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Indianapolis, Ind., a town of much political consciousness and confusion, was committed to Daylight Saving Time by its City Council. Its mayor then vetoed the ordinance. But last week the City Council overrode the veto, six votes to three. Effective in the repassage was Novelist-Councilman Meredith Nicholson (The House of a Thousand Candles, The Port of Missing Men, Otherwise Phyllis, etc., etc.), now serving his first term. Mr. Nicholson reported that he had received a telegram from Will H. Hays, cinema tsar, declaring that "the movies" would be ruined in Indianapolis if clocks were put ahead one hour...
...James F. Coupal, White House physician, from Major to Colonel. ¶ Passed a bill authorizing $5,000,000 to eradicate pink boll-weevils in cotton States; sent it to the Senate. ¶ Passed the Senate resolution authorizing $1,000,000 for a George Rogers Clark museum at Vincennes, Ind...
Last week, the town of Gary, Ind., celebrated "Witwer Day." The newspapers had editorials and there was a concert. In the concert a girl sang to the sound of an orchestra. The girl's name was Kathryn Witwer, she was the daughter of a Gary, Ind., mechanic, she had won a young girl's singing contest, she had sung from the stage of the Chicago Opera Company, her voice had been mildly praised by competent critics, she wanted to go abroad and study music but she had no money. This last fact accounted for the existence of Witwer...
Over the Ohio River at Madison, Ind., there is use for a bridge; over the Missouri at Hermann, Mo. and Courtney, Mo. are similar uses; and at all three places public authorities, too poor to build bridges at common expense, recently authorized private individuals to build toll bridges...
Kroger Grocery & Baking Co., which long has sold fresh meats, last week bought the 73 outlets of the Hoosier Grocery Stores, in and around Ft. Wayne, Ind. Kroger now has over 3,800 stores...