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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
Gen. johnson Saws

WAsH1NGToN, April 15.-Privacy is lost
w right. The disclosure of kilograms is onlv
one angle Public condolences are just as vulnerable
1t is almost impossible, in Washington to keen
confdentlal any important official action if it ever
reaches the documentary state.
IL was not so during the war but it is SO now
In MIA 1t became so hopeless that we stopped trv-
ing. II something embarrassing was brewing we
gave 1t to the press the theory that it was better
TO get bad news straight than to suffer gossipy dis
tortions of it.
IN leaving WPA in New York City, prepared a
Il careful analysis and submitted it to Mr. HOPKINS
WIN comment that was, in some places sharply
crltca, seeking to turn hard-earned lessons to
account On the whole, the analysis showed a re-
markabe performance by WPA
only SIX people, none of whom talked saw the
report Even mimeographing was done in nv pri-
vate Office by confidential clerks The stencils were
destroyed Immediately. There were only four copies
IN other hands and they were kept confidential
ABOUT month ago, sent all extra copies to WPA
with warning to care for them
For nearly six months not even its existence
seemed TO be suspected. Suddenly at the most
embarrassing moment for WPA, copious direct quo
tatlons of only the criticism appeared in the most
hostile chain of newspapers in the country
Copyright. 1896. by United Feature Syndicate Incl
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

Let us assume that our pilot has
passed three of the flashing air.
ways beacons upon which the signal
lights have shown red. He notes
that the signal lights upon the
fourth flashes a message in green.
This means that the beacon marks
an intermediate or lighted landing
field
AS he approaches closer he sees
a group of small lights, white and
green, so disposed as to form an
81" with half-mile legs. Beyond
the "L" he notes some red lights.
If necessary, he can land upon
either leg of the L." The red lights
call attention to distractions which
must be avoided.
Many of these intermediate fields
are equipped with radio marker
beacons. These are automatic radio
transmitters which give in code the
designation of the field. This serves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
FLYING BY RADIO

A S his plane swung into the air,
L a the dispatcher put a code mes
sage upon the teletypewriter. 1t
gave the planes license number, the
name of the pilot, and the desti-
nation. At once line of observers
from the point of embarkation TO
the point of destination were on the
lookout for the plane.
AS the pilot rises into the air to
establish his altitude, he sees in the
distance flash of light 1t is the
next Always beacon, rotating
searchlight mounted upon 5l-foot
tower. AS the beam swings in his
direction he sees a flash of clear
white light. 1t is followed by a
series of red flashes which in dot
and-dash code give him the bea-
cons location.
This is the first of 10 such bea-
cons, located at 10-mile intervals
along the 100-mile stretch of the
Federal Anyways System which he is
now flying.
If the weather remained clear the
pilot would need no more than
these beacons to guide him on his
way. But the weather reports have
warned him of heavy weather"
ahead, and so he turns a switch
which puts his radio apparatus into
operation.
He is flying now by radio. He is
listening, with the earphones which
he wears, to the radio range beacon
of the airport which he has just
left.
This radio beason is radio
transmitter so arranged that ii
sends out directional signals. In
stead of going equally in all direc-
tions, the signals are confined to
sectors, like segments of pie.
In one segment of the pie, the
radon transmitter is sending in
code letter "a" This consists of a
dot followed by dash. The trans
mitter sends dot dash" four times
in succession and then follows it
by the code signal which Identifies
the particular beacon.
In the other segment, the trans
mitter is sending the letter IN
which is dash followed by dot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

get out. The Commerce Depart
ment will not put it out, because
it operates the beam.
Actually, the department may
not have been at fault. Sometimes
weather phenomena will swing a
beam 20 miles or so off-course.
The pilot following it does not
know when this occurs. AS prob
ably happened at Uniontown, he
may let himself down blind.
thinking he is at his destination.
THIS was one cause of the
l. crash in Missouri that killed
Senator Bronson Cutting. The
radio beam followed by the pilot
was 18 miles off. In this case.
however, the Commerce Depart
ment was at fault. The beam was
not properly operated by it's air
station.
Even more tragic, its air station
reported ceiling of 1900 feet.
Actually the fog was as thick as
soup, on the ground. Automobiles
had to crawl through it.
what the Commerce Depart
ment never admitted, but which a.
Senate committee shortly will ex-
pose. is that the man supposed to
be operating the beam and send
ing out weather reports was out
with a woman while a young SUBJ
st1tute was doing his work.
Not only did the Commerce De-
partment hush this up, but after
ward they promoted the operator.
INSIDERS also know there was
Il no real mystery about the
plane which crashed in the
swamps of Arkansas last winter.
killing seventeen people.
The hop between Memphis and
Little Rock-on which the plane
was flying when it crashed - is
short. In making it, pilots are
tempted to fly close to the ground.
If they attain altitude they lose
time. This is because the Com
nerce Department specifies that
no plane can lose altitude faster
than 400 feet minute. Thus to
come down 10000 feet requires Is
minutes.
Explanation of the Arkansas
crash is that the plane was flying
low. Some witnesses estimated
its height at around 100 feet.
The lights on the gas tanks at the
time of the crash showed that
one was empty and it was time
for the pilot to transfer from one
to the other. The experts figure
that he was reaching down tink-
ering with his tank regulators
when an air pocket shot the plane
into the trees.
A LSO there was the mysterious
4 n crash in the mountains of
New York Is months ago, when
there were reports of a passenger
carrying package supposed to
contain nitroglycerine or some
other high explosive.
Actually, aviation experts say
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

If the pilot flies into one segment
he hears dot dash, dot dash, dot
dash, dot dash" If he flies into the
other, he hears dash dot, dash dot,
dash dot, dash dot"
Now the aerial of the beacon has
been so adjusted that the line join
ing the two segments is the course
along which the pilot should fly.
And when he is on this line, the two
signals merge and so he hears
neither "dot DASH" nor dash dot"
but a combination of the two which
is merely one long dash"
Therefore, let the fog or clouds
be ever so thick, let the lights of
the airways beacons be obscured,
the pilot need only listen to his
earphones They tell him when he
is on his course and they keep him
there.
Now all communications stations
along the Always are on the look
out for our plane because of the
teletype messages which the dis
patcher sent from the airport. AS
it passes over each one of these sta
tons, the fact is duly noted in a
teletype message.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON and RoRERT

WAsH1NGToN' April Is.
W Despite all the alleged
mystery about airplane crashes,
those on the inside know there
is not very much mystery about
them. Usually the Commerce De-
partment is trying to cover up it's
plumbers or else the aviation COM
panies are trying to cover up
theirs.
The recent air tragedy near
Uniontown, Pa, may never be
cleared up officially. But insiders
know that the radio beam, on
which the pilot set his course, had
been reported off.
A check on Is pilots Of the
Pennsylvania Airline, flying over
almost the same route, showed
that five times each of them was
in danger due to faulty beam.
This report probably never will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
Recommended WrOngdoino

noRING the hours when the passengers don't see
- MN ne is working hard scrubbing floors. polish
ing silver and setting tables for the next meal In
port while the ship is being turned around. he NAV
nave lew hours liberty ashore sometimes an over
nlght pass but he also has plenty of work. and in
Ease OF quick urn-around he may not get chance
to GO ashore at ALL
. Inc room steward is little more fortunate in
tne matter OF food, for though he too is sun
posed 10 i've on the mess provided for the ships COM
pay, ne mas certain opportunities to obtain passen-
ger food which are not enjoyed bv the other mem,
pers Oh the crew. If the passenger orders four lamb
chops the room steward may raise it to six and hide
the IN TWO others somewhere, wrapped in napkin I'M
til a favorable moment when he hides in a stota-
room and gives them the attention they deserve:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
They're q Good Lot

ME room stewards job is not very trying in fair
Il weather, but the winds do blow at times. and
tnen task of easing the torture of passengers who
ieel reSentfu against fate, life. the elements and
tne stockholders of the steamship company is one
winch need not be described in intimate detail At
such times the steward becomes a nurse as we'll as
a 1iunKy, and, being no more than human himself
he must nave many wretched hours when he would
prefer TO lind some quiet spot himself and give him
sell up to his misery. Yet have never known anv
steward to shrk his job to reveal to the
IN his care any hint that he has troubles or interests
of his own.
Snipwreck is rare of course. but it is always
possoie ana the steward thus is potential sacrifice
Tor IN such hours he is not servant any more hut
sailor with very manly duties set out for him
ana pound by discipline to control his fear do his
work and set an example for the passengers This
may happen on one of the frequent voyages when
there are not enough passengers to 60 around and
ne, personally is without clients and sailing the sea
for only his base pay which, in all tip Jobs is not
much better than nominal
Aitogether good lot of men, the ships stewards
Intelligent. honest faithful insufficiently appre-
ciated and underpaid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
EhZnouNh
BY
WESTbRO0k PEGLER

ONE of the minor wonders of the world,
which presents itself to all passengers
on the ocean boats, is the politeness, eff
cheney and discipline of the stewards who
serve the meals and perform the combined
duties of chambermaid, companion and
male nurse in the staterooms Here is trade
which offers man a mental position in life in re-
turn Tor small pay, plus tips, and yet requires good
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

that the plane was new, had not
been sufficiently tested, and that
vibration caused the wing to come
off.
II y n
THE new radio beam, which
u probably caused the accident
at Uniontown, is an attempt to
remedy the defects of the old
beam.
The old beam had to be inter-
rupted whenever weather reports
were sent out, in order to use
the same channel. Thus, a pilot
might be ready for a landing.
and be forced to cruise around in
the air for Is or 20 minutes. wait
ing for weather reports to stop
so he could get the beam again.
The new radio beam is an at
tempt to send weather reports
simultaneously with the beam.
1t is not completely perfected.
Copyright, 1886, by United Feature
syndicate. 1ncD
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

AT meal times he takes his station with his mil
form neatly pressed and brushed his hands scrubbed
WnlCe ana MS whiskers shaved and greets his peo-
PIE with courteous smile which reveals nothing
=. 'ie contrast IN MS own condition. He has been
led on stew spaghetti and bread and chean
cneese and cheap wine, and the quarters in which
ne sleeps and spends his hours off watch. thouph
hoC eHactly slum, compare with the first-class
accommodations about the same as aborers' sec
ton OF city compares with the homes of the
aristocracy. - WIG
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
NEW MARKER BEACONs

COME of the more recently in
~ stalled marker beacons are min
nature range beacons and so can be
used by the pilot to guide him in
landing on the intermediate fields
when necessary.
The pilot knows when he is di-
rectly over radio beacon because
at that moment he enters what is
known as the cone of silence" and
no longer hears the radio at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

a haven for Millions who are mute
and Millions who are shopworn.
All projects for the easement
of the aged are right down my
alley. In recent seasons l have
remained away from baseball
parks because they serve so poig-
.nantly to remind a man of his
lost youth. They recall the days
when it actually caused me an
guish to watch the Yankees lose
a ball game. Indeed. they
weren't even called the Yankees
in the days to which l refer. We
knew them as the Highlanders,
and their ball park was skinny
- 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
HAVE 1OO-MILE RANGE

THE radio range beacon extends
Il for a distance of 100 miles. At
the end of that distance our pilot
merely switches to The wave of the
beacon which is 100 miles ahead.
The United States Department of
Commerce, however, has provided
other safeguards along the airways
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

HidilLlcIS anu patience unQer all
conditions-always with the I'M
derstanding that in time of peril
he shall offer his life to protect
the patrons of the line.
He may be set on the beach
out of a job on short notice, and
frequently does find himself
Topped off the pay roll. And to
see him serving the caviar and
duck and hear him suggesting
expensive little trif1es to tempt
the appetite of his passengers no
body ever would suspect that the
steward is forbidden to sample
the food which he handles with
such elegant poise and personal
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
A Fine Cluck Collection

OUNCE the Highanders were new club the other
~ teams IN the league helped them out by sending
them one or two players from their surplus mate
RAJ AS result of this antique shower the High
landers boosted the finest collection of grandfather
clucKs ever seen on any diamond.
How we'll do remember old Popup John at first
some OF the most poignant tragedies of nv early
youth are associated with this same John Camel
MY youth wasn't so very early at that Already I
was full-fedged baseball reporter hired for a.
meager sum to give dispassionate account of 1874
games year.
Inc teams which played against the Hghlanders
generally amassed lead of six or seven runs in the
ilrst couple of innings, but presently the HILTON
team would rally. Before you knew it the bases
were 1ull nobody was out and John Camel was
walking to the plate
AL such times the air rent with nv loud cries
oil encouragement. 1 would implore John to hit
the pail over the fence which not much more
IMAM long putt in that particular park But Popup
John was Undetermined. That man could take a
iuil SWING at fast one and meet the ball in such
way as to drive it straight into the air.
Longltuolnally, few of his drives carried much
more than five six feet, but it was fine sight to
see the baseball climb and climb as if to meet the
setting sum- Indeed the bleacherites would Join in
long drawn Ah' as if they watched the flight of
rockets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
II Heems nM
HEYWO6D.BRoUN

NEW YORK, April 15.-Spring and the
baseball season are here again and I'm
going to root for Brooklyn.
I'm for Casey Stengels club because he
seems to be giving an opportunity to cou-
pie of groups which are underprivileged in
the world To-Day. According to the sports writer's.
the Brooklyn infield is composed of striplings and
the outfcders all old men. Thus Casey provides
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

WIUn IIIe uISpdJCIIeT, Tie mapped MS
course, the attitudes at which he
would fly, where he would stay un-
der the clouds, where fly over them.
The course decided upon, it was
radioed to the dispatcher at the
destination point for his approval
He checked it with his own weather
reports and reports of incoming
pilots and flashed back his o. k
Only then was the pilot ready to
take off.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

two purposes. While the radio range
beacon enables the pilot to stay on
his course, the marker beacon,
which can not be heard until the
pilot is within five or seven miles
of it, tells the pilot just where he
is along the course.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
The Inevitable Endinq

CANzEL having been disposed Of Jack Kleinow,
~ The catcher would come up and hit into a.
double play, and that was the inevitable ending of
the Highland fling.
And yet in spite of this brief lapse into cynicism
l remained sentimental about the ball club. But the
H1ghlanders continued to lose with high degree
OF regularity, and since these were my formative
years it had quite an effect upon my social phlos-
ophy used to laugh scornfully when patriotic ora
tors said that any man in America could be Pres-
dent. knew that it not within the range of
Popup Johns capacity to make it.
Indeed, to this very day trust no leader utterly
and keep my fingers crossed because fear that in
the pinch he may have the Camel touch. Never
theless, mean to haunt the Brooklyn ball park
and particularly, the seats abutng on the outfeld
I want to baseball again and in the company of
men Of my own age
Copyright 1880
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
The Buzz of a Radio Signal Keeps Planes on
Courses When Fog and Rain
Hide Lights of Beacons.
BY DAVID DIETZ
Scripps-HoWdrd Science Editor

ScrppS-HODGrd Science Editor
THE propelers roaring Redcaps have finished stow
ing away the baggage. Passengers have taken their
seats The doors closed The big ship ready to take off,
The field is flooded with lights Here and there special
lights of red green their meaning clear to pilots mark
off boundaries runways distractions Beyond is darkness
Overhead the stars.
The of the propeers increases The big plane be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

gIlIS 70 I1IOVe dS Ute pIIOC gives HpT Ute gun.
Down the runway it goes. Up into the air.
Visitors upon the steps of the airport adj
mnistration building to the speeding plane To
them it has flown into the night, into the darkness
of an ocean of air.
But actually the plane is flying upon road as
well defined and we'll equipped with signals
many railroad 1t is flying of the roads of the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15
THIRD
OF A
SERIES

for not the
the air roads which already
The pilot of that plane begin with did
cockpit
plane talked the dispatcher
which
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

The regular Bridge Lesson
will be found today on Page
Ten.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-15

tne front lawn of a deaf and dunn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-27
2Hurtin Head-on
Crash in Virginia

Charles Abel, Of Harpers Ferry,
w. Va, and Ralph Brown, of Pur.
cellville, Washington Herald cir
culation agent, we're injured yes
terday when their automobiles
collided head-on on the highway
between Purcellville and Hills
boro, Va. At Loudoun County
Hospital, in Leesburg, physicians
said Abel is not expected to live.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-27
BEGIN YACHT BLAST QUIZ

HALIFAX, N. S., Aug. q
ON.SO.-An investigation was
launched today into the causes
Of the explosion which wrecked
the auxiliary yacht Kinrara in
Halifax harbor last night. Eleven
persons were injured and several
others had narrow escapes from
death.
The yacht was. being fueled
when the explosion occurred.
John C. McKeen, owner, and
m mberS of his family and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-27

friends leaped overheard as the
craft was enveloped in flames.
Stevedores and other dock work
ers leaped into the water and
dragged the injured to safety.
Mrs. McKeen, wife of the owner,
was burned on the face and body
by blazing oil.
Rescue was made difficult by
blazing oil which sputtered over
the water as those who had been
aboard the yacht struggled to
keen afloat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-27
Married 81 Years,
Sail for SD Time

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Yester-
day was the fifty,second wedding
anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs. Maui
rice Summerfield and so they
left on their fifty-third boat trip
to Norfolk, Va. That is the way
they took their honeymoon and
they have repeated the trip
every year since.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-27
BANKER GIVEN RELEASE

released on parole after serving
two years, one month and 10 days.
He was to have been formally re-
leased this afternoon.
Shortly after midnight a closed
car drew up to the gates of the
penitentiary and was admitted.
A half hour later the car, with
Hartman seated in the rear,
charged through the prison yard
and disappeared on the highway.
Officials refused to reveal where
the aged financier had gone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-27

LEWISBURG, Pa, Aug. ~ Il.
N.S0.-In a sudden move, OBJ
viously for the purpose Of thwart-
ing newspaper reporters, the gates
of the Federal penitentiary swung
open shortly before l a. m. today
and Joseph w. Hartman, aged
banker, was whisked away to
freedom.
Hartman, who was sentenced
to four and a half years for mis-
applying funds of the Hartman
National Bank and Trust Co., was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-27
DC. Woman Treated
AT Hospital For Poison

Crystal Boltz, IS, of the 200 block
D st. N. w., was held in Gal
linger Hospital today for observa-
ton after she informed a friend
she had taken poison last night.
The friend, James Smith, called
an ambulance and she was taken
to Casualty Hospital, given emer-
gency treatment and then sent to
Gallinger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-08
SAFETY BOARD
STUDIES POLICE
THEFT CHARGE
Verdict in Case Expected
Tuesday; New Motor
cycles Purchased.

Safety Board members indicated
today that they may reach deci-
sion Tuesday in the case of two
suspended policemen alleged to have
taken $40 illegally from a Negro
prisoner.
The trial, which started yester-
day morning, was continued until
Tuesday after a five and one-half
hour session.
Officers Frederick j. Craig and
Peter j. Mause are charged with
taking two SIS bills from Chester
Winters, %, Negro, 812 Michael-st,
after arresting him at his home the
night of April 49,.
Morrissey Prefers Charge
Chief Morrissey preferred the
charge against the two officers.
Adolph Schneider, board attorney, is
conducting the prosecution.
Edward H. Knight, former city
corporation counsel, is defending
Mr.. Craig, and Paul Rockford is at
torney for Mause.
After adjourning the trial, the
board purchased four new four
cylinder Indian motorcycles for the
traffic department. The motorcycles
were bought from the Roland Free
Co. for 1897 each.
William F. Hurd, building COM
missioner, reported that during the
week ending Monday, 100 construc-