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Stork Ahoy!^ v ____City Man on Board Ship Is Told of Birth by Lighthouse Keeper.ANEW service by light housekeepers has been inaugurated in the past week; brought about by the visit ahead of, schedule of little Claire McKinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. McKinney. 124 Pleasant Run parkway.When the baby was* born, her father was a guest on board the U. S. S. Hawk, training ship for naval reserve forces. Efforts made to reach him to acquaint him with the news of the birth of his daughter were made by the Indiana Bell Telephone Company.A toll testman at Detroit, learning that the Hawk was patrolling the course for the world's speed boat championship between Miss America X and Miss Britain III, called the chief operator at Al-gonac, Mich.A short time later the Hawk was signaled by a lighthouse keeper about ten miles from Al-gonac. Through megaphone, the keeper called across the w^ater, Asking McKinney to return to Indianapolis as soon as possible.Fifteen minutes later a coast guard radiogram advised McKinney of the arrival of his baby daughter. McKinney was put ashore at Marine City, Mich., from where he returned to Indianapolis to make the acquaintance of Baby Claire.
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Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, Sep 06, 1933
Page 6
Full Page
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Diane B.
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