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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1930
Page
8
The Indianapolis Times condemns the proposed use of debt instruments to fund drought relief and road projects. It argues against returning to labor intensive methods and urges direct legislative funding, warning such plans burden future generations and hinder progress. The piece questions sociologists and theologians while urging sound policy and moral responsibility.
The piece argues Henry P. Fletcher from Pennsylvania becomes the tariff commission chair, a partisan pick from the Boss Penrose Grundy circle. It questions the move as signaling a nonpartisan scientific tariff body remains unlikely and ties the choice to Hoover's administration and failed expert appeals.
An article argues against sociology as a guide to life and rejects trust in social science over faith. Hyde faults sociologists for ignoring basic human aspects and claiming objectivity while failing to measure inner qualities.
The piece laments the legal profession's self governance and corruption finding that lawyers' unions and bar associations fail to discipline crooks. It argues judges and lawyers collude with criminals, urges self reform or government intervention, and ends by noting scientists plan to study colds in Norway.
A satirical column rails at politicians and incidents from Naples earthquakes to U S politics, mocking endurance tests and calls for patriotism. It references Governor Roosevelt and former Governor Smith, exile of communists, rum runners, and a comic note on Carol of Romania without naming new facts.
Dr Charles F Pabst warns that heliophobes cannot tan and face sun risks. He cites sunburn illness and economic losses, noting Nordic and Black skin pigmentation roles in UV protection and tanning limits. He offers cautious tanning steps and emphasizes UV peak hours from 10 am to 2 pm.
Antoine Lavoisier a French chemist and founder of modern chemistry was born in Paris on August 26 1743. He studied at Mazarin college showed precocious talent and later earned the Academy prize for lighting city streets. He helped revive chemistry through combustion studies and proposed vital air later known as oxygen. He improved gunpowder farming methods aided the metric system and tax collection plans. After the French Revolution he was condemned by the Revolutionary tribunal and executed by guillotine on May 8 1794.
A short reflection cites Proverbs 14 9 and Boileau noting that all men are fools though they differ in degree. The piece presents a moral view on folly and human variance without additional context or events.
Dr Morris Fishbein explains kidney role in regulating body water balance and the effects of water loss or imbalance. notes on dehydration in illness fever unconsciousness and treatment with sugar and water. cites prizefighters risking extreme drying and describes signs of severe desiccation and acidosis with altered pulse and mental status.
The column comments on painters in a Connecticut context and ponders the role of power in America. It questions Gerard's list of fifty nine rulers, noting omissions in radio and labor leadership and debating whether financiers shape national destiny more than officeholders. It ends by contrasting public influence with consumer power over newspapers.
A Times-Indianapolis reader blasts local police for inaction near the courthouse on Alabama Street. He cites repeated drinking and loitering by a group of men, complaining it harms visitors’ impressions and calls for a cleanup and enforcement nearby.
A column mix notes on law enforcement as talk rather than action and questions why leaders aren’t jailed. It cites New York murder convictions, then shifts to Peru's Leguia coup and media spin, before touching U.S. political rhetoric and finally naming Oregon and Death Valley rainfall records.
A quoted Indianapolis reader criticizes intoxicated individuals lounging on the courthouse lawn, expressing disgust at those deemed no good to themselves or others. The remark frames the offense as a public nuisance rather than vengeance.
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