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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1929
Page
11
The Indianapolis Times critiques Coffin linked campaign mechanics and a local Workless Union as corrupt. It cites deputies and committeemen, a Petty drunken deputy sheriff case, and fears about job distribution, political immunity, and potential Coffin influence in local government amid unrest and calls for reform.
A Gastonia jury convicts seven strike organizers of second degree murder in the killing of the Gastonia police chief. The verdict prompts plans to appeal, with critics saying the trial was unfair due to local anti union sentiment and venue changes.
Secretary Wilbur announces federal government will not generate Boulder dam power and Los Angeles will operate the plant. The plan included a two-private-utility and federal representative board to act with the city, but the decision is supported by regret. The piece urges government operation to illuminate public control and regulate expanding power issues.
A contested view on tariff reform with data from the American Economic Association showing 90 percent oppose the bill due to higher living costs and external tensions. Supporters include Senator Bingham and Connecticut Manufacturers' Association President Hubbard, who argue for relief amid wartime pressures, while Hoover links relief to unemployment. The piece casts most testimony as undermining the bill.
M E Tracy blasts the debentures amendment and the Democratic Progressive coalition, voices concern over justice and prejudice in murder verdicts, and notes aviation progress with Do X and new air ventures amid plans for trans Atlantic service and future air travel expansion.
The article explains the shift from Latin to English in prescriptions, noting Latin's mystique and accuracy are less relevant today. It clarifies the R with a cross is just end punctuation for recipe, and M stands for misce meaning mix. Modern doctors use fewer ingredients, focusing on disease cause and severe symptoms with potent remedies.
A reader column lists best bets in books and plays with notes on A Farewell to Arms Animals Looking at You Sweet Adeline June Moon Strictly Dishonorable The Channel Road and praise for Woollcott Kaufman for a moving scene amid mixed judgment on the final act and overall work.
The Ohio river federal canalization project cost 118 million dollars and used fifty movable dams and locks to restore the inland waterway as a vital transportation link. The article notes the rise of steamboat traffic from 1811 to 1825, the Erie Canal opening, and the later decline before federal engineering revived it as a main commercial artery.
Question and answer summary notes that most popes have been Italian with a few Spanish and French, plus one English pope Adrian IV. It also covers snake reproduction, oviparous and viviparous, and a large river in South America flowing from the Andes to the Amazon.
A science column outlines cosmic and atomic scales. It cites earth and moon sizes, sun and star diameters, orbital distances, galaxy dimensions, and the vast range to 100,000,000,000 light years. It then explains molecules atoms and electron sizes with precise figures.
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