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July 6, 1927
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The economic conditions in Palestine will be described in a Blue Paper to be issued by the Palestine government. A decision to issue a report on the economic conditions in the country was made by the Palestine administration.

“The Klan is not anti-Jew, anti-Catholic, anti-negro, nor anti-anything; and if those who oppose it want to demonstrate their Americanism they will cease their attack on peaceful assemblage and put an end to the violation of the principle of free speech in the State of New York,” declared D. L. Van Ober of Jamaica, an official of the New York State organization of the Klan at the Fourth of July celebration near Babylon, L. L.

C. B. Lewis, head of the Klan in New York State, declared that the Klan stands for registration of immigrants and the deportation of aliens found guilty of violating the law. Franklin Ford also addressed the Klansmen.

The Maccabee soccer team of Palestine played the fifth game of their United States tony at Hawthorne Field, Brooklyn, Sunday afternoon against the Brooklyn Wanderers. The Wanderers were the victors, scoring 2 goals to the Maccabee’s 1.

A crowd of 3,000 witnessed the match. All the scoring was done in the first half, the Maccabees being the first to take the lead.

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