NY Gov. Al Smith signs the repeal of NY’s prohibition enforcement act but says this won’t bring back the saloon. The feds plan to send many dry agents into the state.
Mabel Philipson wins the Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, becoming the 3rd woman member of Parliament (the 4th elected), garnering more votes than her husband Hilton Philipson did in the same seat in the 1922 general election. His election was invalidated because of excessive election spending and false reporting by his election agent, although he personally was cleared of wrongdoing. He’s banned from running in the constituency for 7 years, so she considers herself a placeholder for him although he was a National Liberal and she insists on running as a Tory; when he gives up on politics in 1929, she will too. Mabel, 37, is a former actress.
20 Polish soldiers invade a synagogue in Beuthen, Polish Upper Silesia to attack the congregation. Thwarted by police, they return at night to throw grenades at tombstones, as was the custom.
The Ku Klux Klan applies for incorporation as a benevolent society in New York in an attempt to evade the Walker Act which requires various groups – but not benevolent societies – to provide the government a list of members by June 23rd. Legal eagles think it won’t work.
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