Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 113, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 September 1930 — Page 13

SEPT. 19/1930

CUSTOMS GUARD SLUGS DOCTOR IN LIQUOR CASE Beats Victim With Blackjack in Argument Over Two Ounces of Rye. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—A United States customs guard was held today, accused of beating a physician over the head with a blackjack in a case Involving two ounces of liquor. The guard, Francis T. McCarthy, was charged with felonious assault by Magistrate Michael A. Ford, after the magistrate had dismissed another charge of assault against Dr. George A Irwin, the injured , man. “Things have, come to a pretty

pass in this country when a man can be blackjacked because some one has two drinks of whisky on his person," the magistrate remarked. Dr. Irwin testified that as he and some friends came ashore from the liner Majestic last Thursday they were stopped by a customs guard, who asked them if they had any liquor. Harry Jones, one of the party, held up two one-ounce bottles of rye. he said, and was arrested. He la s er was fined $2 A few minutes later. Dr Irwin said. McCarthy and another customs guard arrived at the pier to take Jones to the barge office. When the doctor stepped on to the running board of the automobile, McCarthy ordered him off. An argument ensued, the doctor said, and the guard drew a blackjack and hit him over the head, knocking him to the ground. He was taken to a hospital. Four Die in Air Crash By United F’ress STUTTGART. Germany. Sept 19 —Frit? Schindler, an acrobat, and three pilots were killed today when two altplanes engaged in a. .stunt

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Dewey Phillips of Alexandria, La., believes in making endurance contests easy. Comfortably mounted on this mattress, he is floating down the Red river en route to New Orleans. His brother will go along in a motorboat to serve as "refueling crew.”

crashed here Schindler was attempting to transfer from one plane

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to another by means of a rope ladder when the accident occurred

STRIKES DEATH BLOW AT CIVIL WARINCHINA Powerful Manchurian Chief Acts to Aid Central Government. By United Press SHANGHAI, Sept. 19.—Chang Hsueh-Liang, rich and powerful Manchurian war lord, intervened pacifically today to hasten the end of China’s civil war. Chang, who has been neutral during the hostilities between the Nanking government and the northern forces, issued a circular deploying the warfare of the last seven months, demanding cessation of military operations, and recommending that all national affairs be

left to the decision of the central government. Action of the Manchurian ruler was seen as almost a death blow to the Peiping opponents of General Chiang Kai-Shek. They already had been weakened considerably by the general’s victories over the northern army in Honan province and by the withdrawal of the troops of Yen Hsi-Shan. once “model governor” of Shansi province Yen had been co-leader of the northern armies with Feng YuHsiang. Reports from Pieping indicated he had decided to withdraw his forces within the borders of Shanshi province when he learned that the Manchurian government planned armed intervention on behalf of the Nanking forces. Other sources attributed his retirement to Chiang Kai-Shek’s intensive military campaign, and the latter’s use of poison gas. Manchuria remained neutral in the civil war and profited greatly by supplying ammunition to the rival factors, but apparently the suggestion that Manchurian forces under Chang Hsueh-Liang were to enter

the conflict was sufficient to discourage Yen Hsi-Shan Feng YuHsiang, probably the most powerful and crafty of China's war lords, row is left alone In the struggle against the Nanking government when Yen retired. City of Dead and Ruins Hu I nitrd Press HANKOW. Sept. 19—Changsha once the leading trade port and educational center of human province inhabited by over half a million people, today is a city of dead and ruins. Modern buildings and historical landmarks alike have been reduced into charred walls and debris. Chinese refugees, not killed by the Communists arrived in Hankow with ghastly tales of massacres. Government officials, educators, bankers, landlords and merchants were killed in the streets and their heads, tied on strings, were hung up outside public buildings, schools and headquarters of the Fifth; Red army. People were shot In streets for wearing foreign clothing or long gowns.

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FLIERS MAY BE GIVEN BENEFIT | OF EDISON AID Inventor Reveals Interest in Safer Parachutes, Rustless Metal. Bu United Pres a NEWARK. N. J . Sept 19 —Thomas A. Edison's first visit to a modern airport revealed an interest in aviation that indicated the famous inventor may apply his genius to some of its hitherto unsolved problems. , Stopping at Newark airport for a five-minute visit. Thursday. Edison became so interested in what he saw that he stayed an hour, questioning Lieutenant Richard Aidworth, director.

He expressed surprise when he learned that the minimum height from which it is safe to make a parachute jump at present is 500 feet. “Somebody ought to go to work on that right away,” he said. "There should be a parachute that opens instantaneously, designed for use at fifty feet." A large tri-motor all-metal airplane landed nearby and Edison inquired if the aluminum and steel alloys used in airplane construction did not corrode Aldworth replied that corrosion was one of the big problems of aviation. Edison then recalled that during the war he had worked on a shellac with which he hoped to make airplanes invisible above certain heights. “I might fly when I get my two jobs done," he said. “Then I would fly with an old timer who would not stop " Aldworth asked him what the “two jobs” were. “Well, the experiment, in taking rubber from plants is working out nicely," he said. He did not mention what the other “job" was. Predicts Planet Trips By XEA. Serrice PRAGUE, Sept. 19—Interplanetary flights are assured within a hundred years, is the belief of Professor V. V. Stratonoff, well-known Russian astronomer. A crowded population on the earth will force such flights, the professor believes. Other planets will have to be reached to accommodate the growing population of our planet. This necessity will cause interplanetary flights to become as common as ordinary flights are today. The professor also points out that the development of interplanetary flights now is in the same stage that aviation was thirty-five years ago and that it will proceed nearly as rapidly as aviation. The only difficulty in such flights will be in the human body adjusting itself to different conditions on other planets. But the professor believes that this will be brought about readily by scientific protection and experiments. Offered New Field Bu United Press NEW YORK. Sept. 19.—When Captain Roy W. Ammel, former army flier, finally takes off for his proposed trans-Atlantic flight to Paris or beyond, he will have permission to use the new 4,000-foot concrete runway at Floyd Bennett field, New York’s new and still unopened municipal airport. Dock Commissioner Cosgrove has given Captain Ammel a permit allowing him to use the new runway in his takeoff. This action followed requests made by those interested in the flight who claimed there was grave doubt- whether Ammel's heavily laden piane could rise from any other field in this vicinity. Ammel plans to carry 817 gallons of fuel and to fly to Berlin or Rome if possible after he has negotiated the non-stop trip to Paris. If he has sufficient gas he will not stop in France. Glider Club to Meet An open meeting of the Indianapolis Aero-Glider Association Inc., will be held at 8 tonight on the second floor, Chamber of Commerce building. Dr. Wilbur F. Smith, department of commerce physical examiner for pilots, will talk on physical qualifications necessary to become a licensed air pilot. Captain Ear.’ W. Sweeney, World war ace and now Curtiss-Wright chief instructor, will be chairman. The association owns anew monoplane glider in which members are taught glider flying in preparation for airplane flight instruction. The public is invited to attend the meeting Map Dirigible Routes Bu yEA. Bernice MONTREAL. Sept, 19 —Plans fer a dirigible route between Montreal, New York, and Cardington, England, have started to materialize as a result of the recent successful voyage of the English dirigible R-101 Three routes are contemplated. One is from Cardington to New York and Montreal by way of Cape Farewell, Greenland, The second is a direct route via Newfoundland, and the third is by way of the Azores. Parachutes Forbidden Bu United Press CINCINNATI, Sept. 19—Aviators are forbidden to use parachutes over Cincinnati without “express permission,” it was discovered in examining the new city air code. A chants will be made by council next weeii so that fliers of disabled planes may land in the customary manner. French Fliers Start Bu United Pres LE BOURGET, France. Sept. 19. —The French aviators Lauluette and Goulette hopped off from Le Bcurget airport at 6:24 a. m. today in a Farman monoplane for Teheran, Persia, planning to stop only at Bucharest and Aleppo, Syria, cn route. Slams Dictator; Six Months HU t It I f rti Rrens WARSAW, Poland. Sept. 19,-Mrs. Irene Kosmowsska, a former’ deputy, was sentenced to six months In jail today for saying at a political meeting last Sunday, that the government of Marshal Joseph Pilatid6ki, "is crazy.”