The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1955 Page: 4 of 8
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THE LEVELLAND DAILY SUN NEWS, Levelbuid, Tkum, Thurinlay, February 17, IMS
Crews Fly More than 18 Million Miles
37-year-old Pilot Runs World's
Largest Aircraft Ferry Service
By DIAL TORGERSON
AP Newsfcature*
BURBANK, Calif. — Ferry Pilot
Jack Ford, 37, knows the wild
blue yonder like « bun driver
knows his route — except that
Ford’s routes are as changeable
as the sides he flies.
He runs the world's biggest air-
craft feriying service. He and his
crews have flown 18 million miles,
through North Atlantic storms,
through intrigue and gunfire, in
and out of a thousand airports.
His crews have been called sol-
diers of fortune and accused of
being war criminals. But Ford in-
sists the pilots and crewmen of
Fleetway, Inc., are just hard-work-
ing businessmen helping him prove
a point:
“There's only one good way ■>(
delivering airplanes — by air.
Fleetway has delivered 5,000
planes. “There’s only one place
we haven’t'been,” says Ford, "be-
hind the Iron Curtain.”
It’s just as well. One of Ford's
pilots learned after they made a
delivery of B-25’s to Formosa that
the Chinese Reds' had condemned
the Fleetway crews to death, in
absentia, as "war criminals.”
Today’s sleek, new transports
and executive planes are far dif-
ferent from the war surplus hulks
Ford and his pretty wife, Mary,
now 33, flew when they opened
Fleetway in 1946.
Ford profited when buyers sud-
denly realized that surplus craft
set out to rust and oxidize after
World War II were valuable prop-
erties. Two of his men even hand-
reconditioned a R-25 a North Da-
kota farmer had been using for a
chicken coop. It later sold for $10,-
000.
“We still deliver a few old clunk-
ers,” said Ford, “but we’ve been
getting more and more new plane
contracts.”
Ford piloted a new DeHavilland
Otter, a single-engine plane, which
Fleetway leap-frogged from field
to field around the subarctic rim
of the North Atlantic between Can-
ada and Scotland. The little plane,
one of few one-engine jobs ferried
across the ocean, made the trip
in 68 hours.
“It could have taken weeks by
boat," Ford said. “A plane has to
be coated with preservatives,, crat-
ed, and re-assembled—and there’s
a good chance that, it might get
damaged being loaded or unload-
ed.”
Flectway pilots have made 1,200
North Atlantic crossings. Ford con-
siders it the worst stretch of fly-
ing In the world. It was on this
route, twice in 1952, that the com-
pany lost crews. Two men died
trying a landing in bad weather at
Goose Bay, abrador. Two others
disappeared in one of aviation’s un-
solved mysteries.
Jerry Kurtz, 28, and Francis J.
McLaughlin, 30, crash-landed a
light transport south of Goose Bay.
They removed emergency gear
from the piano, camped several
days — and were never seen a-
gain.
Searchers later found the plane
and camp sites.
“The Mounties found footprints
that, showed where they fell in
with a large group of men,” says
Ford. “They may have been mur-
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dered by Indians or trappers. But ness,
we’ll probably never know what
happened.”
Ford makes many of the trips
himself. A visitor who had made
an appointment with Fold tw'o
nours before reached the office
and learned that Fold was by then
in San Francisco on urgent busi-
"What about next week?" asked
the visitor. "He’s not popping off
to Afghanistan on Monday, is he?”
His secretary studied Ford’s cal-
endar pad carefully. "Oh, no,” she
said. "That’s not until Wednes-
day.”
Woman Who Gave Puccine Melodies
r Fii i it i< n ri\> ■ r»
For . Dies in Fire
YOKOHAMA, Japan 1 <JB — The
woman who gave Puccini the
Japanese melodies for his famous
opera "Madame Butterfly” Is
missing and feared dead in the
fire that razed a Catholic old
ladies home here and burned to
death nearly 100 women.
She is Mrs. Hisako Oyama, 85,
widow of the late Tsunasuke
Oyama, Japanese minister to Italy
in 1899.
Mrs. Oyama’s relatives tentative-
ly identified a body as hers.
They said Mrs. Oyama, a devout
Catholic, made her own decision to
enter the home and paid her own
way. Most of the inmates were
destitute. The family said she told
them, "I can be nearer to God
there.”
The world premier of ‘Madam
Butterfly” was 51 years ago today
at Milan's La Scala.
Before World War H, Mrs.
Oyama told in a magazine article
of her connection with the opera,
VISIT IN SUNDOWN
Mrs. Homer Morris and Mrs.
Clarence Waters visited Mrs. Thad
Henderson in Sundown Tuesday.
Mrs. Henderson was on the sick
list that day.
Jim Miller is in Portales, N. M.
with his mother, Mrs. J. R. Miller,
who is seriously ill. Miller owns
and operates the Levelland Steam
Laundry.
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the story of a geisha girl Cho Cho
San's love for an American naval
officer and her suicide when he
deserts her.
Puccini needec Japanese musical
themes and melodies that he could
elaltorate to give the opera an
aythentic Japanese atmosphere.
He was introduced to Mrs
Oyama. an amateur musician who
sang to him the songs of her
native land. Mrs. Oyama wrote
that she was startled to find that
Puccini, not too familiar with
Japanese music, had used an old
drinking song as his inspiration
for the suicide music.
Dallas Oilman
Jumps to Death
DALIAS UV- John Rogers Mo-
roney, 55, Dallas oilman and at-
torney, plunged head first to his
death last night from a patio atop
the 11-story Santa Fe Building an-
nex here.
A horrified radio station switch-
board operator tried vainly to pre-
vent the prominent attorney-oil-
man's leap.
Justice of the Peace Glenn W.
Byrd returned a verdict of suicide.
The body hit the street in front
of the building.
Maroney had been missing since
Tuesday when he failed to keep
an appointment with a tax con-
sultant. A missing person report
had been issued on him by police
of Highland Park Tuesday night.
Maroney told two employees of
Radio Station WFAA he was "just
getting a breath of fresh air” when
they asked why he was on the
radio station’s patio. Told to leave,
he went to the 10th floor coffee
shop but apparently returned by
elevator quickly.
A WFAA switchboard operator,
Mrs. T. F. Fry, ran to the patio
door and .saw Maroney walking
toward the parapet, she said. Be-
fore she could say anything-, she
told officers, Moroney dropped his
coat and dove head first over the
protective wall.
A note found on his body directed
that “contents of my billfold” be
turned over to his wife. In his
pocket was $951 and a $5500 check
Investiture Rites
Held by Troop 20
Brownie Troop No. 20 hold an
Investiture Service in the home of
Mrs. J. G. Stacy, Feb. 8. It was
an impressive candlelight service
with Mmes. Stacy, Jimmie Davis
and Charles Barton, leaders] pres-
ent. i
Girls receiving their pins at the
meeting were Cathy Stacy, Jan
Barton, Toni Rae Snow, and Kar-
ren Ruth Little.
Jennifer Cunningham and Delin-
da Harral will receive their pins
at the next meeting.
After the services Cokes and
cookies were served to the group
by the hostesses.
Leroy Doshier and Donnie B.
Simpson left Monday for Bi-own-
field and from there went to Am-
arillo for induction into the armed
forces.
Herald, Sun News Want Ads Pay
Convinced Crime Doesn t Pay
CanadianCouple Head Back Home
ro Make Amends for Check Theft
Hide-Away Grid-All
grills steaks, chops,
fruit rings. Drains off
grease, better for you.
Bar-B-K*w«r Maat
Oven—radiant heat
imparts “charcoal-
done” flavor to meats.
FORT WORTH (B-Tired of run-
ning and . fed up with a one-shot
dose of crime a Winnipeg college
student and his stenographer girl
friend were supposedly racing for
Canada, and justice, today.
Charged with forgery and theft
of a check for $27,786 in Winnipeg
they told police and newsmen
here they “came into possession”
otf the check Jan. 31 at the Winni-
peg law office where Miss Evelyn
Lindal, 23, worked.
“I took the check down to a
bank," Gerald Lloyd Medland said,
"and opened a new account for
the man to whom it was made out
“Then we withdrew $2,300 and
left for Mexico.”
Medland, also 23, and the stenog-
rapher were released from county
jail on their own recognizance on
instruction from Canadian authori-
ties. They left yesterday in Med-
land's auto which they said they
planned to sell to help make resti-
tution for money taken.
Medland and Miss Lindal drove
from Winnipeg to Texas and on
into Mexico after getting the mon-
ey in Winnipeg. “We only stayed
a short time,” Medland said. “We
, knew it was wrong living like that.
We decided to start back and drove
j to Corpus Christi."
From the Texas Gulf .pity, Med-
land flew to Wichita Falls to com-
plete payment on an auto he
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bought there last fall while work-
ing in the wheat harvest.
But authorities storied wonder-
ing when Medland signed travelers
checks with the wrong name, the
name of the lawyer to whom the
$27,786 check belonged. He was ar-
rested in Fort Worth. Then, after
Canadian authorities said they
wanted the pair, Miss Lindal and
the car were brought up from Cor-
pus Christi.
A series of telephone calls ended
with Canadian police asking for
the couple’s release so they could
drive to Canada and turn them-
selves in.
“We can sell the ear and make
restitution," Medland said hopeful-
ly. "We only took $2,300 and have
some of that left.” Neither he nor
the girl ever had been in trouble
before, he “added.
"We both know what we have
done is wrong,” he said as Miss
Lindal nodded. "It sure proved to
me the life of a criminal is not for
me.”
Texas police, a little dubious of
Canadian prtliee methods, wished
the pair luck.
Mrs. Roy Taylor and Mrs. Char-
lie Landers attended a district
meeting for Home Demonstration
Club members in Idalou, Monday.
Balanced Heat Oven
maintains an even flow
of air, eliminating hot
spots and cold comers.
Model 5341
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Cook* Automatically
—the'automatic dock
turns oven on or off
while you’re out shop-
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up
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Phone 737
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SPEEDSTER AT 7 0— Lord BrabMon of Tara, British
grandpa and toborran racer alnce 1907. beat a 19-year-old la
195S Coronation Cup handicap race at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
A GOOD START — Rev. Bob Richards, “Flying Parson”
of Los Angeles Athletic Club, pole vaults 15 feet, two inches to
win at Boston meet starting winter indoor track, season. %.
'Bleeder'Survives
Critical Operation
DENVER i/n - “Am I here?
Thank Gcd ... He told me I
would be."
Mrs. Doris Grayson was waking
from a marathon 3‘2-hour opera-
tion late yesterday. For sevpn
months the Weatherford, Tex.,
mother had known of the impend-
ing surgery on her right lung. And
she had feared it.
Doctors at National Jewish Hos-
pital describe the 36 - year - old
woman as a "bleeder,” female
counterpart of the male hemo-
philiac. Once she is bruised or
starts to bleed, it is difficult to
halt the flow’.
To complicate matters, her blood
is type O negative, found in only
6 per cent of people.
She was admitted to the Denver
Hospital last July for treatment
of tuberculosis. Doctors found her
condition caused her to bleed from
the right lung. When other treat-
ment failed, they decided on sur-
gery.
Mindful that certain blood like
Mrs. Grayson's—loses its coagu-
lant factor in 30 minutes after it
is taken from the veins, they
called for volunteer donors with
type O negative.
Denver area Masonic lodges of-
fered help, and those few with
the corresponding blood type stood
by as Mrs. Grayson went into sur-
gery. Nine donors gave one pint
of blood each during the operation.
Three others were used later.
Doctors said Mrs. Grayson is
"doing satisfactorily.”
Buster Keaton of Lubbock was
visiting friends in and around Pet-
tit Tuesday.
Sandra Pace srw»nt Saturday
night with Lana Anderson.
Man Who Fingered
Killers Questioned
On Bank Robberies
NEW YORK (PI Police say frail,
50-year-old Herman Scholz, who
reportedly has ‘fingered” the pos-
sible killers in the Serge Rubin-
stein case, is being questioned
about two unsolved bank rob-
beries.
Scholz, picked up Tuesday, told
how his own plan to kidnap
Rubinstein, 46. for ransom was
carried out without him and result-
ed in a "bungled" job that resulted
in the strangle-slaying of the
playhoy-finar, ier.
The quiet, mild - mannered
Scholz, not quite five feet tall, has
been a limousine-for-hire driver |
living an apparently sedate life
in Whitestone, Queens, for the past
15 years. But, police said, he has
an arrest record dating back to
1923, and authorities found a small
arsenal in his home — assertedly
cached against the day he hoped to
become a big-time bank robber.
Scholz is being held in $25,000
bail as a witness in the Rubinstein
murder — the high bail set to keep
him in custody and protect him
from possible harm by underworld
mobsters.
The Russian-born Rubinstein,
judged to have been worth about
10 million dollars, was slain Jan.
27 in the bedroom of his 5th
Avenue mansion His pajama-clad
body has been trussed with cord
from a Venetian blind and he had
been gagged with extra - wide ad
hesive tape. , x
Mother Hurls Baby
From High Window
NEW YORK <!f>- -A young woman
hurled her newborn baby out of a
seventh-floor window of the Hotel
Capitol early today in an attempt
to hide the birth from her husband,
police said.
The infant, a boy, was found dead
on a midtown street pavement be-
tween two parked cars at 1:30 a.m.
The mother, reported in "very
poor” condition at a hospital, was
quoted by police as saying: "The
father of the baby is not my hus-
band and I didn’t want him to
know it.”
The husband told police he had
not known his wife was pregnant.
Hickman to Speak
At Cub's Banquet
Levelland High School s head foot
ball coach and athletic director,
Johnny Hickman, has been an-
nounced as the main epcaker for
the Blue and Gold Banquet of Cub
Scout Pack 24 at 6 p m. Monday
night.
Each Den in Pack 24 is expected
to have each Cub Scout present
with bis mother and father. Each
family will bring enough ciiKken
for themselves with the families in
Dens three and four asked to bring
a salad in addition to their chicken
Ohe families in Dens two and six
are asked to supply the vegetable*.
The Levelland Rotary Club has
announced it will furnish the drinks
desserts, and bread for the event
and the pack will supply the Itaper
plates, forks, and spoons.
Dr Bob Roberson will serve as
master of ceremonies and Walter
Reed. High sciiool principal, will
give the invocation. Den lour will
lead in the singing of "America”
prior to Coach Hickman’s speech-
Following the main speech. Spen-
cer Ellis will present the awaixls
and Hal Joplin wil issue the regis-
tration cards. Den Two wil be in
charge of the closing exercise.
The banquet will be held in fhe
south Elementary Cafeteria.
Parker County Urged
To Seek Right-of-way
AUSTIN ijTt The State Highway
Commission yesterday urged Park-
er County officials to push for im-
mediate ■ purchase of right-of-vay
to expand a dangerous section of
U S. 180 to four lanes.
State funds for the 7.3-mile proj-
ect from Weatherford west to the
T&P Railway have been available
several months, but county com-
missioners have made no progress
in securing right-of-way, said the
commission.
It called attention daily occur-
rence of traffic accidents in that
locality "due to the lack of division
of traffic lanes in the rolling ter-
rain.”
A Beaumont request for state
financial aid for proposed railroad
grade separations in that city was
turned down. The commission said
funds are not even available for
construction of past commitments
in the area.
ATTE NTION
LEVELLAND BUSINESSMEN
A • v l . . ■ ’ •
You Can Help Your Rural Customersby
Joining The Farm Bureau Federation as
Associate Members
Mr. Businessman: The farmers of this area
need your assistance in looking after problems
which concern their economy. They do not need
or want you to actually go to bat for them but
they, as well as you, know there is much weight
in numbers when it comes to the matter of
fighting for or against legislation which would
be beneficial or detrimental to them. Therefore,
the more members and associate members they
have on their rolls the more power their organi-
zation can exercise when they go before state
and national governing bodies.
We believe that if you can see fit to join with
us you will no doubt benefit in the long run
since we will be able to sponsor legislation
which will be beneficial to us allowing us to get
better prices for our products and consequently
spend more money with you.
Many people have the mistaken idea that
Farm Bureau is wholly and entirely behind co-
ops, but this is as untrue as it can possibly be
because the Farm Bureau only endorses co-op-
erative buying or selling when its members can-
not get a fair deal any other way.
We cordially invite you to attend our meet-
ings and to discuss any farm problems you
may wish to have cleared up with members of
our organization or our leaders.
The Annual Membership Drive Of The
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HOCKLEY COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
IS NOW IN PROGRESS
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You may become an associate member by handing your dues to a member of the
Farm Bureau or mailing your check to: H ockley Co. Farm Bureau, Levelland, Tex -
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Brewer, Orlin. The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1955, newspaper, February 17, 1955; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117529/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.