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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1930
Page
11
Editorial urges constitutional convention to shorten ballots and reduce party influence. Calls for nonpartisan judges elected separately, recall for county commissioners, and greater voter control. Warns current system allows bosses and clogs ballots. advocates people ruling themselves through reform.
A broad, nonpartisan manifesto from 179 leading colleges and major banks denounces the Grundy tariff plan. It warns it would raise living costs, aid industrial waste, hurt workers and farmers, provoke retaliation, undermine debt payments, and threaten unemployment and world peace. If Congress passes it, voters will judge at the polls.
Boston women mount a political push against federal maternity and infancy aid arguing it is socialist. The Sheppard-Towner act expired a year ago and Congress moves to resume funding, with the Jones-Cooper bill on the Senate calendar awaiting passage amid executive branch hesitation.
The editorial argues against Parker for the Supreme Court, urging no delay in a Senate vote. It notes the Judiciary Committee rejected Parker 10 to 5 and warns that administration lobbying and possible patronage bribes should be investigated if evidence supports it, with a full accounting and punishment if warranted.
After 25 years a compromise contracts Boulder Dam power with a private company while the federal government retains control. Los Angeles and Southern California Edison will lease generators and pay equal rentals for power, leaving cities without direct ownership. The experiment tests public versus private power delivery under a government governed project.
The Welfare Council of New York City cautions against moves to the metropolis for girls. It says only income of at least 25 dollars weekly allows living comfortably and independently. It notes many assume easy work and low living costs in New York but warns the reality is different.
A collage of brief items touches on prison crowding, U S Senate clashes over supreme court nominees, a Lincoln era bed exhibit in Chicago, an Anderson attorney injuring a shoulder in court, a Chicago professor backing Morris chairs, Leopold of Austria’s arrest in New York, Hollywood widows in a shooting scare, a 99 year old Indiana blacksmith sharpening plow shares, and a plane carried Prince of Wales.
Over 1,000 economists from 179 universities across 48 states oppose the Smoot Hawley tariff bill. They warn it would raise living costs, benefit a few at the expense of many, provoke retaliatory actions abroad, and foster broad hostility toward the United States.
An analysis argues that prosperity proves tariff protection ineffective and that farmers seek relief through credit access and curbs on manipulators rather than broader protections. The piece notes farmers export focus and their limited need for domestic tariff protection.
The piece argues the Smoot Hawley tariff bill harms 130 million U S consumers and boosts unemployment while provoking retaliatory moves by other nations. It warns Congressmen and business leaders against protectionist gains and urges maintaining open foreign trade to restore employment and world stability.
A quiz page asks five Bible questions with yesterday’s answers listed. It covers John the Baptist’s foods in the wilderness, a faith verse completion, a general whose name means Jesus, the god of flies, and the slogan salt of the earth.
The query asks for the name of the song sung by the slave girl in Behind That Curtain. It provides the line The Phantom Sweetheart as a possible answer but seeks confirmation of the song title.
Dr. Morris Fishbein notes 398 U.S. lead poisoning deaths between 1925 and 1927 with painters accounting for more than half. He cites reforms in pottery and rising safety in new industries, urging continued focus on painter protection and hazard investigation before new uses of lead.
The Times columnist argues Grover Whalen police commissioner handled May Day with tact and courtesy. He critiques communist rhetoric, calls for free speech, and cautions against rushing to judgment on foreign regimes while urging thoughtful, evolving views on economics and history.
Born May 6 1758 at Arras Maximilien Robespierre rose from lawyer to criminal judge resigning to avoid death penalty. He led Paris and the Jacobin Club becoming deputy for Paris and pivotal in Louis execution and the Girondin purge amid a Terror period.
Nails are called so by length now though old pennyweights named weight origins. The Royal Geographical Society followed the African Association founded 1788, established 1830 with 6000 fellows by 1928. A gold spoon phrase means wealthy parents. Milled coin edges deter wear on gold and silver coins. lower value cents lack such protection.
Astronomers used the April solar eclipse to photograph the flash spectrum, a set of bright lines that appear when light passes through cooler gas. The flash spectrum, tied to the chromosphere and corona visible during totality, offers insight beyond the ordinary sun spectrum.
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