There’s a coup in Bulgaria by an organization of reserve army officers (i.e., a private group, not the army itself, but with support from the tiny army, which is all that’s allowed by the punitive post-Great War peace treaty). A new government is formed from all the opposition parties except the Communists, but they’re still working out who the prime minister will be (no, wait, there’s an AP story further down naming... the wrong person). The overthrown cabinet and parliament are all under arrest (no they aren’t). A statement by the coup leaders says “Bulgarian liberty dawns again. The regime of deceit, violence and murder has collapsed under the weight of its crimes, and a new era of law, harmony and peace has arrived.” So that sounds nice (it won’t be).
Henry Ford says prohibition should be enforced by the army and navy which don’t have anything to do in peacetime anyway.
China protests Japanese marines shooting Chinese rioters in Hunan province and demands the withdrawal of gunboats. So Japan sends 4 destroyers. Japan replies that it was just protecting its nationals, who are facing a boycott movement.
A circuit judge refuses to grant an injunction against the Chicago police interfering with a planned 7-day dance marathon, saying “there is a moral danger which must be considered” and they attract the “morbid curiosity seeker,” just like bullfights and cockfights.
Today -100’s Sunday NYT has an article covering all the anti-Darwin activity in state legislatures that the paper’s been ignoring the last few months. Oklahoma banned the purchase of textbooks including evolution, with just one no vote; Florida is considering banning the teaching of the theory; Kentucky’s Monkey Bill failed by a single vote; Tennessee’s Legislature declined to invite William Jennings Bryan to speak, saying it had more important matters to deal with – that won’t last.
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