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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1925
Page
7
The text lists the Indianapolis Times as part of the Scripps Howard Newspaper Alliance and Audit Bureau of Circulations member, notes WM A Mayburn as business manager, and shows publishing details, street address, and rate card. It quotes Indiana Constitution free speech language.
A London cable reports Britain's new bombing planes the Flying Foxes will use 400 horsepower American motors and be patterned after the American Schneider cup model. It notes Europeans doubt they can match U S planes and acknowledge American design. Colonel Mitchell faces mixed views on American aviation while praising British reliance on US power.
Senator Underwood told the American Bankers Association in Atlantic City that the South and West deserve fair and just representation on the Interstate Commerce Commission. He noted the current board is heavily East Coast and Northwest in balance while the South and West seek development and better understanding of regional problems.
The piece notes President Coolidge joining a growing trend of men wearing straw hats after September 15. It frames this as sound judgment and prudent economics. It discusses whether he will follow advice to order a hat price increase or adopt other policy responses.
The Indianapolis Times offers reader inquiries answered on topics from Navy training and large freight yards to duralumin composition and Seattle's settlement. It covers citizenship law, actor Lloyd Hughes, and the Whig Party origins, with brief factual responses.
The piece notes a 60 percent tariff on straw hats with American makers seeking 90 to 100 percent. It claims manufacturers argue a tax equal to the hat’s cost is needed to compete with European imports, including a $2 Italian hat becoming a $4 hat. It warns wearers may keep hats for longer and face higher prices.
The piece argues that AYORS governors and senators command large salaries in business terms, yet voters balk at taxes for them. It notes the $88,668 cost to avoid nominating Hylan for mayor of New York and suggests future campaign costs will be many times the office salaries. It concludes that official worth is measured by public willingness to pay, which many misjudge.
The article reports ongoing global efforts against cancer led by scientists including Dr. W E Gye and Dr. J E Barnard of England. It notes progress in isolating and growing the cancer virus linked to the Rous chicken sarcoma, using novel microscopy and test-tube cultivation, while cautioning that a cure remains far off and benefits may come only to researchers and not yet to clinicians.
Bonds totaling 1,050,000 to fund the new west side and colored high schools were sold Saturday to a local Indianapolis banking group led by J. F. Wild & Co. Seven bids from twenty-two banks and firms in Indianapolis, Chicago, Detroit and New York competed.
The text argues subsidies for air transport are popular if hidden as indirect support. It notes public tolerance for funding surveys, lighting airways, and airport provision, as long as compensation to carriers benefits them more than the government. It cites Secretary Hoover praising indirect subsidies.
A collection of wry observations on gender, optimism, and social behavior by Tom Sims. The quips touch on pessimism, secrecy, dining, love, and fashion with a dated yet sharp social humor.
A Protestant era saying contrasts self discipline with ruling others. The fragment cites John 14 15 and a Lao-like line about miscast authority, attributing a moral about obedience and governance to ancient maxims.
Dutch designer Anthony H. G. Fokker visited Indianapolis for a flight reliability event. He warned that lack of central airports hinders air transport growth and urged locating a well equipped landing field near cities, citing Indianapolis eight to ten miles from true center as an example.
State board of pardons weighs releasing about thirty inmates from the Indiana Reformatory at Pendleton to Federal immigration authorities for deportation. Critics caution crowded facilities and question deportation’s practical effectiveness without stronger border controls and an alien registry system.
Reviewer lauds Doug Fairbanks in Don Q Son of Zorro as thrilling romantic spectacle with the famed whip and double role. Also praises The Iron Horse for historical scope and Ford direction, noting Lincoln prologue and the railroad epic's human drama at Colonial all week.
In Ohio reports the films Lovers in Quarantine with Bebe Daniels and Harrison Ford receiving praise though a lone back appears as an extra. The Iron Horse impresses as history plus entertainment and Don Q with Doug Fairbanks shines attracting crowds. Apollo hosts Harold Lloyd’s The Freshman in final week of engagement.
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