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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1930
Page
9
The Indianapolis Times urges a state wide survey of prison conditions following a killing at Michigan City. Overcrowding, idle factories, lack of work and unsafe inmate mixing are cited. Edifying mentions include nunerous reform ideas and tariff context involving Senator Dill and lumber interests.
An editorial dissects tariff protection and its political grip, citing Henry Ford and Alvan Macauley on industry risk. It traces how tariff beneficiaries wield campaign funds and stir voter loyalty, then analyzes Senator Dill’s wavering stance on lumber protection and the broader rush to shield vested interests.
The author attacks Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler for criticizing the tariff bill abroad. He argues US officials should curb officials and citizens who mock domestic policy on foreign soil, calling for Butler to be reassigned to reduce national embarrassment.
Nicholas George Gongopolos of Miami sailed a sixteen foot cutter toward Greece with a Greek flag, hoping for a heroic Atlantic voyage. Three days out he abandoned the cruise aboard a tramp freighter, not due to danger but due to severe seasickness, ending a gallant but melancholy dream.
Experts clash over the London treaty as Admiral Pratt supports it while Admiral Jones denounces it as leaving Britain inferior at sea. Conservatives in the House echo Jones, arguing the pact condemns Britain to naval weakness, and the puzzled public shifts focus to the baseball game.
Science writes about May skies with Venus and Jupiter visible after sunset and Mercury seen with binoculars earlier in the month. Saturn rises around midnight with rings detectable in good viewing, Mars before sunrise. Uranus and Neptune remain hard to observe. The article explains apparent versus real planetary motion and the celestial vault concept.
On May 24 1819 Alexandria Victoria was born at Kensington Palace. She was Edward IVs granddaughter who became queen at 18 after William IVs death and married Albert. Her reign featured reforms in parliamentary electio ns, cheap food, and national education culminating in education act of the 1860s.
Dr Morris Fishbein summarizes New York City health data from 1884 to 1929 showing deaths per 100000 children fell from 507 to 25 with widespread use of antitoxin and toxin antitoxin. Immunization concepts explained. over a million children immunized without harm.
The Times column mocks Representative Franklin Fort in a New Jersey Republican senatorial primary as a dry. It satirizes the push to regulate beer while noting debates about home brewing and liquor laws, the role of Volstead limits, and American label artistry in spirits. The piece satirically predicts Fort’s success and comments on prohibition era quirks.
A Times reader argues for protecting jobs by banning married women and urging cheaper teen labor. The letter cites Mr Wisehart and manufacturers backing youth employment during unemployment, noting many husbands are out of work and wages of $25 versus $12 for a 16 year old.
Questions and Answers cover historical feats and film side notes. Parachute jump records cite Blanchard in 1787 Strassburg. Davey Lee appeared in Skin Deep and The Singing Fool with Al Jolson, Hollywood boy of Frank and Mrs Lee. Cactus forms mostly in America. Sweden count in US census 1,485,063. Mealybugs look like downy white tufts and respond to a soapsuds bath with thorough removal. Youngest US president claim disputed with Roosevelt. The 1907 16 battleship world cruise was commanded by Evans at Hampton Roads then Sperry in San Francisco. No American language. Mencken’s book contrasts US idioms with Britain.
M E Tracy quotes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on his birthday, claiming he is tired of being labeled author of Sherlock Holmes. The piece argues Holmes remains pervasive while life’s realities outpace imagination, cites Verne, and laments dial telephones. The senate's stand against dial phones is praised, urging others to remove the devices to empower workers.
Five Bible knowledge questions cover ownership of a disputed child Solomon Book of Revelation location John wrote to. meaning of Dan to Beer sheba. Passover timing. Answers include Balm Jeremiah 8 22 a Jerusalem church member lied about price Acts 5 1 5 Herod Bethlehem children 2 years old Psalm 27 10 Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh Exodus 5 1.
A compilation contrasts a Bible verse about faithfulness with a Cicero saying on truth as a human mind’s sacred trait, then poses a trivia query: what is the smallest denomination gold piece ever issued by the U S Treasury, the one dollar coin.
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