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The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts • 2

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The Boston Globei
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THE BOSTON GLOBE TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1932 HiIOlttl i 6V( i I rfYVTS-FJ 72 COOL VICTIMS OF TRAGIC PLANE DIVE DURING NEW DEDFORD TORNADO REFRIGERATED VENTILATION 1 1 iwn iJft! V'-MtfS i Oferpto GESiSMJi Prior to the reorganization of C. Stern Mayer one of the countrys finest makers of mens neckwear, we bought their entire stock of samples and odd lots and closeouts. WEDNESDAY at 9 a.m.' their this years Summer shoes at 9 WEDNESDAY womens DISCONTINUED MENS f. amous Croydorv 95c to 1 I i I I i all this summers styles 5HOEL5 5HOE.5 5HOL5 5HOL5 SHOES (some plenty binations 1 0-50 2-50 $1450 g.50 If SILK last years prices $1.50 to We have ties retailing soiled from handling of WHITE com- 1 blue, black, etc. Discontinued numbers from their Fifth Avenue store after clearance of their stock markdowns were taken previous to our purchasing the stock.

carefully shopped these ties and found duplicate in a regular way from 95c to $1.45. Whitt buck tcith Hark kid or-fori. youd pay 53c to $1.03 more for each tie if they werent samples and odd lots every tie hand tailored every tie of resilient construction White white with tan or black blue, black combination, etc. leathers sandal, pump, strap or oxford styles. Sizes 3 to 8 AAA to widths in one kind or another wise women need not be told a second time to come early.

Repp club stripes Pastel silk crepes Silk and wool baratheas Spitalsfields Black and gray wedding or black dress ties Imported Luizene checks Imported or domestic crepes Imported or domestic foulards Imported Grenadines Embroidered Faille Francaise Black satins or moires OUR PLAN first price mult be low or we Into through automatic reductions. 25 after J2 selling-day. 60 after 18 selling days. 75 after 24 selling davs. Goods unsold after 80 selling days given sway to charitable institutions.

rHILIP 8. POWELL Prominent hew Bedford Man Killed in Plane. Crash TORNADO KILLS TWO AS PLANE TAKES DIVE Continued From the First rage advanced as to the cause of the fatal airplane crash, the first in this city, but the general opinion seems to be that Pilot Mostrom, coming down below the clouds to get his bearings, lost contrcd of the ship when it was seized In the grasp of the terrific winds. The accident cast a deep gloom over the farewell ceremonies planned for H. M.

S. Scarborough, which has been in this port for a week on a good-will visit. The British ship was due to sail at 7:30 tonight, Instead she will remain over indefinitely, whij her commander hovers between life u.id death at St Lukes Hospital. His flight waa one of the last features of a program for the entertainment of officers and men of the ship, arranged by the British Day Society of this city. Left Despite Warning Accompanied by Powell and Pilot Mostrom, Commander Agar left the Round Hill Airport at 1:10 m.

At that time a 40-mile wind waa whirling the dust of the airport into miniature whirlpools and Pilot Mostrom waa advised against making the flight. He took off, however, and for a few minutes attaches at the Round Hill Airport thought the ship was returning. Once it seemed certain the frail craft would stall and go into a spin then it straightened out and headed for its home airport in Within the five or six minutes that it required for the ship to fly from Col Greens airport to this city, dense black clouds had filled the sky, the heaviest rain in years was falling and a terrific gale was whipping. It was at this minute that the open plane with its three occupants was first seen here. At the waterfront, several persons saw the plane come from out of the clouds only one or two hundred feet above the ground.

It narrowly escaped crashing into a derrick on the gas company coal pocket, then swerved, missed a barge tied up at Homers wharf and, after continuing on 150 feet, crashed into the water and sank within a few minutes. Delay in Locating Craft Commander Agar, partially conscious, was picked up by several persons in a rowboat just as the plans sank below the surface with Us pilot and other passenger. Because of the heavy rain and terrific hail which accompanied the blow, none of the eyewitnesses to the accident was able to point the exact spot where the plane hit the water. Two police boats. In charge of Chief Samuel D.

McLeod, the United States Eagle boat 27. with naval reservists, Coast Guard patrol boats in the harbor and a dozen private craft immediately sought to locate the sunken plane. It was two hours later, however, before any of the craft located it. Shortly before 9 tonight the bodies of pilot Mostrom and Powell were The pair were clutched together, the pilot having his arms around the otbar mans shoulder as though he had attempted to save him. Philip O.

Mostrom, pilot of the ill-fated plane, was 24, the son of Mr and Mrs Oscar G. Mostrom of Ware-ham. His father is preacher at the Friends Meeting House in this city. Mostrom had been operating at the New Bedford-Fairhaven Airport since Spring, having taken instructions two years ago at Round Hill. He was married but had no children.

Philip S. Powell was one of the most active members in local British- American circles and had taken an active part in arranging for th entertainment of the H. M. 8. gear, borough.

Born In England, be car. ried on an undertaking business there for several years before coming the United States. For a time he ws located at Yourigstown, but had been in business here for severs! year. He was active in evrl of the Masonic bodies and British. American Societies.

He is married and leavea one child. The injured commander, W. Agar, waa born In Ceylon and bee been in the British Naval aarvioa to 20 year. During the World War he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration of hla oowntry, for hi part in sinking the enemy abifl Oleg in the Baltic. 30-MILE GALE WHIPS AREA AS GLIDER CONTEST OPENS ELMIRA, July (A, 10.

mile gale swert over th hills about this southern New York city today aa the Third Annual National Gliding and Soaring Contest opened. Warren E. Easton of Norwich, the first pilot to take his craft aloft, aoared to a height of 1500 feet before he had traveled five miles off the. ground. The contest was formally opened by F.

Trubee Davison, Aslstant Score, tary of War. A1 Lawrence of Providence, and B. L. Darling of Queensfield, Mats, were Included among other pilots, SON OF HARRY THAW PLANS TO ENTER AIRPLANE DERBY NEW YORK. July 11 (A.

Thaw, 21-year-old sou of Harry K. end' Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, is haviuc a racing plane built which ne will enter in the two principal races of tha National Air Show at Cleveland. It Is expected the plane will be capable of 300 mile an hour. Delivery will be made before the end cf tnis month and, after tests. Thaw will fly it to Los Angeles for tne start of the trans-continental air derby, DAYS MAXIMUM BUT 86.

FORECAST TODAY IS FAIR Even though a 20-mile northwest breeze kept the humidity and the temperature yesterday from reaching the muggy and uncomfortable proportions of Sunday, there still was enougn warmth in the air to send thousands to the beaches for a awim or a sun bath. The maximum temperature yesterday waa 80 degrees, just after 12 noon. Throughout the afternoon the breeze continued strong, sending welcome drafts through houses and easing th mercury down into the 70s until at 11 oclock last night the temperature had reached 60. Fair weather is promised for today, with enough chill to make offico-work-era comfortable. Mrs Velda Rosensteln, 20, cf 53 Iluth-ven st, Roxbury, collapsed at the F.trandway Bathhouse, South Boston, and was treated at the City Hospital for heat exhaustion, J.

P. MORGAN DEFENDANT IN AUTO ACCIDENT SUIT NEW YORK, July 31 (A. F. Morgan has been named defendant in a suit for $75,000 damages filed la Supreme Court by Harold A. Buigh.

39, of New York, who thargvd suffered probable permanent Injurfie ae a result of being struck by an automobile owned by the finamter, Jan 27 last. The car was driven by Henry T. Shaw, chauffeur. The suit waa disclosed today when attorney a for Baugh filed a met inn, returnable Friday, 'to examine the financier as to the condition of the brakes on the automobile at of the accident. HUNDREDS OF OTHER BARGAIN LOTS NOT ADVERTISED POLICE SHOOT FOUR 111 ST LOUIS RIOT I Jobless Ensh City Hall in Red Demonstration sV'GJD'tf' fl ATTEMPT TO EXTORT $5000 IS REVEALED Dismissed Dairy Employe Nabbed in Somerville Herbert F.

Knowles, 50, of 5 Austin st, Somerville, was arrested last night at his home by Somerville police and booked at Police Headquarters ona charge of attempting to extort $5000 from the Seven Oaks Dairy Company of Somerville. The arrest was made by Lieut Daniel OConnell, Sergt Hugh Cunningham and patrolman Timothy Corkery after several days Investigation. Lieut OConnell alleges that a letter which was written to the company and made the demand for the money was turned over to handwriting experts and so brought about the arrest of Knowles. The case was brought to the attention of Chief of Police Thomas Damery by officials of the company who showed him the letter i which $5000 was demanded, and which went on to threaten the members of the company, the employes and the plant itself. The Seven Oaks Dairy farm is at 21 Garfield av, Somerville.

Police say that Knowles Is a former employer who was discharged about a month ago. He will be arraigned in Somerville District Court this morning. SIAMESE POLICE CHIEF IS VISITOR IN BOSTON Boston police methods were studied yesterday by Maj Subga Svastl, chief of the Siamese police and a cousin of Inspector Paul W. Crowley, both of whom he met laet Fall at the international police conference In Paris He also renewed his acquaintanceship with Supt Michael H. Crowley and King Prajatlpok of Slam, who is making a tour of the United States and Canada with a view to acquiring ideas for the improvement of his semimilitary organization of 30,000 police in Siam.

BAY STATE AUTO SOUGHT IN PAYROLL ROBBERY NEW YORK, July 11 (A. men dressed as laborers, one carrying an empty mail pouch over' his shoulder, held 1 up two employes of the Roosevelt Hotel tonight and fled with an undetermined amount of money representing the weekly payroll. The night clerk, his suspicions aroused, followed them east in 45th st and was slugged for his pains. The robbers dropped the money in their haste and escaped in an automobile bearing Massachusetts license plates. A third man 'as driving the car.

The men had walked casually through the lobby and up to the second floor without attracting attention. There they hound the employes and locked them In a vault in the auditors office. They walked out the way they came, but drew the gaze of the clerk by their obsequiousness. JOBLESS OFFERED $2 A DAY TO WORK FOR NEW PARTY PITTSBURG, July II (A. "white coilar men will be paid $2 a day to expound the principles of the jobless-liberty party under a plan announced today by aids of Rev James R.

Cox, militant priest of old St Patricks Church and candidate for President of the United States on the Jobless party ticket. Fr Cox, now touring Europe, has ben active in promoting the party. Ho has laid plans for a national convention in St Louis next month. Answering advertisements in classl fled columns of newspapers today, hundreds of men flocked to five specified points in the city, where they were told how to obtain joba. NO MAIL ORDERS and declared they were struck by stray bullets.

Many persons, including children, were thrown to the ground by the force of the first retreat and were trampled by those behind them. The massed attack upon the City Hall was precipitated when one of the speakers shouted through his megaphone: I want everybody here to show his spirit, because were coming to a climax. I want 50 women to volunteer to rush the front door. About 50 women, mostly Negroes, pushed forward until they reached the doorway, where police were massed five deep. Here they stopped.

And now, continued the man with the megaphone, I want 100 cx-service men to protect these women as they rush the door. As the men pushed forward, police man hurled a gas bomb and the crowd began to retreat. NAVY TO ENTER BALLOON IN BENNETT CUP RACE WASHINGTON, July 11 (A. United States Navy will inter one balloon in the International Gordon Bennett cup race to be held at Basle, Switzerland, Sept. 23.

Lieut Commander T. G. W. Settle and Lieut W. Bushnell, the winning team of the natoinal elimination balloon race held at Akron, in 1931, will pilot the bag.

DRY LEADER SILENT ON SUPPORTING HOOVER WASHINGTON, July :1 (A. auspices of the Unemployed Councils of St Louis, a community organization. The riot started after three hours of speech-making when a movement was organized to rush the doors of the City Hall. Six policemen were! injured, several receiving broken bones. About 25 men and 10 women were arrested and taken to Police Headquarters.

Some had lacerations and bruises. As the crowd broke and ran, several of the bolder spirits threw bricks and stones at the policemen, more than 100 of whom had been mobilized. Police followed the stone-throwers, hurling tear gas bombs and firing their revolvers. The four men who were shot, one a Negro, denied they were participating maw ST LOUIS. July 11 (A.

Four nea were shot and mere than a ecore Injured by flying missiles today when Lie used tear gas to disperse a crow 3000 unemployed persons, gathered on the City Hall lawn tinder ffy7 Lish Smuggins Mad Sez we went and gave Si ernuther Piknik, so heze bound we're gointer give him ernuther Hollerday or hell holler like blazes! Bein the only merchant in Toonerville hes entitled to it, so Ernest L. Cherrington, chairman of the National Prohibition Board of Strategy, spent an hour and a half at the White House today tn conference with Walter Newton, one of President Hoovers secretaries. His 'call, he said, was purely personal. He declined to speculate on whether the board will decide at the meeting here this week to support Mr Hoover for reelection. At that time the board is to consider what attitude to take toward the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.

It already has expressed dissatisfaction with the party platform. Vets Get Preference War veterans are to be given preference in an Italian development of a colony in North Africa. ZKSrB fjjXuJ SCP tcd: oDootfr flQ Moil IKloH finely blit IriJIIllQdJsiy coz evry time Lish sees staple, standard, merchandise at tiklin prices he hollers Off ho9U have plenty of chances to holler Thursday. SeoXTvf eclGnGGClayG IPajpecr ferwhatyegointerget JFMDBSIHIEIIM SHOES TImo now to buy America's sma quality shoes F. S.

Unhle Eph thinks such a lot of Toonervilles leadin merchant hes cointer broadcast for Lish over the radio. Tonight (Tuesday) over station El from 7:15 to 7:30 and tomorrow morning (Wednesday) from 10:45 to 11:00 over station WNAC QXD some styles $53 Florsheim Shoe Store 50 School Street Opposite City Hall Open Saturday Evenings until 9 P. M. Yours truly I A i.

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