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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1928
Page
9
United Press reports on a massive New York police dragnet led by Commissioner Grover Whalen. 183 suspects were held after a dramatic lineup at police headquarters, with 141 more detained in precinct lockups.
Seattle rail news reports the Cascade tunnel in Washington opens, shortening passenger times by one hour and freight by three, cutting eight miles of distance. The $25 million project includes electrification and snowshed removal, powering 75 mile electric locomotives from Leavenworth to Scenic.
The Morley Singers choose a program of old carols as their Christmas offering broadcast through NBC on Christmas night at 6 o clock.
William P. MacCracken Jr. tells the House appropriations committee that by June 1930 the United States will have 15,000 miles of lighted airways. He notes far fewer miles abroad and details planned lighting projects across major routes. He cites vast postwar aviation growth and compares inspection standards and passenger totals. Western airlines lead in passenger numbers due to travel efficiency.
L Strauss & Co organizes the Straus air travel bureau to publish complete aviation information travel booking and technical data. The firm collects route schedules from transport companies across the United States Canada Central America and northern South America.
A famous physician’s Thoxine promises almost instant cough relief without chloroform or dope. The medicine acts on the internal cause, provides quick relief from irritation, and is noted as pleasant and safe for all ages. Money back guarantee, prices 35c 60c and 1.00. All druggists.
The Army Air Service plans an endurance flight with five men aboard the Ques tion Mark to test airborne refueling. A "flying filling station" will supply gasoline and oil as the plane stays aloft from sunrise January 1 in Los Angeles to see how long and how far it can fly before engines wear out.
Thomas C. Neidlinger announces a public air information service with a complete library of aviation progress and aircraft makes cross indexed and updated. The service, led by Neidlinger and Commander Douglas G. Jeffrey, will charge only actual costs and assist with air passage, schedules, insurance, costs, hazards, and other details. Completion expected late January.
Officers elected by the Marion Aviation Club include President Theo Wilson, vice president Dwight Carroll, and secretary treasurer George Dakin.
Nine army airmen who handled the presidential air mail between Chicago and Brule Wisconsin last summer were complimented by Assistant Secretary of War F Trubee Davison for efficient work. The presidential mail traveled 73500 miles in 175 flights with only one late delivery and three cancellations amid very poor weather. Major H H Arnold led the mission and pilots included Shaw Coppin Broughton Pirtle Atkinson Duncan Rice and Blackburn. Davison praised the unit in a letter to Arnold.
The plan envisions a long duration flight over southern California with the endurance plane refueled in mid air by two transport planes. Major Carl Spatz will supervise gas transfers wearing protective gear as a seventeen foot hose connects the planes several times daily. About nine hundred gallons of gasoline and forty gallons of oil are needed each day with a possible ten day endurance.
Embry Riddle fliers will test a large clock with neon hands at Lunken Airport Cincinnati to gauge visibility from distance. The glow of orange light marks the rim of hills north of the city with a ten foot minute hand and will aid Louisville Cleveland air mail pilots navigating at night.
Ira F. Holmes of Indianapolis and his son Horace traveled nearly 800 miles to Mobile Alabama to visit relatives over Christmas. The trip used a Ryan Brougham airplane owned by Capitol Airways and piloted by Lt. Fred Lanter. They were joined by Charles E. Carll of The Times and Paul King of U P A. The journalists began return travel with Lanter on Monday.
Fifty girls at the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home in Knightstown awoke Christmas morning to find dolls delivered by airplane. The Cur tiss Robin, owned by Cur tiss Flying Service of Indiana, carried the dolls from Indianapolis. Pilot Charles E. Cox Jr. and Legion post commander S. A. Bishop piloted the delivery, with additional dolls arriving from other local Legion posts.
James G. Browning Indiana deputy dry administrator announced the appointment of Howard Long of Angola as agent in charge of the South Bend prohibition enforcement office. Long, a former U S Army major, succeeds Conrad Bivins who remains at the office as an agent. He passed the first civil service examination and was recently certified as an agent.
In addition to Major Spatz the endurance plane will carry three alternate pilots and a mechanic. Captain Ira C. Baker will remain at the controls during gas line transfers. The craft has three berths, radio, wicker chairs and an electric stove for meals with supplies by rope from a support plane. The Question Mark will fly 90 mph at day heights and 5 000 to 7 000 feet at night, with speed synchronization to 80 mph when meeting a supply plane.
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and Casey Jones plan a visit to Indianapolis soon after year’s start. The exact date and purpose are not learned, but Lindbergh may inspect landing fields on the transcontinental route. Mars Hill airport could serve if the municipal field isn’t ready by April 1.
John Aspy who was reduced from chief to firefighter after a liquor law conviction in October will be retried, likely at the January term of Howard Circuit Court. Circuit Judge John Marshall ordered a new trial citing a shotgun affidavit and combined counts that raised fairness concerns. Aspy was fined 400 dollars and jailed 150 days at the penal farm.
The Martin county farm bureau joins Indiana’s organized farming network, bringing the state to eighty nine counties with farmer membership. Only Brown Orange and Crawford counties remain outside the state organization. Indiana's statewide farm movement expands as counties align.
Mrs. Mirerva Morris, 101, died Saturday night at her daughter’s home in Indianapolis. Funeral at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Columbus with burial in Newbern cemetery. She would have turned 102 on January 12 and left Columbus in 1908 to live with daughter Mrs. Lowell B. McLeod. Survived by daughter, Mrs. McLeod. son James Morris of Florida. twenty grandchildren. twenty-one great grandchildren. She outlived six of eight children and was a political enthusiast discouraged from voting due to illness. She attended a 100th birthday dinner as guest of honor.
Byron S Harvey of Chicago has been elected president of the Fred Harvey cafe system succeeding his brother Ford Harvey who died last week. General offices stay in Kansas City with Byron maintaining his Chicago office and residence after a directors meeting yesterday.
Mrs Stella Dickey 36, hanged herself after sending her children Donald 16 and Marcia 14 to buy Christmas gifts. She had been ill, deserted by her husband last summer, and recently unemployed in Richmond Indiana.
Radio schedules list Humperdinck opera Haensel and Gretel on WEAF and networks at 9:00. Hank Simmons' Show Boat airs Christmas special The Night Before Christmas through CBS. Prologues by The Mediterraneans open NBC Christmas program with Tchaikovsky concerto. Prophylactic Brush Co presents a Tuesday NBC music half hour hosted by Lillian Tait. In Memory's Garden and other NBC and Columbia broadcasts offer Christmas music and large ensemble performances.
A detailed on air timetable lists WFBM Indianapolis and networks from Chicago to Vancouver with Christmas programs. Entertainers include Jim and Walt, Edson quartet, Dale Young, and the Cincinnati Symphony. Nightly hours cover concerts, weather forecasts, and gospel and variety shows across multiple stations.
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