Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-23
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day said President Portes Gil would
greet the aerocade there.
The missing plane which started
a statewide search late Saturday
night was located in Mexico nea-
Soto In Marino. first word OF the
party being contained In q message
received nc Houston by Bert Hull,
Texas co. representative there.
from Jack Holt, manager of the
Fort Worth Association OF Com
merce. saying the plane had been
forced down but that all on board
were safe.
Forced Off Course
A telegram received at the local
chamber Of commerce Monday
morning from Holt said:
Forced off course lodging storms
Motor quit. Forced landing Reeder
Ranch, Chamal. Driving TO Browns
vile as SOC as roads permit. All
safe and happy"
Rains were believed to have rem
dered the roads in that section Of
Mexico impossible and 1t may be
several days before the party Is
able to return to Brownsville.
Early reports said the landing
gear of the plane was torn off an
the forced landing, and the pro-
peller broken.
Jim Davis. a pilot for the South
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Brownsville Monday morning and
will attempt TO assist Bert Pidcoke,
pilot on the ship to Mexico, in get
ting his plane back to the United
States.
B. T.. Kowalski, local agent for
Texas Co., received a telegram ask
Ing that assistance be given the
party.
Difficulty I'm Starting
Several planes OF the aerocad@
had difficulty In getting away Sun
day, but finally ID of the 18 ships
that arrived here Saturday reach
ed Laredo.
Miss Perry was forced TO turn
back after going out several milei
on account Of engine . vibration.
She was forced to abandon ner
plane here but went on with the
party. Freely Heyer remained IN
Brownsville to transact business
and one OF the ships was left here
for Les Mauldin as a demonstration
Reg Robbins had difficulty start
ing his plane because OF a wet dis
q. .utor but finally got away in
good shape.
LAREDO, Tex, Sept. 23.-tPl-
After abandoning the trip to Mon
terrey Sunday because of a wet fly
ing field. the remaining is planes
in the Fort Worth aerocade took
off from here this morning for the
Mexican city.
LAREDO, Tex. Sept. 23.-H1-
Forced down by an empty gasoline
tank, one plane Of the Fort Worth
good will aerocade rested or wild
terrain at Soto la Marine, Mexico.
today, with smashed landing gear
and awaiting help, while the II
planes from a starting group of 70
stood by here for weather reports
preparatory to pushing off to Mon
terrey, Mexico.
The Texas company's entrant
dropped to earth Saturday night 81
early Yesterday. Three others with
which IL started 20 ride out a rain
storm we're in good order.
None or the five occupants OF thu
Texas company ship was injured
James G. Davis, pilot OF the South
west Air Service at Houston, was
ordered To proceed TO Brownsville
and help take materials to II.
The winged crafts pilot, Ben
Pidcoke, and the passengers, his
wife, her sister, Frost Lynn, chair
man OF service for the Texas COM
pany, and Jack Holt, manager OF
the Fort Worth Association OF Com
merce, would be brought in, 1t was
believed, by a regular plane OF the
Mexico City-Brownsville line.
Pidcoke's plane got off its course
in attempting to fly against heavy
rain between Corpus Christi and
Brownsville. It's failure to appear
at the latter point caused alarm,
and six ships sought it yesterday
while the aerocade halted at
Brownsville until safety Of the
group was assured.
Report Of the landing was sent
C. by the Mexican governmental
radio station at Soto la Marine,
picked up by another at Tampicc
and relayed to Bert Hull, president
Of the Texas Pipeline company al