Word: locales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hudson, Mass., local authorities appealed to the immigration authorities to deport a group of aliens who recently attended the funeral of a Mrs. Catherine Tomosuines, who was buried with no other ceremony than the scattering of red flowers on her grave. No move has yet been started to deport Mrs. Tomosuines herself...
Connecticut in 1924 had 18,000 members. Dissension has cut into its ranks and some of the larger local bodies have broken with the national organization. It claims that it never attempted an act of violence...
...fewer than 100,000. A state law was passed to make it reveal its membership, but it evaded it by incorporating as a benevolent society. Its strongholds are on Long Island and in the southern and extreme western counties of the state. Its influence is merely local...
Ohio claims 206,000 members, and in 1923 had about 300,000. Politicians have changed from favoring it to indifference and gradually to opposition. Both Senators ignored its demands to vote against the World Court. It still has some local power, but even that it failing. But it maintains handsome headquarters at Columbus...
Arkansas. Much dissension broke the local Klans from the national body. The Independent Klan sprang up and later changed its name to the Mystic Knights of Arkansas, which claims to be non-political and nonreligious. The Klan has probably fewer than 10,000 members left. The present Governor was elected over its opposition. Politicians generally announce that they have left the Klan...