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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
WOMAN SWlMS
EIGHT MILES TO
JERSEY BEACH
Moro Castle Passenger
Leaps From Flaming
Deck Into Sea.
By United Press

By United Press
NEPTUNE, N. j., Sept. 6.-Mrs.
Howard Panino, one of the MORO
Castles passengers, swan eight
miles through a heavy sea to shore.
She leaped from the flaming deck
and from the sea saw her husband
Jump a moment later. She never
saw him again.
Both the Paninos had strapped on
life preservers before they jumped.
When she reached point some
eight hundred feet of shore, life
guards on the Asbury Park beach
saw her. They swan out and aided
her ashore. She was brought to
Fitkin Memorial hospital here where
she was treated for shock.
The Paninos are from Bangor, Pa.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
Disaster
Tragedy of Moro Castle
Recalls Sinking OF
Steamer VeStriS.
THE tragic destruction of the

TINE tragic destruction OF the
i MORO Castle. the most APP
paling American marine disaster
in history, recalls the horror OF
the sinking of the British steam
er vestris of the Virginia capeS
Nov. -, 1928. One hundred and
ten persons lost their lives in the
cruel waters then.
The same frantic hySteria which
apparently was part Of the MORO
Castle disaster, ragged on board
the VeStris as men and women
fought bitterly for places in the
life boats like mad beasts. The
captain of the Vestris went down
with his ship rather than face
what would await him alive.
Witnesses and survivors of the
Vestris after it had begun its sea-
ward list described passengers
hurled off the boat and founder
ing piteously in the water as crew
members. who had by force torn
life boats from passengers, rowed
fearfully toward shore.
OTHER disasters in the tickle
~ oceans since 1915 were the
Ancona torpedoed in the Med
iterranean with 200 lives lost. the
Daijin Maru sunk in the Pacific
with a catastrophe loss of APP
proximately $3.50 persons; the
Hsin Yu off coast of China, 1000
loss; Arcadian troop ship, 279;
Lauentic, $50; Vanguard warship,
300; Louvain troop ship, 224.
Tuscania, 213 soldiers; U. S. S.
Cyclops, 300; Kiang-Kwan, 500;
Llandovery Castle, 234. DIAM
nah, 442; Otranto bearing United
States troops, 431; Leinster, $50;
Princess Sophia, 1913; yacht To-
laire, 270; Chaouia, 400; French
steamship, 500; Santa Isabel, PA;
Hongkong, 1000
Nitaka, 300. Itata, 301; Freya,
200; Chichibu, 230; Buryvestnik,
300; Chinese troop ship, 1900; Lee
Cheong, 300; French excursion
steamer, $50; Chinese steamer,
800.
CTORNIS, ocean collisions and
- boiler trouble have caused
most of the peacetime catas-
trophies. The freaks of nature,
still unconquered despite the
march of civilization and science,
have twisted many vessels to de-
Struction.
The heroic courage of radio OPP
orators going down with the ship
still pounding out the desperate
distress call, IS o s. on the key
board and the calmness which
many doomed have faced death
is part of the eternal saga of the
sea. The radio operator of the
Vestris still was flashing out his
signals as the waters sucked the
boat into the ocean.
The magnificent work OF the
rescue boats which rush to the
scene of the disasters when first
word is relayed to them has made
history in the case of both the
VeStris an dthe Castle Moro.
Newspapers of 1928 described
the cool aloofness of Captain Will
liam Carey as he watched death
and warfare between crew and
passengers. Many authorities
blamed the captain for not send
ing out an S o S call soon enough
and not taking proper disciplinary
precautions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
CUBAN CONSULATE IS
ORDERED TO LEND AID

Embassy Deeply Concerned by Trag-
edy, Says Ambassador.
BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Sept. Cuban
Ambassador Manuel Marquee Ster-
ling today instructed the Cuban
consulate in New York to offer all
necessary aid to the needy survivors
of the S. S. Moro Castle.
THE embassy is deeply affected
by the burning of the ship the
ambassador said. Several embassy
officials were concerned regarding
the welfare of friends who had eX-
pected, to sail from Havana on the
vessel.
First news OF the disaster reached
Cuban official headquarters here
through the United Press and were
conveyed to the ambassador on his
sickbed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
PICTURES OF SHIP WERE
BRANDED BAD OMEN
Advertising Films Ordered Killed by
Line in 1880.
Bv United Press

By LuttCd Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 8-Ward Line
officials regarded as bad omen"
the advertising pictures taken when
the Moro Castle was placed in COM
mission IN 1880, it was disclosed to-
day.
Carl Berger, movie cameraman.
recalled he had been retained by an
agency to film the vessel for exploit
tation in Cuba. He used a model
of the ship, superimposing a picture
of water to make it appear the boat
was in motion.
The advertising agency, not used
to the tradition of the sea-" he said,
thought it was swell job. But
when we previewed the film officials
of the line raised hell about it, stat
ing it was a bad omen. They had
us kill it at once"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
DRUG STORE is LOOTED
Whisky. Tobacco, Narcotics, Cash
Taken by Burglars.

Burglars broke into the S. K.
Freije drug store at 21o5 North
Harding street early today and stole
$3.50 in whisky, SITS in tobacco, an
unestimated amount Of narcotics
and money taken from cigaret ma
chimes.
Entrance was obtained by break
ing a window in a side door and
turning the key which was in tina
door in the inside.
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Watched as Some CIinging
to PreServerS Gave Up
and Sank.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Lnlteu FTtss
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.-Joseph
Drelling, a newsreel cameraman,
few over the Moro Castle wreck a
few hours after the first sos and
reported thirty bodies floating on
the surface and at least twenty-five
persons clinging to life preservers.
1T was hearbreaking," he said,
because while I watched some gave
I'D and sank. We glided down to
them and yelled For Gods sake
hang on; help is coming But I'm
afraid they didn't hear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
$50 FRESHMEN WILL
ENTER WASHINGTON H. S.
W. G. Gingery to Give Greeting in
Auditorium Monday.

More than $50 freshman will be
greeted at 100 Monday at George
Washington high school by w. g.
Gingery, principal, in exercises in
the school auditorium.
A program has been arranged by
Miss Maude Delbridge, in which
Faurice Fowler, Miss Ruth Brenton
and William Peacock will appear.
At the close of the convocation the
freshman will be taken on tour
Of inspection of the building.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
COUNTY OFFICIALS OFF
FOR ANNUAL OUTING
Burdens Left Behind as Party Goes
on Ohio River FrOlic.

Official burdens will be left in In
dianapolis today when county
Judges and other Marion county
officials leave on their annual Ohio
river outing.
The party will motor to Cincin-
natl, where a river steamer viii be
boarded for Huntington, w. Va.
The return trip will be started after
three hours in Huntington.
Several attorneys and newspaper
men will accompany the officials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
OFFICERS DISCOUNT
SABOTAGE POSSIBILITY
Offices of Line in Havana Are
Crowded With Hysterical Folk.

By United Press
HAVANA, Sept. 8-The Offices of
the Ward Line were crowded today
with fearful and in some cases semi
hysterical, relatives and friends OF
passengers aboard the Moro Castle.
Jose Aguila, assistant port cap
tain. said:
we are conducting no investiga-
ton of the possibility Of sabotage
and have not contemplated any so
far"
Dudley Thomas, Ward Line man
ager, said:
The possibility Of sabotage is
discounted. We have been having no
labor trouble of any kind"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
ROBINSON WILL TALK
Pritchard Also to Appear at Irving
ton Session Monday.

Senator Arthur r. Robinson and
Walter Pritchard, CONN candidate
for mayor, will be principal speakers
at the annual watermelon feast of
the Irvington Republican Club at 8.
Monday night in Ca,r's hall. All
state and local candidates have been
invited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
SIXTEEN SURVIVORS
LAND AT SPRING LAKE

LifebOat Is Towed Ashore by
Pleasure Craft.
By United Press
SPRING LAKE, N. j., Sept. g.
Sixteen more survivors, all Of whom
escaped the Moro Castle in life boat
No. 8, we're brought here at 1l:30
a. m today. The boat had been
towed ashore at Point Pleasant by
a pleasure craft. The sixteen APP
peared to be mainly passengers, but
included one of the ships officers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08

Following is the personal account
Of Sonora Renee Mendez Capote OF
the holocaust aboard the luxury
liner. Moro Castle. She was one
Of the passengers to survive. Her
father was the late General DOM
lingo Mendez Capote who directed
the downfall OF the Machado gov
eminent, and later became first
Vce-preSident Of Cuba.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
LOSS AT 100000,
LLOYD'S ESTIMATES
Insurance to Be Paid by
Famed London Firm.

By United Press
LONDON, Sept. 8.-It was esti-
mated today that the loss of the
Moro Castle, an almost new vessel,
would cost Lloyd's about 100000
in insurance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
s4OO Bass Horn Stolen

Theft of bass horn. valued at
s400, from an automobile parked on
Pennsylvania street south Of Wa
bash street was reported to police
early today by L. z. ,Grayson, r. r.
l6, Box SID.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08

Fishing Smack Brings in 8 Bodies
By Times Special
BRIELLE, N. j., Sept. 8.-The
fishing smack Diana brought in
nine bodies-four men, three women
and two children today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
YEGGS LOOT SAFE IN
FINANCE FIRM OFFICE

S136 THEFT discovered Oy CaSnler
Early Today.
Yeggs stole S136.O5 from the safe
of the General Finance Corporation,
434 Illinois building, last night.
The theft was reported to police
BY Barbara Duncan, Ambassador
apartments. cashier of the company
who said that when she came to
the Office this morning she found
the safe pried open and two cash
boxes rified. Police state that the
Offices we're entered by key.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-08
BY SONORA RENEE MENDEZ
CAP0TE


'N0FE -tl-I ~ . N1l1.N~ +N11T
SPRING LAKE. n. j.. Sept. s.
! am sure most OF the passengers
were burned 10 death while they
slept. There was no warning. I
am alive only by luck, accident. or
perhaps through some higher pow
er that watched over me.
was on my way to Europe on
mission for the Cuban bureau OF
The Washington times., 1934-12-03

something about the man puz-
zled Steve. He seemed some
how apart from the friends
who thronged so noisily about
him, and as his eyes moved un-
hurriedly over the room, he
might have been considering
something quite remote from
the gaiety and colour Of this
midnight gathering. 1t was as
If part of him were here,
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From the Shadow of the CapitoI
To the Glare of the Desert
This Swift Tale Moves
CHAPTER I.

. Already it nearing midnight.
Throughout the long, heavily curaned room, festooned
with tnsel and made gay with sprals of brightly colored
ribbons din of uprased voices redoubled Laughter
filled the air.
At crowded tables the ful-dress uniforms of many a
European nation stood out dazzling contrast to formal
evening Clothes and about the necks of hung the
jeweed orders Of foreign governments
Everywhere the white shoulders of women the sound Of
voices calling gayly to adjoining tables amid quick, eager
gances that held challenge and invitation.
Walters hurried down aisles, relng glasses,
distributing toy balloons, streamers and paper hats, re-
spending to very bedam Of calls in dozen tongues
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won't be no soft job TO
handle the son of Big Boss
Lowell" he said at last. Then
beneath Sari's cold, contemptu-
GUS scrutiny he shifted uneasily.
It'll do anything you want,
Chief"
To Be Continued
By King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Copyright, 1884, by Tom Gill. Distributed
The Washington times., 1934-12-03

carefree and frolicking with
his fellows, while another part
perhaps the only part that
really mattered-maintained un-
ceasingly an attitude of quiet
The Washington times., 1934-12-03

detachment that even such sur
roundings as these could not
relax.
So for a time Steve watched
him. That's your man, is it?"
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"Solon Lowell's SOM"
Another nod, then silence,
while across Steve's face gath
cred a look of sullen uncer.
tainty.
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GUARDIANS OF THE DESERT RuptcHnS % % gn@ Ro BY TOM Gill

desire to right wrong and avenge his muir
dered brother. And in the background is
the sinister Sari, the arch plotter.
The Washington times., 1934-12-03

Dick Lowell, fast-shooting son of the West,
dares death hundred times, defies his pow
erful father and risks the loss of his hearts
The Washington times., 1934-12-03

Sari nodded.
who is hep"
"Dick Lowell"
A low whistle Of surprise
burst from the others lips.
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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
RED BARRY

MANDRAKE AND HIS GIANT
SERVANT. lOTAAR. WE'RE
ATTACKED By UNKNOWN
ASSAlL ANTS WHO PROVED TO
Be THE SERVANTS OF THE
MYSTERIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL
PRINCESS NARDA. SHE DECLARES
THAT HER SERVANTS MADE a.
MISTAKE ---TAAT SHE AAD
SENT THEM TO KILL A MAN
CALLED HAWK WHO HAD
THREATENED HER LlFE. JUST
THEN. NARDA SCREAMS AND
POINTS TO A SHADOW AT
THE WINDOW ---CRYING- THAI
IT Is THE HAWK.
1884 King Features Syndioe Inc, Great Bd1n rights reserved
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-17
GRACE AND ECONOMY
CHARACTERISTICS OF
ARFL0W CHRYSLER
Built on Principle Of Bullet;
Great Saver Of Gasoline
and Oil

Increased smoothness in perform
ence, 20 per cent more car mileage
On . given number Of engine revolu-
tons, greatly augmented speed, q
saving in gasoline running from IL
to IL per cent and Z reduction un-
Ger certain conditions Of as much q
80 per cent In Oil consumption are
made possible by an overdrive device
used In the Airflow Chryslers. &C.
cording to J. w. Frazer, general sales
manager Of the Chrysler Sales Cor
poration.
The new Airflow Chryslers will be
exhibited at the Bismarck automo-
bile and style show here next week.
end by Corwin- Churchill Motors, Inc.
The results attained by this over.
drive are almost unbelievable" said
Frazier. "Basically, 1t cuts down en-
engine revolutions about 80 per cent
and this obviously means a great saw
Ing IN fuel. oil and wear. Compre-
hensive tests by our engineering de-
partment have shown that gasoline
consumption Is reduced on an aver
age OF Is per cent. It is harder to
strike an average for oil saving, be-
cause oil consumption in any type
OF gasoline engine increases rapidly
as speed mounts, virtually doubling
Tor each 10 miles above so.
Economy. however, is onlv one
OF the things achieved. The over
drive makes possible the quietest and
smoothest operation ever attained in
9 motor car. At IS miles an hour.
one IS not even conscious that the
engine Is running. It is more as II
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Try it 1000 miles in conventions

carry it 1000 miles in conventional
drive.
THE overdrive unit embodies Z SER
les Of helically cut internal gears and
it is incorporated with the free Wheel
ing unit to form one compact assemb-
". It makes possible the distribution
, Of the driving loads over Z large num-
Der Of gear contacts 50 that each gear
carries relatively small proportion Of
the load carried by the transmission.
Engagement Of the oyerdrive takes
place automatically at speed of 40
miles an hour, which means that 1t
Is In use very large percentage of
the time in touring. In other words,
the instant the car Is going 40 miles
an hour, the application Of q given
amount of power to the rear axle
is attained with 80 per cent fewer
engine revolutions than in conven-
tional drive. together with astounding
slnoothness."
The overdrive unit is standard
equipment on the Airflow Imperial
and Airflow Custom Imperial and is
optional at a slight extra cost on the
Alrflow Eight.
Ballisttcs Aided Airflow
Chrysler engineers went to many
sources to get the data for the Air
flow design. Among these sources
was the ballistic expert, who had
achieved the boat-tailed bullet, which
Is the ordnance version Of stream
lining.
wnlll,row,, ho,I,.+,n n..;~..r
makes the following interesting COM
ments on the discovery of the stream
lined, or boat-tail bullet and the
comparison of wind action upon 1t
and upon motor car:
During the late war, our troops
were using \ cartridge loaded with $50
gr. flat base bullet. This bullet was
not efficient for machine gun Dur
poses where long range firing Is per-
formed. AS result Of the expert
ence, there was developed boat tail
bullet Of stream-llned contour.
This bullet is propelled through
nuzzle of barrel at q velocity Of about
2,700 feet per second. At this high
velocity, there is tremendous drag
on the base Of bullet and the drag
from stream-lined or boat-tail bull
let Is approximately the same as that
Of flat base type. The bullet is re-
tarded IN Its flight by air, resistance
and when the velocity is dropped to
approximately the velocity Of sound,
the merits of the boat-tail or stream
lined projectile are encountered. At
this reduced velocity, the drag on the
square base bullet still is maintained
but with the boat-tail bullet. the drag
is based very materially by the stream
lining.
An automobile lends itself remark
ably to the stream-lined design.
Where the bullet referred to above
is propelled from the gun at veloc-
ity of 2.700 feet per second, an auto
mobile even while travelling at 100
miles per hour has q velocity of only
146.7 feet per second. At the rela-
lively low velccities Of the motor car
therefore, stream-lining contour
very materially reduces the drag"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-17

this unit may be appreciated by the
following brief engineering data: AT
70 miles an hour in conventional
drive 1t requires IS horsepower mere
ly to turn the engine over-or as the
engineers term 1t to overcome engine
friction. With the overdrive, it re-
quires only Is horsepower. Engine
friction obviously means power vast
ed and wear. SO this saving Is trans
lated into terms Of longer life as well
as fuel and oil economy.
AT 10 miles an hour, the loads on
ristons. pins and road bearings are
reduced 63 per cent by the use Of
the overdrive, another factor in LONG
life. Oil consumption at speeds Of
so miles and upwards is only one.
half to one quarter with. the over.
drive what it Is in conventional driv.
ing.
AT any sped from 20 miles up, the
overdrive permits a car to travel /, 4OC
miles on the same number Of engine
revolutions that would be required tt
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the car were being towed with the
clutch disengaged. With the over
drive, 1t Is possible to do better than
Is. miles an hour in second speed in
our Imperial, and to do It so quietly
that the driver doesn't know wheth-
er he is In second or high. What
this means In acceleration Is almost
incredible. One can Jump another
car so fast that even one going 60
miles an hour seems to be standing
still.
Serves Dual Purpose
1.-THE overdrive serves either to at
tain q desired speed with 80 per cent
fewer engine revolutions than in con-
ventional drive, or greatly to increase
the speed possible with maximum en-
CINE horsepower. Our Imperial will
do 100 miles an hour with the over
drive-a speed that hardly anyone
ever would use but an indication Of
the tremendous reserve of power avail
able for ordinary operation.
THE tremendous Importance Of
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roy Of modern features ever offered
in Chrysler Six.
One OF the most important features
Of the new Six Is independent front
wheel springing, which does away
with the rigid front axle and produces
q levelized, cushioned ride even on
the worst roads. This type Of indie
pendent front wheel springing is q
development Of the Chrysler engin-
eering staff and the company claims
for it advantages over any similar
construction.
Develops % Horsepower
This new Chrysler Six is powered
BY an engine with q bore OF 3N inches
and stroke Of ~ inches. This pow
er plant has standard compression
ratio Of 81 to l and develops 90 horse
power at $500 revolutions per minute
The Chrysler Six engine has stur:-
dy crankshaft with four main bear
irgs and an impulse neutralizer. Pts
tons are Of aluminium alloy with three
compression rings and one oil ring
Intake valves are OF chrome nickel
and exhaust valves are OF silcrome
steel. Special alloy valve inserts also
are used in this engine and make
valve grinding unnecessary for 10000
miles or more.
Carhuretion Is Of the downdraft
type, which enhances the flexibllity
and speed range of this car at the
same time that 1t also contributes tc
more economical performance. Force
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-03-17
New Rules for Annual
Auto Race introduced

Washington, D. c., March l7.-New
rule for the annual 500-mile speedway
race 1t indianapolis on Memorial day,
designed both for the promotion Of
safety and for increasing the value
Q. the race as q proving ground for
improvements in the general auto
mobile field, have been promulgated
by the contest board Of the American
Automobile association.
Because Of the new speed record
which the 1884 race Is expected to
produce, the starting field was cut
down. Where AZ cars have been per-
mitted to start In previous races the
limit on the 1884 field has been set
las 3.
Developments Of gasoline economy
which will appear later in the stock
cars Of the nation are expected as the
outcome Of the new rule providing
that no car may use more than IS
gallons Of gasoline and IS quarts Of
lubricant In the 500-nile grind. Since
no driver has ever finished the race
in previous years on such limited
fuel supply, the gasoline limitation Is
expected to result in more economical
motors, new developments in stream
lining and development OF fuels with
greater mileage content.
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feed type Of engine lubricataon With
full pressure TO Ill bearings u used
The crankcase is ventilated. fea.
ture Of Chrysler design and construc-
ton that has proved very efficient
for many years.
Floating power type Of rubber en-
CINE mount,ngs are standard on this
new Six. as on Ill other Chrysler-
built cars.
The frame Is Of the double.drop
X-type. with side member 7-6l Of On
inch thick. The propeller shaft 4
tubular with roller bearing type uni.
versal joints. Hydraulic double-act-
ing shock absorbeSs are used with the
frcnt springs and single.acttng shock
disorders with the semi-eIliptic
springs In the rear. Steering gear Il
Of the worm -and-roller type, with Z
scar ratio Of 1872 to l. Steering wheel
is equipped with three spokes and Is
II inches In diameter. The steering
column is adjustable to the drivers
convenience.
Helical Gear Transmission
The transmission Is the l,elical gear
type, with three forward speeds. The
third speed driving ratio Is all 70 I,
second speed ratio Is 037 to and
that Of first speed is lisa to /. In
cluded in the transmission Is q free
wheeling unit Of the selective cam
and roller type, operating In all for
ward speeds and locking out auto