Bloomington High School, The Gothic, 1915, Page 79

Description:	THE WEATHERHOT! 120 degrees inthe cellar. 94 on ice.THE INFORMERThis paper is underobligations to no po-litical party.VOL. XIIIBLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1944.No. 23HORRIBLE DISASTEROCCURS IN MID-AIRHuge Sky Liner Crashes WithAeroplaneONLY SIX SURVIVE--619 PERISH(Special to The Informer.)NEW YORK, N. Y., JULY 1, 1944--The huge sky liner, Wilson, which wasstruck this morning by an aeroplane,it is estimated, carried about 619 pas-sengers down to an earthly grave.The cause of the accident is not yetknown, but it is thot that the driverof the aeroplane failed to heed thewarning given him from one of thenearby wireless stations.Only six out of the total 625 pas-sengers escaped death. The surviv-ors are: Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Stalcup,Mr. Adair Smith and wife, Miss MaryHemmersbaugh, and an old lady bythe name of Soupart.The liner Wilson was launched inthe year 1915 and was named Wilson,for the great work that President Wil-son did toward keeping the UnitedStates out of the European War of1914-15. When first launched, thehuge craft did not seem to take to theair very well and it was put in thehangers and left for about five years.After the great aerial invention of1920, the craft Wilson was repairedand had been in constant use up tothe present day.Number one shows The Wilson just before the horrible disaster.Picture number two shows manner in which the huge sky craft wasstruck by aeroplane.LAST OF NATIONS WARSHIPSSENT TO SCRAP PILEWASHINGTON, JULY 1, 1944.--Itwas announced today, by Secretary-of-Peace Davis, that the last of the Na-tions warships had been sent to thescrap heap.For several years the United Stateshas kept a few old, steel warships inher navy yard, but as they were noth-ing but a burden to the treasury, anddue to the fact that they were nolonger needed to preserve order, itwas decided to simply let them go.CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEErnest Lindley announces himselfcandidate for the Republican nomina-tion for Sheriff of Monroe County,subject to the primary of that party.He registered with County Clerk Rog-ers and paid the fee as provided bythe New Constitution.PRESIDENT BETTERWASHINGTON, JULY 1, 1944.--Itwas announced today by Henry Sprin-ger, private secretary to PresidentGoethals, that the President is rapid-ly recovering from an attack of feverwhich has kept him in bed for twodays. He will resume the duties ofhis office tomorrow probably.HAPPY WEDDINGThe marriage of Mr. BartholomewGray and Miss Virginia Dare was per-formed this morning by the Rev. Vincent Heaton.The brides home was artisticallydecorated in black and green. Re-freshments of peanut butter and redlemonade were served.Heres hoping they keep out of thedivorce court as long as possible.NEW YORK-CHICAGOTRAIN LEAVES RAILSeveral Prominent Local MenAmong PassengersTHOT CASUALTY LIST NOT GREAT(Special to The Informer.)4:48 A. M.CLEVELAND, O., JULY 1, 1944--The New York - Chicago eight hourtrain, known as The Torpedo, left thetrack west of this city at 4:35 thismorning. The Huntington Block Sys-tem recorded the fact instantly at theoperators tower and a relief trainwas immediately dispatched. The in-dicator recorded the accident as being14 miles west of here.It is thot that the list of injured willbe very low, as the new Bullet type ofunderslung coaches makes overturn-ing and telescoping impossible.A party of local men are known tohave been on the train on their wayto the national convention of stoneoperators. According to Agent Adams,of the Big Four, the following were inthe party that left Bloomington: H.Burton Woolery, K. Cline, M. and W.Hoadley. No anxiety need be enter-tained for them.Prof. Harry Huncilman, principal ofthe New Albany High School, was inthe city today visiting Supt. of SchoolsLloyd Setzer.Image alt-text: Black ink drawing of the sky liner crashing with an airplane, with the caption “Number one shows The Wilson just before the horrible disaster. Picture number two shows manner in which the huge sky craft was struck by aeroplane.” The drawing is signed HN.
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