The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-07-02
durance ship to achieve the Tooth

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record was kept by George Heidel,
tank wagon driver.
Heidel, one of the most enthusiastic
among the flight fans, explained that
another Official record being kept by
secretaries of the flight is incorrect
because it shows only the amount of
gas and oil the endurance flyers ask
for in notes.
when they ask for So" said Heidel,
Il take no chances-I put 65 gallons
in the refueling plane tank. If they
ask for Is, I make it S."
Heidel has been supplying fuel since
the flight started. He said THE City
of Chicago" took off with Is gallons
of gasoline in its wings and none III
its main tank.
Actual profits to the flyers and
their hackers at l1:40 o'clock today,
est, amounted to 5000, not in
GLIDING the commission they will re-
ceivc from gate receipts at Sky Har-
Dor. No estimate has been made on
the latter.
OF the nearly $4,000 earned, $500
is from the Deep Rock Oil Co., which
is donating the fuel for the flight.
This company is giving the flyers
$1cO an hour for every hour over the
previous worlds record, the offer
runs out on the 520th hour.
The Columbia broadcasting system
last night at 5 o'clock began paying
the flyers 81 a minute, and that at
II 40 o'clock amounted to 5 1,l29. The
remainder Of the sum of 5000 comes
from a western individual who is CIV
ing 81 an hour for every hour over
the record.
The radio contract calls for two
broadcasts daily at IL a. m, est.
and S p. m, so long as the City Of
Chicago remains in the air.
Broadcast From Cabin
The broadcasts are made from an
army plane, which contacts with the
endurance plane and drops a micro
phone into the cabin.
John and Kenneth have accom-
plished everything but skiing In their
plane. Yesterday they were sent a
batch of legal papers. which they
filled out and dropped to the ground.
The papers gave Walter Hunter spe-
cial power of attorney to sign all con-
tr,cts while they r in the air.
Offers by wire and mail continued
to flood the flight secretary today.
One, from a movie company, was in
excess of $4,000 for a picture. They
have many theater offers and almost
every town and hamlet within a 500
mile radius of Chicago wants the fly
nvc fn diront thniY n1onn nvor Thorn
during the flight.
All the latter offers have been re-
fused because of the danger OF a
forced landing away from Sky Harbor,
which would mean loss of the official
record.
Repelling the wild tide of time and
mechanical fallibilitieS like Leonidas
and his three hundred I of old,
The Hunters at 2:4O a. m. (CST)
zoomed past their 491st hour aloft-
nine hours away from the coveted
half thousand.
Three Cylinders Repaired
Earlier, a conference OF Albert and
Walter Hunter, the crew of the re-
fueling ship Big Ben" with others
interested in the flight. disclosed three
cylinders of the endurance plane:
motor which had not been getting oil
for three days had been fitted witt
new pipes and were now working
smoothly.
The refueling ship also was pro-
nounced in good shape. Among TIT
congratuletory messages received yes
terday was one from Col. Charles A
Lindbergh, who in the days when hi
was Slim and an air mail pilot
transformed several times with thu
Hunter brothers.
In view of the 20 days wear on the
motor, the ground crew said the "City
of Chicago would hover close to Sky
Harbor airport SO that a landing or
the field could be made in the event
of motor trouble.
For the record to be recognized BY
the National Aeronautical association
the landing must be made from the
take-off field.
The bull market has swept over Sky
Harbor; dinner in the only available
restaurant nearby has been hoiSteo
from IS cents to $1.85; the fashionable
Russian rendezvous, the PetruShks
clubs roof garden at tie airport, play:
to constant night CT ,wds; the pur-
yeyors of hot dogs have cluttered the
lot and a constant watch of sleepy
eyed newspaper reporters and photog'
raphers portends the end of the flight
The managerial and financial back.
ground OF the flight was publicizec
Yesterday. Wilson Herren, of Bar.
rington, ILL.,, is flight manager anc
Walter E Conroyd. of Chicago. the
principal hacker. To date. between
$50 900 and $35 900 has been invested
in the endurance attempt.
No Contracts Signed
No contracts of any kind have beer
signed as yet by the hackers or the
brother pilots, Herren said. Tht
ground crew brothers were contracted
at 500 a week, each. and are to re-
ceive a 10 per cent cut in the flight:
profits.
The Hunter brothers evinced NJ
fear of losing their new laurels al
the announcement from st. Loul:
that jackson and O'Brine planned tt
take off July Is in an attempt to sur
mass the mass of hours piled up BY
the "City of Chicago"
Thousands flock to Sky Harbol
daily. Last evening they were glver
a new thrill. Kenneth, the wing
walker of the olden transforming
tours, crept from the cabin hatch a
the plane SCARED along 800 fee. above
earth. and slid down the fusilage II
the rudder controls. freeing from then
collected debris that threatened te
lam the stabilizer. It was his seconc
trip aft.
Gang Gunners Try