Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1928, Page 28

THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON. D. €., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1928. LINDY PLAYS LONE HARD AS AUTOR Manuscript Reveals How He Rejected Advice in Prep- book, adhering to his original manu- serij “I was born in Detroit, Mich., Feb- ruary 4, 1902,” Lindbergh wrote as the first sentence of his manuseript. Detroit Has First Claim. But the first proof contained the fol- lowing: “Several places have claimed me as a native son, but in fairness to Detroit, I must admit it has the first claim. The truth is I was in Detroit one month. Then my parents moved to Little Falls, Minn. Hence, there may be some justi- fication for Little Fails’ contention that troit is only technically my place of have not had any time for them. I have been too busy trying to be a good avia- tor.” Treats Parentage in Brief. ‘The flyer treated his parentage an early training in a brief manner, writ- ing: “My mother was born in Detroit, daughter of Charles and Evangeline Land. She is of English, Irish and French extraction.” He rejected the added comment in the first proof: “I believe my mother can trace her an- of Richard the cestry bavk to the day Lion Hearted.” Col. Lindbergh told his father's life {too briefly for his helpers. They ex- ACCUSED BOYS ASK SEPARATE TRIALS Wealthy Students to Be Amignedi November 13 on Charge of Mur- dering Two in Hold-up. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., October 31.—Sepa- Marsh were considering plans to ask Darrow to fense. urday, it is said, that he and Gallogly participated in seven hold-ups in Octo- ber, during which E. H. Meeks, a gro- cery clerk, and Willard Smith, a drug store manager, were fatally wo\mded,‘ The youths were indicted within two| days. | HELD IN WOMAN’S DEATH., EIKHART, Ind, October 31 (#).— | The fourth arrest in the mystery sur- | - | Hays of a he after the dis- | President quantity of silk not declared customs manifest. the Dollar Steamship Co. covery aboard the steamer Effective : NOVEMBER 1st MOTOR COACH SERVICE Between WASHINGTON and PITTSBURGH The Leading Oriental Rug House of Washington . Nazarian Bros. 1739 Conn. Ave. N.W. Beautiful Semi-Antique panded it considerably. Six galley proofs of Lindy's triumphs |in Paris were omitted from the book. | He refused to consider personal mat- ters as his diet, wardrobe, as his pub- lishers suggested. rate trials for George Harsh and Rich- ard Gallogly, weaitiy college students, who are charged with murdering two nold-up victims, will be sought by theit attorneys when' the youths face a jury | November 13. Meanwhile Milwaukee authorities sought to link Harsh with a fatal hold- up there September 15, under the im- .| pression that Harsh was in that city and had the use of his mother's car and chauffeur at that time. The youth is the son of & late shoe manufacturer of Milwaukee. Gallogly is a member of a well-to-do Atlanta family. Although there was no indication today that more than the six lawyers in two firms had been retained to de- birth and that my real home is in Min- nesota.” When Lindbergh finished correcting that opening paragraph it read: “I was born in Detroit, February 4, 1902.” He refused to accept the explanation aration of “We.” (Via the Scenic National Highway) Fare, $6.40 Leave Washington 9:30 AM. Arrive Pittsburgh 9:30 P.M. Leave Pittsburgh 9:00 AM. Arrive Washington 9:00 P.M. (At Pittsburgh the terminal facilities of the Yellow-Way bus lines, at No. 113 Ninth Street, will be utilized, with con- nections to and from that System for all points West.) 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Not “Sale” prices, but the low- est prices we maintain year in and year out. nsaTBe Lt?ulls (A?.—cgl. dcthmefx A in ays a lone hand in writing, t gy % | of his becoming an aviator, following a How the transatlantic flyer rejected | bovhood love of bicycling, eliminating advice of friends and aid of publishers | the assertion that “there was & in the authorship of his book “We" is | cycle, toy balloons, motor cycle, automo- revealed in the exhibition of the hand- | bile, and, logically enough, flying. Each written manuscript, galley proofs and |was a little speedier than the other. finished book, on display at the Lind- | He merely said: “While I was attending Eergh collection here. the university I became intensely in- Ruthless blue pencil marks have | terested in aviation,” but adds when he slashed much of the material added to | enrolled in a flying school in 1922 he the first proof by the publisher. The |never Bad been near enough an airplane difference arose through Lindbergh's |to touch it. . modesty in submitting the manuscript Lindbergh avoided, any mention of with the statement that he knew he |girls in his manuscript, and refused to ‘was not an author, and would be glad to | make use of any expressions credited to have the material put in publishable | him relative to that subject, extracting form. revision, however, was dis- | from the proof the declaration that tasteful and the aviator rewrote ths'‘“girls are all right. Very nice. But I Youth Killed by Truck. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., October 31.—En route here from Zihiman to attend a Halloween _celebration, Ralph Pollock, 19 years old, son of Mrs. Daniel Miller, fell” under a lumber truck driven by Olin Robinson early last night and was instantly killed. The driver of the truck was unaware of the accident ior Kimball is a brother of Mrs. Charles Reyher of South Bend, who, with her husband, was arrested October 16 and charged with the murder. Harvey Smith, former private detective of South Bend, also is in jail on the same charge. Mrs. Stultz disappeared last March and several days ago her body was found in a shallow grave near here. S i fend the youths, Clarence Darrow in New York last night said he would emerge from . retirement rather than sit by an watch the court battle over the lives of the pair if he were asked. It had been stated the family of some lock time. Four companioas of Pol- had boarded the truck. Cuba Fines U. S. Ship $8,000. 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