Time to Act on Marion lynching case urged by editor
In The Indianapolis Times the editor calls for swift action against lynchers in Marion. He criticizes public officials for hesitation and urges the governor to protect witnesses and uphold law. He notes the danger of mob rule and cites recent Communist and fascist intimidation threats as a warning.
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Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
West
Maryland Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Roy W. Howard
Frank G. Morrison
Business Manu
Riley
United Press
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Newspaper Enterprise Asso
Cabon
Newspaper Information Service and Audit Bureau of Circulations
Marion
Statehouse
Indiana
Atlanta
Georgia
W. W. Alexander
The
Inter-Racial Commission
Mercer G. Evans
Emory University
Edgar F. Johnson
Times
State Highway Commission
Carpenters’ District Council of
Mooney Billings case urged for immediate pardon by courts
The piece argues Mooney and Billings, jailed on perjured testimony for a bombing that killed ten, should be pardoned now. It cites judges, prosecutors, and public sentiment favoring release, and warns alternatives would keep a national scandal alive. It contrasts with Georgia activists protesting a Communist insurrection case.
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Mooney
Billings
Preston
Folsom
Fickert
Cunha
Brennan
Duncan Matheson
California
Dreyfus
Mooney-Billings
Mooney and Billings
Van Lear Black and his uneven life and death
Van Lear Black earned the nickname the Flying American for his globe trotting and Atlantic yacht death. Known in Europe for advancing private aviation, he never piloted yet logged extensive air travel. In Baltimore he owned the Sun papers and let trained journalists tell truths their own way, even if it clashed with his other interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Lear Black
Atlantic
Europe
Baltimore Sun
Sun
Specialization and fame blur the limits of knowledge
The piece argues that experts in one field often pretend to know all, citing Ford Edison Tunney Lindbergh and the era of specialization. It notes mass production and standardization shape views while urging experts to stay within their domains. It also mentions Swiss breakfast foods and Marion Talley returning to opera amid crop failures.
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Ford
Edison
Tunney
Dempsey
Yale
Lindbergh
France
Henry Ford
Marion Talley
Medinet Habu inscriptions illuminate Ramses III era
The Oriental Institute publishes the first volume in a twelve book series on Temple Medinet Habu records from about 1200 B C. Dr. James Henry Breasted leads the project, funded by $330,000 for the first volume and a $1.5 million institute laboratory. the reliefs reveal wars, invasions, and a vivid, humorous depiction of enemies, with rare color plates showing Libyan battles and captives.
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James Henry Breasted
Oriental Institute
Chicago
International Education Board
Breasted
Medinet Habu
Ramses III
Ramses
Europe
R. Breasted
Egypt
Longest ocean crossing by Arctic tern and paper origins
Birds cross oceans in voyages surpassing 2000 miles with a 1929 Arctic tern banded in Labrador found dead in Natal South Africa. Paper is made from plant fibers. early pulp used rags including worn garments and loom waste, later adding wood fiber and other plants.
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United States Biological Survey
Turnevick Bay
Labrador
Margate
Natal
South Africa
Spain
North
Africa
England
United States
Ripley Strange Tombstone Puzzle in Colorado Mountains
A Cripple Creek tombstone near Cripple Creek Colorado bears the crude epitaph He called Bill Smith a liar. It remains unknown if Bill Smith is one of the frontier outlaws or who erected the stone. Also notes a Telegram 132 253 Words and a New Testament revision wire copy.
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New York
Cripple Creek
Colo
Bill Smith
Chicago
New York City
Welfare Society
Liver and gallbladder roles in poison removal and digestion
Dr Morris Fishbein explains the liver’s key function in detoxifying poisons and maintaining life. He notes removal of the liver causes rapid decline, discusses bile concentration by the gallbladder, and observes varied anatomy across animals highlighting the system’s complexity and remaining unknowns.
Voices on labor and inequality in Times editor letters
Readers and editors debate labor, wages, and social duty in a series of letter excerpts. Concerns include worker hardship, welfare rationing, unemployment, and calls for fair wages and local labor preference amid economic strain.
Debates Between Lincoln and Douglas Begin in 1856
The article recounts the start of the August debates in Ottawa Illinois between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas on slavery in territories. It notes Douglas as a leading Democrat and the “little giant” who argued federal non interference, while Lincoln’s anti slavery stance gained him national renown.
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Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Ottawa
Douglas
Territories
United States Senate
Lincoln
Notable American tastes and scandal in a century of colleges
Aimee Semple McPherson disputes with her mother over a nose injury described as a tantrum. The piece mocks American culture, noting 500 colleges and universities, Capone, Prohibition debates, and Chicago probe as examples of public fascination with scandal and fame.
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Untington
N. Y
Aimee Semple McPherson
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Aimee
Williams
Scarface al Capone
Chicago
The Bambergers and Watkins Baby Case Returns
The Bamberger-Watkins baby case resurfaces as disputes flare after a return exchange. Papa Watkins threatens suit again though his wife holds the child. Each baby’s baptism in different churches adds a religious twist to the custody questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Papa Watkins
Watkins
New York Tests Ballistic Skill After Shootout
A New York police shootout leaves a bystander and a bandit wounded and another bandit killed. Six officers fire at cotton wads to identify whose gun fired the fatal shot, while questions linger over past assassinations linked to figures like Arnold Rothstein and Frankie Yale. The piece argues skill is judged by results and urges objective evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Arnold Rothstein
Frankie Yale
Solomon Wisdom and Wealth Echo in Ancient Proverb
A quoted biblical verse and Bayard Taylor reflection contrast wisdom and wealth, noting that worldly kings sought Solomon for wisdom while riches do not buy true wisdom. The two lines frame wisdom as supreme despite material riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Taylor
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Communist Party
Moscow
Gastonia
Frederick Landis
Byrd
South Pole
Alfred Y. du Pont
Delaware
Scotland
Alfred L du Pont
Thoroughbreg
van Lear
Switzerland
David Dietz
United States Naval Academy
St. Mary’s Church
Annapolis
Ouida
Louise de la Ramee
Kruger
George Washington
General Lafayette
Mt. Vernon
Mayleben
Ripley
Osilna
India
Gfr
Gin. Tall
Sommergeier
Western
Asia
Southern Pacific
Cascade Mts
Oregon
King Fosveres Syndicate, Inc
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Dix
Times Voice
Mr. Gur~ley
Fucius
Sol M, Glick
Milton H. McChord
Carpenters’ District Council
M. E. Tracy
Daily Thought
Earth
Solomon
M. Setaraay
the Meyer-Kiser Bank Safe Deposit Company
East
Washington Street
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