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INSULL’S AID BUYS UNION TRACT|ON CO. Midland Utility Head Pays Almost Four Million for Property. SOLD IN PUBLIC AUCTION Electric Firm Operates 400 Miles of Lines; In Hands of Receiver. of the principal properties of the Union Traction Company of Indiana to B. P. Shearon. secretary of the Midland Utility Company, an Insull organization, who acted for himself and W. S. Gorman,* utility operator for $3,923,933.11, was announced today. The Union Traction Company wnich has been in the hands of receiver since Dec. 313, 1924, operates more than 400 miles of interurban railways radating from Indianapolis to central and eastern Indiana. The properties were sold today at public auction at Anderson by Arthur W. Brady, receiver, acting under orders of Judge Carl F. Morrow, Madison circuit judge. Bids were received on each part Individually and separate bid was received for materials and supplies on hand. Bids m Larger Group Shearon was the successful bidder for the larger group of the properties. These include the Union Traction Company. Indianapolis Northern Traction Company (except that part of the line between Kokomo and Logans port), Indiana Union Traction Company Indianapolis, Newcastle and Eastern Traction Company and the Muncie, Hartford and Ft. Wayne Railway Company. Shearon also purchased the interurban cars, securities and office furniture of the Union Traction Company as well as the materials and supplies owned by the various companies. Gorman bought the line between Muncie and Union City, which was ordered abandoned several months ago. and also the lines between! Marion and Wabash, and Kokomo i and Logansport, which the receiver! asked permission to abandon some time ago. Petition Still Pending The petition still is pending before the public service commission. More than fifty communities obtain electric service from the traction company. The Midland United Company last year made an offer to buy the bonds of the company, and this order was accepted by various bondholders’ committees and most of the bonds have since been purchased. The Union Traction lines terminated at Peru and Muncie while the Indiana Service Corporation, an Insull traction line, connects with the Union at Peru and Bluffton.

JEWISH UNITY CALLED MENACE TO BRITAIN Continuation of Palestine Policy Moans Troublo, Say Loaders. flu United Press CLEVELAND. July 2.—Unity of American Zionists, achieved at their thirty-third annual convention here, will mean trouble for Great Britain if she continues in her present Palestine policy, three of the nation’s foremost Jews declared in signed statements to the United Press today. The convention, which closed Tuesday night, ended a nine-year feud between adherents of exPresident Louis Lipsky. and insurgent followers of Louis D. Brandeis, supreme court justice. SAFeTn CHICAGO, SHOT HITS BOY AT LA PORTE Ballet Fired by Yoang Women in Target Tractice Causes Wound. Bv Timet Special LAPORTE. Ind., July 2.—Donald Crapser, who has spent all his fifteen years in Chicago without getting shot, suffered a bullet wound while at Pine lake here, where his parents have a cottage. A bullet fired while two young women were at target practice went wild. It penetrated the boy’s arm, entered his oody and was deflected downward and to the back by a rib. The bullet lodged near the spinal column. It was removed and anti-tetanus serum injected. The boy is recovering. LARCENY CHARGE FAILS Girl Accused of Stealing Dress Shows It Was Caugbt in Coat. Bu Times Spreial GOSHEN, Ind.. July 2 Mrs. (Helen Strayer. 19. was acquitted by KT jury in city court here of a charge larceny in a case which developed usual evidence. It was alleged Mrs. Strayer stole a dress from the apartment of Mrs. Leona Felix. However, defense testimony was to the effect that when , Mrs. Strayer removed her coat from a dark closet the dress came with it by accident. The girl said she had wrapped the dress preparatory to returning It to Mrs. Felix when i she was 'nested.

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The Village Vamp Is Jailed!

Bu United Press WARREN, 0., July 2.—Miss Beatrice Burca. young and beautiful, who “wanted to make Mineral Ridge safe for womanhood," and, therefore, turned loose her devastating wiles on several old men of that village, is in jail facing extortion charges. In jail, also, is her radio singer friend, Danny James, who is alleged to have collected S6OO from 79-year-old George F. Scott, sage of General Ridge, on threat of exposing certain “wild parties” the aged man is said to have attended. Arrest of William Kenealy Cleveland lawyer, who police sa

No Hurry Man Gets Divorce After 25-Year Separation; ‘Just Put It Off.’

AFTER being separated for twenty-five years, Oscar Fergason, 51. of 1231 Marlowe avenue, today was granted a divorce from his wife, Margarette, 1931 Wilcox street. “We just put it off." was the only explanation Fergason could give Special Judge Alvah Rucker in superior court one as he related (he fact that he and his wife had separated in 1905 after being wedded for ten years. Mrs. Fergason said that they had not quarreled at the time of their separation, but “just couldn t get along.” Fergason told the court he has no intention of rewedding.

SEAT 7 JURORS IN POISON CASE Alleged Wife Slayer Loses Calm at Hearing. BY CHARLES E. CARLL Times Staff Correspondent GREENFIELD, Ind., July 2. Questioning a part of a special venire of twenty-five Hancock county citizens, state and defense attorneys in the murder trial of George Kolb, 55, Rushville farmer, had agreed on seven jurors when court recessed for lunch today. Counsel on both sides predicted that jury selection would be completed today, and calling of more han two hundred witnesses would oe begun. Kolb this morning had lost the cami that marked previous appearances in the court wherein the charge that he poisoned his third wife, Mrs. Edna Dagler Kolb, will Ka At county jail Tuesday night, special watch was kept on the prisoner because of increasing nervous actions. Kolb, also under indictment for the murder of his second wife, Mrs. Maggie Kolb, is to be pictured as Rush county’s middle-aged Don Juan by the state, it was learned today. Prosecutors are planning to introduce evidence to show that Kolb believed he was “a gift to women.” Defense attorneys, though, are set for this move and will bring scores of witnesses to show he is a respectable farmer who has attended church regularly and never indulged in any clandestine love affairs. Mrs. Edna Kolb, formerly a housekeeper for Kalb, died fiv# months after her marriage to Kolb. An autopsy revealed poison in her body.

WEATHERJiARK SET Today Is Coldest July 2 in Last Six Years. Coldest July 2 in six years was entered on the United States weather bureau books today by J. H. Arrriington. senior meteorologist, as the thermometer registered 56 degrees at 6 a. m. That reading, fourteen degrees below normal, was within seven degrees of all records for cold weather on the corresponding date, the lowest temperature recorded on July 2 having Deen entered in 1904. when the mercury sang to 50 degrees. Predictions of warmer weather, and a return to normal temperatures by Friday, were made by Armington. Higher temperatures are expected to begin tonight. BABE CRASHES 31ST White Sox Hurler Victim With One on Ba^s. By United Prrt* NEW YORK. July 2.—Babe Ruth hit his thirty-first home run of the season today in the fifth inning of the first game of a double-header between the Chicago White Sox and the New York Yankees. Byrd was on base and Frank Henry was pitching. Barber Pole Stolen . MALDEN. Mass.. July 2.—A barber pole was stolen from the front pf the shop of Louis Venuti on Main, street.

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hatched and directed the plot, was ordered. . James and Miss Burch were arrested when George Brown, 65,

wealthy retired merchant of the village, went to the sheriff’s office and complained of an attempt to “blackmail” him. Miss Burch was too affectionate, he said.

BLACK SEDAN NOT IDENTIFIED IN TORCH QUIZ Youths Who Passed Blazing Car Didn’t Travel in ‘Mystery Auto.’ Sheriff Winkler today issued an appeal that the occupants of a large black sedan seen near the torch car fire scene May 31, inform th; sheriff of their identity. To them if they desire secrecy, the sheriff promised protection from publicity. Sheriff Winkler believes the occupants of the sedan may have been a married man who fears publicity or that nis companion may have been a married woman. The “large black sedan,” mystery car in the High School road torch tragedy case, has not been identified and authorities today are firm in statements its discovery remained one of the keys to the puzzle. Questioning by Sheriff George Winkler and Coroner C. H. Keever today of three youths who passed the blazing car, proved that they passed the scene after the fire was' discovered by Jack Allen of Clayton and Miss Ruby Blue, 715 North Delaware street. Check Stories of Youths The time element and the description of the progress of the fire in the automobile convinced authorities they could not have been occupants of the large sedan which speeded away from the spot when Allen drove up the road to investigate the blaze. While investigators checked stories of the three youths, a hearing on a petition filed by attorneys for Harold Herbert Schroeder, accused of murder and arson in the mystery, was delayed until 9 Thursday morning by Criminal Judge James A. Collins today. First test of the strength of the charges of murder and arson against the southerner, accused in the. High School road torch car mystery, is expected in the hearing. Sheriff George Winkler and police authorities will oppose the court order on grounds that investigation of the mystery is hampered by such an order. Charges “Third Degree” Ira Holmes, attorney for Schroeder, filed the petition asking the order on grounds Schroeder’s rights as a citizen were endangered and that “third degree” methods were being used. Holmes will introduce evidence to show that Schroeder was questioned about the case over a plain pine box containing the charred body of an unidentified man taken from Schroeder’s blazing car and will claim such methods are "third degree” tactics. Raymond Weir and Raymond Larsh, of near Avon, Hendricks county, told Sheriff Winkler and Coroner Keever today how, riding on the High School road at 1:30 the morning of May 31, they saw the blazing car. Previously they had brought Raymond Calment to the business section of the city and he was not in the car. Their story, with the fact Allen and Miss Blue discovered the blaze at 1 to 1:30 a. m., convinced authorities that the “large black sedan” seen speeding from the spot by Allen and his companion still remains unaccounted for. Believe Sedan Is Clew The two youths told authorities they did not report the fire 1 1 the time because they believed the car owner would do so. They did not see any body in the car, they said. Their description of progress of the fire convinced authorities their discovery O- the tragedy car was after that of Allen and Miss Blue. The youth were driving a gray Chevrolet car loaned them by P. H. Driesbach of Brownsburg. The car described by Allen and Miss Blue was of a heavier type and both agree it was black in color. Authorities admit that occupants of the black car may fear publicity and have not volunteered their evidence as a result, but believe the sedan may hold the clew to the crime. That accomplices of Schroeder were occupants of the car is one theory. VOTE BOOTHS ON BEACH Massachusetts City Uses Election Equipment as Bath Houses. Bu United Press CAMBRIDGE. Mass., July 2.—The city of Cambridge has put its voting booths to use as bathhouses at a municipal beach.

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“She tried to entice me,” he related. ‘‘She kept hugging me and vamping me. After this had gone on for a while I said to myself, ‘George, there’s something wrong here’.” Miss Burch admitted she “vamped a couple of old ducks in Mineral Ridge,” but denied she received any money. “I’m not a hard-hearted Hannah,’* she explained. “Danny simply told me those old fellows were too romantic, going out with young girls, and we decided to give them a scare.” “I’m not a gold-digger,” she insisted. “I was just trying to make Mineral Ridge safe for womanhood.”

No S-Parking 7— William and Girl Cooed; Bench Was Tipped; One Hurt Back.

WILLIAM HEID, 19, of the Salvation Army hotel, lies in city hospital today firmly convinced that the only place to spoon with the “lady friend” is in the center of Butler fieldhouse with all the incandescents glaring. Heid tried a park bench at Raymond street and Madison avenue Tuesday night and found it wanting, despite the moonlight, and all because of his “lady friend’s” mischievous brothers. It happened thus: They were cooing. Heid laid his nead in ner lap. They were oblivious of ail but the Man-in-the-Moon. Up sneaked witty brothers of the lady. They tipped over the bench. By the time Heid had been un-. tangled from the bench an ambulance arrived and took him to the city hospital where doctors say he nas a wrenched back. The lady friend’s brothers “beat it.” NAMEOANGSTER LINGLESLAYER Owner of Pistol Used in Death Is Indicted. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 2.—Frank Foster, Chicago gangster to whom the pistol used to murder Alfred J. Lingle was traced, was charged today with the reporter’s murder in an indictment returned by the Cook county grand jury. It was understood that the indictment was voted so Foster may oe returned from Los Angeles, where he was captured, for questioning in the Lingle murder on the theory that while he was not the actual killer, he may have information of value to investigators. The indictment was necessary to obtain extradition, the investigators said. Taken From Him Bn United Press LOS ANGELES, July 2.—The stubby pistol used to murder Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter, may be one that was taken from Frankie Foster by a Chiacgo policeman a year ago, the gangster said today. “Yes, maybe my gun was used in the Lingle shooting,” Foster told offiers. “If it’s the same gun I’m thinking of, it was taken from me by a Chicago policeman and never returned.” BANK CALLS ISSUED State, National Officials Ask Finance Reports. State and national bank calls were made today. J. W. Pole, comptroller of currency, issued a call from Washington, D. C., for report on condition of all national banks as of June 30 and a similar call for state banks was issued by Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner. CADET CLASS IS SMALL Only 320 Report for Duty at West Point. Bv United Press WEST POINT, N. Y„ July 2. The smallest class to be admitted to the United States Military academy in several years, numbering 320 cadets, reported for first day’s duty today. The cadets represent nearly every state in the Union. ARGUES ROADS DECISION State’s Attorney Seeks Rehearing of Right-of-Way Case. Connor Ross, deputy attorney general in charge of state highway department legal affairs, today argued for rehearing before the supreme court of the Brubaker case, in which hthe high court held that benefits should not be considered in damages for state road right-of-way. Ross contends the opinion is in violation of the “just compensation clause’ ’of the Indiana constitution.

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CITY HOSPITAL STRUCTURE IS ‘FIREHAZARD’ Old Building Is Branded ‘Trap’ by Hogston, State Chief. PATIENTS’ LIVES PERILED Board of Health to Call Special Meeting to Discuss Crisis. That patients on the second floor of an old building at city hospital are in a veritable fire trap was the declaration of Alfred E. Hogston, state fire marshal, today. This afternoon Hogston was to issue an order absolutely forbidding use of the building for hospital purposes. Dr. William Doeppers, city hospital superintendent, and Dr. Herman Morgan, city health board secretary, today declared the order will create a crisis in city hospital affairs. An average of forty patients are housed in the building, the contagion wards being located in the structure. Informed of Hogston’s action, Dr. Doeppers declared the hospital has no facilities for the contagious cases in the event use of the building is forbidden. Meeting to Be Called Anew dispensary and out-patient building, now under construction, will not be completed until Jan. 1. A special meeting of the board of health probably will be called for Thursday to discuss the situation and Fire Marshal Hogston will be called into this meeting. The board, at its last meeting, ordered a letter sent to the state fire marshal’s office asking what repairs were necessary to permit use of the building until completion of new facilities. The letter had not been forwarded today. The building was condemned eighteen months ago by the state fire marshal. The new order will demand use of the structure for hospital purposes be discontinued and that it be torn down. Used for General Purposes During the meningitis epidemic last winter, city authorities asked the order be modified in order that the building could be used as a pest house for isolation of the victims. The fllea was granted. Fire Marshal Hogston today declared he has learned that since the epidemic ended the building has been used for general hospital purposes. Patients are in rooms on the second floor, and the lower floor is used for treatment of patients discharged from the hospital who return for attention, and as a drug store for the hospital building. Harry Stiner, inspector, and Cash Graham, chief of the inspection division of the fire marshal’s office, made anew inspection of the building Tuesday and reported that repairs to meet the state fire depart? ment regulations would involve costs as great as the cost of anew building. Not Fit for Use The report declares the structure “not fit for use as a blacksmith shop” and declares the basement is filled with trash and debris of “highly inflammable character.” The floors are of wood and creak as if about to collapse, the report sets out, and wooden stairways are provided throughout the structure. The report also declares the attic is filled with trash. “The building is a worse fire hazard than the old court house at Kokomo or the city hall at Marion,” Hogston declared today. Both these buildings were condemned recently by the state fire marshal, TWIN CITIES GAINING St. Paul, Minneapolis Make 118,214 Increase. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, July 2. The Twin Cities led communities filing preliminary population figures with the census bureau today, reporting a combined gain of 118,214 over 1920. Minneapolis reported a population of 462,611, an increase of 82,089, while St. Paul’s figure was 270,883, a gain of 36,185. MAIL PILOT CRASHES Unhurt as 850 Pounds of Letters, Plane Burn. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 2.—An airplane of the Cleveland-Chicago air mail crashed and was destroyed by fire at Middlebury, Ind., early today, but the pilot, Robert P. Hodkins, escaped unhurt, according to National Air Transport officers. Eight hundred and fifty pounds of mail was destroyed. Thick weather forcing Hodkins i to fly low was fc. lieved to have: caused him to rim into power j wires.

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STUFF cotton in your ears. Shut the windows. Now close the door. Crawl into the cellar. For here comes Chris with his declaration of independence: “I’m going to make the 4th of July one great big BOOM.” And Chris Sarkine, 9, of 516 West Pearl street, as shown in the above photo, was in a fair way of making good his promise as he “bulled” the fireworks market today at a store on West Washington street and Capitol avenue. “And there’s not a dud in the lot of ’em,” jeered Chris as he waved pinwheels, blank gun and flower pots at the photographer.

FAMILY DF SIX LEFTINSTREET Cops Are Seeking Father on Desertion Charge. Armed with a warrant for his arrest on charge of deserting a wife and five children, Humane Society officers were seeking Pearl Blackburn of Indianapolis, in Allisonville today. Blackburn is charged with deserting his wife, Mrs. Ordella Blackburn, and five children, all of whom were in need of food, shelter and clothing when found in the street Wednesday by police officers. Mrs. Blackburn, an expectant mother, and her children were put in an empty house at 838 Buchanan street, where neighbors cared for them overnight. Following investigation today. Sergeants Thomas Bledsoe and P. Quack, humane officers, filed an affidavit for the husband’s arrest. Welfare officials were arranging to care for the family. PHILADELPHIA GAINS Shows Census Increase, but Is Under 2.000,000. On United Press PHILADELPHIA, July 2.—Harry J. Imber chairman of the local board of censor supervisors, today announced that the city’s final population total wil be under the 2,000,000 mark. The unofficial total according To Imber, gives the city, 1,902.555 inhabitants, a gain of only 74.776 over the official figures of the 1920 census. BOMBSHELL IS HINTED IN.VOTE FRAUD CASE Defense Nears End of Grilling of Confessed Principal. GARY, Ind., July 2.— Sensational testimony in the Gary primary fraud trial at Crown Point was hinted by state’s attorneys today as the defense neared the end of its grilling Milton Marquardt, confessed principal in the frauds. Joseph Carlson and Owen O’Malia, whom Marquardt claims arranged for importation of “floaters” into Gary, are defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the election laws. Charles Parker, driver of a car of “repeaters” who pleaded guilty with Marquardt Monday, may be the next witness it was indicated. The two defendants were working in behalf of William Fulton, who shot himself after being defeated for the county commissioner nomination and disclosures of the vote frauds, it was charged. SI,OOO NEEDLE FOUND Recovered From Ashes of Ton of Bandages at Hospital. Bu United Press SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 2. Finding a needle in a haystack apparently would be by no means impossible in the present era. By means cf an electroscope, a missing radium needle valued at SI,OOO, was found among ashes of a ton of bandages at Mercy hospital.

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SALLEE MAKES POOLSSURVEY Free Checking Service for Bathers Is Studied. A survey of municipal swimming pools of the city to determine the feasibility of establishing a free checking service for all Dathers was begun this afternoon by Charles Sallee, superintendent of parks and recreational activities. “We are planning the installation of check rooms for children and citizens who do not desire to pay for checking their clothing when they swim at city pools,” Sallee said. The park superintendent will begin his tour this afternoon. He also ordered all park custodians to make a daily inspection of all playground equipment. Heretofore the custodians have not been compelled to check the equipment in their charge. Sallee’s orders were in line with the authority invested in him by the park board placing him in sole command pf the city’s parks and their personnel. The order to custodians was made to guard against a reoccurrence of the fatality that took the life of a little girl several weeks ago on a Ma-pole at Spades park. SMOOT IS WEDDED Senator Is Married in Mormon Church. Bu United Press SALT LAKE CITY, July 2.—The marriage of Senator Reed Smoot and Mrs. Alice Taylor Sheets was solemnized today in the Mormon temple before a group of friends and church officials. Heber J. Grant, president of the church, performed the ceremony. A wedding luncheon given in their honr and attended by a small group of friends was held after the marriage, and Senator and Mrs. Smoot then left for Provo, his home, where they will remain several days before starting to San Francisco, to sail for Honolulu. NAME KIWANIS CHIEF Omaha Attorney President of Civic Clubs. Bu United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 2. Raymond M. Crossman, an attorney of Omaha, Neb., was unanimously elected president of Kiwanis International to succeed Horace McDavid of Decatur, 111., at the fourteenth annual convention today. Harper Gatton of Madisonville. Ky., and C. E. Jeakins of Brantford, Ontario, were elected vice-presi-dents. Walter W. Weiser of Daytona Beach, Fla., was elected treasurer to succeed Crossman. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 56 10 a. m 67 7a. m 60 11 a. m 67 Ba. m 63 12 (noon).. 68 9 a. m 65 1 p. m 71

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HUNTER BOYS PASS 500-HOUR MARK IN AIR Soar On Despite Weakening Motor and Kenneth’s ‘Sleepiness.’ BROADCAST FROM F_ANE Earnings Mount as Fliers Swoop Over Field in Steady Grind. Bu United Press CHICAGO, July 2.—John and Kenneth Hunter will broadcast from their endurance plme City of Chicago twice daily as long as they stay up, it was announced today by the Columbia broadcasting system. They will be on the air at 11 a. m. and 5 p. m. (Indianapolis time), talking over a nation-wide hookup of stations through a microphone lowered to them from an army bombing plane. BY STANLEY WHITAKER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, July 2.—The flying Hunters dipped the City of Chicago Stinson-Detroiter monoplane above' Sky Harbor airport in elation today as their refueling endurance flight reached its original goal of 500 hours at 11:40 a. m, (Indianapolis time) and then flew on. Flying conditions were pronounced "fair" as the ship ended its 501st hour at 12:40 p. m. The air as somewhat rough, but the sky was cloudi'ss. The alluring offers of bonuses for additional flying time, piling up their earnings at the rate of nearly $4,000 a day, apparently influenced the Hunters to remain up, despite Kenneth’s willingness to descend at any time. What their new goal is, now that they have left more than 500 hours behind, probably will be & decision that will be influenced by the behavior of their Wright motor. Kenneth Getting Sleepy John dropped a note this morning reporting that Beans (Kenneth) was “fretting” and “wants to comfc down, but I want to stay up until Monday.” Beans is getting pretty sleepy,’ the note said. “Don’t go worrying, because we are all right.” Repairs to the motor of Big Ben. the refueling ship, were checked and approved during the morning, after its first contact of the day was held up. The Hunters’ earnings were increased today from SIOO an hour, that has been paid them by an oil company since they broke th-, endurance record last Sunday, ;c $l6O an hour.

“May Bea Long Time'* The dollar -a - minute increase came from a malt concern and prompted A1 Hunter, one of the brothers attending to the refueling end of the job, to say: “It may be a long time. I don’t know how John and Kenneth will feel about it up there, but when they figure out* that total salary they may decide to stay in the air until their beards get tangled in the controls—and Walt and I’li be glad to help them.” Members of the ground crews kept secret many of the notes which John and Kenneth dropped to the field, but admitted the pilots had reported considerable motor trouble. Sister Irene, who supervises the cooking of her brother’s meals, and Mrs. Ida Hunter, their mother, were worried as they watched John and Kenneth creep out on the narrow, wind-swept cat-walk to adjust the motor or tighten wires in the fuselage. May Seek 600 Hours Many of the pilots and airplane mechanics who watched the flight said they believed that the City of Chicago still will be flying over Sky Harbor Friday night. Albert and Walter said John and Kenneth even may attempt to keep the plane aloft until the 600-hour mark Is reached —or next Sunday afternoon. "If they stay up until Sunday,” Walter pointed out, “they will beat the 420-hour record of the St. Louis Robin by just one week. There’s several things wrong with the plane, but they may do it.” Irene was concerned about the boys’ diet. They complained about the meals sent aloft to them three times a day, but Irene is a school teacher and knows what’s best. “Imagine their asking for such things as hot dogs,” she said. “But they want a change, so I’ve deeded to bake the chicken and scramble the eggs.’’ Kenneth Thriils Spectators John and Kenneth received with zest the announcement from Forrest O’Brine and Dale Jackson that they intend to take off July 13 to win back the record which they set at 420 hours a year ago in the St. Louis Robin. “We may be down by that time to see them take off,” John informed the ground crew. Kenneth, who is just 21 and dislikes to be -called “the baby of the family,” thrilled spectators at the field Just before dusk Tuesday when he -clambered out op top of the plane and hitched himself back to the rear end to remove some rubbish which was thrown from the cabin and oecame caught in the tail rudder. His only safeguard was a short rope fastened to his belt and to the side of the ship, but that would not have saved him from a fall into the whirling propellor.