Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 30, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 June 1928 — Page 32

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* —Aviation— r i LEARNS TO FLY (AFTER AO; NOW i IS CORPS CHIEF Major Will Go on Non-Stop Dash to Nicaragua to Assume Command. J By yEX Service WASHINGTON, June 15.—Before he was 40 years old, Charles A Lutz never had been in an airplane Now, at 47, Major Charles A. Lutz Ss ready to fly from Washington to Nicaragua .to take command oi the United States marine aviation forces making war upon the rebel, General Sandino. On May 19 this year, Major Lutz won the coveted Curtiss marine trophy for seaplanes, in competition with twenty-three others. He flew a Curtiss Hawk over a 100-mile course at Anacostia Field, near Washington, at an average speed of 157.6 miles an hour. , Enlisted as Private ’ Major Lutz enlisted in the marine corps as a private and his first promotion came in 1905 when- he jwas made a second lieutenant. During the early years of the [World War he was in Vera Crus fend at Port au Prince, Haiti. In 1922 he was graduated from the officers’ school at Quantico, Va. and assumed command of the marine barracks at New Orleans. In 1924 he was transferred to Pensaicola, Fla. Then well past 40, Major Lutz became interested in aviation. It was against the custom of the service to permit a man of that age to tlearn flying.

Takes Up Flying i But Major Lutz took rides with ether pilots and learned to fly before he applied to enter the aviation branch. On Sept. 26, 1924, at the age of f43, Major Lutz was appointed a naval aviator with flying orders making history in the flying arm Os the service. Major Lutz’s flight to Nicaragua Will be unprecedented, since it marks the first time in the history of the marine corps that a commanding officer has flown to take Over his new command. With him on the 2,000-mile jourfciey to Nicaragua will be Lieut. H. |D. Busbey. It is also the first attempted nonstop flight between Washington and Nicaragua. Previously WashingtonNicaragua fliers have stopped at Miami, Fla. Airport Near Peru By Ti mes Special PERU, Ind., June 15.—A fortyJseven acre tract of land at the junction of State Rds. 24 and 31 near here has been leased for a year for use of an airport. O. C. Stuber and Milo Poss, local distributors of Waco planes manufactured by the Advance Aircraft Corporation, Troy, Ohio, obtained the lease and propose formation of a concern to be called the Wabash Valley Aviation Company, as a plane sales organization. Eight Peru young men have been enrolled by Stuber and Poss for instruction in aviation with Prof. K. E. Kelch as teacher. Field for Marion J3D Times Special t, MARION, Ind., June 15.—A field fcf sixty-three acres has been obtained by the Junior Chamber of Commerce for use of aviators. Tin field is held under a one-year lease. 3t will be marked and cleared and a, gasoline supply service established.

Plane Returns Gems B't Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., June 15.—Diamonds valued at $35,000 which were 3n advertently left in a Detroit hotel by a salesman for a local company, were returned to the owners by an Anderson aviator, who made a special flight on the company’s order. Offers Flight Service iß’i Times Special JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind., June 15. —An airport has been established fen the hard road between here and *New Albany by Elston Jones, pilo;. lor the Hcosier airport, Indianapolis. Jones announces 'the local field will offer passenger service to Indianapolis and short flights. - City Roofs Greet Fliers >' Suggestion Wednesday by Paul H Moore, Chamber of Commerce aviation secretary, that 'lndianapolis factories and business houses place air markings on roofs met with response today. Bert Sowers, new proprietor of the Hoosier 2906 E. New York St., notified Moore he will have air markings placed on the garage roof at once. Specifications for the marking Will be prepared bj/ Moore in accordance with standard marking regulations of the United states

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In the Air

CONDITIONS AT 9:30 A. M. (Compiled for The Times by Government Weather Observer J. H. Armlngton and Donald McConnell. Government aeronautical observer.) East wind, 14 miles an hour: barometric pressure, 30.18 at sea level, temperature, 64; ceiling, unlimited; visibility. 8 miles. Department of Commerce Aeronautical Bureau. Three Indianapolis factories already are marked, the Stutz Motor Car Company, Ford assembly plant and the Bemis Bag Company. Stutz was the first factory here to establish air markings. A large “Welcome” sign on the Masonic Temple roof greets fliers as they pass over the city, but does not indicate, direction of an airport. Air Chief Visits Here B. B. Budwig, chief inspector of the Department of Commerce Aeronautics Bureau, left for Washington, D. C„ today after visiting Inspector Howard B. Ropgh, assigned to this territory. While here Budwig also visited Bob Shank, Hoosier airport president, with whom he became acquainted thirteen years ago when both were learning to fly. Medical Tests in Flight NEW YORK, June 15.—The first medical investigation to detennine the effect of sustained flight on aviators will be made when Cesare Sabelli, Italian aviator, starts his non-stop flight to Rome from Curtiss field. Dr. Leon M. Pisculli, New York physician, will accompanl Sabelli, Capt. Piero Bonelli and Roger Q. Williams on the flight. Pisculli said he would examine his companions at intervals during the fight and after they land. Kiwanians Go by Plane CURTIS FIELD. N. Y„ June 15. Frederick Kreuscher and Theodore Wieke, delegates to the international Kiwanis convention in Seattle, left today for the convention city in a Fairchild cabin monoplane. Stops will be made at Cleveland, Chicago, Stt Paul, Aberdeen, S. D.; Miles City, Mont., and Spokane. STAFFS FOR DIRECTING SCOUT CAMP NAMED First Summer Outing at Reservation Will Start Monday.

The staff which will direct the first camp at the Boy Scout reservation, starting Monday, was announced today by F. O. Belzer, Scout executive. Members of the senior staff: Belzer, S. L. Norton, Harry Ice, H. J. Hunt, R. L. Thompson, Frank W. Teague, Charles Shields. Theodore Sedam and Oscar Reiber. The junior staff, for the first camp only: Billy McEwen, Troop 3, commandant; Robert Russell, Troop 29; Paul Richards. Troop 69; jJohn Kitchen, Troop 4; Ronald Hamer, Troop 80; Leonard Shugert, Troop 13; John Forney, Troop 78; Bert Johnson, Troop 36; Herschell Fogarty, Troop 55; Charles Musser, Troop 34. and Billy Frosch, Troop 3. faces Murder charge i Former Town Marshal of English Held Without Bond. Bp Times Special ENGLISH, Ind., June 15.—Cressy J. Cooper, 31, is held in Crawford Circuit jail here without bond following indictment for first degree murder of Carl C. Conn, 40, local produce merchant. Conn was shot to death Sunday night. The accused, former town marshal here, once a deputy sheriff, and a former soldier, will be given an early trial if Prosecutor J. B. Pierson can arrange for it. The official hopes a special session of court will be called for June 25 to hear the case. LAGS ON CIVIL SERVICE Reinstatement of civil service in police and fire departments is still being considered, Mayor L. Ert Slack said today. Former Mayor John L. Duvall ordered abolishment of civil service shortly before he was deposed. Chamber of Commerce and civic organizations have urged Slack to | reinstate civil service in the two I departments.

Best Daylight Features

—Saturday— WKBF (353) INDIANAPOLIS (Hoosier Athletic Club) A. M. 10:00—Recipe exchange, courtesy of Charles Koehring. 10:15—Brunswick Panatrope. 10:30—WKBF shopping service. 11:30—Livestock an dgrani market; weather and shippers forecast. Noon—Brunswick Panatrope program. WFBM (275) INDIANAPOLIS (Indianapolis Power and Light Cos.) P. M. 3:4s—Time signal, Julius C. Walk ‘& Son; livestock market, Indianapolis and Kansas City. 3:oo—The Radio Tinkers, courtesy Alamo Bales Company. 3:3o—Housekeeper’s chat, courtesy home Economics Department. Indianap- , oils Power and Light Company.

—Aviation— i BATTERY FIRM TO FETE FLIERS ONIU TOUR Pilots Will Be Guests at Prest-0-Lite Luncheon June 30. Pilots and participants in the national air tour and the Indianapolis reception committee which will meet them on their arrival at the Indianapolis Speedway Saturday, June 30 will be the guests of the Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Corporation at luncheon, it was announced today by G. M. Williams, president of the Marmon Motor Car Company, who is sponsoring the local stop of the tour. The luncheon will be given in the Prest-O-Lite plant near the speedway by approximately 150 persons. The invitation was extended by J. H. McDuffee, vice president of the Prest-O-Lite Company. Preparations are being made at the speedway to accommodate alarge crowd to witness the arrival and departure of the planes and to inspect the newest types of commercial .aircraft which will participate. The twenty-five or more planes on the tour, entered by the country’s leading aircraft manufacturers, will leave Detroit at 10 a. m., June 30. They will arrive in Indianapolis shortly after noon and will remain until the middle of the afternoon when they will depart for St. Louis. There will be no admission charge at the speedway. Odis A. Porter, chief timer for the Indianapolis stop, today announced the appointment of five assistant timers and, at the same time, twenty-five checkers, all members of the 113 th Observation Squadron, Indiana National Guard, were named by Ray J. Barbin, who will supervise the handling of the planes. The assistant timers will be S. J. Williams. Harlow Hyde, Thomas A. Hendricks, C. A. Campbell and Blythe Hendricks. Checkers will be Sergeants Carl F. Meyers, John Long, Roy O. Wall, Russell A. Bain, John H. Deardoff, H. H. Huntley,, C. W. Depka, Ezra Peck, David B. Vickery, Ernest E. Bennett, William A. Cunningham, Harry W. Munn, John E. Folsom. Russell Long, Graham E. Turner, Ernest Spinner, Charles Long, Kenneth L. Lambert, E. N. Caldwell and L. M. Johnson. Corporals Frank Woody, Irwin E. Burkhardt and Leo H. Wilking, and Robert Fulton and Tyrell B. Estep. Each checker will act as an assistant starter when the planes depart.

Dial Twisters Daylight Saving Time Meters Given in Parentheses

WFBM (375) INDIANAPOLIS (Indianapolis Power and Light Qo.) 4:ls—"Tea Time Tunes," Mendelssohn Trio. 4:4s—Horticultural period. Greene’s Flower Shop. s:ls—State road conditions, Indiana Highway Commission bulletin. s:3o—Personal beauty advice, Boncilla Laboratories. s:4o—Children's hour, Capitol Dairies, Inc. s:so—"What’s Happening,” Indianapolis Times. s:ss—Baseball scores. o:oo—Time signal and dinner music by WFBM Ensemble. 6:4s—Fire prevention talk by Horace 7:oo—Teachers’ College^ program. 7:3o—The United States Navy, H. W. Elke. 7:3s—Salon Ensemble from. WFBM studio. B:3o—Phoenix Coffee hour. 9:3o—Johnnie Robinson and his orchestra in "Tuneful Tunes." 10:15—“The Columnist” and flnai baseball scores. 10:30—"Terpsichoresn Time” at the Indiana Ballroom. WFBF (352) INDIANAPdI.IS (Hoosier Athletic Club) s:oo—Late news bulletins and sports. o:oo—Dinner concert. 7:oo—Konjola hour. 6:ss—Style chat by Jud's Men’s Duds. —5 o’clock— NBC Red Network—Mutual Savings hour to WEAF. WEEI, WTIC, WJAR, WTAG, WCSH, WGY. WGR. NBC Blue Network—Scores: Johnson's Orchestra to WJZ, WRC, WJR. WOC (374.8) Davenport—Crescent, music hour. —5:15 o’clock— KDKA (315.6) Pittsburgh—Little Symphony. —5:30 o’clock— NBC Blue Network—Children's program to WJZ. WBAL, WBZ, WHAM, KDKA, WBZA, WJR. •—6 o'clock— NBC Red Network—Wonder hour to WEAF. NBC Blue Network—Stardom oi Broadway to WJZ. WMAQ (447.5) Chicago—Orchestra concert. —6:30 o’clock— NBC Blue Network—Dixie Circus to WJZ, WBZ, WBZA. WBAL, WLW, KDKA, WHAM, WJR. KWK, KYW, WREN. —7 o’clock— NBC Red Network—Concert Orchestra and Cavaliers to WEAF. WRC, WEEI, KSD, WCCO, KVOO, WTAM. WOC. WGR, WLIT. WFAA, KOA, WCAE, WWJ, WSAI, WDAF. WEBH. WOW. WQY (379.5) Schenectady—Fro-Joy hour to WMAK. NBC Blue Network—Godfrey Ludlow, violinist to WJZ. KDKA, KWK. WLW (428.3) Cincinnati—Roehr’s Orchestra. —7:30 o’clock— WENR (288.3) Chiacgo—Classical hour. NBC Blue Network—White Rock program to WJZ. WBZ, WBZA, WBAL. WHAM, KDKA. KYW, WJR. WLW, KWK. WLS (345) Chiacgo—The Angelus; Jack and Gene. —8 o’clock— NBC Red Network—"An Evening in Paris” to WEAF, WCAE, WOC, WOW, WGR, WTIC. NBC Blue Network—Wrigley hour to WJZ. WHAS, WSB, WSM, WMC. WBT, WJAX, WRVA, WBZ. WBZA, WHAM. WBAL. WLW, WJR, WREN, KWK, KDKA, KYW, WCCO. Columbia Network—True Story hour to WOR, WNAC. WEAN, WFBL, WOWO. WMAK, WCAU, WjAS, KOIL. WADC, WAIU. WKRC, WGHP, WMAflj, KMOX, WCAO, KMBC. —8:30 o’clock— NBC Red Network—LaFrance Orchestra to WEAF, WGR, WOC, WHO, KED, WLIT, WOW. WTAM, WWJ, WDAF, WEBH, WCAE, WTMJ. WFLA (517) Clearwater—Musicale. WGY (379.5) Schenectady—Mixed quartet. —9 o'clock— KOA (326) Denver—Brown Palace Orchestra. WCCO (405) Minneapolis—Marimba. NBC Red Network—Palmolive program to WEAF, WLIT. KSD. WHO. WSM. WOAI, WEEI, WDAF. WHAS. WTAG. WRC, WOW, WSB, WOC. WGN. WTMJ, WGR, WSAI. WTIC, WGY, WCAE. WJAR. WTAM. WCSH. WJAX. WRHM. WMC, WBT, WWJ. KVO.O WFAA. KPRC. NBC Blue Network—Chamber Music to WJZ. WLS (345) Chicago—Special music. —lO o’clock— NBC Red Network—Bernle’s Orchestra to WEAF, WTIC, WWJ, WHO. WOW; WFLA (517) Clearwater—Band concert. NBC Blue Network—Slumber Music to WJZ. WBAL, WLW, WRC. —10: Ur o’clock— KOA (326) Denver—Musical comedy, "Behind the Scenes." —10:30 o’clock— WFLA (517) Clearwater—Dance ramble. —ll o’clock— KMOX (299.8) St. Louis—Dance music. WGN (416) Chicago—Dream Ship; dance program. —11:30 o’clock— WON (416) Chicago—Pullman Porters, WWJ (352.7) Detroit—Frivolities. —Midnight— CNRV (291) Vancouver—Violin; vocal. KEX (508.2) Portland—Writing scenario contest. Pacific Network—" Hawaiian Nights.” KPO (422.3) San Francisco —Courtesy program. WTMJ (294) Milwuakee—Organ. —1 o’clock KGO (384.4) Oakland—Opera "Lakme.” Pacific Network—Dance program,

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