Majority for Prohibition repeal at Democratic convention
United Press reports a definite Democratic convention majority favoring outright repeal of the Prohibition Amendment. Delegations also back revising the Volstead Act to permit sale of low alcoholic content drinks. Dry states including the Carolinas indicate willingness to go along. Proposed results show 680 for repeal, 142 for submission, 182 for continued prohibition, 250 in doubt, total 1154.
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Ill
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Carolinas
Tentative Plank Agreed Upon by Democratic Platform Drafting Committee
The June 28 draft lists planks on unemployment federal loans for states and public works, economy through bureau consolidation, tariff reform with Hawley Smoot relief and global talks, Philippine independence, war debts tied to armament reductions, banking reforms including Glass Bill provisions, labor with shorter work weeks, with farm and prohibition planks incomplete.
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Heavy rains blamed for deaths across Missouri and Oklahoma
Six deaths were credited today to heavy rains that swept Missouri and Oklahoma with four more feared dead. Four were drowned in the south as floods lashed the region and missing persons mounted. Emergency crews battled rising waters across Kansas City and surrounding areas.
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Oklahoma
Kansas City
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Moscow trade officials condemned in widespread corruption case
Moscow officials faced harsh penalties as five were sentenced to death and seven to ten years in prison for theft of supplies and commodity speculation. The sentences followed a major corruption case exposed across the city. In other regions heavy rainfall flooded Cox City and caused deaths west of Tishomingo and in Missouri, with wheat crops near harvest sustaining damage from the rain.
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