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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1926
Page
1
In a sharp 1930s-tinged critique, the writer condemns Earl Carroll for a flamboyant stunt involving a bathtub and ginger ale, arguing the episode exposes broader social repression and the dangers of overregulation. The piece links Prohibition era excess to moral policing, warning that votes, laws, and media sensationalism fuel vice instead of curbing it.
The 1926 census bureau estimate places Indianapolis population at 367 000 as of July 1 1926, up from 358 000 in 1925 and 315 746 in 1920. Ft Wayne remains Indiana’s second city at 99 900, with Hammond and Gary showing strong gains in the Calumet region.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs opens its eighteenth biennial convention in Atlantic City New Jersey with national and world problem discussions. Delegates from across the United States gather for daily sessions through June 4 focusing on conference and round table formats.
In Geneva on May 24 the League of Nations preliminary disarmament commission drafted plans for international supervision to prevent armament quotas from being exceeded. American representative Hugh Gibson said the United States would not accept league supervision but did not want to hinder the league’s efforts as the conference neared adjournment.
Havana authorities tightened security at the American Embassy and consulate following revived rumors of an anarchist plot. Police, acting on government orders, increased guarding measures around the buildings in Havana.
Washington reports Cuban police guarding the American embassy in Havana may prompt similar moves in other capitals to curb Sacco Vanzetti protest fears. Authorities fear the Buenos Aires bombing last week could trigger further radical demonstrations claiming a capitalist plot.
An OCR damaged weather fragment shows hourly temperature marks with times and readings resembling a newspaper weather table. Readable numbers include 62 and 68 around late morning and noon. The line is incomplete but indicates a temperature progression across the day.
Farmers and fruit and vegetable growers of Indiana welcomed the U S Weather Bureau forecast of fair and warmer conditions for tonight and Tuesday This follows a warning that a heavy frost struck the state one year ago on May 25 1925 Though light frost touched most of Indiana recently it caused little damage as heavy dew aided plant protection
The school board will review changes to the recommendation by Superintendent E A Graff for next year’s high and grade school teacher appointments. Mrs Lillian Seawick says revisions are major and will occur at a full board meeting, likely not at the Tuesday session. President Theodore F Vonnegut notes the published list is not final and was released without authorization. The Indiana Taxpayers Association plans to challenge Graff’s clerical staff salary increases, arguing pay parallels with industrial clerks would differ.
A nonsectarian group in Tamarack Minnesota plans a 10 a m June 1 hour long wordless prayer to prompt a divine sign. Sponsored by Vernon Ewing an optometrist the event aims at spiritual impact without sectarian framing. Attendees may stand or kneel as they please trusting God to respond.
A early morning blaze at the Kokomo Steel and Wire Company south plant in Kokomo Indiana wiped out two buildings. Estimated damage stands at 250000 with 300 to 400 workers temporarily laid off. Fire officials traced origin as unknown while insurance coverage was confirmed. Lines of hose crossed tracks and interurban service to Frankfort was halted. John K E Fredrick, secretary and general manager, said rebuilding will proceed with care.
Indiana officials weigh options as no immediate rise in Federal prohibition agents occurs. Ethan A. Miles fields a request to double Indiana’s current fifteen dry agents while Attorney General Gilliam studies the legality of naming state and county officers as United States dry agents with extra pay. A clarification notes one office per person restriction could block such augmentation.
Senator King introduces a Senate resolution to authorize the Judiciary Committee to evaluate the legality of President Coolidge's executive order designating state county and municipal officers as Federal prohibition agents. The measure seeks the committee to report whether the order should be abrogated. King plans to call it up for adoption tomorrow.
In San Francisco on May 24, Col. Ned M. Green, federal prohibition administrator for northern California and Nevada, said the Dollar a year plan to tighten enforcement may fail for lack of a testing ground. He noted northern California protesters and state officials oppose further encroachment on state control and will not push the plan if the region does not want it.
A Bartholomew County farmer Frank Fedder John 28 his wife and their ten months old baby were killed when a fast Pennsylvania passenger train struck their auto at Cox's crossing near Columbus Indiana three miles southwest of the city. The couple died at the scene and the baby died shortly after being removed from its mother's arms. John died later at Bartholomew County hospital. The crossing is known as Dead Man's Crossing for its fatalities.
In Venice California on May 24, thousands of followers awaited a miracle as evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson failed to rise from the sea where she had disappeared five days earlier. The crowd prayed as waves and breakers washed ashore, with no sign of the beloved leader.
President Coolidge invited to pay homage to George Rogers Clark and his men at Vincennes to open the Clark Sesquicentennial Exposition in early 1929. Indiana leaders, historians, and officials form a commission to plan a nationwide event, with 600 attendees at the Vincennes meeting.
Harry Dunn announces a special county council meeting to appropriate extra funds for the primary. He notes fall appropriation of 50 000 may be insufficient as costs could exceed 57 000, citing lengthy ballots and 44 new precincts versus 40 000 in 1924.
Indianapolis daylight saving will be discussed at a special city council meeting Tuesday. Councilman Otis E Bartholomew said he could secure 10000 signatures for a petition and that the measure may be passed under suspension of rules if possible. The plan would set clocks back an hour on June 6 until October, boosting after work sports like golf and tennis.
Three men died when their car was crowded off the road in Cairo Illinois early today crashing into a tree. The dead are James Carroll 45 Sam Cagle 40 both of Mound City Ill and Homer Galbraith 25 of Tamms Ill.
For twenty two years Frederick Rabbe and his wife cared for their paralyzed daughter Evelyn A tragedy unfolds as Evelyn dies from a bullet to the head in the bathroom and Rabbe kills himself with a revolver. Neighbors found him with a bullet wound and a smile is left on his face as the first light of relief after two years of hardship.
Richmond evangelists Thomas Carey and Clarence Po veter were barred from a tabernacle in East Columbus. They rented a downtown hall for Sunday services, but the owners objected to the doctrines and locked the doors. The evangelists held services on the street.
Washington report notes three Republican incumbents lost renomination in five primaries causing panic over prohi bition and farm relief measures. Senator McNary plans to move farm relief bills to the Senate calendar, Cummins to advance a Volstead act tightening measure, and Edge to seek a nationwide referendum on modifying prohibition at the 1928 general election.
Emsley W. Johnson and Frank P. Manly withdraw as co plaintiffs with Albert M. Maguire from a petition seeking an injunction to stop Mayor Duvall from hearing charges of neglect and extravagance against Maguire. Judge Harry C. Chamberlain granted the withdrawal before arguments on dissolving a temporary restraining order.
Public Service Commissioner Frank T. Singleton fixed June 10 to hear the People's Motor Coach Company petition to start a bus line from Monument Circle to the Sixty-Third Street Guilford Avenue intersection. The route would follow the general path of several earlier proposals by the coach company that the commission had denied.
James Easton of 34 S Holmes Ave reported pursuing a man seen stealing an auto near Tenth and Torbet Streets. The pursued man fled as Easton gave chase and the stolen car crashed into a house owned by Chris Iverson at 902 Torbett Street, damaging the porch and foundation.
The Indiana Farm Bureau Federation board of directors ten men and federation officers met at the Lincoln in executive session to discuss internal federation affairs.
A coalition of Republican and independent editors plans to demand resignation of Clyde Walb Vivian Wheatcraft and Lawrence Cartwright at the Indiana state convention. They accuse Cartwright of highway commission influence and Walb of harming good government while Wheatcraft’s fault is undisclosed. They urge party reform, challenge Governor Jackson to appoint a probe, and anticipate debates on repeal of the absent voters law and primary reforms.
Mrs Lillie Hickey of 532 Missouri Street was escorted from the Capitol Paper Company private office by police Sunday night after an employee locked the door. After waiting for return she phoned for help.
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