The Indianapolis times., 1930-07-03
RECORD FLIER
IS ANGRY OVER
WEARY NOTE
DiScord Between Brothers
in Chicago Plane Grows
After Prank
STOP PLAYING UKULELE
John Hunter Appeals for
Censor on Messages to
Keep Harmony.
STOP PLAYING UKULELE
BY STANLEY WHITAKER,
United Press STAFF Correspondent

CHICAGO, July 3.-The flying
Hunters have stopped stramming
their ukulele and today began firing
a series of notes to the turf of Sky
Harbor airport, begging the ground
crew to help them maintain har-
mony.
John Hunter complained OF
"plenty of trouble with his younger
brother. Kenneth, because of a note
referring to Kenneths WEAKNESS.
The disagreement became known
as the airplane City Of Chicago
neared the twenty-second day in It's
record endurance flight.
At 1910 the plane had been IN
the air 525 hours.
The Hunters have not been seen
to play their ukulele for more than
a day and their only entertainment
has been reading newspapers and
listening to a radio.
The newspapers are filled with
headlines about them and the radio
broadcasts are interrupted every flf-
teen minutes with flashes on the
flight.
Causes Plenty of Trouble"
The note that apparently cooled
the gas-Iaden air of the tiny cabin
of their Stinson-Detroiter mono
plane was sent down by John
Wednesday.
In a humorous vein, so those on
the ground thought. John said
Beans CKenneth) was getting sleepy
and wanted to come down.
Kenneth. however, according 10
a scrawled. lengthy message from
John today, did not take it in that
spirit. and protested.
The result was an appeal by John
10 the ground crew to censor flight
information and keep Kenneth in
good humor. The note was ad-
dressed to Walt and AL" Walter
and Albert are the brothers who fly
the refueler.
Read this to yourselves VINO
in blazes put that slush in the pa
pers about Beans being worried and
nervous2
81 only told that he was hard to
wake up, and so am I. This caused
plenty of trouble between me and
him, He came near jumping out in
a chute. end it wouldn't take a lot
to make me do the same. Now l
want this corrected or this ship may
land quick. We want this stuff
stopped"
All Is Not Harmony
The note was the first real indi-
cation THAI all was not harmonious
aboard the City of Chicago.
A note Wednesday indicated John
and Kenneth disagreed on how long
20 stay UP, but it was in an amiable
vein.
Today's note was the only inter-
ruption 10 q quiet day during which
the refueler Big Ben made its two
hundred third contact.
Other members of the Hunter
family denied Indignantly that the
presence of Sheriff Matt Porten on
the field below was any inducement
for the endurance plane to remain
aloft.
Sheriff PeFten had a writ order
ing John and Kenneth to confer
as soon as they land with several
former partners and managers OF
an endurance flight in which the
Hunters participated year ago.
Earning $1,000 a Day
The writ charges the promoters
and hackers of the former flight
hold mortgage on the Wright J-6-
500 motor of the City of Chicago
and requests the Hunters pay the
lien with part Of the 100000 they
expect to earn through the pres
ent flight.
For every lay the Hunters remain
aloft from now or. they will profit
by almost 5000, 1t was said. An
oil firm which promised 500 for
every hour the 426-hour record Of
the St. Louis Robin was exceeded
already owes the Hunters over
$4,000.