Judges See Light as Crime Policy Faces Crisis
The Indianapolis Times notes judges in Michigan criticize life-for-a-pint laws and urge treatment over punishment. It argues longer sentences have swelled prisons, spurred unrest, and calls for scientific, psychiatric approaches to crime, warning against high-level protectors of bootleggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Crime Commission of
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Leonard D. Verdier
Michigan Crime Commission
Clark E. Higbee
Farm board fights to boost farmer power and faces backlash
The farm board created to foster farmer owned co operatives aims to control marketing and influence prices. Legge defends the program against Chamber of Commerce director Barnes while warning of disruption to grain dealers. The Senate probes sugar lobby and Arnold funded outfits, deeming lobbying practices “reprehensible” and proposing protective legislation.
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Farm Board
Alexander Legge
Julius Barnes
United States Chamber of Commerce
Legge
Chamber of Commerce
Arnold
Senate
Senate Committee
Prohibition Raid Exposes Large illicit Whisky Operation
A Clinton county liquor raid reveals a massive illegal whisky operation with an estimated 880 gallons daily capacity and $30,000 in equipment. Five tons of sugar were seized as raw material, two sleeping workers and truck drivers were arrested, illustrating the scale and profitability of the breach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton County
Cartoon lampooning presidents through history in U S art
A discussion of how presidents from Washington to McKinley and Roosevelt faced cartoons and ridicule. It notes Hoover’s contemporary reception and reflects on the enduring public appetite for political caricature across eras and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Weather Remains a Timeless Front Page Mainstay
The discussion notes weather as a constant headline force in journalism, surviving shifts from crime and scandal to sport and industry. It argues weather transcends local limits, its universal reach shaping news value despite political and social debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl A. Bickel
United Press
Ladies’ Aid Society
Carrer Grocery Group
Village Ring
Gulf Stream
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Valued details on stamps and film star Ruth Roland
The 2 cent violet Landing of Columbus stamp from 1893 is cataloged as 1 cent uncancelled and 10 cents if canceled. The New York Herald survives only in name as the Herald Tribune after joining with the Tribune. Ruth Roland stars in a Reno adaptation and is married to vaudevillain Ber Bard, with a recent screen return noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Tribune
New York Herald-Tribune
Ruth Roland
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Reno
Ber Bard
New York Avenue
Washington, D. C
Bulletin
United States
Milk Declared Nearly Perfect Food by Health Experts
Dr. Morris Fishbein summarizes key findings from Dr. Samuel Crumbine and James Tobey on milk as a nearly perfect dietary staple. Pasteurization and sanitation have improved safety, milk's vitamins and minerals support health, though iron, vitamin C, and vitamin D are limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Fishbein
Journal
The
American Medical Association
Higela, the Health Magazine
American Child Health Association
Samuel J. Crumbine
James A. Tobey
Heywood Brown on the Hippodrome and Houdini’s Escape
The column muses on the New York Hippodrome, its diving girls, and the stage craft behind Houdini’s escapes. It recalls the theater’s grandeur, the spectacle of the water tank, and the illusion of the diving bell with a nostalgic editor’s voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Hippodrome
New York
Coventry Act and Pilgrims Anniversary Noted in Evening Column
The piece recalls the Coventry Act of 1670 born from Sir John Coventry’s insult to Charles II and the assault on his nose. It marks Plymouth colony’s 1620 landing anniversary and mentions Civil War era votes in 1862 and 1837, plus an urban meditation on elephants, ghosts, and Hippodrome nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Coventry
Charles II of
England
Coventry
House of Commons
Thomas Sands
Monmouth
John
Plymouth
Mass
Congress Paseed
Proverbs and moral maxims quoted by Colton and Newton
Daily Thought presents two proverbs about character and trust. The first asserts that upright conduct leads to certainty while concealed wrongs reveal themselves. The second warns that frank talk among friends invites enemies to hear what was not meant for them.
Licorice Root Imports Dominate U S Supply
A Mellon Institute report notes the United States imports about 35 000 tons of licorice root annually from Spain Italy southern Russia Asia Minor and southern Asia with 90 percent of extract used by the tobacco industry. Attempts to grow it commercially in the United States have failed and plant uses range from flavoring to medicine and even fire extinguishing material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spain
Italy
Russia
Asia Minor
Asia
P. A. Houseman
H. T. Lacey
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
University of Pittsburgh
New Jersey
American Chemical Society
Houseman and Lacey
Tigris-Euphrates
Europe
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Indianapolis Times
Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
West
Maryland Street
Indianapolis
Tnd
Marion County
Boyd Gurley
Roy W. Howard
Frank G. Morrison
Tphone
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Newspaper Enterprise Assocation
Newspaper Information Service
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Machine Justice
Indiana
Leggee Vs
Barnes
Edwin P. Shattuck
Shattuck
Herbert C. Lakin
Cuba Company
White House
Senate Lobby Investigation Committee
Lakin
Lakins
Shattucks
Congress
Committee
Oary
Southern Tariff Anron
American Taxpayers’ League
National Council of State
J. A. Arnold
Reason
Yanvis
James Monroe
Adams
Jefferson
Jackson
Old Hickory
Incoln
Punch
London Funny Sheet
Lincoln
McKinley
Roosevelt
M. E. Tracy
Air Mail
Daily Health Service
Crumbine and
Tobey
Heywood Brown
America
Forty Third Street
Houdini
Jenny
Hippodrome
Animal Kingdom
the Times
Daily Thought
Colton
Newton
Science
David Dietz
U.S
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