Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1938 — Page 11
SUNKEN WRECK ~ MAY TELL:FATE
OF LOST FLIERS|
Believe Plane Found Off Oahu" Carried 1927 Racers to Death.
By CHARLES MOORE (Copyright. 1938, by United Press)
HONOLULU, Dec. 19.—The fate of Mildred Doran, Michigan school teacher or of siv men who gambled their lives, and lost, in the air race to Hawaii 11 years ago, may be revealed today.
Navy salvage crews: ‘attempted to raise the Wreckage of ‘a civilian plane, half buried in ocean sand, off the ‘Westernmost point of Oahu Island. ©. It was: ‘discovered by a Filipino Fisherman, diving to recover his nets. He reported the ancient wreckage -to ‘Naval and Army. officials, who sent out a crash boat. The spot was 35 miles northwest of Honolulu, 40 yards offshore ‘in 20 feet of water. swam out and examined the wreck. It was wedged between two huge volcanic ‘rocks. Part of the fuselage stuck out from the white sand. Milticolored tropical swam lazily through the tattered yellow silk fabric and the metal skeleton of the framework. ,
Not Military Craft
It obviously was an old ship and showed evidence of having been in the water a long time—possibly since 11927, when the $25,000 -Dole prize excited .a free-for-all race of pilots who risked: their necks: to fly here from San’ Francisco. Two planes of the five; that left Oakland on Aug. 16, 1927, completed the flight. Davis, U. S. Navy, took first prize
money Capt. Paul Schulter won
$10,000. Navy officers were positive the plane was not a military or naval craft. They believed it was a biplane and one of three ill-fated “Dole” ships. But there was a possibility also it was that of Capt. Charles T. P. Ulm, who was lost with a crew of three somewhere near the island in 1934 on a flight|: from San Francisco. No trace of the Ulm ship or its crew had been found. Numbered Metal Found
First clues to be brought up from;
the wreckage were several pieces of wing covering, a tabular wing brace, pieces of fabric and corrugated aluminum. A ‘piece of light alloy also was found. It bore the numbers 28F 1013-98 and 11958 or 959. Miss Doran was "a passenger % aboard the craft piloted by Auggie Pedler and navigated by Lieut. Vilas Knope. The “Golden Eagle” carried John W. Frost and Gordon Scott to their deaths, and the “Spirit of Dallas,” flown by Capt. William P. Erwin and A. H. Eichwaldt, also was lost. “The Spirit of Dallas” was the only one equipped with radio, almost an invoation in those days of compass flying and dead reckoning. en Wien, £00 miles out from San Fr. cisco, Capt. Erwin reported: © ©: “We are in a tailspin.” {It was the fullest DE aration” of the tragedy that befell any of the three ships, until ioday;
FIDELITY INVESTMENT HEARING POSTPONED
DETROIT, Dec. 19 (U. P.)—A Federal Court hearing on charges filed against the Fidelity Investment Association by the Securities and Exchange Commission was postponed today until Dec. 22. At the hearing originally scheduled or today before U. S. District Judge Edward J. Moinet the firm was ordered to show cause why it should not be restrained from using the mails and participating in in- + terstate commerce. The SEC charged the investment association with fraud and misrepresentation. | The postponement was granted gt the request of the SEC.
U.S. LOAN SOUGHT BY INDIAN TRIBE
ANADARKO, Okla, Dec. 19 (U. P.) —Caddo Indians have completed the last step in reorganizing their tribe under provisions of the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. With the
charter in effect, tribal leaders im-| .
mediately exercised one of the most important privileges provided by the] charter—they took steps to borrow r.oney from the Federal Government.
GRIEF BUND Ih YOUTHS SUICIDE
BURKET, Dec. 19 (U. P).—Funeral arrangements are being made today for Delbert Walters, 18, high school student and member of the basketball squad, killed with a shotgun near here late yesterday. .. Grief over the death of his father, Teonard Walters, two months ago is believed the cause of his action, authorities said.
HEALTH CAMPAIGN PLANNED Publicity policy and ways and means of raising money were discussed this noon by the Marion County Committee to Combat Infantile Paralysis meeting in the "Columbia Club. = Wallace O. Lee, chairman, NBC Red Network program from 10:30 to 11 p. m. tonight sponsored by the American Medical Association and: featuring Indianapolis’ part in the sampaign,
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ON EXTRA DUTY POST WARNINGS
Chief Kennedy Gives Seven|
Safety Rules for Home Owners.
Fire Chief Fred Kennedy announced today that 10 firemen had been assigned to special duty in downtown stores and that 10 more
| were expected to be added this
week.
Bulletins had been posted in stores to warn customers against
creating fire hazards and urging|
safety measures, he said.
Fire hazards mount at Christmas time because of ‘highly inflammable tissue papers used in wrapping packages, inflammable Christmas trees and. tree decorations, lighted candles on the tree, insecurely fastened trees that may topple over and careless smokers, Capt. Bernard Lynch, Fire Prevention Bureau chief, said.
Sets Down 7 Rules To observe a safe Christmas, he urged use of the fireproofing solution and the observance of the following safety rules released by the National Fire Protection Association: 1. Use some fire-resistant material to decorate the Christmas tree, such as fire-proof mineral
: lwool commonly used for home in-
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Chicago’s biggest Christmas tree, over 200 feet tall, formed by lighted windows in offices on 21 floors of the Palmolive Building on
by three heavily armed bandits who
Bandits Raid Ganbling Club, Strip Victims, Get $10,000
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19 (U. P.).—Stubborn silenice on the part of the victims confronted police today as they sought to learn the “haul” taken
invaded a “big time” gambling spot
here early yesterday and escaped after stripping their victims of their
NAZI MEDAL AWARDS | ATTACKED BY ICKES
Ford, Lindbergh Upbraided For Taking Trinkets.’
“CLEVELAND, Des! 19 ©. BP) Secretary of Interior Ickes drew lines of attack today against Americans who accept Nazi-German medals, referring specifically to Henry Ford and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. Mr, Ickes said: “It would seem to me that any American who accepts such a frinket, defaced as it is by the sufferings and miseries and degradation of helpless and innocent people, automatically foreswears his American birthright.” The Cabinet officer spoke last night before the Cleveland Zionist Society. “How can Americans endure upon their breasts the sinister insignia that has been derisively bestcwed upon them?” Mr. Ickes asked. “How can they pretend that, in accepting the shabby baubles of a dictator, they are honoring the great people whom the dictator. has victimized and degraded? “Perhaps Henry Ford and Col Charles A. Lindbergh will be willing to answer these questions which, I
‘lam sure, have occurred to millions
of other free-born Americans. “Nor are these the only two free citizens of a free country who obsequiously have accepted tokens of contemptuous distinctions at a time when the bestower of them counts that day lost when he can é¢ommit no new. crime against humanity.”
ELLIOTT HITS FSA AID TO SILK INDUSTRIES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (U. P.).— Acting U. S. Controller General R. N. Elliott of Indiana charged today that the Farm Security Administration, in lending money to co-opera-tives for the construction and operation: of silk hosiery’ mills, was engaging in competition both with private industry and with farmers themselves, since the hosiery would compete with domestic-grown cotton. The charge was included in an opinion by Mr. Elliott disallowing
. 1$10,050,000 in loans made by the
FSA to five co-operatives on the ground that they were contrary to the purposes of the Emergency Relief : Appropriation Act of 1938.
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con Club in Squirrel Hill, scene of the holdup, reported that $10,000 in cash and another $12,000 in jewelry were stolen. The bandits, two of them armed
with sawed-off shotguns, and the third carrying two heavy=revolvers, gained entrance to the club by forcing a member to lead them inside, where more than 90 gambling politicians, one-time bootleggers and businessmen were at play. Once inside, one of the men jumped upon a table and shouted: “Line up against the wall and take off your pants. Throw them behind you and don’t. look. around.” Confusion followed as the victims scurried to obey. One man fainted. Another persuaded the. bandits to allow him to get the unconscious man a glass bof water. When he failed to return with the water and the phone began ringing, the men hurried their search of the discarded trousers and backed down the steps outside where an auto manned by a fourth bandit waited. They had been inside a half hour. In their hurry to empty trousers pockets, the men reportedly overlooked more’ loot than they stole. All three wore white handkerchiefs over their faces. A similar holdup occurred at the club in June, 1933, when five bandits robbed 20 mer: of more than $800.
GLORIA BAKER WEDS TODAY
PALM BEACH, Fla. Dec. 19 (U, P.) —Pretty, dark-haired Gloria (Mimi) Baker, one of the international social set's most famous “glamour girls,” becomes the bride of Henry J. (Bob) Topping Jr. today. The ceremony will be simple.
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sulation, asbestos wool, metal or glass decorations. 2. Fasten tree securely, so that it cannot fall over. 3. Locate tree several feet from any heating or lighting fixture and do not block an exit door with it. . Do not illuminate the tree with \dles or an old set of lights with warn insulation, loose sockets and faulty connections. i 5. Be careful of lighted cigarets, cigars or. pipes near the tree or Christmas packages. 6. Have a pail of water or a home fire extinguisher handy in case a fire is started. 7. Remove the tree and all evergreens immediately after Christmas.
Many home fires are cause by the
igniting of dried-out trees.
Postman’s
Pack Fuller This Season -
The chances are you will ~ get more substantial Christ‘mas - greetings through the mails this year than you did ‘last. And while we're on the subject, don’t forget that Thursday night is the deadline for mailing parcels to cities mE towns in Indiana from ‘here & if you want them to arrive in time for Christmas. According to Adolph Seid-. ensticker, postmaster, there was an increase of 11.68 per cent over last year in the: number of packages received during the first half of the month. In actual bundles, this means 592,590 were received here. You're also going to get more Christmas cards and letters than you did last year. There was an increase of 1.12 per cent in mail received here for the same period. In actual letters, this means 5,200,000 were received. As for those who live outside the city, the same holds true. There was an increase of 8.82 per cent in packages and 1.65 per cent in letters mailed from Indianapolis for the same period. This means 1,553,184 parcels and 4,229,075 ~ pieces of mail were sent from here.
DEPUTY SLAYER SOUGHT HALIFAX, Va., Dec. 19 (U. P.) — Civilians, state patrolmen and National Guardsmen pressed a search today for William Bradshaw, 55, reported heavily armed, who is
charged with having killed Deputy Sheriff Herbert Boelte, 35, yesterday.
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: land inside the gilded shells were warm messages of greeting and little | ~|poems of love and life on the old |trontier.
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{through it all. Then as she stepped
McQuigg (left), Imgard’s
Three generations of the family of August Tmgard introducing the first Christmas tree -to America. daughter, Granddaughter Rr ohn Hub-
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bell (right), and Great-granddaughter Eileen Hubbell, standing by cellophane-wrapped switch to 5000-bulb tree in Cleveland.
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Ohio Tailor Introduced First Yule Pine Just 91 Years Ago
CLEVELAND, Dec. 19 (NEA) —A
crowd stood in Shaker Square here
a few nights ago and cheered the memory of the man who brought the Christmas tree idea to America, according to family records.
scendants of the same man who stood beneath a huge balsam tree
colored bulbs among its branches. August Imgard, a tailor of Wooster, O., was the man honored. If was in Wooster, just 91 years. ago, that his “first” Christmas tree in America was decorated. Imgard was born in the Bavarian mountains of Germany, 112 years ago. He came to America and moved to Ohio before he was 20. The first tree was raised in the Imgard home. If stood on a revolving platform and as the tree turned ‘slowly, a hidden music box tinkled a Christmas melody. People came from miles around to see the first tree and the following year there were many trees.
. Recalls First Tree
Ornaments were made of paper, festooned in long chains by the younger members ‘of the pioneer community. Kuchen baked according to a recipe sent from Bavaria by Imgard’s mother, hung upon the tree and served both as ornaments and tidbits.- The cookies were colored with brown sugar and the family spent weeks baking them in quantities for the guests. Gilded nuts were other ornaments
Daughter Gertrude, now Mrs. John
first tree but she remembers the" trees that came later. Today, a gray-haired but sprightly grandmother, she tells the story of those first trees. There was a big dinner in a nearby tavern after the dedication and Grandmother McQuigg sat quietly
out in the wintry night she whispered, “I can still hear the little music box playing and see those trees we used to have.”
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GEN. MERRILL PLANS INSPECTION OF CCC
Brig. Gen. Dana T. Dana T. Merrill, new commandant at Ft. Harrison, this week will make a tour of nearby CCC camps in the first of a series of inspections he intends to make as new commander of the Indiana district CCC. : Accompanying Gen. Merrill on his tour will be Maj. E. T. Hayes, district executive, and Lieut. E. S. Hartshorn, his aid. . About 2142 CCC enrollees will be received before Friday at Ft. Harrison.. The majority, it was announced, will be discharged. The rest are to be transferred to companies in Indiana and Ohio.
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