Arizona republican., 1919-06-22

made if it is to be the huge success that the occasion deserves. While tickets for the tournament are selling, and sell ing very well. not enough interest is being shown in the drive. Numbers of persons have not had an opportunity to buy tickets. A great portion of the town has not been covered in the ticket selling campaign. With less than a week of work left. greater efforts must be made or the tournament will not be the success that everybody expects.
 To speed up the campaign. all the tournament committees will meet Mon day to plan more intensive and more extensive work. Every committee member has been urged to attend. On this meeting and it's resulting effarts of the tournament success must hang. Among other things, close drive through the business district will be planned.
 Boxes Go We'll
 Boxes for the tournament have thus far met the most ready and easy sale. Only 40 of the original 165 were left last night. and the woman's committee under the leadership of Mrs F. S. Payne, assistant chairman was selling them fast. This committee, incident ally, has done by far the best work of ! the campaign thus far.
 Captain Appleby. who is taking an active part in the tournament while here in Q recruiting campaign for the air service, will return from the coast 1 today, after arranging for the army 1 planes. The planes will ali be from | Rockwell field. and are furnished by the war department as it's part in a memorial to Maricopa county's fallen. i The program for the tournament will probably appear late this week. going to ! the printers last night. It will be a 9G page affair-a veritable magazine-and in addition to the actual program wik 1 contain short biographical sketch of every man from Maricopa county who died in the war, or all who have been reported. The program will also con- tain the pictures of as many of the men as could be obtained. Thus designed the program will be a permanent sou Venir of the great Maricopa county air memorial tournament to honor hel fallen sons, to be kept with the owners tournament ticket.
 Much Publicity
 With not hitch appearing in the plans the Frank Luge air memoria tournament next Saturday-remembe tue udie, June Zo,-WlH easily be the greatest event of it's kind in the south. west. It is already attracting mucf attention throughout the country thanks to the publicity given it by loca newspapers. and cities from New York to San Francisco are showing much in. Ii terest in it.
 The tournament will be at the sam. time thrilling spectacular exhibition and an impressive tribute to those wht died for their country. It will contain everything from the Star Spanglet Banner and speeches to airplane stunt. and an airplane motor car race.
 The speakers for the tournament have not yet been chosen. There vii be several of them, however. Probabl, the best or at least the most vivid will be Captain Rickenbacker, if he car come, for he will be able to tell thrillins stories of the war in the air and O. Frank Luke's glorious exploits as seer from first hand.
 Music will be furnished by the ban6 of the Tenth United States cavalry ant several singers. Altogether, nothins will be missing that should be there to make the tournament June 2S some thing to remember so long as Phoeni, has history.