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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1927
Page
7
M. E. Tracy argues Lindbergh’s aviation achievement boosts U S and France ties and offers a strong example for boys. He dismisses criticisms that frame the feat in wartime terms as childish and insists the purpose was not to prove vulnerability to enemy planes.
The Times urges a gesture of national pride by sending a U S Navy ship to return Charles Lindbergh to America from Europe. It notes global acclaim for his solo flight and argues a wartime vessel would publicly honor the hero without delay.
Los Angeles edges toward public ownership with June 7 initiative to acquire the private Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company. City bureau lights two thirds of residents and expects $11,000,000 in profits by year end. Boulder Canyon dam project touted to meet rising demand. Other notes mention Coolidge photo with doctors, Paris gender balance jokes, trains and boats schools, Detroit insanity auto drivers, Sing Sing soup strike, bigamist, memoirs of Hollywood, and April showers.
Postal authorities designate Laredo or El Paso Texas as logical air mail routing hubs to Central and South America. Growth in air transport will reshape the map of the future, rewarding cities ready with air assets and airports built now may become the air capitals of the next generation.
The passage lauds township high schools as a central, vital asset of modern America. It elevates these schools above traditional notions of the “little red schoolhouse,” describing them as a bulwark of democracy and one of the true seven wonders of the nation, surpassing other recognized institutions.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled the owner of the struck car may recover damages. A driver briefly parked on a no parking street to obtain gasoline, and his car rolled into another prohibitedly parked vehicle. The court held the ordinance did not contemplate forcing a driver to remain stopped for gasoline needs.
The piece argues steamships reduced piracy and naval strife, transforming the sea from dangerous to orderly. It counters the view that invention inevitably increases terror, asserting civilization advances with invention and should not be abandoned.
United Press reports extremists in the cabinet aim to pull Conservatives away from moderation. The raid on London’s Soviet House sought evidence linking the labor movement to Russia, but the move appears to be a broader break with Russia regardless of findings.
Forty years ago last Saturday five students were hanged after a secret trial. Among them was Alexander Illytch Ulianof, a chemistry prize student and Nicolai Lenin's eldest brother. The event is said to have spurred Lenin at seventeen to vow to overthrow tsarism, a resolve that helped steer imperial history.
Seymour Lowman the prohibition commissioner advocates 100 percent enforcement yet doubts every hip pocket flask can be seized. He questions immunity under the Volstead act and critiques enforcement tactics calling for dramatic opera bouffe naval skirmishes on the twelve mile limit as incompatible with practical law enforcement.
Attorney General Gilliam argues the prohibition statute should be amended after noting he broke the whisky ban to treat his ill children and cites Governor Jackson doing the same for his wife. He questions the rigidity of a law sworn to uphold and discusses the word tor meaning tower per dictionaries.
Walter D. Hickman’s critique centers on The Home Towners with Milton Byron, Ida Belle Arnold, and Larry Sullivan delivering strong performances. The reviewer calls the play mainly talk with a weak plot but praises the leads’ comic timing and character work, noting English’s venue and a broad bill of acts at Keith’s and other theaters.
Charles Kum mer's Pomeroy's Past is presented by Stuart Walker at Keith's for the week. The fourth show of the season offers quaint humor and light wit, with strong acting by George and a delicate, featherweight text.
A citizen asks County Commission President Cassius Hoyle to speed up Tibbs Ave work, noting delays since last fall and a lack of city authority as Hayes Construction holds the contract. The letter also reports a garbage collection complaint at 843 Madison Ave and promises an investigation.
Review praises Dance Studio for impressive dancing and chorus, Levan and Doris for polished soft shoe routines and quick pace, and Exposition Four for strong showmanship in a diverse bill. Wesley Barry and his orchestra are not favored.
In a bridge problem, with South dealer and one no trump, South aims to arrange four hearts in hand and dummy to control the fourth round. Trick 1 leads clubs ending with Ace, Trick 2 swing centers on heart leads and dummy entries, then a sequence to force a heart win and later a second spade. For the May 24 slip, the answer is that on trick 2 the play should be SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST.
A set of Q and A items covering dates of US Germany peace, speed of animals, fights and people, stock terms, Babe Ruth World Series, mountains, film truths, and citizenship witness qualifications. It references Berlin 1921 ratifications, Rostron, Gans Nelson, Jolson, Babe Ruth four homers, and Dorothy Mackaye in Los Angeles.
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