New Britain herald., 1927-08-17
DOLE Prize filters
few Miles FROM GOAL
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Crowds Flight Mad

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Crowds Flight Mad
All through the night, Honolulu,
gone flight mad. watched and waited
for bulletins Of the progress of the
aerial race. Several hundred auto
mobile occupants huddled in their
seats. were parked about the
Wheeler field landing place, Is
miles from this city where the race
was scheduled to end unless a plane
was forced down elsewhere on this
island Of Oahu.
chairman of the welcoming commit
tee, estimated that the crowd had
increased to between 10000 and
10000 with 5000 automobiles
parked near the field. He thought
5000 more machines would make
the Journey from Honolulu to the
army field.
Military police controlled the traf-
fic situation we'll, and no delays or
serious accidents were reported. The
first streaks of light heraldlng ap-
nroaching dawn were visible over
the mountains east OF Wheeler field
shortly before o'clock. A few
minutes later the mountain ranges
began to stand out against the sky.
Diamond heads, jutting out boldly
into the Pacific, were hidden from
sight but with that exception the
sllv virtually was clear of clouds.
The field was completely lighted
by the new day at $50 and adol-
tional enlisted men of the army
with fixed bayonets, took up the
duty of keeping the wide space
cleared for the planes arrival
Escort Goes Out
The reported approach of the Dole
f1iers caused two planes to take OIL
from Luke field. the army's aviation
field in Peral Harbor, to escort them
to their landing place. They were
followed closely by six other escort
ing nlanes. The appearance IN the
skv of the army planes from Luxe
field caused veritable STAMPEDE
among the crowds at Wheeler neld.
The road leading from Honolulu
became a moving line OF prllllanl
lights early this morning as nun
dreds of autom obiles wound their
vay toward Schofield barracks. cars
were pouring into the parking space
"a RAPIDLY as the military ponce
could handle them.
Brilliant Beacons
At 3:15 o'clock huge army search
lights were turned on for the 1lfsl
time during the night. Brllliahl
shafts from the half million candle
power lights pierced the sky IN
which a few stray clouds had dr't'eo
down from the Waiane mountain
range.
Towards the east over the koolau
range heavy clouds were forming.
The clouds over Diamond Head, the
east portal to Honolulu, appeared to
be lighter
Noisy crowds stumbled over the
grounds waiting on the morning.
All races in the territory were repre-
scented. japanese women IN klmo-
.nos, Chinese women in jackets ana
"pajama pants,' Polyneslans ana
Koreans "Haoles" or Anglo-SaNons,
and F'illipinos waited to see the
fiiers arrive The women's varied
costumes contrasted with the strict
~ American clothes of the men.
Workers Get Vacation
Jim Dole, pineapple magnate ana
donor Of the flight prizes. had in
tended to give his $500 cannery
workers a holiday today to permit
them to see the finish of the race.
but nature interviewed and spoiled
his plan. The warm and clear
weather of the last few days caused
such a large quantity of fruit to rip
W that the cannery was forced toI
continue in operation.
The first flight casualty occurred
when a field ambulance moving into
place beside field. ran over three
sleeping soldiers.
The ambulance Immediately rushed
the soldiers TO a hospital
Miss Doran Delayed.
The, Miss Doran took up the race
yesterday to catch the pacesetters.
an hour and half behind them.
Pilot Augie Pollar was forced to
land the machine back to the air.
port after making an easy take-off.
The flight itself was ecllpsed by
the sensational smashing take offs
at Municipal Airport, Oakland. yes
terday That event SO thrilled the
audience Of 100000 gathered along
tho runway that the race seemed
hut an incident after the hazardous
lalte-off with a ton of gasoline had
been accomplished. Eight fliers
started in race. Two runway smash !
ups were pr, dictcd by motor experts
aai two occurred.
III fncantO Crashes.
The monoplane Ell Encanto. after |
= clumsy run down long starting |,
point fail Il to gain the proper lift !
ing power. weighted with u ton OF |
Gasoline and rocked and tunlbled Off |
The runway as'a result. The pilot, |
Lieut. Norman Goddard and his |
navigator X c. Hawkins were un-
injured As the craft failed 10 take !
10 the air whom il had moved about |
1000 feet along the runway the !,
pilot attempted to bring the ma !;
chine under control bu' the Woh !
hling machine came to earth after /,
Il smash that brought ncWspa per !
correspondents within range.
Tine Pacific Filler. owned by Ma !
ior Livingston living was also |
:ui}sh"d up in Il runway accident, /
litter ne attempted to take off twice, |
bat failed to land because of the !
weighted gasoline tanks:
Two EC:cCI Back.
TWO planes which were forced |
back Yesterday, the Oklahoma and
Dallas Spirit put back soon after