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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Trappers Make Trip
To Hunting Grounds
BY Use of Plane

The old-time trapper who spent
many weeks struggling through
the Northern forests to reach I'M
tracked virgin country, where he
might run his trap lines, is taking
to the airplane to conquer the
wilderness distances.
Mrs. Howard Clifton, 3014 Six
tenth street northeast, has just
received a letter from her father,
John Furrow, who with Ted
Hollis, another Alaskan trapper,
flew into the wilds of the OShenta
River region last month to begin
two-year hunting trip.
The two trapperS chartered a
cabin plane from Anchorage Air
Transport and on December 80
were flown back into the Wilds in
a few hours over country which
would have taken many weeks OF
hard going on the ground. The
pilot landed, probably on a pond
or lake, as most of the planes
used In Alaska are equipped with
pontoons in the absence Of pre-
pared landing fields, and the trap
pers unloaded their supplies in
the heart of the country where
they will operate for the next two
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
AERO CLUB STARTS
VIGOROUS PROGRAM
Body Adopts Resolution Urg-
ing Quick Action on Model
Airport Bill.

washington's largest aeronautlcal or
ganization. formed this week by the
consolidation of the Aero Club OF
Washington and the District Of Co
lumbia Chapter Of the National Aero
nautic Association, has launched upon
a vigorous program for the advance
ment of aeronauticS In the National
Capital
one of the first resolutions adopted
by the new body urges upon Congress
the immediate enactment of the Stalker
bill providing for the creation of a
model airport for the National Capital
at Gravelly Point. Allen smyth, chair:
man Of the committee on airportS OF
the former local chapter of the ma
tional association, recommended that
the body call upon Congress to divide
the cost of the airport between the
Federal and District governments upon
an equitable basis, and requested that
five-year program Of airport con-
struction be authorized, with the flrst
unit to be completed for operations
within two years.
The new organization also adopted
resolutions calling upon Congress to
amend the pending War Department
appropriation bill so as to keep up the
five-year building program OF the Army
Air Corps and TO allow at least Tour
hours Of flying time each month for
the 600 reserve flying officers, who form
the nucleus OF the countrys emergency
military air forces.
It was explained by Senator Hiram
Bingham of Connecticut, president OF
the National Aeronautic Association.
that the Budget Bureau and the House
have cut S7,OO0,0O0 from the Army Air
Corps appropriation in the bill, re-
ducing the number of new planes to
be acquired under the program, so that
the end Of the fiscal year will find the
service 10 planes short Of the au-
thorized number. The reduction also
would prevent construction Of sorely
needed shops and hangers and would
make impossible the proper training OF
the emergency nucleus of 500 Reserve
Army flying officers, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

saved to transport or mail plane would
be so slight that the extra expense and
equipment could not be justified, and
under present conditions this would APP
pear to be true. All We can do now is to
speculate on what may be done in the
future.
If we are able to construct large
transports with number of power units
accessible for repair in fight, with suffi-
cient reserve and reliability to make
forced landing a negligible quantity
even in flights of several thousand miles
without a stop, and if we use super
charged engines and construct cabins to
withstand few pounds of pressure at
high altitude. then the question of OBJ
tanning fuel at twenty or more thousand
feet and possibly above a thick layer of
storm clouds and fog becomes of para
mount Importance.
Radio Decreases Fog Perils.
The great value of the airplane is
over long distances. It's greatest danger
lies in landing in fog. We hesitate
little to send a trained pilot out into
ment, but to send out transport
laden with passengers is a far different
story. The pilot is responsible only for
himself and his plane He has no other
lives depending on his Judgment. II
he is flying a cargo plane, his cockpit
is back away from the motor and the
danger of injury in a crash greatly
reduced as a result. In extreme
emergencies he can use his parachute
Consequently, If the meteorological re-
ports are unfavorable, we tell the mail
pilot to use his own judgment whether
to go through or to entrain his cargo
but We advise our passengers to take
the train to clear weather even though
the prospects of continuing by air are
fairly good.
1t seems probable that radio, instru-
ment and ground lighting development
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
TRAVEL. BY AIRPLANES
CHEAPER THAN RAIL
Subsidies Paid European Lines Re
duce Flight Rates Below First
Glass Coach Fares.

AS result of government subsidies
paid to commercial air transport lines
in Europe seven of the major air lines
operating between Berlin and other i'm
portant European cities have been able
to reduce their passenger rates so that
travel by air is cheaper than firSt-class
railroad transportation, according to re-
ports received here by the Department
Of Commerce.
Between Berlin and Amsterdam, for
example, the railroad fare is $25, while
the airplane fare, with q time saving
Of seven hours for the journey, Is only
$40. Between Berlin and Copenhagen
the railroad fare is $25 and the air.
plane fare SIS, while more than seven
hours is saved by air. The fare from
Berlin to Vienna Is $35 by railroad and
$40 by air. Corresponding reductions
are in effect on the routes from Berlin
to Konigsberg, Cologne, Frankfort and
Dresden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

proteges to the flights end, instead of
turning back at the halfway mark.
Gasoline obtained from the bombers
In flight was his answer But would
1t work? He had bomber drop It's
wireless antenna, ending in the we'll
known Iron fish" Flying underneath
he caught hold of this antenna and
found that he could throttle down to
the bomber's speed. and maneuver in
step with the big ship.
1t was for this experiment that he
received the warning about the flowers
Seversky continued his study of the
problem. but not until after the war
did he perfect the ideas that are the
basis of the patents.
He came to the United States after
the Russian revolution and served the
United States air forces, but not as a
pilot. He had lost his right leg in
the Russian fighting, where he was
credited with shooting down five enemy
planes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
FLY WINTER AIR MAIL
DESPITE OBSTACLES
Canada Prepares to Keep Up Serv-
ice by Packing Down
Runways.

In the face of serious obstacles, the
regular air mail service between Mont
real and Toronto will be continued
throughout the Winter, according to a
report received here by the Department
of Commerce.
The st. Hubert airport is using heavy
rollers to pack down the snowdriftS,
and the rinways, kept packed hard,
will be marked by black and yellow
disks. Plans are being devised for
warming these disks so as to melt snow
which may fall on them.
The Canadian Colonial Always,
which fly the air mail between Mont
real, Albany and New York, have fitted.
their planes with skis and wheels, the
wheels protruding about inches below
the skis, so that the planes can land
either on ground or snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Points Out Military Value in
Increased Range of
BomberS.
REFUELING RISK SLIGHT
Motor Is Held Limiting Fac
tor, With Repairs En-
Route as Need.
BY CHARLES A. LINDBERGH.

A world record flight Is usually a
hazardous venture and one wherein the
strength and endurance of both crew
and equipment are taxed to the utmost.
The flight of the Question Mark was
remarkable if for no other reason than
that record was shattered without
great riSt to any one, concerned. With
characteristic thoroughness the Air
Corps quietly prepared the large Fokker
and its three Wright engines for an en-
durance flight which was to make pre-
vious records seem insignificant in COM
parsion. Plans we're not made to load the
ship down to the last pound with fuel,
no long runway or favorable wind was
required and the crew we're not to be
subjected to a test of their maximum
physical endurance.
Only passing attention was directed
to the preparatory flight across the
continent or to the preliminary tests of
refueling. Even when Maj. SpatZ and
his four companions took off from the
Metropolitan Airport at Los Angeles
there were few people not actively con-
nected with aviation who realized the
significance of their venture. The re-
ports Of their flight reminded one more
Of Regular Army routine than of the
spectacular attempts which nave be-
come associated with long-distance and
endurance records in the public mind.
Flying hours turned into flying days
AMI nearly TO a week AS the engines
continued to deliver their horsepower
after the sixth day aloft.
During the entire flight there was
not one instance of extreme danger or
Of physical exhaustion, yet when a
landing was finally made the previous
world record for nonstop heavier
than-air fight was more than doubled.
and even the lighter than-air records
were surpassed. The Army Air Corps
had added one more outstanding fight
to its long list Of pioneering achieve
mentS.
What is the actual value of such a
flight from a military standpoint?
What hazards are connected with re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27

fueling in air and can 1t be done as a
regular service operation? Does this
demonstration open new possibilities to
the field Of aviation? These questions
are heard wherever the subject of fly
ing is discussed.
The range of a bomber might be
materially increased by this method.
It IS often impossible to find fields
close to the front lines suitable for
taking off with heavy load. A bomb
Ing plane could take-off far back of
the trenches, be accompanied across
the lines by one or more refueling
planes and thereby add hundreds of
miles to its effective range either over
land or water. Smaller airdromes
might be operated from and the fuel
load received after the take-off.
The hazard involved in refueling is
not great and consists mainly of the
possibility of the gasoline hose from
the refueling plane being struck by
the propeller of the other, resulting in
a broken or bent propeller and the
lower machine being covered with a
spray of gasoline from the hose. This
possibility might preclude the refueling
Of commercial transports in flight. On
the other hand, there is nothing to
prevent the service plane from flying
below and pumping fuel up to the
transport. The danger of the two
planes colliding could be reduced to a
negligible quantity by the use of a
hose OF sufficient length.
The Nonstop Limiting Factor.
The Question Mark has demonStrat-
ed that the limiting factor of a nom
stop flight is no longer the fuel capacity
of the airplane. but is dependent rather
upon the length of time a motor can
run without overhauling. This indi-
Gates the necessity of being able to
work on the engines and to make minor
repairs in flight If the latest method of
refueling is ever to be used in service.
It could we'll be argued that the time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
AIR CIRCUS PLANNED.
France Will Have Travelling Plane
Exhibit.

As part of the ambitious efforts of
the Aeronautical League of France to
Of that country, a travelling aeronau-
tical exposition will leave Paris Febru-
airy ] and visit every important center
in the nation. according to word re-
ceived here by the Department Of Com
merce.
The exhibition will include all the
leading types of French planes, descrip-
tons Of motors, plans Of airports. COM
plete details Of air travel in France
and throughout Europe, with rates
time tables and descriptions Of planes
used. Prominent aviators will be on
hand at the leading cities to make ex-
Mbitton flights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
CANADA PLANES GAIN.
Increase of More Than 200 PEI
Cent Noted In Dominion

An increase of more than 200 per cent
IN the number Of airplanes operating in
canada was recorded during the past
year, according TO report received
here by the Department OF Commerce.
On January l there were 1913 airplanes
In operation in the Dominion, as COM
pared with l0l planes on january /,
or the total in operation the first OF
TINS month, 246 are commercial planes
and 81 are in the government service
The number Of airports in Canada in
creased from IS to a during the past
year, and tbs number Of licensed
commercial pilots increased from 90 70
100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
AIRPORT NEARLY READY.
International Landing Field Soon
Will Be Finished.

The international airport at Douglas,
Ariz., and Aqua Prieta. MeX~so, is near
ing completion. the airport section Of
the Department of Commerce has ali-
nounced. The airport will lie as single
unit across the international border,
covering / square mile in Arizona and
approximately the same amount IN
Mexico.
The field is to be in the form of a
double triangle, one corner of each
meeting and tapping against the other
for sufficient distance to permit the
largest airplanes to take off by crossing
the border line between the two coun-
tries. Smaller planes may take of OF
land on either side Of the line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
CANADIANS PROSPECT
FOR GOLD FROM AIR
Biologists Spot 0re-Bearing Rocks
From Planes in Far
North

WINNIPEG, Manitoba CP)-As the
"Forty-niners" used the covered wagon,
so the "Twenty-niners." their modern
counterparts, are using the airplane in
explorations for gold in barren wastes
of the Canadian Northwest Territory.
Capt. Charles Sutton, former Royal
Flying Corps pilot. credited with three
German planes, has added three new
monoplanes to his aerial caravan, which
takes expert biologists over territory
where gold may be hidden.
The biologists say they can determine
from the air where gold-bearing veins
are likely to be by examining the char
acteristics OF the rock. These sites are
marked on a map and miners later are
flown to them to do the actual pros
pecting.
Capt. Sutton is chief pilot for Domin.
ion Explorers, an expeditionary subsid,
larry of the Thayer-Ltndsley mining
group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
EAKER TO BE H0NORED.
Durant, Okla, Will Name Airport
for Endurance Pilot.

DURANT. Okla. Lp.-Durant, the
birthplace Of Capt. Ira Eaker, will name
its airport for the chief pilot OF the
Army monoplane Question Mark on the
fight that shattered all endurance
records.
Capt Eaker was born, reared and
educated in Durant. He was graduated
from Southeastern State Teachers Col
lege here just before he entered the
Army in 1917.
The city's aviation field will be dedi-
Gated in his honor next Spring or early
Summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
VAST AIR LIBRARY
PLANNED BY FAIRCHILD
Miss Clara Widger Undertakes
Task of Assembling Big
Aviation Collection.

One of the most complete aeronautics
libraries in the world has been under
taken for the Fairchild Airplane Manu-
featuring Corporation at Farmingdale.
L. T., by Miss Clara sWidger, former
librarian of the Army Air Corps and the
aeronautics division of the Department
of Commerce. Miss W1dger left the
aeronautics division here last month to
build up the Fairchild library.
Miss Widger has commenced the sys-
tematic assembly and cataloguing of an
extensive nucleus of literature dealing
with every phase of aviation. Eventually
the library Is to include every recog-
nized aviation reference book. copies
of all patents granted on aircraft or air
craft accessories: engineering data and
current files Of aviation magazines and
other periodicals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
Seek Entry Airport Rating.

Watertown and Utica. N. Y, have
made application for the designation
for their respective airports as airports
Of entry. The Newark metropolitan air.
port has been created an airport Of en-
try, bringing the total Of airports with
designation TO six. AL airports Of en-.
try have customs officials on duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
New Airways to Be Built.

Contracts have been awarded for I'M
mediate construction work on three new
eirways-Indianapo to Chicago, Kan
eas City to st. Louis and st. Joseph to
Omaha.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

an exciting fourth day of a sched-
uled week Of entertainment.
Ocean View PIeases
The girls from the inland cities
could hardly be enticed away from
the windows overlooking the Allan.
tic Ocean. Their dinners were eaten
at a specially decorated triangular
table set in the middle of the Half
Moon Hotel ballroom.
The girls remained up late last
night attending the PalmOlive Hour
in the broadcasting room of station
WEAF, famous broadcasting station.
Seats for the 1S girls were placed
near the microphone in the large,
velVet-padded room of the National
Broadcasting Company Building on
Fifth Avenue. They heard Olive
Palmer, the famous Jewellers, the
Palmolive Orchestra, and after
wards met them all in person.
Visit Museum
Ten girls were first this morning
at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art,
where others Joined them later. Each
girl took away with her catalogues
and reproductions of pictures or
sculptures. They were particularly
interested in the new American wing
and its display of modernistic art.
In historic Claremont Inn, once
the residence of Joseph Bonaparte,
and of the daughter of Aaron Burr,
and other famous figures, a delight
full surprise awaited them. F. NJ.
Cook, representing the wholesale
jewelry firm of Whiting and Davis
Company, presented each girl with
a finely-linked mesh-bag of rainbow
colorings, delicately woven, and
valued at a high figure.
Visit Tomb
The Hudson River lay. below
them, and nearby loomed Grants
Tomb. which all visited before they
reembarked in the bus for the Para.
mount studios on Long Island.
Here they were shown the set
where Mary Eaton and Edward
Crandall were doing a scene from
the forthcoming "talkie," to be
known as ''Glorifying the American
Girl" The set was replica of a
in New York.
See Private Show.
The Is girls were escorted to a
private projection room for pre-
views of two short talking pictures
which have just been completed.
They were then shown throughout
the studio and were photogra phed
on the set.
Tomorrow's program will be de.
voted to the tour of West Point.
The girls will drive up the Hud.
son River Palisades to West Point,
have luncheon at the Hotel Thayer,
view the cadet parade, wander
about the grounds. And have din.
ner at Bear Mountain Inn. This
viii be informal and the girl
singers and musicians among the
visiting Is will do their stuff"
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Senator's WIFI Creates
2 College Scholarships

CUMBERLAND, Nd, May IT,
John L. Wellington and George
Louis Eppler. executors Of the last
will and testament of the late
former United States Senator
George L. Wellington, who died in
March, 1927, have completed the
execution of that portion of the
will whereby two scholarships are
created. one at Gettysburg College
and one at Gettysburg Lutheran
Theological Seminary, to be known
as the wellington Scholarships. :"
BY the will the executors are
empowered to set aside such a
sum of money as in their Judgment
will provide tuition for a four.
year college course and a three.
year seminary Course"
The president and trustees of the
two institutions, through represen-
tatives. conferred with the execu.
tors and reached amicable agree.
meIit.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Marker Will Designate
Old Pack Road and Fort

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May II.
A marker, designating the ford of
the old Pack Horse Road, has been
erected on the west bank of Ope-
quon Creek, a short distance from
this city, by Charles w. Snyder.
The Pack Horse Road was the
first road built in Berkeley county.
1t was begun in York, Pa, and ex-
tended to New Mecklenberg, now
Shepherdstown. by German emf
grants in 1898.
1t was later extended westward
to Romney and was used by the
pior '"~s coming into the country
from le East. The tablet also des.
ignates the location Of John Evans
Fort. one of the chain Of fortifica.
tions erected during the period of
the French aid Irdian war.
UHveiling Of the marker will take
place In the near future.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

Many of the girls froih interior
cities were thrilled by their first
view of the ocean.
They arrived In bus. The bus
took them about the city all day.
They went first to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, then to luncheon
at historic Claremont Inn on River
side Drive overlooking the Hudson
River from New York's highest
point, then to The Famous Players
film studios in Astoria, L. l., and,
after the Coney Island trip, back
to the Hotel Montclair through old
Chinatown and the Bowery.
Have Shore Dinner
In the new Half Moon Hotel,
most fashionable Of the beach
hotels near Coney Island, q shore
dinner was served the girls and
their chaperones. The IS Of them,
all winning entrants in Smart Set
magazines quest for the Typical
American Girl, forgot their eager.
ness to be chosen as the winner or
the Quest in their enjoyment OF
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
Franklin School Gives
Senior Class Party

M'LEAN. Va. May 1.-THE fac
ulty, alumni and juniors of the
Franklin Sherman High School at
Mclean will give their annual en-.
tertainment in honor of the senior
graduating class tomorrow night
in the parish hall of st. Johns
Episcopal Church.
The banquet will be served by
the ladies of the Mclean Library
Association.
The faculty committee is com.
posed of Miss Katherine Funk
houser. general chairman; decora.
tions committee, Miss Helen Yer
att, Miss Louise Millard, Miss Ruby
Dunkhum, Miss Jennie Hall and
Alfred Leigh: program committee,
Miss Mildred Maitland, Miss Erna
Bishop, Miss Elizabeth Finch, Miss
Jennie Tomko.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
HagerstOwn Art Work
Model for MARYLAND

HAGERSTOWN, Md, May IT,
The seventh annual exhibit of art
work held yesterday in the nine
schools of the city will serve as
q demonstration exhibit for the
state of Maryland. The exhibit
is in charge of Miss Helen Chriss-
inger, supervisor of art in the
Hagerstown schools.
Miss /. Jewell Simpson, assis-
liant state superintendent of schools,
and Miss Wiedefeld, also Of the
state Board of Education, came to
Hagerstown to inspect the work.
The display also was inspected
BY Miss Winifred Greene and Miss
Loretta McReady, of Cumberland.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
GRAF WATCHED
BY JAPANESE
By KARL H. Won W1EGAND

TOKYO, Japan, May Is U.S).-
All Japan is interested greatly in the
coming Hearst t-Eckener world flight
of the Graf Zeppelin. and the press
is devoting many columns to the
proposal.
Il believe the world flight will
give a great impetus to the develop
ment of dirigibles in Japan, and l
am following the preparations for
the flight with the greatest inter-
est.
II hope personally to visit the
Graf on it's landing here and con-
graduate Commander Eckener," the
Japanese premier, Baron Tanaka,
told Lady Drummond Hay today.
Admiral Okado, Minister Of Ma
rine. expressed the fear that the
Zeppelin hangar at Kasumiguera,
Is miles from Tokyo. would he too
small to house the Graf Entrance
is only 1S inches wider than the
Graf.
The admiral has designated Com.
mander Fujiyoshi, of the Kasunni-
gaura Air Station, to be Japan's
official passenger on the globe
girdling tour.
The Washington times., 1929-05-17
TYPICA[ QUEST GIRLS VISIT
FAMOUS CONEY ISLAND HOTEL

NEW YORK. May 17-Coney Island last night received Is
Typical American Girls who its gering pageantry for
the first me and the honored guests of the world
abrofa ad
The Washington times., 1929-05-17

an exciting fourth day of sched.
uled week of entertainment.