Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 138, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 October 1927 — Page 2

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MRS. GRAYSON TO TEST PLANE BEFOREfLIGHT Hopes to Take Off Again for Copenhagen as Soon as Weather is Good. Bji United Press • OLD ORCHARD, Maine, Oct. 18 Mrs. Frances W. Grayson announced today she would not attempt a takeoff for Denmark until her Sikorsky amphibian plane The Dawn had *" been given a final test flight. “If the weather permits, we will make the test flight this morning,” she told the United Press. “And if the flight is successful, we will take off for Copenhagen soon after, provided, of course, that weather reports are favorable.” Mrs. Grayson said that reports during the night indicated fayorable •v weather for the take-off and for the trans-Atlantic flight. , Weather Looks Bad Attired in a brown woolen flying suit, with antelope skin topcoat and > a brown leather hat concealing her bobbed hair, Mrs. Grayson was - bustling about the Brunswick Hotel this morning, supervising preparations of fresh sandwiches, coffee and soup. ( The possibility of a take-off this morning began to be doubtful in view of unfavorable weather conditions. There was a light wind here and reports from along the course of the projected flight said stiff northeast winds—unfavorable to flying—--were blowing. Final decision was reserved until additional weather reports could be ► procured. Plane Tests Well x The trans-Atlantic attempt failed yesterday when the plane was unable to gain altitude because of improper of the 858 gallons of gasoline in its tanks. ? Pilot Wilmer Stutz announced today the plane is in perfect condition for the flight, the gasoline supply having been shifted. He said he was more than satisfied with yesterday’s performance, and regardeed the at•l tempted flight as a final test. In lifting the load of approx- * imately 11,500 pounds, the plane * may have established anew world record for amphibian planes, Navigator Brice Goldsborough said. Fliers Attend Funeral ' Vn United Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 18.— Dieudonne Costes and Joseph le Brix, French trans-Atlantic aviators, were preparing this morning to attend the military funeral of * the three Brazilian fliers who were killed yesterday while welcoming them to this city. e The French air heroes, who have - flown 6,000 miles from Paris in less

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Smart Little Girl, but She Has Too Much Nerve, Father’s View. BY JACK YORK Special NEA Service Writer ANNISTON, Ala., Oct. 18—“ Ruth is a mighty smart girl and all that but the young lady has just a little bit more nerve than is good for her.” So says Oscar Elder, father of the young aviatrix who became the nation’s heroine through her daring attempt to fly across the Atlantic. But Mrs. Elder, who has always been “Mom” to the young flyer, rushes to her daughter’s defense with: “Now, Dad, you mustn’t say that. Ruthie is all right! She’s the finest daughter in the world and she’s the greatest little woman ever, even if I am her own mother and say it.” ‘ Solid With the Family And so says the entire Elder family, down to her youngest brother. And when a kid brother will admit that his older sister is a good scout—well, you must admit she really is. Her brothers, indeed are her greatest champions. “Ruth is the goods, all right,” says Alfred, 19. “That girl knows her onions.” “Yes, sir!” chimes in Hughey, who is 15. “Boots is a whale of a girl. Gee she must have had fun on that trip.” v “Boots,” be it known, is the name by which everybody in Anniston calls Ruth Elder. Started Flying by Husband Lyle Womack, Ruth’s husband, who is now in Panama with a power company, started Ruth on her career as a flier. His business made it necessary for him to do a good deal of flying, and frequemntly he took Ruth with him, so that she soon felt quite at home in an airplane. Womack and Ruth were in Lakeland, Fla., shortly after Lindbergh’s flight. With Ed Cornell, wealthy Lakeland business man, and other friends they were discussing the flight. “Gee, I’d sure like to be the first woman to fly across,” said Ruth. Cornell, who owned a pleasure plane, took her at her word and offered to find financial backing if

than a week, will take off Wednesday morning on the last leg of their flight to Buenos Aires. Costes and le Brix had planned to start their flight this morning, but yesterday’s tragic crash changed their schedule. German Plane Hops Off By United Press . VIGO Spain, Oct. 18.—The German Heinkel hydroplane, D-1220, took off at 6:30 a. m. and winged toward the west in the direction of Lisbon on its proposed trans-Atlan-tic flight to North America. Horst Merz, the pilot, decided to continue on his flight this morning after he had received reports of favorable flying weather over the Atlantic. Merz refused to divulge his American destination before taking off. Unfavorable weather forced Merz to land here after he had begun his flight from Warnemuende, Germany, Oct. 12. ■■■ ■ i Mother of Six Kills Self By Times Bvecial GARRETT, Ind., Oct. 18.—Mrs. Anna Liss, 52, is dead here today, having committed suicide by hanging at the family home Monday. She had been in failing health. Six children and the husband survive.

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she were serious about it. She agreed at once. First Marriage Unhappy The very jjext morning Ruth Elder appeared at the Lakeland flying field with Capt. George Haldeman, World War flyer and Cornell’s personal pilot as her instructor. Haldeman taught her to fly and the rest is well known. Lyle Womack is Ruth’s second husband. Her first marriage, which ended unhappily, was the result of a high school romance. While attending school in Birmingham, Ala., she met Claude Moody. Her parents didn’t like Moody, and the two eloped. A short time later Ruth sued for divorce and got a decree on the grounds of cruelty and violence. A few months after that she met Womack. Womack is something of an adventurer himself. He has traveled all over the world, and is at present on a job that keeps him in Panama, where he and Ruth lived for more than a year. Now that Ruth’s latest stunt has had a happy ending, the Elder family with all the rest of Anniston, is sitting back, breathing a sigh of relief—and wondering just what “Boots” Elder will think of doing next. TOMORROW: Tomboy Ruth.

GAS PERMIT WAR ON Council Hears Restrictions Violated by Stations. City council today declared war on “illegal” filling station and business permits in residential district. A resolution of Edward B. Raub’s signed by eight councilmen, was adopted Monday night, ordering the building inspector to appear at the next council session with records of such permits. Councilman Boynton J. Moore charged permits had been issued on two north side residential streets in violation of a city ordinance and without cognizance of the zoning board. The safety board today ordered no permits be issued unless approved by the plan commission. The other prohibited the building inspector from issuing a permit on advice of the legal department. The board members personally checked permits issued since Sept. 1, when they took office, to see if there were any irregularities. Councilman O. Ray Albertson, whose resignation was expected Monday night, failed to appear at the meeting. He had been ill several weeks and did,not attend two weeks ago. Tobacco imported into Great Britain has increased from 49,669 tons in 1910 to 84,603 tons last year. Canada expoiffed more than $12,000,000 wort hos furs during 1926.

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The upper picture shows the Elder family, photographed at home in Anniston, Ala., the day after Ruth’s rescue at sea. In the front row, left to right, are Milton Elder, 9, her brother; Jimmie Glass, 9, her nephew; Oscar Elder, Jr., 8, her brother; Mrs. Sarah Elder, her mother, holding the cablegram in which Ruth announced her rescue; Mrs. James A. Glass, Ruth’s older sister; James A. Glass, her brother-in-law, holding a copy of the Annis- ~ ton Star with the story of Ruth’s exploit emblazoned on page one. In the back row are Hughie Elder, 16, her brother; Oscar Elder, her father, and Alfred Elder, 19, her brother. The lower picture was taken years ago, when Ruth was five years old. The girls, left to right,

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80 WITNESSES TO OE CALLED INCRASHPROBE First Witnesses Appear at Investigation Into Grotto Tragedy. Eighty witnesses are expected to | be called by Coroner C. H. Keever to testify at the inquest into the Grotto crossing crash Friday night which cost the lives of twenty, before he announces his official findings. Although fourteen persons were subpoenaed, only four appeared this morning to give their version of the crash. Funerals for victims and relief work for survivors have slowed the investigation, Keever said. A list of sixty-nine witnesses, members of the party, those in automobiles following the truck and trailer, police officers, doctors and eyewitnesses, has been compiled and several more persons are expected to be called. Driver Is Called C. W. Foster, 340 Kenyon St., owner of the truck and trailer which figured in the Grotto crossing crash was the first witness in the coroner’s inquest into the tragedy which cost twenty lives, begun today. Coroner C. H. Keever was busy upon other cases and the witnesses were questioned by Miss Carrie L. Johnson, his secretary. The inquest was secret. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Martin, 392 Downey Ave., and Paul Irvin, R. R. 6, box 642, passengers on the truck, were other witnesses. Investigation Delayed Meanwhile the public service commission’s inquiry into the tragedy was slowed by the absence from the city of Commissioner Calvin Mclntosh, placed in charge of the investigation by Chairman Frank Singleton. Mclntosh is expected to return Wednesday or Thursday.: No report will be made for several days, D. E. Matthews, commission railroad inspection department head, announced. and J. K. Sffiith, his assistant, have been conducting the investigation. Monday nigh'; they were furnished with a special interurban car with which the make tests at the Emerson Ave. crossing, where the crash occurred. Bank President Dies CORUNNA, Ind., Oct. 18.—Milo J. Thomas, 66, president of the Thomas Exchange Bank here, is dead at a Battle Creek (Mich.) sanitarium of hardening of the arteries. He was a member of the 1923 State Legislature. A son Charles, Pico, Cal., came here by airplane when advised ofh his father's death. There are three other children and the widow.

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DOUBT HEFLIN WILL APPEAR Senator May Be Missing at Mass Meeting. Horsethief detectives and city employes who distributed the final dodger advertising the “Protestant mass meeting” scheduled for tonight made Coffin golf course clubhouse, a city owned building, their headquarters Monday night. Among automobiles in which the distribution was made were a police Oldsmobile sedan and a Ford coupe “No. 6,” bearing marking of the city sanitary department. Persons arranging the meeting appeared uncertain if United States Senator Thomas J. Heflin of Alabama would be the principal speaker, as previous handbills distributee in the night by city employes and horsethief detectives stated. Heflin, it is said, requires a heavy financial guarantee and there was also the SSO rental for Tomlinson Hall, which Board of Works Member Frank Cones said must be paid. Sergt. Arthur McGee, Duvall’s secretary and bodyguard, reserved the hall for tonight. He appeared uncertain about Heflin’s appearance. SET ROBINSON RITES Funeral services for William Robinson, 69, of 1626 Medford St., who was killed in a cave-in of a sewer trench where he was working at 1816 Medford St. Monday, will be held at Ragsdale & Price funeral parlors, 1219 N. Alabama St., at 1:30 p. ih. Wednesday. Burial will be at Arcadia, Ind. Robinson was working alone In the trench and was discovered by Mrs. Elmer Miller at that address.

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CENTRAL PLANS TKIRMEUNION University Heights Will Aid College Celebration. Plans for the third annual homecoming of Indiana Central Collego Friday have been started under direction of Prof. G. A. Blackburn. The students and the entire community of University Heights will take part. The celebration will open Fric’.ay afternoon with a football game between the Greyhound eleven and the Muncie Normal team. Following the game will be a barbecue dinner prepared for more than six hundred guests. At 8:15 p. m. the College Dramatic Club will present a three-act comedy, "The Whole Town’s Talking,” in the Kepheart Memorial auditorium. A volleyball contest between the faculty and alumni will begin the second day’s program. Later, of ir stunts and games will be carried on by faculty, students and alumni. The annual homecoming dinner will be served In the College Club dining hall at noon. Prof. D. H. Gilliatt, head of the Bible department and president of the alumn! association, will be toastmaster. Warren Bailey, industrial engineer of Chicago, and graduate of Indiana Central, will be the principal speaker. Later, open house will be in all four dormitories. PENNSY ASKS CHANGE IN CROSSING GUARDS Ordinance Proposed to Substitute Flasher Signals. A plan to substitute electric flashing system signals at all Pennsylvania Railroad crossings in the city was presented the safety board today by Capt. E. B. Reed, safety chairman. The Pennsylvania desires to substitute the electrical control, such as is located at the Belt road and Madison Ave., for gates and crossing watchmen. Copy of a proposed ordinance permitting Pennsylvania officials to make the change was given the board.

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