The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-05-20

Ralph Epson, winner of the first
James Gordon Bennett balloon trophy,
offered in 1913, will fly the "Birming-
ham Semicentennial" in the national
balloon race, being the second pilot to
shop off" tomorrow afternoon. G. j..
Andrus, chief forecaster of the United
States weather bureau, will be aide
to Epson.
With Epson and Donaldson sailing I'M
der Birmingham colors, two chances are
afforded for Birmingham participation in
the Belgian race this fall for the Gordon
Bennett cup. w. E. Robinson, So-year-
old student of the University of Illinois,
Is one of the aides.
Bernard Won Hoffman will fly the bal
loon which represented the University
of Missouri last year for the RivervleW
club of ST. Louis, with Hugo Mueller as
aide, it was announced last night.
Capt. John Berry, who won the first
national ballon race in 1909, starting
from Indianapolis and landing at Fort
Payne, Ala, flying $40 miles, will pilot
q balloon named in honor of e. G. Lewis,
founder and first mayor of University
City, now part of St. Louis.
AERO CLUB SPONSOR
Alan Ramsay Hawley. representative
of the Aero club. of America, will have
as sponsor for the Aero club, in the lead
ing car in the parade today, Miss Ramsay
Gillian a cousin of his, living in Biz
mingham.
II. w. Bromberg, jeweler, has offered
a silver loving cup to the winner of the
competitive drill between the cadets OF
Central and Ensley high schools.
WYATT of PanSa cola naval
station, who will pilot the dirigible Ell
over the city, arrived from Pensacola
last night.
Final landing of balloon was defined
at that point where the basket rests on
the ground without ability to proceed
or lift and further, final landing is
that point where the balloon or basket
has come to rest and remain longer than
Is minutes without proceeding. This was
decided at meeting of pilots, aides and
officials yesterday Afternoon at the Tut
wiler, where headquarters have been es-
tablished. Alan R. Hawley, referee in
the race, presided.
PARADE TODAY
Pilots aides and sponsore for the bal
looms will take part in a parade which
will start from Sixth avenue and Nine
teenth street. north, at $3.50 o'clock this
afternoon The parade will be in charge
of Don Drennen.
Swinging down Nineteenth street to
First avenue the body will move east
on First avenue to Twentieth street,
and then north on Twentieth to the
Tutwiler hotel, where all companies
of the high school cadets will stand
at attention until each automobile has
discharged its passengers.
Captain Charles III. Mandy, former
national guard officer, will head the
parade, the way being cleared by
platoon of police. Two battalions OF
cadets of the r. o. T. G. of Ensley and
Central high schools will follow, with
the band accompanying them.
A. r. Hawley, chairman of the lighter
than air committe, Aero Club of
America, will follow in an automo-
bile followed by cars containing the
nine pilots, their aides and sponsors.
The city commission will follow these
cars
RENDERED DINNER
Members of the Birmingham Flying
club last night rendered a dinner at
the Tutwiler to the pilots and their
aides. Following the banquet, the
balloonists went to the Lyric as guests
or Jack Ayres. manager of the theatre.
Weather observations will be taken
this morning and this afternoon by
w. r. Gregg, head Of the Astrological
bureau of the weather burea, and his
assistant. Reports will also be sent
them from other cities for use in MAX
ing their calculations.
Observations which will be of chief
advantage to the pilots will be those
taken tomorro wmorniing Pilot bal
looms to measure wind velocity and
other means of figuring conditions will
lie employed by the weather men
Employes of the department of ag-
riculture stationed in Birmingham ten
dered luncheon to the two aerological
mon yesterday at the Tutwiler Among
the bureaus represented were the. bu-
reau Of animal industry, states rela
tons, weather bureau, entomology and
marketing bureau.