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voltage, engine driven generator will
be installed to furnish the 1,0o0-volt
power direct to the transmitter.
A trailing wire antenna which can
be let down and taken up on q reel
in the pilots cockpit is used for the
transmitter and a special type OF fair
lead tnsu1ates the antenna from the
metal skin Of the plane.
Redesigned MicrOphone.
The microphone Is of the Army type,
redesigned for hand use. Operation
of a single switch throws the circuits
from the receiving to the transmission,
starting the dynamotor and the trans
mitter and sending current to the tube
f1laments. The opposite throw of the
switch changes back to receiving.
The receiver has a modified super
heterodyne circuit with six tubes, three
of which are of the screen grid type. The
receiver also Is located in the tail Of
the plane and controlled remotely from
the cockpit. A five-foot vertical an
tenna is used for receiving.
In addition to normal transmission
of messages, the transmitter also Is
used for direction finding. The ground
operator, i'll communication with the
plane, throws dual loop antenna into
the circuit and determines the planes
directional bearing from mis- station.
The pilot, in each transmission. gives
his geographical location, affording a
double check of the planes position.
The new transmitter has been in
spected and tested by Department OF
Commerce officials and representa-
tives of the Federal Radio Commission,
Mr.. Magee said, and has been approved
for intermediate frequency operation.
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Rapid expansion of commercial air
TRANSPORTATION Is indicated by the fact
that 10000 miles of Always were lighted
for night flying up to July /, 1929.
This is a distance equal to three times
the mileage between New York and
San Francisco. Exclusive of Govern
ment, military and private fields, there
were 1877 airports In active operation
in the first six months of 1929. Most
of these have facilities for supplying
airplanes with motor fuels and oils"
The foundation pointed put that l $50
companies we're engaged in one phase or
another Of the air industry in the first
six months this year. There were $685.
licensed pilots and 5,673 unlicensed
pilots in the United States during this
period, the report shows.
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SAFETY IS SUBJECT
OF AIR CONFERENCE
Worldwide Cooperation Win Be
Sought at Congress in Paris
Next Year.

PARIS R.-World-wide co-opera-
ton among the nations for the re-
duction of aeronautic accidents is
to be sought by the French Com
mittee for Aeronautic Propaganda
through an international congress on
aerial safety here next year.
The French committee would have
the congress place on an interna-
tional basis the program outlined for
France in 1926
This includes the Improvement Of
the safety of gliders by avoiding
losses in flying speed, which are said
to he responsible for so per cent Of
glider accidents and to prevent
breakages in the air which were held
responsible for or 6 per cent
of the accidents: assuring the safety
of engines by reducing the number of
breakages and fire risks; the render
ing of airways more safe by improv-
ing signal systems and knowledge Of
routes, and to make a thorough in
vestigation of accidents in an en-.
deavor to lessen their harmfulness by
use of parachutes and radio.
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INCREASE SHOWN
IN AIR MILEAGE
Advance of so Per Cent
Noted by Commercial Trans
port Companies.

Air mileage flown by commercial air.
craft transport companies in the
United States during the first six
months of this year represents an in
crease of 60 per cent over the mileage
for the same period of 1928. according
to statistics compiled by the American
Research Foundation.
Transport airplanes in this country
few a total of 100000 miles in the six
months ending July 81. 1929" the foun-
dalton stated, compared with about
5000, 900 miles in the first half of last
year. Continued at the same rate of
increase for the remainder of this
year, commercial air mileage of Amer
lea for 1929 will be 100000 miles,
or $500, 900 greater than the 1928 total.
or one-third more than the combined
flying mileage Of England, France and
Germany last year.
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ARMY FINDS NEW
USEFOR PARACHUTE
Latest Employment Is in Con.
nection With Target
Glider Work.

The field for the parachute Is being
extended by the Army Air Corps. De-
veloped primarily as q means Of saving
life, it now is being used to support
landing and signal flares, to drop equip
ment and ammunition. including entire
machine-gun crews and their weapons,
and now is to DO used in connection
with target glider work, the War De-
partment has announced:
The Air Corps has perfected and Is
using large gliders for target practice
for the anti;aircraft ARTILLERY: These
gliders are taken UP and released from
plane in flight. Upon their release
the gliders, some of them with q TO-
foot span, glide to earth much the same
as would an airplane, losing altitude
slowly. They may be set for erratic
circles in descent, forming a tricky
target for the gunners.
These gliders are well made and are
expensive. They often are used re-
peatedly If they come through the
gunfire and make their landings with
out injury. However, buildings, trees
and steep banks have damaged many
landing. even after escaping the raw
ages Of gunflre.
70 prevent such damage all gliders
soon will be fitted with small para
chutes. These chutes will have a time
fuse, set to operate at O. definite inter-
val after the release of the glider from
the towing plane. When the fuse func-
lions the parachute is released, check
ing the forward flight of the glider and
allowing it to settle very slowly to earth,
where it may be recovered for repeated
use.
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Development Of a new type of inter-
mediate frequency radio voice trans
mitter for airplane use which Is said
to overcome the weaknesses of previous
types of equipment has been an
nounced by j. v. Magee, vice president
and general manager of Transconti-
mental Air Transport.
The transmitter was developed within
the company by E. w. Proctor. COM
munications engineer, and Daniel
Owens, his assistant. after expensive
and complicated commercial sets had
failed.
Tests Of the new transmitter have
been carried on in scheduled operation
for the past two months, Mr.. Magee
said, and excellent results have been
obtained.
The longest test made provided clear
two-way communication between a T.
A. T. plane in the air over Kingman,
Ariz., and the T. A. T. radio station
at Clovis, N. Mex, distance Of GIT
miles.
. No Failure Recorded.
No transmission failure has been ex-
perienced since the new installation
fGst was made August 20, Mr.. Magee
stated.
The transmitter is an adaptation of
we'll known radio circuits and is unique
chiefly for its small size, slight weight
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PRINCE OF WALES
GETS OWN PILOT
Picked Flyer of Royal Air
Force Reserve Wins
Envied Post.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, october 19--Amcng the
passenger pilots of the aviation world
there are many no doubt who viii envy
e. II. Fielden his job.
F1elden has been appointed personal
pilot to the Prince of Wales. The
choice fell on him only after scores Of
picked airmen Of the royal air force
reserve had been considered for this
highly responsible post.
Safety in His Hands.
It is up to Fielden to see that the
heir to the British throne flies In safety
when he rides the clouds In his newly
built private plane, a two-seater with
dual control.
Fielden is 26 years old, and has had
an unusually wide flying experience
In Great Britain, on the Continent and
In Africa. Last March he was awarded
the air force cross for distinguished
peace-time flying.
The princes new plane is a de luxe
affair, with infatable red upholstery in
the cockpits and trick compartments
for the storage OF baggage, sticks and
the like.
Red and Blue Paint.
and bright blue, while the nose OF the
ship Is aluminium.
While the prince is said to be making
excellent progress as a pilot, he does
not contemplate taking out an ofhcial
pilots license.
When he chooses to fly in an air
force plane instead of his own hewill
be piloted by Squadron Leader D. S.
Don, with whom he has often flown.
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GUS record in this type of plane was 2
minutes So seconds, so that both Wash
ington boys made remarkable records.
Ernest Stout's gold medal was the re-
suit of his flight of Il minutes 10 is
seconds with his r. o. @. fuSelage
model in the senior class, while Robert
Swope won his with a flight Of 2 min
utes 2-5 seconds with a r. O.. w.
model In the junior class. Robert
Tolles won third place in the junior
class of the r. o. w. models In out
door events with a record Of 2 minutes
16 3-5 seconds.
SO Points Is Total.
All seven boys having won some
points in the total Of SO, giving them
second place in the tournament, received
each a bronze medal, also.
All outdoor events were held at Bow
man Field. and indoor events at Jeffer-
son County Armory. There were 81
boys from all parts of the United states
entered in the tournament, which was
held under the auspices OF the Play
ground and Recreation Association OF
America.
home some excellent ideas in aircraft
and model plane building to be devel.
oped during the coming Winter. It
was interesting to the District group
to observe that, following the first days
events. some of their ideas as shown in
their model planes we're utilized on Sat.
urday in the contests by boys from
other cities.
The first indoor meet Of the Winter
here will be held in Mcfarland Com
munity Center Saturday morning, No
vember 2.
Last week the championship models
which were flown at Louisville were ex-
hibited and some Of them hoWn az the
Industrial Exposition held at the Wash
ington Auditorium.
The seven flyers who participated in
the finals will be entertained by the
Rotary Club at its meeting wednesday
at the willard Hotel. Several Of the
flyers will make short addresses. in
which they will tell Of their expert
ences at the tourney and of progress
being made In the junior aerenautical
world.
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Tells of Tournament.
John tells the column he had the
greatest time of his life at the tourna-
ment," and said he was going to work
hard through the Winter in order TO
perfect new models to obtain more
duration and speed. John tells of an
experience of his at the tourney. 1t
seems as though ships to be entered IN
the meet were required to measure ~
inches, at least. When John came up
before the judges he was at flrst told
his championship ship failed to meas
ure up to requirements, but, much to MS
relief. after further examination 1t was
found that the plane had one-eighth
inch to spare. Young Sullivan scored
ID points at the tournament and assist
cd greatly in placing the District sec
ond among all cities entered.
The six other model-plane pilots who
participated in the tournament also
made excellent records.
Sullivan was outranked only by Ed
win ODonovan of Topeka. KanS., who
won the Junior championship last year,
also. The seven Washington boys to-
getller made a total of 80 points, being
beaten only by Chicago, with 10 en-
trantS. This years senior aL-around
champion was Ernest Marcoiller of Chi
cago, who last year was beaten as senior
champion by HERBERT Grove DOTSey' Jt'
Of this city, Dorsey was not eligible for
entrance this year.
Four Win Medals.
The four gold-medal winners are Ev-
erett Meeks, Ernest Stout. John Sulli-
van and Robert Swope; Meeks, Stout
and Swope winning theirs in outdoor
events, while John Sullivan won his
gold medal for his H. L. indoor model
with 4 minutes 81 seconds. Sullivan
also won a silver medal for second place
in the r. o. @. fuselage group with
minutes IL As seconds. and another
silver medal in the outdoor contests
with his H. L. model, making 8 minutes
81 As seconds, which was his spectacu-
lar flight Of Fridays contests.
Later, however, he was beaten in this
group by Everett Meeks, who won his
gold medal with 10 minutes 16 AS sec
or1ds that same afternoon. The previ-
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Model Aircraft
BY GEORGE w. WATERS.

YEYkeep mudgy fingers of that cupwhat da va
- - think 1t is, punch bowl?"
I Johnnie Sullivan, 15-year-old second best model
A. placed the cherished silver
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Builds Airplane in Barn.

WICHITA, Kans. (P).-Dale Walter,
21-year -old youth of Severy, Kans., has
built an airplane that flies with blow
torch, hammer, saw, drawing knife and
pocket knife. The plane, built in the
boys barn, Is powered with q 40-horse-
power motor and passed test flights
successfully.
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Big Aircraft Show Approved.

What IL expected to be the largest
aircraft show yet held In New York
has been approved by the Aeronautical
Chamber Of Commerce and will take
place from May to 10 in Madison
Square Garden. New Spring models
of number Of planes are to be shown.
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PLAN TRANSPORT LINE.
Group Interested includes Theo'
dore D. Robinson.

uOES O' nODluSOus
Tffeodore Douglas Robinson, former
Assistant Secretary of the Navy is said
to be one of a group of prominent
men in national affairs who are inter-
ested IN the establishment of an air
port in Herkimer County east of Utica,
N. Y, and the Inauguration of trans
port line to New York.
The list includes V. c. Lewis, H. B.
Wilkins, Alvin A. Burger, C. S. Lyman
and j. V. Casey. Marshall C. Hoppin.
airport specialist for the Department
of Commerce, has been inspecting sites
recently for the proposed field.
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plane placed the cherished silver
he at Louisville up on the mantelpiecs-oSt o.
thereby added the list of living hero the eyes
spectacular flight the finals earned him the His tiny
miles Bowman chair
the tourney automobile after the neat craft had dsap
peared from spectators flying field The ship stayed
In the air for nearly half an hour only
binoculars
disappeared from
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OFF WITH CORNS
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ell in the Green County Jail for nearly

cell in the Green County Jail for nearly
a year.
His dying words to Sheriff MARCEL
Hendrix and his wife, Mrs. Meada
Adams, were: II did not deserve to
hang, but I guess do deserve to die"
He retained consciousness to the end.
Adams called Sheriff Hendrix to his
cell and thanked him for the way he
had been treated. The officer had just
left Adams when he was summoned by
jailer, who told him Adams had COL
lapsed. The slayer had boosted to other
prisoners he would not hang, and his
suicide came less than q week after
Gov. Caulfield refused to interfere.
Adams killed three people in a mad
frenzy after he quarreled with his wife.
He went to the home of his wife's par
ents June 16, 1927, to find his wife,
who had left him. His mother-in-law,
Mrs. Sarah Whalin, As, refused to tell
him where her daughter was and he
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leads, dance and sing with gusto, while
Isabelle Vernon endows the piece with
a restrained and consistently held char
acterization. Helen La Vonne and
Bob Lively acceptably handle the ro-
mantle leads both in voice and APP
pearance. A group of II versatile,
Woodworking girls, billed as the Kelley
Dancers, proves one of the hits Of the
show.
The leading song Numbers must. for
the most part, be creased to Mr.. House
with his own compositions, SLOW
Down" and Laugh the Clouds Away"
which he sings, chatters and frolics
through with his agile talent. Other
numbers are Hold Your Man." Il
Love You So" "A Good Old Egg" and
"Ill Take You to the Country"
The whole show is refreshing with
new mountings and second act that
rings down with "wow" finale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-10

Vancouver, British Columbia, plans
an elaborate system of community
parks.
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Yvain, with music by the latter. Last
Spring it proved to be one OF the
mainstays Of the Modern French Mu-
steal Comedy Co. repertory in New
York. The show as show, excepting
the inimitable House, is better than
middling entertainment, with catchy
though not too tuneful score, a plot
that at least lives up to the musi-com-
edy standard, and good singing and
dancing. Taken with the work Of the
comedian the whole thing becomes a
poppy, de-Splitting affair.
All the cast, which, incidentally, car
ries more than the usual number Of
principals, seems to have caught the
vitality Of the star with pleasing result.
Frank Gallagher, well known to Wash
ingtonians through his clever woHk
with the Savoyard Stock Co., last Fall,
falls into an unfamiliar part and makes
a decided 60 Of it. Helen Fables and
Doris Vinton in the feminine comedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-10
Looking at Future Costly.

here rAE nav so Sspe $1,000 900 E Year for
glimpses into the future. The figure
comes from retired police off1cial who
has surveyed the intakes of soothsayers
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SOUSA ESCAPES
IN TRAIN CRASH
Seven of His BandSmen Are
Injured When Special
Leaves Track.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WALSENBURG, Colo, September TO-
Although he was shaken up in train
wreck at Caps, IS miles southwest OF
here, yesterday, John Phillip Sousa,
noted band master, confined his journey
by motor car to Trinidad, Colo, and
directed his band in concert there last
night.
seven members of the band were in
jured slightly when Sousa's special
train left the tracks. The train was
composed of the engine, baggage car
and two chair cars. None turned over.
Railroad officials said the wreck was
caused by a spreading rail.
Sousa marveled that many were not
killed in the accident.
There was a tremendous thud,
SouSa said. las the car I was riding In
started rocking like row boat. When
I saw the baggage car tip, thought we
were going over and I caught hold OF
the seat. 1t was a miracle many were
not killed"
The injured: William ]. Robinson.
As, Buffalo, bruises, cuts on chest and
back; William Herb, Allentown, Pa.
abrasions on right arm and leg; Noble
Howard, As, indianapolis, cuts and
bruises; F. F. Muller, IS. Bay City
Mich, abrasions and bruises; S
Meagher, 81. Rochester, N. Y, chest
bruises; E. D. Johnson, A, Pittsburgh
severe bruises; Jesse Nottingham, 49,
New York, abrasions on legs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-10

More than 5000 people in FoochoS
China, are making paper umbrefiaa.
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PREMIER is DEFEATED.

CANBERRA, Australia, September
10 R.-The Australian government of
Premier S. M. Bruce suffered defeat by
one vote today during the committee
stage of a bill to abolish federal arbi-
tration in labor disputes.
1t was later stated that government
leaders were considering their position
and might be forced to resign.
An amendment to postpone the opera
ton of the arbitration abolition bill
pending reference to the electors was
carried by IS votes to "a.
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ADJUSTMENTS

Billy House, magnitudmous master
of merry-making, whose girth is
equaled only by his mirth, makes Of the
musical comedy, "Luckee Girl" which
opened last evening at Polls, q three
hour, nonstop laughing entertainment.
His natural. almost uncanny; way Of
Transforming even the homliest line
into a wave of gay chuckles and loud
gunaws, places MN nm EASILY, easny among I'm 1ne
"Luckee Girl" which prior to its To-
cal debut had a Broadway run last
Fall, is an adaptation by Gertrude
Purcell from the French "Un Bon Gar
CON-" by Andre Barde and Maurice
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To Save the Land.

Government officials have recently
called attention to the loss OF valuable
lands through soil erosion. There are
entire counties in the Southeastern
States in which the agricultural lands
have been practically denuded by soil
erosion, and it was declared that unless
soil erosion was checked by scientific
methods farmers in these localities
may be barely able to exist on their
depleted lands. This campaign has
borne fruit and eight States Of the
Southwest have joined to cooperate
with the Government to save the soil.
This has been done by creating per-
manent organization for soil and water
conservation and for the purpose OF
comprehensive research into problems
of soil erosion.
The conference was held of repreSen-
tatives of the. Safes OF Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, louisiana and
New Mexico, and a permanent commit
tee from these States was organized to
facilitate interstate and Federal cooper
alton. Colorado and Missouri will also
cooperate in this plan.
The erosion is brought about by the
action of undirected floods and torrents,
which change the whole contour Of the
country and render bare and barren
lands that were formerly fruitful.
Vancouver. British Columbia, plans
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shot and killed her. He then went to
the home of friend of his wife, Miss
leila Sinclair, "a, forced her into a
taxicab and attempted to make her tell
where his wife was. She refused and
he shot her, inf1icting fatal wound,
from which she later died.
Three detectives went to his room
to arrest him and as Detective Francis
De Almond stepped inside Adams fired,
killing him.
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BANDITS FREE CAPTIvES.
Five of 100 Seized Yet Are Held
for $4,000 Ransom.

ATHENS, Greece, September 10 P).-
Nearly 100 persons captured in a bandit
ambush Sunday in a narrow valley
near the village of Petrouli, 10 miles
from Trikala, were liberated by the
highwaymen yesterday. Senator Aldji-
pakis and four others still were held
captive and ransom of about $50, 900
was demanded as the price of their
freedom.
The council of ministers today or
dered that serious measures be taken
against the bandits, but execution OF
the orders was held up for fear that
the bandits might murder their cap
tiveS.
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CONDEMNED TO DIE,
MAN STAYS SELF
Prisoner Under Sentence for Kill
ing Three People Admits Crime
and Swallows Poison.
BY the Associated Press.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, September 10
Admitting that he deserved to die for
the murder of three people, Newell
''Dobb" Adams, under sentence to be
hanged September 81 was dead TODAY
as the result of swallowing poison tab
lets, which he had kept hidden in his