Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-19
WOMEN FLYERS
LEAVE TUCSON
ON SCHEDULE
Margery DOig Unhurt AS
Plane Noses Over When
Making Landing.

Entrants in the women 5 Pacific air
derby this afternoon left desert
wastes Of Arizona behind as they
took off from here and scared over
mountainous regions between here
and Douglas, Ariz., last control
noint on todav'S lap.
Gladys O 'Donnrll Of Long Beach.
left the Municipal Airport here.
where the flyers stopped for lunch,
at 2:30 p. m. MIST, and was fol
lowed by Margerv Doig, Of Danbur'
~, Conn, at 2:32; Jean La Rene.
Chicago, 2:34; Mildred Morgan.
2:36; Ruth Barron. Hollywood, 2:3s !;
and Ruth Stewart, st. Louis, 2:40.
Miss Dogs plane, which cracked.
up as it passed the finish line her"
this morning, was repaired by local
airport mechanics.
The flyers are expected in
Douglas about $50 p. m., MIST.
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Aug. 10. U.P)-
! Reunited after the narrowing expert
ences of Mondays lap, six women
flyers in the national air derby left
/ Sky Harbor Airport this morning
for Tucson, Ariz., noon stop.
Gladys O'DonnelI, elapsed time
! leader of the race, was the first of
/ the group to leave. She cleared the
i field at 10 a. m, MIST, and the five
/ other entrants followed at two min
ute intervals. Time for departure of
! the others were: Margcry Doig
! Danburry, Conn, 1902; Jean La
! Rene, Chicago, 1904; Mildred Nor
| gan, Beverly Hills, 1906; Ruth
Stewart. st. Louis, l0:0S; and Ruth
i Baron Hollywood, 1910.
From Tucson, the aviatrices will
90 to Douglas for the third over
Hight stop of the flight.
Miss Barron, who lost her bearings
enroutc here from CaleXico, Calf.
made forced landing near HOl-
brook, Ariz., late yesterday. She ar
rived here today az S:2l Il. NJ, MIST
| Official announced her elapsed time
IS = hours and 2l minutes, Il hours
and l9 minutes more than the high
est time of the five other contes
tants.
".The only hope have of gettin;
anything out of :his race is by win
ming laps from now ON to Chicago,
Miss Barron told The United Pres
shortly before taking off.
/ PHOENIX. Ariz., Aug. 10. (U.H)
The sandy wastes of the great Am
crican desert lay before six womeI
flyers competing n the 1890 nation
al air derby rs they prepared TO-DAY
for the third days flights from
Phoenix to Tucson and thence It
Douglas, Ariz.
GLADYS O Donnell of Long Beach
Calf, second place winner in las
year S derby, still held the lead whei
the flyers ended their fourth lal
here late yesterday. She was sched
uled to take off first at 10 Il. m
today for Tucson,
\ casualty was narrowly avertet
on the lap from CaleXico, Calf.
10 Phoenix when Miss Ruth Barron
Of Hollywood made a forced landin.
35 miles south OF Holbrook, Ariz.
in one Of the most desOlate section
of the desert. She was uniniure,
and intended to take off early 70
Phoenix to join the others before th'
start for Tucson.
The time at Phoenix Monda,
afternoon for the fourth lap and to
tai elapsed time tor the two days o
flying for all contestants follows:
Gladys O'Donncll, l:24:00; 2:26
53.
Margery Doig, l:2&:20; 2:45:0S.
Mildred Morgan, l:5l:32; 3:35:3;
Jean La Rene, 1:5l:l0; 3:4l:3'
Ruth w. Stewart, 2:09:j7; 1902
80.
The flights over sandy wastes tC
day were regarded as the most dit
ticult and hazardous of the entir
Journey from Long Beach, Calf, t
. Chicago and the national air races.
! The flyers were due to reach Tue
e son from Phoenix at II Il. m, MIST
and will leave at 2:30 p. m. TO
Douglas, an hours flight, to spen
the night. Wednesday their rout
: will take them to Lordsburg, y. NJ
and then to Deming, y. NJ.