Indianapolis Times June 28, 1930 front page details
The Indianapolis Times dated Saturday June 28 1930 lists pricing in Marion County 2 cents a copy 3 cents delivered 12 cents a week. Editors Boyd Gurley Frank G Morrison Business Manager Roy W Howard President. The paper notes United Press affiliations and delivering information services.
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Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
West
Maryland Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Boyd Gurley
Frank G. Morrison
Riley
United Press
Ae Newspaper Alliance
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Newspaper Information Service
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Mayr Urges Clean Office to End Fifield Era
The piece contrasts Frank Mayr Jr. of South Bend with Secretary of State Fifield, arguing Mayr would run the office for the people rather than build a personal machine. It decries Fifield’s patronage and predicts a reform era if Mayr is elected, urging voters to support Mayr to curb GOP power and state corruption.
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Fifield
Frank Mayr Jr
South Bend
Indiana
Stephenson
Ed Jackson
Lake County
Mayr
GE plan on unemployment insurance and staffing rules
General Electric proposes a voluntary unemployment plan with employee and employer funded accounts. It also lays out rules for hiring, layoffs, and plant maintenance to reduce unemployment, while state official Francis Perkins backs the plan as world influencing but not a substitute for compulsory insurance.
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General Electric Company
New York State
Francis Perkins
General Electric
Caw
Morrow Victory Reflects New Jersey Wet State Traditions
The author argues Dwight Morrow’s win in New Jersey does not signal a national shift toward prohibition but reflects the state’s historic stance. Morrow’s appeal is tied to his independence, financial clout, and appeal beyond party hacks, while Maine and New Jersey remain firmly split on drink policy.
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Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Dwight Morrow
New Jersey
Maine
Morrow
Woodrow Wilson
Orrow
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Legend of St Brandon Island and Atlantis Grounded in Facts
Dr H A Marmer argues legends of St Brandon Island Antillia and Atlantis may rest on factual voyages and discoveries. The article traces medieval maps and myths, noting possible connections to Canary and Madeira voyages and pre Columbian tales, while deeming full America links unconvincing.
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St. Brandon’s Island
Atlantis
Graf Zeppelin
Atlantic
St. Brandan’s Island
Antillia
Isle of the Seven Cities
H. A. Marmer
D. Appleton & Co
St. Brandan
America
Canaries
Madeiras
Armer
Canary
Madeira
St. Brandon's Island
Iceland
St Brandan’s Island
Spain
Iberian Peninsula
Antilla
How Well Do You Know Your Bible Five Questions A Day
A reader quiz lists five recall questions on familiar biblical passages and their yesterday’s answers. The items cover treasure, Passover, feeding of 5 000, phrases about mind and skin color, and a Bible quotation sequence with named chapters and verses.
Sabbath Day Reminder and Sunday Gates Vision
A devotional mix cites Deuteronomy 5 urging sanctification of the Sabbath. It notes Sunday as spiritually open with a George Herbert reference, reflecting a religious observance mood.
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George Herbert
Trained Men Needed to Study Misfits
A Dr Morris Fishbein column argues for industrial mental health work. It cites a psychopathic foreman causing high labor turnover and notes monotony alone does not cause disorders. Wertham advocates recognition of difficult cases and better referral to specialists. The psychologist could determine when psychiatric input is needed.
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Verybody
Frederic Wertham
Censorship vs. commerce and the job market in 1930
Heywood Brown argues censorship is folly, urges scrap of censorship as a folly of elites. He critiques English licensing and laments job market distortions from low wages and mass layoffs, urging union organizing and government action to ease unemployment.
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London
Green Pastures
England
A ROYAL ASSASSINATION JUNE 28 1914
Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife were killed in Sarajevo on June 28 1914 after a failed bomb attack earlier that day. The assassination sparked a political crisis and is viewed as the trigger for the upcoming war. Ferdinand had left Vienna June 23 to oversee Austro Hungarian military maneuvers and was murdered during a return from a town hall reception.
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Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Countess of
Hohenberg
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Ferdinand
Vienna
Herzegovinia
Austria-Hungary
Francis Ferdinand
May I have a word on the mother of the rain baby
A Times reader defends Sallys mother amid harsh judgment, comparing her to farm animals and praising a $2000 donation as a step toward womanhood. The letter recalls Eugene V Debs aiding a young woman after court, urging community respect and support for Sally Breed and a search for further context.
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Sally
Terre Haute
Eugene V. Debbs
Roy
Debs
Sally Breed
Wickersham Commission Accomplishments Questioned
M E Tracy criticizes the Wickersham Commission as ineffective. Albert Schramm and two associates were caught smuggling 150000 tons of alcohol into Germany and fined $1200000 under German law. The piece muses on penalties deterring bootlegging and funding prohibition enforcement.
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Lbert Schramm
Germany
Chicago
A Wide-ranging Call for Better Public Registration
Senator Glass criticizes the Wickersham commission for broad focus and ineffectiveness. He laments reliance on the census for dynamic issues and argues for a constant up-to-date registration system to track employment crime beef supplies and radio sets. He cites police cases where current data hinder investigations and suggests a nationwide real-time data system.
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Glass
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Congress
Administration of Justice
Wicker Shaw Commission
America
New York
Chicago
Lingle
Handshakes and Hope From a Terre Haute Letter
A sixty three year old Indianapolis resident laments crime risk for his twenty eight grandchildren and expresses hope for unseen rescues without fanfare. He recalls his view on sending a Terre Haute girl to a respectable home rather than prison and muses on the origins of the handshake as a peace signal from primitive times.
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Terre Haute
W. B. Schreiber
Lexington Ave
Indianapolis
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