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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
16
Contest notices invite readers to select daily Puzzle-Heads from No 3 Times headlines. Winners include Mrs Ernest Pearson Arlington Ind Cr H Taylor Elks Club and Mrs Iva Long with prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars. Ends tomorrow with more chances next week.
Irving P Blue wins the Times limerick grand prize of a 208 dollar Stewart Warner console radio for his final line in Limerick No 9. The prize was donated by National Furniture Company and will be set up in Blue's home for New Year’s reception. The judge was Dr F S C Wicks pastor and critic of All Souls Unitarian Church.
Instructions explain how to craft Puzzle Head lines from today's No 3 headlines in The Times. Participants repeat lines to form humorous two line combos, must keep original wording, include name and address, mail or drop by by 5 PM Tuesday, winners announced next Friday.
Miami moves to deepen and widen Biscayne Bay to compete for Atlantic trade with Central and South America. Mayor E G Sewell leads the drive for federal aid after guidance from Senator Duncan A Fletcher to bring harbor plans to Congress.
The Indianapolis Times reports WKBF will air at 8 pm the eighteen limericks in the contest and the daily cash prize winners. Blue expresses delight and surprise at winning the grand prize amid keen competition. Dr. Wicks notes the fast lines' excellence as Limerick Larry joins in the regret that one winner remains.
Florence Summers Bucanovich, who says she married Matt Bucanovich at 15 when he was 50, received a divorce in Gary Indiana. Bucanovich, once a bootlegging leader, is a fugitive after bond jumping on a dry law violation charge. She also won restoration of her maiden name Summers to avoid her son bearing his father’s notoriety.
Lorna Davidson 14 of Sandusky Michigan asks Honolulu Chief Magistrate Charles N Arnold for a contact in Hawaii to get true facts about the islands. She names questions about Chinese and Japanese people and local life, hoping for firsthand information through a Honolulu correspondent.
United Press reports that Dr. K Lark Korovitz, a renowned physicist, will join Purdue University's faculty next semester. He will teach three physics courses two for university credit and one nine lecture noncredit series open to the public.
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