Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1939 — Page 18

NAVY OPENS QUIZ INMID-AIR CRASH

_ Four Fliers Killed When Two Bombers Tangle and Fall on Coast.

Obscurity With Novel Visits in City.

Tenement-born Par di Donato,

who left school in the eighth grade to become a bricklayer, today sat in the office of Bobbs-Merrill, his publishers, a: famous author. The Horatio Algerish aspects of the situation did not seem to impress him. He said he was somewhat frightened by the immediate

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 20 (U. P).—A Naval inquiry was started today into a mid-air collision which sent two bombing planes into a flaming crash- yesterday and killed four young fliers. - The light, fast dive A bombers clipped wings as they roared through a fog bank while on a 100mile training flight with 10 othar planes. They hurtled to the ground from an altitude too low for the fliers to parachute, and dug two parallel furrows on the flank of Black Mountain. The wreckage exploded and burned, cremating the bodies. Those killed were Ensign Theodore Smith, 24, Kansas City, Mo.; Ensign Harold R. Pence, 22, Hillsboro, Ill.; Edward Eakins, 22, San Bernardino, Cal., ordinanceman, and Leland E. Hall, 23, San Diego, radioman, It was several hours before the planes were missed. When first discovered, the wreckage was scattered in such small fragments over a distance of 500 feet that it was first believed to be that of only one plane. Six weeks ago fog was blamed for the crash of a huge patrol bomber Jin a Navy radio tower killing six iers.

in Concrete,” which is now expanded into a novel. But he has no illusions about himself, his work or his importance. “The joy of my life,” he said, “is shedding illusions.” Yet he admitted that his new novel is “worth reading.” In fact, he said, “I read it every now and then myself.” Mr. di Donato’s modest opinion is borne out and considerably expanded by such authorities as Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Louis Bromfield, Julian Greene and others who have read and praised .it. “Christ in Concrete” is largely autobiographical, and appeared first as a story in Esquire magazine in 1937. Its really sensational success led Bobbs-Merrill to commission its author to eniarge it. So the ‘short story became Chapter One and, a little more than a year later, the novel was finished. Pietro di Donato went back to bricklaying then. That was a trade his ancestors had followed in

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Di Donato, Author of Christin Concrete,’ LYNCH URGES CHECK

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OF HOUSE FURNACES

Chief Bernard A. Lynch of the Fire Prevention Division today warned Indianapolis householders to check faulty furnaces and flues which caused one-seventh of the 766 ‘residence fires from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1. : “This is the best time to give heating units a thorough examina-

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use,” the Chief said. “Smokepipes, flues and furnaces should be inspected to make sure no sparks are escaping.” Up to Oct. 1, he said, 107 fires

lin homes were caused by faulty Jheating equipment, ‘which could

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Pietro di Donato . . . from bricklayer to literary celebrity in one

easy jump.

Italy, and his father, who carried it on in America. Pietro left grammar school in West Hoboken, N. J, to follow in the family footsteps. When he was 13, his father was killed in a construction accident, and Pietro undertook the support of his mother and six younger brothers and sisters.

Dostoievsky His Favorite

At 15, he was an expert craftsman and foreman of a construction gang two years later. Then, in 1932, his mother died and, to make matters worse, the bottom fell out of the construction business. But Pietro still supported his brothers and sisters with his trowel. This, certainly, was no background for literary distinction. Pietro loved to read, but there was little time for it. As a boy, he

came upon a copy of Dostoievsky’s

“Crime and Punishment,” and it made a lasting impression. Today he says, “for the thousandth time, Dostoievsky is my favorite.” As for the rest of his reading, it seems to have been done with an

COURT TO HEAR BOYS PLEA IN ATTICA CASE

COVINGTON, Ind. Oct. 20 (U. P).—A hearing on a motion to quash the indictments charging Thomas A. Boys with first degree murder will be held in Fountain Circuit Court Tuesday pefore Judge Claude B. Philpott. The motion was introduced yesterday by R. E. Clemence and O. S. Jones of Covington, named by the Court to defend the 27-year-old Attica greenskeeper, charged with slaying Elizabeth De Bruicker, Attica school girl, last July. : It delayed trial of Boys for the second time. Previously court was adjourned when Boys asked for counsel. The 11-year-old girl's body was found in a grave near the golf course where Boys was employed. Boys was arrested and state and county police claimed that he con-

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Conversation Is Rapid

To him, the great modern writers are Pirandeno, Chekov, O'Neill, “—almost,” and Herman Melville, who, for the 28-year-old author, “stands head and shoulders above the other Americans.” Mr. di Donta’s other opinions are shrewd, assured and original, His manner is animated. His conversation is a stream of rapid sentences, sometimés "iricomplete, but always with a weight of meaning .that leads the listener to fear he has missed some important clues in a shower of epigrammatic profusion. About the craft which he recently entered with such distinction, Mr. di Donato has this to say: “A writer is like a spiritualist; he communes with another world. His work is his theater, his church, his slave and his mistress . . , and in some cases, his friend.”

State Deaths

CARLISLE—Mrs. John _ Corbin. SurHors: Susan; sons, Wayne; Gilbey, alph; , . - nian Hammer. P sughtsr, Mrs. Nor

. CROTHERSVILLE—Ralph James Parker, . : arents, . James A. Parker. F.2d Mrs, DUGGER—MTrs. Annie | Survivors: Husband, Morin: oheland, Henry, Floyd, Irvin and Ora; dau Mrs. Mary Gravemier; if Ephriam and Noten Fry; Ephie Ringo and Mrs. Stella

72. liam, sisters, Mrs. ang Cazell. RFIELD—AImi . Survivor: Son, Waiter © 7 Moca > i EVANSVILLE—John P. Bohrer, 67. Survivors: Wife, Susannah: sisters, Mrs. Bartlett Williams, Mrs. Hugo Karn and Mrs. Joseph Magin; brothers, Ernest and William hrer. EVANSVILLE—George Survivors: ife, h Griffi oe Mrs. Howard Warren: son. Dello Helio. FRANKFORT—Johh J. Baer, 15. Survivors: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. J S. Baer; brothers, Robert and Edward. 8 =

2 . GARY—Mrs. Josephine 'Wrzesinski, 41. Survivors: Husband, Math 1 Stephen and Jo Dorothy; sisters, M Zofla Wisniewski, brother, Frank O Mrs. Mary Smelko. 33. Survivors: band, Albert; daughter, Miss - Vivian; arents, Mr. and Mrs. John Basco: sisers, Mrs. Leonard Pietsch. Mrs. 4rthur Hass and Mrs. Charles Earl. JEFFERSONVILLE—Thomas Delanty, 73. Survivors: Brother, John; sisters, Mrs. Harve Wilson and Mrs. George Briscoe.

LA PORTE—Mrs. Mary Stalbaum, 65. Survivors: Husband, Charles; four sons; two daughters. Mrs. _ Elizabeth © Moo, 88. Survivors: Sons, Paul, Carl, Theodore and Martin Moo; brother, Carl Holm. LEBANON—Mrs. Ethel Kiser. Survivors: Husband, Carl; brother, Edgar A. Casey; sisters, Mrs. Orpha Clark and Mrs. Eva Callane. LINTON—Miss Ruth Maxine Mason. 15 months. Survivors: Father, _. Charles Mason; two brothers and stepsister. LOGAN{IPORT—Leonard A. King, 81. Survivors: Wife, Mattie; daughter, Mrs. Orville Woodruff; sister, Frances Borner; brother, Harrison A. King.

LUCERNE—MTrs. Rosella Hill, 82. Survivors:. Daughter, Mrs. Effie Fouts; sons, W. O. and George E. Hill; brother, Rev. Thomas Reder.

2 8 2 MICHIGAN CITY—John W. Smith, 48. Survivors: Wife, nna; Matthew and Theodore; Jonnie Smith; sister, Mrs. Catherine Cromacki.

MOUNT VERNON—Mrs. Carrie Redman Darnell, ,35. Survivors: Husband, Oscar; son, Orville; Jarents, Mr. and Mrs. Samp Redman; brother, Elmer Redman; sister, Mrs. Thurman Walls.

NAPPANEE—James Brown, 76. Survivors: Wife, Addie; son, Quincy; daughters, Mrs. Charles Wysong and Mrs. Lester Weber; Soins Daniel Brown; sister, Mrs. Henry shler.

NEW ALBANY—John Rauschenberger, 76. Survivor: Sister, Mrs. W. W. Schwaninger. PAOLI — George Ball, 71. Survivors: Daughter, Mrs. Clem Rosenbarger; sister, Mrs. hose Kenyon; brother, Charles Ball. REMINGTON—Charles L. Hensler, 76. Wife; son, Orie; , Mrs. Hazel Blake and Mrs. Anna B. Garvin; brother, George Hensler; sisters, Mrs. Rosie berding and Mys.: Clarissa Mitchell. ROMNEY—Charles Edgar Vess,. 16. Survivors: Father, Charles E. Vess; sisters, Mrs. Catherine F. Schubert, Mrs, Mararet B. Hall and Misses Marjorie and Vess; brothers, Wilmer and ess. - RUSHVILLE—Emory Hook, 41. Survivors: Wife; sons, Robert and Billy; four brothers and two sisters. .

» ” » UR — Mrs. Catherine Miller, 66. Arthur Willey; sister,

e. YVILLE Mrs. Neona Speakle, 54. Survivors: Husband, Frank; daughters, Mrs. Edna Keney and Mrs. Frieda Means; mother, Mrs, elissa MeRenney; brothers, Ora, Bert, Carl and Jacob McKenney; sisters, Mrs. Ben Miles and Mrs. Seldon Gogelsong. William Martin Scott, 76. Survivors: Wife, Dollie; sons, Homer, Noah and John Scott; daughter, Miss Moilie Scott; brother, Joel Scott; sister, Mrs. Emma Pollett; half-brohers, Grover, Bryan and Ray Scott; half-sisters, Mrs. Ross Payne, Mrs. Harry Nail, Mrs. Louise Shaw, Mrs. Fletcher Patterson and Mrs. Charjes

SULLIVAN—James Keene, 62. Survivors: Wife, Lillie; sons, Junior,” Clyde, Max and Lioyd; daughters, Helen, Gladys, Dona, Mary and Audie; brothers, Joseph, John. Henry and Claude; sisters, Mary, Maggie and Eva. : VALPARAISO—James D. vivors: Wife; son, James NAZIS PAY CASH TO ITALY ROME, Oct. 20, (U. P.).—Corriere Padano, Marshal Italo Balbd’s Ferrara newspaper, asserted today that Italy is shipping war materials to Eurgpe’s belligerents “on a large scale and for ready cash.” ;

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MEXICO GUARDS COASTS . MEXICO CITY, Oct. 20 (U. P.) — The National Defense Department assigned four gunboats to patrol duty off the Gulf coasts of Mexico today to protect Mexico’s neutrality. The gunboats are the Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Durango and Bravo.

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NANTUCKET, Mass., Oct. 20- (U. P.)—Cap’n Zeb Tilton, 72-year-old bridegroom-to-be, is having so much fun jitterbug dancing with his girl friends on a “backwards wedding trip” that he won't marry his sweetheart of 50 years for two weeks or so.

Besides, he has to take his schooner to New Bedford again for another shipment of wood “afore I can think of gettin’ married.” He had planned to marry Mrs. Grace McDonald, 200-pound, 62-year-old widow, on Saturday after a

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