Evening star., 1923-05-06
MEN AND AFFAIRS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
Warren feels keenly the loss Of his com
rade in arms and in statesmanship.
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Warren feels keenly the loss Of his conf
rade in arms and in statesmanship.
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The successful nonstop flight OF the
Army airplane T-2 from New York to
San Diego. Calf. is interesting in more
ways than one. 1t demonstrates and
explains, among other things. why tn"
Germans were able to hold the mastery
Of the air for a greater part OF the
world war. The T-2 is a F'okker mono
plane, and it was Jonk1eer F'okker, the
famous Dutch inventor, who kept the
German army supplied with planes thai
were always just step or two ahean
OF the best that the British and the
French could send to the fighting front
The Fokker planes were remarkable not
only for their speed and maneuvering
ability, but for their long-distance
| flights. The German airmen. it seemed
to all who went through the war, al
ways had the better mounts, and 1t took
all Of the doggedness and brilliaHce OF
| the British fliers. as we'll as the spec
tacular sorties of the French, to hold
the enemy in any sort Of check until the
! Americans came to France to swing the
! tide to the allies.
| German aviation in the war would
have amounted to but little without
Fokker and his continuous new designs
| in fighting craft. One Of the earliest
and certainly one of the most graceful
tross. 1t had cut-back wing tips whicis
gave il the appearance of mammoth
! bird even at close range.
! il was Fokller who made possible the
daylight bombing Of London. And x
was fokller who q little later made !.
possible for German planes 70 bomb ths
English capital for six or seven moon
! lit nights in succession. The terTors OF
/ those airplane raids will never be for
gotten. The earlier Zeppelin raids were
. a tno to "a
Zeps were never a great success and
| they became in the latter days OF the
war extremely vulnerable to atrplane
defense work. But the airplaHes could
raid and get away with little or no dn-
! ficulty.
Always It was Fokker who brought
terror to the allies in the skies. Their
! fore it is small wonder that when the
| French had an aviation exhibition aftet
/ the war they would not Let tho FlyirG
/ Dutchman show a single plane. FOX
/ ker was in Washington last year ana
( arrangements then We're made for q
trial of some of his planes. Tho flight
of the IT,, setting a new aviation rec
| ord, is the result.
| OF all the pampered pups known 10
mankind Otto, the giant German police
dog belonging to Senator Oscar W. Tn
derwood of Alabama, certainly takes the
hot frankfurter. Otto Is sitting on the
top Of the world. He Is living in solemn
state at the Underwood home IN that
one-tme aristocratic section or Wash
! inston, 1000 G. street northwest. Otto
lord and master is in Europe, visiting
the tomb of Tut and seeing the other
/ wondrous sights and hearing the Hor-
drous tales of n post war old world. l.
the lord and master could lTave ar
/ ranged il he would have taken OFT"
with him. but European dog quaran-
tines and regulations and passportY
make it entirely too hard for q PAM
pered pup and SO Otto was OF neces-
sity left behind. A year ago Senator
Underwood went away and left Otto in
strange hands. The dog didn't thrive al
all. In fact. he suffered. Therefore, II
was arranged this year that Otto should
have the entire Underwood home 10
himself. with cook, a butler and i
gardener to look out for him
Otto is we'll known TO most members
of the Senate. Whenever the Under
wood automobile calls for the senator
at the end OF the day Otto always sits
beside the chauffeur. He is a one-ma' II
dog and loves his masters voice.