Indiana constitutional convention urged as reform for 1931
Indiana voters are urged to approve a constitutional convention on May 4 1931. The piece argues the 1851 document hinders tax reform education municipal government and judiciary changes and contends a convention would redistribute taxes improve schools streamline governance and cut waste. It praises Arthur Woods for unemployment relief and discusses public utility governance linked to Stanford president Ray Lyman Wilbur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ray Lyman Wilbur
California
Wilbur
Stanford University
Federal Power Commission
University
Dr. Wilbur
The
Power Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Appalachian Electric Power
Stanford
Senate
Roy O. West
West
William M. Jardine
Kansas State Agricultural College
Andrew Melion Spe Ens
Alabama
Times
Independent
Jews Protest Britain Policy Over Palestine Pledge
The Jewish leadership protests Britain’s changes to Palestine policy after the Balfour pledge. Weizmann resigns as head of the Jewish Agency and Zionist World Organization, with other leaders stepping down. The piece argues for international administration over mandates and notes related political tensions and unrelated city items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Palestine
Chaim Weizmann
Jewish Agency
Zionist World Organization
Lord Melchett
Agency Council
Felix M. Warburg
American Jewish Congress
London
Britain
League of Nation
Mandates Commission
Geneva
United States
Pinchot in Pennsylvania Battle Shapes State Politics
The contest pits Republican Governor candidate Gifford Pinchot against party leaders including President Atterbury over public utility regulation and dry status. Pinchot, a longtime utility reform advocate, fights machine opposition while conservatives back the opposing candidate. The fight hints at party realignment along economic liberal lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
President Atterbury
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pinchot
When You Get Right Down to Brass Tacks
M. E. Tracy argues that America’s greatest loss is nerve and morale rather than wealth. He warns Virginia farmers face drought and unemployment while urging restoration of traditional work and old enterprises to rebuild confidence and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oanoke
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Wall Street
Bernhardt Birth Chronology of a Great Actress
Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris on October 23 1845 to Jewish parents and educated in a convent. She rose to fame in 1865 as the queen in Ruy Blas, endured the war years as a nurse, and later toured Europe and the Americas. She received the Legion of Honor in January 1900 and performed at the front during World War I despite losing a leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Victor Hugo
London
Europe
South America
Mena
Skin Eruptions Signal Hidden Diseases Says Fishbein
Dr. Morris Fishbein notes skin eruptions mirror body health and can signal diseases from typhoid to tuberculosis and syphilis. He describes typical skin signs in scarlet fever measles chickenpox and the Koplik spots in measles and warns that blood disorders often manifest on the skin.
Aviation’s promise and peril in a changing world
A 1930 column argues aviation could redeem or devastate mankind. The author weighs air power as a war tool versus potential peace driver, urging prudent pace, safety over haste, and greater political foresight to match flying advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
Change of party governance urged by Times Readers
A Times reader argues for a complete party shift at national state and county levels to restore equal justice and opportunity. They critique ten years of unbroken control, claim prosperity favored the few, and question farmer and worker progress under Hoover era policies. They urge scrutiny of large charity funds and Y M C A spending amid widespread hunger and unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Thomas Marshall
Herbert Hoover
Brush Inquiry Aims at Betterment of Human Stock
The Brush Foundation funded a two day scientists session in Cleveland to study adolescence and heritage in human development. Dr. T. Wingate Todd explains the deed of gift targets betterment of population and heritage shaping future health and environment for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Brush Foundation
Charles F. Brush
Brush
T. Wingate Todd
Western Reserve Medical School
Todd
R. Todd
Cleveland Health Council
Cleveland Board of Education
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Indianapolis Times
Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Maryland Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Boyd Gurley
Roy W. Howard
Frank G. Morrison
Phuns—Alley
United Press
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Newspaper Information Service
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Hoover
Arthur Woods
Federal
Woods
New York City
Wickersham
Western University
Boston
Frederick Landis
Atlantic Ocean
Peas Long
Roosevelt
Taft
Ballinger
Interior
M. E. Tracy
New England
New York
Morris Fishbein
American Medical Association
Hygeia, the Health Magazine
Heywood Brown
America
Wrights
Kittyhawk
Rome
War Colleges
Real Silk Company
Boys’ Club
Boy Scouts
W. C
David Dietz
Scientific Attack
Red Cross
Security Department
the Meyer-Kiser Bank
East
Washington Street
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