1945 Newspaper Abstracts

The State (Columbia, SC), July 14, 1945:
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PICTURE:  COMES BACK TO SCENES HE KNOWS WELL
          In the picture above is shown Col. Roscoe Turner, widely known
          in Columbia and South Carolina generally, who yesterday piloted
          the plane that brought to Columbia Edward N. Schelberling,
          national commander of the American Legion.  The pilot made
          Columbia his headquarters in his early years of flying
          immediately after the First World war.  (Photo by Jack McGrail
          of Charles Old studio.)

ROSCOE TURNER, FAMOUS FLIER,
RETURNS HERE; RECALLS WHEN
GOATS TRIED TO EAT HIS PLANE

        Col. Roscoe Turner, well known aviator and honorary member of the
Lions club of Anderson, flew into Columbia Municipal airport at 5:28 p.m.
yesterday afternoon, skillfully landing his light tan low-wing monoplane.
        Springing agilely from the high door of the plane, he stepped
onto land that he had formerly claimed as his own not so very long ago.
Back in his "barnstorming" days, those days from 1919 to 1927 when Roscoe
Turner was attracting the attention of the world with his airplane
maneuvers and "Flying Circus" operations, he made his headquarters in
Columbia.
        The many decorations hanging from his overseas-type cap seeming
to draw attention to eyes the color of the sky, Colonel Turner flashed
his famous smile when asked about his flying, a subject dear to his
heart.  "I learned to fly during the last war," he said, "and I've been
flying for 28 years."
        He started his flying experiences in Lenoir, N.C., and since that
time he has claimed many world records for himself.
        Colonel Turner's glance passed lightly over the diamond studded
gold wings that adorned the jacket thrown over his arm, and declined to
discuss his trophies and decorations.  He seemed to prefer remembering
other things.  Such as the many times he has come to Columbia, and the
time in 1934 that he brought his Melbourne-Australia plane through here.
He won the gold medal for second place in the speed division MacRobertson
London to Melbourne, Australia Air race in 1934.
        But his famous smile is very contagious when he remembers the
time the goats tried to eat his plane when he landed on the Columbia
Fairgrounds.  "The goats liked the linen, I guess," he says when asked
about that.  "I had to wait for the plane to be repaired before I could
take off again."

[This clipping furnished by The University of South Carolina, South
Caroliniana Library, Columbia, SC 29208,  Henry G.Fulmer, Manuscripts
Librarian]


The Los Angeles Times, August 23, 1945?:
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COL. ROSCOE TURNER'S
WIFE SUES FOR DIVORCE

        Charging extreme cruelty and desertion, Mrs. Carline Stovall
Turner yesterday filed suit in Superior Court for divorce from Col.
Roscoe Turner, noted racing pilot.
        In her complaint she declared the couple signed a property
settlement agreement last April 2 [1945] under which she is to receive
$800 a month for five months ($500 of which is to apply on a settlement
of community property rights) and thereafter $300 a month support for
life.  The settlement also provided that he maintain an $8000 life
insturance policy of which she is the beneficiary.
        The couple married in Corinth, Mass., Sept. 29, 1924, and
separated June 24, 1938.  The wife says that besides inflicting grievous
mental and physical suffering upon here, Col. Turner deserted her June
24, 1938.
        Col. Turner entered the armed services after the United States
was attacked but has since been discharged.


Los Angeles Examiner, November 21, 1945?:
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WIFE DIVORCES
ROSCOE TURNER

PICTURE:  Caption- 'THROWN ON FLOOR' - Mrs. Carline Stovall Turner, who
          won a divorce from Speed Flyer Colonel Roscoe Turner when she
          declared he cursed her and threw her on the floor.

        "He started cursing me and threw me on the floor between the bed
and the dresser."
        Such conduct yesterday was ascribed to Colonel Roscoe Turner,
speed flyer, by his wife of 21 years, Carline Stovall Turner, when she
was awarded a default divorce by Superior Judge Thurmond Clarke.
        The incident occurred, she related, when Turner returned to their
home after a seven days absence and she "remonstrated."


Unknown Indianpolis, IN Paper, November 21, 1945?:
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MRS. TURNER DIVORCED
FROM LOCAL AVIATOR

        Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 20 (AP) - Miss Carline Stovall Turner
obtained a divorce today from Col. Roscoe Turner, former racing pilot,
now of Indianapolis.  They married in Corinth, Miss., in 1924.
        Mrs. Turner was awarded $800 a month alimony for five months and
$300 monthly thereafter for life.



Abstracts (c) Copyright 1993 Stephanie L. Sandy

    Data transcription by: Milton Sandy, Jr. Corinth, MS - June 24, 1993