Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

| the Hawaiian air race before the take
| off. On August 10 Lieuts. w. d.
Cavell and r. s. Waggener. U. S. NJ.
| were killed when their plane was
smashed off San Diego en- route to the
| starting point. On the 18th the big
| triplane Pride of Los Angeles was
| wrecked in San Francisco Bay. though
| it's crew of three were saved. On the
| 18th Capt. Arthur V. Rogers. Brit
| ish war hero with 80 German planes
| to his credit, was killed when his
| plane, the Angel of Los Angeles,
| crashed in a trial flight near Vail
| Field, Los Angeles.
On the 10Th eight planes lined up for
| the start. Two crashed on the take-off,
| unable to lift their heavy loads, their
occupants escaping injury as by
miracle Two soon returned, having
experienced mechanical difficulties. An.
other returned at once because OF
motor trouble; but, the fault remedied,
got off again quickly. The remaining
three had no initial difficulties.
So four planes were off for fair and
| the first super oceanic air derby was
on. Twenty-six hours and eighteen
minutes later (the time of Maitland
and Hegenberger between the same
points was twenty-five hours and fifty
Arthur C. Goebel. pilot, and w. v.
Davis, U. S. N, navigator. landed at
Wheeler Field, near Honolulu, winning
the first prize of $4,000 offered by
| James d. Dole of Honolulu. Gosbel
| Is a movie stunt aviator of Hollywood.
About two hours later the monoplane
! Aloha, a Honolulu entrant, Martin
| Jensen, pilot, and Paul Schluter. navi.
gator, arrived, winning the second
prize of $4,000.
The monoplane Golden Eagle and
the biplane Miss Doran were await
ed in vain. At 8 pm. they were con-
sidAred overdue. The Navy hurried
ships and seaplanes in search. The
fate of the Miss Doran Is of peculiar
interest, because Miss Mildred Doran,
the Michigan school teacher. after
whom the craft was named, was pas
senger.
Another important episode in the
glorious development of aviation which
is taking such rich toll Of adventurous
lives.
Judge Ebert II. Gary. architect of
the United States Steel Corporation
and for many years chairman of its
board of directors. is dead at 81.
August II and IL were wild days on
the New York Stock Exchange. On
the 18th shares of the Manhattan
Electrical Supply Co. crashed from 121
to 81, the greatest decline Of any Sc
curity in recent years and involving a
total loss of eight million dollars In
the open market value of those shares.
The New York State attorney general
proceeded to issue subpoenaes for
many persons suspected of manipula-
ton thereof by way Of speculative
pool. The incident unsettled the entire
market. The next day the Stock Elk.
change firm of A. L. Fuller & Co.
went into the hands of receivers as
the result of heavy interest in Manhat.
tan Electrical Supply shares, and the
entire exchange became panicky. Del
uges of orders to sell came by wire
from all over the country. The vola-
tile speciality issues were, of course.
hardest hit, but even such sturdy
pivotal securities as those of United
States Steel common, General Motors.
General Electric, ETC., swayed, though
without bowling. to the blast. Virtually
the entire stock Exchange list expert.
enced lQppage. Many, many millions
In secMRy values were wiped out.