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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...beginnings of the Republican Party remain somewhat of a mystery. Historians generally agree on the year as 1854. But the place is in dispute. Historian Charles A. Beard thinks that a mass meeting held in Ripon, Wis., was the true party matrix. Historian William Starr Myers of Princeton is inclined to agree and adds the name of one Alban E. Bovay as instigator of the meeting. But, Jackson, Mich., and Kansas City, Mo., also advance claims for the historic honor. Last week President Coolidge favorably entertained a suggestion from Kansas Citizens that the Republican Party's 75th Anniversary be celebrated...
...called parliamentary elections will be held March 23, 1929. The voter will receive a ballot containing the names, and only the names, of candidates approved by the Dictator in Council. If 51% of the electorate vote "yes," the entire slate will be declared elected, and Italy will have a 100% Fascist Chamber. Jokers in the law will almost certainly prevent a 51% vote of "no"; but in that remote contingency new elections would be held, and so ad infinitum until Fascismo triumphs. There are no local constituencies under this mock electoral procedure. In U. S. terms this would mean that...
...until two days after the Hoover arrival that the hearing was held. Prosecutor Joel could not produce the witnesses he desired. Those witnesses who were present gave feeble testimony. Long before the Hoover arrival Tailorman Sommers had called Mr. Hoover a "nigger- lover," adding that he "ought to be killed," that "if he comes to Miami he will be killed." Cashier Callahan had boasted: "Someone should bump him off. . . . I wouldn't be afraid to do it myself if he came to Miami...
...doing so, he seemed to have commandeered most of the power of New York. Long lines of policemen snapped their fingers on the crossroads of the theatre district. At 45th Street, 25 policemen held back the North-South cars and pedestrians while the East-West bound passed...
Although the I. C. A. A. A. A. meet was held in the Stadium last year, there is still some question as to whether the meet will be held in Philadelphia or here again this year. May 31 and June 1 are the days set for the event...