Club Opposes Driver's License Law

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, October 12, 1924:  The Hoosier Motor Club board of directors is unanimous in opposition to a driver’s license law according to Todd Stoops, club secretary-manager.  “The directors feel a driver’s license law would be an indirect tax on motorists and such a law would not eliminate accidents as claimed by proponents of the proposed measure.  As a substitute, it is recommended that judges be given authority to suspend the motorist’s automobile license,” said Stoops.  The proposed licensing of automobile drivers, embracing a physical, mental, and optical examination has caused a flock of mailed protests to the headquarters of the Hoosier State Auto Association.  In some states the driver’s license fee is $2 (2023: $36) and a million Indiana drivers will not relish paying a sum when the same results may be obtained at no cost.   

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“Club Opposes Driver’s License Law,” The Indianapolis Star, 12 October 1924, Part Eight, p. 1:8

Riley Hospital is Birthday Tribute

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, October 7, 1924:  The dedication of James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children today was in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hoosier poet’s birth.  Ceremonies began with an academic procession of 125 educators, medical, and hospital authorities wearing caps and gowns marching from the Indiana School of Medicine to the dedication site.  Following an address by the Riley Memorial Association president, the new hospital was formally presented to the state of Indiana.  In accepting it, IU president Dr. William Lowe Bryan acknowledged “the cooperation of thousands of citizens and members of the Riley Memorial Association with the state in this great educational and child saving enterprise.” Later, the large doors of the new hospital were thrown open to hundreds of men, women, and children who thronged through the corridors and rooms of the building.

“Riley Hospital is Birthday Tribute,” The Indianapolis News, 7 October 1924, p. 1:8

Indirect Registrants Told to Make Sure

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, September 30, 1924:  Marion County voter registration officials pointed out as a matter of precaution all persons who have filled out registration applications with party workers should go to the precinct registration places Monday and make sure they are registered.  Sometimes either through carelessness or intentionally, applications completed before party workers fail to reach the registration board.  As a result, persons who thought they had registered discovered later they were not on the rolls and were deprived the right to vote.  The first registration day, September 6, was the second highest in the history of the registration law.  Precinct reports showed 80,218 men and women qualified to vote in the November election, 44,820 men and 35,938 women.  One feature of the first registration was that women displayed an interest almost equal to that of men.

“Indirect Registrants Told to Make Sure,” The Indianapolis News, 30 September 1924, p. 1:2