Summer Philosophy and Immigration Essay Contests
A column discusses summer as life’s symbol and urges readers to seize results now. It condemns the American Legion's school essay on immigration for five years as a debated topic with two sides. Also covered is Lasker’s departure from the United States Shipping Board and the costly Levia than cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Indianapolis
America
Legion
Lasker
L Lasker
United Last States Shipping Board
Al’s
Froissart
Francis I
France
Henry VIII
England
Belshazzar
Babylon
al Lasker
Boston
Cerulean Caribbean
United States
Lincoln Monument
Shipping Board
Answers to Questions From The Times
Readers inquire about the Bremen submarine fate the Ambassador list and Henry David Thoreau rank in American literature. Iridium value per ounce and the St Gothard tunnel length are noted.
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Henry David Thoreau
America
Jewelry Stolen Then Found in Car in France
Mrs William Ellis Corey wife of the American steel magnate reported a $100000 necklace stolen in Paris and later discovered the jewels in her automobile near Buissen Le Varrier France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
William Ellis Corey
Buissen le Varrier
France
Vet Bureau personnel being cut and fears of fiscal tightening
Washington reports alarm from American Legion and Disabled Veterans leaders over potential cuts in Veterans Bureau spending. Officials warn economies must not harm needy or disabled veterans as they prepare a unified program for Congress on future appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Veterans’ Bureau
American Legion
The
Disabled Veterans
Congress
Veterans’ Bureau
Harding faces party rifts over world court and prohibition
A Stal correspondent reports that President Harding defied party and Cabinet judgment on world court and prohibition, accused of playing Ohio politics. Eastern Republicans fear risk to 1924 renomination, with Wadsworth and Hughes cited as cases. Some insiders doubt his re election prospects amid growing anti administration dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carson
New Stal
Tim Ashington
Harding
Ohio
East
Anti-Saloon League
Wadsworth
New York
Hughes
Hoover
Anti Saloon League
Court
World Court
Perhapea
Lodge
Branderee
Borah
McCormick
Graduation at West Point Splits Longtime Friends
In Huntington West Virginia on June 11 Rowland Castle and Charles Myers, close since freshman year, graduate from West Point this month and will be assigned to different service branches. They shared high school sports memories on diamonds and courts and trained side by side at the academy. Also graduating with them is classmate Charles Bromley from Hillsboro Pennsylvania.
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Charles Myers
Rowland Castle
Untington
W. Va
West Point
Eridjron
Charles Bromley
Hillsboro
Mrers
Army
Castle
West Ioint
Uncle Sam Perfects Latest Word in Tanks
Washington reports the US Army tests tanks at Camp Meade showing blunt nosed steel monstrosities of thirty tons with 328 horsepower engines and finger-thick armor. The army calls them the latest word in warfare though Colonel Rockenbach says they move only two miles per hour and aim for twelve on a battlefield.
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Robert Talley Washington
United States Army
Camp Meade
Tank Brigade
Rockenbach
Beacons Guide U S Flier Night Routes Across Country
Beacons will guide Uncle Sam air mail aviators at night with land beacons placed three miles apart. Four and a half foot high pedestals carry glass reflectors lit by acetylene, sending vertical rays to aid pilots. Landing fields every twenty five miles will be well lit. first beacons to rise on the 1000 mile Chicago to Cheyenne stretch this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA
Hicago
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Cheyenne
Wyo
Garage Owner Killed In Three Way Collision
Glen Miller, garage owner, is dead and George Boyle Jr. is in a hospital in serious condition after a three way automobile accident in Alemandria Indiana. Miller was towing a car when Boyle struck the towed vehicle to avoid an oncoming car. Miller was knocked to the road and a third vehicle ran over his head, crushing his skull.
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Alemandria
Ind
Glen Miller
George Boyle, Jr
Miller
George Boyle
Police hunt suspect in assault on Waverly Minton
A man attacked Waverly Minton outside Woodworthier Tabernacle Mission Sunday night. Minton, 662 W McCarty Sr, was struck twice in the face after recognizing a man among several others and is cooperating with police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly Minton
W. McCarty Sr
Woodworthier Tabernacle Mission
Minton
H. G Wells recounts early publisher struggles and Oxford agriculture course
London report notes historian H. G. Wells faced six years of manuscript rejection with only occasional payment. It also mentions heirs of English estates attending a special agriculture course at Oxford University, highlighting a shift toward agricultural education among the elite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Oxford University
Quirky Aphorisms and Odd Advice from Tom Sims
A collage of wry maxims and humorous quips about marriage, optimism and pessimism, clothing, uniforms, dating, and seasonal life. The pieces mix jokes about weddings and singleness with playful social commentary across various dated tones.
Ontario election tests wets versus drys in June
Windsor Ont June 11 The Ontario election on June 25 may reveal the wets versus drys contest. Ontario is legally dry though illegal bootlegging continues. Conservative candidate Frank W Wilson runs in Windsor amid debates over provincial liquor laws and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Henle
NEA
Indsor
Ontario
Poltical River
Canada
Dominion
Washington
Frank W. Wilson
Conservative
Windsor
Liberals
United Farmers
Bach
Daughter of Maine Congressman Weds Daughter of Maine Congressman
Mrs. Robert Rownd, 34, praised as the season’s most beautiful bride in Washington. Nina Lunn, daughter of Mrs. William Wallace White Jr., tied the knot with the Maine congressman’s son. The piece also discusses party lines on liquor laws, Ontario temperance, and the farmer government’s fiscal stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rownd
Washington, D. C
Nina Lunnn
William Wallace White, Jr
Maine
Skilled Steel Workers Draw Fat Pay Envelopes
By W. J. Porterfield, June 11. The piece examines open shop mills and wage scales from 40 cents an hour to 20 25 dollars daily for top skilled rollers. It notes pay structures, bonuses by tonnage, and contrasts in saving habits between Americans and foreigners. Housing ventures by Sheet and Tube in East Youngstown are described, highlighting sanitary four room flats and cost based on 10 percent down and 1 percent monthly.
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Town
Ohio
Wrees
Intel
Thes Rios
Welch
America
West Virginia
East
Youngstown
Sheet and Tube Company
Millie MacFarlane Sets Bridesmaid Record at Court
Mildred M. MacFarlane of Essemer Michigan works as deputy county clerk and helps couples obtain marriage licenses. She has assisted in nearly two hundred weddings as a bridesmaid at the ceremonies and jokes about the superstition twice a bridesmaid means no marriage. Judges often call on her to witness licenses. She claims the world champion bridesmaid title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss MacFarlane
Hungary on the brink as treaties cripple economy
Nearing crisis in Hungary as deficits balloon from 16.5 billion to over 40 billion crowns. From 25.9 million to 7.19 million in population after World War I, the country faces a collapsing exchange rate, export gaps, and rising unrest. The writer urges League of Nations intervention to avert disaster.
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League of Nations
Austria
Hungary
League
Trianon
Indiana
Budapest
A Single Rose Poem By Berton Braley
A poem where a lover sends a single rose to prove his love and the contrast with the maiden's scornful reaction. The speaker notes the rose as a pure token of affection while the woman dismisses his effort as weak. The piece ends with her throwing the rose in the alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berton Braley
NEA Service, Inc
Sahara Grotto Delegates Seek Next Convention in Indianapolis
Seventy five Sahara Grotto members attend the thirty fourth supreme council in Cleveland. Delegates back a move to bring the next council meeting to Indianapolis with support from the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara Grotto
Mystic Order of the Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Supreme Council of the Order
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce
What Scouts Do bulletin from Washington Bureau
A campaign-style notice invites readers to request a Washington Bureau bulletin titled What Scouts Do. It describes camp skills such as making fire without matches cooking without utensils and finding water. Readers should mail a coupon with name address and a 2 cent stamp to Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau.
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Washington
Indianapolis Times
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
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Earle E. Martin
Roy W. Howard
Fred Romer Peters
O. F. Johnson
Scripps-Howard Newspapers
United Press
United News
United Financial
NEA Service
Scripps Newspaper Alliance
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Meridian Street
Washington D. C
Bremen
Germany
North Sea
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Chile
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Peru
Spain
St. Gothard
Milan
Lucerne
G. O. P. Leader
U.S
Boy
Wells
London
H. G. Wells
Tom Sims
Amundsen
North Pole
Pest House
Bone-Dry Province
Conservative Party
Farmers Party
Tuebec
British Columbia
W. J. Porterfield
Ashkof
Mildred Macfarlane
NMA
Essemer, Mich
Mildred M. MacFarlane
Affairs
William Philip Simms
Adapest
Grotto
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