Indiana Times Defends State Highway Oversight
The Indianapolis Times urges a thorough probe into motor transport waste in the Indiana state highway department. The piece notes heavy maintenance costs on old vehicles and urges the new director to examine expenditures and publish a transparent year end report. It also discusses political shifts in the South and President Hoover era views.
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State Highway Department
John J. Brown
the Times
Brown
Essex
Motor Transport Division
South
Washington
Huston
Virginia
Florida
Rapidan
Cannon-Republican Coalition
Old Dominion
Texas
Federal Farm Board
New South
Chattanooga
Indiana
New York City
Tennessee
Democratic Solid South
Cleveland Manager Plan Faces Review After City Ejection
The article analyzes Cleveland's manager plan vote, noting a narrow defeat that exposes weaknesses in structure and implementation. It cites a 25 member districted council, lack of a charter defense party, and manager W. R. Hopkins' role, arguing the plan itself remains viable with proper application. It also references Hoover era political shifts affecting southern Republican fortunes.
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Cleveland
Ohio City
Indianapolis
Maurice Maschke
W. R. Hopkins
Hoover
South
Claudius H. Huston
Tennessee
Republican National Committee
The Graf Zeppelin Round-the-World Flight Reignites Interest
The Graf Zeppelin round the world flight rekindles public imagination for dirigibles once seen as essential to long distance travel. Aviation advances pushed airships aside, yet this voyage may renew interest in the dirigible and its potential uses.
Science Buds Explain Growth Through Buds and Branching
David Dietz outlines how buds on shrub and tree branches drive growth. Terminal buds lengthen stems while lateral buds form new branches, shaping a tree into a tall trunk or a bushy form. Leaves change position yearly as new growth emerges from buds.
Daily Thought Verses on Rest and Seep
The snippet presents a religious proverb from Ecclesiastes about the sleep of laborers versus the restless riches of the wealthy. A quotation about SEEP as not a servant of the will adds a Bowring remark on caprices.
How Roquefort Cheese Is Made and Named
Roquefort cheese uses goat milk and matures in the Larzac cliff caves in France. The cave atmosphere develops its piquant taste and odor. The name derives from the region or tradition tied to these caves.
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Larzac
France
Inhaling Pure Nitrogen Causes Death in Gas Poisoning
Dr Morris Fishbein explains two forms of asphyxia and how inhaling pure nitrogen or cyanide leads to immediate death, while chronic carbon monoxide exposure causes a sequence of symptoms culminating in death. It notes memory loss of later stages and the cruel nature of such deaths.
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RS. Yandell Henderson
Howard W. Haggard
Hoover and blue laws stir questions of open letters
In a 1929 Times column, Heywood Brown argues open letters to public officials should not be restricted by etiquette or secrecy. He questions President Hoover’s handling of anti blue law debates, the role of pardonable press commentary, and the influence of Evangelical support on policy.
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Tom Mooney
Mooney
George Akerson
White House
Akerson
Hoover
Lord's Day Alliance
District of Columbia
Henry Flury
Bishop Cannon
Flury
Emily Post
Curtis
Mr. Hoover
United States
Herbert Hoover
R. Akerson
Republican Party
the Times
Earth habitability tied to sun, not internal heat
The discussion states internal heat does not affect life on Earth and that solar energy governs habitability. It notes older earth age estimates vary and cites Alfred C. Lane doubling prior 500 million year figure, with physicists predicting about 900 million years. cork weighs about fifteen pounds per cubic foot.
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Earth
Alfred C. Lane
Tufts College
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Bosworth Field Ends Wars of the Roses in England
The 1485 Bosworth Field battle in England culminated with Richard III slain and Henry VII crowned. Lord Stanley placed the crown on the victor, as Richard’s helm was found broken beneath a hawthorn bush. Bosworth, a Leicestershire market town, lies near the famous moor.
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Bosworth Field
England
Richard III
Crowhill
Stanley
Earl of Richmond
Henry VII
Richard
Réginald Bray
Bosworth
Leicestershire
Twelve Years in One Duplex Neighbors Remain Friends
A retrospective column relays a tribute to the Coolidges living twelve years in the same Northampton duplex with the Plummer family, noting continued friendship and community ties amid a parade of satirical digressions on politics, war, and public affairs.
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Coolidges
Northampton
Plummer
Readers Voice Views Delivers Potts Letters To Times
Myron Potts chides the Times for perceived editorial bias and accuses the paper of yellow journalism. He criticizes the Willebrandt request and the paper’s stance on Al Smith, claiming the editors lack courage to print his full remarks.
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Times
Myron J. Potts
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Indianapolis Times
Abcripps-Howard Newspaper
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Maryland Street
Ind
Marion County
Roy W. Howard
Boyd Gurley
Riley
Frank G. Morrison
Willebrandt
Olmstead
Scripps -Howard
David Dietz
Science
Norway
M. E. Tracy
New England
Allen W. Rowe
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Food and Drug Department
Panama Canal
Future of Zeppelins
Japan
Eckener
New York
Daily Thought
Daily Health Service
Morris Fishbein
DR. Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Heywood Brown
America
Society Note
Battle OF
Frederick Landis
Black Cat
Health of the
Philippines
Moscow
Cape of Good Hope
Eading
Yellow Smoke
Custer
Snook
Chicago
Maine
Booth Tarkington
Hoosier
West Virginia
Myron Potts
Potts
Wilson Bros.’ Haberdashery
Doty’s
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