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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
8
Patricia Murphy, moved by a Thaw trial review, wrote to Harry K. Thaw and now receives $600 yearly from him to fund her four year study at Arkansas State Teachers College in Conway.
Botanists estimate a bald cypress in Santa Maria del Tula, Mexico, as 4000 to 6000 years old, a claim supported by its venerable age. The remark is framed against a political backdrop mentioning Democrats in 1928.
United Press reports Kansas City Aug 21 that middle western committees study relief for farmers but Daily Drovers Telegram doubts the crisis is as bad as portrayed. Editorial says urban sensationalism inflates distress while relief systems exist for areas in need. State fair officials from Nebraska Kansas and Missouri echo no general distress.
Washington August 21 The justice department reports July 1929 arrests at 6 254 with 3 828 held for trial, while 22 173 cases were pending on July 1 and 22 497 on August 1, reflecting courts strained by enforcement. A peeping incident was reported in Columbus Indiana, and in Chicago a denial of a rehearing halted recovery in a death benefit suit connected to Hubert S. Taylor.
Robert D. Carey former Wyoming governor and son of the state’s first U.S. senator led in Aug 21 primary returns with a plurality of over 6000 votes over rival Charles E Winter. He will face Democrat H H Schwartz in the general election while Governor Frank C Emerson and Rep Vincent Carter won renomination.
Heavily armed carabineers will guard the walls around a Sicilian court on September 12 as 160 men and women charged with 60 crimes including blackmail and murder go on trial for their lives. The government’s attorney pursues convictions in Mussolini’s ongoing campaign against the mafia.
Mont Saint Michel residents join a daily prayer asking salvation from the sin they associate with radio. Churchmembers say the invention tempts Christians and seek protection through penitential prayer.
Washington dispatch reports Capitol wrangle as Senator Capper urges Nebraska to back Norris while White House signals no aid. GOP figures Moses Steiner pledge reinforcements if needed amid party divides and risk of aiding Hitchcock or a Democrat.
Alfred E. Smith forecasts Democratic national control and a prosperous nation. The statement, read at the Joel Parker Association in West Orange New Jersey, signals the prosperity issue as a theme for 1932 campaigns against the Republicans.
Wilbur Cushman sues Congo Pictures Corp in superior court charging fraud in a $313 3 damage suit. Cushman claims Ingagi was not a genuine Africa hunting and travel film but made in Hollywood with a costumed man as the gorilla and Los Angeles residents as natives.
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