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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
9
Senator Elect Frank L. Smith of Illinois denies reports he will abandon his bid for the Senate seat. He asks for more time to present his case to the campaign expenditures committee and requests postponement of Friday’s hearing until after Christmas.
Charles W. Pierce denounces the teacher tenure law as a threat to free schools and good governance. He warns it enables life tenures and graft, urging repeal at the next General Assembly. Otto Jensen is elected association president, Perry Rule vice president, Edward Hoffman secretary treasurer. convention adjourned.
Seymour Ind December 15 William Anderson found a live snake 31 inches long hanging on a briar at his Cortland home. Local observers call it a possible sign of an open winter as the note of the unusual sight spreads in the area.
A promotional notice offers free admission at the Lyric Theater box office on Friday for natural redheads to see the full bill headlined by The Parisian Redheads a vaudeville act praised as the greatest girls band. The coupon requires presenting the notice as a Times guest.
Marion County grand jurors heard D. C. Stephenson describe lengthy talks with the panel about political contracts and potential statements in a La Porte petition. Stephenson left his Michigan City cell for a four hour session, with prosecutors seeking further witnesses in coming days.
Witnesses recount a tense exchange as Holmes and Stephenson discuss support before guards rush the former Klansman into an elevator amid a tense scene.
The United States Marine Corps will stop accepting enlistments after today due to overstrength at Indianapolis recruiting, with exceptions for boys over 17 in drum and trumpet instruction, men for band duty, and former Marines. Army enlistments closed since Dec 2. Britain has one motor car for every twenty six people.
Postmaster Robert H. Bryson urged that distant parcels be mailed by Saturday to reach destinations by Christmas. The warning covers Arizona to Wyoming and Canada’s Ontario Quebec regions with more parcels post windows opened at the main post office as Christmas mail rush builds.
An interracial and international debate pitting Lincoln University's Negro team against an English white team drew a large Harlem crowd and sparked applause.
Newark December 15 patrolman William Friedrich guarding a broken high voltage line was electrocuted when his arch support touched the live current. He was on duty at the scene and died from the shock.
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