Indianapolis Times Christmas Edition Notice
The Indianapolis Times published daily except Sunday, owned by The Indianapolis Times Publishing Co. at 214 220 West Maryland Street Indianapolis Indiana with 2 cent local and 3 cent elsewhere pricing and 12 cent weekly carrier rate. Editor Boyd Gurley Roy W Howard Frank G Morrison President Business Manager. December 25, 1929 edition.
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Peace and Good Will At Last The Bethlehem Prophecy Realized
The piece argues Christmas inspires peace and good will guiding nations and individuals toward lasting harmony. It notes barriers like greed and hate but envisions statesmen finding permanent peace and human brotherhood, aided by the Christmas spirit. It closes with a Byrd aviation challenge analogy.
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Pushing Back the Veil on Early Human History
Scientists push exploration into deep time as they seek the missing link between man and other mammals. The Java skull, Piltdown findings, Heidelberg jawbone, and Peiping teeth frame debate, with Dr. Gerrit S. Miller Jr. noting the lack of demonstrable links and the need for more fossils.
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Peiping
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Smithsonian Institution
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Strip War Glamour to Aid Peace, Lake Erie Wreck Tells All
The essay argues war’s glamour fuels conflict and cites a muddy Lake Erie ship hulk near Vermilion Ohio as evidence. It contrasts Perry’s naval raid with peaceful Great Lakes maritime labor and urges viewing peace as more romantic. It also notes Byrd’s Antarctic exploration shows vast, harsh geography beyond simple maps.
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Unhinged political tirade rails at courts and graft
A rambled opining screed mocks the legal system and officials, calling for quirked cures to crime, dismantling courts, and sweeping reforms. It references Ware and Grundy in a senatorial race, Sunday Kansas City fashion, Hoovers parties, and a tangle of public figures from Indiana to Los Angeles.
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Ware
Grundy
Boulder Dam power plan sparks interagency clash
The article reports a government power dispute over Boulder Dam. Secretary Wilbur plans to split power rights between public and private entities and run the plant jointly, challenging Congress preference safeguards for cities and states. Doubts rise about Los Angeles meeting conditions and the project’s fate amid flood and drought concerns.
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One Third Civilized and the World System
M. E. Tracy argues that at best one third of the world can be deemed civilized. He critiques imperialism, colonization, and the universal drive for markets, urging a League of Nations or World Court to govern without resorting to conquest.
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Wilson
Unearthed Quotes Spur Thought on Equality and Cold Science
The excerpt blends biblical justice with a remark on equality by Ninon de Lenclos. It notes a 1929 Leiden cryogenic feat by W H Keesom, achieving solidified helium at 458.58 F below zero, about 273.1 C below zero, marking a historic temperature record.
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Ninon de Lenclos
W. H. Keesom
University of Leyden
Netherlands
Aunt Libby Whaley and the Christmas Mortgage Cancelled
A narrator recalls Aunt Libby Whaley, a village matriarch, facing a $450 mortgage held by Squire Thorndyke. He reveals the debt at her bedside on Christmas, then cancels it in a dramatic turn, affirming human love as the true light of Christmas. The tale ends with community warmth and a hymn by the fire.
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Doras
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Elizabeth Josephine Whaley
Dr. Brewster
Father
Questions and Answers from a Historical Quiz
The piece lists answers to trivia covering a US 1838 half dime value six to fifteen cents, meanings of the name Alice, ages of Gilda Gray and Dolores Del Rio, which branch is the Marines, the serratus magnus as a strong back muscle, ostrich as the strongest bird, air raid casualties in England in World War I, with 1 570 killed and 3 941 injured and 4 750 civilians, and 110 aircraft involved.
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United States
Gilda Gray
Dolores del Rio
England
War on cancer to be launched by American College of Surgeons in 1930
The American College of Surgeons plans a large scaled war on cancer in 1930 with clinics nationwide and 9 000 members sending cases to Chicago for clinical research. Experts describe cancer as a group of diseases, stress early diagnosis, and note metastasis limits treatment.
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American College of Surgeons
Bowman C. Crowell
United States
Department of Clinical Research
Chicago
Blair Bell
Bluebeard Legend Linked to 1440 French Execution
Baron Giles de Retz known as Bluebeard was executed by order of the Duke of Brittany in Nantes. He was burned alive, and legends say his seven wives inspired the tale. The baron’s castle La Variere remains along the Loire.
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Bluebeard
France
Nantes
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de Retz
la Variere
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Loire
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