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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1925)
Rereive Inquiries on Sites Here for ni Airplane Factory \fireeiTirnt on Mnny Landing Field Assures Sueress of Omaha as Center of Av ialion Activities in the air service in Omaha are beginning to open up with • thp announcement that the city com • mlssloners have agreed on a tract of J land In East Omaha for an air field. J Three inquiries have been received J h.v W. A. Ellis, assistant commissioner • of tile Omaha Phamber of Commerce, during the last few days regarding prospective airplane factory sites and flying schools. The most optimistic of the inquiries was a personal visit to Omaha this week of officials of the Yakke Air craft company of Chicago. This com I pany, speing the advantageous post ; tion Omaha commands regarding the • air is seeking a location either to • build or lease a building to assemble ; planes manufactured in Chicago. Deal to Close Monday. ‘ Officials of the company have been 1 dickering with several Omaha realtors I on the project. It ts expected that a , deal may he closed Monday on a for ■ titer large hangar. Two companies have already an t rtiiunoed their intentions of opening flying schools and dealing in com • iiieroial aviation. They are Eagle Aircraft company of Tt°d Oak. In., - and a concern headed by Floyd Adams and \V. It. Slirock of Omaha. Adams is bell captain at the Hotel Fontenell© and is known as the “fly ing bellhop.” They have two planes at the former Pulitzer field, where the Florence boulevard ends. A a announcement was made by OiiuM Dietz, president of the Omaha chapter of the National Aeronautic society, Friday that will interest all enthusiasts In Omaha. Drawing Ip Regulations. Dietz s;tid that while he Is In St. Joseph, Mo., May ], attending tlie balloon races he would ask General Patrick, in charge of the army air - service, to hold plane maneuvers and races in Omaha during the American J.egion convention. He also announced that a committee of the Omaha chapter of ttye aero nautic society is drawing up regula linns for air flying. The committee Will present the regulations to the i ity commissioners in the near future tnr consideration. Wife Too III to Attend Funeral of Husband Beatrice. April 17.—Mrs. Warren K. Chittenden of Clatonia. whose hus band died suddenly Tuesday evening, is reported seriously ill at her hom* < f cancer of the liver. She was un able to attend the funeral services for her husband which were held at 'hp Methodist church at Clatonia this afternoon. .Mr. Chittenden was formerly chair i.tmDf the board of supervisors and f.ir years had been active in repub lican politics in Case county. He WA» 7:1 years of ase. Fifty Residences l ntler (loustrueliou at Hastings Hastings. April 17.—An unusual \'l’ogrinn of building is under waj here. Fifty-nine residences are under construction. Work on the new Flap list church has progressed t*> the point where the cornerstone will soon he lnJd and an apartment house "ill he ef* ted during the summer. San il*r Ttebtis will sdtm let the contract . f*»r« erection of a box factory. Kx i ■ n>ive school improvements are under consideration by tlie board of education. The Door of the Church Is Always Open ! “What does the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear tha Lord thy God, to walk in all Hi* ways, and to love Him, and to serve the.Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul. To keep the commandments of the Lord, and His stat utes, which 1 command thee this day, for thy (rood.” ' —Dent. 10:12:13. ,1 HAVE you ever stopped to think just what privileges and advantages are ac corded us in our daily life and just what we are doing in return for all these benefits? Have you ever stopped to think that we may not be living up to our part of the contract? Divine Providence had defined certain things which we must do in order to enjoy a happy and successful life and not interfere with the life of our fellow-men. These principles are simple, but sometimes hard to follow with out being bolstered up on many occasions. The principles of life have been revealed to us through the Bible and the church has been established as the means of helping us follow the instructions which have been given. The process is simple and the results are certain. The church is the one avenue through which the principles of Christianity are spread throughout the world, and through which we may be guided and helped in our travel through life. Select a Church and Then Support It by Your Attendance 4,Tn a wider appeal to religion and to religious faith is to he found the answer to the grow ing tendency toward law violation:! which we see on every hand.” / This is the judgment of a group of Omaha men and institutions, who have arranged for a pro gram of appeals for church attendance. The appeal published herewith is eleventh of the series. Newly-Approved Nebraska State Flag to Lexington Rites ' This is the recently-approved stale flag of Nebraska, snapped by The Oinaliu Bee staff photographer a few minutes before it left for historic Lexington, Mass., in possession of Mrs. lieorge Michel, Omaha, district chairman of the II. V It. committee on tile correct use of the flag. \t tile left is Mrs. Crawford Fullmer, dough ter of the custodian of the flag, assist ing Iter mother in supporting it to be phot ogra plied. Mrs. Mickei and Mrs. Klixabetli O'l.yiin Smith of (hadron. Neh„ re cently were desigmiled by Uovernnr \dani McMullen to carry Nebraska’s flag to the I.VItli anniversary celebra tion of the battle of l.evington to participate with other state flags and representatives. line to delay in train schedules, Mrs. Smith failed to connect witli Mrs. Michel in Omaha and the latter left alone. It is believed Mrs. Smith continued on without stopping in Omaha. HARTINGTON MAN WINS MUSIC PRIZE S|»‘»*IhI llhimti'li to The Oumha IW. Hartington, Neb.. April IT,— Dean McSloy, teacher of dramatics at the high school here, won the South Dakota state championship in the young artists’ contest at the Univer sity of South Dakota, conducted un der the auspices of the National Fed eration of Women's Musical Clubs. Twelve young musicians took part in the contest, which was open only to South Dakota students between the ages of 20 and 30 years who had received their training in the United States. Mr. McSloy will enter the interstate contest of musicians at Sioux Falls. S. D„ April IT. in which the state champions of North Dakota. South rlakota, Minnesota and Wyoming will lake part. Bloomfield Preparing to Build Light Plant Bloomfield. April IT.—Members of the city council and the executive committee of the Commercial cluh voted unanimously Thursday for a call for a bond election for the pur pose of installing a municipal light and power plant. The proposal made by President Henley of the Tri-State Utilities company to furnish light and power at an average rate of 3 0 cents per kilowatt, the city to fix the rates for tlie various classes and guaranteeing the use of at least 191. Hurt kilowatts during the year, was rejected. The council will tit one proceed with the necessary steps for 'tilling the election. Hastings Y. M. C. A. Starts ' Drive for More Funds Hustings. April 17. The Inter church reserve of Hastings has pledged support to the propos'd c am puign of the Young Men's Christian association for ,i budget of **,50©. State Secretary C. A. Musselmait of Lincoln has been invited to a«tend a conference here Saturday to help plan the drive. The association, with the budget to augment the regular in come. hopes to employ a general see retary and to widen the scope of its; work, which has been restricted. “Tender Kiss” Sends Chinese Bride to Hospital Shanghai, April 17.—A Chinese honeymoon pair from lialgan ap plied for treatment at the ltoc-ke feller hospital here today, saying tlie Inide's longue had been severely hilten by her husband “during one of many tender kisses." Freezing Kills Alfalfa in Belgrade Neighborhood. Belgrade, April 17.—A great deni of alfalfa in this section of the state lias been killed by freezing. Snow lay on the. ground all winter and kept the crop green. After the snow melted this spring the alfalfa was frozen in cold spells. Practically all that is left is on southern exposures. FIVE PERSONS DIE IN BUILDING FIRE Marshfield, Ore., April 17.—Five per sons tire believed to have lost their lives early today when fire destroyed ,-t two-story frame building here, the second story of which was occupied by four families. One body was recovered, badly charred. A clean town and an Idle doctor. Sport Type Coats S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Value* Newest to SOC Shades, | 39.75 Beat Friday Styles F. W. Thorne Co. 1812 Farnam Street i V. -/ Shriners Caring for 500 Cripples Imperial Potentate, \ isiting Omaha. Discusses Hu manitarian ^ ork. Establishing and operating hospitals for crippled children, the great serious purpose of the Ancient Arabic order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, was tlie chief topic of conversation by James C. Chandler of Kansas City, imperial potentate of the Shrine, who arrived in Omaha Friday noon to attend the spring ceremonial of Tangier temple at the Masonic temple tonight. “The Shrine has seven hoslptals In operation now, and work hns started on two more, one in Chicago and one in Philadelphia,’* said Mr. Chandler. "We bar no race, color or creed from the hospitals. Children whose cases are curable are admitted provided their parents are unable to pay for treating them. “Shrlners are paying in $1,200,000 annually to the children's hospital fund and about 300 children are now being cared for.” Mr. Chandler, accompanied by Percy A. Budd, past potentate of Arab temple, who is acting as his secretary, has visited S3 temples, and following his stay here Is leaving for the north west. Conditions in the local temple ar ■ excellent, he said. Finetl on Liquor Charge. Plattsmouth, April IT.—Gideon Archer, proprietor of a soft drink parlor, was fined 1100 and costs Thursday after officer* had un earthed a small quantity of liquor at Ills place nf business Me pleaded guilty to a charge of Illegal posses sion. 300 Men l.mployed on Hustings Paving Job ITildrege, April IT.—Roberts con structlon company, to which was ■.warded the contract for paying here, has 300 men at work in laying curbs and gutters. Grading 1* nearly fin ished and it is plarfnod to start laying 1 pavement on West Fourth avenue next week. Two additional iHtving districts have been asked for. Tilden street north to Fight It avenue, and Sixth avenue west from Grant street to the Junior Senior high school building r-j vnd Ka»t avenue from tlie pieaent Having en«t to Slier man ulreet vvheie ihe paving w111 join the mate high nay that ie being graveled. Till* will jive Holdrege a complete bard iur far* max Med road through the tMt.v limit* fir the l>. 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