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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1925
Page
6
A Times foreign correspondent warns that war with Japan could erupt without warning like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. He cites a 1914 Paris clipping noting calm before the July crisis gave way to rapid declarations of war across Europe, illustrating how quickly conflict can begin.
Russell Robinson on piano teams with Al Bernard to release two new jazz numbers from Brunswick. My Poodle-Oodle Dog and Keep on Going showcase lively swing and playful lyrics about a wise dog from New Orleans.
A Raleigh style music note reviews Britt Wood as a standout on a novelty record with wild harmonica. It highlights Brunswick Light Opera recordings of The Mikado and songs like A Wandering Minstrel and Three Little Maids. Also mentions Okeh record singes Bring Back Those Rock-a-Bye Baby Days and When You and I Were Seventeen. Indianapolis theaters list multiple shows including Saint Joan and Town Topics.
Diplomats and war experts fear Japan would seize the Philippines and Guam, strike at Panama and Hawaii, mine the Pacific, deploy fast cruisers and submarines, and keep capital ships ready, aiming to cripple U.S. bases and cut sea lanes, risking a solitary American fight if Britain and allies stay out.
Ten year old Mabel Pruitt, living south of West Newton, was hit by a Bloomington bus as she exited a school wagon. She was not seriously injured. Driver D E Worley was arrested for assault and battery and released without bond. Evansville report notes a separate sale of land for a new Catholic High School in Bloomington.
M C Boyden of Chicago addressed the local American Association of Engineers at the bar of Commerce Tuesday night on cement use in building construction. General discussion followed. Robert MacFall.
Members of the Indianapolis Home Builders Association will gather this evening at the newly completed residence of Fred Palmer located at Forty-Sixth and Meridian. The event showcases the latest in local residential design and construction.
Madame Governor Ross, Wyoming's first woman governor, marked her first official act by asking Nebraska authorities to extradite William Pauley, held in Scotts Bluff on a charge of selling mortgaged Wyoming property. Close associates say she and her late husband believe prisoners should serve full terms. She spent a quiet day with close friends and worked on executive matters for the Legislature.
Short items from Indiana towns cover themes from rising home life costs cited by Rev. C T Goodsell to local incidents and appointments. Notable notes include Peru workers recovering from burns after a Wabash locomotive crown sheet failure in Logansport, honors for Lawrence Hensley in Brook lyn, and Maurice A Petty entering Frankfort mayoral race.
Pain and congestion relief through a rubbing of St Jacobs Oil on the chest and throat. The ad claims quick, almost instant soothing of chest colds, sore throat, back pain, and lumbago with a gentle rub, noting the oil is safe for skin and has a 35 cent price and 65 years of recommendation.
Advertising copy claims cranberry juice kills a skin parasite causing eczema and irritations. Cranolene Healing Cream combines cranberry juice with soothing oils to stop itching and restore skin, sold by druggists for 35c, 1 and 2.50, or by post with samples offered.
Al Losche a county clerk at the Y M C A injures ribs while assisting Tony Ross in training. He vows to retire from wrestling, saying the sport is not what it’s cracked up to be. Ross was to wrestle Jack Reynolds for the welterweight title Thursday.
In Marion Indiana on January 17 three more members of the bank robbery gang pleaded guilty and were sentenced. Mrs Mary Bridgewater and Mrs Robert Morse received one to fourteen years in Indiana Woman's Prison for aiding outside the hold up. Robert Morse drew ten to twenty five years in the Indiana State Reformatory.
The Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway petitions a seven cent fare increase for street car lines in South Bend and Mishawaka. J. W. McCardle of the Public Service Commission led a hearing Tuesday, with the company arguing it operates at a loss on the current five cent fare.
Funeral services for George W Carter 66 of 320 E Walnut St will be held at his residence at 1 pm Thursday conducted by Dr Frederick B E Taylor pastor of the First Baptist Church followed by a 230 pm service in Franklin where burial will occur The death result of an accidental shotgun discharge on a hunting trip The body was found on a wire fence by Victor Quillen of Franklin He is survived by a widow a son William Carter two daughters Mrs Walter Cook of Terre Haute and Mrs W R Watkins of Louisville three sisters Mrs A W Holeman Mrs James Martin both of Rochester and Charles Pierston of South Bend and three brothers Frank B A Carter and Marion Carter The deceased was a member of the Modern Woodmen and the First Baptist Church
Registrations start Sunday for the fifth annual young conference January 30 to February 2 at Central Christian Church Wi and Delaware Streets. Dorothy Guntz leads the Mariority Council with a long list of committee chairs including Page and Fink for Y M C A program and entertainment, plus Banquet chairmen and publicity coordinators. A separate report notes a theft at a Wabash high school where $41 in Red Cross funds and four gallons of alcohol were stolen from the safe.
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