Evening star., 1927-10-28
ART GOEbEL TALKS
/ WITH PRESIDENT
Transpacific Aviator Visits
Press Club and Places
Wreath in Arlington.

Arthur c. Goebel, aerial conqueror
of the Pacific Ocean between Cali
fornia and Hawaii and winner of the
$4,000 Dole prize. today gave the
American Government the benefit of
his experience in aviation in an inter
view with President Coolidge at the
White House at noon and later with
Air Corps and Department of Com
merce experts. Arriving late yester-
day afternoon from Pennsylvania, in
his famous plane. the Wooiaroc,
Goebel today participated in busy
program, which included luncheon
in his honor at the National Press
Club and conferences with official Is.
This morning he flew ever Arling-
ton National Cemetery. dropping a
wreath at the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, on behalf of the Hollywood,
Calf. Post of the American Legion,
OF which he is a member. AS he was
returning to Boiling Field CONNER
cial machine, making a test flight,
was forced down and its left wheel
was crumpled short distance away,
but neither its pilot nor passenger
was injured.
Friends of the aviator were given
short flights in the Woolaroc, upon
his return from Arlington. Those
taken up were Mrs. Thomas Mott. Mrs.
Ezra Gould, c. Gerson, assistant man.
Ager of the Carlton Hotel, and his
fancee, Miss Elsie Ewers.
Calls on President
Goebel, siX.foot, sun-burned. black
haired Westerner. met President Cool
taage at noon. At l o'clock the National
press Club, under the direction of
,I1ouis Ludlow, it's president, rendered
Ahe flyer a luncheon, at which Victor
IT. Houston, Hawaiian legislator, ar
&anged to speak.
The Woolaroc, with its yellow wings
Ind dark blue body, Is an all-American
Aroduction, friends of Goebel declared,
.Rdding that it's engine has not been
Npverhauled since the Hawaiian flight.
sThe plane has gone 10000 miles, rep
Eesenting 400 hours in the air, they
6ay.
q Goebel said he will devote the rest
jpf his life to flying. believing that
transcontinental commercial aviation
eehould be developed first, before eX-
.fensive tranSoceanic flights with ade-
fQuately equipped seaplanes are at
tempted. He considers that the radio
Beacon will contribute largely to the
success of flying in America and says
facilities in the way of flying fields
sshould be provided as soon as pos
Bible. American manufactured prod
&lcts, he holds. should be patroniZed.
Nnd has practiced what he breaches in
his own plane. the Woolaroc.
Arrived Here Yesterday.
Goebel arrived yesterday afternoon
At Boiling Field at 4:30. having left the
Army field at Pittsburgh at 2:05 pm.
Accompanying the aviator were Fred
f1amlin, former newspaper man, and
John Phillips of BartleSville, Okla,
his personal friends. Assistant Secre-
tary MacCracken, C. Gerston, assistant
manager of the Carlton Hotel, and
Mr.. Ludlow were on the official re-
ception committee, while numerous
Army men and civilians witnessed the
arrival.
The transpacific flyer did not forget
his buddies at Walter Reed Hospital,
for soon after his arrival in the Capi-
tal he recounted for them his expert
4nce in spanning the ocean to Hawaii.
His expertness as a markSman, Sc
cured during hunting expeditions dur
ing his early days in the West, kept
Noebel from becoming one of the fly
dng men during the World War. He
berved in Francs as rifle instructor.
The Woolaroc is named after
ranch in Oklahoma and is an Indian
hame meaning good luck" The
nnle plane in which he won the
125000 Dole prize in a hop of 26 hours
Ind II minutes on August 1917, from
Oakland, Calf, to Honolulu, was to-
hay the object of great interest for
NasKingtonians at Boiling Field.
Had Naval Navigator.
Those close to aviation develop
1nents in the Capital recalled that
4he Army and Navy co-operated with
kdr. Goebel in his noted flight. He
kot his training in the Army as a