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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1929
Page
10
Roy W. Howard urges Indianapolis voters to remove Coffinism from public schools. He warns of unity within Coffinism and calls for candidates pledged to purge politics from the school system, while praising reformers and urging collective, principled spending and improved school management.
An 18 year old Los Angeles girl held on robbery charges admits aiding two gunmen in holdups. She says she was desperate, a mother of a 14 month old, husband deserted, job lost. Her plea raises questions about responsibility, society, and the root causes of crime.
President Hoover backs moving enforcement under the justice department with John McNab to study and coordinate a consolidation with treasury and coast guard. Aimed at efficiency and economy, the proposal would place prosecutions in justice while keeping coast guard and customs separate. Congress must approve changes, with a December briefing anticipated.
Charles F. Abbott, executive director of the American Institute of Steel Construction, told the National Industrial Advertisers' Association in Cincinnati that wasteful economy is the foe of progress. He argued that genuine economy often means spending money freely to gain long term benefits.
A satirical column from Indianapolis questions local governance and the city manager petition, comparing Mayor Coffin to a monarch. It mocks self government and counting, praises merciful leadership, and invokes a wish for restraint. The piece lampoons public petitions and ward politics with historical allusions to George III and Kaiser imagery.
A Senate sub committee fixates on William B. Shearer for alleged bootlegging bets and Geneva escapades, but the core issue is deceit. Shipbuilding interests and their paid agent are scrutinized over whether his reporting crossed lines, with Shearer portrayed as a reckless figure aiding others’ aims.
The piece argues that 97,000 Americans died in accidents last year, chiefly from automobiles and industrial causes, contrasting with other risks. It cites rapid technological growth, forecasting accuracy through logic, and historic predictions by Elkanan Watson and a St. Louis anonymous writer about airplanes and a League of Nations, praising scientific thought as the driver of progress.
De Hart Hubbard set a running bread jump record of 25 feet 10 and 1/2 inches on June 13, 1925. The nam e Kenneth is Gaelic in origin, meaning leader, in this excerpt.
The Graf Zeppelin encounters a fierce Atlantic gale on the 1928 journey to Lakehurst. Crew, including Knut Eckener, battle torn fabric on the fins to prevent gas loss while Hugo Eckener orders two motors started to steady the ship. The commander and crew persevere, earning global admiration for restraint and resolve.
Oct 2 1780 John Andre an English soldier in the American revolution was hanged as a spy. In 1780 negotiations between Sir Henry Clinton and General Arnold for betraying West Point Andre acted as Clinton’s confidential agent. Disguised as a civilian he carried incriminating papers in Arnold’s handwriting aboard Vulture before being captured near Tarrytown. He refused bribes and was executed at Tap pan N Y.
A century ago a scientist could cover several fields but now must track one area. The American Chemical Society publishes Chemical Abstracts to summarize 1500 publications worldwide, guiding chemists to original articles and related fields, with a reserve army of editors ensuring timely abstracts.
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