Public Service Commission shake prompts call for governor explanation
The Times presses Governor Jackson to justify a rapid change in the commission amid a bid to issue fifty five million dollars in securities for two electric plants. Critics cite potential conflicts, altered salaries, and questions about influence from chambers and financiers. The paper urges frank disclosure and public accountability as power costs threaten homeowners and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Rucker
Jackson
Artman
Commission
Carl Mote
Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
Gilliam
Probing Kentucky Senate Bid On Government Power Plants
The piece argues Senator Norris favored public hearings on a Tennessee River property bid while Senator Ernst backed a private Farmers Federated Fertilizer bid. It notes new bids, criticizes secrecy, and upholds government operation of the plant, linking past Ford proposals and current debates. It ends with satirical lines on prohibition, marriage vows, and local headlines.
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Ernst
Tennessee
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Farmers Federated Fertilizer Corporation
C. Bascom Slemp
Coolidge
Ford
Congress
Christmas Appeal for Francisco Families in Crisis
A Red Cross appeal highlights sixty families in Francisco facing Christmas without cheer or food due to a mine disaster. The account condemns the industrial system as cruel, noting husbands and fathers went to work to provide warmth elsewhere, but perished in an instant, leaving a grieving town and a harsh view of industry's risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Francisco
Plant
Joe Mack
Gail Rossiter
Val Harris
Vera Griffin
Keith's
Sermon Holds That Church Members Not Always Upright
A St James Episcopal Church sermon critiques equating church attendance with virtue. Rev Dr Crowder questions why few follow Jesus while crowds frequent questionable resorts. The sermon argues Christianity can be lived outside formal church membership. It recalls Jesus defying Pharisaic rigidity to emphasize loving life.
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St. James Episcopal Church
New York City
Dr. Crowder
Jesus Christ
Servants of God
Christ
Jesus
Resolution Urges State Department Clarity on Bolivian Central American Tensions
Tracy Representative La Guardia of New York introduces a resolution urging Congress to ask the State Department for known facts about bolshevism in Central America. A circulated report alleged Mexico seeks red hegemony threatening the Panama Canal, and Nicaragua is a battleground of competing American and Mexican policies. The public deserves frank disclosure on whether the diplomatic impasse stems from rumors or official information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Guardia
New York
Congress
State Department
Central America
Mexico
Panama Canal
Nicaragua
Waiting for Death King Ferdinand of Roumania
Waiting for the death of King Ferdinand of Roumania, aged and stricken with cancer, is described as a tense, race-like vigil among those closest to him. The piece reflects on royal passing as a somber, predictable spectacle.
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Ferdinand
Roumania
Intellectually Grown
Professor Conklin of Princeton argues that men have ceased to grow intellectually and that evolution may be paused. He notes many students believe modern races cannot equal ancient Greeks and debates whether progress comes from mental superiority or the legacy of accumulated knowledge.
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Conklin
Princeton
More Pay for Miners in Hazardous Work Debate
The excerpt notes that coal mining remains highly dangerous with over 2,000 U S lives lost this year, and higher totals in 1997 and 1910. It argues that miners deserve higher pay given the risks, and urges readers to consider workers’ peril when debating wage demands.
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United States
Bloody Herrin gang war stalks Illinois mines
The piece recalls the Bloody Herrin incident and a long era of mining violence in Illinois. It describes a feud that began over unionism and evolved into Klan anti Klan conflict and gang rivalry, questioning if the cycle will ever end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Illinois
Kentucky
City approves 60000 repair bond for College Ave bridge
The city council in a special session voted a 60000 bond for repairing the College Ave bridge at Fall Creek. Engineers warned last piers are sunk and the bridge is dangerous. County may be forced to cover 45 percent of costs while county officials refuse the assessment. A transfer of 1000 to the assessment bureau was approved.
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College Ave
Fall Creek
William C. Buser
Grand Army of the Republic founded by Stephenson and Rutledge
The GAR traces its origin to Dr. B. F. Stephenson and Chaplain W. J. Rutledge of the Fourteenth Illinois Infantry who conceived the organization in February 1864. The name Blondell derives from French, meaning light or blonde. The wike of Sessuel Hayakawa remains unclear.
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Grand Army of the Republic
B. F. Stephenson
W. J. Rutledge
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry
Blondell
Wild Color and Wilder Dancing by Roye and Maye at Keith's
The Keith's show features Roye and Maye with bold color and inventive movement. Roye blends ballroom flair with eccentric dance while Toto the clown dominates attention with recurring novelty acts.
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Roye and
Maye
Harry Roye
Billie Maye
Roye
Keith
South Sea
Stage Show Reviews Highlight Roye Maye And Kemper Acts
The Observer reviews Roye and Mayes revue for color and music and praises Jimmy Kemper and his orchestra for a world tour style act. It notes Scotch flavored pieces by Jack Wyatts Lads and Lassies and lauds White Tierney and Billie Regay acts for strong comic value.
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Keith
Roye and
Maye
Palace
Jimmy Kemper
Jack Wyatt
Scotch
Kemper
Scotland
White
Tierney
Watt's Scotch lads and lassies at the Lyric weeklong show
The Lyric hosts Watt's Scotch act with four women and two men delivering dancing and songs in a hearty Scottish mood. Performances feature sword dance by the women, the men tuning vocals and banjo tricks, plus Jeanette and Synco Jazzers in a fast jazz segment. Neighborhood coverage notes other current shows.
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Billie Regay
Walter Gilbert
Florence Victor
the Observer
Watt
Lassiles
Shean
Phillips
Angel
Edwin George
Howard
Ross
Cliff Navarro
Bob Gerraghty
Jeanette
Synco Jazzers
Reddingtons
Lyric
Christmas Book Gift List From Walter D Hickman
Walter D. Hickman offers a Christmas book list for family gifts. He highlights nonfiction titles like The Man Nobody Knows and The Story of Philosophy, fiction such as An American Tragedy and The Private Life of Helen of Troy, and children's reads including The Real Mother Goose and The Peter Potter Book.
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Dad
Jesus
Bruce Barton
Bobbs-Merrill
Will Durant
Simon and Schuster
George A. Dorsey
Harpers
Milton C. Worke
Times
The
John C. Winston Co
Abraham Lincoln
Nathaniel Wright Stephenson
Lincoln
Theodore Dreiser
Boni Liveright
Dreiser
John Galsworthy
Scribners
Mother Goose
Peter Potter
Leroy F. Jackson
Seymour Loveland
Anne Anderson
Alan Wright
David Goes
Greenland
David Pianey Putnam
Richard Halliburton
Sherwood Anderson
Darwin
Gamaliel Bradford
Bill Herschell
Bobbs Merrill
Baby Star Heads Wide TV Fame as Film World Follows
See page sixteen for the baby star’s stage name and answers to questions about the Grand Canyon state the composer of Die Walkure Edison Jekyll and Hyde actors in The Temptress Mme Bori first name and related film details.
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Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Big Ten
Thomas Edison
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Mme. Bori
Germany Wins Victory At Geneva Accord on 1927 Transition
At Geneva on December 14 the inter allied military commission will end on January 31 1927 and Germany will place control under the League of Nations. The decision shifts supervision of Versailles provisions to the League with Stresemann hailed as architect of the pact agreed by England France and Germany.
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United Arena Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
Inter-Allied Military Commission
League
Europe
Versailles
Gustav Stresemann
England
France
Brentano’s Best Sellers For Week Ending December 11
Brentano's New York lists six top sellers in fiction and nonfiction for the week ending Dec. 11. Notable fiction include John Erskine and Ernest Hemingway titles while nonfiction features Benjamin Franklin and Will Durant works.
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Brentano
New York
John Erskine
Samuel H. Adams
Elinor Wylie
Elizabeth
Earnest Hemingway
Scribner's
Finesse Guidelines in Auction Bridge Pointers
Wilton C discusses finesse strategies for bridge, noting the King finesse with under eleven cards in the suit across both hands, and explains tenace and combination finesses. He argues the play benefits from mathematical chances, warns against absolute rules, and previews a future topic on finessing to catch a Queen.
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North
John F. Dill
Answers from The Indianapolis Times Q and A column
A compilation from The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau covers questions on government acts like the Overman Act of 1918, notary public duties, and historical notes. It explains notary powers, origins of the position, and early legends about the marigold, with context on figures such as John L. Sullivan and related public inquiries.
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United States
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Massachusetts
Donelee
Ross Farm
West Abingdon
Mass
Abingdon
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Roy W. Howard
Boyd Gurley
United Press
NEA
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Audit Bureau of Circulations
WM. A. Mayburn
Bus
Mgr
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Maryland St
India
Indianapolis
Indiana
Associated Power Companies
Congressional Leasing Committee
Darrow
N. D. Cochran
God
Tracy
M. E. Tracy
Council
Sessuel Hayakawa
Walter D. Hickman
Toto
Togo
Gus Stewart
Ollie Olive
Stewart
Eddie Leonard
Leonard
Birdie Reeve
the Palace
Circle
Ohio
Colonial
Opollo
Isis
Uptown
Mutual
Jimmie
Bill
Bel
Joe
Edna Ferber
Dorothy Canfield
Carl van Vetchen
Will James
Edwin P. Norwood
Abe Lincoln
Bernie Babcock
Martha the Seventh
Jane Abbott
Vicksburg
Alice Turner Curtis
Columbus
Sara Ware Bassett
the Zoo
Julia T. E. Stoddart
Leila Crocheron Freeman
Burns Mantell
Emily Post
Baby Star
Benjamin Franklin
Phillips Russell
Brentano's
Simon & Schuster
Breasted and Robinson
Harper
Jesting Pilate
Aldous Huxey
Wilton C
Auction Bridge
Came For Times
Washington
New York Ave
Washingon
Treasury Department
District of Columbia
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