Indianapolis Times View on Crime Probe and Christmas Hope
The paper argues Indiana must confront gangland crime and political corruption with federal support, noting failures in 1926 28 probes and urging higher officials to act. It shifts to a Christmas reflection on shared generosity and calls for sustained compassion beyond the holidays.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoover
Calumet
Chicago
Lake County
Washington
Chamber of Commerce backs cooperative marketing and farm board
The United States Chamber of Commerce through its agricultural service committee endorses cooperative marketing and a federal farm board. It notes support only if non discriminatory to other business, a self contradictory stance reflecting business attitude toward farm relief.
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Farm Board
United States Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Service Department
Federal Farm Board
National Chamber
Paying College Athletes Debate Shows Limits of Pay
A University of Michigan doctor argues paid college stars could boost gate receipts, but education must be the focus. Critics warn financial incentives could erode academics and the sport’s appeal. The piece cites university officials and other scholars while skimming a string of unrelated quips and anecdotes.
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George K. Carothers
University of Michigan
Carothers
James D. Hoskins
University of Tennessee
Rumpus of Haitian Sympathy Sparks 500 in NY and 50 in DC
Writer criticizes communist protests in New York and Washington protesting Haiti. Demonstrators block traffic claiming sympathy for Haiti while urging freedom of speech alongside freedom of movement. President Hoover opposes jailing activists and suggests organizing a designated public space for demonstrations.
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New York
Washington
Haiti
Belligerency and the Kellogg Pact’s shaky neutrality
Opinion polishes the Kellogg pact as a tool to keep nations out of war while public opinion bears responsibility for enforcement. Neutrality erodes as economic structure and great powers inch toward international court and police force, though real action remains centuries away. Historic examples illustrate cautious progress and occasional upheaval.
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Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Spain
Washington Plans for Two New Federal Buildings
The Internal Revenue building is estimated at 17,500,000 dollars and the Commerce building at 10,000,000 dollars. The totals include removal of the old structures and 850,000 dollars for land for the Commerce project.
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Internal Revenue
Commerce
Washington
Department of Commerce
Gerson Treatment in Tuberculosis Seen as Uncertain
Medical critics in the Journal of the American Medical Association report that while Gerson diets emphasize minerals and vitamins, evidence for effectiveness in tuberculosis is weak. Berlin experts and a Berlin sanatorium head dismiss the method for bone and lung TB, noting no detoxification or lung improvement and only weight gains typical of standard diets.
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Gerson
Ularly
Felix Klemperer
Berlin
Klemperer
Schwalm
The Prison Warden And The Night Of The Mutinous Mood
The narrator opens with a prison warden recounting a mutinous mood in a state penitentiary. In a tense 4:30 pm talk before two thousand inmates the lights fail after a lightning strike, and the warden faces a wary crowd. He resorts to storytelling and humor to avert a jail break, aided by a final anonymous tale heard on a Utica train.
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Gome
Parole Board
Death House
Utica
the Times
Authors and details mixed in a reader quiz
The item lists authors for two books and asks about a thermos bottle reflection and Sir Esme Howard's faith plus Ohio River length and width. It reads like a mixed trivia note rather than a single cohesive article with a clear event or statement to summarize.
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Ohio River
Plutonic Observatories Proposed to Probe Earth Interior
Harvard Observatory director R H Shapley proposes plutonic observatories to study Earth's interior by sinking a shaft near a university. A 2 3 mile depth could be reached with laboratories at various rock levels. High costs, extreme heat, and immense pressure pose challenges.
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R. Harlow Shapley
Harvard Observatory
Earth
Shapley
Dr. Shapley
California Institute of Technology
Boston Tea Party remembered on its anniversary
The article recalls the December 16 1773 Boston Tea Party when Bostonians in disguise dumped 342 chests of tea from three ships into Boston Harbor. After the protest ended at moonrise the crowd dispersed and Paul Revere is noted as reportedly joining the disguise.
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Boston
Paul Revere
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