Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 287, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1929 — Page 2

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STUNT FLIER HITS AIR LINER; SIX ARE DEAD Daredevil Flying of Army Ace Is Blamed for Collision. \N DIEGO, Cal.. April 22. ; ,:rr agencic\s began .separate inition.s today ot the mid-air ' . .on between a diving army i : - lit plane and a giant air liner, " iheh carried two veteran pilots and four passengers to death in a ia: von near East .San Diego late Arm official.; ol Rockwell field, a coroner and a civic board began inquiries of charges that the colli,on ■ a cau ,< and by the daredevil tun; flying of the army flier, Lieutenant Glenn Howard Keeler. Keefer", single-seated pursuit plan'-, rolling from a dive, shattered the loft wing of the tri-motored Maddux air line cabin ship, and went flashing to the canyon, 2,000 feet below. Passengers Are Killed Keefer r-caped from the cockpit of his tn, .tirplane only to be carried to ciev'h when his parachute • ns> .. "i on a wing and tied him to hi. crashing plane. The ponderous passenger ship, shorn of a propeller and its left ; wing crumpling, rolled and circled I as v pilot, Maurice H. Murphy, loutrlp to bring if to a safe landing. With ■ -afe landing almost with- | in ,i the crippled monoplane ov< tun. and on the canyon floor, j trapping it pilot, mechanic and liner passengers. 'flu liner crashed several hundred f< <■ , i :u the wreckage of Keefer's pursuit plant. Pilot Murphy, mechanic Louis D. Praf and Mi. Anenita Guajardo were killed instantly. Miss Guajardo lather. Arthur Guajardo of San Diego, prominent Mexican attorn* and Miss Cecelia Kelly, Phoenix. Ariz., newspaper reporter, died in an ambulance. Crash Blasts Romance Witnt ses said Lieutenant Keefer apparently was stunting to give the pa.-senerr., of she liner a thrill, and that he had misjudged his distance as i■■ dived from above the liner and attempted a roll upward underneath the larger,ship. Jack Maddux, president of the pas. ct,v i■ line, said he had protested sev ml times stunting of army and navy tilers near passenger ships. He -aid he would conduct a separate inquiry with civic authorities. Tiie crash brought to a tragic end ■the romance ol Miss Kelly, one of the few women aviator editors of the United States, and Glenn T. Neville, Denver newspaperman, who were to have been married next month. Miss Kelly was returning to Phoenix on the regular scheduled trip of the Maddux liner. Murphy's widow is the sister of Anita Stewart. WOUNDED SHERIFF TO DIRECT BANDIT SEARCH Official Shot at Columbia City ! Leaves Hospital. '£>/1 nit >4 pn si. COLUMBIA CITY", Ind.. April 22. —Wounded by four bandits who robbed the State bank here of SBOO after they lied killed one woman and hurt another, Sheriff J. M. Haynes, was to be released from a hospital today. The sheriff, although still carrying the bullet fired by the bandits, recovered .sufficiently to direct the search for the four men. “When I get out of here I'm going to make an extensive search for Kirby Davis,” Haynes told hospital attaches. Davis, identified by witnesses tc the State Bank, is wanted in several Indiana towns in connection with crimes. ■* Authorities again were on the lookout for the bandits today. They made a search of surrounding counties Sunday. Funeral services for Mrs. Fred 'Binder. 50. who was killed as she watched tire gun battle from her j home were held Sunday. CITY HUNTS OLD SHOE 'E.i United Pres * SAN FRANCISCO, April 23f—The fun started when Mrs. A. J. Jadig disovered her husband had hidden her diamond ring and his diamond stick pm in an old shoe—the old shoe she gave to the Salvation Army two days before. The brogan search that followed Mrs. Jadig's disovery surpassed in excitement the annual city Easter ecg hunts by far and was successful. Salvation Army workers found the shoe among thousands of others, :and what was better—found the '53,500 worth of jewelry.

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‘Old Gray Mare' Balks, so Real Horse Provides Conveyance for Busy Day

Mrs. Lee V. Everett, Lady ar.d the latest equipage for shopping tours,

Indianapolis Woman Tries Old-Time Equipage for Shopping Tour. “Imagine their embarrassment,” giggled Mrs. Lee V. Everett, “when I drove up in front of the homes of several of my friends in his contraption.” “Well, there just wasn't anything else to do. You see, my car, which we affectionately term ‘the old gray mare,’ developed a balky starter. I had a full program and I just had to get around. So I left the car in the stall and borrowed Lady and the buggy off of Dad.” “Dad.” happens to be Dr. Jess Mendenhall, veterinarian at Noblesville. “Dad had driven over from Noblesville on business, so I just appropriated Lady. “I had to go to the pound over on Massachusetts avenue to get a

Times Harmonica Contest I wish to enter The Indianapolis Times Harmonica Contest, to be held at the Lyric theater the week of April 20-26. I understand that it Is for the championship of Marion county and that a winner will be selected each night for the finals Friday evening April 26, Name Age Street city Contestants arc requested to send in their pictures to the Harmonica Contest Editor, Times, or to Dick Wright, manager lyric theater.

MONON MERGER UP i Meeting Slated Tuesday on Rail Consolidation. Public service commissioners, directors of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce and the traffic committee of the chamber will meet with officials of the Monon railroad at the Indianapolis Board of Trade Tuesday afternoon to discuss the proposed merger of the Monon with the Baltimore & Ohio. The move for acquisition of the Monon was instituted before the Interstate Commerce Commission by the B. & 0., and is now pending. It is unanimously opposed by Monon officials, who contend such a merger would not be beneficial to the state and are organizing Hoosier opposition. FUND DRIVE TO OPEN $141,000 Set as Goal by Jewish Leaders. The Jewish Welfare Fund campaign will be opened tonight at a dinner at the Broadmoor Country Club. The money raised in the drive will be turned over to Jewish institutions. Fund directors have set $141,000 for the two-year goal. Fifty-five Jewish causes are represented on the budget, including local institutions, B'nai B'rith activities. United Palestine Appeal. American agencies and several European and Palestine institutions. General meeting of workers will be held at the Kirschbaum Community Center at 6 o'clock Tuesday.

dog.. Lady is afraid of trains so I had to drive about four miles out of the way to avoid crossings between the pound and our house. 4051 East Thirty-fourth street. “Then I had a luncheon appointment with Mrs. A. F. Parks, 3617 | North Rural street. I thought she | wasn’t going to let me in at first. I convinced her she didn’t have to feed the horse too, so we ironed that out. “You see, I had thought about, that. I had a bucket and a peck sack of oats in the back of the buggy. I don't know whether that was too much for Lady. I had a little trouble finding something to hitch to, there not being a single I hitching post left in Indianapolis, I I believe, so we just let her wander around the lawn and top off the oats with some grass. “We ran into our first real difficulty when I got over to my sister’s house in the afternon to take her downtown to shp. (The sister is Mrs. L. R. Sheets, 3028 North Gale street.)

AGED MAN IS MISSING Police Search for Monon Resident; Vanishes on Way Here. Indianapolis police are searching for William Henry Phillips, 74, who disappeared Thursday while on his way from Monon to Indianapolis. Mrs. Belle Nelson, 148 West Pratt street, a niece, received word that her uncle had stopped in Lafayette an his way to his home here. He was last seen in Lafayette Thursday night. REBELS MAKE STAND Entrench for Decisive Battle as Federals Advance. Bu United Press MEXICO CITY. April 22. Mexican rebels were entrenching themselves at Masiaca, Sonora, twenty-five miles north of San Bias, today, apparently preparing for a decisive battle with the advancing federals. Plutarco Elias Calles, minister of war, reported to the government. Calles said he expected to advance his federal troops to Don, on the Sinaloa-Sonora border, as soon as the railway from San Bias to Don was repaired. Work on the railways is being rushed and probably will be completed today. The federals will concentrate at Don for the attack on the rebel stronghold at Masiaca, according to plans Calles outlined in his message from San Bias. PAY TRIBUTE TO BARD Visitors Fiom AU Over World Flock to Shakespeare's Birthplace. 5 ii United Pi c*s STRATFORD-UPON-AVON. England. April 22.—Visitors from all over the world began arriving here, the birthplacee of William Shakespeare. today for the celebration Tuesday of his birth. Lightning Causes Auto Death Bu United Press WASHINGTON. Ind., April 22. Mrs. George Sage, Vincennes, was killed instantly here when the automobile in which she was riding overtuned after the driver was blinded by a flash of lightning. The machine overturned in a ditch. Mrs. Sage was dead when extricated from the wreckage, her neck having been broken.

Banana-Time Bn United Press CHICAGO. April 22.—Haled into court for non-payment ot alimony, Abe Berkofitz. banana peddler, asked that he be jailed until June 1 at which time he said the banana .season would reopen' and he would be able to meet his payments. His request was granted.

THE J N DIMS A POLJ S TIMES

“ ‘What,’ she screamed, ‘you don't mean to say that you expect your sister to go downtwon with you in that?’ “She finally softened and we got going. Merciful heavens, what ai;. afternoon! Regard for my family name prevents me from disclosing the full details of that shopping tour, but I finally got Lady back to Dad. He looked her over and informed me he thought I had better get the starter on my car fixed right away.”

Williams College Editor thought QGs. couldn’t win!

B nt look what happened when a third of the student body compared the 4 leading cigarettes . . . with names concealed

J|fE WILLIAMS RECORD. TUESDAY. MARCH £6, lsj K ‘OLD GOLD’ CHALLENGES AND Jj m WINS IN CIGARETTE ‘TEST’ 'll H rB H Per- * f mo grtet o9H Bier Challenging the statement appearing in the fjg|| §M ; ' columns of The Record of February 56 that tffM Williams men have a distinct preference for Wm iL f cigarettes as proven by the fact ,J||| ijv. that that brand outsells competitors in local MSf Kc- shops, the Old Gold company last Friday after- ail§| jpyg noon conducted one of its fatuous “concealed the* §& name tests” at Williams. Asa result, Williams mm has joined the growing list of colleges and uni- att J ||l|f versities which have given Old Gold a plurality no S HIP in such a contest, for out of the 234 votes cast, recj tiie challenging brand received 66 first choices, yg|| ||iry while two other leading makes could do no more -Wmi than tie for second place with 59 votes apiece, Tlpf ILf and a fourth prominent brand received 50 preferences. la m>' onJ| Recent tests at Princeton, Yale, Johns Hop- cc i@ mse kins, University of Michigan, University of Illi- s'.'fa liois, and Ohio State also proved that Old Gold, o ®|| at least when “ masked,” is the favorite with col- jJB legiate smokers, while at Harvard the contest f jjfc HP was lost by three votes. ,|g||g |||>'r To admit no unfairness into the test, each tlilf brand of cigarette was denoted by one of five hjH mk- possible numbers, stamped on the black band rrflH ||||' concealing the name, so that comparison of numbers among those taking the test would have glfl |j|| been difficult. The results of the voting, done a( SH iflp entirely by number, were checked up by Seeley a t ■ 29, and A. Clark ’3O, Business Manager and besS HP' Assistant Business Manager of The Record. thfiH HI I - ~ - E*f§ Id . Bts n r||§ l^' , Asa the try-outs held last Friday •b ||on

ON YOUR RADIO . . . OLD GOLD-PAUL WHITEMAN HOUR , . . Paul Whiteman, King of Jazz, with his complete orchestra, broadcasts the OLD GOLD hour every Tuesday , . . from 9 to 10 I I P. M., Eastern Standard Time , . . over the entire national network of the Columbia Broadcasting System.

Smoother and Better . . . “not a cough in a carload”

P. T. A, TO DINE ART WINNERS

Shortridge Puoil Second in State Poster Contest. David S. Burns, Shortridge high school, will be among the honor guests at a luncheon Thursday at the Lincoln given by the Indiana Parent-Teacher Association to winners of the state poster contest. Burns took second place in the high school division with his poster "Pa - triotism and Aviation.” First place went to Loren Fisher of Needham high school, Johnson county. Ruth Palmer. Huntington township school, Huntington, was awarded third place. Honorable mention was made of posters submitted by Marjorie McKay, Madison; Mary Smith, Huntington; Ruth Sheetz, Whiting; Helen Hilliard. Rensselaer, and Kathleen Haworth. Gas City. In the seventh and eighth grade division Jack Ratrie, Auburn, took first; Laareta Randolph. Franklin, second, and Alice Hasler, Lyons, third. Mary Ellen Boyer, Muncie, took first in the first to sixth grade division, Louis Elbert, Michigan City, second and Flabia Gomey. Gary, third. Three sets of awards were offered in the contest, a medal to the school submitting the best poster and banners for the second and third best posters. Judges were Oakley Richey, John Herron Art Institute. Indianapolis; Miss Wilma Balyeat, art supervisor, Anderson and George J. Mess, Circle Art Company, Indianapolis. Father of Four Kills Self CLOVERDALE. Ind.. April 22. John Pierson, 29, Wingate, swallowed poison because of unrequited love for Miss Cecilia Barnhart, and was found dead here this morning. His wife committed suicide in the same manner six months ago. He leaves four small children.

Shut-in Children to'Get May Shower of Flowers

Mobilisation of the good forces of May in hope of providing potted plants on May day to all shut-in children in Indianapolis is under way Joining hands, the Public Health Nursing Association, Red Cross and Girl Scouts, plan distribution of potted plants or flowers to every little crippled shut-in on May 1. It is only natural, despite a thorough survey, that many crippled j youngsters will be missed, unless their names are sent to May dav head-1 quarters. Public Health Nursing Asociation. 324 Indiana Pythian building. To make certain that all little shut-ins will be made happy on May 1. an appeal for donations to provide the potted plants is being 1 made by these three organizations. Fill in the space below, giving your name and address and the name and address of the crippled child you wish to make happy. Your name will not be divulged. If you do not know of any particular shut-in, your contribution will be used in the general fund.

Your name Your address . Your contribution. $ Crippled child's name*. Crippled child's address Mail to Miss Edna L. Hamilton, chairman flower committee, 324 Indiana Pythian building, before April 29.

$455 IS TAKEN BY HOLDUP MEN Oil Company Collector Is Heaviest Loser. Bandits obtained $455.95 in three robberies over the week-end. Two unmasked men held up and robbed Hugh Harding. 27. of 924 Bosart. avenue, collector for the Pure Oil Company, of S4OO. under the Pennsylvania railroad elevated tracks at South Sherman drive. They forced his car to the curb. A pound of coffee and $41.95 was the loot taken from William V.

“WHICH ONE TASTES BEST?” is the way the college newspaper put the test to one-third of the student body at this famous old New England college. The 4 leading cigarette brands were smoked with paper “masks” over the names, so that neither prejudice nor habit could influence the results.!

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The four leading cigarette brands . . . “masked 1 ! with paper sleeves to conceal their brand names.

Trout, 41, of 4068 Byram avenue. Three bandits stopped Trout on his way home from his store. Peter s. Schroeder, 616 North New Jersey street, lost sl4 and his auto keys when he was held as he drove his car into a garage at his home, KAISER’S SISTER FIGHTS Creditors Claim SIBO.OOO in Bankruptcy in Court. Bn United Press BONN., Germany, April 22.—A long-drawn-out legal battle is expected in the bankruptcy suit against Madame Victoria Zoubkoff. sister of the former kaiser, when the next hearing is held near the end of May. Creditors have filed claims of more than SIBO,OOO against the property.

CHANGES ASHED BY SOUTH SIDE Club Indorses Widening and Paving Projects. Extensive street widening and paving projects suggested by Otis V. Hastings, 2204'Woodlawn avenue, to solve south side traffic problems have been indorsed by the Southeastern Civic Improvement Club, J. Ed Burk. 2033 Hoyt avenue, secre-tary-treasurer of the organization announced today. The suggested improvements: 1. Widening of Virginia avenue from Alabama street' to Shelby street. 2. Widening of Shelby street from Fountain square to Troy avenue; elimination of jog in Shelby street at Maryland •ueet. and paving of Shelby street from Georgia, street to Washington street. 3. Widening of East street from South street to Garfield park. 4. Widening and resurfacing of Fletcher avenue from Virginia avenue to Shelby street, and extension of Fletclyer avenue from St. Paul street to Keystone avenue. 5. Opening of Harlan street front Hoyt to Lexington avenues and permanent improvement of Harlan street from English avenue to Prospect street. 6. Widening of Prospect street from Madison avenue to Southeastern avenue. 7. Paving of English avenue front Big Four Railway to Keystone avcrue, and paving in center of Fnglish avenue from Southeastern avenue to Brookville road. With the accomplishment of these improvements and the exetension of track elevation by the Big Four and Pennsylvania railroads to the east of Keystone avenue, the city could “open Keystone avenue from Troy avenue to Sixty-Third street. Burk said.

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