Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-14
Elements Win In
Non-S Stop Flight

MINES FIELD, Los ANGELES,
Sept. 14.-tPl-The elements today
stood victor in the nonstop trans
continental air derby, feature event
Of the national air race meet in prog
vess here and So, 500 posted for tha
First four finishers in the event re-
NAMED with race officials.
None of the nine planes which
hoped from Roosevelt Field, New
York Wednesday reached their goal
without a stop, through for a time
yesterday it was thought Art Goe-
asl. holder Of the west-to-east non
ssop record. had won first prize.
Goebel, winner OF the Dole air rec
from Oakland to Hawaii last August,
was the sole pilot to reach Mines
Field, landing here at $500 p. m, Pa
.cific standard time, amid a great
outburst Of applause from the crowd.
Goebel Lands
Goebel revealed e had been dis
qualifisd BY a landing az Prescott,
Ariz, earlier in the day, when Ne
grounded 70 adjust a faulty carbu-
retor and to take on additional gaso-
line.
He brought a story Of a bitter bat
lie ossr the Rocky mountains, dur
ing Which his white Lockheed-Vera
moEo.aane met fierce headwinds,
transforms. The craft, "The Yankee
Doodle" bore evidence Of the vio-
lence OF the storm, one cabin door
being torn away.
Gocbel landed % hours and "a
minute after his takeoff in New
York, which time, despite the hour
and ten minutes he was on the
ground IN Arizona was 3 hours bet
ter than the east-to-west non-ston
record Of 26 hours. so minutes. "a
70 conds set BY L~iertenants OAK
ley Kelley and John A. MacReady
in 1913.
He was the ~favorite and was ex-
pectea to have serious Opposition
only from Col. William Tham's Lock-
necd-Nega and Nick Manners Ruhl-
Sesqui planes. both forced down
earlier.
Haldeman Last Down
Captain George Haldeman. Ruth
Elders pilot on her attempted trans
Atlantic flight. was the last rlane
Gown IN the derby, coming 10 earth
az o:O5 p. m, mountain time vester-
day at Albuquerque, n. NJ. on ~.
count OF gasoline shortage foIlovin,.
q long fight with head winds.
a single accident MARRIED the rae
when John r. Morris. piIot. ana rol
william Thaw III. navigator. both M
Pittsburgh, crashed into i go
after a broken oil line had forraS
Sneir Lockheed-Nega plane down At
hurt. o0ii"uaiy
Pilot Manner. in his orange RubI.
1esqui plane, was the only one "a
me contestants to choose the nortb-
erh route. and ran into ugly waafba,
4. wyoming that brought him dow
AFTER ne had assumed A stratar;r
iead IN the flight. CROSSING abeve
hawiins. Wyo., yesterday morrins
aIter a long hard battle with storr,s
ma SHOWS. the Spokane pilot wa'
forced down with ice forming an ~.
carouretor- He landed al Gas 1 !,
mountain time. -
Leak Stopped Leyine's Plane
= ieaky valve on an rmerrar.,,
k-s tank forced Lieut.. Jack Fixam.y
~ ~ the Eockaway naval air station
lying CHARLES A.. Levine's trans-At
t@nsic Bellanca plane THE Colnm
"'a 10 descend at Amarillo. Te~as
mil hard Luck" Burgin Of Min.
eola' y. r. who has earned his nicE
name BY winning against s%ir,;la.
ouas Is the 2 encountered IN th;,
race, mad the same kind VI misfo-
tune as Haldeman and landed III.
n. VI. 'u
The other three were nnt a..
shortly after the start. Oliver r.
Boutellier of East Orange, ". j.. 70
turned to Roosevelt Field soon afte,
the takeoff; Clifford McMillin i
Syracuse, N. Y, landed at Chase. Pa.
and Randolph Page Of Worthwhile
Mich, landed al Allentown. pa.