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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
JAMES j DAVIS
TO MAKE AIR
SPEECH

James ]. Davis. Secretary Of La.
Dor, viii be the speaker in the na-
tion.wide broadcast Of the ''Univer.
sal Safety Series" over the coast.ts-
coast MIC. system at Sis o'clock
tonight.
Mr.. Davis, who has had the dis
tinction Of serving In the cabinets Of
three different presidents Of the
United States, Presidents Harding,
Coolidge and Hoover. win speak on
Safety and the Worker"
Jazz classics of the modern age by
American ultra-modern composers
win be heard during the General
Electric Hour, which promises to be
one Of the most colorful broadcasts
of SERIOUS jazz Of the season.
A $4,000 prize-winning nocturne
by Tommy Griselle; excerpts from
the jazz opera, "Jonny Splielt Auf,
presented for the first time in the
Metropolitan Opera House this win
ter, and Ferde Grofe's "Metropolis"
head the list of unusual features
that are representative of the tempo
of the present Nathaniel Shilkret
will direct the symphonic jazz or
chestra. Gladys Rice, soprano, and
Robert Summons, tenor, will be
heard as assisting artists.
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue"
and a piano duo Of "A Jazz Study"
are other particularly interesting
numbers on the program.
Piano Specialties
New arrangements Of current
Broadway hits for a two piano
broadcast by Place and Pascocello,
| the ''Piano Twins" will be an at.
traction Al sos o'clock! Howard
Phillips. tenor will be the assisting
vocalist. Numbers to be heard are,
''Farmerette,' This is Heaven"
''Finesse,' Just Another Kiss and
Building a Nest For Mary"
4 The Saturday night jazz band at.
fractions include such popular
orchestras las Rudy ValIee's and
the Hotel Dessert band from wRC,
the Paramount, and Martucci's over
WMAL A dance hour from VOL,
means records Of the country's fore.
most dance organizations, which are
presented with every bit Of volume
and perfection of the original
artists.
Major Julius /. Peyser. vice.pregi.
dent of the Washington Community
Chest, win tell listeners to WMAII.
the results of the Community Chest
drive, at 6.45 o'clock.
Comedy Songs
Hundreds have Millions" "Bitter
Sweet. = Just Between You and
Me" and ''On De Links" are the
four original comedy songs that
Mac and Lennie will offer on the
Nickel Cinco-Paters over WMAI,.
Benny Krueger's Orchestra will
play group of syncopations, both
old and new. ''Ida Sweet as Apple
Cider" Finding the Long way
Home" Valparaiso ana Miss
YOU are among the number.
The electric Neutrality-suspicious..
creation of Joe Green, viii be played
by him and his musicians when the
Temple Hour broadcasts tonight.
This instrument il built On the
general plan of the marimba with
two rows Of wooden bars, arranged
in semi-tone order. Under each bar
is a cylinder tube three inches in
diameter made of silver, with small
fan blade attached to the ton, A
quiet running motor turns the
blades and the bars are struck with
a hammer made of yarn. The spe.
cialty number will be "A Kiss in the
| Dark %
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
BEST PROSPECTS

3 p. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
baseball game broadcast from
the studio Of The Washington
Times (WOL-229l.
6:l2 b. na.-WaIter Holt.
mandolin and guitar virtuOSo
lWOL-22O).
Gas D. m.-Results Of wash
ingtOn'a Community Chest, BY
Major Julius i. PeyseF tWATAL.-
476l.
CHAIN PROGRAM
Sis .. m.-UnIversaI Safety
Series. by James j.. Davis,
Secretary OF Labor tN.B.C9.
WABC. WMAL, etc.
B D. m.-GcmeFai Electric
hour tN.B.C.1 WEAF. WRC.
etc: Mt Wit hour (G.B.s.l
WEAF, WRG, etc.
D. m.--Cayalcade lN.B.C.l
WEAF, WRC, etc.; Nickel
CincO Paters tC.B.Sl WABC,
WMAL, etc.
$3.50 D. nI.--Temple hour
(C.B.s.) .WABC. WMAL.
0:OO-LucIxy Strike Dance Or
chestra (N.B.CJ WEAF. WRC,
etc.
DANCE MUSIC
$50 p. m.--Danee Music
--WOL-229.
$3.50 D. m.-PaFannOunt Or
chestRa (C.B.S.l WfAL-456.
1880 D. m.--MaFtueci Orches-
tFa (C.B.S.l WMAL-476.
II D. muddy Vallee and
his orchestra tN.B.C.l WRC-3l6.
i1:3O-HOtel Boasert Orches-
ira (N.B.C.1 WRC-3l0.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
Charge d'Affaires

The minister Of Rumania.
Georges Cretziano, and his daugh.
ter, Mile. Jeanne Cretziano, will
sail for Europe on board the lie de
France, July 26. to pass the re-
manned of the summer.
During the minister's absence.
Frederick Nano, who arrived re-
Gently to serve as first secretary
of the legation, will be in charge.
He is living at the Montgomery
Country Club until Nine. Nano
arrives early In the autumn.
Mrs. Charles F. Hughes, wife
of the Chief of Naval Operations,
and her daughter, Mrs. Otto
Nimitz, are en- route by motor TO
Maine, where the latter will pass
the summer. Mrs. Hughes viii
rejoin Admiral Hughes here after
q short stay in Maine.
Mrs. William e. Borah, wife of
Senator Borah. has been spending
few days at Poland Spring. Me.
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Local Programs
Observation-Disclosures

WRC--WashIngto
1:3o--The Melody Hour tN.B;c.l.
2:3O--RCA Demonstration Hour
(N.B.C.l.
1900 Washington-b game.
5:0O--Biack and Gold Room Or
chestra (N.B.C.D.
B:l5---" Making Everybody Rich
Industry's New Coal On.
B.C.).
e.00--Motion Picture Guide.
e:Os-Piano Twins (N.B.c.l.
6:10--B Baseball Scores
S:i5-Uniyersal Safety series-.
safety and the Worker"
by the Secretary Of Labor.
Hon. James ]. Davis lN.B.
s.so-Sorrect time.
s:si-Bible talk. ''The story Of
Ezekiel by Prof. Elmer
Louis Kayser. secretary
George washington univeE.
sity, under the auspices OF
the Organized Bible Class
''''- Basin wssS s. by pr. julius
Klein, Assistant Secretary
7:00--Ths Cava1cade (N.B.C1.
s:oo--General Electric hour
sociology strike dance hour
10;0O--Ei Tango X m tlcV
1o:so--siumber music tN.B.c.).
l1:O0--Weather forecast.
lI:O1-Rudy vailee and his Or
chestra
11:3o-Hotel Bossert Orchestra
(N.B.c.).
WOIl-WashinEto
s.oO--Play-by-p play account wash:
ington Detroit baseb a III
game, broadcast from the
studio Of The Washington
Times.
6:45-The Town Crier.
g:0O-The Public Service Man.
s:iS-Whsts On Tn. Air To-
saltwater T. Holt's Program
of Mandolin and Guitars.
s:sO--Dance Program.
7:l1-Amos and Andy.
7:30-News Flashes from The
Washington Times.
7:4o-Dance Music, continued.
s:oe-Silver String Revelera
WMAL-WashinEton-63O-47e
3:Oo--washinRron Detroit game, II
played. Otherwise scheduled
s:so-"Farm Hints for the su-
s:sO-Muslca! Vespers (c.B.s.)L
6:00--Correct time.
e:00--News Flashes.
6:15-Phil Hayden and Jimmie
Harbison--popular entertain
ers
s:3O-"Who's Who contest an
nouncement
s:s1-"A Cotton Picker" In
piano syncopations.
6:I5-"Results of washington'B
Community Chest" by Ma
jor Julius /. Peyser. vice
president, Washington Com
munity chest--presented by
Washington Chamber Of
Commerce.
7;oo-Nickel CincO Patsrs &C.
7:sO-Babson Finance Period &C.
B.S.).
s:oo-Nit wit Hour tcBs.).
s:sN-Temple Hour (C.B.S.).
s:oo--National Forum (C.B,sl.,
speaker. Hon. Ogden Mills,
Undersecretary of the Treas
ury. will speak on the new
currency.
s:se-ineraham'u Paramount Or
chestra (C.B.S).
1e:so--simone Martucet's 0rches-
ira tC.B.s.l.
WJsv--Mt. Vernon HilIs,-127O-330
12:0S-Music.
12;15-Fsrm Flashes
12:s0-Current Events.
1:00-Farrn Reports.
T:0O--Musical Program.
7:05-Col. Chas I. StengeL
whats doing on Capitol
hill"
7:S0--Studi0 presentation.
S:00-R. G. Johnson, Jews Harp
and Harmoniea.
28:15-Boots Huff. Old Songs.
S:30--Plantation EchoA
9;0o-Big Ed. HarmonicA Novel;
ties.
9:15-Pa Brown and the Little
Browns.
9:45-Shenandoah Ramblers.
10:15-Woodville Brown. The
Southern Troubador.
10:45-Social Feature.
11:15-Catskill Trio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
NEWS OF WASHINGTON SOCIETY
DIPLOMA rs
NIECE TO
WE'D
Miss May Clark Engaged
to Son of Wealthy
Baron

OF interest in washington Is the
announcement OF the engagement
Of Miss May Clark, daughter OF
Mrs. Tobin Clark, OF San Mateo,
Calf, to Baron James Baeyens,
only son of Baron and Baroness
Baeyens, Of France. The wedding
will take place in the autumn.
Miss Clark IL q granddaughter
Of the late Senator William A.
Clark, Of New York and Montana,
whose wonderful art collection
now occupies wing Of the Cor.
coran Art Gallery. She Is a niece
Of the American Minister to The
Netherlands. Richard M. Tobin.
Her mother obtained a divorce
from Mr.. Clark in Paris in 1925.
Famous
The father OF Baron Baeyens is
a noted yachtsman and sportsman
and owns q large stud farm in
Normandy for raising thorough
breds. His grandfather was
noted financier and was a per.
sonal friend and adviser Of the
late King Leopold. by whom he
was knighted. He was instru.
mental in the development of the
Belgian Congo. The bridegroom
elect is studying for the French
diplomatic service.
The engagement was cabled
from London by the bride-elect's
mother, who, with her daughters,
has been passing some time in
England, having arrived there
from this country several months
ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06

''RIpley's Believe It or Not!' COM
pensates when people aren't getting
enough excitement NOut Of llfe," said
Prof. Goodwin Watson, Of Teachers
College, Columbia University. "Kip-
ley's pictures are harmless emotional
tonic" These great cartoons begin
next Tuesday In The Washington
Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
Former Norwegian
Minister Assigned
As Consul General

Helmer H. Bryn, former Nor
weglan minister to Washington.
has been assigned as Norwegian
Consul General to Canada. He is
with Nine. Bryn and their family
in Washington for a few days en-
route to Montreal, where he wfll
assume his new duties.
Since Mr.. Bryn returned to Nor.
way two years ago, Nine. Bryr
has been living in Washington
and she will continue to make her
home here for the present. Later
this month she expects to visit
her son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Winslow, at
Rehoboth Beach, Del. where they
have cottage for the summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
John Davis Lodge
Weds Bay State Girl
In Boston Today

OF much interest in Washington
is the marriage of John Davis
Lodge. son Of Mrs. George Cabot
Lodge and grandson OF the late
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, to
Miss Francesca Braggiotti, daugh-
ter Of Isadore Brasgiotti, which
took place this morning at the
Church Of the Advent, in Boston,
with a reception and breakfast
later at the home of the brides
father in Brookline.
The young couple will make
their home in New York, where
Mr.. Lodge is engaged in the prac.
tice of law, having recently com.
pleted his course at the Harvard
Law School. He was graduated
from Harvard University in 1926.
Mr.. Lodges mother Is attending
the wedding, and his sister, Miss
Helena Lodge. is bridesmaid.
They spend the winters in Wash.
ington, at their home on Massa.
chusetts Avenue. A brother,
Henry Cabot Lodge, I'd, made his
home here for several years during
his period Of service as q Alewspa-
per man. He has returned for the
wedding from a years absence on
trip around the world.
The bride is a granddaughter of
the late Sebastian Schlesinger, of
New York.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. Lodge
and his bride left for New York,
where reservations have oeen
made at the Madison.
Brief Stay
Mrs. James F. Curtis will re-
turn to Washington tomorrow for
a brief stay in her house on r
Street. She has been spending q
few days at Birch Hill, Long Is
land, where she has q shop estab.
lished for the summer with Mrs
Maurice Crumpacker in charge.
Chez Curtis, on Connecticut Ave-
nue., has been closed until au.
tunnn.
Miss Cecile Pocock, whose home
Is in Berkeley, Calf, but who, for
the past several years, has been
in Shanghai, is now in America
for a three-month vacation. She
is at the Grace Dodge Hotel.
After visiting in Buffalo, Miss
Pocock will return to California.
\
Mrs. Edmond s. Brennan and
her daughter, Miss Gina Brennan,
have motored from their home,
Villa Locanno, in Kansas City,
and are at the Wardman Park
Hotel for an indefinite time.
Governor Angus Mclean, of
North Carolina. and Mrs. Mclean
and their family are at the Carl.
ton for few days en- route
North.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
TOday's Song Hit
Another Popular Chorus in The Washington Times Sc
"YOur LOUe Is All"

(FrOm United Artists Picture-"ALIBP')
while
Your love is all to me, and shall be forever;
Tho skies be dark and dea, with know
whatever ma befall
Through joy love s all.
sam Fox Pub
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
From Oxford

Mr.. and Mrs. Hampson Gary
will be Joined today by their son.
Franklin Gary. who arrived in
New York yesterday on board the
Acquitania from England, where
he has been a student at Oxford
University for the past year.
Mr.. Gary will spend the summer
with his parents and will return to
oxford in the autumn to complete
the postgraduate course he is tax.
ing there. He was graduated from
Princeton University in 1927.
Miss Helen Gary will return to
Washington on Monday from Glib.
SON Island. where she is making
a brief visit.
Miss Margaret Wy1ie. daughter
of Mrs. K. V. H. Wylie. Is the
guest Of the Rev. Dr., and Mrs.
John H. Danison. in Williams.
town. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Parsons
are visiting the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Forsyth Wickes, in
Newport, r. I. Mrs. Parsons was
AOAMSAAJ WAASS = amy IA "ACASSs.
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TO Europe
Mrs. Rafael r. Gown sailed
last night on the lie de France
for Europe. Mrs. Gown made
her home in Washington for sew
eral seasons before the death of
Mr.. Gown. The wedding OF their
only daughter, Miss May Gown,
to John ID. Schoonmaker, jr., took
place here some years ago.
Mrs. Wilton Lambert has gone
to Swampscott, Mass, where she
will pass the remainder of the
summer.
Her son and daughter -in.law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lambert,
have gone to Barnstaple, Cape
Cod, where the latter will spend
the summer. Mr.. Lambert re.
turns to Washington early next
week. In the autumn Mfr. and
Mrs. Lambert viii go to Wyoming.
Mrs. Alexander Wende enter.
tanned a company at dinner last
night at the PLACE DeauvilIe at
the Wardman Park Hotel. Others
entertaining at dinner at the
Deauville included DR.. Reginald
Walker. III. s. Legare and C. C.
Be1den.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
Weekend

Howard Sutherland, alien prop.
erty custodian, and his daughter,
Miss Katherine Sutherland, will
spend the weekend at White Sui.
phur Springs, w. Va. Mr.. Suther-
land has recently returned after
spending several weeks in Europe.
Mrs, Sutherland, who went abroad
with him, is the guest Of her son.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallis Blocker Duckel, in Paris.
&>k
The surgeon general of the
Navy and Mrs. Charles e. Riggs
have moved to Chevy Chase for
the summer months, and are at
80 East Bradley Lane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-07-06
Sailing Today for South America
10 Spend Winter In Rio de. .JnneirO
Mrs. Dawson and Daugh-
ter Will Arrive in Bra
lillian Capital in Cold
Season

Mrs. Thomas G. Dawson
, and her daughter, Miss
/. Lilita Dawson, sailed today
from New York for South
America, where they will re-
main until September.
They have timed their ar
rival in Rio de Janeiro in
order to be present at the
celebration Of the seventy
! sixth birthday anniversary
of. Mrs. Dawson s mother,
Sonora Guerra -Duyal.
For Mrs. Dawson the visit
will be a return to the scenes
of her girlhood, but for her
daughter it will be the first
season in the Brazilla n
capital.
Wardrobe
In choosing their wardrobe
i consideration had to be given
10 the fact that they would
arrive in Rio during the winter
and when entertaining would be
st its gayest and most brilliant
Thus they will be able to enjoy
the pleasures of two seasons
in one year. -
Mrs. Dawson is the widow OF
an American foreign service
official-their romance having
its inception when he was sta
toned in Brazil. Besides the
daughter, who is accompanying
Mrs. Dawson to South America,
there is a son, Allan Dawson,
now serving as secretary OF the
United States embassy in Mex
leo.
South Again
He will receive a visit from his
mother and sister soon after their
return to Washington early IN
the autumn. For they are plan
ming to stay here but few days
before journeying south Of the
Rio Grarde.
Miss Dawson was her brothers
guest in Mexico City last spring.
arriving just in time to share
the excitement incident to the
announcement Of the engage
ment of Miss Anne Morrow, to
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. She
was the guest for some time OF
the Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow
at the embassy.
While Miss Dawson Is visiting
ia South America her fiance,
Robert Gardner McGregor, jr., Of
New Rochelle, N. Y, is staying
In Washington preparing for en-
trance into the American Foreign
Service. He has taken an apart
ment at the Wardman Park Hotel
Vice President Curtis will return
from Topeka, Kan, where he is
the guest of his brother-in-la
and sister. Mr.. and Mrs, Edward
.Colvin, the end of next week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25

big money. I've had to piece in my
flying with regular jobs. I've had
to earn money in between flights
to pay for my record attempts.
Put this down: I'm going to
break my streak of bad luck. And
I hope to break it with this flight"
She walked away toward her
plane and a few minutes later had
taken off with a co-pilot who was
to relieve her when she became
tired. Hours later her plane had
to come down when a heavy fog
made it impossible for the refuel-
ing plane to make contact with the
Answer. The old jinX had scored
again.
The Last Flight
Then Viola went up again with
Jack Ashcraft, an expert pilot. The
little plane climbed to 1000 feet
and began circling the field at that
height. The hours sped by. 1t be-
gan to look as though the old jinx
was beaten at last. The black fog
Of night rolled across the field and
Viola, tired and worn, fell asleep
with Ashcraft handling the con-
trolls.
Creeping through the dark came
the enemy, Viola's old jinX. The
Answers gas supply was running
low. Ashcraft dropped a note re-
questing the ~refueling plane be sent
up. The ground force could not
find the message. Ashcraft drop
ped another note bearing a desper-
ate plea for help.
The last of the gas vas consumed.
There was but one thing to do and
Ashcraft tried it-a dead stick
landing. But it wouldn't work. The
plane fell into a tailspin and came
hurting down to crash on a dairy
farm near Old Westbury golf
course.
When help arrived Ashcraft was
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25

the sewage and garbage disposal, is
one Of the important details. Kit
chen police, who are responsible for
the preparation of all food and the
washing of dishes, is a coveted
place at camp. No scout is ever as
signed to a detail as a punishment,
and the recruit shows in the inter-
est the scouts have in their details.
The camp will be inspected Off
cially for the National Council Of
the Boy Scouts of America on Aug
ust Is. when the representatives Of
the National Department of Camp
ing will spend "A hours in the
camp. 1t is expected that the camp
will receive a rating Of A following
this inspection.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
COUNTY PAYS $4,000
r o FUND THIS WEEK

Bills totaling upwards Of $4,000
have been ordered paid by the
county commissioners this week out
of the available road fund, the road
and bridge fund, road and bridge
maintenance fund, and general
fund.
The greatest amount came out Of
the general fund, and it went for
county officials salaries for the
past month, and to election judges
and assistants who held the con-
stitutional election recently.
Bills authorized by the court to
be paid out of the various funds
were approximately as follows:
Available road fund. S3,575; road
and bridge fund, $1,000; road and
bridge maintenance fund, $3.50; and
general fund, $4,000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
SCOUTS DEMAND
MANY EATABLES
Food Weighing About Four
Tons VIII Be Sent To
Arroyo Camps
Especial to The Heraldl

MERCEDES, July 25.-More than
four tons Of food will begin to
move to a point on the Arroyo
about three miles below Rio Hondo
in a few days, and after its arrival
will be given a rousing reception
by the hundreds of Valley scouts
who will be at Camp Perry to re-
ceive it.
This years camp will be held in
two periods of ten days each in
order to accommodate the greatly
increased numbers of boys who
want. to camp under the expert
supervision Of the Boy Scouts of
America. 1t is expected that there
will be between 200 and $50 scouts
at each period.
Scout officials yesterday pointed
out that registrations are coming
in rapidly, and that, in order for
every scout who wants to go to be
sure Of a place, it is necessary to
register at once, for less than two
weeks remain until the opening Of
the first period on August 7. This
period will close on August II, and
the second period will be held from
August 20 to 80.
Second Period
The second period is rapidly fill
ing up, and as soon as the D
city Of $50 is reached, no more
registrations for that period will be
accepted. All scouts registering
after that will be put into the first
period until the quota Of $50 is
reached. The final date for regis
tering for the first period is Aug
ust 3. No registrations for the
first period can be accepted after
that date.
While food is an important con-
s~lderatlon at camp, there are other
features Of the program that will
appeal to every scout. Great GUAM
Titles OF leather working materials
have been ordered; archery mate
rial IN plenty will be on hand; bone
and horn handicraft. basketrv. Mo.
neerlng, lariat making and rome
spinning, swimming, life saving.
canoeing-all these and MANY more
Will be taught in the handicraft
and merit badge classes.
Sanitation Squad
one OF the most interesting pro-
JectS IS the casting Of animal tracks
IN plaster. The actual tracks are
followed, a cast is made on the
ground and after hardening. this
negative IS used to reproduce many
P~oSltlveS. Plaster casts Of leaves
ana insects will also be mace.
A sanitation squad, to Gook after
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
Police Fin Woman
Placed In Coffin
By Husband to Die

CORPUS CHRISTI, July 25.-(PD
Placed in a crudely uilt pine cof-
fin to die, a 29-year-ol Mexican
woman was found in a shack here
by police. She was taken to a hos
pital where physicians said she was
suffering from 'cllagra a-d hope
for her recover was Sigh
A man, said to be the Toman's
husband, was crested. He told Of
ficers that he had 1xpected the
woman to die and had prepared for
her death in this way. No charges
had been filed agai- It him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-25
BY WILLIAM H. RIFT

ROOSEVELT FIELD, l.. l., July
25.-High up among the fleecy
clouds which floated over this
haven Of human birds lur!led an
enemy, a murderouS, invisible
enemy-a dreadful jinX Of the air.
An down on the ground was 4
slim young woman with q wealth
Of curly hair and the heart Of q
warrior. preparing to rise into the
blue once more and give battle 10
her old foe who twice defeated her.
But Viola Gentry, known to those
who inhabit the airWays of this
pIane-infested island as the tough
little kid Of the flying fields"
wasn't afraid. And she said so in
her last interview-given to this
writer.
Tough luck?" she laughed as
mechanicians gave final twists and
polish to the jiggers and thinga-
bobs of her plane, the Answer,
with which she hoped to set a new
refueling endurance flight record.
Tough luck? I've had plenty. But
what of it?
L don't know why things should
60 wrong with my flights. Twice
now, when I was trying for a rec
ord something has happened and
bingo-a crackup.
Not Discouraged
Its no fun fighting a ink. It's
no fun to have to stand by your
wrecked plane and watch others
reach the goal you had hoped for,
prayed for and worked so aWfuIlv
hard to attain.
But I'm not discouraged. No,
sir! I'm going to keep on trying
and flying.
Flights cost me on ar average
OF $50 apiece Daring accidents
and when you are your own sole
support and hacker, that runs int.