The Washington times., 1928-09-14
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I Los ANGELES, Sept. ne
nonstop section Of the national afr
races was today without q winner,
the officials having declared it emo
contest. = (
This decision was given out after
1t was learned that no one OF the
nine sfliers who took off from New
York late Wednesday, was able to
make. Los Angeles without "a stop
| Art Goebsl. winner OF the Ha.
wailan Dole race and, ~ fayorife In
the national Nonstop derby. landed
his Lochheeds Vega mon0piane at
Mines Field here at 40 o'clock
yesterday afternoon aid at first Il
was believed he had won the race
Just as the crowd was l00sing Its
plaudits for the Hometown, boy.
Goebel himself nfpped the budding
celebration, by calmly Announcing
that he had. been forced, down at
Prescott. Arix. Thus, virtually
within lnafling distance Of his g0aI,
Goebel became disqpal ified. III
HaIdenan Qovhed
He was the only one of the nine
starters toEAreach, the finish line.
George Haldeman.soe Detroit. came
nehrest Of the other eight. msnag-
Ing to get his Bellanca plane as far
as AibuQuerque. N. NJ, according
to reports reaching here. He was
forced down by q storm and short.
Ss1f .thes seven other planes. that
horned from NewsYork Wednesday.
one has been, demolished in a crash,
severely injuring tVeO occupants. and
the six others had been forced
down by various causee. -. ssss
The plane that crashed was the
LoclEheed-Vega In which john r.
Norris. and William ThaW II were
flying. Their motor drained Of oil
by "a broken line. they 4 made "a
landing In IA field, neafss Decatur, liz.
in the dark. SeaSlys. yesterday. a
wire fence wrecked Sthe ship com,
pletely. 50 I; badly injnring Morris
and Thaw that they, were reported
in serious condition today.
None OF the other pilots was hurt
I'm the several forced. landings OF
che other, shiHs.aa g
s.. # Crowd with Him. 81
Art Goebefs made the announce
finsnt Of his ,landlnga ate Phescott-
Qualifying him. fcrs the. race prize
alifsisnedis tely after, ] landing at
EMinesfield.s But the crowd u. the
|'fisld, !, between 10000 and 10000
spectators. ignorant Of the landing
en- routee belieysd1 Goebel, hadAwon
the race and vent wild: with cheer.
E.iEg saAdeappiauSe. But their cheers
were no less hearty after: they. had
Been informed = OF 7 Gosbel'sr hard
'uf Both .GSsbsl and; Harry Tucker,
his passenger Il and cWner Of the
Yankee Doodle the-red. .hwhite and
blue monopl were = dead tired
I The plane itself Was badly dam
AGED. "A door had been,st0rn 8 off:
two. windows were smashed, and
there were several holes in the
f,iselage. which s,wasS% SO streaked
thing bit Ethe &prin1 tfacoloEed ship
&, was when 1t toOk off irons New
York. 49, - - s.sS,ss :
Hardly able to talk@froms exhaus-
tiOn, C4oebel and Tucker gasped a
story Of almost unbelievable hard
ships on the flight. We had to
fight all tie way said the pilot.
49, Door Ripped Oft 49,
~ Somewhere in the night, Tucker
opened ahe- door to9 throw ont a
gas can--and the wind ripped sthe
door from his hands, smashed it
against the side Of the plane.r break
ing two windows and knocking
several holes in the side. and tore
1t, off its hinges to send 1T HURTING
into the night. Tucker was cut by
flying glass.
Several times during the night
Il thought we were gone" said
Tucker, describing the terrible
weather the plane encountered.
q At Prescott. .. Goebel realized ne
had !, not enough gas to finish the
hop, and landed. 1t took Attle
more than an hour to- refuel, the
plane with, SIS gahons. Of gas
enough to take them toLos Angeles
over. 44lse, rest OF the routes still
fraught with danger because : or
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