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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
new FOKKER PLANE
PASSES INITIAL TEST.
32-Passenger Craft Listed
for Exhibition in Capital
Next Week.

The National Capital will be one of
the first cities TO see the new Fokker
32-passenger monoplane, the largest
transport plane so far built in the
United States, according to plans Of the
builders. The huge plane, which is
powered with four engines totaling 2,100
horsepower, has passed its initial tests
with flying colors, and 1t is expected
here this week.
The F-32, as 1t has been designated,
will be produced either for day trans
port service or as an aerial night Pull
man, sleeping Is passengers. Five Of
the planes have been ordered by Uni
versal Aviation Corporation for use on
its transcontinental lines.
Shows Speed Of $50 Miles an Hour.
In tests during the past week at
Fokker Field, Hasbrouck Heights, N j.,
with Lieut.. Harry johnson, chief of the
Army engineering test branch at Wright
plane made a top speed Of 157 miles per
hour, running at full throttle. This is
II miles an hour more than was ex-
pected by the designers.
The landing speed, with Lieut.. john
son at the controls, was Al miles per
hour, - miles per hour slower than the
designers had hoped to obtain. Fokker
officials have announced. The ship
cruised at 100 to 125 miles per hour and
maintained flying speed on two front
motors. On the two rear motors, driv-
ing pusher propeuers, 1t Is reported to
have climbed.
There are controls for two pilots, so
arranged that in event Of very bad
weather one pilot can control direction
and the co-pilot. altitude, as in the case
Of dirigibles.
With a wing spread of SO feet the
F-32 has a total wing area of 1850
square feet. The overall length is SO
feet 10 inches and the height 16 feet
6 inches. Four 525-horsepower Pratt &
Whitney Hornet" engines are used and
are carried In tandem, two in each
nacelle, under the wings. The front
engines drive two-bladed adjustable
propellers and the rear engines three
bladed adjustable propellers.
Empty Plane Weighs 1890 Pounds.
Empty, the plane weighs 1890
pounds. It's useful load Of S,700 pounds
gives gross weight Of 22,5o0 pounds,
or more than IL tons, It carries 400
gallons Of fuel, 40 gallons of Oil and
$50 pounds of baggage in day opera
tons, with 80 passengers and crew of
4. AS night plane it will carry TOO
gallons of fuel, go gallons of oil, $40
pounds Of baggage. Is passengers and
a crew Of 5. Its range as day plane
is 480 miles, as night plane $50 miles.
The F-32 is of standard Fokker de-
sign, with an atwood veneer-covered
wing of full cantilever type. as in the
smaller Fokkers. The fuselage, tail sur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
WIND INDICATOR
TO Be EXHIBITED
New Device for Airports viii
Be a Feature of AirWay
Relief Exposition.

Demonstrations Of a new type of
wind-direction indicator for night use
to be operated in connection with air.
way and airport rotating beacon lights.
will be feature of the Army Relief Ex-
position at the Washington Barracks
next month.
The indicator, invention of Mai.
Francis Boyle, Army Reserve, was
tested in operation by Army pilots ct
Boiling Field recently and several minor
changes will be made before its exhi-
bition at the War College.
The indicator. which is expected TO
eliminate one of the greatest elements
OF uncertainty confronting the pilot
who flies the airways at night, is very
simple in design. A colored glass screen
the size Of the beacon lens is supported
In the path Of the lens and Is attached
to wind vane so as always to be on
the downwind side Of the beacon.
AS the beacon rotates, its rays are
intercepted by the colored screen and
a pencil of colored light points the d.
rection of the wind. The indication Is
said to be clearly visible. from any d.
rection or altitude for a distance Of
many miles. In haZy weather, when
other forms Of wind-direction indicators
are at their lowest visibility. the col
ored light ray, shining on the mist, is
even more distant than in clear weather,
1t is claimed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
40 FLYERS. ENTER
FORD PLANE TOUR
Women Are Among Pilots for
Event Starting From De.
troit October 5.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT.-Some twoscore planes
will leave Ford Airport here october 5
on q 4,80o-rnile journey which will take
them to 81 cities in 10 flying days to
complete the NTH annual national air
tour.
The winner will receive the Edsel b.
Ford trophy and a substantial amount
Of cash. Points will be awarded on q
basis of reliability and efficiency.
This years tour has drawn the largest
entry List of the five years the event
has been conducted.
Eddie Stinson Entered.
Eddie Stinson, George Haldeman,
Mrs. Phoebe Fairgrave Omlie are
among noted pilots who will compete.
w. s. MacCracken, retiring head Of
the Bureau of AeronauticS Of the De-
partment of Commerce, and Clarence
Young, his successor, have been invited
to go along.
Among planes entered by manufac-
turers and owners are two autogyroS, q
Ford tri-motor, q single-motored Ford
monoplane and CurtiSS condor
Virtually every important manufacturer
will be represented.
Collins Is Tour Manager.
Capt. Ray Collins, referee for the four
previous tours, Is manager this year.
Capt. Frank Hawks will be referee
These two flyers have made path
finding flights over the entire course.
The itinerary takes the flyers through
Canada and down the East Coast Of the
United States for the first time. They
will pause at Wausau, Wis, home Of the
late Maj John P. Wood, winner OF the
1928 tour, who was killed on his
attempted nonstop flight from Los
Angeles to Cleveland. At Chicago their
arrival will mark the dedication Of the
new Curtiss- Reynolds Airport.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
u. S. PLANE PLANTS
EMPLOY OVER $4,000

There are now $4,000 persons en-
ployed in the United States in the man.
ufacturing Of airplanes and airplane
motors, according to q survey by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics Of the De-
partment Of Labor. In addition to these
$4,000 who are directly employed. the
aeronautical industry gives employment
to many thousands of workers both d.
rectly and indirectly, 1t was announced.
d.s otb a toc na NAM snd pc
work. must be employed; schools of In
struction are coming into existence. and
many mechanics and other ground en-
ployes are needed at air fields" the bu-
reau said In announcing the results OF
the survey.
Employment also is given to persons
engaged in the manufacture of mate
rial (metal, wood. cloth. rubber. etc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
CALIFORNIA AIRPORT
Is PLANNED AS MODEL
"Dustless" Station, Held Long a
Dream, to Become O
Reality.

LOS ANGELES.-A dustless airport,
long a dream, will be a reality when
the United Airport Of Los Angeles and
Burbank, now being completed by the
Boeing System at Burbank, Los An
geles County, California, Is opened.
This 240-acre terminal, to represent
an investment of q million and Q half
dollars, Is being developed as q model
airport and will be six-way field.
Average runway lengths will be $500
feet. The asphalt on the runways will
be 800 feet wide.
There will be concrete aprons around
all buildings, and at points where people
congregate, to do away with dust. This
airport. which will be improved with
buildings Of Spanish architecture, 80
common to Southern California. viii be
adjacent to 40-acre park which the
city of Burbank will develop In har-
mony with the airport development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
MAIL TRUCK SIGNS.

The roofs of thousands Of motor
trucks used by the Post Once Depart-
ment will be used for advertising the
air mail service to those who watch
from Office windows.
The department has instructed post
masters at cities on he airmail lines
to stencil the slogan use Air Mail" on
the roofs of the trucks In letters is
inches high. Postnasters have been
instructed to use any other methods
which may suggest themselves as means
Of bringing the air mail to the attention
OF business and social correspondents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
CLEVELAND. LINE
RECEIVES DORNlER PLANE
First of Two Big Craft Tested at
Philadelphia Before Enter
ing Service.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (P.-The first Of
two huge Dornier super-wahl four-en-
gined flying boats which will be put
into service on the Stout Detoit- Cleve-
land Line has arrived in the United
States.
It is the first of the famous Dornier
planes to be brought to this country.
The flying boat, carrying 20 pasSen-
gers, was sent to the Philadelphia Navy
Yard for assembly, inspection and test
flights.
The second Of the planes will be
shipped to the United States shortly
from the Dornier plant at Friedrichs.
hafen, Germany. The Stout Line, now
carrying passengers across Like Erie
between Detroit and Cleveland, soon Is
to be extended to Buffalo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
STUDIES AIRCRAFT RADIO.
Gross Touring European Countries,
Learning Installation Methods.

Thorough study Of the aircraft radio
being made by Gerald c. Gross, tech
meal engineer of the Federal Radio
Commission who now Is engaged In Q
tour of all the larger European air.
ways. He will make an especial study
Of the radio facilities at the great Paris,
Berlin and London airports.
Mr.. Gross was technical assistant to
the American delegation attending the
international Radio Technical Consult
ing Committees conference at The
Hague. He Is being accompanied on
his tour by H. G. Leuteritz, chief radio
engineer Of Pan-American Always.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
BUFFALO IS BUILDING
GIGANTIC FLYING SHIP

BUFFALO, N. Y. (P.-A flying boat,
said to be the largest ever built in this
country. will be tested over Lake Erie
in September before being turned over
to an aerial transportation company for
use between New York and Buenos
Aires by way of Rio de Janeiro.
The craft will have wing spread Of
100 feet and will be equipped with two
575-horsepower motors. The plane
originally was designed to carry 80 pas
sengers, but was remodeled to carry mail
and % passengers, for whom luxurious
accommodations have been provided.
According to the manufacturers, the
plane is the first of feet Of IL ships
ordered by the aerial transportation
company at $4,000 each, with delivery
at. the rate of one each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

used in planes. Airplanes also have
their effect on the production. distribu-
ton and consumption of gasoline"
Plants manufacturing ariplanes are
found in 20 States. New York being the
most important with 4,396 employees,
and California second with 1905 en-
ployes. Other States with more than
1000 persons employed in the manu-
facture of airplanes are Michigan,
washington, Kansas and Ohio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
STUDY FLYING WEATHER.

SOUTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. Dr.
A complete weather intelligence station
for the benefit Of aviators ultimately
may be established on the estate of Col
e. H. r. Green at Round HILL in CO.
operation with the Massachusetts, In
stitute Of Technology.
Research workers already are study
ing fog, the possibilities of penetration
by light and other forms Of energy, in
Guiding electric and elastic waves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
BUSIEST AIR LINE IN U. S.
is ONLY IS MILES LONG
Seattle-Bremerton Planes Make
S34 Round Trips in Two
Month Period.

SEATTLE, Wash, H).-Probably the
busiest air passenger line in the world
also is likely the shortest.
It is operated by Gorst Air Trans
port, Inc, is miles across Puget Sound
between Seattle and Bremerton, Wash.
In the two months ending August is
planes Of the line made 834 round trips
and carried 9,458 passengers, an average
of six trip. Looming amphibian planes
carrying seven and eight passengers
are used.
Boats operate between the two cities,
but require two and a half hours, where
as the planes make the trip in IL
minutes. The airplane fare is $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
VAN ORMAN SCHOOL HEAD
Will Direct Ground Work for
Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation.

Ward T. Van OrmaI, five times WIN
ner In the national balloon races and
twice victor In the international COM
petition, has been named director Of
the dirigible ground school Of the Good
year Zeppelin Corporation. He viii
direct the training of students In bal
loonings, airship handling, Ineteorology,
radio and navigation.
Van Orman has been a balloon pilot
since 1917 and an airship pilot since
1918. He was lghter-t than AIR school
instructor for student naval officers at
Wingfoot Lake during the World War.
Following the armistice he turned to
aeronautical design and produced the
bullet proof fuel tank for aircraft which
is standard Army equipment today. He
also has perfected a lightning arrester
for balloons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
ARMY TRAINING PLANES
TO BE LIGHTER TYPE
o-32 Is Powered by Radia1 Air
Cooled Motor Instead of
ok Liberty.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (P),- lighter
aviators has been adopted at Brooks
and March Fields here.
The new type known as the O-32,
will be powered by a radial air-cooled
motor instead of the Liberty motor Of
the OAK model. which has been en-
ployed in the past. The radial motor,
which will develop AIS horsepower, is
much lighter.
Thirty Of the new planes have been
ordered, Is for each fields basic training
school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

faces and landing gear are of tubular
steel construction.
The cabin Is divided into four sec
tionS, the interiors finished In mahog-
any and light pile fabric. Each sec
ton has four glass windows. There are
80 arnchairs with deep cushions, ad-
Unstable backs and head rests for the
passengers. There are two fully equip
ped Mushrooms, two gallies or serving
pantries, located amidships, and a bag
gage compartment forward.
Pilots Quarters Inciosed.
The pilots compartment is In the
nose and is Of the inclosed type with
doors into the passenger cabin and in
the bottom. The radio compartment is
located below the pilots cockpit. There
are two metal instrument boards In
front of the pilots, containing the usual
equipment and motor controls. In back
of the pilots is a mechanics instrument
board containing four oil pressure
gauges, four oil thermometers, four
gasoline pressure gauges, a booster
magnetic selector switch and the fuel
cock system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Airport to Be Lighted.

The airport Of the Kreider Reisner
corporation at Hagerstown, Nd, u to
be equipped for night flying: Hagers-
ington- Pittsburgh airway, which soon
Is to be lighted for night air mail serv-
ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22

Consolidated air ticket Offices are
operated in Chicago, Cleveland, Kansas
City. Los Angeles, New York and
Detroit. They supply tickets over all
air lines. travel information ana trans
portation to and from airports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Local Weather Network.

Secondary stations in the Boil
ing Field network will include
Cleveland, Bellefonte, Pa; Hadley,
N. j.; Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
Frostburg, Md; charlottesville,
Richmond and Wytheville, Va;
Greensboro, N. c.; Cape Henry,
Va; Delaware Breakwater and CO.
lumbus, Ohio. The stations at
Frostburg, Md, and Charlottes-
vile, Va, are projected. The
others are in operation.
The establishment OF a first
class station at Boiling Field long
has been recognized as a matter
of prime Importance. Weather
conditions along the Atlantic sea-
board and over the Alleghenies
are subject to more rapid and
probably are more severe changes
than in any other part of the
United States.
This is true especially of the
weather over the mountains be-
tween New York and Cleveland.
While the Boiling Field station
serves only as a part Of the sec
ondary network for this portion
of the transcontinental route, it
also is a station on the main Army
airway across the mountains from
the National Capital to Dayton,
Ohio.
dumping OFF" Place for Pilots.
Boiling Field is the jumping
of" place for Army pilots crossing
the mountains to the great ma
terrell division base at Wright
Field, Dayton, and accurate
weather information prior to their
departure from the local field Is
essential to their safety. Through
its secondary network Of stations
She Boiling Field station will have
an accurate check on weather con-
ditions along the mountain route
and many miles to either side.
The Signal Corps weather sta
ton. which has been operated at
Boiling Field since 1t was eStab-
ished during the World War, has
been taken over by the Weather
Bureau. To properly house the
new station the War Department
is planning the construction OF
weather and radio rooms above
the present field operations office
The "three-hour" system OF re-
ports from off-the-line weather
Stations guarantees against any
major weather disturbance ap-
preaching the main airways with
out ample warning. For detailed
weather information along the
airwayS the aeronautics branch OF
the Department Of Commerce and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13
robson TRIAL
BEFORE HOUSE
STARTS TODAY
House to Decide IF
Commiss ioner OF
Land Office Must
Face Indictment

AUSTIN. June l3.-tPD-Hearing
on impeachment charges against j.
Robson, commissioner OF the gen
eral land office. will begin in the
house Of representative late today.
A delay followed drawing of rules
TO govern the taking Of testimony.
AUSTIN, June 3.-Hearing on
impeachment charges preferred In
the house of representatives against
J. T. Robson, commission Of the
general land office. was begun to-
day. The house resolved itself into
a committee Of the whole TO listen
TO testimony on the allegations and
determine whether ii should vote
indictments against the veteran Of
ficial to be tried by the senate.
Robson. known by hundreds Of
frequenters OF the land office as
Uncle jim" is serving his 2lst year
as commissioner and his 34th year in
the department. having been a clerk
Continued on page ID
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13
TEXAS SLAWYER
GOES TO TRIAL
Hamilton Charged With
Staying Son-In-Law Seeks
Venue Change

AMARILLO. Tex. June 13.-tP)-
"A motion for a change Of venue was
filed by r. II. Hamilton. charged
with Staying his son-in-law. Tom,
Walton. Jr.. at the opening Of his
trial here today.
The motion was brief, merely stat
ing that such prejudice exists
against the defendant that a fair
trial in Potter county was impos-
Three affidsvits tending TO prove
the prejudice contention were.
introduced. They were signed BY
j. N. Riggs. w. A. Askew and j. w.
Crudhington. The motion was read
by z. A. Simpson Of the defense
counsel.
Immediately after the motion had
been introduced. calling Of witnesses
on the venue change was started.
The defense has called 125 wit
nesses. who were forced TO meet on
the courthouse lawn because OF in
adequate space inside. About ~
witnesses will be called by Edward
w. Thompson, district attorney.
Hamilton has been at Liberty IN
der a $4,000 bond.
The shooting resulted from tne
young mans acquainting Hamilton
Continued On page l5J
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13
CHANNEL GROUP.
LEAVES TONIGHT.
Committee Will Appeal En-
gineer's Report on
Water Project

A committee men wi llleave to-
night for Washington where they
will appear before a board OF army
engineers June Is, relative to dredg-
ing a channel from BrazoS san
tiago Pass TO a point approximately
four miles east Of Brownsville.
The Brownsville committee Is go
ing on an appeal from the partial
adverse report submitted by Mild r.
Fox. United States district engineer
on the proposed channel to Browns
Vile. other Valley interests are
opposing the Brownsville plan.
The committee named TO make
the trip consists OF r. B. RentlIc,
John Gregg. H. l.. Yates, @. e. Plch-
ardson. manager Of the oh2,DDer or
commerce. and j. r. Biantnn. traffic
manager. chamber Of commerce
This same committee VIII also
present petition, signed by
Brownsville citizens. along With a
brief and photographs. showing why
Brownsville asks that S500.00O &c
appropriated for a new federal
building. Government officials had
planned to allot s90On0 for repairs
to the present building, Constructed
In 1857
z. A. RoSenthal. member OF the
Brownsville navigation corliI.isslon'
will Join the group in WashnIton-
w. z. McDavitt also is TO join the
committee in Washington.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13
MESSENGER OF
BANK TRAILED
In CITY BUS
Bold Bandit NJ kes
Escape In Auto
Driven BY Aide; Po-
lice Hunt Men

SAN ANTONIO. June i3-(Pl-
Following a messenger OF the First
State Bank OF South San Antonio
into a Public Service company bus.
a lone bandit today rode with him
TO South Laredo street, held him
I'D and robbed him of approximate
ly $4,000. He forced the bus
driver to let him alight and then
made his escape in a car driven
by another man.
The messenger, Herbert Flack,
had secured the money at a bank
in San Antonio and boarded bus
at Main Plaza He thought moth
ing of the entrance of another man
close behind him. When the bus
reached a point on South Laredo
street, the man suddenly produced
q gun and forced him TO hand over
the money.
The bandit then approached the
driver OF the bus and forced him
to stop. He dismounted from the
bus and climbed into another car
standing close by, with motor run
ming and a man sitting at the
wheel. AS soon as the bandit had
climbed into the car the driver
speeded away.
Reports OF the holdup we're made
to police and the sheriff's office
and emergency squads from both
departments were dispatched Il
work on the case.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13
4 Bales Ginned In Valley;
Brownsville Registers |
Clerk Ready For
Intention Rush
But None Calls

out with the old; in with the
new!
1t appeared Monday as though
the younger crowd Of Cameron
county was going TO get "all
bothered over the new marriage
law" In fact. indications point
ed to a complete sell-out Of mar
riage licenses Wednesday, and
the county clerks office was all
set for it.
But it didn't materialize.
The final license wednesday
was issued to Jack Mcintosh, %,
and Minnie Lee Richardson, is.
Apathy attending movements
along the marriage front We'd
nesday continued over into
Thursday, the first day Of the
new law.
Not a single couple had filed
intentions to wed" at the noon
hour.
Figure that out.
In Hidalgo county. though,
seven couples had filed inten-
tions to wed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13
Swimming Teacher
Gets Prison Term
In Case Of Coed

AUSTIN, June 13.-tPp-J a X
Freith, swimming instructor de-
tanned two weeks ago in New Bed
ford. Mass, With Miss Fannie Lee
Minter, 16-year- old University OF
Texas student. was under 2 1-2-
year sentence in the federal peni-
tentiary today.
He was indicted for violation Of
the Mann act Tuesday. Arraigned
before the commissioner. he said he
would plead not guilty, but yester-
day changed his mind after he had
received a note from the Minter
girl. which, according to Sheriff
Coley White, told Freith she could
not testify Fl hfs Behalf.
Miss Minter disappeared from hel
home here driving away for the ex-
pressed purpose OF attending hel
classes at the university.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-13
SI-A-WORD MAN
SAYS WRITING
HAS NO APPEAL

NEW YORK, June 13.-tPD-
Calvin Coolidge in an int%Tiew
published in the New York
World today discloses that writ
ing as a career has no appeal
to him.
II don't like to write" he said;
"Oh. I don't find it so difficult
to sit and write about some
thing that I know very well,
such as my own life, but ca
reer OF writing"
He left the sentence unfin-
ished.
Mr.. Coolidge carried his left
hand bound in a black silk
handkerchief as a result Of a
sprain he suffered while on a
fishing trip last week.