New Britain herald., 1930-09-02
MARINE AVIATOR {. KILLED AT RACE
Capt. Arthur Page Crashes
 After Leading for Miles

Chicago, Sept 2 (UP)-The death of Capt. Arthur H. Page, brilliant airman of the U. S. Marine corps, cast a feeling of sorrow into the ranks of fellow hiers turning home ward from the Tenth Annual Na- tional Air races.
 Captain Page died last night of injuries received when, leading the field in the Thompson Trophy race yesterday, his special Navy plane failed him and crashed in front of more than 10000 spectators. The ac- cident occurred as he raced past the grandstands on the 17th lap of the 1oo-mile speed classic, final event of the air meet
 The Marine pilot gave his life in a bid for fame, an effort to promote aviation, and that others might live.
 With Page and Frank Hawks, whose mystery ship" was forced down on the fourth lap, out of the race, Charles w. Speed" Holman, Minneapolis, piloted his Laird Wasp to & thrilling victory, winning the s1o,o00 Thompson trophy and a purse Of s5,O00
 Slower Than Leaders
 Holman's average speed for 20 laps around the smile closed course was 209.31 miles an hour, at least 20 miles an hour slower than it was believed either Page or Hawks would have made.
 Second place went to James Haiz- lip, St. Louis, who averaged 19s.s0 miles an hour in his Travelair mys- tery ship Third honors were won by Ben o. Howard, who flew the tiny white Howard Gypsy which he built himself. His average speed was 162.S0 miles an hour.
 Lieut.. Paul T. Adams, Nogales, Ariz., the only other pilot to finish of the seven who started, was fourth with an average speed of 142.64 miles an hour. Everett Williams, Patterson, La, who flew a Wedell- Williams special, dropped out, on the eighth lap. Three other planes which had been scheduled to start ulu llol uO so.
 The race was spectacular end ing to the largest air program ever held.
 Page or First
 Pages navy ship, a powerful green monoplane capable of devel- opins a speed of almost 300 miles an hour on a straightaway, was off first with Hawks ten seconds behind, | next, Towards Gypsy after | him, and the others following at regular intervals.
 Hawks ship almost held it's own on the first lap, but after that the motor began failing and the speed | of the ship was reduced to about | 180 miles an hour. Hawks was the | first to land, doing so. he said, be- cause he realized he could not win and wanted to get out of the way of the ships that had a chance
 The navy entry was a green | streak, speeding around the course at terrific pace, passing one ship after another as Page Tapped" them.
 At the start of his 17th lap, :, Pages plane was nearing the ships of Haizlip and Holman, who were fighting valantly for second posi- tion. After rounding the third pylon on the lap, Page roared past Haiz- lip and was just catching up with Holman, which would have put him five miles ahead, when the ship faltered. A great shout went up as the green plane slowed down, turn ed on its side and "cut" the home pylon.
 Ship Crashes
 The crowd could not understand. It seemed impossible that Page, who was flying beautiful race, was cutting" the pylon intentionally. It seemed for a fraction of a second he lost control. He righted the ship,