Hoover trip meets Latin America need for better policy
The Indianapolis Times praises Hoovers Latin America tour as a start to humanizing relations yet warns that lasting goodwill requires ending political interference and military intervention. It argues future U S policy must move away from threats and Marines and toward genuine respect for southern neighbors. It notes Latin nations seek concrete policy change, not mere rhetoric.
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Charles Lamb
Lamb
Latin America
United States
Washington
Haiti
Nicaragua
Caribbean
Blood Brotherhood
Bandit Promotes Mexican Civil Aviation Progress
The notorious Mexican bandit, long the villain of stage and screen, has inadvertently aided progress by boosting civil aviation. Rail and road travel pause for robberies, prompting capitalists to favor air travel. The bandit’s interference accelerates development of airlines in Mexico.
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Mexico
The Dauntless Quest and the Call of Discovery
A meditation on polar exploration and the enduring human drive to seek knowledge. Sir Hubert Wilkins and Carl Eielson push into ice wastes, discovering Graham Land and new islands, each perilous voyage emblematic of humanity's restless thirst for discovery and hope beyond the known.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Graham Land
Carl Eielson
Graham Lind
Sir Hubert
Gibraltar
Columbus
Magellan
Frobisher
Cook
Peary
Change needed in state office power balance political control
A editorial urges next month’s legislature to undo Stephenson era shifts that placed police licensing securities and related duties under the secretary of state. It argues these executive functions belong with the Governor and advocates the adjutant general as state police head. The piece stresses dangers of partisan use and calls for reestablishing executive control to protect public service. It also notes the governor’s need for broad enforcement powers and references historical misuses.
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D. C. Stephenson
Secretary of State
Stephenson
Ed Jackson
Securities Commission
New Studies Aid Health
This article discusses physiology as the study of body function and its ties to biology physics and chemistry. It highlights how medical knowledge has advanced health and nutrition and previews an upcoming excursion through physiology’s findings and methods.
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W. H. Mottram
University of London
Christmas sentiment and hope shape human motives in history
The piece argues that festive sentiment drives humanity more than pure reason. It likens life to a stage, cites Napoleon on imponderables, and trusts hope as the unifying force behind ideals, revolutions, and grand documents like the Declaration of Independence and the Four Gospels.
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Anta Claus
Hoyle
Napoleon
Shakespeare
Faith in Future and the Christmas Spirit in Human Progress
The piece argues that belief in a brighter future fuels scientific advancement and imagination. It links Christmas spirit to Millennial ideals, noting that religion and hope have historically driven progress, overthrowing old beliefs and guiding humanity upward despite skepticism and doubt.
Christmas Spire and the Faith to Carry On Hope
A reflection on modern life’s complexity and the need for specialization among producers and dependence among consumers. Hope ties together civilization as youth seek careers and old eyes witness bigness, with Henry Ford cited: a handful of rules could solve troubles. The idea closes with the Christmas spire symbol stanched by faith.
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Henry Ford
Climate and Tuberculosis No 2 Ousting Worry Vital in TB
Dr Morris Fishbein explains climate is not a single cure for tuberculosis. Patients should have funds, food, lodging, and access to competent medical care when moving. Institutional care aids recovery through routine, education, and environment change, with open air and rest boosting body tone and nerves. The piece notes upcoming general care rules in a future article.
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Morris Fishbein
The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
James Alexander Miller
Miller
Eight Year Old General Tops Door Battle in Holiday Pranks
An 8-year-old strategist leads a boosty assault on a locked door as Christmas prep continues. After a spirited counterattack the boy relents, then reappears with a dog and paw scratches to seize the moment, drawing cheers and a humorous reference to Hoover in South America.
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Esterday
Marshal Foch
Grant
Appomattox
Great Strategist Mockery of Global Leaders in Gentle Satire
A satirical piece mocks a great strategist who quips about England sizing golf balls, Voliva’s flat world notion, and Hoover receptions in southern hemisphere nations. It contrasts small powers like Chile, Argentina, Brazil with big powers, likening diplomacy to staged enthusiasm and rival admiration during shared social calls.
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England
Voliva
Hoover
Equator
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Readers Voice Views on Indiana State Bird Choice
A letter from Cara Reed argues against making the woodpecker Indiana’s state bird. She praises the cardinals, citing beauty and song, and questions honoring a “thieving” woodpecker. Editor notes recall Kentucky’s cardinal and adds a minting fact from 1858.
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Times
Indiana
Woodpecker
Cara Reed
Kentucky
Battle of Trenton and Civil War era commands
On December 26 1776 Washington surprised and captured 1 000 Hessians. In 1817 General Jackson was ordered to take the field against the Creek and Seminole Indians. In 1863 Federal forces under Rosecrans moved from Nashville to intercept General Bragg.
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Trenton
Washington
Jackson
Rosecrans
Nashville
Bragg
A Defense of Today Against the Old Ways
The Ft Worth Press argues modern life persists through work and progress. It contrasts great-grandfather’s hard, self-reliant labor with today’s conveniences, noting that both eras demand effort, and warns civilization declines when labor ends.
Questions and Answers from The Indianapolis Times Q&A page
A long Q A column lists facts and trivia with brief answers. It covers snow on Nov 10 1928 electoral votes for Wilson Harding and Coolidge 277 404 382 Mrs Bert Acosta Rockville Center N Y Aug 26 1920 alien stay six months US railcars 1925 56814 passenger 2445408 freight New York to Hong Kong via Suez 13364 miles Don Pedro II last king of Brazil married Therese Christina 1843 son of naturalized citizen eligible to presidency cornet vs trumpet Tobago Island location British West Indies 22 miles northeast of Trinidad.
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