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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1928
Page
12
A contest notice from The Indianapolis Times invites letters under 200 words on whether a stenographer should allow her boss to make love. The prize structure offers $15 for first, $10 for second, $5 for next three, and $1 for ten more entries. Submissions must be mailed to the Orchid Editor by Saturday midnight.
Federal power commission begins hearings on Cumberland Bydro Leased Cumberland Falls Kentucky. Insull interests seek a fifty year lease while National Park Service and supporters push to keep the site as a national park. Critics question handling by Kentucky officials and Merrill's biased report.
Arkansas leads a growing movement to ban evolution teaching in public schools. Maynard Shipley of the Science League of America says anti evolution bills may sweep 43 state legislatures in 1929. If defeated, the issue may go to voters in 20 states with initiative laws.
A self appointed ten minister board, acting with senate consent, plans to investigate schools libraries and two state universities in Florida. The board moves to target North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Alabama with a campaign and has removed over 100 textbooks including psycho analysis volumes. Oklahoma Colorado and Kansas are named as next battlegrounds between scientists and anti evolutionists.
Public schools in Fortville Indiana closed due to an influenza epidemic. Health officer Dr J E Ferrell reports nearly two hundred influenza cases in the town.
Mrs Mabel L Peabody sues Harry H Peabody a Gary real estate dealer and former candidate alleging he struck their daughter and wife on separate occasions and threatened with a gun in a Porter county divorce case. The husband is described as six feet seven inches tall and details include a skull gash from a ring and a public dispute during the marriage.
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