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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-10
Deaths

Media Busse Roth. 40, Methodist Hos
pital encephalitis.
Albert McIlwaine, so. St. vincent's Hos
pital acute nephritis,
Myrtle Creagmile. so. st. vincent's Hos
Edwin Hiatt s5. Methodist Hospital. pull
monary embolus.
Nellie Haugie. rs. Methodist Hospital
peritonitis.
John L. Burl "a. St. vincent's Hos
pital. h5perthyroidism,
Mary Ellen McCollum 49, Methodist
Hospital. general peritonitis,
Catherine X. Smyth. 90. $500 Washing
ton Blvd, hypostatic pneumonia.
Ruben Hudson Sanders. 90, city hospital
pulmonary tuberculosis.
Olive Culver. 81. city hospital. olbar
Fred Kisker. 72. Central Indiana Hos
pital. interstitial nephritis,
vandella skiles. 40, 275 8. Temple
Geneva ,Hearicl. Sc. city hospital
Duke Howard. 3d.. city hospital. frac-
'ured skull. accidental.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-10
RAISES BIG BEAN

CLAY CENTER, Kas., Dec. 10.-A
gigantic guinea bean, resembling a
green squash, was shown here re-
Gently by T. Thoren, local resident.
1t grows on climbing vine and it
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-10

Pie is not bad for the digestion, ac-
cording to modern medical authori-
ties.
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egg plant or preserved and picked.
Great interest was shown in the new
type of vegetable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
Chicago Pro WithdraWS
From Tourney, but His
Wife Doesn't Mind.

Here's consolation" for a future
golf champion.
The woman is the wife Of Wally
Chamberlin, young Chicago profes.
sional, who says he is going to win
one Of these tournaments" if he has
TO play until every one else is dead
Chamberlin withdrew during the sec
ond round of the western open Fri.
day.
My greatest ambition is TO be a
champion. OF course, 1t helps to
have q sweet wife waiting with a
kiss when you come off the links
She makes me want TO win that
much more" Chamberlin said.
This is my second tourney and
I'm going to stick It out until win, -
he said
Chamberlin, only 27, began play
ing golf when he became a caddy
at 13. and has been at it since.
Not only does Mrs. Chamberlin
play golf herself. but Wally, Jr., 3.
has already learned to swing the
clubs. They also have a daughter,
4. The wife never follows her hus-
band around the course. Il think
maybe he can do better, so l just
watch some one else. But I'd do
anything to help him win" she com
mented.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
GET 3 OF a Who
ESCAPED PRISON
Toledo Bandits Said to Have
Led Michigan Break.
Bv United Press

Bu UHtted Press
IONA, Mich, Aug. 2S.-Two To-
ledo bandits. recently convicted Of
robbing bank at Hadley, Mich,
were leaders OF the sensational jail
delivery of twenty-four prisoners at
the Ionia State Reformatory early
today, according 10 two Of the con-
victs who were Captured at Shiloh,
Mich, fourteen miles from here,
shortly before noon.
The captured prisoners, Charles
Smith. serving sentence for break
ing and entering, and Napoleon
Smith, convicted of robbery, said
Benton Ford and Franklin Todd, i'm
plicated in the Hadley robbery, had
the guns and led the way"
A third escaped convict, Sam
Click, was captured this afternoon
in a swamp five miles south of here
by Deputy Sheriff William Frenchz.
Overpowering the entire night
force by means of revolvers and a
rifle believed to have been smuggled
in to them, the convicts herded four
guards into the quarantine ward
donned guard uniforms, and filed out
through the main entrance, fleeing
in stolen automobiles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
Bobby Jones, Golf
Hero, Here

Bobby Jones, American
amateur golf champion and
holder of the British open title,
arrived in Indianapolis at 11:5O
a. m. today. in company with
his father. r. p. Jones. Bobby
will play two 1S-hole exhibition
rounds Sunday at the Highland
Golf and Country Club with
Walter Hagen. holder OF many
ma ior golf crowns; Macdonald
Smith. defending western open
champion. land the winner OF
the western open
The golfers will tee off at 3
a. m. and 3 p. m. They will play
for the benefit of the James
Whitcomb Riley Hospital for
Children.
Several thousands are ex-
pected to witness the exhibition
matches.
Jones twas met at the Union
Station by members of the golf
club and hospital association.
Luncheon was served at the
hospital. A dinner was to he
held tonight at the Woodstock
Country Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
10 DIE IN STATE
ACC|DENTS;AUTOS
KILL four TODAY
Two Girls and Boy Victims
at Gary-Fataity Near
Anderson.

BH Jnted Press
Autos in Indiana today killed four
persons, bringing the death toll from
accidents all over the State to ten
in the last twenty-four hours.
Miss Deborah Belts. young Gary
school teacher; Miss Hazel Legrow
and Robert Webster; were killed at
Gary when a fast Michigan Central
train struck their auto. Miss Legrow
was engaged to Victor Salmi. Indiana
University football star. Webster
formerly lived in Clinton, Ind.
Thomas Wheeler, 30, Of Mobiles
vile. Ind. a Indiana Reformatory
guard. was killed and Frank Lester,
SO, another guard, was injured when
their auto plunged down an en-
bankment. near Anderson.
A "hit-and-run'} auto driver struck
and killed Thomas j. Jones, SO,
farmer. near Lebanon.
Floyd Schooner, 90 was electro
cuted when ha fell across a live wire
while working atop a pole near Ply
mouth, Ind.
one man was dead ana TWO Sc
riously injured in Hammond today.
following the crumbling OF a brick
wall.
j. L. Rhodes. is. Argos. was killed
at Valparaiso when struck by New
York Central passenger train.
Roy Ridge, 49, Richmond. was
killed and Ralph Field. Is, was
seriously injured at Dayton. Ohio,
when their motorcycle struck an
auto.
Eugenia Tirdall. 2, daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs George Tindall. "a
Kenmore Rd.. Indianapolis, was
drowned in Sugar Creek, near Green
field, when she wandered away from
her parents while attending picnic
NJ. j. Healy, q, wa shurt when an
Indiana Service Corporation bus
crashed Through a bridge over
creek near Wabash.
Russell Ross. 3, may die in an
Evansville hospital from injuries re
ceived when he was run over by an
auto while playing near his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
MOVIE OPERATORS
WANT PAY RAISE
Hold Conferences About
New Wage Contract.

Negotiations to determine next
years wage scale were in progress
today between managers Of Indian
apolis motion picture theaters and
members OF Movie Operators Local
No 1874.
Contract now operative expires at
midnight Tuesday. Operators were
seeking an advance in wages from 81
to $1.40 per hour. At a conference
Friday, they reduced their demand
to $1.30.
Union men will meet at 10 a. m.
Sunday at the Denison. Approx
mately eighty-fve operators are af-
fected.
Arthur w. Lyday. operators bust
ness agent. said strike vote would
be taken.
The men claim that the average
earnings for operators in neighbor.
hood movies is $50 week. whiie
those In the larger houses downtown
make from SS7 to $40 a week.
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Brother Will See
Valentines Body
Bv United Press

bu UHtttu FT6SS
NEW YORK, Aug. 2s.-When
Rudolph Valentino is buried Monday
with all the solemn dignity of one
of the Catholic Church's most i'm
pressive services, his brother, AL
berto Guglielmi, will be far out to
sea, too late in his race to New York
to attend the funeral.
The health department, however,
granted permission today for the
body to be kept forty-eight hours
after the funeral, so Alberto, when
he arrives from Paris on the
Homeric Wednesday. will be able TO
see his brother before he is laid
away.
Funeral arrangements were com
pleted today. Only a few friends of
the actor will accompany the body
from the funeral parlor to St.
Malachy's, the actors church"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
ROOSEVELT SPEECH
MAY HARM c.. @. p.
Expected to Talk Against League of Nations at Fl.
Wayne Tonight-WiI Address Legion Next Week.

ators and the National Administra-
ton.
Arranged ostensibly to revive in
terest in 4. the Lincoln Club, FIT.
Wayne's Republican organization.
the meeting appears to have been
planned as the opening gun of the
fall campaign.
To those familiar with the situ-
alton it seems that Roosevelt is
making an anti court speech to help
Senators Watson and Robinson, hop
ing to receive support in his effort
sto become national commander OF
the American Legion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

F'ry WAYNE, Ind, Aug. Is
Great dissatisfaction is being ex-
pressed over the fact that Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who has been in
vited to address the American Le-
gion State convention at Marion
next week, should preface that
speech with a partisan outburst here.
Colonel Roosevelt. scheduled to ar
rive here this afternoon from Chi
iago. is to speak on "The League of
Nations and the. World War Court"
tonight. 1t is believed that he will
Fiden the breach already said to be
fxisting between the Indiana Sem
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
SECOND WOMAN
SWzzNS CHANNEL
Mrs. Corson, Mother of Two
Children, Beats Mems
Marks.
LIVES IN NEW YORK
EngIiShman and Egyptian
Fail in Attempts.

DOVER, England, Aug. 2s.-A
Danish American mother of two chill
dren today swan the English chan
mel ito make some money for my
kids" and walked ashore at Dover
to collapse in the arms Of her
trainer.
She was Mrs. Clemington Corson,
~ OF New York, known profession
ally as Mile Gade Her time across
the channel was Is hours and SO
minutes, l hour and minutes slow.
er than Gertrude Ederle, but faster
by nearly an hour than the time
of any Of the five men who have
swum the channel. Sebastian Tira-
bochi made the swim in l6 hours
and 81 minutes, the best time for
a man. .-
Corson rowed a boat beside his
wife the whole way and there was
no tug, although a motor boat ac-
companied the swimmer.
In swimming the channel, Mrs.
Corson defeated two men swimmers.
the powerful Egyptian Helmy and
the English swimmer, Frank Perks.
Entering the water at Cape Girls
Nez, France, at 1882 p. m. Friday
she reached the English shores at
Dover Beach at $40 today.
Perks had started swimming about
five minutes before Mrs. Corson en-.
tered the water. Helmy started a
short time before.
The sea was calm and moonlight
aided the swimmers. Helmy quit
five mffes out, when seized with
cramps.
Some hours passed without word
of the two remaining swimmers and
enxiety was feH for their safety.
Two Miles Off Dover
At 1;20 p. m. Mrs. Corson was two
miles off Dover and Perks was a
quarter of mile behind her. Twen-
ty minutes later. Perks abandoned
the attempt a mile and half off
shore, between Dover and Folk
stone.
There was excitement here when
the two swimmers came into view.
The crowd grew bigger as Perks
gave up the fight and Mrs. Corson
drew into shoal water, her blonde,
Nnbobbed hair plunging through the
surf. The scene of her landing was
triumphant one.
A big crowd cheered enthusiastic
ally.
II was determined to make It or
go down." she said. i've got to
make some money for my kids"
Mrs. Corson has been decorated
three times by King Christian of
Denmark for her swimming activi-
ties. She holds the around-Man-
haitian record, having swum around
Manhattan Island in Is hours and
81 seconds in 1921. That same year
she swan the Hudson from Albany
to New York. in stages, completing
the swim in 66 swimming hours.
Tried Channel Before
She also swan from Sandy Hook.
n. j., to the Battery in New York,
averaging the distance in 20 minutes
to one mile. Four years ago she
swan from Dover to within two
miles of the. French coast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
Gal Could DryU.S!in
6 Weeks Shun1aker

Coolidge could make America bone
dry in six weeks, If he were really
serious about enforcement of the
prohibition law r. S. Shumaker,
Indiana Anti-Saloon League super
intendent. told the White River con-
ference of the United Brethren
Church TO-DAY at the University
Heights Church.
THE spirit of the prohibition law
is being killed by technicalities, he
declared.
He urged that the President call
out the Army, Navy and Marines
to, combat bootleggers Granting Of
prohibition enforcement powers to
game wardens and State motor po-
lice, was suggested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
BUTLER DIES ON TRAIN
Death Comes Suddenly to Former
City Prosecutor.

Word that Ralph Buhler. 37TS Sa-
lem St., former city prosecutor, died
this morning on a c. & o. train.
was received here by frineds and
members Of the law firm Of New
berger, Simon & Davis. Kahn Bldg,
with which he was connected. Buhler
was said to have beep 35 years old.
The body was taken to Hunting
ton. w. Va. Cause of hfs death was
not known. Members of the firm
were attempting to locate his wife.
the sole survivor. She was not at
home and is said to be out of the
city. visiting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
c. OF c. CHOOSES M'KEE
To Head Advertising Committee Of
"TndianapoIis First Move.

Craftsmanship of the advertising
committee of the Indianapolis
First" movement sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce, was accept
ed by Homer Mckee, advertising
agent.
Awakening of Indianapolis to
limited effort for growth and expan
& 1eion, was predicted by Mckee.
~ Other committee members: How
ard Caldwell, advertising man; r.
A. Carroll of e. G. Atkins G. Co.;
Edward J. Herman of l.. Strauss &
Co.; S. A. Sullivan OF L. S. Ayres
& Co, and Guernsey Van Ripper. ad-
svertising agent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
.S124 FOR USE OF $40
Prosecutor Remy Questions Man
ager of Loan Company.

1t has cost Hobart Whaley, 1850
Oliver Ave-, $l24 for the use Of $40
acquired from the City Finance Com
pany, 23 n. Pennsylvania ST., two
years ago, Prosecutor William II.
Remy said Irwin Miller, manager,
admitted to him today. Remy sum-
moned Miller and Kenneth l.. Cox,
assistant, before him with their
books and records.
Remy said after his investigation
of local olan agencies he will file
affidavits if he discovers any viola
ton of the statutes governing loans.
Miller said his company does not
loan money, but buys mems wages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
WARNS OF FIRE HAZARD
Osborn Gives Final Notice Regarding
Shacks in City.

owners of nearly one hundred
dwellings will receive final notice to
make repairs, w. A. Osborn assistant
building commissioner, announced to-
day.
I'm our drive to rid the city of
these fire hazards we have provided
the owners of these shacks with
ample notice. From now on we will
use force" Osborn warned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
Gertrude Sends
Congratulations

BU UNttCd Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-'T am
very happy that the English Chan
mel has again been conquered by a
woman, and I have sent my hearth
est congratulations 10 Mrs. Corson.
n am, however, very proud to have
been the first woman to cross and
to hold the. record made" Gertrude
Ederle said today.
Gertrude, back home with MON"
and Pop and the kids, was happy
but still a little dazed by as great a
reception as any city ever gave to
a conqueroring hero.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
WARD WILL NOT RESIGN
Trip to Washington Not for That
Purpose, He Says.

BIZ IIWfS SDCCINE
ROCHESTER,, Ind, Aug. 2S.-
United States District Attorney AL
bert Ward declared to friends to.
day that he had no intention of re-
signing Ward denied his visit to
Washington had any connection
with this reported move.
Ward will return to Indianapolis
Tuesday or Wednesday,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
ARCHAEOLOGIsT INJURED

BIZ JHHfd PfeSS
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Aug: 2S.-
Prof. H. c. Shetrone, Ohio State
University archaeologist. was re-
ported injured seriously today when
the roof of one of the prehistoric
mounds of the famous Pricer group
near hare caved in and buried him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28

Il did Il Tor a thrill"
This was the statement Of Earl
Ambrose, IS, of 2031 Harvey ST., held
in city prison with three other
youths on vagrancy charges under
high bond.
Police said the arrests and the
capture of two indianapolis boys at
Vandalia, Ill. in a stolen auto, will
clear up more than II dozen hold-ups
Of motorists on county roads in the
last few weeks.
The youths, Inspector Claude Wor-
ley said, have partially confessed to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
FACES FEDERAL CHARGES

Robert Peelle, 'Centerville, is in the
Marion County Jail today pending
arraignment before a United States
commissioner. for alleged violation
of the Federal prohibition law. He
was arrested Friday night. Agents
said they found 10 pints of beer in
his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
NAVY WILL CARRY ON
To Continue Tests Which Rodgers
Was to Have Directed.

on CHUfU IINSN
WASHINGTON! Aug. 2S.-The
Navy air forces. hard hit by the
death in Philadelphia, Friday, of
Commander John r. Rodgers, will
carry on with plans for Panama
flight and other long airplane tests,
which Rodgers was to lave directed,
it was understood today.
Commander Rodgers wasl relieved
only few weeks ago from desk duty
as assistant chief of the Naval Bu
reau of ,Aernonautics. to take charge
Of several projected test flights using
the newly developed PN-1O planes.
He was on mis- way to inspect some
OF these planes when he was killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
NICARAGUA PROTESTS
Tells League That Mexican Ship
Aided RevOutiOnists.

BU United Press
GENEVA, Aug. 2S. Foreign
Minister Daniel Gederrez of Mic
aragua has filed a report with the
League of Nations charging that a
Mexican ship, carrying federal
soldiers, was sent to aid the
revolutionists in his country.
The league has notified Mexico of
the protest and is prepared to make
public any reply Mexico offers
League members also have been
notified.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
CHICAGO PICKS FOGARTY
Ex-Indiana Prison Official Chosen
Cook County Jail Warden.

BB United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-Edward j.
F'ogarty, for fourteen years warden
of the Indiana -penitentiary at
Michigan City. Ind. has been chosen
warden of Cook County Jail, it be-
came known here today Fogarty
was picked by a citizens advising
committee. He resigned from the In
diana position about two years ago.
Appointment of Fogarty will be
held up until a legal opinion has
been obtained as to whether a
warden may be chosen from outside
Cook County. Fogarty told the COM
mittee there would be no drinking
by prisoners in his regime, such as
caused the recent upheavals In the
iail
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
MOVE AGAINST BALL

Pennsylvania Seeks to Revoke Char
ter Because of Sunday Game.
BV United Press
HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. 2S.-
The State of Pennsylvania today
took steps to strengthen the blue
laws of 1894 to prevent the playing
Of Sunday baseball.
Attorney General George w.
Woodruff, in Dauphin County Court,
asked for a revocation of the char
ter of the Philadelphia American
League club, as a result of last Sun
days game between the Athletics
and the Chicago White Sox.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
FOUR YOUTHS HELD
AS MOTOR BANDITS
4 Did for Thrill Says Boy 18, Charged With Being in
Gang Which Staged Road HoId-upS.

between twelve and fifteen hold-ups
and to stripping eighteen or twenty
cars.
Those held here beside Ambrose
are: John Schuller 10, of 205S Hill
side Ave. Leo Marlnee, $50 w. New
York St, and Emmett Brownlee, r.
r. "a, Noblesville, Ind.
Police are searching for a 15-year-
old boy who posed as a girl during
several of the hold-ups.
In tears at city prison Ambrose
admitted he had taken part in the
hold-ups.
Supports Mother
He is the sole support Of his
mother and two brothers, one and
one 13, he said. He was employed
at the E. c. Atkins & Co. saw
works, earning $3.50 a week when
he joined the bandit gang, he said.
Ambrose and Marnlee, in, state.
ment to Detective Colder, admitted
taking part in the hold-up of Ed
ward Thiesing, 1886 Roosevelt Ave,
Thursday night at Sixty Eighth st.
and Keystone Ave. He was robbed
of SIS and his auto.
Brownlee, alleged leader of the
gang, "'held-out" on. them and they
did not receive any Of the loot, they
charged.
Carl Johnson, II, Of Somerset, KY,
and John Marlnee, 19, brother of
the youth held here, were taken into
custody by the sheriff at Vandalia,
ILL.,, Friday. They were driving a
car reported stolen here and local
officers will bring them back to face
charges with the rest Of the crew.
Arrest of the boys was brought
about by Detectives Colder, Gillespie
Young, Hillman and Russell, who
have been working under direction
of Inspector Worley on the case.
Shirt Was Clew
According to the officers a blue
shirt was found in a Studebaker car
that was used by the bandits last
Thusrday night and later abandoned.
In the shirt pocket was metal tag
bearing the name of Leo Marlnee.
The youth was taken into custody
and involved others in statements
to police.
Part of the gang, police believed
attempted to hold up Albert Hart
man, 2032 S. Meridian ST., on the
Three Notch Rd., near Brill ST.,
Thursday night. Hartman lodged
around an auto containing three
persons which was blocking the
road.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-28
HERO Of AIR
TO REST IN
ARLINGTON
Military Rites tuesday for
Commander John Rod
gers, Navy Filler.
PLANE CRASH FATAL
Man Who Led Pacific Flight
SuccumbS.

Bu United Press
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2S.LThe
body of Commander John Rodgers,
Navy aviation hero, killed in a crash
in the Delaware River at Philadel-
phia yesterday. will be buried in
Arlington cemetery with full mill.
tary honofs Tuesday afternoon.
Under arrangements announced
by Navy officials today. the body OF
the Navys veteran flier will be sent
tonight to his parents hon at
Havre De Grace, Nd. where serv-
ices wilL be held Monday. The body
will be brought TO Arlington ceme-
terry, just across the Potomac from
the Capital, the same day.
Board of Inquest Meets
A board of inquest met at the
Philadelphia Navy yard today to de-
termine how the man who com
manded the unsuccessful California
Hawaii fight last year met his death.
The boards report. forwarded 10 the
Navy Yards commandant, was not
made public. The plane crashed
into the Delaware river just as
Rodgers was about to land.
A board of inquiry. composed Of
naval craft experts. also was con.
vened to determine what caused the
We type plane Rodgers was flying
to crash. The board Monday will
hear witnesses of the crash.
The Navy's air Lero. descendant
of an illustrious line of Navy men.
died in the Navy Yard Hospital at
Philadelphia soon after the acci-
dent.
Samuel Schultz, machinist's mate
with Rodgers, was seriously injured.
and physicians said he might die.
Plane Side-Slips
Watchers saw the plane side-slip
as it neared the Philadelphia air
plane factory landing field. and fan
twenty-five feet into the Delaware
River
Commander Rodgers came of a
family with the tradition:
There has been "a John Rodgers
in the Navy since there has been a
Navy"
The commanders father, Admiral
John a. Rodgers. Cr., retired, lives
at Havre De Gras, Md Commander
Rodgers mother was on the way
to his bedside when he died.