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Evening star., 1928-12-16
FIRST AIRPORT HELD
UNSAFE FOR PLANES
Soft Sand From Which Wrights
Flew Unsuited for Modern Craft
With High Landing Speeds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KITTY HAWK, N. c., December Is
The sandy field from which the worlds
first airplane flight was made has been
deemed unsafe as a landing field for
modern airplanes.
Although the Wright brothers selected
the sands of Kitty Hawk near Kill Devil
Hill for their first flying field" and sue
Cessfully few their plane from this field,
modern pilots, who have crossed conti-
nents and spanned oceans, have been
advised not to use it when the twenty
fifth anniversary of the first flight is
celebrated here Monday.
Field Held Dangerous.
Tom Carroll, chief test pilot of the
Langley Memorial Aeronautical Labora-
tories at Langley Field, Va, was asked
to fly here to make a survey of the ia
cilities for land and sea planes. Ee re-
ported, after flight over the area in
company Of other experienced pilots,
that it would be dangerous for aviators
to fly to Kitty Hawk to attempt land
ing
The report checked plans of number
Of pilots who visioned the spectacular
possibilities of flying to the scene of the
first flight in fast modern planes.
If flyers planning to go to Kitty
Hawk by air for the celebration all
would use planes of the vintage used by
the Wrights it might be possible for
them to make a safe landing on the
sand there" Carroll comments in his
report, but it is impossible for modern
planes with higher landing speeds to at
tempt a landing. The Wrights few
about 35 miles an hour against 27-mile
wind. so that their landing speed was
about miles an hour. Landing speeds
OF modern planes are around so miles
an hour.
Take OFF Would Be Risky.
"If the wind should happen to be
blowing in the right direction when the
flyers arrive it might be possible for
them to land safely. but it is doubtful
whether they would be able to get out
again"
Wilbur and Orville Wright selected
Kitty Hawk as the scene Of their ex-
periments because the United States
Weather Bureau had told them that
they would be assured stiff wind in
which to do their gliding at all times.
They did not have the same problems
to face in selection of suitable flying"
field as those considered important BY
flyers today.
The first flying field" is a sandy
waste stretch now covered with brush
like grass. When the Wrights knew it
there was no grass on the field 1t was
a long stretch of shifting sands tossed
about at the will of stiff winds off the
Atlantic.
Seaplanes could effect a landing Just
of the shore, but the pilots who made
the survey reported facilities inadequate
to insure the safety of planes or flying
boats landing on the water.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
AIR MAIL RADIO
PHONE DESCRIBED
Veteran Pilot Shows Eff
cheney of New Control Sys-
tenn by Outline of Talk.

The way the new radio telephone
control Of United States air mail planes
operates is wildly described by E. T.
Allen veteran pilot on the tranSconti-
mental route of Boeing Air Transport
and one of the first flyers in the couu
try 10 use the new communications
system in actual service.
Allen was an Army test pilot over
seas during the war and later was test
pilot in this city for the national ad-
visory committee for aeronauticS. He
represented the United States in
France and Germany in 1922 in flying
and gliding tests Since 1925 he has
flown the transcontinental air mail,
mostly over the Rocky Mountains, to-
tai of 1900 hours, TOO of which were
night flying. He now is engaged in test
flying IN connection with telephone ex-
pertinent work.
Describes Conversation.
He describes one of his fight con-
versstions as follows:
Hello, Ed" 1T was the voice of the
local superintendent in my ear phones). q.
I'VE have 1.l00-foot ceiling over the air
port. Visibility FIVE miles, barometer
slightly below normal, but steady, no
change in 80 minutes. Where are you?"
Thirty miles out and making about
100 miles per hour ground speed. How'S
the weather halfway between here and
there?"
Same as here he answers. Fog
begins at summit and ceiling rises MS
mountains drop away. You are about
miles south of the course. We will
send up yellow parachute flare when
you arrive within miles of us.
What Is the altitude at the top of the
cloud layer?'
"Eighty-eight hundred" I tell him.
"That gives 800 feet thickness. Will
arrive about 9:13 Shoot rocket at GIL.
Send it vertical to give me exact loca-
ton. will jazz my motor on the way
down. Listen for it and tell me if am
overshooting. Even if your ceiling re-
port is 100 per cent in error it will be
perfectly safe. but would like to come
down directly above the field. Where is
the second section?"
Need New Aerial.
"'John is 20 minutes behind you and
is still talking with the other terminal.
First section of westbound is due about
same time as you are, but We nave in
Structed him to slow down and stay
away from the airport until you are
down and We tell him TO come in. You
are still little south of the course.
Five degrees more to the left ought to
bring you right over US
Preparatory to this sort of aeronaU-
tical perfection We are under the neceS-
sity of tracking out the little radio
wavelets to their haunts at midnight
and MONDAY, behind hills and ,lown
narrow canyons. It is not particularly
enjoyable to snake a long antenna
around high voltage towers at light,
but in order to map the atmosphere for
radio shadows. skip distances, blind
spots, holes and what-noI, we do Scme
queer maneuvering. Such little prob
lens as the construction CT an efficient
fixed antenna to get rid of the long
trailing wire underneath, and the eliIrA-
nation of interference by the 13 little
all-freQuency tranSmitters known as
spark plugs-these are knotty questions
that must be unraveled. To t1nd out
which wave lengths are best adapted to
the work is not the least of our worries.
But we have hopes of success"
Evening star., 1928-12-16
NEW CANADA AIR LINE.
Mail Route Parallels u. s. Trans.
continental Service.

Canada is observing aviation's twenty
fifth birthday by paralleling the United
States transcontinental airmail route
with 3,300-nile route from Ottawa to
Vancouver, several hundreds of miles
north of the New York-San Francisco
line
Earle Godfrey. Canadian pilot, recent
~ completed the first airmail flight
across Canada over the new route in
90 hours flying time. identical with
the regular tchedule over the United
Statek route.
Evening star., 1928-12-16

us with their own unquenchable enthus-
iasm and transformed idle curiosity
into the active zeal of workers.
In the field of aviation there Wers
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
THREE GOOD CHRISTMAS DINNERS AND HOW TO PREPARE IEl

Three Xmas Dinners;|
Take Your Choice
TWO-COURSE
Roast Duck or BrOiled Chicken
Mashed Potatoes
Butteredl Onions
Canned Cranberry Jelly
Cabbage and Green Pepper Salad
Canned Plum Pudding
Hard Sauce
Coffee
THREE-COURSE
Oyster Bisque Garnislled with
Parsley
Roast Turkey or CapOm with
Dressing
Giblet Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Hubbard Squash
Creamed Onions
Cranberry Sauce Celery CurIs
Plum Pudding
SunSlllne sauce
Coffee
FIVE COURSE
Christmas Star CanaIbe
Oyster Bisque Garnished with
Parsley
Roast Turkey with Chestnut
Stuffing
Mushroom Giblet Gravy
Mashed Potatoes
Hubbard Squash
Creamed Onions
Celery Hearts
Cranberry Sauce Olives
YuIetide Salad Paprika
Crackers
Plum Pudding
Sunshine Sauce
Nuts Stuffed Dates
Coffee
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
RICE BOON To
HOUSEWIFE
By ANN PAGE
Director of A. & p. Bureau of Home

director of A.. & p. Bureau OF Home
>Economicsl
Rice is one OF the best aids to
the cook in planning her meals. 1t
blends so well with other foods
that it can always be counted upon
to stretch the leftovers into salts
flying desserts or luncheon dishes.
1t can be steamed with milk to
furnish a delicious dessert when
dressed up with maple syrup or
honey, with crushed fresh fruit, or
with canned fruit. A chocolate or
caramel sauce, or a custard served
with mold of rice, makes a dessert
elaborate in appearance but actually
simple to make.
Used in luncheon dishes it is
particularly helpful. A cup Of left
over meat, a little minced onion,
and green pepper or pimiento
cooked with the rice in bacon fat
or salad oil, and we have an ap-|
petizing main dish. Lacking the
meat, we add cupful or two of
tomatoes and we have another vel
come dish.
We may vary that by a liberal
sprinkling of cheese and set the
dish in the oven until 1t is melted.
A cheese sauce served around mOIds
OF rice is also good.
Sliced cooked vegetables such as
carrots, beets, or beans may be
served with such dish.
Brown rice, which has special
value as a food because of the
minerals and vitamins retained in
the whole grain. is particularly
good in luncheon dishes. 1t needs
longer cooking than white rice.
Rice furnishes a hot cereal for
the children's supper. 1t may be
served plain or with raisins and
dates at this meal.
1t is used to replace potatoes
with chicken and other meats when
gravy is served.
Best of all it makes a baked
rice pudding sometimes known az
poor mans pudding.
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
KITCHEN CIT IS
GAIN VOGUE

Kitchen-made Christmas presents
are becoming increasingly popular
according to Betty Crocker, whose
advice on culinary matters is faith
fully followed by thousands OF
women.
III am devoting most OF my
Wednesday and Friday morning
radio cooking school lessons from
now until Christmas to the making
Of these kitchen gifts, she says.
II know they are helping more
and more to solve the problem or
what to give at Christmas time be-
cause each year l receive a larger
number of letters from my radio
pupils telling enthusiastically OF
the Christmas boxes they have
hacked with fruit cake. cookies,
candy. jelly, jam, and other good
things to eat. These they have
sent to their relatives and friends
in all parts of the country.
Sometimes they even turn the
tables on me and send me some of
their kitchen made gifts"
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
EGG AND TOMATO

Cut hard-cooked egg In circles and
also cut a tomato into thin slices.
Add / teaspoonfu1 Of Worcestershire
sauce to tablespoonful Of olive
oil. Add this to the butter with
which the bread is spread. Arrange
the tomato with the sliced egg on
top Of it in the center of the bread,
taking care that it does not come
too near the edge. Place bread on
top and wrap each sandwich in in
dividual wax papers.
The Washington times., 1928-12-17

To help bring this about. three
menus are presented. The first
one is a simple one of two courses,
which can be just as much 9
Christmas dinner as the more
elaborate one, as the table decora-
tions. the holly or the evergreen
will make the table gay ano
festive. Al soup course may be
added il desired, using one OF the
many delicious varieties of canned
soups. The second dinner adds an
oyster soup, which is easily MADE
and the crisp relish Is an excel
lent substitute for a salad.
Good In Cans
The plum pudding may emerge
from can, as a delicious canned
pudding is now available. Or. u
may be homemade and set away IN
a crock with an apple) to ripen.
in. order, that its full flavor may
be developed.
Mix one cupful Of suet chopped
fine, one cupful of molasses and
one cupful OF milk. Add four eggs
well beaten. Prepare one cupful
each OF currents and raisins, one
half cupful blanched almonds. one
half cupful citron thinly shredded
in strips, one-half cupful candied
cherries cut in quarters, two table.
spoonfuls candied orange peel and
one and oneshalf cupfuls chopped
figs. Mix this fruit with one cup
full flour.
Now measure and sift together
three cupfuls sifted flour, one tea.
spoonful each OF salt. soda, cinna-
mon and nutmeg, one-half teaspoon.
full all spice and four teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Add to the suet
mixture. Last, add the f1oured fruit.
Pour into large, creased mould
and steam three hours. For a
smaller pudding to serve six this
recipe may be cut in half; but
steam the pudding for the same
length of time. On Christmas Day it
can be put back in the mould and
steamed for one hour.
Done Days Ahead
The stuffed dates also may be
prepared several days ahead and
packed away in a tin box. They
may be stuffed with fondant and
walnuts or with peanut butter and
rolled in granulated sugar.
On the day before Christmas the
turkey must be stuffed and trussed.
Have the bird delivered all drawn
and clean. Wash tho giblets and
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
OYSTER DRESSING

Heat II oysters until their edges
begin to curl. Drain off the LIQUOR
and use it in making the basic
white dressing. If there Is not
enough oyster liquor to make one
cupful, add white vegetable or cereal
stock to 1t. Make the white dress.
ing as usual and when ready to
serve add the oysters finely chop
ped. Serve with baked or boiled
fish. or fish croquettes or roasted
fowl. This also makes "A delicious
sauce to pour over stewed celery
or panned mushrooms.
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
No Times Food Page
During Holidays

Because of the Christmas
and New Year Holidays. there
will be no Food Page ON the
next two Mondays. December
"a and 81.
But as the Food Page for
the last few weeks has con-
tained abundant material on
the preparation Of holiday
dishes and menus. il is hoped
the housewife will be able tn
get along until Monday, JanIl.
ary 6, when the regular weekly
Food Page will be resumed.
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
FISH SALADS

Put medium sized can of light
tuna, salmon, lobster or crab in =
bowl and shred with 4 fork. Pour
IL tablespoonfuIs Of Worcester
shire sauce over same and mix
well. Add II cupful Of celery and
the salad dressing containing Wor.
cestershfre sauce,
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
BAKED EGG

Grease an individual glass or fire.
proof ramekin with oil or butter and
break an egg into it. Sprinkle with
Balt and season with a few drops
Of Worcestershire sauce. Bake sur
rounded by water ma moderate oven
for from five to ten minutes and
serve with Worcestershire Sauce at
the table.
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
BACON oMELEI

Fry four Of five slices Of baco
untiI crisp. Use the bacon drippines
in place Of the butter in maklna
and frying the oineIet. Spread fnt
bacon, cut into small pieces "a
the omeIet before folding. Garnish
the plate with bacon. Serve as
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
JELLY DRESSING

Melt u OF glassful of current
jelly over hot water, and ! table,
spoonful of lemon juice and add /
cupful OF basic brown dressing.
Serve with roast, turkey, chicken,
goose or any preferred game.
The Washington times., 1928-12-17
ROAST TURKEY WITH PUDDING
BEST BASE FOR HOLIDAY CHEER

Merry Christmas the hostess Whether she mistress
Of large establishment homemaker who wishes to achieve
the traditional hospitality limited income business
woman who far from home still wants the
holiday spirit hospitality and achieve in her tiny kitchen
cozy dinner for few rendsto these and to all others
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
Texas Boy
Needed Help

Lee Harmon. of 1914 Rigsby Az
enue, San Antonio. is a regular fell
low" active in Scouting. and at the
top in his classes at Junior High
School. To look at him now. you'd
think he never had a days sickness
but his mother says: when Lee
was about two years old, we found
his stomach and bowels were weak.
He kept suffering for months from
constipation. Nothing he ate agreed
with him. He was fretful, feverish
and puny.
when We started giving him Cali
fornia Fig Syrup his condition i'm
proved quickly. His constipation and
billiousness stopped and he has had
no more trouble Of that kind. ! have
since used California Fig Syrup with
all my children for colds and upset
spells. They like it because it tastes
so good and ! like it because II
helps them so wonderfully"
California Fig Syrup has been the
trusted standby Of mothers for over
so years. Leading physicisls recon
mend il. 1t IS purely vegetable and
works with Nature TO regulate, tone
and strengthen the stomach and
bowels Of children so they get full
nourishment from their food and
waste is eliminated in a normal way.
-Four million bottles used a year
shows how mothers depend on il. Al
ways look for the word California
on TIRE carton 70 be sure Of getting
the genuine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
All Defendants
In Liquor Cases
Given Pen Terms

Every defendant indicted on liquor
charges and tried during the pres
ent term of the criminal district
court received a p~enitentiary sen
tence, the records of the term dis
close. Eight convictions and peni-
Tertiary sentences were secured.
Daniel Gomez, defendant in the
last liquor case on the docket, was
given a one-year sentence Wsdnes.
day after the jury had been out "a
hours. Gomez plead guilty and ask
ed for a suspended sentence.
Virgilio Rodriguez, charged with
receiving stolen property taken from
the Patteson Motor company. was
given q two-year p~enitentiary sen.
tence. Jun Won Hatten. who was
convicted Wednesday on the charge
Of stealing the parts. was given two
years in the penitentiary.
Court recessed Wednesday night
and the jury was discharged. Judge
Cunningham will return 70 Browns
vile Friday to hear several divorce
and other non-jury cases.
A special term OF the criminal dis
trict court will convene Monday. o.
tober %, for the purpose OF dispos-
ing OF the remaining cases on the
docket. and a jury FOR the special
term will be summoned to appear on
that date.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
Road Association
Officers Coming
To Border Cities

Officials OF the American Road
Builders association. who have been
attending the Highway Congress at
Mexico City, will arrive in Browns
vile Monday afternoon at $3.50 ard
will remain in this city until s:35,
according TO a message received
Wednesday by W. o. Washington,
county engineer, a member of the
association.
Preparations are being made 10
entertain the visitors with a tour of
the city and surrounding section.
The group will include several who
are nationally prominent in road con
struction.
The Mexico City congress, which
closed Wednesday was one OF the
most successful highway meetings
ever held, members of the American
association report.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
Mrs. Van Loon 3rd
Asks Divorce and
Names Mrs. No. z

NEW YORK, Oct. 1l.-P)-Fran.
ces Goodrich, actress, has started di-
vorce proceedings against Henrik
Willem Van Loon, the writer. naming
Us correspondent his second wife, Hell.
en- Criswell, with whom she charges
he is living in Holland.
Miss Goodrich obtained a supreme
court order permitting service Of
papers in the action by publication
and by mailing a copy TO Van Loon
ut Walcheren, We're, Holland. ShC
asks temporary alimony and counsel
fees.
Van Loon and Miss Goodrich were
married last October at Elizabeth, n.
y, and maintained separate estab-
lishments here for some time there
after. They explained this was due
10 professional reasons only and not
y form Of c~ompanionate marriage.
Reports that the author and his
second wife were reunited and we're
living in the Dutch fishing VILLAGE
were received by Miss Goodrich some
time ago. She cabled her husband
asking about them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
WINTER
ON AIR seen
Federal Commission
Cleaning Cobwebs
Out of Skies
BY ALEXANDER r. GEORGE
Associated Press Feature Writer

WASHINGTON. Oct. 11.-tRIH
Americas host Of radio dial twisters,
from crystal set TO superhet listen
ers, are promised one of the mos.
enjoyable winters in the annals of
broadcasting.
The 100000 people in the Unit
ed States, who live more than 100
miles from a broadcasting station
and who have been harassed by
heterodynes, will derive the greatest
benefit from the new ALLEGATION of
stations, the engineers declare. With
"a of the 80 channels made available
for high grade reception, the farm
and small town listener, as well as
the city enthusiast, is assured a va
riety Of programs free from whistles
caused by station interference.
9TH wide geographical distribu-
ton of high power broadcasting sta
tions operating on cleared channels,
the set-up provides for first class re-
ception in all sections Of the coun-
try. Forty-one station channels are
distributed equally among the five
zones.
The listener on a ranch in Mon
'ana, in a small town in Missouri,
alabama or Connecticut. will be
served primarily by eight high pow
er stations located in his zone and
sending programs on exclusive wave
lengths. Additional service will be
afforded by regional and local sta
tons dividing time or placed geo.
graphically at distances designed 10
reduce interference.
While all classes Of listeners will
benefit by the new ALLEGATION. the
farmers will gain the most, said DR..
J.. H. Dellinger, chief engineer Of
the commission. "They will not
only be able to receive more stations
reliably without interference but
practically all points on the dial will
be free from the pest Of ~heterodyne
whistles. The city listeners will
gain through h~eterodyne free recep-
ton of their local stations and also
reception of distant stations free
from interference"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
BYRD ON Way
TO DISCOVER
ENDOFV WORLD
Noisy Farewell is Bid
Explorer AS Last
Ship Leaves Port for
New Zealand

SAN PEDRO, Cal, Oct. I1.-C9-
Down the trail that always has called
him Commander Richard z. Byrd to-
lay was bound for the bottom Of the
sarth in search of adventure fused
with scientific exploration.
Away at last on MS long-planned
expedition TO the Antarctic the com.
mander and the remainder of his
hand-picked followers were aboard
the Norwegian whaler c. A. Larsen
bound for New Zealand, common rem
devious for the four ships that later
TINS year will push on down into the
Antarctic circle.
Ross Sea was the immediate OBJ
fective of the commander, who later
hopes to cross the youth Pole by all
IN the same manner he and the late
Floyd Bennett reached the North
Pole. More important in the an.
nounced plans Of the Byrd expo
ton, however, was a long, inten
study of the Antarctic that NAV kel.
the party exiled in the icy wastes FOR
W years or more.
Westward with the setting sun the
giant whaler. last Of the vessels "a
leave American waters, slipped
through harbor channel last nigh;
and amid a bedlam Of farewells from
Visiting harbor craft and crowds that
lined the piers. The shrill whistle
OF street cars was even raised in
sending forth Godspeed to the ex-
plorers.
The last leave taking between the
commander and his wife was a sim.
pie handelasp, an exchange Of steady
looks and a few words. Then each
turned to their iobs-Byrd's two OF
three years Of "filling in the blanl
spaces of the map" and his wife's
the keeping Of their Boston home fol
his return.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11
Manautou Back
From St. Louis

Belief that the Z. Manautou de-
partmsnt store was better prepared
than ever before for fall and winter
trade as the result of his 2-weeks
buying trip 10 ST. Louis, was ex-
pressed by Mr.. Manautou upon his
return.
Manautou met New York repre-
sentetives at st. Louis and made a
variety Of purchases that he thought
especially adapted TO local trade.
He bought in large lots ladies' ready
TO wear. children's and misses dress
es. shoes. gentlemen's clothing, etc.
IL was said.
The goods have begun to arrive
and are being placed on display and
SURPRISES stored in the company's
two store houses.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-11

New Window Trimmer-Herman
Noher, formerly of Miami, Fla, has
accepted a position with Manautou's
department store. and will have
charge Of the window trimming, show
cards and display work.