Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 252, Decatur, Adams County, 25 October 1927 — Page 6

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PARACHUTE FOR EACH PASSENGER ON ALL PLANES Army And Navy Services Give Hearty Approval To Suggestion Can Diego, Cal. Oct. 25 —(INS)—A federal law requiring all pilots and airplane passengers to be provided with a parashute each per man. like life preservers on board steamships us proposed by Congressman Phil D. Swing, of California, would meet with the hearty approval of the army and navy aviatio nservices, it was said here today. “The military services have long made the carrying of parachutes compulsory,” said Commander A. E. Montgomery, aid to the commandant of the North Island naval station. “Statistics show that nearly a hundred lives in our srevlce have been sayev dy he ‘chutes’ which are always ready, harnessed to the body of the aviator during flight. Like Plapper Garb The modern parachute, which like the present-day raiment of the flapper can be folded and rolled into a tiny package, is safe, reliable and light in weight—thanks to the impetus given to its development from necessity ■ which arose during war time, when observers stationed in “sausage” balloons were often attacked and shot down by enemy planes. The army air sei vice at McCook Field was given the job to developing a reliable parachute. Different kinds i of packs were made in which to carry ■ the chute on the man, and a harness provided so he could not fall out. The parachute was carried in a, seat pack” which the aviator sits on, j or the back pack, fastened to his back. Jumping free of a disabled plane the 1 aviator pulls a release ring, which ! causes the flaps on the pack to be pulled open by rubber elastics. )\ | spring pilot chute then jumps out of the pack, dragging the main parachute! into the air. Saved Lindbergh This parachute, far surpassing in efficiency any the world had ever produced, has saved hundreds of lives during and after the war. including'

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that of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh J Himself a tourtimes qualified member of the famous “Caterpillar Club" by reason of having on four occasions saved his life by leaping safely to earth, from a falling plane, he is a I firm believer in parachute equipment J and has carried one always-save on the epochal ami daring hop from New York to Paris. o _ hiiibi _ There w.ll be work in the Master 1 Mason degree Tuesday evening, Sep- ’ tember 25. There will be a banquet following the degree work. • 251t2x John Dickerson. W.M. ! O— Blackford County Grand Jury Resents Dismissal Hartford City, Oct. 25. — Charging . that they were summarily" dismissed ( , before they had had time to complete i their various investigations of allegi td law violations in the county, mem- , hers of the Blackford county grand . Jury, impanneled a week ago to . probe a shooting tragedy which cos| the life of FrankiUi C. “Hank" Stone and the arrest of Pasquale Paolo, as , his slayer, Monday were considering . plans of resisting their “dismissal” by Judge Victor Sirtimons, on the grounds that they had been permitted to continue their investigations “si vferal indictments might have been re--1 turned and a clean up made.” The grand jurors held that they ' had touched upon only one matter I which Judge Simmons had instructed them to investigate; that they had! not probed into the various alleged | i liquor Jaw violations, gambling dens! lor alleged “rank" and “outrageous”! ' conduct of the city council in their! I proposed purchase of the Blackford 1 I county sales pavilion. I They further held that their dis-1 missal was made in "secrecy” SaturI tlay evening, after which they were I permitted by the court to return to ! the jury room to outline a week’s i work in advance, and that they did I not learn of their dismissal until Mon- ! day morning after 9 o’clock, when 1 they had returned to the court house here to continue with their work. Dr. C. C. Rayl has returned after a, couple of weeks trip to Chicago and i Kansas City. j

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American Photographers Far Ahead Os Europe, j Paris Exhibition Shows Paris, Oct. 25—(INS)— The American exhibit to be seen at the Interim- 1 tlonal Salon of Photographic Art in Paris shows hat the United States is far and away ahead in pictorial photography, according to the present of of the organization committee. It reveals hardy initiative and patient mastery of technique. Every American entry was worth hanging and it is said that the judges spent a great deal of time deciding which to eliminate owing to want of space. The exhibition is extremely varied, with portraits, figure studies, landscapes, sea scenes and still life. There are photograps that are scarcely distinguishable from engravings and others that closely resemble oil paintings. .They are grouped by countries and the first thing that trikes he visior is that I there are definite national tendencies and schools in photography as well as in any ether art. The American pictures are pleasing and original in compositions and showperfect ticnique. The photographs by the Japanese in American have been given place of honor on » special panel In the center of the hall. o. ■■■. . Anderson — Building here for the first nine months of 1927 came close to 12,000,000 mark, according to fig-| tires announced by the Chamber of Commerce. The exact total is $1,938,831. m PIH « XJ'-.J JI A. k . . . Lesson No. 3 Question: How does emulsified cod-liver oil help protect grown people from coughs and colds ? Answer: Its easily assimilated cod-liver oil plus its wonderful vitamins, builds resistance by keeping the body vitamin-nourished. . Build up your resistance with pleasantly flavored SCOTT’S EMULSION iiiiiiiumuHaiMiHjwtuuuiiuiuiinuiimiimiiHJUßMusuminHrenmß

GARY NEGROES CLAIM VICTORY ■I I - Court Issues Temporary Injunction Against Building ••Jim Crow" School • Gary, Ind.. Oct. 25.— (UP) —The ■ local school board's fight to segregate ! negro high school students was at a standstill here today with the negro faction claiming victory in the second round of the legal skirmish. The negro hopes were brightened Monday when Judge Grant Crumpacker, at Valparaiso. Ind., granted a temporary injunction, which restrains the city of Gary from building a high school, to be used exclusively for negroes. I The Gary council had agreed to erect the new building after 1.400 white itudents went out on strike, refusing to return to school until

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