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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1927
Page
7
A fragmented line attributes a view by M. E. Tracy on public mood toward disarmament. The item reflects a columnist stance amid debates on policy and national security.
Charles Fitzhugh Talman highlights how many locales preserve unique wind names. He cites alpine, coastal, and sea winds such as mistral bora sirocco mistral pampero khamsin shamal levante and many others from around the globe showing regional meteorological vocabulary.
The piece argues the Geneva conference should expand the 1921 limits to smaller ships and urges Britain to accept parity with the United States. It forecasts Britain must decide quickly, noting America’s aim for a strong but peaceful navy and warning of broader world tension if talks fail.
Morrison R. Toomer was a noted Fort Worth Press editor whose calm yet forceful leadership shaped local journalism. His wartime service paralleled a quiet, deep strength, overcoming health limits to serve as a lieutenant in France. His brief editorship left a lasting impact on Fort Worth.
The dawn of budget discipline arrives as producers impose a 10 percent wage cut for workers earning over 50 a week. Fans note lavish pay for stars like John Barrymore and Colleen Moore, while industry costs rise with massive amounts of footage discarded to salvage a few completed reels.
The California Supreme Court held the policyholder could claim only $1,000 under a liability policy covering damage claims not in excess of $1,000 per accident. It ruled that the steering failure causing multiple crashes was one negligent act, thus a single accident despite two vehicles damaged and total claims of $2,000.
The Bluffton Evening Banner notes John Duvall’s Waterloo in Indianapolis mayoral race and questions the city manager approach. Crawfordsville Journal argues the primary hinders electing preferred leaders and risks incompetent self seekers. Fort Wayne News Sentinel and Daily Clintonian weigh graft risks and political dynamics in adopting the plan.
American delegates at Geneva say the government is ready to risk a naval arms race if the disarmament plan is not accepted. The warning aims to counter a belief that the United States favors only formal promises and weak defense. America wants disarmament but will not remain undefended for an idea. If others push formalities without real intent, the U S will continue past methods.
The plan is to carry the third term issue to Congress as Republicans oppose Coolidge and Democrats may join them over the belief it cannot harm. It remains a matter of custom not law, with only the people’s voice able to stop any break in precedent.
National Memorial designer Gutzon Borglum travels to South Dakota to start carving on Mt Rushmore. The plan features faces of Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt and a 80 by 120 foot tablet recording American history in 14 foot letters. Project cost listed as 4 million dollars with only a few thousand subscribed.
Although launched January 17, the Trans Atlantic service has seen 485 calls in Britain and 615 in the United States over five months. With current rates, about four calls daily in the US and three daily in Britain occur, insufficient to turn a profit according to service officials.
Babe Ruth claims nine thousand dollars of his 1924 income tax as a business expense to entertain sports writers and others to stay in the public eye. The Government argues the costs are personal. The case could set a precedent affecting many, including husbands who dine to aid business deals.
Reports from Hollywood indicate that actors and crew plan to strike over a ten percent wage reduction. Historically ruled by elites, workers from stars to technicians are united in opposing the cut to preserve living standards.
The article recalls a Curtis biplane built at Hammondsport New York by Rodman Wanamaker. Lieut Cyril Porte prepared to fly Newfoundland to Ireland in the America, a 72 foot winged 4500 pound craft with two 200 horsepower motors. World War I interrupted plans. the plane later served England after being sold and reportedly sunk.
Colleen Moore stars in Naughty but Nice where a small lie blooms into big trouble as she travels from oil wealth to college life and romance with Donald Reed. Vincent Lopez leads the orchestra with "1776" and other numbers while Indiana Symphony audiences enjoy Se You in Jail and The Unknown among the week’s program.
The bill features youth led by Jack Mulhall and Alice Day in See You in Jail, a company mostly of young women in The Sports Revue, with Harold Ramsay at the pipe organ. Stolarevsky directs the Indiana Symphonic Orchestra through Grand Opera Gems including Herbert Natoma and Meditation from Thais with Ride of the Valkyries not shown.
A critic notes Lon Chaney in The Unknown showing clever armless illusion with the gypsy circus setting. Rolled Stockings follows two brothers competing for love and the same co ed on a college boat team with a family twist and Paramount stars.
The passage reflects on how the founders linked liberty to the development of faculties and wise governance. It argues for free thought and speech as essential to political truth, warning that fear and coercion erode order and that discussion and reason are the remedy to harmful ideas.
Answers are on page 12. The statements claim events and roles across 1920s history, including Boulder Dam construction, Tacna Arica dispute, Borah and Lowden candidacies, Reed cousins, Stars and Stripes battle flag, Paul Poirett, Beethoven anniversary, Victor Herbert and comic opera works, and American naval actions at Nanking.
The text lists trivia questions about tall buildings and World War I tanks, czar reigns, and world empire seekers. It also notes theater offerings including Smilin' Thru at English's and other shows at Keith's, Lowe, Isis, and Fanetastic Revue.
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