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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1927
Page
11
Meredith Nicholson and J. W. Esterline will argue for a city manager plan at Cable Tabernacle urging nonpartisan city government. The piece calls for voting intelligence, warns of risk, and urges diplomacy with Mexico and Latin America as a long term policy.
The piece critiques Colonel Mitchell for his sharp attacks on the Navy over Lindberghs New York hop while exonerations and mixed motives swirl. It argues he could aid aviation if tempers and timing improve, warning that further feuds harm national defense.
The piece reports unofficially that James Rockwell Sheffield is near resignation as ambassador to Mexico City and will not return. It criticizes his temperament for Latin American outreach, arguing U S diplomacy ignores the human factors and local sentiment in Mexico and Central America.
A Boston clerk is fined for selling Upton Sinclair’s Oil amid a Watch and Ward Society stance that it corrupts youth. The column links Acts of censorship to Socrates and notes contemporary references to Pershing Lindbergh and Haig, with wry asides on politics, war, and daily life.
Arizona Supreme Court held the car owner not liable for damage caused by the friend who, while authorized to return the car to a nearby garage, took the vehicle on a city ride. The agency ceased once the friend drove beyond the garage destination.
The piece notes a surge of active older figures in business and society as younger generations push progress. It highlights Chauncey M. Depew, John D. Rockefeller, Elbert H. Gary, and Thomas A. Edison as emblematic players, while praising imagination and forward-thinking across ages.
Edison, age and rest aside, presses on with rubber. He plans a rubber plant sown and harvested like oats. He dedicates nine acres on his Florida estate to the project and outfits a new lab at his New Jersey plant.
The article emphasizes rubber as vital to industry and transport, urging steady rubber and fuel supplies for aircraft and autos. It notes global concern over raw materials, observing England’s shift from scarcity to dominance by government-supported rubber plantations.
A reader questions adopting the city manager plan urging circumspection before radical government changes. The letter argues only a total failure justifies substitution and suggests amending weak points to curb graft and corruption.
A reader quiz lists ten Bible questions covering the flood, Noahs sons, manna, Hezekiah and Isaiah, plus Ananias and Paul. The page also includes a letter on city government and a note about the Swiss ambassador Marc Peter with his ministerial rank.
The control of vast oil, coal, and iron fields now shapes world politics. Uproar in China highlights mineral resources in eastern Mongolia and Manchuria. Statesmen and scientists say empire destinies depend on owning essential raw materials, not just inventing machines.
The writer argues the nation risks building a mighty air force and fleet of vehicles while neglecting essential raw materials. He cautions ending with the greatest air fleet and no gasoline, endless automobiles and no rubber, vast presses and no pulpwood.
The text argues nations will specialize like people in modern industry and cautions that some nations monopolize products. It stresses core essentials every nation and family needs and urges safeguarding strategic materials for defense, noting this issue is rarely discussed.
The City Manager form operates in 364 cities and towns nationwide, with tax reductions and major public improvements. In Wichita Kansas the tax rate is well below the national average, while county and state rates rise. Police and fire departments show improved efficiency and morale due to political independence. Cleveland Ohio credits rapid progress after adopting the plan.
The piece argues that national defense relies on supply chains behind the front. It notes Chilean nitrates Canadian spruce and American cotton aided Allied victory and will matter more next time. War is an organized industry requiring farms forests oil pools and mineral deposits.
Voters must cast ballots in person not by absent voter mail. Instructions emphasize in-person voting only and prohibit use of absentee ballots for this election. Precise in person polling details and deadlines are provided by local election officials.
South on one Club and West double forces East to choose between Major and Minor suits. The reader weighs four and six card lengths with odds. Expert notes argue Major preference when four cards vs stronger Minor, yet Six in Minor can override.
Readers inquire about ancient empires and modern reach, longevity stats, a 1854 weekday, and Civil Service terms. The Answers cover Darius and Alexander empires, Trajan era Rome, the British Empire size, life expectancy, the day June 27, 1854 fell on, and meanings of departmental apportioned and classified service.
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