davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1927-06-03

ably use more tas as 1t carries two men and extra equipment which Lindbergh did without. Also Lind bergh was favored by a carrying wind much of the way. which saved gas, and this condition might not prevail lin.
Evening star., 1927-10-31

Kelly and George Crook, while the
city was surrounded by thousands of
Federal troops. died last night at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. NJ. j. Nc
kanzie, this city.
The Cumberland raid was one of the
most daring exploits of the war. There
were 80 in the party.
Kelly was taken from the old Bar
mum Hotel, now the Windsor. and
Crook from the old Revere House.
both being aroused from their beds.
They were held prisoners at Richmond
until the close of the war.
Maloney, Il native of Hampshire
County. w. Va, was magistrate at
Romnoy for more than 80 years. He
liz ed here with his daughter for six
Evening star., 1927-10-31

ment store of Marshall Field & Co.,
died yesterday at his home in the
Gold Coast section of a generation
ago. on the South Side. He was 81
years old.
Mr. Fair was one of the few persons
of wealth to resist the exodus to the
present center of wealth on the near
North Side. Another is Mrs. Marshall
Field.
Coming to Chicago from New York.
his birthplace, with only few dol
lars in his pocket. MI. Fair rose to be-
come managing partner of the Mar
shall Field Co He became an employe
of the department store in 1873 and
was made a partner in 1889. subse-
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Crash Kills One: Two Hurt.
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CUMBERLAND, Md, October 81
Mrs Ruth Stevenson, %, wife of Will
liam j. Stevenson of Latrobe, Pa.
was killed Saturday afternoon. and
her mother, Mrs. a. ID. Flckinger. and
sister, Miss Rachel F'lickinger of La
trobe, were injured when their auto
mobile. operate by the dead woman's
husband. crashed into a Pennsylvania
Railroad train at Mann'S Choice
Evening star., 1927-10-31

ford. Va. The photographs will b.
preserved with other Confederate
relics in the Lee Museum here.
Other portions of the donation in
cIude 1r,dian relics and gcolog Ca
specimens which will he used as specV
mems by the department of geology
at Washington and Lee University.
MIR. Nve did not attend Washing
ton ard Lee. He made the donation
he said, because he realized 1t was the
most typically Southern institution
and the most suitable place for Con.
federate relics. lie served under the
Stars and Bars during the Civil War.
Later he entered the profession of
dentistry. from which he is now re
tired.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
New Jersey Bridge Approved.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Department yesterday an
ton of the Ocean City Automobile
Bride Co.. Ocean City. N. j., for a
bridge over Great Egg Harbor Bay,
from Somers Point to Bessleys Point.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
CUMBERLAND RAIDER
DIES AT AGE OF so
w. H. Maloney Took Part in Cap
ture of Union General in Town
Surrounded by Federals.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, October 81
William FL. Maloney, 50, one of the
few survivors of the Mcneil Rangers,
Confederate, who on February II,
1865. made a raid on Cumberland and
captured the Union generals. B. T
Evening star., 1927-10-31

quently becoming managing partner.
He retired in 1905.
Among others who had retired be-
fore him with fortunes were Potter
Palmer. Levi Letter, Harlow n. Hig-
ginbotham and Harry G.. Selfridge.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
CONFEDERATE PICTURES
GIFT TO UNIVERSITY
Lee Museum at Lexington, Va, to
Receive Collection to Be
Kept With Other Relics.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star
LEXINGTON, Va, October 31.--A
large collection of Confederate photo
graphs, containing pictures OF the
South's greatest heroes, was con
tanned in a gift to Washington and
Lee University from W. +. Nye, Rad
Evening star., 1927-10-31

years other surviving children are
William Fl. Malonay. jr., Cumberland.
r. ]. Maloney, Grafton, w. Va, and
d. II. Maloney. Fairmont, w. Va.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
R. NJ. FAIR is DEAD
IN CHICAGO AT 81
Rose to Wealth With Marshall
Field Firm-Stuck to Old
South Side Home.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. October 31.-Robert NJ
Fair, one of the coterie of men who rose
from poverty to wealth in the depart
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Mems Shirts
and Drawers

The warm weather isn't going to
last always. When the cold winds
start blowing the man who can slip
into suit of these heavy fieeced gar
ments will be in luck. especially when
he can buy them for .....,........
All Sizes.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Bureau Scarfs

Lineen. Some trimmed with
medallions. Others with lace.
Pink, Blue and White. Finished
with lock stitch edges. Regularly
39c. Payday Specials" .....
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Rayon Stripe
Union Suits

Knit Union Suits with rayon stripe.
Ideal Fall and Winter weight. Low
necks. no sleeves. Knee length. A
regular 75c value for Pay Day only. +.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Pillow Cases, z for

Well known Cedar Chest brand
Bleaching. Size 45x36. A limit
ed number of them. but while
they last they will be Payday
Specials" at.
Evening star., 1927-10-31
Temptation Hose

Extra-long boot Rayon Hose. Four
inch Isle top. Reinforced toe and heel.
Slipper sole. They sell regularly at 59c
For this one Cay only we will sell you
TWO PAIRS FOR.
Evening star., 1927-10-31

Very fine 1ongcloth. Reinforced
Seat with elastic tops and bot
toms. In pink and white. 35c
and 39c values. 49,.
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STREET CAR LINE
SERVICE NORMAL
All EIeCertic Repairs E.
peCted Made by Night.

Street car lines again, were func-
tioning normally through the storm
stricken area today, according to In
dianapolis Street Railway Company
officials. Only the e. Washington
st. line remained out of service on
Thursday night and it was put into
regular operation this morning.
With a crew Of workmen still on
the job. the Indianapolis Power and
Light Company expected to have
even minor repairs taken care OF by
tonight. Major work had been
completed Thursday night and lines
that remained out of service were
largely those that went to homes
torn down by falling trees.
All Western Union and Postal
Telegraph lines were reported work
ing.
Crews still were busy today TAX.
ing care Of the telephone tangle, and
1t was expected that most of the
1000 phones oft of service would be
functioning tonight.
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FIVE STORM INJURED
EXPECTED TO SURVIVE
Mrs. Stuart 70, With Punctured Lung Improving
List Still at One.

Those still in hospitals today
were:
Frances Sheets, IL, of 2030 E.
Washington ST., decorations. possible
skull fracture.
Lulu Hixon, 10, of $50 N. Rural
ST., scalp decorations, bruised arm,
possible skull fracture.
Mrs. Marie Duderstart, SO, of 241
Hendricks Pl. -
Mrs. Laura Stuart, 70, rear Of 81
N. Keystone Ave, punctured lung.
Howard Cockrell, 1905 E. Forty
Sixth St., fractured arm.
Nathan Harper, So, 40 Hendricks
Place, bruises and cuts.
Halle Kratzer, Kokomo, lacera
tions.
Caroline Robbins, "a, of 2O9 n
Hamilton Ave, lacerated leg.
Frances Robbins, 8, 2O9 N. Hamil
ton Ave.
Mrs. Anna Williams, "a, Of SO n
Hamilton Ave-, head injuries, was at
Indiana Christian Hospital.
Christian Hospital
Lula Johnson, q, of 234 n
Tacoma Ave, arm cut, and Emmett
Sharp, 81, of 234 n. Tacoma Ave
shoulder and collar bone broken
were at Methodist Hospital.
Mrs. Julia Lyons. 35, of 203 N
Jefferson Ave, head injury, was al
st. Vincent's Hospital.
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SINCLAIR GETS3
MONTHS IN JAIL
Fined $500 for Senate Tea
pot Dome Contempt.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. May 2O.-Harry
Ford Sinclair, multimillionaire oil
operator. was sentenced to three
months in jail and fined $500 in
District Of Columbia Supreme Court
today for Senate contempt. The
contempt consisted of refusing to
answer the Senate Teapot Dome"
committees questions in March,
1924.
The sentencing ceremony had been
postponed several times.
Justice William Hitz imposed
sentence.
Sinclair's attorneys are expected
to appeal to the Circuit Court of
Appeals and thence, if unsuccessful,
to the United States Supreme Court.
Such action would delay the SEN
tence for months, or even years.
Jail and fine sentences both were
mandatory, the law specifying i'm
prisonment Of from one to twelve
months and fine. of from 800 to
81, 900.
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ROOSEVELT FIELD, NEW YORK, May 2O,-Charles E.
Lindbergh, New YorktoParis fer alone and without
mony sailed off into the gray of this oggy morning his Ryan
monopane shouting his friends that he will be in
France.
He started at 1511a Eastern daylight saving time
(5511a Indianapolis time When this daring
youngsr of % years flying low Long Island Sound
y have cleared tree tops He going 100 miles hour
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REMY CONTINUES
POLITICS PROBE
Further Quiz of City Hall
Seen.

Further probe into City Hall
affairs was believed underway to-
day by Prosecutor William H. Remy
and his assistants, who are con-
tinuing the investigation into
alleged political corruption in In
diana.
John B. Suttles. district manager
of The White Company; Charles
Snider, of the Hide Leather and
Betting Company, and Frank Sipe,
former county constable, appeared
before the prosecutors. during the
morning session.
Under a new rule affidavits are
filed in Criminal Court Saturday.
The States staff, however, did not
reveal whether there will be more
affidavits at that time.
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WHITE RIVER
LOWERING,
j. S. REPORT.
80 Rocky Ripple Families
Taken to Safety During
Night.
rs WADE, ROW OUT
Guard Patrol Dismissed
Air Vigil Retained.

Flooded White River. which broke
over its east bank into two north
side residential sections late Thurs
day, reached it's crest and begun
slowly receding today, according to
Meteorologist j. II. Arlington,
United States Weather Bureau.
High water drove more than
thirty families from their homes in
Rocky Ripple, bounded by Sunset
Ave, the canal and White River.
1t was Estimated that in excess of
seventy.five persons either waded or
rowed their way to safety during
the night.
The water gushed over the bank
at Fifty-Fourth st. and backed up
over the rty-Eighth st. bank.
Patrol Dismissed
Three Indiana National Guard
companies, more than 100 men.
which patrolled the levy from Nor
ris st. bridge to Warfieigh during
the night, were ordered off duty this
morning by Adjutant General VIII
liam II. Kershner.
Kershner sent an airplane fifteen
miles north of Noblesville to view
the flood conditions at a. m. 1t
was reported that muddy water still
was flowing into the stream but
gushing waters had subsidized. The
Indianapolis airport planet main
tanned an air vigil during the day.
18.e-FoOt Stage
AT 1 y. m. the weather bureau re-
ported White River staare at IS feet
and falling at the w. Tenth st.
station Of the indianapolis Water
Company. The water was at Is feet
at a. m. and rose to 1872 at II a. m.
Unofllcials observers noticed a
slight drop in the tide in the morn
ing. Upstream waters were reported
dropping.
Low Lands o. X.
Arlington asserted that houses in
lowlands near the W. New York
st. bridge would not be endangered
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His departure was much as his ar.
rival out of the West had been
almost unheralded, daring and dra-
matte in it's very lack of pomp and
circumstance. He carried no radio
His course took him up Long
Island Sound. Then he planned to
head for Cape Race. Newfoundland.
flying a straight course If weather
favored It.
From Cape Race Lindbergh
planned to describe a great circle.
leading in a curve into the north,
where 1t might be cold and dreary
and then down over ireland, England
and to Paris.
Uses Byrd Runway
His plane was wheeled from the
hangar and towed from Curtiss Field
to the head of the runway which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
Times Attend Championship Spelling Bee Tonight

superintendent of public instruction;
Arthur L. Gilliom, attorney general
of Indiana, and Judge Julius Aravis,
Of the Indiana Supreme Court.
Words for the bee have been
chosen and arranged and the rules
governing the contest have been an
nounced. The contest will start
promptly at p. m. and will con-
tinue until the Indiana champion is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-20
Indianapolis Only
" arget of Tornado

Wednesday nights tornado was,
strictly speaking, a local affair, ac-
cording to Meteorologist ]. H. Ar
nington. 1t was caused by the
difference in temperatures north of
here and those south Of the city.
Armington attributed the rubber
ball" action of the blast to decrease
in velocity of the wind. The tor
nado rises when the wind velocity
decreases. he said, and drops again
as 1t increases.
According to Arlington. Indian
apolis was the only point to suffer
serious damage from the blast The
storm disappeared on the eastern
edge of the city. A temperature
drop Of 10 degrees occurred just be-
fore the storm ripped into the city.
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Five persons critically injured in
the tornado here Wednesday night
were reported improving and prac.
tically out of danger at city hospital
today.
The most seriously injured, Mrs.
Laura Stuart, TO-. Of 61 N. Key
stone Ave-, who received a pune
tured lung, cuts about the shoulders
and head and a sprained shoulder,
was rapidly improving.
Hospital authorities said this
morning that they did not believe
the death toll would be increased.
Earl Wolverton, IT, Of 406 s. Har-
Ian ST., died at city hospital Thurs
day afternoon, the only death to be
recorded as a result of the tornado.
Ten others remain in hospitals
today. None are seriously injured
and are expected to be released late
today or Saturday.
Died Thursday
Earl, only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Wolverton, died Thursday aft
ernoon Of injuries inflicted by fall
ing debris when he and Roger Frey,
201S Southeastern Ave, sought ref
uge from the storm in the doorway
of the wrecked Arthur furniture
store, 2215 E. Washington ST.
Funeral services will be held at
the home Saturday at 2:3O p. m.
The Rev. w. G. Morgan, Woodside
M. E. Church, will officiate
Earl is survived by his parents,
sister. Glady, 20, and an aunt,
Mrs. Zeda Bishop. Burial will be
in Memorial Park cemetery.
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GREEN DECISION NEARS
Car EmpIoye Case Considered Late
This Afternoon.

Whether William Green, employed
on the extra board of the Indianapo-
lis Street Railway Company. will get
a raise from 81 cents per hour was
near decision by the Indiana public
service commission conference this
afternoon.
Acting under working agreement
with the company, Green appealed to
the commission, demanding a six.day
week, increased pay and recognition
Of seniority rights and restoration
to service of the men who went on
strike last fall.
Commissioners indicated that the
decision would ignore everything
but the case of Green personally.
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Hourly Temperatures

Words for the State bee chosen
from the Mccall Speller, will be pro-
nounced by Prof. Carl G.. +. Fran
zen, department of education, IN
diana University He has served in
that capacity in other bees and has
expressed much interest in the lndi-
ana bee. University officials. also
greatly interested in the educational
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"Pd Be With Him If
There Was Room

BU United Press
DETROIT, May 20.-MrS
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh,
mother of the intrepid youth
who today set off alone from
Garden City, l.. l., for Paris
in a monoplane. faced her
chemistry class in Cass Tech.
nical High School as though
nothing had happened.
Your son left for Paris this
morning" she was informed on
her arrival at the school.
We'll, that's fine" replied
the wife of the former Mime
sofa Congressman, Hell get
there all right. And IL he had
room in the plane 1 would be
right beside him now"
Mrs. Lindbergh passed impa-
tiently into the building.
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commander Richard Byrd had built
at Roosevelt Field and in the spirit
of the aviators' fraternity, had in
vited Lindbergh to use.
The Navy and the shipping board
this morning notified all Govern
ment and private merchant vessels
in the North Atlantic to be on the
watch for Lindbergh and to wire
less Immediately to naval Washing
ton headquarters il Lindbergh is
sighted.
Five other planes. including Com
mander Richard e. Byrd's great
Fokker. itself waiting to make the
same trip which Lindbergh. started
today. left the ground and flew away
as an escort to Lindbergh. -
B. f. Mahoney. 26 years old. presi-
dent of the Ryan Air Lines Cor
poration of San Diego, Cal, builders
of the plane. was silent as he
watched his fiier sail away.
Lindbergh was "flying blind" as
the aviators say, as he left the field,
for the arrangement of his plane pre-
vented him seeing ahead and his
periscopes were all but useless ow-
ing to poor visibility near the ground.
Weather Excellent
Lindebrgh, 25, former air mail
pilot. and a marvel Of nonchalant
youthfulness. had been waiting i'm
patiently for nearly a week while
bad weather over the Atlantic made
it foolhardly to start the journey.
When weather reports last night
showed conditions at sea were rela-
lively safe, despite the fog here, he
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able in Caleb Mills Hall, 1t is sug-
gested that you be there early. if
you do not wish to stand. We are
sorry that a much larger auditorium
is not available, that every one wish
ing to attend might be seated.
The contest, in which Indiana g
best spoilers win compete. is open
without charge to the publicx
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will fight it out for the Indiana title
and the trip to the National capital.
And the public is invited to listen
in at the oral contest as guests of
the indianapolis Times, promoter of
the spelling program in the Indiana
grade schools.
Get There EARLY
Because only $500 seats are avail
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$4,000 OIL STOVE FIRE

Woman Burned on Re-entering Home
to Save Valuables.
Mrs. Ollie Baus, Flackville. re-
ceived burns Thursday afternoon in
a $4,000 fire which destroyed the
home when an oil stove exploded.
Mrs. .Baus fed following the ex,
plosion and was burned when she re-
entered to save some valuables.
Fire apparatus from engine house
No. 23 responded, but the house, a
five-room bungalow, was burned be-
fore it's arrival.
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EARLY FIST FATE SEEN

Attorneys Indicate Husky Kelly
May Know All This Week.
BU United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, May 20
Handsome and Husky Paul Kelly,
screen juvenile. on trial. for the
murder of Ray Raymond, musical
comedy star, may know his fate
before the week ends. attorneys in
dicated today.
Defense and prosecution counsels
have agreed tentatively to terminate
rebuttal late this evening. Neither
will consume much time in final
argument. it was learned.
An early verdict is exepcted.
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program of The Times, is sending
Professor Franzen here from Bloom
ington to serve as pronourcer, at
the request of Boyd Gurley, editor
of The Times.
Judges
The editor also has arranged the
committee of judges TO take charge
of the contest at p. M Friday.
Members are Charles F. Miller, State
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indianapolis

Andre Rhoads, Zone 1.
Marcella Ardern, Zone 2.
Maxine Van SAINT, Zone 2.
Wilbur Moran. Zone 4.
Marjorie Benson, Zone s.
Emma Gibson. Zone 8.
BIamch Schoncker. Zone I.
Ruth Dorman, Zone 8.
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Red Cross to Continue Storm
Relief Service; Salvage Begins
More Offers of Aid Than
Pleas for Help So
Far.
HOMELESS START ANEW
Move Effects Into Other
Houses.

Continuation of temporary
relief work in the indianapolis
storm stricken area on a large
scale was ordered today by
William Fortune, executive
secretary Of the Indianapolis
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, following q meeting of
the executive committee.
No special fund will be raised to
meet temporary relief expenses,
which will be financed from the local
treasury of the organization, for-
tune announced.
Second Relief Survey
Eugene C. Foster, home service
director, was authorized to give
fullest relief by supplying food
money and living quarters to per.
sons suffering from effects of the
tornado.
AS Foster went about this work
other members of the Red Cross re.
lief staff and police were making
second survey of conditions to de-
termine how much money will be
needed for rehabilitation work.
This is the first step toward per-
manent relief. The survey was ex-
pected TO be completed this after
noon.
- Meeting Saturday
Fortune issued call for a meet
ing of the executive committee of
the local chapter at 10 a. m. Sat
uurday, when the rehabilitation re-
port will be considered.
"oFllowing the survey this or
ganization will be able to determine
exactly how much is needed for re-
habilitation in addition to the tenn
porary relief" Fortune announced.
Governor Jackson, Mayor Duvall,
City Council President Claude E.
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iiana's representative in the ma.
tional spelling bee at Washington.
d. c., next month will be chosen
at Caleb Mills Hall, Shortridge High
School, tonight. The contest begins
at 8 o'clock.
Twelve Hoosier spelling champions
selected in counties in which many
thousands of grade pupils competed,
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FIier Fears for
Kitten s Life

BIZ United Press
ROOSEVELT FIELD, NEW
YORK. May 20.-Afraid to risk
the life of his kitten mascot,
Charles Lindbergh. Paris flier,
refused to take it on his flight.
mo; it will be too cold" he
said. "The kitten might die.
He had thus expelled his only
possible living companion for
the thirty to forty hours he
hoped to be flying alone in ter
rible monotony.
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CedarS at Atlantic City
BIZ United Press

BIZ JnltCd PfeSs
HARRISBURG, Pa, May 20.-At-
lantic City. N. j., today was selected
as the site of the 1928 annual con-
vention Of the Tall Cedars of Le-
banon at the twenty-fifth national
meeting here. Trenton, N. J., staged
q bitter contest for the convention,
but, lost out in the balloting.
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chosen. 1t will be an old.fashioned
bee and a treat for those who at
tend.
Champions competing in the con-
test tonight are:
Mildred Riddle, Marion County.
Helen Martin, Grant County.
Lillian McClain. Johnson County.
Helen Carter, Bartholomew
County.
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G. 0. P. Club to Meet

The First Ward Republican Club
will meet tonight at the clubrooms,
for minstrel and entertainment
2OO1 Winter Ave, to compelte plans
next Friday. William A. Edwards,
ward chairman, will preside.