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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1928
Page
7
A long editorial praising Indiana's leadership in transportation at the Speedway and the nation’s progress. It cites Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and highlights aims for safer auto development, civil rights, and ongoing investigations into oil, coal, utilities, and government programs. It calls for continued legislative action and reform.
In Michigan a prohibition agent shot a man in a rowboat who did not hear the hail. The man was killed and later found innocent. The officer was jailed and Governor Green refused a pardon. The governor condemned quick-draw policing and warned against shooting first.
Congress adjourned after a six month session that produced a peacetime spending record of 4.6 billion dollars. Major actions included flood control, tax and postal reductions, a 100 million dollar public works program, and a 20 million dollar government pay rise. The paper notes reduced partisanship and criticizes the McNary Haugen bill while praising revenue measures and debt retirement efforts.
A New England woman sues an antique collector for selling her a table at $3,000 despite knowing its $20,000 value. If she wins, collectors may fear the risk of overvalued sales. The piece’s true worth hinges on the seller’s awareness and timing.
Evanston Illinois police arrested Mrs. W. F. Primley wife of a Chicago broker for speeding. She claimed her time was worth 1000 dollars a minute and that she needed to hurry. Judges fined her two dollars and she waited forty minutes before her case was called, tallying her own costs at forty thousand two dollars.
The piece recounts how sailors aboard Columbus’s 1492 voyage reacted to a one point northwest deviation in the compass, misattributing it to northward attraction and later learning the magnetic variation. It notes Henry the Navigator’s naval reforms and the use of compass charts in medieval navigation.
Tracy notes a Wall Street tendency to favor Stewart amid the 50,000 Standard Oil of Indiana stockholders. He suggests a broad indorsement of Stewart and his business acumen, reflecting market sentiment.
Senator Walsh closes the oil probe praising its return of 2 million dollars in taxes at a cost of 14 thousand while urging business to uphold honesty. The piece condemns perjury by Col. Robert W. Stewart and points to Rockefeller Jr and Stewart's circle as test cases in a clash between integrity and pursuit of profits.
The article traces Erasmus’s challenge to scholastic dogma as he edits the Greek New Testament and critiques church practices. It covers his conflicts with Leo X and More, his role in urging peaceful reform, his stance toward Luther, and his ultimate death in 1536 amid Europe’s upheaval.
In a letter to the Times editor, Mrs. L. D. Owens argues the daylight saving measure forces unneeded burden on mothers and families. She questions the few lawmakers who passed the bill, urges leaving clocks unchanged, and suggests using library memorial busts to fill vacant public niches.
On May 30 in U.S. history Columbus began his third voyage from Lucar in 1498. In 1539 De Soto landed at Tampa Bay with 900 men. In 1775 Congress organized forces around Boston as a Continental nucleus. By 1854 Kansas and Nebraska were organized as territories.
A religious quotation contrasts the day of the Lord to a thief in the night and notes that all diverse paths converge toward a common end. The pair includes II Peter 3 10 and Richard Fuller reflecting on judgment and fate.
Embers of Congress rush home to prepare for mid June conventions. Lawmakers debate farm relief veto power probes and public utilities investigations, with views split over tax cuts and power projects. Democrats push for power issue while farm bloc seeks to drive a farm plank at Kansas City.
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