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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1928
Page
7
The piece questions the Insull allied merger that would unite 280 utilities arguing it serves finance and profits over public benefit. It warns about rate shocks and loss of competition while stressing careful legal review before approving the scheme. It then critiques court fairness, urging ACAU scrutiny of policing, strikes, and free assembly under constitutional rights.
An editorial laments secret understandings in diplomacy from WWI era and warns that secrecy undermines peace efforts. It links the issue to the Chamberlain Briand naval pact rumors, notes Wilson’s open covenants ideal, and recalls Kellogg’s London detour, stressing outlawry of secret treaties for lasting peace.
A call to set aside Mount Rainier National Park as a wilderness with no roads or hotels. Access only by foot or horseback, preserving untouched beauty for those who seek silence and strength. The speaker urges expanding such preserves nationwide as havens from life’s hurts.
David Dietz on Science notes the film producer faces heavy decisions with talking pictures. He may need new stars studios and production methods to reach foreign markets. The article suggests hard times ahead for easy profits in cinema.
The text discusses Galen as a great yet limited physician who ruled medical thought for fifteen centuries. It notes his corrections about arteries containing blood and his failure to grasp overall blood circulation and heart pumping, alongside the dangers of unquestioned authority in medicine.
The writer lauds the treaty renouncing war as a historic move, praising the commitment to a new idea despite cynics. He notes the challenge of upholding such a pledge and sees the nations' decision as a triumph that signals willingness to try a different path.
The piece argues world peace via the Kellogg Treaty, noting widespread doubt rooted in tradition and selfish interests. It compares resistance to innovations with Fulton’s steam ship and Wright brothers’ flying machine, warning imperialists will resist and the treaty faces fights as nations pursue conquest.
The author argues that efforts to end war compel new enforcement by international authority. The piece traces the shift from national peace to world peace, likening nations to tribal chiefs forming a global power to enforce law and suppress aggression.
Dr Morris Fishbein reports a New York State labor study on wiping rags as a source of infection. Rags from various sources are used by paper mills and roofing material makers, with some washed and sterilized and others left dirty. The article notes possible bacterial contamination and risks from pins in rags, urging washing and sterilizing to prevent infection.
In this 1928 bridge note, West should not open the singleton diamond. Lead the spade Ace first, then the spade X to lose to declarer, allowing West to win with heart Ace and force a sequence that prevents game. At no trump, singleton leads are rarely justifiable.
On August 28 1609 Henry Hudson entered Delaware Bay. In 1859 Edwin Drake drilled the first U S oil well at Titusville Pennsylvania striking oil at 69 feet. In 1864 Philip Sheridan resumed the offensive in the Shenandoah Valley.
Angloa Indiana Aug 25 Developments in a major Indiana death mystery began when a charred man’s body was found in a burned Fremont barn. The piece notes Sheriff Zimmerman's resignation and related accusations, plus a judge’s order for a probe to quell public opinion and protect the party. A second letter argues for a new independent vote against party leaders and endorses a presidential candidate.
In opinion from Muncie editors the idea of farmers backing Alfred Smith for president is seen as unlikely and incongruous given Smith's ties to Tammany Hall. The Lebanon Reporter praises Smith’s acceptance speech as a strong call for Democratic unity and steadfast adherence to party ideals.
A compact reflection notes the saying feed your enemy and give drink to the thirsty as a Christian admonition and adds Virgil on personal experience of relieving others suffering, underscoring empathy and endurance.
Foreign editors and observers say the United States should cooperate with the League of Nations to organize peace. Briand cites Coolidge on interdependence as a framework for American action without full league membership.
A digest of reader questions and concise factual responses from The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau covering topics on cooking old fashioned apple cake immigration naturalization linoleum care mule feeding government defense plans Sinatra history and more. Concise verifications include 17 921 foreign firms in China 1848 gold discovery 1848 and the Khojal Pass longest Indian railway tunnel.
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