Women's Police Department Ranks First in Country

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, March 23, 1921: Miss Clara Burnside, supervisor of the women’s police bureau, has been promoted to the rank of captain of police by the board of public safety. This action places the Indianapolis department at the head of similar organizations in the United States. Only in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA are the woman’s departments under the supervision of a woman. The success of the department is largely due to Miss Burnside’s work. There are now twenty-three members of the department, all of whom have had some training in social work. The women supervise the conduct of those attending public dance halls and many private dances given in halls. They also have been very successful in detecting shoplifters in downtown stores and settling domestic troubles. Arrests are the last steps taken by the women police.

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“Women’s Police Department Ranks First in Country,” The Indianapolis Star, 23 March 1921, p. 10:5

City Becomes State Basketball Center Friday

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, March 14, 1921: Indianapolis becomes the basketball center of Indiana for the first time when the best sixteen high school teams start their two-day elimination contest Friday for the State basketball championship at the Coliseum. The tournament will be the biggest in the history of the game; the Coliseum at the fair grounds is prepared for a crowd of 10,000 fans from all over Indiana who will be rooting for their favorite team. While it is disappointing that no local team made it to this stage of the basketball championship, Indianapolis civic organizations realize the importance of the tournament to the city and are preparing for the event. The Better Business Bureau is seeing that hotels and restaurants do not charge visitors exorbitant rates and the Chamber of Commerce is cooperating with the host committee.

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“City Becomes State Basket Center Friday,” The Indianapolis Times, 14 March 1921, p. 6:4

Works Board Acts on Propaganda Meetings

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, March 7, 1921: The Indianapolis board of public works announced today that no group would be permitted to use Tomlinson Hall for meetings at which propaganda against nations allied with the United States would be spread or at which foreign political questions would be discussed. The action was taken following a New York City meeting where German sympathizers denounced France and England and ridiculed the President and other officers of the United States. “Our municipal hall cannot be used for such disgraceful meetings,” said the board chair. The order cancels the reservation by the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic for use of Tomlinson Hall on the evening of April 1 for a meeting at which the Lord Mayor of Cork, who is a political refugee in this country, was to speak.

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“Works Board Acts on Propaganda Meetings,” The Indianapolis News, 7 March 1921, p. 1:3