From The Indianapolis News, Friday, June 28: The state supreme court decision declaring Indiana’s prohibition law constitutional has had a down-hearted effect on former saloon keepers and wholesale liquor dealers in Indianapolis. Most have been operating soft drink establishments in order to keep their rooms and fixtures in hope that the law would be declared unconstitutional. The court’s ruling will cause most of these concerns to go out of business immediately because the proprietors will not be able to meet the high rents and other expenses by continuing to run “dry beer” places. Some former saloon keepers who failed to remove their liquor stocks out of state within the time allotted by law now have a “white elephant” on their hands — how can they now remove their stocks out of state without being detected by the authorities and charged.
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, July 5: Yesterday’s celebration of Independence Day was solemnly observed in Indianapolis. Except for an evening display of fireworks at the State Fair Grounds, fireworks and other frivolities that usually mark the day were absent other than a few children exploding toy powder caps. The only city-wide celebration was a parade of native and foreign-born citizens organized by the Americanization Day committee. Floats of Romania, Slovenian, Italian, and Syrian organizations contributed to the bright pageantry and the Boy Scouts carried the flags of all the Allied nations. Many of the city’s citizens picnicked in the city parks or commemorated the day with family or neighborhood gatherings, but uppermost in their thoughts were the 1,000,000 American soldiers in France, the 2,000,000 more in training in the United States, and the millions yet to be trained.