Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 61, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1928 — Page 7

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—Aviation — ' SHIP AH PLANE SERVICE WILL SPAN^ATLANTIC Emergency Cargoes to Be Carried Over Ocean in 40 Hours. gj/ I, nited Press NEW YORK, Aug. I.—Emergency commercial flights across the Atlantic ocean in time approximately the same as that consumed by Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Byrd and the Bremen crew, is seen here as an actuality by the spring or summer of 1931. Development of plans for combination steamship and airplane service across the Atlantic are well past the “dreamer” stage on both sides of the Atlantic. The plans are so developed, in fact, that conservative business men who are interested in the gigantic problem of transportation are willing to admit the likelihood of special cargoes of emergency freigh' ar passengers being set down within forty hours on the opposite coast. Flights to Cost High • Such flights, of course, would demand a special premium and the charge for such service would be expensive, but the service would be rendered almost devoid of the hazard which now is connected by the thought of trans-Atlantic flying. The possibility of such service entails no visionary scheme of building floating islands upon the high seas. The quite practical landing decks of a high-speed line of airplanecarrying liners, which are to be launched in two and a half years, will make floating islands unnecessary. These liners, built after the general naval plane carriers, Saratoga and Lexington, plan a four-day dock-to-dock service between America and Europe ,to be cut further to two and a half days by shore-to-ship and ship-to-shore plane service at either end of the journey. Six Special Ships There will be six of these liners, (constantly shuttling back and forth across the north Atlantic, with a maximum distance between ships of 800 miles, a comparatively short flight for present day high-grade planes. The ships are to be approximately ly 1,000 feet long, ninety feet in beam and with a tonnage of 40,000. This means that with the exception of the tonnage, they will be larger than the Leviathan. The continuous sea speed is set at thirtythree knots an hour and a maximum speed capacity of thirty-five knots an hour. The speed is eight knots an hour faster than the Leviathan. In other words, one of these ships could start with the Leviathan and be out of sight of the Leviathan in an hour. Each ship will have space for twenty airplanes and will carry in normal commerce eight to ten planes fully equipped, manned, fueled and ready to fly at a moment’s notice. New Airport Thrives Sam Jones, manager of the Twin Cities Airport, between New Albany and Jeffersonville, Ind., landed at Hoosier airport, today to have the engine in his Travelair biplane overhauled. Jones, a recent graduate of the Hoosier flying school, reported the new TWin Cities airport has been doing a thriviing passenger carrying business. Confer at Marion Harold C. Brooks, Hoosier airport secretary-treasurer, and Paul Payne, Hoosier pilot managing the new Marion, Ind., airport, flew to Marion today to confer with Marion Junior Association of Commerce officials in regard to plans for the future of the Marion airport.

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WALKER BLAMES THE PRESS AND PUBLIC Claims Neither City as a Whole Nor Newspapers Have Accepted His Company as Part of Our Civic Life. BY WALTER D. HICKMAN IN his posted statement backstage at Keith’s theater announcing the closing of his present stock season here on Sunday, Aug. 12, Stuart Walker contends that “for some unknown reason neither the city as a whole nor the newspapers have accepted us as a part of their civic life.” He states that “We have never before had such a variety of plays and players and in the end Indianapolis will be the loser.”

This department is interested in everything that Walker has said in his statement, giving the reasons for his sudden proposed closing. I have in this department on many occasions in other seasons and this one called attention to the fact that the Walker organization was a civic institution and that he was giving the city Broadway shows with Broadway casts. Only a few weeks ago in “The Round” I clearly pointed out that if the Walker company did not receive better deserved support then we would not have the organization with us much longer. I know that Walker has not received the box office patronage that he deserved. The pitiful box office result of the magnificiently acted “The Jest” is proof of that. The public did not buy it. That is a fact. Cincinnati is giving Walker the support he desires and deserves. As far as my department is concerned, I have stood on high ground and shouted my opinion of the Stuart Walker presentation here. I have no apology to make because this department has accepted the Walker company as a civic institution to be proud of. It isn’t my duty to go out and sell tickets. I have honestly in my own judgment tried to tell the truth about the values of the Stuart Walker Company. Mr. Walker’s statement which he posted last Monday backstage at Keith’s is as follows: “It Is with the deepest regret that the management ol the Stuart Walker Company announces the closing of the Indianapolis season ol the Stuart Walker Company on Sunday. Aug. 12, 1928. "Every effort has been made to keep the standard of plays and productions to the nigh mark set by this company, but the almost uniform neglect of our best efforts nas been most discouraging. "We have endeavored to continue our best performances and best plays. We refuse to cut our product; and the newsaLld i the public in Indianapolis face' value n0 mood *° o cce Pt us at "At one time we had hoped to give Indianapolis a permanent company of which b ( P ,v, prou .i' bu ,* for somr unknown reason neither the city as a whole nor the newspapers have accepted us as a part of their civic life. "This season has been the best we have ever had so far as general excellence of performance and company and production and plays Is concerned. We have never before had such a va :lety of plays and §e & the* loser end Indianapolis will ‘‘l* J? £ ard ° n you—actors, staff and fufn. bave J° stop in the midst of our plans, but we feel that It would be unfair .r o . Ur .l e . lf ' r . espt . ct J , ° continue, even If we Fe able to Indulge ourselves In the !n rs K, e ,f kly . losses - ” e are no t showmen in the broad sense of the word, for we !;•** ‘ v *n the public a little over 100 C ;f.n f ?a r .n t e h d elr a m °c?r e filn XgX t our adVerUslng** faC ‘* , 'yc thank you for your conslcentious work. We applaud you for your loyalties. the public we would fill everv ini. 1 theat . er S* or know that you nave set a stock standard that will ?£Lf a l lly .h* co ual led agnin In Indianapolis or elsewhere ,'W* * al "te. gentlemen and ladles, from the front door to the back wall, and hope n’lri’' may i meet again very soon under more Joyful circumstances." Indianapois theaters today offer: “Two Girls Wanted” at Keith’s; “The Bird of Paradise” at English’s; "Fantasy Revue” at the Lyric; "The Magnificent Flirt” at the Apollo;

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LABOR LEADERS TALK POLITICS Executive Council Considers Campaign Attitude. By Times Special ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ Aug. I. Eleven men who comprise the executive council of the American Federation of Labor are meeting behind closed doors at the Ritz-Carlton hotel here to discuss labor’s attitude in the campaign Whether the federation officially shall indorse either presidential candidate is one of the questions under consideration. What kind of a drive shall be made in Congress and upon the two big political parties in behalf ol legislation outlawing anti-labor injunctions is another important question. Indorsement of candidates favorable to labor in the thirty-two senatorial contests this fall and in the congressional elections in connection with this latter issue is planned. It is thought probable that the committee will not indorse either presidential candidate, but will explain and criticise the platforms oi aoth parties, neither of which is said to be entirely satisfactory. Federation leaders are more interested in the injunction fight than anything else. Legislation to curb the courts is now before Congress. Lack of variety in the food is ba.l for the digestion.

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