Indianapolis Times masthead and publication details
The Indianapolis Times publishes daily except Sunday from 25 298 Meridian Street Indianapolis. Subscription rates list ten cents a week in Indianapolis and twelve cents elsewhere. The paper is a Scripps Howard client with United Press and NEA Service affiliations.
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Speedy justice cited in Mohawk bank robbery case
An Indianapolis record notes a Tuesday bank robbery, rapid arrests, and swift sentencing of three teen bandits to ten to twenty five years. Officials praise police efficiency and urge courts to maintain dispatch to curb crime.
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Questions and Answers from The Times Quiz Column
A reader asks about flag etiquette, auctions of surplus war cars, and various trivia. Answers discuss how to hang the flag, obtaining discarded war vehicles, atom size, river measurement, lettuce properties, silver dollars, fossils, women in early Greek churches, locust years, appropriate wedding gifts, a 1921 constitutional outline, meanings of Dower House, Kiwanis Club purpose, the day of Oct 15 1908, the meaning of saute, and handling slightly tainted meat with soda and vinegar.
PLEA FOR HONEST AMERICAN HISTORY by Gresham
Arthur G. Gresham denounces a Times editorial and Hirschfield report as misleading. He says Veterans of Foreign Wars led an anti American history inquiry, condemning British tied histories but praising English sources. He argues true American history should reflect Patriots like Jefferson Adams Hale and Wayne, and urges accuracy in school texts.
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Ford Maintains Big Lead in Colliers Presidential Straw Vote
Henry Ford widens his lead in the Colliers Weekly face to face straw poll with 54,257 of 164,514 votes. Harding places second, McAdoo third, with Ford leading in Ohio Alabama Idaho Wisconsin and California while New York favors Harding and Cox trails.
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Indiana News Snippets From Across The State
Short items report conservation workers moving fish from an old quarry near Huntington to other sites. Marion attorney Dickey loses his straw hat then borrows a replacement. Noble County kids divide pigs to breed a prize winner. Tipton youths seek cooler weather. Franklin County Chamber delays Fourth plans due to heat. Indianapolis to Noblesville road work advances with cement ending soon. Ray May, in Columbus, camps for Ford parade, misses the show. Huntington resident Albert Blum uses a car trunk as a makeshift garage tool.
Remember Huntington 14 000 fate and road safety call
A 1920s safety appeal compares Huntington Ind population to yearly auto deaths in America. It urges readers to drive carefully and push for a national traffic code, warning that complacency will raise casualties and trigger severe public reaction. Public encouragement to personal caution and pedestrian alertness.
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National Safety Council
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Jay-Walk
Street Car Financing and Valuation Debate Rages On
The article argues the street car system cannot settle questions until asset valuations are satisfactory. It cites weak credit, mismanagement, and reliance on outside investment as core issues. It notes efforts to boost local financing and public ownership while recounting past executive bonuses and the need for trust in traction officials.
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The Tractor
Poem describes a farm tractor as ugly yet powerful and tireless. It emphasizes heavy work like plowing harvesting and seeding and calls the machine a giant at the farmer’s service driven by gas and a skilled driver. The speaker asserts pride in labor over beauty and speed.
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Beveridge Opposes Permanent International Court Plan
Indiana editors weigh in on the Harding court idea as Beveridge criticizes entangling alliances and warns the U S could be treated as a British colony under a permanent international body. The Fort Wayne and Lebanon reporters note party angles and Taggart’s warning to wet supporters against Al Smith.
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Britain
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Ft. Wayne
Leviathan Junket Dispatch from Congressman Whazzisname
Wireless dispatch from June 21 details a carefree Leviathan voyage with the Junket Bloc led by Whaz z surname and ex Chairman Lasker aboard. The crew jokes about taxpaying and grape juice while declaring the trip a necessary test of the ship. More updates promised tomorrow.
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Bootleg Humans Pour In
Immigrants arrive by illegal routes as quotas tighten. Officials estimate 300,000 enter yearly through smuggling, with operations in Canada Mexico and Cuba. Fees range from fifty to over a thousand dollars, and ships in Japan are cited as smuggling hubs. The trafficking is linked to rum running and seeks to bypass 1924 limits.
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Palm Beach aviator hurt during take-off and Bathers burned
A Palm Beach aviator was injured in a take-off mishap while many bathers suffered sunburns during their take offs. The column jokes about domestic life and various remarks on society figures.
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Editor's Mail Contends Police Use of Pistols
A reader recalls a Ohio incident where a policeman shot a burglar who fled arrest. At the coroner's inquest the officer told the mother he had fired only because duty compelled him. The mother replied her son had strayed and would face no more trouble.
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