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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
6
Member of the Scripps Howard News Service and related bureaus. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Co. at 25 29 S Meridian St Indianapolis. Subscription 10 cents a week in town and 12 cents elsewhere. Phone main 3500.
Editorial notes Indianapolis delays on allowing lighter police summer uniforms after a severe heat period. It cites Chicago’s move to khaki shirts and tropical helmets for traffic officers, arguing wool coats hinder efficiency and morale and urging public sympathy for officer comfort and finances.
Purdue University official G I Christie reports July wheat harvests will require large labor from northern and central Indiana. He urges cooperation among farmers groups county agents chambers of commerce and business organizations to mobilize volunteers from Indianapolis and nearby cities for short term farm labor, stressing it will be work not sport.
Indianapolis fire chief Jacob E. Reidel urges a safe celebration with a community affair supervised by firefighters. He warns that fireworks in unskilled hands cause avoidable injuries and property damage, and promotes planning to reduce casualties next week.
A collage of job prospects from a junior engineer path in the Bureau of Standards with strict degree and exam requirements to higher pay for a Washington bricklayer. It notes Antioch College aims for student self reliance, a tiny Chicago shoe store lease, and a dust measurement study at Lewis Institute, reflecting urban versus rural labor realities.
Washington reports on the United States Coal Commission's early findings as it studies mining, transportation, and marketing in the anthracite and bituminous sectors. It notes railroad ownership over many mines, wage conflicts, and the need for a national policy to curb prices and unemployment while aiming to shape December Congress recommendations.
A litany of quirky observations and wry maxims. references range from a laughing man at a thermometer to soft drink dealing and bank presidents. notes on July Fourth dates, bathing places, fashion, and oddball facts about Ovid, airplanes, radios, and circuses. reflects playful, brisk 1920s newspaper voice with scattered names and places.
A study by the American Social Hygiene Association reports 87 percent of 1000 American married women are happy while 12 percent are unhappy. Among 116 unhappy, 63 cite incompatibility, 14 cite economic hardship, two blame too much mother in law, others note issues like addiction or infidelity. Average respondent age was 37 and many advise against work outside the home after marriage.
Washington report summarizes coal industry scope with 750000 workers mostly underground, 2.33 billion invested capital including 430 million in anthracite, and concentration among 174 anthracite producers and 6000 bituminous mines. Bituminous use shares cover railroads and industry, with retail distribution of 130 million tons yearly and local charges often exceeding mine price.
A dining car waiter recounts a humorous tale of a mock trial over breach of promise involving Corporal Sam Washington at Ft. Dodge. The narrator describes the judge, the mock punishment of immoral marriage or death, and Sam’s response amid a sequence of amorous exchanges with Miss Jones.
Indiana scenes report pranks by Fred Murphy and Orville Wilson as they place a purse on a road only for a driver to steal it, while motorists trade excuses for stopping. Boonville gains electric lights on June 30 as Chief Bolter Wabash sports a mustache to deter car thefts. Keturah Skelly Barnard ties the knot with plumber Earle C. Barnard, and prosecutor cross examines David Casselman De Long on party loyalty. Bloomington mail arrives by airplane for CMT camp recruit Floyd Southern. Columbus High School student George Reeves proposes modified track layouts to aid industry as Chamber of Commerce weighs the plan.
Washington June 27 One of the chief attractions for President Harding when he arrives in Alaska will be Mt McKinley National Park. The National Park Service hopes the visit will boost interest and visits to this public playground. Mt McKinley rises 20700 feet above sea level, the highest peak in North America. The park protects vast herds of caribou and mountain sheep as hunting is prohibited.
Prince Kuni visited Takamatsu as Governor Sasaki’s guest aboard the famous Ritsurin Pond. Twice the fish broke his line and escaped. The Governor apologized for the provincial fish’s behavior, saying they would be forgiven and the Prince would be generous in return.
In Shanghai a Chinese worker named Lori faced British police after a coat pocket theft accusation. He endured severe beatings to extract a confession using crude torture methods, including lit cigarettes pressed under his nose, and was left hospitalized. He was eventually acquitted.
Germany hosts 387 430 cooperative societies with 4 652 125 farming members spread across thirteen major associations. In 1921 turnover stood at 181000000000 marks when the currency held value.
Unemployment total across the British Isles reached 1,207,000 at the end of May, up 38,000 from May 1. The report notes unsettled European conditions contributing to the trend, reflecting a persistent jobless scenario.
A collection of quips and jokes from various sources including Argonaut Topics of the Day Michigan Gargoyle West Virginia Moonshine Gold and Brown and Boston Transcript. The items cover hunting vs meat buying pride in gardens pranks about family life and marriage. Names and places include Wheeling West Virginia and Boston.
Herbert Quick surveys American business leaders who admire Mussolini while noting his rise to power destroys democracy in Italy. He cites Pierson Booth Cravath Barnes and others as examples of admiration for Mussolini’s order and fiscal policies despite discrediting implications.
Editors urge keeping the headline and warn gravel roads cause fatalities before winter. They critique distribution and packing of new gravel and call for road bans until rolling is complete to prevent crashes. Wichita police report a man named Drumm allegedly stole 1.5 million dollars. Harding’s West trip features about eighteen speeches, totaling roughly 15,057 miles.
The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau answers common questions on topics from Swift’s comet of 1880 to coal weighing tons and cleaning methods. It notes facts on ferns not in Antarctica, mosses there, and about the Allen court incident in Hillaville Virginia in 1912.
The speaker once found motorists dull and their chatter on clutches gears oils and gas tedious. After getting a Ford he shifts to constant talk of his own car and now seeks out fellow drivers, boasting about his machine and its merits.
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