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New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
The Great Producer Is Bored with
 the Picnic l'rtact1lincs

I'm afraid I'm getting old,' I said. carefully following Lillian $ lead. You youngsters were certain ly too swift for me-" l added, turn ing to Mary. Marion and Junior, huddled together near Mother Gra- ham. T followed you for q little While, then l los. you and I've been hunting you ever since. Where did you eo??''
 "oh, we ran down the beach and then we climbed d dune and ran up tl1cre,' Marion answered promptly. And We beat Mary both times. We beat her back to the camp fire. too. '
 And a fine time 1 had hunting you, too,' Mary put in. ''Aultie out thore, too. II was positively spooky, all by myself"
 From under my eyelashes l shot glance at Philip Neritzen, and was much relieved to see that to all ap- pearances he was paying but little attention to the chatter about the race on the sand dunes He was listening to II, apparently, but he was looking at me, and when Mary stopped talking, he addressed me directly.
 When do these festivities of Nonrs close?" he asked.
 There was something irritating to me in both words and intona'ion, something Subtly suggesting ennut upon the part of my employer. II was q question hard to answer when l considered that MT. Neritzen was himself the host of the affair. Thankful indeed was I 10 Lillian who forestalad my hesi'ant answer hy an impHdont challenging sally.
 Where do you get that stuff. Tbil?" she demanded, These are not Madge's festivities, any more than they are Juniors. Your mem- orv Is failing you, old timer. Better fake a course before you get more forsetful with advancing age. But I'll refresh your memory and re- mind you that when l complained of the deadly dullnoss down here
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
Tests Show Women
 Smart. Men DOgped

Missoula, Mont, Mar. z 1P,-Men are nor" pcrsevcring, according to psychology tests at Montana uni yersity.
 In grade points. women were shown to be 20 per cent better than men, but mon buckled down 10 B hard course and oyercame ia ilure more easily.
 Tho tests were made by Prof. II. c. smith, chairman of the psy- chology department of tho institl- ton, and the analysis will be used by the university in trying to affect q solution of it's scholarship prob lens.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
BEAUTY How and Why
STUDY. t.MPHASIZt.. YOUR FACIAL TYPE
By Ann .Alysi.

JpN -tlIlI Al 7iS
 Sit in front of your mirror. study your t.pe. Should your beauty be of tie exqusitely feminine kind. with tapering face and delicate pointed chin You are fortunate. indeed. particularly so if your feat ures are Of the corresponding deli Cacy.
 Almost any arrangement Of hair or of ncckllne Will look well on wo- men of this typ". but too ornat" q style will ds'ract from the exquisite q beauty of line. Attention is directed 'o the hair and necklines. They arc more important than any others. he cause they fran1 tbe picture. aa it aerc. Simplicity should hc fhe beH- aote in dress and oruaHtont ftougo DON der and lirst,c1 should be used with fite utmost drlicarN Of touch and almost lmperce epubiy.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08

Do you know the name Of the president at Columbia university, New York? And, this is easy, where did Napoleon meet his"
 Horizontal ], Who Is the president of Colum-
 bia university at New York city. 5. To adhere closely. 10. Hastencd. 12. Every. 13. Twisted 10 one sic l5. To knock. IT. Fluid rock. 19. Large deer. 20. Deadly. oc. To perch. 233. Therefore. A. Provided food. o5. Abbreviation for company" 26. Point of compass. 2S. Become weary. 2a. Abbreviation for street" 50. Who was the father Of the first
 murdered? 3o. Ancient. S. Person who has an excessive re-
 gard for wealth or social stand-
 ing. 5. What is the technical name for
 cyelashcs' 57. At what harbor at Honolulu
 Hawaii. is the United States air
 station? 3S. To piece out. 39. Shore. 4.. Pastry. 43. Second note in scsl,. A. Inlet. 45. To employ. 47. Like. , 46. The first telegraph line in the
 United States connected Wash
 ington with what city"
 Vertical i. Foundations. ?. Migration Gin Africa). :. Legal rulc.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08

tea with no cream or sugar.
 For dinner you may have the juice of six tomatoes. and before you go to bed you can haNc q glass Of water or any desired fruit juice.
 One Liquid Day Week
 If you will prescribe for yourself one day each week living entirely on a liquid dict, you will be surprised at what you will lose in weight, and how easily lt is accomplished.
 Milk is almost q perfect food, and if you want 10 live only on milk for q day, you will find that 1t Is very helpful to reducing.
 In a later article, Miss Dork will give specific reducing advice to the woman whose hips bulge.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08

1. Half an em.
 6. Minor note.
 :. Measure of cloth.
 S. Exclamation of sorrow. 9. Who is the muse of poetry? II. At what city did Napoleon meet
 with disastrous defeat? 14. To what region was the gold
 rush of 1897? l5. Proportion. 1G. Peeled. IS, Which English ruler had the
 longest rcigi: 20. stout. 21. Guided. -. Wheal. %. To crack as q whip. 50. Sour. "1. Third note in scale 33. Point Of compass. %4. To glorify. 3G. Source of indigo. g. Spanish dollar. 40. Grain. Il. Total A Sun god. 46. What suffix forms the com- parativc degree Of adjcctivcs?
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
Skirts Made Mandatory
 For OiymDic Fencers

Paris, Mar. S tP}- Women fvnccga at the Amsterdam Olympic ganne $ must wear skirts. announces G. van ltosscm, president Of the Intcrna . tional Fencing f"dcration and sec rotary general of tn" Olympic com mlttoc at Amsterdam
 Skirts that reach below the knees arc prescribed m the rule which Van ltossTnl saNs he will cuforr" 'liis year. Short pants. instead of skirts have been f4voritee among some of the contestants lu the past.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
Life's Niceties Hints on Etiquette

i. If the guest of honor is a woman, where is she seated at a dinner party?
 . 1T q man"
 2 What rule should be followed in seating other cucsts
 The Answer. 1. Al the right Of the host. ;. At the right Of tho hostess. 2. Put ron2enial persons near each other and alternate men anl women.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
YELLOW GOWN

Stunning i, q yellow satin eve ming gown for spring with a long side drapery ard q ~rde belt of the satin edged with gold braid.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
SILK l'JO(F.,,

White silk pique is the charm ing medium for a guimpe in a red crepe frock. with matching cape. Silk piuue promises great vogue. HEALlH
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
HDl,I.,f}O (l T

\ s9pphir" blue crepe frock has t hol"ro, circular skirt and dla gnnal 'ucklng in graduated SECS, 10 set 1t apart as chic.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
NOVEL COMBINATION

A jaunty sports suit uses white pi4u2 skirt and blue jersey giIet with raglan coat Of blue cuffed and rollared in white pique.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08

Paris. Mar. T.--(P)---The coat of this Nicole Groult ensemble IS near ly full length. It can be used as part Of sult, or as a separate garment. The material $ dull brick red with a little white and green in the mix 1ure. There is q blouse of cream white with the suit.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
\l,N <jlkl,1<l.S

SWrat"rs aro borrowing new n.rhlincs for their Use. A pink. rcd and cream striped one has q modified monks collar in rcd.
New Britain herald., 1928-03-08
THE HIVE BECOMES a NURSERY

Kc II giTI or be l7 UON, The parents hearts are filled with Joy.
 -Dli Mother Nature.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
CITY TO EXTEND
JULY 4 FETES
Fireworks Displays Are Set
for Week. End.

Fourth of July fireworks displays
which were postponed, because of
the heavy rains of Wednesday
night will be fired off this week
end.
Broad Ripple will start it's display
at $3.50 p. m. Saturday, Riverside at
$3.50 p. m. Sunday, and the Ameri-
can Legion at Ellenberger park'sat
9 p. m. Saturday.
The ardor of the front porch dis
plays was not dampenad by the
downpour. Persons all over Indian
apolis waited until after the storm
and shot off fireworks far into the
night.
Guests of Broad Ripple park were
herded under sidewalk shelters and
into pavilions to escape the rain.
Vaudeville, which had performed in
the afternoon was called off in the
evening.
Persons at Riverside park were
protected from the weather in the
same manner. Vaudeville was shown
as scheduled.
just before the heavy rain started
at Ellenberger park, Merrill Woods,
commander of the Irvington post of
the American Legion, who had
charge of the celebration, announced
postponement of the fireworks.
Most of the persons on foot found
shelter before the rain, but auto
mobiles were stalled and some we're
stranded until i a. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
PLUNGE 1000
FEET And LIVE
Plane Pilot With 7 Passen-
gers Coasts Into River.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, July 5.-Eight
men in an Army transport plane
escaped possible death today through
the calmness of their leader when
the huge motor went dead 1000 feet
in the air near Alexandria, Va.
Capt. Myron NJ. Wood, the pilot,
ordered his seven companions to
discard their parachutes and huddle
in rear of the plane. He then coasted
down to a forced landing in the Po-
tomac river.
All eight of the men were tenn
porarily stunned by force of the
landing. but all were in position to
swim to safety but Private Thomas
STAND en-. He was knocked uncon-
scioi Nd carried under water when
tn plane nosed forward and stuck
in The mud. Captain Wood pulled
him to safety
Motor boats rescued the planes
crew, all of whom were scratched or
bruised. Standeven and Private j.
H. Groter were taken to Walter
Reed Hospital here, Standeven with
his face bruised and Groter with a
probable leg fracture.
Captain Wood escaped with
scratched thumb.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05

Mrs. Juanita FreelS Bosdick, 26, OF
528 Lynn ST., known to officers three
years ago as "the flapper bandit" p"
lay seriously wounded in city hospi-
tai today and police scented an un-
derworld romance back Of the
tragedy.
Mrs. Bosdick said the % calibre
revolver with which she was shot
near the heart was discharged acci-
dentally while she toyed with it,
talking over a telephone at the Auto
Inn, Inc, 425 N. Illinois st.
The same verve displayed by the
once dashing young woman when in
1924 she was sentenced for ninety
days as the accomplice Of bandits
who robbed motorists and filling
stations, carried her through today.
She calmly refused to give police
the telephone number she had called
just before she was shot.
"It was a private conversation" !"
she gasped. The bullet was in her
left hung.
So police gave UP questioning her
and started tracing her friends. One
ia particular they sought was man
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
GIRL PHONES MYSTERIOUS
FRIEND AND SHOOTS SELF

they believed she has been meeting
in the vicinity of Pratt and Penn
sylyania SITS. Garage attendants
said she often ordreed her car sent
there.
Charles Stalker, president Of the
Auto Inn, Inc, said Mrs. Bosdick
parked her car and came into his
office about noon. She asked to use
the phone.
When she got the number, Sta
ker said, she turned toward him,
looked about as If searching for
some way to get out of the room,
and asked:
"How long is this telephone
cordP"
Stalker said he asked If the con-
versation was private. Being told
it was, he started to go out of his
own office. He had reached the
door when he heard the shot. He
turned around and saw the woman
slumped In his chair, the small,
pearl handled revolver and tele-
phone on the floor.
Garage attendants disclosed that
Mrs. Mosdick owed q large htll therA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
DRAG river FOR
BODY or Girl
Drowned at Beach When
Raft Goes Under.

Police, in shifts, dragged swollen
White River at Ravenswood beach
today for the body of Miss Myrtle
Lostutter, 16, of 2192 oxford st.
She was drowned late Wednesday
when raft on which she and a
party of bathers were floating
capsized in eight feet of water.
Throughout the night, police,
aided by Ravenswood residents,
dragged the steadily rising stream
without avail. Swollen and muddjed
by Wednesday nights rains, the
river resisted efforts to use the
Weiss submersible light.
A motor boat was pressed into
service today, but police were doubt
full of recovering the body for days.
Lieut.. George Cox directed dragging
operations
The beach and water were
crowded with bathers when screams
went up from those on the cap
sized raft. All could swim except
Miss Lostutter and Mrs. John Beck
man, 18, of PITT Parker Ave, with
whom the girl went to to the beach.
Beekman rescued his wife, but
could not save Miss Ilostutter.
Harold Mann, 10, of 821 Linwood
Ave, also on the raft, told officers
he dived for the girl, but could not
find her. Others on the raft were
j. H. Etchison, 10, of 1922 N. Dear
born St. Miss Pearl Nagel, 16, of
2901 Sherman Dr., and Carl Sco-
vile, %, of Arlington Ave. and
Sixteenth st.
Miss Lostutter came here two
years ago from Decatur, ILL.,, with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter
r. Lostutterv She was a stenog-
rapher for the Globe Indemnity Co.
Surviving her besides the parents
are two brothers, Howard and
Robert, and four sisters, Grace,
Vera, Agnes and Thelma.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
Slips on Pork
By United Press

BIZ United Press
ST. LOUIS, July 5.-A COM
bination of SO degrees Of
summer heat and a roast pork
sandwich proved the downfall
Of Sammy Fox, who was at
tempting to best his own
n!neteen-day flagpole sitting
record here.
Sammy had been perched on
the fagpole of the National
Life Insurance Bldg. since
June 27, but yesterday he came
down and went to a hospital.
Fox ate the sandwich yester-
day morning and it upset him,
he said.
Hospital attendants found
his legs partially paralyzed
from the strain. He will lie
in bed with his feet six inches
higher than his head for the
next few days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05

Governor Ed jackson asked and
Immediately received the resigna-
ton of Fred B. Robinson, who testi-
fled against him in the bribery con-
Spiracy trial, from the board of
trustees of the State tuberculosis
sanitorium near Rockville, June 6,
it was learned today.
Robinson, former State purchas-
ing agent, testified in the bribery
case in Criminal Court in February,
that he was called into a confer
ence in the Secretary of States
office in 1923, then occupied by
Jackson.
There, Robinson said, jackson and
George V. Coffin induced him to go
to Warren T. McCray, then Gov
ernor, with bribe offer.
Robinson has been friend of
McCray since childhood. McCray
was ia facial distress The state
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
JACKSON GUSTS MAN WHO
TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM

contended that Robinson was the
first of three messengers who took to
McCray the offer Of $4,000 cash
and a guarantee against conviction.
McCray refused the offer through
his old friend and turned down the
proposal twice later, State witnesses
testified. Jackson was acquitted
under the statute of limitations.
Jackson telephoned Robinson for
his resignation, saying he wanted to
name a man from Rockville, it was
learned. Robinson Immediately die
tated his resignation and sent it to
Jackson.
Records ot the Governors Office
show that Jackson appointed A. A.
Hargrave Of Rockville to succeed
Robinson on June s.
Robinson made no protest and
discussed the affair with only a few
CLOSE Eyiendk am.aM as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
four HURT IN BLAST
Bomb Ends BrookIyn'S Sc
Hours of Peace.
By United Press

By United Press
BROOKLYN, N. Y, July 5.-The
roar. of an exploding bomb broke
the thirty-six hours of peace that
Brooklyn has enjoyed since the last
outbreak of murder GNld violence.
-Four persons were thrown from
their beds and cut by flying glass
in a two-story apartment house.
Pasquale Ardilino, his brother,
Thomas, and Joseph Monde were
arrested, charged with setting the
bomb in the rear courtyard of the
house in retaliation for the shoot
ing of Pasquale Ardilino six weeks
ago.
The injured persons we're Luigi
zanfardino, 43; William Murray, "a,
and two of his children, William, Jr.,
3, and Catherine, 7.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
rome AvIATORS NEAR END
OF 7,OOO-MILE FLIGHT And
WORLD DISTANCE RECORD
Pair Speed at Terrific Clip Along Brazilian
Coast Toward Their Goal, Buenos
Aires, From italian Capital.
MOTOR RUNS SMOOTHLY ALL THE WAY
Airmen Keep in Radio Communication With
Ships at Sea; Great Crowd Waits at
i Argentine Landing Field.


BUENOS AIRES Argentina July 5-Due in Buenos Aires
early Friday with all long-dsance fight records already
broken MAJ Arturo Frrarn and Maj Carlo Del Prete of the
Italian royal air force speeding this afternoon at
l35 miles hour down the Brazilian Aires
on 7000mle airplane flight from Rome.
Radio advces several South American indicated
that the plane making steady progress toward its goal
latest reports from Major Ferrarn said all we'll Few of
the messages gave the position of the craft.
Throughout the day the big Savoa monopan capable of
$50 miles hour kept radio communication with
ships at and land stations. It's flight been perfect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05

From the time the craft
passed Gibraltar at 5;15 a. m.
Wednesday morning until the
last message was intercepted,
everything indicated the Ital-
ian fliers had not misjudged
the ability Of their plane nor
their own staying powers.
After it left Gibraltar, the next
report told of the big gray plane
streaking towards the Cape Verde
islands. 1t was reported passing
Villa Cisneros on the African Gold
Coast.
Then it was reported passing the
Cape Verde islands, whirling
through the air at terrific speed.
Ships Get Messages
sr4After that all reports depended on
the ships that happened to be with
in range of the aircraft'S radio in
strument.
These ships were many and reg
ular course was outlined at the big
radio stations in South America
from these reports.
Just before midnight the radio
station at Fernando Noronha re-
ported that an unnamed English
steamer had intercepted a message
from the craft saying her position
was 1927 degrees north and 2552
degrees west.
A short while later the same radio
station reported that the steamer
Silarus had intercepted signals from
the gray craft. There were no 1ndica-
ton in this last message of the loca-
ton Of the plane; there were fire.
quent radio calls, the vessel re-
ported
Crowds Await Plane
Meanwhile, crowds began gather
ing in front of newspaper Offices
here awaiting word of the plane.
Ibura Camp, the landing field here.
was Illuminated early so that tie
diers would not miss it.
Ottlcials Of the Latecoere Aircraft
Corporation we're busy arranginf;
for the landing of the plane
seemingly assured the two italians
would negotiate the longest non
stop fight in history.
The Savoia plane carried five and
one-half tons of fuel and was re-
ported to have a cruising radius OF
siXty-five hours. There were sixty
pounds of food on the craft when
the two left.
After World Record
The two fliers, the stars of the
crack Italian air force, left Monte
cello airdrome at Rome at 1:5l
p. M, eastern standard time, Tues
Gay determined to break their own
world record for endurance, as well
as to establish a record that would
be hard to break for a point-to-
point flight.
Their route to Buenos Aires was
almost twice as long as tnat of
Lindbergh from New York to Paris
and is by far the most ambitious
ever projected in a nonstop flight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
STORM MARooNS 1000
One Boy Missing, 1876 Cars De-

One Boy Missing, 1856 Cars De-
stroyed in Flood, Landslide.
BIZ United Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 5.-Two
thousand persons were nlarooned,
one boy was missing and 1875 auto
mobiles were destroyed when land
slide, after a cloudburst, occurred
at Rainbow Gardens, a pleasure re-
sort near McKeesport, Pa, late
Wednesday.
A landslide on the Dravosburg-
Duquesne Blvd, near McKeesport,
wrecked 40 automobiles and slightly
injured a dozen persons. Flood wa
ters washed nine other cars over a
dam in Olympia Park, McKeesport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
MEARS HOPS FOR PARIS

PARIS, July 5.--John Mear5
American, attempting to tour the
world in twenty three days, landed
at Cherbourg at II a. m. today from
the Olympic, and left at once By
airplane for Paris. He planned to
leave for Berlin later in the day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
OVER NIAGARA IN BALL
Daring French Canadian Fished
From Lower River Smiling.

Daring French Canadian Fished
From Lower River Smiling.
BIZ United Press
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, july s.
Jean Laussier, a French h-Canadian
Of Springfield, Mass, went over
Niagara Falls late Wednesday, in
/ huge rubber ball md was fished
'out of the lower river smiling. The
trip started at AIS p. m, about a
mile up stream and ended fifteen
minutes later quarter mile below
the falls.
Laussier made the trip in a sphere
eleven feet in diameter. The sphere
was made of rubber, with a steel
framework inside and straps to hold
the passenger in place. 1t was
weighted at the bottom to keep it
upright.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
BANDITS KILL four
Stop Chinese Train, Hold
Foreigners for Ransom.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
TOXIC July 5.-Bandits held up
a Chinese Eastern Railway pas
senger train, killed four persons,
wounded eight and kidnapped many
foreigners for ransom, the Nippon
Dempo News Agency reported from
Harbin, Manchuria today.
Troops are fighting the bandits,
tine dispatch said. 1t was added
that communications we're dis
rupted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
DIES OF SPIDER BITE

Small Girl Succumbs- Soon After
Telling Mother of Injury.
BIZ United Press
WICHITA, Kan, July 5. - Four
hours after 6-year-old Frances Anti
aga, told her mother, Mrs. Carmen
Antiaga of Wichita, that a spider
had bitten her on the elbow, the lit
tie girl died. Infection followed al
most Immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
SINGLETON REELECTED

Again Is Chairman Of Public Sery-
ice Commission.
The public service commission to-
day unanimously reelected Frank
r. Singleton chairman of that body.
last Saturday Governor Jackson re-
Iappointed Singleton to second
sfoslr-yeae tern. On the commission.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
BACHELOR KILLS SELF
Arthur P. KOlker, S6, DeSpondent
without Work, Takes Poison.

Dependent because Of Ill health
and his failure to find employment,
Arthur P. Kolker, SO, Of COL Ban
croft Ave, drank poison and died
at his home at a. m. today.
DR.. G. r. Strickland, Bankers Trust
Bldg, was called, but Kolker was
dead Kolker was single and lived
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Y
A. Kolker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-05
.HEFLIN SCORES SMITH
Tells Michigan Klansmen A's Gang
Is Not Representative of Party.
By United Press


Is Not Representative of Party.
By United Press
JACKSON, Mich, July 5.-Sen-
ator Thomas Heflin (Den) Ala
bama, addressing an all-Michigan
conclave of Klansmen at the State
fairgrounds Wednesday said that
"Al Smith and his gang Of Catho-
lie sympathisers no longer are rep
resentative of the Democratic party"
The speaker condemned Senator
Joseph T. Robinson, Democratic
vice presidential candidate, for
throwing support to the New York
Governor. Hefin said he was the
head of the true Jeffersonian
party"