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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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In Indianapolis, defeated Republican congressional candidate Archibald Hall accuses the Ku Klux Klan of using ballot trickery to steal the nomination from him in favor of Rep. Ralph E. Updike. Charges head to grand jury; fifth probe of KKK's control over Indiana politics, including Sen. James E. Watson.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 27. - The hand of the Ku Klux Klan is once more revealed directing large-scale corruption and graft in Indiana. This time Archibald Hall, who was defeated for the republican nomination for Congress by Representative Ralph E. Updike, Klan candidate, charges the use of all sorts of ballot trickery to steal the election.
Hall's charges will be submitted to the new county grand jury next week, according to William Remy, county prosecutor. This will be the fifth investigation of the activities of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan, which has been in control of the state machinery, with representation in the United States senate through Senator James E. Watson.
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Indianapolis, Indiana
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June 27
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Archibald Hall charges Ku Klux Klan with ballot trickery to steal Republican congressional nomination from him in favor of Ralph E. Updike. Charges to be submitted to county grand jury; fifth investigation of Indiana KKK, which controls state machinery and has Senate representation via James E. Watson.