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...this day of good will, when the Braves are in first place and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. retracts his views on the Eighteenth Amendment, the news from Dartmouth, Massachusetts is profoundly annoying. It is out of tune with the times. An innocent and unsuspecting Harvard anthropology student who went there in April and exhumed the bodies of slightly more than two dozen Wamponoag Indians is now in danger of suffering a three year jail sentence or a two thousand dollar fine for each set of musty bones which he spaded out of Farmer Soares little pasture. The Selectmen...
...painting was done by the great American naturalist in 1827 while he was on a visit to Scotland. It was painted for a Scottish nobleman whose family sold it some years ago to Mr. Thayer. The canvas is about six by nine feet, and has the qualities of an eighteenth century landscape...
Modification of the existing laws was favored by 411, while 334 advocated a nation-wide referendum of the Eighteenth Amedment. Only 104, or less than 7 per cent of those voting, were in favor of party platforms promising continuation of the present situation. One-hundred and fifty-four opposed making a political issue of the prohibition question. This stand was taken by many who indicated that they felt that the coming campaign should be fought on more important issues. Fourteen ballots were thrown...
...questions will be asked on the ballots. The first question is "Do you favor a definite prohibition plank in the platforms of the two major parties?" The second is "Should the plank be for: continuation, modification, repeal, or nation-wide referendum of the Eighteenth Amendment...
...total number of votes cast, 1581 Princeton students favored a definite stand on the issue in the party platforms. Only 23 opposed this proposition. A vote of 785 was cast in favor of the suggestion that these platforms should advocate total repeal. The proposal for the submission of the Eighteenth Amendment to a nation-wide referendum received 395 votes, while 318 favored modification of the existing laws. Eighty-three favored a plank advocating continuation...