Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-18
RECEPTION TO G0EBEL.
WINNER, AND JENSEN,
SECOND, is POSTPONED

HONOLULU, August IS R).-
George Bustard, chairman of the
Aloha committe of the Chamber of
Commerce, postponed plans for re-
ception, ball and Hawaiian feast in
honor of the Dole fight winners be.
cause of uncertainty as TO the fate OF
J. A. Pedlar, Jack Frost and their
companions, in the missing airpianes
Miss Doran and Golden Eagle.
The monoplane Weolaroc, piloted by
Arthur c. Goebel. movie stunt aviator
of HOLLYWOOD, yesterday captured first
prize of $25 1000 in the Dole air race
from Oakland to Hawaii and Honolu.
LUIS entrant the Aloha, with Martin
Jensen as pilot, took second prize OF
$4,000.
Goebel and his navigator. Lieut.. w.
C. Davis, naval officer of San Diego.
landed at Wheeler Field near here at
12:23.33 pm. (Honolulu time), the first
flyers in the four-cornered race to
reach the goal.
The Aloha was brought down on the
field at 2:22 pm. (Honoluiu time), and
Jensen and Paul Schulter OF San Fran
cisco, the navigator, stepped from the
cabin to find that they had finished
second.
Land Two Hours Apart.
The actual flying time for Goebel
was rs hours II minutes and 20 sec
onds. Jensen completed the trip in %
hours and is minutes, unofficial time.
Though Jensen and Schulter hoped
off from the mainland at 1894 pm,
San Francisco time, Tuesday, just two
minutes before the Woolaroc left the
ground, he arrived at Wheeler Field
/ hour and So minutes and q seconds
| in the wake of the big blue and yellow
monoplane.
The fights of the Woolaroc and
! Aloha consumed more time than was
| required by Lieuts. Maitland and Heg-
| enberger, who first made the passage
| from Oakland to Wheeler Field seven
weeks ago. The lieutenants negotlat-
| ed the 2400-mile air route in 25 hours
and so minutes. 1t was pointed out
az the afternoon wore on that the
| absent planes might still have enough
! fuel to bring them either to the finish
| ing field at Oahu Island, or to one of
| the other islands of the group.
The United States Navy, co-operat-
| ing to make the fight less hazardous,
patroled the island waters with some
| 30 destroyers and other craft of its
service. In addition. merchant ships
| of all classes established lookouts for
| the flyers.
The Pacifc's greatest aerial rodeo
brought all the color and emotion
| that has made these tropical islands
! famous. Long before the sun had
peaked over Diamond Head this morn
| ing a. stream of humanity had found
| its way to the landing field.
Receive Noisy Welcome.
The crowd was noisy, but good ma
! tured. All races in the territory were
! reported Pretty little Japanese WON.
! en- in sached kimonos. Chinese in jack
! cts and pajama pants. POlynesian
A., and Koreans, Filipinos and Nordic
| blondes made up the welcoming null
| titude.
Parking space had been provided by
! the Army officials for 5000 automo-
! biles. BY $50 am. this space was
| filed and the territorial Hawaiias was
| lined with additional cars for a dis
tance of two miles. Army estimates Of
the crowd grew hourly. At noon it was
stated by the reception committee that
more than 10000 people had crowded
| into or around the field.
There would have been $500 more,
| but nature prevented. James ID. Dole,
/ donor of the prizes, owns large pine
apple canning factory. He had intend.
| ed to give the $500 employees OF the
| factory a holiday to witness the ar
! rival, but warm clear weather the
last few days caused such a large
| quantity of fruit to ripen that the
! cdnnery was forced TO continue in
! operation.
The day was preceded by hectic
night Theaters kept open to amuse
| those who could not go TO sleep and
TO keep them informed of the progress
| OF the flyers. Bulletins were an
| nounced in the theaters containing
flight news.
In the early morning, with bright
I moon over head. hundreds of motor
lists drove TO the field The moon
| above. giant searchlights playing over
the islam and the myriad lights from
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