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BLAINE BLOCKS RUSH VOTE ON FINANCE BILL Assails Measure as 'Just an Effort to Boost Stock Market.’ •NO FOOD FOR HUNGRY" Resignation of Navy Chief Demanded for ‘Disloyalty to President.’ B'j f filed Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. Acr.ompanird by a denunciation of “not containing a single mouthful of food for the hungry or employment for the jobless,” President Hoovers $2,000,000,000 emergency domestic credit bill was offered to the senate today with a favorable committee report which warned that many banks are in danger and “this series of failures must be slopped.” Senator Blane (Rep., Wis.) t blocked immediate consideration of the measure when Senator Walcott (Rep., Conn.), asked unanimous consent 1o take it up. It, was placed on the calendar and will come up Thursday in regular order of business. Blaine branded the bill as designed for only two purposes, “to aid the very banking institutions that largely are responsible for the present situation and to produce an upturn In stock market prices.” Reflected Elsewhere Efforts to aid the domestic situation were reflected in other divisions of congress with the senate unemployment relief committee considering measures for federal relief, hearing testimony indicating relief difficulties in the state of Illinois and city of Cincinanti. Three Republicans voted against the Reconstruction Finance Corporation bil lin the senate banking and currency committee. They were Couzens, Michigan; Blaine, Wisconsin, and Brookhart, lowa, Minority Leader Robinson informed Republican leaders he knows of no opposition on his side of the chamber. Democratic policy is to permit the President to create his proposed relief structure so that if it fails to re- j vive business, the responsibility willj be entirely his. Cite Capital Exhaustion Committee report recommending passage of the emergency credit bill cited exhaustion of many banks’ capital because of depreciation in a=set values and difficulties encountered by railroads through their prc-1929 belief that they could borrow short term money and have no ♦ rouble in obtaining renewals; or failing in that, fund their obligations into long term bonds. Meanwhile, Representative McClintic (Dcm., Okla.) electrified the house by placing before the naval affairs committee a deemand that Secretary of Navy Adams resign for “disloyalty to the President in espousal of the Vinson warship construction bill." Adams immediately went before the committee in defense of his indorsement, saying he felt in no way disloyal for advocating naval construction up to the limits of the London treaty. Provides 120 Warships Adams Tuesday strongly indorsed the Vinson bill, which provides for a ten-year replacement program under which 120 new warships would bo built at a cost of more than ?6,000,000,000. Rear Admiral William V. Pratt, highest ranking officer in the navy, today told the committee it is imperative to enact n warship building program so that the country can have a “navy adequate to defend our shores.” Democratic leaders announced today adherence to a policy of "liberal readjustment of income taxes with the least hardship consistent with the treasury's needs and prompt balancing of the budget, and indicated members of the ways and means committee would eliminate the section of their bill authorizing President Hoover to negotiate reciprocal tariff agreements with foreign nations. Somewhat Embarrassed Democratic leaders, it was reported, have been somewhat embarrassed to discover that the proposed negotiations would abrogate “most favored trade nation" trade treaties with a number of foreign countries and thus cause international complications. Grosvenor N. Jones, chief of the finance divisions of the department of commerce, told the senate finance committee investigating foreign Joans, that loans were made to South America in certain instances where the commerce department had advised against them. He felt that the countries there are "overborrowed,” he told the committee.

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The Indianapolis Times Partly cloudy and much colder tonight, lowest temperature 20 to 25; Thursday, fair.

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Legless Dentist Keeps His Pluck

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Dr. C. O. Clemmer, legless dentist, practicing walking with his new wooden limbs on the front porch of his home.

DEATH CLAIMS SOCIAL LEADER Mrs. Oscar Frenzel Victim of Pneumonia. Mrs. Oscar Frenzel, 30, prominent in city social and charity circles and wife of a grandson of John P. Frenzel, president of the Merchants National bank, died Thursday night at Coleman’ hospital of pneumonia. Funeral services will be held at 3 Friday afternoon at Flanner &; Buchanan mortuary, 25 West Fall Creek boulevard. Burial will be in Crown Kill cemetery. Mrs. Frenzel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Conklin, leaves a week-old son, Oscar Frenzel Jr., and her husband. Born in Greenfield, June 25, 1900. Mrs. Frenzel came to Indianapolis -With her parents in 1913. She married Mr. Frenzel Dec. 3, 1927. A graduate of Tudor Hall, Mrs. Frenzel was a member of the Meridian Street M. E. church, the Stanfield Circle, the Junior League and the Christamore Aid Society. Asa member of the Junior League she was prominent in work of the hospital committee, having charge of occupational therapy at Riley hospital. Last year she did field w’ork in this division, -visiting at homes of dismissed children and teaching them construction work. For a number of years she taught a Sunday school class at the Meridian street church. In addition to the son and husband, Mrs. Frenzel is survived by her parents.

COLDER IS FORECAST Twenty-Degree Drop Slated by Night. Indianapolis today awaited the 20-degree temperature drop due by night, while the mercury tarried above 40 this morning. J. H. Armington, weather bureau chief, said the mercury will slide throughout the day. Thursday is to be generally fair and slightly warmer, he said., ... Although the drop will be far from bordering on severe w’eather, Indianapolis will feel the cold snap more keenly because of the weeks of warm weather. Normal morning temperature for this period of the year is 29, Armington said. The mercury stood at 41 at 1 today. BOMB PLOT IS FOILED Two Found on Doorstep of Italian Consulate at Geneva. By United Press ... GENEVA, Jan. 6.—Two small bombs w r ere found today on the doorstep of the Italian consulate. An anti-Fascist plot was suspected.

WORK LOST BY JOBLESS IN HIGHWAY POST FIGHT

Two hundred jobless men were thrown out of temporary work to earn food for their families today because of the fight of Charles W. Mann, county highway superintendent, to retain his post against a Democratic appointee. The jobless men. who have been aiding in county road work under the ‘made work" relief program, reported for duty today, but were not permitted to work. County highway employes said Mann has issued orders that county trucks can not be used to transport the workers to the roads. Charles Clarke, county attorney, said the condition "is terrible and can not continue,” in a conference with county commissioners. However, commissioners and the attorney said they are helpless to remedy the situation as long as Mann persists in holding the post.

I “Ouch! Doc! That hurts." If any dental patient of Dr. C. O. Clemmer of 1161 West Thirty-fifth j street, makes that remark over a i mere toothache, he or c he should |be boiled in oil—and not oil of I cloves, either. For Dr. Clemmer is one person who knows pain, and, knowing it, wouldn’t let three leg amputations put him in an easy chair, j He's the city’s only legless ten- ! tist and he won’t be legless long, ; for part of his spare time between tooth extractions is spent practicing on his new artificial limbs. Not Downhearted But until those make-believe limbs function in the proper manner, the gritty dentist makes gold | crowns and fills teeth without their use in his home. A fund of humor, with wisecracks | always ready, coupled with plenty |of he-man’s "it”—courage—is rej sponsible for the dentist’s capacity i to beat back to health and his job. “Oh! In another year I’ll be back | in my same office at Thirtieth and ! Clifton streets,” he says. In September, 1930, illness caused ; him temporarily to abandon his i practice. On Oct. 15, 1930, phy- ! sicians amputated his right foot, and in November, 1930, the remainder of his right limb. In March, 1931, doctors told him they’d be compelled to take his left leg. “Crown Hill? Nvt I” "Go ahead,” Dr. Clemmer told them. The three amputations resulted in the dentist’s physique shrinking in half. I Where in normal health he | weighed 230 pounds with his ill- : ness and loss of limbs he weighed. 110 pounds. “But I’ve gained a lot back. I now r weigh about 160 pounds and ; that’s pretty good considering I‘ve ! lost two limbs,” he says. “The doctors said I ‘belonged in Crown Hill.’ 1 told them, 'Nothing doing.’ And here I am. But it gets tiresome waiting until you can walk,” he says. Dr. Clemmer was graduated from the Indiana university’s school of dentistry in 1906. CITY BUYS CORNER AT SIXTEENTH AND ILLINOIS Pays $95,000 for Property to Complete Widening. Another obstacle in widening of Sixteenth street, from Delaware street to Northwestern avenue, was hurdled today by the works board with acquisition of the northwest j corner of Sixteenth and Illinois streets after a fourteen-year battle. The city will pay Wiegand and - Sons, Ir.c., and Richard Chislett, owners of the disputed property, $95,000. The fight over the corner started in 1918, when original price was $170,000. Members of the board said they will advertise next spring for bicA i to complete the improvement project from Illinois street to Northwestern avenue. Property will bd turned over to the city March 1. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 47 10 a. m 46 7a. m 46 11 a. m 45 8 a. m 46 12 (noon).. 44 ' 9a. m 46 1 p. m 41

It was proposed to ask city officials for trucks to transport the “made w orkers” to the county roads. Commissioners pointed out that the county is losing several thousands of dollars in labor because of the difficulty. Miss Hannah Noone, Center township trustee, announced she is marking arrangements to supply the men with weekly baskets as long as they are kept from earning the food due to the political tieup. County commissioners said charges of malfeasance and neglect of duty will be filed against Mann today by an attorney. They said they did not know details of the counts. Mann refused to vacate his job after Democratic commissioners named John S. Mann to succeed Charles Mann last Friday. The latter has stated he “still is highway superintendent” ard would control the department.

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TOKIO'S REPLY FULL APOLOGY, STIMSON SAYS Regrets Are Accepted, but Consul-Slugging Case Still Not Closed. JOINT ACTION LIKELY Great Powers May Move to Protect Interests in Orient Riot Zone. By United Press ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson, in reply to questions, said today he considered the Japanese expression of regret for the beating of Consul Chamberlain by Japanese soldiers as tantamount to an apology. Although not laying down the principle that an expression of regret always was the same as an apology, the secretary made it clear that in the present instance he considered expressions to him by Ambassador Katsuji Debuchi Tuesday to constitute an apology. Stimson, however, did not indicate the Chamberlain case was closed. The Japanese ambassador conferred today with Undersecretary of State Castle, but was understood not to have mentioned the Chamberlain case. Fear for Interests in Orient Meanwhile, the United States continued discussions with European powers on methods of protecting their interests in the Far East. Italian Ambassador Giacomo Demartino discussed the Manchurian situation with Castle today. The British and French ambassadors talked over the same subject with Stimson Tuesday. A strong impression prevailed here that the United States, France and Kreat Britain, possibly joined by Italy, would make strong represetations to Japan. Stimson declined to discuss the matter today, but indicated he might have a formal statement later. It was understood that the state department had received assurances from official Japanese sources that the Japanese army would not enter China proper. Forces now are reported to be near the Great Wall separating China and Manchuria. Riots Are Reported Ambassador Debuchi, after leaving the state department, expressed it as his personal opinion that the Japanese army would not cross the Manchurian boundary into China proper. The Italian and British governments, it was also understood, are opposed to any procedure at this time under the nine-power treaty. Japan’s Manchurian campaign has been followed by serious Chinese riots against both Japanese and Russians. American consulates at Harbin and Foochow report disorders. A United States warship is standing by at Foochow, while an appeal to Chinese authorities for protection of American lives and property has been made by Consul-General George C. Hanson at Harbin.

DRY LEAGUE PINCHED Ohio Bank Closing Ties Up Anti-Saloon Funds. By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., Jan. 6. The Anti-Saloon League, its funds tied up in a bank closing, today was passing the hat among its friends seeking to raise money .with which to carry on "the fight.” The distress call went out from ! the office of Howard H. Russell, league associate general superintendent at Westerville, who admitted there were not many “longtime” friends left who could see the league through the present crisis. TAX INCREASE URGED j ‘Republicans Have Put Us in Hole,’ Says Roosevelt. By United Press ALBANY, N, Y., Jan. 6.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt today recommended emergency tax increases to meet a $100,000,000 state deficit resulting from a national economic problem which he said had gone unsolved because of the federal government’s lack of leadership, lack of plan and lack of action. His emergency tax program was submitted to the legislature in joint session. The program and the subsequent action of a Republican legislature on that program w r as expected to have a vital bearing on Roosevelt’s candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

MERCY! Miners and their wives and children were hungry, but a warrant was issued for arrest of a kind-hearted grocer who distributed flour to them. Read of the ‘mercy” of those in power in the Harlan county (Kentucky) mine strike zone, in the second article by John Moutoux, on Page 2 of this edition. A third article will appear in The Times Thursday.

Stripped Gears By United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Henry J. Dodds of Montgomery. 0., has won the magazine Pathfinder’s prize for a Republican campaign slogan. He received first prize of SIOO for the war cry: “Prosperity is returning—don’t throw it in reverse.” Second choice of the three judges—Senator Jones (Rep., Wash.). Metcalf (Rep., R. I.) and Vendenberg (Rep., Mich.)— was "Hold steady.” Third choice was "The elephant works while the donkey kicks.” Pathfinder recently gave a prize for a Democratic slogan, which was: Hee Haw! We’re coming back.”

N. HAMPSHIRE ELECTION WON BY DEMOCRAT Republicans Are Beaten in Stronghold by Wet Foe of Hoover Policy. By United Press MANCHESTER, N. H„ Jan. 6. William N. Rogers, wet Democrat, who leveled a campaign barrage at President Hoover’s unemployment relief policies, is the new congressman from the strong Republican First New Hampshire district, complete returns indicated today. His victory over former Governor John H. Bartlett, Republican, for the seat once held by Daniel Webster, completed a cycle of Democratic upsets in traditionally Republican congressional districts within a year. The vote was heavy considering the rigors of the New Hampshire winter, some voters appearing on snow shoes to cast their ballots. The final vote was: Rogers, 27,453; Bartlett, 24,505. Gives Democrats 220 Rogers’ victory brought the Democratic strength in the house to 220, the highest in fourteen years. The election in this state filled the last house vacancy, with this standing: Democrats, 220; Republicans, 214; Farmer Labor, 1. The New Hampshire vote climaxed an off-year sweep by the Democrats, which included victories in New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri, Texas and Michigan. Previous to the 1930 elections, the Republicans had a clear majority of 100 in the house as a result of the 1928 Hoover landslide. In the voting Tuesday, failure of Republicans in small towns to show their usual interest was considered a factor in Bartlett’s defeat. Loses City Vote The Republican candidate based his hope of victory on the city vote, but he carried only Portsmouth, his home town. Rogers’ wet stand was believed responsible for many votes. He campaigned as an advocate for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and state control of liquor salefe. Bartlett subordinated the issue by not taking a definite stand. N A M~EF~U.~PrMA NAGER Clem J. Randau Succeeds to Post Vacant Since April. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Appointment of Clem J. Randau as general business manager of the United Press was made today by Karl A. Bickel, president. Randau has been acting as general business manager since last April when Hugh Baillie, who had held the position up to that time, became executive vice-president. An Interesting New Series on

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Former City Woman Lost in Mountains on Airplane Flight

LESLIE BRINGS END TO FARM BOARDBATTLE Attempts to Remove Old Members Are Met With Counter-Attack. Governor Harry G. Leslie was forced to pour oil on troubled waters today, and the Indiana board of agriculture, which operates the state fair, "perpetuated” itself for another year. What started as an offensive against re-election of E. J. Barker of Thorntown as secretary-treasurer of the board, kicked back in the face of Thomas Grant of Lowell, Thirteenth district member, and he had to appeal to the Governor for aid. \ Terms of eight members of the agricultural board were due to end today. Grant, it is charged by supporters of the .old regime, planned to elect enough new men to name William Jones of Fairmount, secre-tary-treasurer nine years ago and formerly president of the Indiana . Rural Credits Corporation, in Barker's place. Tries Counter Offensive When Barker got wind of the affair, he threw P. L. White of Oxford, dairy association head, in the j race against Grant and, it is re- j ported, had thirteen of the sixteen j members of the board pledged. Someone informed Grant of the ; rumor that Leslie was supposed to j be aiding his ouster move. So the Lowell insurgent went to the Gov- j ernor with the fight. Unable to stand the heat, Leslie demanded that peace be declared and no changes be made. So when the eighty-six heads of dairy, cattle, hog and grain groups met today to elect new members of the board, the old members were re-elected as usual, and Levi P. Moore of Rochester, one of the focal points of Grant’s fight, even placed ! the name of the latter in nomination. Re-Election Is Unanimous Election of each of the eight members was by unanimous vote, for the arrangements had been com- j pleted at the caucus Tuesday night. I Those renamed are: C. H. Taylor ! on Boonville, First district; Guy. j Cantwell of Gosport, Second district; | R. C. Jenkins of Orleans, Third dis- j trict; E. D. Logsdon of Indianap- j olis. Seventh district; F. J. Claypcol of Muncie, Eighth district; Grant U. C. Brouse of Kendallville, Twelfth district, and Moore. At the reorganization meeting this afternoon, C. Y. Foster of Car- j mel, Ninth district member, is scheduled to be succeeded as president by O. L. Reddish of Waveland, Fifth district member and vicepresident, and Barker will be reelected secretary-treasury, a $4,800 | job. | A fight was started on the vice- j presidency, but Roy Graham of i Columbus, Fourth district member, ; withdrew when he saw he could I not make the grade. Russell G. j East of Shelbyville, Sixth district, member, is slated for the post. The entire setup of the fair board thus remains as before. ,j HIGHLAND BANK~CLOSES Institution Is Fourth to Collapse in Calumet in Five Days. By United Press HIGHLAND, Ind., Jan. 6.—The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Highland, robbed Dec. 15 of $3,000 \ by bandits who escaped a motorized i posse that pursued them into northern Illinois, closed today. It* was the fourth bank in the Calumet district to close in five days. A Hammond bank closed last Saturday and two Gary banks closed, one Monday and the other Tuesday. Henry Van Til. president, said he ! believed the bank would pay depositors in full. The institution had resources of $209,000, deposits of $166,000 and capital of $25,000, according to the last statement.

STAR WITNESS TELLS OF WATCHING DEATH SCENE

By United Press FLINT, Mich., Jan. 6.—The state offered its star witness today in an effort to convict Mrs. Helen Joy Morgan,, 27-year-old heiress of the mifrder of her sweetheart, Leslie Castell. Nelson Rcome, city water department employee, and the only actual witness to Casteel’s death on a shady byroad at Sunset last April 23, described the death scene while Miss Morgan, dry-eyed b*# nervous, watched intently. As Roome testified, his voice occasionally was drowned out by the sobbing of Casteel’s mother and three sisters. Their weeping seemed to make the stylishly dressed Miss Morgan nervous, and now and again she turned to her 63-year-old mother for comfort. She sat but % few feet distant from the Casteels. Roome said he was gathering greens in Glenwood cemetery when he noticed an automobile turn into

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Above, Mrs. Ruth Stewart: below, Mrs. Debie Stanford, lost a,viatrices.

MOONEY CASE DATA MISSING Attorney-General Says He Has No Records. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Attor-ney-General Mitchell today informed the senate that Wickersham commission data on the MooneyBillings case was not among the records consigned by the commission to the department, and further that the expert investigation of the case “was made without the commission’s authority.” The senate recently passed a resolution requesting the justice department to transmit to it the Mooney - Billings data. Mitchell only Tuesday told inquirers that the material would be forwarded as soon as it could be unearthed in the department files. Mitchell’s letter to the senate today disclosed that apparently no government official had a copy of the report prepared by three commission experts—Zachariah Chafee Jr., Walter H. Poliak and Carl S. Stern. JOSEPH JORO DEAD Lawyer in McNamara Case Passes Suddenly. By United Press GLENDALE, Cal., Jan. 6.—W. Joseph Ford, 54, prominent Los Angeles criminal lawyer, died at his home today from a heart attack. Ford’s prosecution of famous cases gained him the sobriquet of the “Saber-Toothed Tiger.” His first spectacular feat was the “kidnaping” of the McNamara brothers from Indiana and bringing them back to Los Angeles to face trial for the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building. They were convicted. He subsequently was put in jail in Indianapolis, charged with kidnaping. Clarence Darrow dubbed Ford the “Saber-Toothed Tiger” after Ford Prosecuted Darrow for alleged bribery following the McNamara trial.

a shaded drive. A woman was driving and a large man sat beside her, he said. ••I couldn’t see them distinctly,” Roome said, “and lost sight of them for a few minutes. Then I came over a small knoll and saw the car parked. “Just then I heard four or five shots, and as I looked up the woman got out of the car and walked around to the other side. “She opened the door and screamed,'’ Roome said. “Then I saw her drag a man's body from the seat. She tugged at it until she had pulled it across the gravel road to a ditch, I was too surprised to act. “After she dumped the body into the ditch, the woman stood over it a minute. She seemed to be looking down at the form. Then she turned and deliberately walked back to the car. She smoothed out her clothes, got into the auto and drove away.”

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HAWKS’ FLEET AIDS IN DAY’S FUTILE HUNT Mrs. Debie Stanford and Companion Feared Down in Pennsylvania Wilds. By United Press HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 6.—Airplanes droned over a desolate mountainous section of central Pennsylvania today, searching vainly for Mrs. Ruth Stewart, St. Louis, and Mrs. Debie Stanford, Toronto, formerly of Indianapolis, believed to have been forced down near Stcr- ! rett’s Gap while flying from McKeesport herp, thirty hours ago. After six planes had searched for trace of the women or their white Lockheed cabin plane, they returned ; to the airport here to report failure. Heavy rains and poor visibility forced postponement of further search today. Mrs. Stewart’s plane last wan I seen Tuesday afternoon flying over | Sterrett’s Gap, near Carlisle. There it became separated in the fog and low clouds from the plane piloted by Gentry Shelton, St. Louis, and i carrying Mr. and Mrs. William Woerner, the St. Louis woman's parI ents. Companion Land* Shelton landed here and awaited ! word from the missing women, fly- | leg a Lockheed J-5 plane. When ’ hours passed without any reports, airplanes were enlisted to fly over the mountain region. No trace of the Stewart plane was found, j Farmers in the isolated section i were enlisted in the hunt. Several i reported they heard a drone of planes Tuesday about the time Mrs. j Stewart and her companion became 1 separated from Shelton. Through forests and dense underbrush the farmers plowed their ! way, looking for the women, who may have been -injured in a crash. Gentry said they were fljHng “just above the mountain ridges” when he lost them. Fear Plane Is Down Sterrett’s Gap is surrounded by mountains and deep ravines and it is feared the women may have dropped ! into one of the gaps and have been ! unable to reach an inhabited sec- | tion. Four expert fliers from Captain I Frank Hawks’ party aided in the j search today. Shelton said that unless Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Stanj ford are heard from soon, he will , appeal to the war department to ; send army planes to search for them. Radio appeals for information were broadcast. Farmers near tho j gap were asked to search for the I missing ship. Shelton said that Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Stanford planned a long J flight to South America on their ! arrival in New York. Learned to Fly Here Mrs. Debie Stanford, who, with ; Mrs. Ruth Stewart, is reported : missing in the mountains of Penn- | sylvania, was a resident of Indian- ! apolis until about a year ago, and learned to fly here. The two women fliers arrived here Saturday and spent the night, j cn route to New York, from wtiere | they intended to start a 5,500-mile flight to Buenos Aires. They flew here in the 5-5 Lockheed Vega with which they intenoed to make the dangerous air trip. The plane is owned by Gentry Shelton, St. Louis aviator, who accompanied them in a Robin monoplane owned by Mrs. Stewart. With Shel- ' ton were Mrs. Stewart's parents, Mi*, and Mrs. William Woerner. Meets Old Friends During her brief visit here. Mrs. Stanford renewed acquaintance with her many friends. While in Indianapolis, Mrs. Stanford lived at 554 Middle drive, Woodruff Place. She and Mrs. Stewart originally had planned to start their hazardous flight about Dec. 1, but postponed it to permit a motor overhaul and to practice blind flying with instruments. Mrs. Stanford, while here, took a flying course at Hoosier airport, being instructed by Bob Shank, airport president. She received a private pilot’s license here in October, 1930, and purchased an airplane. Later, she moved to Houston, Tex., where she opened an airport, operating it successfully. Won Transport License In Texas, Mrs. Stanford received her limited commercial pilot’s license in April, 1931, and later she won her transport license, being one of few women In the country to possess this, the highest flying license. Last summer Mrs. Stanford entered the women’s air derby from Santa Monica, Cal., to Cleveland, finishing seventh in a field of sixty - three contestants. She was born in Guelph. Ontario, where her parents now’ reside. Sh is a member of the Betsy Ross corps and the 99 Club, composed of women fliers.

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