Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1932 — Page 5

MARCH 2, 1932.

WEATHER MAIN HAZARD FACING AVIATION LINES Close Inspection Eliminates Most of Dangers Due to Plane Defects. Thl* I* the xcrond of a series on the salrtf of travel by air. BY ERNIE PYLE flerlnps-Howard Aviation Editor WASHINGTON, March 2.—lt can be said that transport aviation practically has whipped every hazard except the weather. In the last fourteen months, only two fatal crashes on the airlines have been due to causes other than weather. Two crashes out of 48,000,000 miles of flying is not abnormal. It approaches the safety record of other forms of transportation. Close government and airline inspection of planes and pilots practically has eliminated such hazards as structural failure and fire. There is not much left but the weather. And the weather, in the last fourteen months, caused seventeen of the country’s fatal airline crashes. Regulation Is Strict Every time a death occurs on the airplanes, there is public demand for stricter government, regulation of flying. But, in fact, government regulation is already very strict. Control over interstate air commerce is vested in the commerce department, by act of congress. This control falls into two phases: (1) Free aids to air navigation, such as lighted airways, emergency fields, radio beacons and weather stations; <2> Regulation of conditions under which all transport planes fly. It is against weather, either directly or indirectly, that the government has thrown most of its force in helping make scheduled flying safe, i To list a few of these safety precautions: There are 19,500 miles of lighted airways in this country. On these airways are nearly 2,000 powerful beacon lights to guide the fliers. There are 404 lighted emergency fields, strung out so that a plane never is more than 15 minutes from one. Radio Adds to Safety There are sixty radio beacons, each with a range of some 200 miles, constantly sending out radio waves to keep the fliers on their course. There are sixty radio stations sending out weather reports every few minutes. There are hundreds of weather observers scattered over the country, and 15,000 miles of teletype over which these weather reports are transmitted instantly to the sixty radio centers for broadcast to the pilots. There are seventy-five inspectors constantly watching the operations of all the airlines, and riding the planes back and forth across every state in the union. The airlines themselves have set up a great safety network. They have built radio stations of their own, and equipped their planes with two-way radio sets. Experts Pilot Planes They have built fine airports, hired and trained TOO of the best 'pilots in the country. They maintain elaborate mechanical and inspection forces 1 o keep their planes in perfect condition. And still, with all this, there were seventeen fatal crashes caused by bad weather on the airlines since the beginning of 1931. There may have been instances where the crash was caused by r.n unwise pushing ahead into thick weather. But many of them were loss deliberate. Weather reporting is not yet perfect. The flying judgment of the best pilot in the world is not infallible. There may be some instances of actual criminal negligence, or inexcusable bad judgment. The federal government, obviously, has not enough money or men to put an inspector on every plane that flies. Enforcement of regulations is difficult. Stricter enforcement can be accomplished only when all the states pass aeronautical laws uniform with the federal act. Then actual enforcement can be handled by state officials. There then can be enough inspectors to keep a closer watch for negligence and unsafe practices on airlines. Next: Strict Regulations Guard Travelers by Air.

Schedule Is Revised Revised schedule on eastbound passenger plane to Transcontinental Western Air. Inc., effective today has been announced by R. B. Barratt. local traffic representative. Eastbound planes will leave Kansas City at 9 a. m.. reach St. Louis at 11:05 a. m.; arrive Indianapolis at 1:02 and depart at 1:12: arrive at Columbus. 0., at 2:43 p. m.. and arrive at Newark, N. J.. at 8:42 p. m. eastern standard time. Westbound planes will continue to depart from Indianapolis at 3:49 p. m. Three hours elapsed time will be cut from the mail and express plane schedules between New York and Los Angeles, the planes making the cross-ocuntry flight in twenty-two hours, forty-two minutes. Fliers Seek China Duty i>’;/ United I‘rtstt WASHINGTON, March 2. Washington is being visited by dozens of aviators who are hoping to sign for duty in China. The applications how a surprising amount of unemployment among flying men. Many of them own planes but nothing else. ‘‘Could you let me tie my plane down outside the hangar for the night?” one pilot asked an official at Washington-Hoover airport. “I haven’t a penny.” Another wanted to pawn his parachute. An official asked one of the pilots how he managed to buy gasoline. "I don’t,” the flier replied, "I fly along until I spot a prosperous bunch ot farm buildings and pick out a tractor in the field. Then I land there. I give the farmer a hard luck story, he drains his tractor and his extra tanks, fills me up, I take him for a little hop, and I’m pn my way again,”

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Being robbed by the same bandit twice in one afternoon was the unusual experience of Mrs. Alice Fowle, 34, of 2358 North Illinois street, clerk for the Nancy Hart Candy Shops, Inc. In the first robbery, Mrs. Fowle was at work in a shop at 102 Monument Circle with Miss Mar-

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Frank A. Schmedel Rites Slated Wednesday; City Tailor Dies. Deaths in four city homes Tuesday claimed a retired postal employe, a podiatrist, a Democratic worker and a well-known tailor. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 Wednesday afternoon at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary for Frank A. Schmedel, 58, postal employe, who died on Monday night at his home, 4144 North Capitol avenue, after a long illness. A native of Indianapolis, Mr. Schmedel entered the postal service in 1897 and, after his retirement, became a home office inspector for an insurance company. He was a Mason and a member of the Third Christian church. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Katherine Schmedel; a daughter and two sons. Veteran Tailor Dies Charles Johnson, G 7, a tailor for nearly twenty years, died Tuesday at the Moose home, 135 North Delaware street, where he had lived several years. Last rites were to be held at 2 today at the Finn Brothers, undertaking establishment, with members of the Moose order in charge. Burial will be ,n Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Johnson, a native of Germany and said to have served as a valet to a member of the Romanoff family, came to this country twentyfive years ago. He was the last surviving member of his family, all of whom perished in the World war. Woman Podiatrist Dios Last rites for Miss Frances A. 1 Smith, 56, podiatrist for twentytwo years, who died Monday night at her home, 1603 Central avenue, were te be held at 2 today in the Shirley Brothers chapel, 946 North Illinois street. Private burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Miss Smith was the daughter of Albion Smith, publisher of the Lebanon Patriot, the Franklin Republican and several other Indiana newspapers. John Nolan, 66. active Twelfth ward Democratic worker, died Tuesday at his home, 2146 Singleton street. Born in Ireland Funeral services will be conducted at 8:45 Friday in the Beck & Speak undertaking establishment and at 9 at St. John’s church. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Born in Ireland, Mr. Nolan came to Indianapolis forty years ago and had been an employe of Kingan & Cos. since. He was a member of the Red Men’s lodge. Word of the death at Kansas City, Kan., Tuesday of Emmett B. Moore, a native of Hendricks county and cashier of the Chicago & Alton railroad in the Kansas city, was received by relatives here. FARM WOMEN TO MEET Annual Conference 'Will Open Here on Thursday. More than 500 delegates and visi- ; tors are expected to attend the | second annual Indiana Farm Bureau Women’s. Conference, to be held here Thursday and Friday. Edward A. O'Neal and M. S. Winder, president and secretary, respectively, of the American Farm Bureau, are scheduled to speak at the session. W. H. Settle, Indiana Farm Bureau head, will welcome delegates. Feature of the sessions will be a play by Butler university students portraying growth of the bureau. Breakfasts and luncheons will be | held on the two days for various ; districts.

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garet Jessee, 21, of 412 North Alabama street, another victim of the bandit. Four hours later. Mrs. Fowle faced the same gunman while at work in another shop at 23 East Market * street, following which the bar.dit suspect was captured and confessed the crimes, police I say.

JOBS, NOT CHARITY, FLANNER HOUSE PLEA Housewives Urged to Hire Trained and Efficient Employes. More jobs instead* of charity. That is the request of Mrs. Myrtle Roper, a young Negro woman wf|p is supervisor of Flanner House employment bureau. It is Mrs. Roper’s task to find jobs for the rows of workers waiting at the Flanner House, 802 North West street, hoping for telephone calls to homes that need workers by the day. Some days there aren’t enough calls to go around, and the women, who work for $2 a day and carfare, go home, dependent on charity for food. “If the curtains are dirty, that’s a day’s work for somebody. If the windows need washing, that’s another day’s work. If the woodwork gets the attention that it needs; if cleaning of closets, floors, rugs or any one of the thousand other jobs that accumulate around a home, is done now, there will be less need for charity,” says Mrs. Roper. Flanner House is the only employment bureau here which trains its own workers before sending them out. The laundry school had an attendance last year of 3,646 women. In the last two years ninety-nine certificates of graduation have been issued. TEACHERS CHOSEN TO DIRECT LATIN CONTEST State Competition Will Be Held for Ninth Time. lip Timex Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 2. —List of high school teachers serving as county chairmen for the state high school Latin contest was announced here today by Mrs. Adele K. Bittner of the Indiana university extension division. The university s extension division is in charge of the contest, being held this year for the ninth time. county chairmen will conduct local and county meets. The district meets will be held March 26 and the state meet will be April 8 at Indiana university, in connection with the annual conference for Latin teachers. The contest is being divided into four divisions and a gold, a silver and a bronze medal will be awarded to the contestants ranking first, second and third in each division in the state contest. District 7, Marion county, chairman is Mrs. Helen P. Mercer, Ben Davis high school. URGES G. 0. P. LOYALTY State Chairman Tells Ex-Soldiers Democrats Are in Minority. “There are not enough Democrats in Indiana to carry an election and the minority party is in power only because Republicans elected them,” declared Ivan C. Morgan, G. O. P. state chairman, at a meeting of Republican war veterans Tuesday night at the Severin. Re-election of President Hoover was urged by George R. Jeffrey, United States district attorney.

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JOKES LIGHTEN JOB AT INCOME TAX WINDOWS Federal Employes Relate Amusing Incidents as Returns Are Filed. An Indianapolis business man walked into the income tax offices at the Federal building today and asked one of the department’s experts to help him file his return. Everything was filled out in order until the item, “Contribution,” was reached. The tax employe looked up inquiringly at the applicant. “Well,” said the business man, “I kept my brother-in-law, my sister, my mother-in-law, well, I kept about all my family.” “But you can’t list that here,” said the tax employe; “this refers only to organized charity.” “Say, listen,” retorted the business man indignantly, “if that bunch wasn't organized, I don’t know who was!” Congress Adds Perplexity That and other amusing tales of income tax applicants were related j today by income tax employes, j “One man,” said E. E. Neal, head of the income tax bureau, “had been reading the accounts of congress’ discussions too avidly in the newspapers. He filed his return on, the basis of what congress thought it might do with the income tax laws.” A middle-aged woman walked up to the information desk in Room 309, where the employes assist peri sons making returns, and asked to file her return. An employe hastened to Aid her. At the item relating to marriage he was instructed to place “not married.” “Sir, What Do You Mean?” Directly under .that was another item of a totally different character regarding changes during the year. He placed “No Change.” The woman thought it read “No Chance.” “She was pretty mad at me,” related the income tax aid today, “I had a sweet time explaining to her that it was a “G” and not a “C.” “The word ‘depression’ has made so much headway that it’s even stealing into the income tax returns,” asserted another office employe. “One man filing his return put down ‘depression on furniture’ instead of ‘depreciation.’ ” March 15 Is Deadline Only two weeks remain for returns to be filed, Neal stressed today, as March 15 is the deadline Many persons, he said, have refrained from making returns because of the uncertainty of congress’ moves. Continued postponement will ’cause an unprecedented rush, he said, and he urged all persons who have not yet filed to do so immediately. Judge Robert C. Baltzell has allowed the tax department use of the federal grand jury room, Room 309, and a large staff is on duty assisting all applicants.

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