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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
2
Precinct by precinct the recount of the congressional and surveyor primary vote in Marion County continues. Recount commissioners are expected to complete the process in about six weeks with listed officials and watchers in the front and rear rows.
Washington dispatch reports government specialists warn that Congress failure to fund a clean-up for the European corn borer could let the pest spread twenty to thirty miles beyond the current infested area. Dr. A F Woods plans a conference with state agriculture directors to discuss countermeasures and possible quarantine expansion.
New Orleans June 1 Prices on dressed frogs have dropped to 25 cents per pound as Louisiana floods the market with supply. Percy Viosca Jr says production exceeds national demand and hopes the oversupply will prompt price adjustments or demand growth to balance the market.
Atlantic City June 1 A judge should not pass sentence without full facts on a prisoner's early life home background past conduct and a psychiatrist's report on intelligence mental stability and responsibility Dr Sanger Brown deputy commissioner of mental hygiene of New York State urged in address before the American Association for the Study of the Feebleminded He said many criminals are not insane but all should be studied by a psychiatrist and chronic psychopathic offenders might be detained for life with probation only after mental exam and under psychiatric direction He added public attitudes complicate crime but facts will allow just treatment of both society and the criminal
The annual frog crop in Louisiana is estimated at 2,000,000 and the state has become the principal shipper in the United States, highlighting its dominance in this market.
In Godfrey Illinois on June 1 a pewter square ink well in L H Maxfield's possession shows the date 1779. The opening is so small a pen can scarcely be inserted.
About 700 to 800 persons are expected at the annual Indiana Lions Club convention in the city June 11 and 12. Sessions are mainly at Claypool, with a morning golf tournament at South Grove for delegates. Officers will be elected, and district officers attend events including a bridge luncheon at the Marott Hotel Tuesday noon. Volunteers include Robert Phillips Purdue University Arthur C Call Horace S Kerr and Joseph Adams.
Hawaii invites the Prince of Wales to attend the 150th anniversary celebration of Captain James Cook's discovery. The invitation covers August 15 to 19, and Governor Farrington hopes His Highness will accept given the Prince’s prior enjoyment of his visit and interest in a longer stay.
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