: Twenty Lakewood physicians worked all night in the operating room. All buildings in a San usky area between Warren Meigs North Washington and the river front were razed.
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Lakewood
Mary Weston
Vera
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Toledo
Democratic Party Plank Pledges Freedom of Religion and Speech
Madison Square Garden witnessed the Democratic convention approve a plank affirming freedom of religion, speech, and press after a lengthy committee debate. The 34 to 16 vote rejected references to the Ku Klux Klan and condemned racial discord while reaffirming constitutional guarantees and orderly processes.
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New York
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Resolutions Committee
Congress
United States
League of Nations proposes collective security and world peace
Minor report argues that world peace and economic recovery depend on sovereign states uniting to remove war causes and replace violence with law and order. Under democratic leadership, legations operate a practical plan for free cooperation toward lasting peace.
Appalling Toll Result of Tornado in Ohio
Early reports from Cleveland describe a devastating tornado that struck northern Ohio on Saturday night. Lorain and French Creek bore the brunt with entire towns wiped out, wide-scale power loss, flooded lowlands, and a city morgue operation as rescue teams search for the dead and injured.
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United Press
Lorain
French Creek
Cleveland
United Press Office
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Black River
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Colorado Avenue
Ralston Denies Klan Ties at Democratic Convention
Indianapolis June 29 Senator Samuel M Ralston denounced as a damned liar any claim of clan membership after reports from New York that he was favored for the presidential nomination by the klan a hoosier assertion follows his denial Exposition Plant to Be Opened for Fair Cedar Falls Ia June 28 the Cedar Valley exposition plant once closed for two years has been taken over by the Cedar Falls Commercial Set.
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Ind
New York
Samuel M. Ralston
Ralston
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