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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1928
Page
5
Heywood Brown muses on Mars fiction and science, noting Dr. Coblentz reports daytime temperatures in Mars reaching 60 degrees or more. The column playfully tracks shifts from speculation to scientific inquiry and tech terms like thermocouple.
The author muses on the similarities between humans and possible Martians and the unsettling prospect that Mars may respond with a neutral or unsettling reply. He notes heat water and oxygen as basic needs, questions the romance of contact, and imagines future radio messages arriving with a thoughtful, not trivial, answer.
A Times quote from an astronomer argues life could exist on Mars and even humans might thrive there. The speaker jokes about arriving in a Martian public square flanked by familiar shops, fearing Mars could resemble Newark in style and commerce.
Children aged five and six at Horace Mann elementary school Teach ers college Columbia university learn to spell and write on typewriters using a chart taught touch typing not required.
An anarchist plot to kill President-Elect Herbert Hoover was thwarted in Buenos Aires with several arrests. Authorities said seven bombs dynamite and arms were found in the home of Manuel Scarzo as guards tightened along the trans-Andean railway route to meet Hoover.
United Press dispatch reports President-Elect Herbert Hoover traveling by the Trans Andes special. After visiting Santiago the party continued at 10 p.m. spending the night at Los Andes, then embarked on the ascent with guards along the line. A pilot engine led the train through the hills toward Argentina.
Frances Peaches Browning is named in a New York divorce action filed by Mrs. Edgar Allen. Allen’s former booking agent challenges a witness to identify Browning in a Larchmont home affair, but the witness declines to ID a photo.
Ayres Joseph B. Elliotte trained for Santa's vaudeville role after fourteen years as a comedy singer and blackface actor. He runs a lock and safe repair shop at 215 Indiana avenue most of the year and has played Santa at L. S. Ayres & Co. store for three Christmas seasons.
Thomas McMyers of 627 Gurman Street serves as Santa at the William H. Block Company store in Indianapolis for six years. A carnival man and showman for thirty seven years, he has spent all those years portraying the white bearded saint at Christmas time.
John D. Pettis of 917 St Peter Street lives with his wife and three children and has played Santa Claus at the Pettis Dry Goods Company store for three years while doing ordinary labor work in winter.
Dan Donohue of 10 North Holmes Street lives with his wife and six children. After years as a circus clown, he spends his first year as Santa Claus at the Colonial Furniture Company.
Eddie Frodell of 631 North New Jersey Street has spent two decades as Santa at the Peoples Outfitting Company. The street presence also included patrolling the streets as a circus clown for police and firemen, explaining to visiting children that he is one of Santa's assistants who cannot be everywhere at once.
An 11 year old boy Hershell Stansbury 1135 Tecumseh street was killed when the car he rode in collided head on with an interurban on Fourteenth street and Brookside avenue. Injured were Robert Graham 17 of 5235 Altha avenue with a compound fracture of the right arm and severe cuts and bruises and Stanford Corman 17 of 512 Arch street with severe head lacerations. Eli Applegate Newcastle was also involved.
Country Club of Indianapolis members will ballot on officers Thursday between 4 and 8 pm at the University Club. A business session starts at 8 pm and three directors will be named for three years. Candidates include Edward B. Raub Walter R. Shiel Benjamin P. Cobun Robert P. Kruse Frank L. Littleton and Homer McKee. Three membership committeemen will be chosen from Cornelius E. Holloway Guy Lemmon William E. Munk John A. Reis Eleanor E. Taylor and Charles R. Weiss. Dr W B Mumford and W Hathaway Simmons have been nominated by life members to serve on the board.
Paul Wegland was fined 25 dollars for reckless driving in New York on December 12. The judge suspended the sentence after Wegland promised to use the money to buy Christmas presents for his ten children.
Keith Porter 19 of 6047 Marion Road was held by police after defendants in a grand larceny case testified he was involved in a ring to steal auto parts. Judge James A. Collins postponed ruling on Charles Vance 30 Bennie Dokes 18 and Lowell Harold 17. They allegedly entered Harrison Walters garage October 26 and Porter allegedly identified needed parts and bought them. Otto Shields, longtime Houston hotel employee, faces grand larceny for allegedly taking 100 dollars from the hotel fund and having fingerprints on a cash register and a check.
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson opened two more parcel post windows at the Indianapolis postoffice signaling the start of the Christmas rush. He urged mailing greeting cards now to allow sorting and cancellation before the holiday. Parcel windows operate 7 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. starting December 17. hundreds of extra workers are on duty though city clerks remain scarce.
A. L. Trester urged Indiana township trustees to elevate health and physical education to parity with academics. He called for properly trained teachers, facilities, and supervised play to instill morals and reduce juvenile crime, arguing games and folk dances are essential. Mayor Slack welcomed the talk.
Richmond, December 12. Mrs. Flora Showalter, 19, is dead here from fumes escaping a gas stove in her apartment. The tragedy occurred in the city and authorities await further details.
Irvington school board approved hiring architects and engineers to design the new high school and related buildings. Two grade schools in the 1929 program were identified as School 81 Brookside and School 82 Emerson English avenues, with plans to reuse existing designs to save about 15000 in architect fees. A $700000 temporary loan was authorized and bids were set for December 22.
Evansville officials of the Globe Bosse World Furniture Company consider plans to rebuild half of factory No. 1 wrecked by an explosion and fire. Loss is estimated at 150000 to 200000 dollars. An overheated air compressor exploded and flames followed. one man Aaron Patterson, a Black worker, was cut by flying glass.
Jasper Nolan, a section hand from Winslow Indiana, offers his twin girls Catherine Ray and Maxine Fay as gifts to anyone who will promise they will raise them in a good home. The babies weigh six pounds each and the father has five other children to support.
The Times prints photographs of five Indianapolis Santas serving as assistants to Santa Claus. Each Santa explains the simple plan to reach every child. Assistants wear suits or new outfits and speak to boys and girls before Christmas to ensure no one is forgotten.
The Chamber of Commerce elected seven directors for three year terms to begin December 20 with the officers’ election. Recipients include Harold B. West Walter B. Harding William J. Mooney Jr Hugh J. Baker Perry W. Lesh Leland C. Huey and George T. Whelden. Wert and Mooney were re elected. retiring directors are listed. Princess Marie Louise D Orleans and William F Kingsland wed in Chichester England.
London editor reports from a two month U S tour that Volstead enforcement fails at dinners and dances. He notes officials and elites drink heavily, calls prohibition a fad and degrading farce. He recommends allowing light wines and beer to restore self respect and liberty.
The federal government has spent about a quarter billion dollars enforcing prohibition since the Volstead act began on January 16 1920. Major costs come from the prohibition unit the coast guard and the Department of Justice with total federal outlays around 236.8 million dollars for these three agencies and higher due to ongoing enforcement.
Mrs. Jessie Dalton files in Kosciusko circuit court asking to raise her temporary alimony from 400 to 1000 per month to support her home. She has custody of son Matthew. Donald A. Dalton, head of the Dalton foundries, is preparing a strong legal fight with Chicago and local attorneys.
Ft Wayne detectives warn Loran Shaw to not act as an officer until he has real authority beyond a correspondence school diploma. Shaw was taken into custody after offering services to stores and flashing his card and a shiny star. He was released after the warning.
In Cassville Wisconsin on December 12 a mother Mrs Matt Adrian gave birth to twin boys during a blaze. The doctor escorted the family to a nearby cave for safety as the flames destroyed their home. One infant weighed 10 pounds and the other 11 pounds.
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