The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 July 1936 — Page 3

THE DAILY BANNER, GREEN CASTLE, INDIANA MONDAY, JULY 20, 1936.

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ROOMY, MODERN, ALL-STEEL COACHES Purchase tickets in advance and insure ample

coach accommodations.

Full particulars at Big Four Station

BIG FOUR ROUTE

MEXICAN ROAD FOUND LACKING TOUR COMFORT

down. We’re going to do our best to make everyone comfortable.” Formerly, the question of the con- | dition of the road was paramount in

KANGAROOS to make film SIDNEY. Australia ' UP'—Australian kangaroos are to reach movie stardom when the Cinesound Studios of this city film “The Life and Ad-

A Riot Club Contacted His Head

All the fight is out of this striker who demonstrated with hundreds of others in front of the Camden works of the KCA Manufacturing Company. Holding his head, which stopped a riot club, he is led away by two police-

men. Bullets and bloodshed marked the disorder.

Bare $10,000,000 Stock Fraud

HIGHWAY RATED EXCELLENT BI T LODGING FACILITIES

INADEQUATE NOW

By WILLIAM H LANDER United Press Staff Correspondent MEXICO CITY, July ts, (UP) —

Motorists in the United States or Canada today can start for Mexico

City, and get there in due time.

ventures of Chut, the Aus^alian „ Many o POOpl ° arC d ° lnK U cvcry „ , I day. Some start at Laredo. Tex., Kangaroo.’ The cast will be wholly ! an „ C0VPr the 763 mlle8 to Mcxico Australian and the animals peculiar ^ city in one long stretch of 20 to 24 to Australia will be shown against hours driving. Others do it in two -heir native scenery and backgrounds, j days and one night and some come

at an even slower pace.

Before making the trip myself I’d heard scores of different versions about the road. Some who drove down were seared to drive back: others said it was just as easy as driving from New York to Miami. I started out from Laredo the day the highway was inaugurated and I found that the Mexican government had been true to its word in every

respect.

Mexican officials had said that they would refuse officially to open the road until it could be traveled without difficulty. That is exactly what has happened. For months they were besieged with suggestions that they go ahead and open it but they awaited the smoothing out of the last difficult curve, the termination of the last bridge, and then inaugurated it on July 1. The thousands who traversed it before July 1 today will find that their description of the road may be as honest as can be, but is just out of

date.

I came over the road in a small car, and it climbed from sea-level to above 8.000 feet in high gear. On some stretches a speed of 80 miles an hour was attained. However, the speed limit is 80 kilometers (50 miles). Despite the wonderful road, Mexico [ is not yet shouting "Motor down to Mexico.” On the other hand, it does not say. “Don’t come.” High Mexican officials have explained this position like this' “We opened the road because it was completed. We know that there are not adequate lodging facilities en route for big caravans to find room tor everybody. But we do expect that the construction of hotels, touristcourts and camps will be hastened when people in that line of business see how many motorists are driving

Details of an alleged nation-wide stock swindle in which more than 10.000 investors were said to have been bilked of around $10,000,000 came to light as federal investigators rounded up 24 members of the alleged ring in Chicago. One of the three regarded as the “brains” of the outfit was L. 1. Sutterman, right, shown with his attorney, James A. Leaton, left.

planning an auto tour to Mexico City. That no longer is a problem. Today a motorist does, however, have to think about lodging, food, the climate and the altitude As for the trip from Laredo to Mexico City, the element of chance plays a big part. A motorist might encounter unusually hot weather in the low stretches, run into rain or fog in the mountain section and not see the views, and have a miserable time generally. On the other hand, a person might run into good weather, clear horizons, enjoy the food, and have a trip as would be hard to find anywhere in America. I found the stretch from Latcdo to Monterrey (145 miles) h .t and monotonous. There's one stretch of 47 miles that’s a straight lino. The road is perfect. The city of Monterrey is a gem. It’s beautiful, has interesting sights. It’s the cleanest city in Mexixo. It has much better hotel accommodations than Mexico City. Between Monterrey and Mexico City there is not a city, 'i ho railroad between these two points passes through Saltilla, San Luis Potosi. and Queretaro hut the highway was built through vir in country. In some villages near the road the Indians are beginning to learn to speak Spanish. There are many little places where lodging may be obtained. At Valles there are some tug tourist courts under construction. Villa Juarez is a big boom town. There is a hotel with 40 rooms and 40 shower baths and other small ones The town grew duo to the building of a big sugar mill and the completion of a irrigation project. When I made the trip, I found comfortable beds and good food, but slept little because of the heat. After leaving Tamazunehale however, the heat no longer is a problem. The ascent is fast although the grades are so well compensated that a car can do it all in high gear. Probably no road in the world of this length has so few crossroads, so few grade crossings. Half of it is in low, hot country, half in beautiful mountains, some above 8.000 feet. The road is as safe as any. Careless drivers here, as anywhere else, may run into trouble. The road is wide enough to keep to the right at all times, and not run the risk of bumping into somebody coming the other way on the curves Contrary to what has been published, there are no detours, no rivers to be ferried, no sections blocked by landslides.

PANGBORN TO TRY PARIS TO DALLAS NON-STOP FLIGHT

DALLAS, Tex. (UP)—Clyde Pangborn, the only aviator now living who ever piloted a plane around the world, is perfecting plans for another ambitious flying venture a flight from Dallas to New York and Paris, and then a non-stop return from Paris to Dallas Should the Paris-Dallas flight be successful, it will mark one of the few successful westward trans-At-lantic flights to the United States and will set up a new distance record. Pangborn will be accompanied on the trip by Monty Mason, Los Angeles aircraft manufacturer and designer of the queer-looking red plane known as “The Flying Wing.'’ Pangborn and Mason, who are flying under the sponsorship of the Texas centennial exposition and with the financial backing of Roland W. Richards. Los Angeles banket, plan to leave Dallas this week. After installing a radio compass, they planned to take off from New York for Paris about July 25. Their plane was christened "Texas Sky Ranger” in recent ceremonies here. Miss Frances Nalle, Bluebonnet Girl of the Texas Centennial, christened the plane by breaking a bottle of Trinity River water on its propeller, while Mayor George Sergeant of Dallas and numerous Texas celebrities looked on. As representative of the Texas centennial, Pangborn and Mason plan te visit several European capitals, including London, Amsterdam, Madrid and Brussels. Giv’ing a commercial aspect to the ilight. they will carry about 1,500 pounds of mail for the benefit of stamp collectors. Their plane called “The Flying Wing” from its unique design, was designed specifically for distance flying. A single motored craft, it has virtually no fuselage, it is only 32 feet long, hut has a wing spread of 55 feet 6 inches. It carries 1,156 gallons of gasoline, has a maximum speed of 245 miles an hour, and is calculated to be able to make 8,200 miles without refueling. Of the three men who have piloted planes on round-the-world flights, Pangborn is the only one living. Wiley Post was killed when the plane in which he and Will Rogers were traveling crashed in Alaska. Sir Charles Kingford-Smith, the Austialian round-the-world flyer, was lost while flying over the Indian ocean. Pangborn flew around the world Hugh Herndon as his navigator in 1931. His trip met added difficulties when he was arrested in Japan charged with being a spy. He was

TUESDAY IS REMNANT DAY AT

PENNEY'S I. C. PENNEY COMPANY, Incorporated

acquitted on the 50 charges at the end of a six-day trial.

ature until middle, when it will become warmer; cooler again about Friday.

ACT TO CONSERVE W\TER IN INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS, July 20— The resettlement administration announc- j ed today that the way has been cleared for extensive water conservation in the Midwest. Six major dams have been approved within the last few days and will be constructed in Indiana, Ohio and Missouri. "The dams of the earth-filled type Will impound a total of 14.698 acrefeet or 326.700 gallons of water on six agricultural projects,” John R. Clifton, assistant project, planning engineer, said. “They will be located on Zaleski forest, Ross-Hocking forest and southeastern Ohio erosion control projects in Ohio, Brown and Martin county land-use projects in Indiana, and the University of Missouri game preserve and arboretum project in Missouri.” The largest of the projects will be the 1,325 foot dam in Martin County. It will form a lake covering about 800 acres, and is the largest dam now being built by the resettlement administration cast of the Mississippi River. In Brown County, approximately fifty-six acres will be covered by water when a 785-foot dam is finishetl. Clifton said recreational facilities will be developed at the artificial lakes. THIS W EEK’S WEATHER Showers will likely end Sunday night, then generally fair, except for showers about Thursday. Cooler beginning of week: moderate temper-

Ford Donates Park

Henry Ford t One of the few radio appearances made by Henry Ford, motor magnate, above, occurred when ha formally presented to the city of Dearborn, Mich., a wooded tract to be used for park purposes.

“I Saw a Bullet Sittin There”,

^ Mr and Mrs. Marlin -Malone “l look'd down the barrel and saw a bullet sittin there and I closed my eyes and screamed bloody murder In these words Dolly Moran, screen comedienne, related a story of how her husband, Martin Malone, infuriated at being called “Mr Dolly Moran . drew a gun on her The bullet Jammed preventing the gun from firing Now Uie film star plans to obtain a divorce.

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