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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1925
Page
1
Senate 40 to 6 kills the first Klan bill proposed by Senator Sims of Terre Haute to bar teachers in public schools from wearing distinctive religious garb or insignia. The minority report urged passage, while the majority report recommended indefinite postponement.
Chicago Police Chief Morgan Collins announces a probe into the death of William Nelson McClintock an heir to a two million dollar estate. An inquest was delayed thirty days as investigators say important information needs thorough examination.
A dirty-faced bandit held up oil stations and was surprised by Patrolman Walter Lang. The suspect was wounded as Lang approached and the bandit killed himself, ending the confrontation.
A playful item notes a mother hanging a hair to the back of a baby's high chair and items about rustic furniture. It lists four clues: an unused furniture item, a phrase meaning almost plenty, a three letter word for an immature person, and an extra auto tire.
The readable text shows isolated numbers and letters. No clear event names, persons, or organizations are identifiable.
The Senate considers passage of a bill prohibiting teachers in public schools from wearing distinctive garb or section symbols. For adoption are Allredge King Martin Payne Pell Sims. Against adoption include Barker Batt Bradford Branaman Brown Cann Chambers Cravens Crosby Daily Dick Moorice Nejdl O Rourke Penrod Skins Quillen Saunders Shank Shirley Southworth Steele Sweeney. Absent are Blackburn Davis King Leonard.
Four Republican senators and one Democrat supported the minority report after a heated session in the House Committee on Education. Senator Chambers, Newcastle Democrat, led off with a charged speech calling the bill a Ku Klux bill and urging full floor discussion with recorded votes. Senator Nejidl, Republican, moved to table, the motion passed 26 to 22, forcing a roll call on the minority report amid further crossfire over Catholic references.
Large delegations of residents pressed the board of public works at a public hearing on resolutions for elevation at Koehne Cruse Oriental Pine and Davidson Streets and State and Arsenal Avenues Strong opposition to closing several of these streets developed.
Senator James J. Neidl of Whiting calls the Governor’s survey commission plan radical and a constabulary move. He doubts Legislature action this session due to heavy work and budget limits while critiquing a proposed three member industrial board and a merged public safety department.
Gerald Chapman the noted bandit was moved from Marion County jail to begin a return trip to the Atlanta penitentiary. He was captured in Muncie Indiana and is under heavy guard by postal inspectors wardens and deputy U S marshals. He escaped Atlanta in March 1923 after a $2 4 million mail hold up in New York in 1921.
The Rev. H.8 resigns from his pulpit and moves with family to a cave home near Prairie Grove Arkansas. A 160 acre site includes a 67 by 18 foot cave with three rooms carved into native stone and modern furnishings. The dwelling features a spring water supply, a piano, bedrooms with fireplaces, and animal housing for cows horses and goats.
In Los Fresnos Texas Sheriff Sam Robertson shot and killed Isadora Sandoval 85 after Sandoval attacked a girl and killed the girl's mother. A posse freed the girl but Sandoval retreated behind a stone wall with a boy held hostage until Robertson approached and was forced to fire.
White House officials indicate Klan membership will bar candidates for Indiana federal judge and district attorney posts. Judge Robert C. Baltzell reportedly faced the test and answered No. Thomas Slick of South Bend is viewed as the leading prospect for the judgeship despite hiring challenges.
Butler University plans draft layouts for a Fairview campus with five buildings including three recitation halls chapel and indoor arena for basketball and winter sports. Architect is Robert ost Dag gett. price-setting committee and fraternity house sites on the south end report strong financial progress. Revenue official David H. Blair of North Carolina will resign at term end March 4, authorities indicate.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor paid respects to President Coolidge at the White House in Washington. It was their first meeting.
Senate without debate approves Johnson resolution requesting Secretary of State Hughes to furnish the Senate with complete information on the Paris reparations agreement. The action was taken in Washington on January 21, by United Press reporting.
The article notes that former Governor M Cray vetoed a similar proposal in 1928 and that strong lobbying is continuing this session on both sides of the issue. It highlights intense lobbying by opposing groups aiming to influence the outcome.
Indiana Legislature takes up a bill prohibiting racing and sports on Memorial Day. Authored by Rep F H Miller of Kokomo, the measure targets all races and games with admission fees or prize money and sets misdemeanor penalties up to 1000 dollars and six months’ jail. It explicitly defines who is liable and declares an emergency effective upon passage.
The State Senate adopted the majority report recommending passage to raise mortgage exemptions from $1 000 to $2 000 after a heated debate and then adjourned at noon until 2 p m.
Florence O Neil from Peoria Ill told police Parker, son of a Chicago attorney, shot himself while cleaning a revolver. She was being held pending investigation in Chicago on January 24.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth is expected to deliver her baby soon in Washington. Obstetricians discuss twilight sleep for delivery while noting Mrs. Longworth should avoid smoking during confinement. She will be admitted to a hospital after arrival and kept under care.
Federal prohibition agent Lionel Wilson testified and named Senator Edward Edwards of New Jersey as chief liquor trafficker. Wilson and partner Hurlbut claimed Edwards accepted 3800 dollars for 100 cases of Scotch, though the money was later returned and no liquor delivered. Court records show Wilson had a 1913 petit larceny conviction.
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