Arizona republican., 1919-06-11
AIR TOURNAME NJ
 PLANS FOR LUKE MEMORIAL FIELD
Committee Slowly Shaping
 Program for Great Day on June Expect to Make
 It Greatest of Occasions

1t Greatest Of Occasions
 Plans for the Frank Luke Air Memo rial tournament, Phoenix own air | tournament to honor her fallen soldier sons and launch a fund for a perma [ nent monument to her greatest hero of | the war, began shaping themselves into ! a definite reality yesterday as the vari- ous committees settled down to the work they will keep up until Saturday, June 2S, the day of the tournament.
 The Luke air tournament, it should be remembered, will be given not only in honor of Lieut.. Frank Luke, Jr., but for every other soldier from Maricopa county who gave his life in camp or trench for his. country. And 1t will be given exclusively for the family and friends and fellow citizens of the men who died, for it will be given but once, and then at the Arizona state fair grounds at Phoenix.
 To Bring Cavalry and Band
 The general committee of the city's leading citizens held its second meeting yesterday morning at the Arizona club. The organization of subcommittee was completed, work begun on the various detailed plans, and three new members, Mrs Charles Arnold, Major c, D. Jones and City Manager Avery l Thompson added to the general exec utive committee A womans commit ! tee also was formed.
 The initial step toward bringing a troop of cavalry and a cavalry band l of United States regulars from Fort Huachuca was taken by the committee, l in the sending of a telegram asking for the troops to the commanding of l ficer at the fort Little difficulty is expected in getting the cavalrymen, and with their presence in the city while the twelve fighting planes of the tournament swirl and dive overhead Phoenix will have a martial air not usual in the city's life.
 Souvenir Tickets
 Even the tickets for the tournament which were ordered yesterday, will be in keeping with the impressive nature of the tournament. The tickets will be of fine heavy paper and in souvenir form with the names of all of Maricopa
 county's heroes printed on the back
 After the tournament the tickets may
 be kept, and framed if desired, as a
 lasting mementO.
 By next week one of the largest and
 most enthusiastic corps of ticket sell
 CTS ever recruited will be in the field,
 selling tickets fOISthe Luke Air Memo
 rial tournament Their energetic eff
 forts in the campaign, the proceeds
 from which will start the fund for the purchase of a Phoenix landing field
 and erection of a hangar for a perma-
 nent Luke memorial, are assured by the fact that the man or boy selling the most tickets, and the woman or girl . selling the most tickets among the
 feminine ticket sellers. will each be , given an airplane ride as a prize. The f person buying the most tickets will also be given a prize, though the nature P of it has not yet been decided
 Planning Program
 The program for June 2S, tourna-
 ment day, has not been finally ar , ranged as yet However, it will begin 7 with a memorial address by one of the T best known citizens of the state. 4 . race between a Thomas Morse scouting ! plane and a racing motor car will also be a feature. The actual tournament I will begin early in the evening, wher l fleet fighting Spads and s. E. 5s swift e LaPere planes, heavy Liberty motoret l. DeHavilands and Curtiss- Hispano. | noted for cross country work take the T air together. Captain l.. E. Appleby . aiTman from Rockwell field. at pres i ent in this city in charge of the avia. = tion end of the plans, is authority fol - the statement that Phoenix memoria l. air tournamnt will be second to non, e ever given, at least in thrills, if not il e size.
 o The final organization in detail O $ the committees in charge of prepara
 tions for the tournament follows: V Executive
 . C. H. Akers, chairman; D. B. Heard a J. A1 Aitkeh, N. D. Sanders, Capt. A : C. Taylor, Charles Pishon, A. A. Belts s Charles McArthur. V. A Thompson l. Mrs Charles Arnold, Capt. L. E. Alp n pleby, Mrs. Harry Kay Mrs. B. E e Marks.
 s. Grounds and Concessions is Charles Pishon, chairman; H. I $ McVay, Col. C. V. Gulley, N. D. San e ders, J M. Aitken.
 D Tickets
 C. E. Beach, chairman; J. C. Dobbnis y Charles Korrick, J. J. Halloran, Lieu 'r c. c. Downing
 g Publicity, Advertising. Program, Print n ing and State Cooperation y, A. G. Dulmage, chairman; Sergt. I le Myers, Dr. F. H. RedewiH, Earl I r, Drake, Col. J. H. McClintock
 Associate Ticket and Publicity Mrs. F. C. Paine, Mrs. l. J. Johnson Ill Mrs. Sims Ely, Jr., Miss Henrietta Ol ly ney, Mrs. Frank Carrow, Mrs. Lee Pur of vine Mrs w. L. Pinney. Mrs. A. I n, Mcclellan, Mrs. B. E. Marks. Mir IS Harry Kay, Mrs. Charles F. Arnold.
 Accommodations and Transportation F Charles McArthur, chairman; A. / H. Betts, w. R. Wayland, Robert { 5 Beardsley, L. H. Chalmers rs Memorial to H. D. McVay, chairman; J. NJ Ait le ken, vice chairman; Capt. A. c. Taylo IS secretary; H. J. McClung, treasurer n, o-
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