Congress may investigate a major 'liquor leak' scandal, dominating the front page of this Indianapolis Times as Prohibition enforcement continues to face corruption challenges. The paper also reports on a dramatic police brutality investigation, with the Marion County grand jury examining allegations that Motorcycle Policeman William Miller beat J. Stephen Fullen during a traffic stop, leaving Fullen hospitalized with head injuries. Fullen claims he was struck while standing with hands in his pockets waiting for a patrol wagon, while Miller insists he acted in self-defense. Meanwhile, Chinese Nationalist troops have fallen back to within 20 miles of Peking as coalition forces including Marshal Chang Tso Lin's Manchurian troops advance on the capital. Closer to home, Indianapolis residents are dealing with the perpetually delayed Delaware Street bridge approaches - completed over a year ago but still unpaved due to bureaucratic bickering over land costs. The city is finally filling holes with cinders as a temporary fix while negotiating with the stubborn Jose-Balz real estate firm.

This front page captures America in 1926 at a pivotal moment - six years into Prohibition, the 'noble experiment' was showing serious cracks. Liquor leak scandals and corruption investigations were becoming common as the impossible task of enforcing nationwide alcohol prohibition strained law enforcement and bred corruption at every level. The police brutality case reflects growing tensions between citizens and increasingly militarized urban police forces dealing with Prohibition enforcement, labor unrest, and rapid social change. Meanwhile, the Chinese civil war coverage shows America's growing international awareness as it emerged as a global power, though still maintaining its isolationist stance in most foreign conflicts.

• The Delaware Street bridge was completed in January 1925 but remained unusable for over a year because the city and property owners couldn't agree on land costs - a bureaucratic nightmare that made it 'nearly impassable'
• The Hostetter gang robbery case reveals that $1,000 stolen from the Southport State Bank was enough for a major manhunt extending to Texas, where they were caught driving a stolen Chrysler
• Rose Marie Kaiser, 19, allegedly flashed stolen bank money in a downtown store saying 'These are some of the Southport cocoa nuts' - Depression-era slang that got her indicted
• A James Whitcomb Riley memorial playground proposal was opposed by Lockerbie Street residents who feared it would destroy the 'dignity' of the children's poet's former neighborhood
• The temperature hit 30 degrees with snow flurries on March 26th, forcing 'Spring, garland-clad, escorted by robins' to 'retire to sit by the fireplace'

• Senator Edge of New Jersey introduced the referendum resolution mentioned here - he was actually a Republican leading the 'wet bloc' against his own party's Prohibition stance, showing how the alcohol issue crossed party lines
• The Bell Telephone rate increase battle reflects the massive infrastructure boom of the 1920s - that $45 million valuation the company claimed would be worth about $750 million today
• The 'trial of a thousand love letters' between Marie Grischeau and Dr. Leonard Ensminger represents the era's fascination with 'heart balm' lawsuits, which were so common that many states later banned breach of promise suits entirely
• The franc's collapse to 29.1 per dollar (mentioned in the French crisis story) was devastating - it should have been about 5 francs per dollar, reflecting the massive debt from World War I that was destabilizing European economies
• Wayne Wheeler, mentioned in the prohibition debate announcement, was known as the 'dry boss' who essentially wrote the Volstead Act - his debates with Clarence Darrow were legendary intellectual prizefights of the era