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...majority report from the Committee, this plank pledged the party to law enforcement and against nullification. It next detailed the workings of Article V whereby proposals to alter the Constitution are submitted by a two-thirds vote of Congress, or on application of two-thirds of the State Legislatures and are ratified by three-fourths of the State Legislatures or by conventions in three-fourths of the States. Turning thumbs down on referendums as meaningless and ineffectual, the majority plank continued...
...Oklahoma City, Prohibition Agents Alter Acord and Mel West went to raid a suspected house, found it was outside their jurisdiction. A storm came up. Ten inches of rain fell on Oklahoma. The North Canadian River overflowed its banks. The suspected house floated a quarter-mile, settled inside Agents Acord & West's jurisdiction. They boarded it, seized 700 bottles of beer...
...will be included. But in the past week, a wave of pro-repeal sentiment has swept the country, staunchly supported by the press and public reaction to the high spots of the new tax law. That the widely advertised "influential repeal element" at the convention posseses enough strength to alter the submission plank seems unlikely, but it is a question which time alone can decide...
...their full number of years because they could not spare the time from their work. Those who do go down are prevented from really studying during the examination period. Unquestionably the time spent at Red Top is as enjoyable as any in the college career, but this does not alter the fact that the Red Top training exaggerates the importance of crew as a sport and is out of place in a college. The force of tradition will make any change difficult; it should not, however, prevent a reduction in the length of the 1933 varsity race, making the sport...
...once Conservative Sir Philip replaced Laborite Lang with Conservative B. S. B. Stevens, leader of his party (United Australia) in New South Wales. Mr. Stevens assured everyone that he would instantly hand over all taxes demanded by his Conservative superior. This did not alter the fact that Premier Lang's Laborites still held an overwhelming majority in the State Assembly, would undoubtedly throw out Premier Stevens should he dare to face them. Instead Mr. Stevens proposed to ask Sir Philip to dissolve the Assembly at once, order an election...