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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1930
Page
31
The Indianapolis Times denounces alleged election fraud as the highest crime in peacetime and calls for an independent, thorough investigation. It cites suspected voter importation, repeated county fraud rumors, and conflicts between officials, urging a genuine probe beyond political theater.
The article argues for swift passage of the Wagner bill to provide federal employment statistics, planning for public works, and a nationwide employment exchanges system. It cites industry action like Chicago clothing workers insurance as a model and urges communities to stabilize jobs amid weak conditions and rising unemployment.
The United States Army trials a mechanical music box mounted on a three quarter ton truck to see if it can replace the traditional band and bugler. The review envisions a Magno Vox driven performance with haunting notes played by electrical gadgets over an encampment.
A digest of varied opinions cites lynching provocation in Sherman Texas and praises punishment for a drunken driver who killed a girl. It mentions the prince of Wales gaining ranks, Soviet atheism, warlords with wives, rural firefighting, Knute Rockne’s recovery, Peggy Joyce’s Europe trip, and shared feelings about orchids versus dandelions.
Dr Harlan T Stetson of Perkins Observatory outlines that vast nonluminous gas clouds drift between stars, explaining dark sky regions. He ties solar system fog to corona and zodiacal light, notes links to comet tails, and cites Eddington Struve and Plaskett Pearce work on a universal cloud filling space.
Five question daily feature tests familiar passages with biblical names places and verses. The text lists questions on Gilead Ananias the massacre of the innocents and the famous let my people go line with related verse references and an answer recap section including Genesis Luke Leviticus and Daniel citations.
Dr Morris Fishbein notes physicians doubt extreme calorie cuts under 1000 daily. In Pittsburgh a 360 calorie diet for thirteen patients yielded an average loss of six tenths of a pound daily over fifty nine days. The plan provided lean meat protein and controlled fat with water and salts, under strict medical supervision.
The columnist argues that New York pedestrian rules are mild and city life changes little despite rapid shifts. He compares a traveler returning after years to landmarks like Grant's tomb and Texas Guinan, then muses on how figures such as Washington and Jefferson might view today’s world and its apparent progress.
James B Eads born May 23 1820 at Lawrenceburg Indiana later moved to St Louis. He studied navigation and proposed river traffic solutions, led gunboat construction for the Civil War, built seven ironclads in 100 days, helped capture Fort Henry, and designed the Mississippi steel arch bridge. He achieved worldwide renown for his jetty system to deepen the river mouth and received the Albert Medal in 1884.
The article notes the minimum price for a plane capable of crossing the Atlantic is about thirteen thousand dollars. Crossing the Pacific would require a plane costing about sixty to seventy thousand dollars or more. It also explains how Western Union uses United States Naval Observatory time via observations of about 150 clock stars and how clouds can move independently of surface winds and how to convert Fahrenheit to Centigrade and vice versa.
An elderly man argues with friends that he slept twenty years and that nothing has changed. He cites a Metropolitan Opera performance, a new building, and a newspaper column as proof, then greets Amos n Andy on the radio and insists everything feels brand new despite recent events. He recalls reading a doughboy story in the same paper last Thursday.
M E Tracy cites R F Hoffman arguing death by own action is rising as a social problem. Based on 100 cities, 1929 saw at least 17 500 suicides, with Sacramento leading. Notes left by victims reveal loss of self confidence and pressure from modern life, while stock crashes amplify helplessness and dependence on a vast mechanism.
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