Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1930, Page 21

WOMAN PARACHUTE JUMPER 1S KLLED Making First Leap, Mrs. Florence Davis Pulls Cord Too Soon. By the Associated Press. BLOOMINGTON, Ill, May 26.—An | aviator's desperate and futile attempt | o save the life of & woman parachute | Jumper, whose apparatus became | CAMEL A WAR tangled when she made a leap from an altitude of 2,500 feet, was witnessed | f by & crowd of 3,000 persons at a local | airport yesterday. | The victim was Mrs. Florence Palmer | Davis, 19, of Normal, Il who was | making her first try at parachute jump- | Mrs. Davis went aloft in a cabin | NG STAR, WASHINGTUN, ONLY YANKEE MATADOR IS CHEERED AND BOOED Sidney Franklin Kills First Bull Cleanly, but Loses Form on Becond Animal. By the Assoclated Press. ZARAGOZA, Spain, May 26.—Sidney Franklin, Spain’s only American mata- dor, was both applauded and booed in the bullring here yesterday afternoon during his third fight since he was| gored at Madrid several months ago. | ‘The Brooklyn bullfighter, after coura- | geous and skillful cape work, killed his | first bull, winning the applause of the “Aficionados " To dispatch the second bull, however, Franklin had to make five sword thrusts, failing four times to plerce a vital spot. This is considered by fans much as American fans ccnsider fum- bled foot balls and muffed flies. SAVE MONEYON STORAGE.CALL gHITH= TORAGE LOCAL 8 LONG DISTANCE MOVING ahePAIAIS YAL D ?]me plloted by Art Carnahan. At | 500 feet she stepped out. But, nerv- ous, she pulled the ring of her release cord too soon and the tangle of rope | caught on the service handle of the | tail of the plane. The jerk ripped the “ chute across the middle, making it | ‘useless. | Carnahan put his plane into a steep dive in an effort to tangle his wing struts in the chute streaming above the falling woman. But he could not get down fast enough. { Mrs. Davis fell in a fleld adjoining the afrport. She was alive, but uncon- scious when rescuers arrived. She died shortly after being taken to a hospital. AGENTS ALLIED VAN LINES VACUM CLEANED OR WASHED AND - STORED FUMIGATED AND STORED ‘ IN MOTH PROOF ROOM PHONE NORTH 3342-3343 , $4.] .—Adver- | Barni Baile; gt atedey, $450; round tetpe—snve | Seeauss K e Tey [CLcut 46 7 Lo wh fecns. WG W STRReb e | 18344 'YOU STREET IN-W: reyhound Lines, Leave bus depot, 1336 New York ave- nue, 3:00 p.m. daily. Leave Colonial Beach 8:15 a.m. daily and 7:20 pr. ' Sunday only. 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