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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23

and announced plans for a national
tour of American airports and in
specion of the air mail system.
They were welcomed at the pier
by Leighton w. Rogers, head of
the aeronautical section of the
bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce in Washington, and by James
F. Hodgson, personal representative
Of secretary of Secretary of Com
merce Hoover.
Friday the eleven members of the
commission will start an air trip
that will take them to Los Angeles
and back, with stopovers arranged
at the principal cities.
The commission was headed by
Gen. Paul Boucaderelle, director Of
the French commission for aero
nautics, and by Col. Andrea Wateau,
prominent barrister and a noted
wartime aviator.
At the same time it was learned
that Lieut.. M. Paris would start
a flight across the Atlantic from
Brest within the next week in a new
flying boat which the French gov
eminent is anxious to test. Paris
plans to stop at the Azores and then
land at the foot of the Statue of
Liberty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Rival G. 0. P. Delegations

By LHitCd Press
DALLAS, Texas, May 23.-TeXas
Republicans will send two rival dele
cations to the national convention
at Kansas City next month.
After one of the most diSorderly
State conventions in Texas political
history, a faction led by Repre-
sentative Harry Wurzbach met in
a rulnp session and selected a full
slate of delegates to compete against
those chosen by the faction of r.
B. Creager, national committeeman.
The Wurzbach followers we're
elected from the convention b. po-
lice after the proceedings had been
enlivened by several fist fights.
The Creager faction, which re-
tanned control of the regular con-
vention, instructed its delegates to
vote for Herbert Hoover, while their
rivals chose an uninstructed group.
The group which is seated at the
national convention will control 25
votes.
Physical combats between the
rival factions wrecked the interior
of the city auditorium.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Black HaItS Long Tour

By tHitcd Press
AMSTERDAM, May 23.-Van
Lear Black, publisher of the Balti-
more Sun, has suspended his Lon
don-Capetown airplane flight be-
cause the wingtips of his airplane
have become f1abby, probably due
to vibration, the Dutch air lines an
nounced today
Previously the company had an
nounced that flooded landing field
at the next stage had caused the
suspension at Khartoum.
AS there was no opportunity to
repair the plane at Khartoum, the
company said, the plane would be
shipped to Amsterdam for repair.
1t was understood, the company
said. that Black would resume his
flight, that he intended to extend
to Toxic and reurn, after reaching
Cairo on his way back from Cape
town.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Dreams of Air MarveIS

Continuous round the world
flights without stops for gas or pas
sengers were part of dream of flu
ture aeronautical progress related by
Paul H. Moore, Chamber Of Com
merce aviation secretary, in the
second of series of lectures on
aeronautics Tuesday night.
Moore told the class he believed
the day would come when lighter
than-air craft would receive paSSen-
gers, gasoline, freight and other
supplies from airplanes landing on
the top of the gas bag while it is
travelling 80 or 100 miles an hour
He predicted airplanes will, in
the future, be used for compare
lively short flights and dirigibles for
long flights.
The lecture course is to provide
a clear non-technicalo understanding
of aviation essential to an intelli-
gent comprehension of newspaper
and magazine articles on aeronau-
teal subjects.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Indy BoomS Air Stocks

NEW YORK, May %. - Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh's connection
with a commercial aviation enter
prise was credited with touching
OIL a boom in airplane stocks in
Wall st. today.
Wright Motors and Curtiss both
advanced rapidly at the opening of
the New York Stock Exchange. The
former went from $168 a share to
SITS a share in the first hour. The
latter was up $3.50 a share at $50.
On the curb market, stock of the
TranScontinental Air Transport
Corporation, the company by which
Lindbergh has been employed,
opened with a sale of LOO shares
at an increase Of yesterdays closing
price of $6.1215 a share. The early
quotation today was $33.371a
share.
Traders said the upward move.
ment reflected the confidence of the
financial world in Colonel Limb.
bergh's judgment in matters of avia-
ton.
Air Transport stock was listed on
the curb market only about week
ago, after the company hao an
nounced its plan to inaugurate
coast-to-coast airplane and railroad
passenger service. 1t opened at
$1,000 share and has been climb
ing steadily ever since.
Lindbergh'S connection with the
company, announced after the close
Of yesterdays market, gave trans
port stock its biggest boost, how
ever. The feeling that Lindbergh
always succeeds served to enliven
the imagination of traders, who
have been waiting for him to make
a connection with a commercial en-
terpriSe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
SEEK TO PLACE
BLAME IN War
GAS TRAGEDY
Official PrOberS Work to
Determine Origin of
Deadly Tank.
BIZ Uniicd Press


HAMBURG, Germany, May 23-
While doctors worked to save the
Ives of 200 people, victims of the
strange phosgene gas disaster in
a suburb of Hamburg, investigations
were under way as to the origin Of
the supply of deadly trench gas.
All danger from the gas which
escaped Sunday night, was believed
removed today.
A provident rain had dissipated
much of the cloud that swept up
over the city while friendly winds
had kept the thick, deadly clouo
from the populous residential dis
trict
Twelve persons we're killed or
died from coming in contact with
the gas, which once was used as 3
war weapon. Doctors feared many
Of the 200 persons taken $o hospitals
might not recover from i'll effects Of
the poisoning. Many may be left
permanent gas victims.
Meanwhile authorities attempted
to learn the origin of this supply
of deadly gas.
The former owner, a man named
Stolzenberger, said the supply was
part of the war stores. UnCon-
firmed rumors spread, however, that
the gas was of post war origin and
had been intended for Russia.
The firm now occupying the
Stolzenberger premises reported
they had told authorities repeatedly
Of the presence Of the tank OF
phosgene gas but had received no
satisfactory reply.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Plan Show Exhibit

Charles E. Planck, representative
OF the Embry- Riddle Company, Gin
cinnati, contractor for the Cincin-
nati-Chicago air mail route, was ex-
pected to arrive in indianapolis this
afternoon to make arrangements for
the Embry- Riddle exhibit in the
first annual Indianapolis aero
nautical exposition at the Indian
apolis airport Saturday to Tuesday.
In addition to new type Fair
child plane, for which the company
is district representative, Embry-
Riddle will exhibit charts and other
equipment used in its student train
ing course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Drops From Balloon

SEYMOUR, Ind, May 23.-Miss
Hazel Bruce of Indianapolis, made
her first ascension in a balloon
alo ne and parachute drop here
Sunday, to feature the opening of
Shields Park for the summer. Her
drop was made with a double par
achute. She landed in the middle
of N. Ewing ST., without mishap
to herself or the huge crowd that
followed her flight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
We No. 2 Is Here

Bound for Washington in q. Ryan
monoplane, the duplicate of Col
Charles Lindbergh's I'VE" E. r.
Coyle. sales manager of the Anheu-
ser-BuSch Company, st. Louis, made
a brief stop at the Indianapolis Air
port Tuesday afternoon.
The plane, piloted by Joe Ham
mer, made the trip from st. Louis at
the rate of 108 miles an hour against
a brisk northwest wind.
Coyle is arranging the Inaugural
ton of fleet of half dozen planes
for use of the company's sales serv-
ice department. Some of the planes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Air Mail to Soldiers

Wartime mail delivery conditions
are being followed by Lieut.. Walter
r. Peck, Schoen field commander,
in delivering mail to the members
of the Eleventh infantry on their
annual march from Fit. Benjamin
Harrison to Camp Knox, KY.
The regiment started its long
jaunt Tuesday. Today Lieut.. Peck,
flying an army plane, delivered mail
to the outfit at Franklin, Ind. Daily
flights to carry mail will be made
until Camp Knox is reached, May 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Three Point Air Route
ED Times Special

bU TWf0 NVI'IUT
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May %
A three cornered air route, with
Evansville as one of the points, is
contemplated by the Bucyrus (O0
Steam Shovel Company. The con-
Germ plans to operate a service be-
tween here and Erie, Pa, and
South Milwaukee, Wis. where its
other plants are located.
The idea is to speed up produc-
ton and increase efficiency. An
aviation expert, employed by the
company, will arrive here Saturday
to look over the local situation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Oalko Comment
Lindbergh Takes Job

Colonel Charles Lindbergh has
accepted a responsible position with
the Trans Continental Air Trans
port, Inc. This company will give
48-hour mail service between New
York and the Pacific Coast.
Colonel Lindbergh has been eX-
tremely useful to the world and in
tends to continue to be useful. He
is an advocate of thrift. He saved
regularly when he worked for a
small salary as a mail pilot. Fol-
low the example of the great-save
regularly at the City Trust Com
pany.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
u. S. AGENT TAKES FILE
Mail Violations by Brokerage Con-
Germ PrObed.

Wallace Weatherholt, State secur-
tiles commissioner, today refused to
comment on action of a department
of justice special agent, who Tues
day removed three complete files
from the commission office.
It was understood the special
agent was in Indianapolis examin-
ing records with reference to al
legged postal violations in operations
of a Washington, D. c., brokerage
concern in Indiana and other mid
west States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
First of Seven Steps in
Developing New Type
of Plane.
1000 WITNESS FEAT
Predict Transatlantic Hop
to Be Made Soon in
Five Hours.
BY FREDERICK KUN
United Press Staff Corresnnndent

BERLIN, May ga rocket
automobile, constructed by scientists
as the first of seven steps toward
a rocket airplane capable OF
reaching new limits of space, at
tanned speed of more than 1925
miles an hour within forty seconds
of its start at the Avus race track
today.
Within six seconds, from a stand
ing start, the car was making
eighty-seven miles an hour.
Newspapers, enthusiastic over
success of the test, predicted that
a rocket airplane-which it is hoped
to perfect within six years-would
bring down the fight time from
Berlin to New York to five hours.
Construction secrets of the ma
chine are guarded closely.
But the United Press learned
recently that the rocket plane" is
to be propelled by a series of
rocket discharges, and would de-
Scend by means of gliding.
First of Seven Stages
1t was announced before the test
that construction of the machine
completed the first of seven stages
toward conception of man carry
ing skyrocket capable of reaching
neighboring planets.
That was the first Official test of
The rocket automobile.
Fritz Won Opel, former German
racing champion, piloted the car
in the test Splitting flames, smoke
and gas, the strange contrivance
started almost like a big bullet
down the straightaway of the track.
Because of fear that the machine
might get out of control at turns,
only 1000 people were admitted to
the test, but it had been well-staged
and millions of radio auditors were
able to view" the test.
Won Opel, son of a leading au-
tomobile manufacturer, before he
started the car, broadcast a speech
about it over the radio. He de-
scribed the seven stages of the car
TO rocket airplane."
Plans 200 Miles Speed
A few minutes later, listeners
started at a shot-like explosion
that marked the cars start.
The second stage of the seven,
Won Opel said, would be construc-
ton of a similar automobile cap
able of speed of more than 200
miles an hour, and of rocket"
motorcycle with speed of nearly
40 miles an hour.
1t would be necessary, Won Opel
said, to run the faster rocket"
car on railway-like tracks, because
it would be too fast for roads.
THE third stage" Won Opel mar
rated to his spellbound radio au-
dience, will be a rocket airplane
capable of speeds of from ITS to $50
miles an hour.
THE fourth will be a plane con-
structed to explore unattained alti-
tudes in space. 1t will be equipped
with special meteorological instru-
ments.
Fifth, there will be faster plane
manned by crew within sealed
chambers.
Next will come an altitude
rocket plane capable of reaching a
height of from twelve and one-half
to eighteen miles, travelling at a
speed OF more than 625 miles an
hour. This would make it possible
to fly nearly around the world in
a day.
The seventh stage will be an
aerthereal space rocket capable OF
reaching neighboring planets"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
BIBLE CLUB TO MEET
Will Hear Habit Talk Given by Col
A. ]. Dougherty

COL Andrew J. Dougherty, COM
mander of the 84th division organ
lied reserves, will speak on Habit
Formation at the Bible Investiga-
ton. Club session in the Y. M. G. A.
auditorium at $40 tonight. At Bible
study class sessions to follow DR..
Edmond Kurlin will talk on "A Love
Letter from Prison and the Rev. P.
H. Hughes on What Is the Differ
ence Between Christianity and Re-
ligion?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
NEGRO YOUTH ESCAPES
Climbs Out Basement Window of
Detention Home.

Virgil Ross, Is, Negro, of 270l N.
oxford ST., escaped from the Deten-
ton Home, 225 E. Michigan st., to-
day by climbing out basement
window.
He was arrested Tuesday on bur
glary and petit larceny charges, &C
cused of breaking into the home OF
Joseph c. Edwards, 1855 N. Dear
born ST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Seek Better Airport Light

Capt. H. Weir Cook, regular Army
instructor attached to the National
Guard observation squadron, and
Harry Brunell, Indianapolis Power
g. Light Company, flew to Cincin-
natl Tuesday afternoon to inspect
lighting arrangement of the Gin
cinnati airport.
They expected to gain pointers
from the Cincinnati airport light
ing to be used in lettering lighting
of the Indianapolis airport
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT WEATHER
CONDITIONS AT 0.2n A NJ


Compiled for The Times by Government
weather Observer j. H. Arlington and
Donald Mcconnell. Government aeron-
autical observerJ
pressure, 29.97 at sea level; temperature
64 Gear ceiling, unlimited; visibility un-
limited: some local smoke around airport
What makes the wheels go round
in an airplare motor will be re-
vealed to the uninitiated who attend
the first annual aeronautical ex-
position at the Indianapolis airport
May rs to 20, by means of cutaway
motors.
Included in the $1,500O0O military
exhibit from Wright field, Dayton,
Ohio, will be several cutaway
motors, operated by electric motors,
so visitors can see the various me-
chanical operations.
The exhibit will include one of the
earliest type airplane motors, a
Gnome rotary engine of the type
used i'll French Newport pursuit
planes early in the World War.
MOtorS IN Two Types
These motors were made in two
types, seven cylinders and nine
cylinders. The motor was called a
monoSoupape, because it has only
one valve instead of the customary
two valves, intake and exhaust.
One of the cutaway exhibits will
be a Lawrence three-cylinder radial
air. cooled engine, forerunner of the
present Wright Whirlwind motor,
used extensively in planes today.
With the little sixty horsepower
Lawrence will be one of the newer
Us Wright Whirlwinds, a nine
cylinder air-cooled motor develop
ing 225 horsepower.
Another exhibit will be a Pratt
& Whitney Wasp, a ine-cylinder,
400-horsepower radial air-cooled
motor being used by the Army
This motor also is used by the
Western Air Express planes.
Display Is Extensive
A cutaway model of the famous
Liberty plane motor developed by
leading engineers of the country
during the war will be exhibited.
The Allison Engineering Company,
indianapolis, will exhibit an inverted
air. cooled Liberty motor, built for
the Italian government, which OPP
crates upside down. A peculiar fea-
ture of the motor is that it develops
greater horsepower upside down
than right side up.
The Allison company also will ex-
hibit two new type Root super
chargers, used for high altitude fly
ing. They will be operated under
glass, so visitors may see how they
work.
The military exhibit also will in
clude various types of military
plane equipment, ranging from the
largest airplane wheel, five feet in
height, and the smallest, one foot,
to aerial bombs, machine guns used
in the war, cutaway aerial cameras,
and models from Wright field of va
rious types of airplanes used by the
Government in past years.
Start Installing Exhibits
Work of setting up various mill
tary, commercial and accessory ex-
hibits will be started Thursday.
The exposition plans are being ar
ranged by Capt. H. Weir Cook. reg
ular army instructor for the Indi-
ana National Guard observation
and Paul H. Moore.
Chamber of Commerce aviation
secretary.
Visitors may reach the exposition
at the indianapolis airport by driv-
ing west on Washington st. and the
National Rd. to Holt Rd., then south
about one mile, or on special street
cars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Seek Air Service

BU ItMCS NpCCIdT
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 30
The army recruiting station here
is swamped with applications for
entrance into the air corps. Off
GERS in charge of the station de-
clare that the high educational re-
quirements is the only check to
keep the air corps from becoming
larger than the Army.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23

Young men of the merchandising
department of the Indianapolis
Power and Light Company will pre-
sent a minstrel show at the meeting
of the Parent Teachers Association
of Broad Ripple High School at 8
o'clock tonight at the school.
r. Hilgedick, merchandise mana
ger. will direct the performance.
End men are: William. Shine
Edward King, Harold Brown, Will
liam Kriner; interlocutor, James
Veach; soloists, Russell Johnson, E.
H. Caldwell, AL Smith and Bill
Kriner The latter two are WFBM
radio stars, known as AL and Bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
More Cheer; Less Murder
in Ne7os, Urges Nicholson
HooSier Author Is Initiated
Into Journalistic
Fraternity.

Playing-up of bright human in
terest newspaper stories instead OF
cordid murders was urged by Mere
dith Nicholson, noted Hoosier
author, following his initiation by
the De PAW chapter of Sigma Delta
Chi, Tuesday night, at the home oil
Hillary G. Bailey, 1909 N. Penn
sylvania st.
I'm in favor of cheering up the
poor old human race. 1t would he
better to put some of the murders
on the back page instead Of the
front" Nicholson declared.
The author was initiated as al.
associate member of the national
professional journalistic fraternity,
which was founded at De Paw in
1909.
indianapolis newspaper men at
tended the ceremony and dinner
which followed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bailey we're hosts at the banquet.
Newspaper terms and decorations
feature the program at the BAN
quet. National President James A.
Stuart, managing editor of sthe In
dianapolsi Star, and Edwin ".
O'Neil, of The indianapolis Times,
national secretary we're among the
guests. Volney B. Fowler, city editor
of The Times, acting as city
editor" at the dinner, assigned" all
guests to a beat"
Charles Robbins, Tulsa, Okla;
Bernard Kilgore, South Bend;
Robert Billiard, st. Petersburg, Fla,
Claude Mahoney, Warsaw, and
Leslie E. Sniff, Newcastle, Pa, con-
Quoted the initiation ceremony.
They are seniors at De Paw.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Anderson Filler Here

Oren WEIGH, Anderson, visited
Harold C. Brooks at the Hoosier air.
port, KeSler Blvd. and Lafayette
pike, Tuesday evening. WEIGH made
the trip in one of the new OWE
planes built by the Oren WEIGH
Manufacturing Company at Ander-
son.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
italian on Long Flight
BIZ Unitcd Press

WTTJW TTtS8
NEW YORK, May %. - Caesar
Belli, Italian aviator, whose mystery
plane has caused much conjecture
in aeronautical circles, will leave
from one of the flying fields on
Long Island for a nonstop fight 20
Rome within a week, he said today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Barker Flies Here

John Frost, San Antonio banker,
flying his own Ryan brougham,
stopped over night at the Indian
apolis airport Tuesday on his way
to Cleveland. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Frost and a mechanic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
CKE7V A UTO IRA VELS IFS MILES AN HOUR IN TEST

will be equipped with refrigerators
and used to make quick deliveries of
yeast.
indianapolis will be on the Chi
cago-Detroit-St. Louis yeast route
of the company, according to Coyle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
LII. Senior Dav Set

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May %
Indiana University seniors have
named Friday, June 8, as the date
of the traditional senior Siwash.
Members Of the graduating class
will picnic together in the afternoon
and will dance the "Siwash" during
the evening. commencement will
be held June IL. ,,.,ssa. n.zsl,.al,x,.ess
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
French to Tour AirportS

BIZ UNtLen PFCSS
NEW YORK. May 23-The first
aeronautical commission to be
named by the French government
arriNAd on tIla liner France today
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
VICTORIES FOR
AL CLAIMED IN
TEXAS Farley
Criticism of Short Dresses,
Remark on StepinS
Cause Turmoil.
BY GORDON SHEARER
United Press STAFF Correspondent

BEAUMONT. Texas, May 80
The forces of Governor Al Smith
of New York. claimed initial vic
tories in the Texas Democratic
State convention today as the del
egates met for their second session.
Although the dry harmony"
faction, led by Governor Dan
Moody, held the upper hand on the
convention floor, Smith supporters
claimed that the conventions APP
proval of q resolution to select ma
tional delegates by congressional
districts would give them twelve
of the States eighteen districts.
Dry Plank to Be Urged
Indications today we're that the
Texans would go to the national
convention asking for dry pl -
form plank and dry candidates, but
not pledged to oppose the Smith
candidacy.
One of the three factions which
fought for control Of the conven-
ton Tuesday desired delegates in
structed against the New York Gov
ernor.
Various committee reports were
the order of business today.
The night session Of the conven-
ton adjourned in an uproar.
P. S. Sanders, head of the Palo
Pinto County delegation, criticised
the present-day shortness of wom-
ems dresses, and commented that
while dresses once nearly covered
the instep, now they scarcely covered
the stepin."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-23
Women Demand Apology

Women delegates poured into the
aisles. demanding an apology. Men
delegates cheered and shouted en-
enlargement to the enraged women.
B. c. Jackson of Hillsboro, who
had signed the majority committee
report to seat Sanders, demanded
withdrawal of his name, and an OPP
posing delegation, headed by San
ders' rival for the Legislature, was
seated in place of his group.