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Evening star., 1929-12-15
GLIDING SEEN HELP
IN FLYING TRAINING
Capt. Frank M. Hawks Be-
lieVeS MotorIess Planes Aid
to All Aviation.

BALTIMORE, December 14.-"Over-
production is one Of the dangers facing
the industry today" Capt. Frank M
Hawks, who last June flew from New
York to Los Angeles and back in Sc
hours, declared in speech at the Bal
timore aircraft exhibition this week.
There is curtailing of activities going
on in the factories and schools through
out the country" he said. 1.-The high
cost of flying, both =; to the cost of
plane and cost of training, eventually
may dampen the natural enthusiasm
for this great game which exists in
thousands of kids and young men all
over the world. There seems to me no
better way of meeting this problem
than by turning to the glider.
Gliding Is Safe.
"a plane costs from $4,000 to So 900
at the lowest; glider can be produced
for few hundred. The student Of glid-
ing, when properly supervised, Is as
safe, is not actually safer, than mo-
tored flying and receives an under
standing and feeling for the fundamen-
tails of flying possible in no other way.
"All those who at present are kept
out of aviation would be encouraged by
gliding, which would, believe, develop
both the trained flyers we need and the
pOIenClal popular IldIhSG WIllCn Inc III
dustry needs so badly. Eventually the
student would enter upon powered fiy-
ing with the rudiments firmly fixed in
mind. Eventually, too, an increased in
terest in this sport might encourage the
production of more stable and delicate
planes, which might by the later addi-
ton of motor be converted to new
small type plane that would really meet
a popular need to an extent no plane
at present does"
Capt. Hawks added that the industry
is beginning to realize that gliding is q
companion, not a competitor, of motored
aviation, and that the leaders are be-
ginning to back gliding schools and
production. He also mentioned that air
travel essentially is as safe on land or
sea, although he admitted that the in
dustry has much work ahead Of 1t to
reach that ideal.
"It is the world interest Of youth in
aviation which is its greatest tribute
and its greatest strength" he said. ITO
harness this interest through gliding
shall, believe, be the salvation of the
airplane industry and its subsidiaries" S."
Evening star., 1929-12-15
COAST-TO-COAST
A|RMA|L SPEEDED
New Schedule Will Save
: Large Sum on interest
Bearing Securities.

SAN FRANCISCO (P).-This month
will see the looping of Of another 60
minutes in the transmission Of airmail
between the Atlantic and Pacific Sea-
boards.
To the transcontinental traveller this
means only an hour saved, but in the
movement of interest-bearing securities
between San Francisco and New York
a saving of thousands of dollars in in
tereSt and insurance charges is Signified
During the deluge of stock transac-
tionS in recent weeks West Coast flnar-
cial houses transmitted by air nearly
100000, 900 in securities daily. Trans
america, leader of the Western stock
market, sent more than SIS, ,o00, 900, the
largest individual mailing, to Eastern
buyers in single day.
S25,OOO,OOO Average.
Twenty-Five million dollars a day,
bankers estimate, is the average value
Of securities carried from the San Fran
cisco district daily.
Speed boats and amphibianS will be
the principal factors in cutting down
the time between San Francisco and
Oakland'S S45-acre municipal airport.
Public utility commissions have au-
thorized both services to start this
month. with the speed boat company
Offering Commute service, while the
amphibian company promises to span
the bay in 10 minutes or less, against
the present average Of an hour and a
half in transporting mail by auto truck
and terryboat between the two points.
Near Post Office.
The two services will land their craft
near the Ferry Building San Francisco,
which is just across the street from the
Ferry Post Office, San FranciSco'S larg-
est distributor of mail.
The speed boats will use a recently
constructed channel running up to
within 100 yards Of the Oakland airport
hangers, while the ducks" will use the
field.
The boats will carry 80 persons, ex-
elusive OF pilot and two armed guards,
across the 1913 miles Of water at 25
miles per hour, and make seven round
trips daily.
Six-place amphibians will be used by
the flying service which will conduct
the air taxi operations.
Evening star., 1929-12-15

The efficiency of neon light, par
ticularly as applied to aviation, has
been demonstrated in tests recently
made by the electrical testing labora-
tories of New York and the Polytech-
mic Institute of Brooklyn, according to
reports received here.
The tests were conducted to show a
scientific eXplanG ion of the power of
neon light to penetrate fog, a factor
making it of invaluable aid to aero
nautics, and to determine the compar-
ative visibility Of neon and an incan-
descent lamp with a red color filter.
The tests showed that neon night
possesses its maximum energy at the
point in the visible pectrum having the
greatest transmission under adverse
weather conditions, resulting in greater
penetration and visibility, it is claimed
than any other character of light yet
produced for commercial purposes. 1t
is supposed that the longer waves of
the light in the higher transmission
ranges are less scattered by the mois-
ture particles in the air than the
shorter wave length.
Tests made between neon and in
candeScent light behind standard red
signal lens with the same input of
current to the primary terminals of
the excitatio coil operating the neon
tubes and the incandescent lamp, and
with necessary corrections applied, 1t
is announced, reveal that for the in
candeScent unit to have visibility equal
to the neon unit it would require can
dlepower of 126, rather than the "a
candlepower actually emitted.
Europe Uses Neon Lights.
Europe has used neon lights for its
airportS for some time, having taken
lead over the United States in this re-
Spect, according to surveys made by
lighting engineers.
Croydon Airport, London, has
famous neon beacon; Templehof, at
Berlin has the entire landing field out
lined in neon tubes, and LIE Bourget,
at Paris, also utilities neon largely. The
German Lufthansa organization is
placing neon lights at every five kilo-
meters on two new air routeS-from
Berlin to Halle and Leipzig and Han
over to Cologne.
In this country neon beacons now
are being used at the airportS at New
ark, N. j., Kansas City, Louisville, KY,
Altoona, Pa, Cleveland, Hartford,
Conn, and at others. Extensive use of
the lights is made in California and
new neon beacons are being established
all the time as a result of the indorse-
ment of pilots who have had experience
with them.
There has been a misconception of
the efficiency of neon lights recently
because of erroneous impressions drawn
from a report of tests conducted at
Moody Point. Me, in the opinion
of lighting experts. Both neon and in
candescent lamp lights were tested
Evening star., 1929-12-15
D. C. AIR LEGION PLANNING
AERONAUTICAL CARNIVAL
Special Contests to Be Held for
90 Members Who Have Soloed
in Past Year.

Plans for the largest civilian aero
nautical carnival yet held in the Ma
tional Capital are being made for next
Spring by the District of Columbia Air
Legion, it was announced last night by
Alva Sole, president.
The Legion will hold contests during
the carnival for its 20 members who
have soloed during the past year. There
will be a race between members who
have purchased their own planes and
spot landing contests between the five
members who have qualified as para
chute jumpers.
A national flying circus is to be
brought here for the event and ar
rangements are being made TO fly
Washingtonians over the city at 81 a
verts for aviation here.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
MICHIGAN AERONAUTICS
BOARD NOW FUNCTIONS
Body to Supervise Building and
Operation of Airports, Fields
and Flying Schools.

The newly created Michigan State
Board OF Aeronautics, established under
a law passed by the 1929 LEGISLATURE
has begun to function, with a working
capital OF $4,000 raised by an extra
gasoline tax, 1t has been announced
here.
The board will supervise the construc-
ton and operation Of airports, fields and
flying schools. Charles B. MAYO. chief
engineer of the Ford Motor Co. is
chairman of the board, with Capt. Row
Collins as executive director and Lewis
Firsht as his assistant.
Land adjoining the State College at
Lansing has been acquired as a site for
a State airport. 1t adjoinS the State
Police Barracks, a fact which it is be-
lieved will aid materially in law en-
forcement.
Evening star., 1929-12-15

AAOOAOJ hAOACA HAOAAS NSFSSNSS'
Hope for More Clubs.
With the organization of an aero club
in these two schools comes the hope
that other schools in the District will
become interested enough in model
aviation to form a club of their own.
Miss Helen Blackstone is in charge of
the Edmonds-Maury group.
Results for the last meet of the Dis
trict Model Aircraft League held at the
Takoma Park School follow:
In the class for aces-First, John Sui
livan, 10 points; second, Robert Coles,
8. Luther Schmidt and Harry McGin-
mis- tied for third place, both aggregat-
ing points.
IN A class Frank Salisbury was first
with is points, and Billy Streets second
with points.
B class-James Murray, first, 13
points, and John Pendleton, third, with,
8 points. !
WiehIe Makes IL Points.
Glass C-Robert Wiehle, first, with IL
points; Monroe Brandenburg, second, 6
points, and Blair Bennett, third, with 5
points. In this class Bernard Won
Berewttz and Lloyd Barrett tied with
Bennett for third place.
Glass D-George Petrides, first, with
13 points; Philip Bremen and Richarii
Widemere, tied for second place, with
8 points, and Ray Davis was third, witt
points.
Glass Frank Ball. first, with 8
points, and Tom Jeffers and Joe Streets
tied for second place, with 5 points,
Third place was won by Lloyd BushingI
with points.
Glass F-John Magnusson, first, with
& Y0NiY1tC' GnnrOn
points, and John McNary, third, with
3 points,
The meet was refereed by Walter
Roth. The timers were E. Young, Rob-
ert Williams and Miss Nancy Moore.
At the climax of the contest the Ia
koma Park Aero Club was recognized
as a factor of the District Model Air
craft League. F. L. Harris is in charge
of the newly formed club.
Clubs Make Progress.
Much progress is reported from the
two model aircraft clubs in the junior
high schools of the District.
Following the excellent showing made
by members of the Powell Junior High
Aero Club in recent meets, the club was
recognized as part of the District
Model Aircraft League.
The new members of the Powell Club
are Richard Albee, John Everhart, Dana
Garfield, Andrew Howe, Joseph Crosby,
Albert Drescher, John FealdS, Victor
Orios, William Sheen, Robert Phinney,
George Petrides, Jack Bates, Leo Sab
batini, John Edwards, John West,
Abraham Lincoln, Donald Stewart,
Thomas Riley, Raymond Davis, Charles
Stauffer. Roy Prince, Willis Danielson,
Joseph Parks. Reginald Hodgson, David
Copenhagen, Joseph Kramn, Richard
Evening star., 1929-12-15
OLD GENERATOR USED
FOR LANDING LIGHTS
Naval Air Station at Coco Solo De-
velops Power From Discarded
Radio Device.

The Naval Air Station at Coco Solo
has reported the development from an
old radio generator of generator to
supply the mark landing lights with
current for use over longer periods than
Is possible with batteries.
The generator, which increases the
total weight only IL pounds, is said to
provide sufficient current to maintain
the light at full intensity not only while
flying, but also while taxing and while
gliding with a dead engine, the light
continuing to burn until the airplane
has landed and the speed decreased to
25 miles per hour.
An old, burned-out plate transformer
from a type SE-1385 aircraft radio
tranSmitter was diSmantled and re-
wound to form the light generator.
Switches in the control cockpit enable
the pilot to start the generator and to
use either port or Starboard landing
light at will.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
AIRMAIL RATE CHANGED.
Mexico Applies New Schedule to
U. S. and Guatemala.

New airmail rates which apply both
to domestic mail and to mail destined
for the United States and Guatemala
have gone into effect in Mexico, accord
ing to a report to the Department OF
Commerce by Assistant Commercial At
tache Albert z. Nufer, at Mexico City.
The new rate Is 20 centavos, about 10
class, representing a decrease in first
class postage, but an increase in second,
third, fourth and fifth class mail. Each
piece of domestic mail, in addition to
the airman stamp, must bear 1-cent
Pro -1nfancia" stamp.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
MARINE FLYERS REVIVE
OLD PIN-POINTlNG GAME
Airmen at San Diego Locate OBJ
scure Places Marked on Map
by Mere Dot.

SAN DIEGO P).-"Pin pointing" is
a new name for an old army game
that marine flyers here are playing
under the direction of Mai. Ross RoWell.
Maj Rowell, who won the flying
cross for his extraordinary aerial Serv-
ices during the late Nicaraguan cam
paigns, learned there the value of OBJ
servation. Pin-pointing is intended to
develop that faculty.
Rowen flies over the country, locating
on the map farm house here, a Silo
there, q blasted tree somewhere else
He marks the location on the map with
a pin point.
Then the shows the map to his flyers.
GO out and find farm house at this
point" he will order, land bring back
a picture of it,"
Evening star., 1929-12-15
NEW PASSENGER. FREIGHT
PLANE ROUTE PLANED
Recently Incorporated Firm Pro-
poses Line Between Baltimore
and Southern States.

BALTIMORE. December IA pas
senger and freight airplane service be
tween Baltimore and the Southern
States, and also along the Eastern sea-
board, is proposed by the recently i'll
corporated East Coast Airways.
The airway concern has asked the
city to give 1t at a nominal rental a
shore property containing about six
acres near the city. The company
wishes to use the site for the landing
and taking of of amphibian planes.
The company will be allowed to
occupy the property, however, only until
the completion of the municipal air.
port under construction at DundalK.
When that project is completed the
airways company is expected to utilize
the airport facilities.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
NEW AIRMAIL ROUTE.

Airrnail service between France and
Madagascar has been inaugurated after
a To-day flight by a Farman-1sl, equip
ped with a single 230-horsepower en-
gine. according to a report received by
the Department Of Commerce from As
sistant Trade Commissioner H. G.
Schuette, at Paris.
Stops were made at Oran, KSabi,
Ceouilhatville, Elizabethville and Broken
Hill. The expenses for the trip were
covered by the 1929 French aviation
budget, in an item Of 10000 francs for
trial flights for opening offAirlines to
French Indo-C China and Madagascar"
Evening star., 1929-12-15
PILOTS ARE NEEDED.

Demand for Mail Flyers Still Ex-
ceeds Supply.
CLEVELAND R).-In spite of the
grist of pilots flowing from the many
flying schools Of the country there are
still none too many of the timber re-
quired for flying the air mail, according
to Carl F. Egge, president of the Ma.
tional Air Pilots Association.
Air mail work requires a degree of
experience which is not common, he
said, and salaries are still as high as
they were when the air mail service
was started.
The air pilots association has $50
members, fourth of whom are execu-
tives at aviation concerns.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Model Air craft
BY GEORGE w. WATERS.

aircraft club in the elementary
| organized yesterday.
Joint club formed at the Maury the
Schools Thirteenth D
will building
model planes Immediately
club John H. Williams Community
Edward author
Williams
R. c. Hartley L. Cooney c. Coombs and Mrs Myrtle
Evening star., 1929-12-15
''BUSIlESS" FLYING EFFICIENT,
ADMR. MOFFETT DEMONSTRATES

cruise out to sea, landing at Lakehurst
at midnight.
After spending the night at Lake
hurst, Admiral Moffett took of yester-
day morning at $50 o'clock in trans
port plane and arrived at 10 am. at
the Naval Air Station at Anacostia and
shortly thereafter was back in his Office
at the Navy Department, where he
spent busy day celebrating over giant
dirigibles, the proposed West Coast air
base and other matters in the far-fiung
realms Of aeronautics.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Mappers Locate Mountain Lake.

One of the results of the Navy aerial
mapping expedition in Alaska during
the past Summer was the discovery Of
mountain lake, capable of producing
trio development, within few miles Of
Nome.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
NAVY LIEUTENANT WINS
GLIDER CERTIFICATE
Ralph S. Barnaby Is First American
to Receive First-Class
Pilots Award.

Lieut.. Ralph S. Barnaby of the Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics is the first
American glider pilot to qualify for
the f1rst-class glider pilots certificate
and annual sporting license of the Fed
Grafton Aeronautique Internationale.
Lieut.. Barnaby has been presented
with the three-Star button of the Ma
tional Glider Association. This but
ton and the international certificate
were awarded as result of a recent
glider flight he made at the Cape Cod
Glider School
Taking of from a dune used by the
school, Lieut.. Barnaby flew several
miles down the coast of Cape Cod and
then returned to his starting point,
after an intermediate landing.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Designs Small Plane.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (P.-Joe Pal
mer, veteran San Antonio pilot, has
designed a small tri-motored plane pow
cred by three 62-horSepower motors. In
feet. It's cruising speed is S5 miles an
hour.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Planes Supplant Horses.

"Steeds of the sky" will take the
place of horses that thundered before
the grand stand at Cherbourg, France.
The stand is to be razed for hangers
and a landing. field. completed by May,
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Radin Phntns in Air

BERLIN F.-Weather maps have
been successfully sent to q Plane In
mid-air by radie.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-26
BUNION DERBY
STARTSSUNDAY
international Competition
Fer Pyle's $4,000 Prize
L. |. to Los Angeles

NEW YORK, March 26.-LPD-A
bigger and better edition of the 1925
Bunion Derby-the 3,400 mile fool
race across the continents bloom
ing again under the direction OF
Charles c. Cash and Carry Pyle.
Tall runners, short ones, fat ano
slim, from Sweden, Italy, Belgium
Poland, Spain, Australia, CanaGs
and all parts of the United States
are piling daily into the headquar-
tiers Of the suave promoter who in
troduced Red Grange to professions
al football. Suzanne Lenglen to pre-
tennis and foot runners to more
blisters, aches and wider distance,
than they had known existed.
They are working out in Pyle's
training camp on Long Island, al
most 100 of them, waiting the CUR
that will send them away Sunday
on the first leg Of the 3.4O0 mile
grind to Los Angeles. For eighty day;
the heartiest will pound pavements
and concrete. struggle up and dowr
mountains. through dusty country
roads and across deserts. chasing
the $4,000 pot of gold that awaits
the winner June 18 on the Other
side of the continent. Prize money
will total 5000.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-26
FIELDS Whips.
NEGRO WELTER
Thrown In Panic
AS Couple Spectators
Draw Knives In 9Th

CHICAGO, March 26.-(P)-Jackie
fields, Chicago Hebrew lad who
learned his boxing in California, to-
day holds a synthetic claim at
least, to the worlds welterweight
boxing championship. He acquired
it by decisively defeating Young
Jack Thompson, San Francisco ne
gro challenger in their ten round
battle in the historic old coliseum
last night--a thrilling fight that
came perilously near ending in a
panic in the eighth round.
A crowd of more than 1900 per-
sons, drawn to the battle by the In
tense rivalry between the pair, and
excited beyond the ordinary thrill
by what was one CT the best weiter-
weight fights in ring history, vas
thrown into a panic in the eighth
round when two spectators, one
drawing a knife and the other a gun
TO settle their private fight in n
corner of the arena, precipitated a
terrifying scene of disorder, result
ing in the injury of many spec
.ators, some perhaps suffering fatal
INJURIES.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-26
BALL SCHEDULE

At Tucson, AriZ.-Chicago CN) VS..
Tucson.
At Phoenix, Ariz.-Detroit (A) VS.,
Pittsburgh, N).
At Waco, Texas.-Chicago (A)
VS.. Waco.
At Winter Haven, Fla.-St. Louis
(N) VS.. Philadelphia, (N).
At Tampa, Fla.-Brooklyn CN) vs..
Washington (A).
At st. Petersburg, Fla.-Boston
(N) VS.. Philadelphia (A).
At Orlando, Fla.-Cincinnati (N)
VS.. Columbus CAD.
Yesterdays Results
At Avon Park, Fla.-St. Louis (N)
d; New York (A) 5.
At st. Petersburg, Fla.-Boston
CN 8; Brooklyn N) 6.
At B~radenton. Fla.-Boston CA)
II; Indianapolis AA) s..
CAT Anaheim, al.-Portland
(PC) 4; Pittsburgh CN) 3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-26

Texas Lacquer, worked well Ior
Corpus Christi.
After a day of rest, forced upon
them by rain and cold weather, the
Wichita Falls Spudders occupied
themselves today by routine train
ing. Tomorrow the team will start
a series of exhibition games that
VIII hold their attention for five
consecutive days. The second team
OF the New York Giants is to play
here tomorrow and Thursday and
Tulsa of the Western league here
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Forme. Waco players will be seen
in action at Waco this afternoon
when the Cubs engage the Chicago
White SoX in an exhibition game.
Ted Lyons and Art Shires are
among the eXes who will return to
Katy field. The Cubs yannigans
journeyed to MeXia to mix with
the Dallas Steers.
The coolest weather Of the train
ing season greeted the Fort Worth
Cats at Mineral Wells today. but
it wasn't cold enough to cause
Manager Atz to call off the daily
practice. The PantherS will play
their last game with st. Paul We'd
nesday. Rufus Meadows and Char
ley Sullivan have been nominated
for the pitching duty against st
Paul.
Another yannigsn-regular game
was On ia pin the Beaumont spring
training camp today. A similar af-
fair yesterday ended with a 3-3
tie. If ii hadn't been for John
Chapman's home run over the left
field fence in the eighth inning,
the vans would have romped home
ahead Of the regulars. The Export
ers have improved in the field, ano
r showing effects of the spring
training.