Carnegie Grant To Aid History Education Study
The Carnegie Foundation awarded $50,000 to the American Historical Association for a five year study on history and social studies in schools. Dr August C Krey of the University of Minnesota announced the grant at the association’s forty third annual meeting at Claypool.
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Carnegie Foundation
American Historical Association
Association
Claypool
August C. Krey
University of Minnesota
Carnegie Corporation
Krey
John S. Bassett
Smith College
Guy Stanton Ford
Hogston Discharges Five Fire Inspectors and Appoints Investigator
Alfred M. Hogston, state fire marshal, announces discharge of five inspectors from the fire marshal’s office and the appointment of Harry C. Adams of Vincennes as investigator. Adams, former Knox county sheriff and Vincennes police chief, assumes duty immediately. Discharged: Raymond Donahue Indianapolis K Orris Marion John B Wood Indianapolis A R McClure and A Wright. Henry Batterman Crown Point granted 2 1/2 months leave. he is a member of the legislature.
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Alfred M. Hogston
Harry C. Adams
Vincennes
Knox County
Adams
Raymond Donahue
Indianapolis
K. S.orris
Marion
Bets Babe’s Gown Fire Injures Young Boy in Family Incident
A lighted match thrown by the older brother, William Murray, burned the gown of Dan Murray, 2, at 2802 North Dearborn Street. The child was taken to City Hospital with injuries described as not serious. the incident occurred tonight and involved the Murray family.
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Dan
Murray
Ohn Murray
North Dearborntreet
William
City Hosital
Pollock Hailed as Savior of West in Revolutionary Aid
Professor James A. James of Northwestern University lauds Oliver Pollock as the westward financier of the Revolution. He supplied powder for the Kassaskia expedition and backed Clark’s Illinois campaign, enduring personal sacrifice and imprisonment before Congress finally awarded $90,000 in 1785 though payment lagged for years.
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Pollock
West
Kassaskia
New Orleans
Illinois
Clark
James
Virginia
United States
Congress
Turning Point in Lane's Political Life
Prof. W H Stephenson of Louisiana State University spoke at a joint meeting of the American Historical Association and the Mississippi Valley Historical Association at the Claypool. He traced James H Lane's shift from conservative Indiana figure to radical Free State leader after the Wakarusa War and Kansas crisis. Lane embraced Republican opposition to slavery expansion and sought Kansas admission to the Union, breaking with former allies to crusade for freedom.
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Oliver Pollock
George Rogers Clark
West
Virginia
James A. James
Northwestern University
American Historical Association
Mississippi Valley Historical Association
Claypool
James H. Lane
W. H. Stephenson
Louisiana State University
Lane
Indiana
Free State Party
Movement For
Popular Sovereignty
Kansas
Prof
Stephenson
Washington
Douglas
Bond Issue Pushed For City Schools Real Estate
Albert Walsman the business director of the city schools and Indianapolis Taxpayers Association representatives appeared before the state tax board to press the school boards request for a bond issue of 185000 dollars to purchase more real estate for several schools. The interest rate on the proposed bonds was discussed and tentatively set at 4 percent.
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Albert Walsman
Indianapolis Taxpayers’ Association
Indiana's pivotal Indiana role in Lincoln's rise praised
Professor Charles Roll argues Indiana's strategic position in 1860 helped Lincoln win the presidency. He notes Indiana's strong anti slavery stance and its Democratic voting history, along with its crucial delegation to the Chicago convention and eventual support for Lincoln on all ballots.
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Indiana
Chicago
Lincoln
Illinois
Professor Roll
The
United States
Breasted Named Foremost American Historian of the Orient
Dr James H Breasted outgoing president of the American Historical Association and head of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago is regarded as the leading American historian of the Orient. His work emphasizes people and scientific study and he departs New Year’s Day for the Orient to continue research at Chicago House near the Valley of the Kings.
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Marin
James H. Breasted
American Historical Association
Claypool
University of Chicago
Adolph Erman
University of Berlin
Erman
Breasted
Oriental Institute
Maidie Euphrates
Egypt
Dr. Breasted
Orient
Chicago House
The
Valley of Kings
Tutankhamon
Catholic party idea sparks debate at national convention
John C. Fitzpatrick of the American Catholic Historical Association warns against Catholic political parties in U S democracy. He argues forefathers built party lines on secular grounds and forbids religious proscription in office. Delegates hear Monsignor Gavish welcome and Rev Peter Guilday address session.
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Thomas Heflin
Hiram Evans
John C. Fitzpatrick
Washington, D. C
American Catholic Historical Association
American Historical Association
America
Europe
Fitzpatrick
Indianapolis Times
Norris
Francis H. Gavish
Peter Guilday
The
Catholic University At Washington
Open Car Tag Bureaus Opened at Indianapolis Banks
Indianapolis branches of the automobile license plate bureaus have been opened at Belmont State bank on Belmont avenue and Washington street in Fountain Square, at State bank on Forty-second street and College avenue, and at Forty-second Street State bank on Forty-second street and College avenue.
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Indianapolis
Belmont State Bank
Belmont Avenue
Washington Street
Fountain Square
Slavery Relations Between U S and Britain Reviewed
Thomas P. Martin of the Library of Congress spoke to the English history section at the Claypool about Anglo-American anti slavery relations. He traced cross border cooperation since 1820 and noted how American slave labor and protectionism affected British trade and their stance on slavery up to the Civil War.
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Martin
America
England
Bill of Rights in Local Peril
Professor J G Randall of the University of Illinois spoke at a group luncheon of the American Historical Association at the Claypool about community responsibility for constitutional guarantees. He argued that prejudice and social sentiment can undermine free speech press religious liberty and fair trials despite formal rights.
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J. G. Randall
University of Illinois
American Historical Association
Claywool
Hebrew faith pictured as triumphant in modern life
Professor J Powis Smith of the University of Chicago told the American Historical Association that Hebrew religion alone has endured as an active force in modern life. He cited three reasons: prophetic moralization, superior Old Testament literature, and selective editing that enriched the Hebrew idea of divine choice.
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J. M. Powis Smith
University of Chicago
American Oriental Society
Middle West
American Historical Association
Claypool
J. Powis Smith
Babylonia
Assyria
Egypt
Moab
Smith
Israel
Babylon
Mother and Son Die in Influenza Pneumonia Tragedy
SOUTH BEND Ind Dec 28 Mrs Roland Harlow and her five year old son David died from influenza pneumonia authorities say the deaths occurred during a health outbreak in the city leaving the family as two of the sufferers in the illness wave
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Times
South Bend
Ind
Roland Harlow
David
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