Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1917 — TAR FLIES TO DYING MOTHER [ARTICLE]

TAR FLIES TO DYING MOTHER

Charles Allen of Duquoin, 111., Brought Home by Aviator. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 2.—Lieut. Hanson McCann, U. S. A., arrived at Paducah, after an air journey of 1.023 miles :from Norfolk. Va„ to Duquoin, 111. He left the Norfolk navy yard with Charles Allen, seaman, a passenger, and made the flight to Duquoin with one stop, this made at Cincinnati to obtain fresh fuel. The time was over ten hours. His journey was made to enable Allen to reach the bedside of his dying mother. As soon as some minor repairs to his big biplane are completed Lieutenant McCann will make the return flight to Norfolk.