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The Washington times., 1930-04-25
MOrtuGry En,pEOye
Ends Life by Moose

Ell PASo, Tex. April rs
QNS0.-Jose Pinera, who
through 16 years of employment
at a local mortuary, had shud-
dered at hundreds of persons
who took their own lives, fasten-
ed a rope around a water pipe
on the. ceiling, made a moose.
slipped it over his head, and
then kicked away o little truck
on which ne was standing.
The Washington times., 1930-04-25
Papers in America
Called Worlds Best

NEW YORK. April Is QNSJ.
American journalism leads the
world.
That mark Of approval was
bestowed on the American News
paper Publishers Association last
night at the ninth annual dinner
of the bureau Of advertising of
the association by Julius n.
Barnes; chairman Of President
Hoover's National Business suS.
Vey Council
The Washington times., 1930-04-25
BANK STATEMENT

Washington Clearing House,
IS, 196, 881;15.
New York Clearing House ex
change. $1463, 100000.
New York Clearing House bal
ance. $217.OcaO0o. - :;
Treasury balance. 5000 ,607, BAG. 06.
Customs receipts, .$31.6i2.600:2 "A;
The Washington times., 1930-04-25
BOWling Champion
Passes Out Chars

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Camp
bell, Of the 14oO block Girard st.
N. W.. are receiving the. con-
gratulations Of their friends
today over the birth Of a seven
pound baby daughter at Column
bia Hospital.
Campbell is well known in
washington sporting circles, be-
ing a champion bowler. Both
mother and daughter are doing
nicely.
The Washington times., 1930-04-25

DAY became
Is candidate
for Represent
alive from
the Seven.
tenth Texas
district in
Congress to
finish the I'm.
expired term
of her late
husband.
Mrs. Lee
will not con
duct q per.
Sorlal cam.
paign, as en-.
The Washington times., 1930-04-25
Va. Public Service
office Opened TOdaY

ALEXANDRIA, Va. April 25.----
The new Virginia Public Service
Company office building was
opened. to the public today when
officials Of the company received
patrons and . buffet luncheon
was served. 81. .,-.Is+,s.. 49, =
The Washington times., 1930-04-25

policy under
the cover of
the Mo nro e
Doctrine is in
part to be
bla m e d for
tn e distrtlst
with W &c h
the Republic
is regarded In
Latin An1eri-
can countries.
DR.. LIE O s
ROWE, direc-
tor general Of
thePan-Amer-
lean q Mon,
The Washington times., 1930-04-25
ct AND VIRGINIA POLICE DISAGREE ON BAKER
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
the Things
They Do
Mrs. Robert Quincy Lee
To Run for Congress

CISCO, Tex. April DO .
Giving in to urging of friends,
Mrs. Robert Quincy Lee, ~, to-
The Washington times., 1930-04-25
Dr.. Leo S. ROwe Talks
ON Monroe Doctrine

The tendency Of the United
States to bring It's entire foreign
The Washington times., 1930-04-25
Sheriff Stih at Work

Sheriff Fields is still working
on his own theory and said yes
terday that he hopes to have
some tangible lead that may
bring the slayer back. :. He said
he is not satisfied with the state.
ment made by one man IN the
case and intends to investigate
his actions more fully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
MAY REQUIRE TESTS
FOR CHUTE JUMPERS
Expert at Brooks Field Announces
Examination of Student Flyers
Likely to Be Ordered.

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. R,.-Compre-
hensive physical and mental tests here
after may be required OF men who make
practice parachute Jumps at Army air
fields here.
Sergt. Erwin H. Nichols, parachute
expert at Brooks field, has announced
that special examinations may be given
as the result of two deaths here when
men failed to pull the rip cord after
"steppip- of"
:. such accidents, Sergt. Nichols be-
lieveS, may tend to disprove theories
long held by Army parachute men
tnaC 1t is virtually impossible for a per-
son to fail to pull the cord after leaving
a plane. .
Il had supervised the jumping Of i :
O5l men and never had a fatality until
the other day." he said. 1--WE have
concluded that even If a man were foo
oazeu 70 know what he was doing after
jumping, ne would involuntarily pull
the cord. It is placed over the heart
tne most natural place about a mans
oooy Tor him to clutch, even II he is
unconscious or frightened"
Aviation medical experts hold that
IalIure 70 pun the rip cord may result
from several causes. A jumper NAV
lose consciousness because of his rapid
descent, he may faint from fright or he
may be unable to find his rip cord after
leaving the plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
FLYING TIME CREDIT
EXPLAINED BY NAVY
Airmen Making Trips in CONNER
cial Planes May Enter Flights
in Logs.

Naval aviators who ny in commercial
aircraft while on q duty status may
enter such flying time in their oficial
flight logs. according to an interpreta-
ton Of flying time rules made public
by the Navy Department.
There has been some confusion over
this point, the department announced.
and the Interpretation of the ruling
was issued to clear up points over
which there has been MISUNDERSTANDING
In making the ruling the department
indicated that 1t expects travel by
naval officers by commercial air trans
portation to increase in the future.
The aviator's flight log book, 1t was
ruled, is for offlcial record of duly
authorized flights performed in q duty
status, and will include all flights made
in Government planes and In addition
fights performed in commercial planes
when such fights are authorized by COM
petent authority and are performed as
q duty.
When flights are made in CONNER
cial planes in an unofficial capacity
the time may not be counted toward
the total flying time, and entry should
not be made In the of1cial flight log,
it was ruled. Flying time In lighter
than-air craft, including dirigibleS and
balloons, Is to be recorded separately
from heavier than-air time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
AIR LINES LOWER
CROSS-U.-S. FARES
Competition Leads to Reduc-
ton by T. A. T. and
Rival Company.

AS a result of competition between
two OF the largest air transport COM
panies in the United States for trans
continental passenger business, passen-
ger rates for the trip from New York
to Los Angeles now are down to the
level OF flrSt-claSS railroad fares. Fares
over shorter routes also have been re-
duced as consequence.
Transcontinental Air Transportation
Maddux Air Lines recently announced
an air-rail fare of $159.93 from New
York. to Los Angeles, including lower
berth accommodations for the two night
trips by rail and two meals in the air.
The former rate was $235.
The Aviation Corporation this week
has announced a reduction of the air.
rail fare over its New York-Los Angeles
route from $223.51 to $156.05.
Rail Fare Is S109.77.
The railroad fare from New York to
Los Angeles, according to officials of
the Washington Terminal Co., is $109.77
with 1925 additional for lower berth
accommodations. This figure does not
include meals, which would bring the
total travel cost up to or in excess of
the air-rail cost, in view of the extra
number of meals required in rail travel
as against the faster air-rail method.
lie L. N. 1.~mdOuuA 1dIC ID UlVlQcQ
as follows: Rail fare, New York to
Port Columbus, Ohio, SOFAS; extra fare
on 1.-THE Airway Limited" $3.50; lower
berth, including surcharge, New York to
Port Columbus, $3.50, and fare from
Port Columbus to Los Angeles, includ-
ing rail and lower berth between Way
noka, Okla, and Clovis, N. Mex, $127.50.
These rates are announced as Winter
fares"
The T. A. T.-Maddux reduction be-
came effective January IA and the Avia-
ton Corporation reduction on January
%. The rates in virtually all cases APP
proximate those charged for de luxe
train service, 1t is announced, and in a
number Of instances, between cities, are
lower than train and Pullman fare.
Canadian Rate is Cut.
Fares over Colonial Air Transports
New York-to-B Boston route have been re-
duced to $l743 and the Canadian Co
lonial Always and Colonial Western
Always rates also are down to proper
tionate levels.
These sweeping fare reductions. which
reduce price levels to approximately
one-third of those prevailing early last
Summer, are expected to reveal def
nitely whether the high cost of air
travel has been responsible for delay
in the general acceptance OF air travel
by the public.
I'VE expect" said officials of the
Aviation Corporation, ito see an imme-
date great general increase in air pas
senger travel over the country and we
believe this increased trafiic will DEM
onstrate concluSively that air travel Is
worth more to the public than slower
forms of transportation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
AIR RATE REDUCTION
INCREASES TRAVEL
Capacity Loads Between New York
and Baltimore Being
Carried.
Special Dispatch to Tn. Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, January 25.-As n 70.
suit of the reduction of airplane rates
on the Baltimore delphia- New,
York air line, operating from Handler
Field, air passenger trafic from this
city has increased more than rs per
cent, according to Edward Handler
president of the Baltimore Airwavs
Inc, operators Of the line.
The rate between Baltimore and New
York has been reduced 81, Mr.. Handler
said, while the round-trip fare was re-
duced $40.
Although bad weather has hammer
ed our operations since the reduction "
Handler said, I'VE have been RUNNING
capacity loads between Baltimore and
New York on the days that we have
been able to operate. Most of those
travellers in our planes have been taxi
ing advantage Of the round-trip rate
women are responding to the low
cred rates in great numbers, nanv of
them going to New York on the morn
ing plane and returning on the after
noon plane, after q day of visiting in
New York. Business men are also tax
ing advantage Of the speed offered bv
air travel. Every one seems to be tax.
ing air travel much more SERIOUSLY re.
Gently, realizing that airplanes are NOT
made just for stunt and exhibition
flying"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
SIGNAL LIGHTS SAVE 26 PLANES
WHEN FOG WIPES OUT FIELD
Fuel Almost Exhausted When Flying Graft
at Langley Find Way Back
to Ground.

IDENTIFY feeling for the field. Then It
was heard on the ground taxying to
the line. The pilot, Lieut.. Il. M. Day,
said that after flying around In what
he thought was the vicinity of the
field he suddenly saw the beacon only
. short distance away. That gave him
his location and he came into landing.
Then came a telephone call that a
plane had crashed on a farm near New
Bridge Greek on the Back River road.
A medical oflcer, engineering ofiicer
and crew were sent out and found that
Capt. II. w, Flickinger had struck a
tree in landing the Marine Corps F6C3
plane he was flying, completely wash
ing out the plane, but escaping per-
sonal injury.
Three Others Land Safely.
In the meatime three other singIe-
seaters had landed through the fog
and TAXED to the hangers. Rumors
were heard that two pilots had jumped
and that ship had crashed near the
airship hangar. Though the rumors
caused considerable excitement and
alarm at the time they later were
found to be unfounded.
A little after 5 o'clock telephone
call came, reporting several ships down
near Hilton Village. One of them had
been wrecked in landing and its pilot,
Maj. b. X, Yount, Air Corps, injured,
according to the, report. A few min
utes later, however, Maj. Yount called
to say that he had not been hurt though
confirming the report of the crash.
There still were IL planes unaccount-i
ed for. Several minutes passed with
out news and 1t became evident that
the missing pursuit ships must be down,
as their gasoline supply must be ex-
hauSted. The two-seaters had SUM-
Gent fuel to go to Richmond or fur
Their II necessary.
Then finally, through telephone calls,
every pilot and ship was accounted for
and it was learned that all personnel
was safe, though two planes had been
wrecked
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
STATE PLANNING
TO PROVIDE 40 AIR FIELDS
10 Already in Use. % Are
Ordered Built by PreSi-
dent Lamartine.
Rio Grande de Mort Affords
Fine Landing Places for
Planes, Is Claim.

NATAL, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
(H1.--Another transatlantic flight, that
of Larre Borges and Leon Challes from
Seville to Maracaju, this state, has
brought its Importance in the flying
scheme Of things once more to world
notice.
Back of the development Of aviation
here stands President Juvenal Lamar
tine. who has established IL landing
fields already and plans to create %
others before his term as chief exec
utive of the state expires.
Straegic Position Cited.
Rio Grande do Norte, sticking out
into the Atlantic as the point OF the
eastern shoulder of Brazil directly
south of the Azores and also nearest
to Africa, has a strategic position in
intercontinental flying from the North
ern Hemisphere, either the United
States or Europe. It is the first land
fall for aviators from either northern
continent.
Aviators have said that Natal offers
ideal conditions for landing either land
or sea planes. Its field is the best in
Brazil, and its bay, eight miles square.
Is protected so well that Seaplanes land
or shadows.
Bases Built at Natal.
All aviation lines along the Atlantic
coast of the two hemispheres must
pass Natal, and three companies have
already built shydroplane bases here.
These are the French Aeropostal, the
American Nyrba and the German
Condor.
But it is not In aviation alone that
President Lamartine is interested. His
other two hobbies are public instruction
and women's suffrage. He has estab-
lished schools throughout the state
where none existed before, and the
state was the first to give the vote to
women in Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
FIGHTING PLANE
WORLDS FASTEST
Boeing Company Develops
ZOO Mile Machine for Pur-
suit and Battle.

What is claimed to be the worlds
fastest fighting airplane, with maxi
mum speed In excess of 200 miles an
hour and a maximum ceiling of six
miles, has been developed by the Boeing
Airplane Co. for test by the Army as a
pursuit plane and by the Navy as
fighter.
The plane, designated as Boeing
model 100, is said to be IS miles per
hour faster than any other fighting
plane produced on quantity basis. 1t
is designed especially for tactical oper-
atoms at an altitude Of $4,000 feet, or
approximately two miles higher than
the attitudes at which aerial battles Of
the World War were fought.
Pursuit Plane Improved.
The plane is an improvement Of the
Army P-12 pursuit plane, 90 OF which
have been contracted for and which will
be delivered early this year. One of
the most distinctive features OF the
Boeing 100 is new type Of cowlihg
ring over the 425-horsepower Wasp
engine. This ring, developed by Boeing
engineers, combines features Of the ia
nous British Townend ring and the
cowling developed by the National Ad-
visory Committee for Aeronautics.
Pursuit pilots objected to the solid
type OF cowling for radial air-cooled en-
gines developed by the National Ad-
vlsory Committee for Aeronautics on
the ground of interference with VISIBLE
ity. The new Boeing ring, however,
does not interfere with visibility d.
rectly ahead between the engine cylin-
ders. At the same time It is said to
greatly increase the aerodynamic efi-
cheney Of the plane.
Faster Than P-l2.
The Boeing 100 was flown by Army
and Navy pilots at Seattle and San
Diego, though contracts have not vet
been awarded for official test models.
The new plane. 1t is claimed, picked I'D
an extra IS miles per hour in speed at
attitudes and Is miles an hour at
ground levels over the P-12. A SUPER
charger Tor the engine Is standard
equipment.
While final altitude tests have not
been completed, Boeing engineers ex-
pect 1t to be substantially better than
the performance OF the P-12 in this re-
spect. The P-12 now is being used by
the Army for high altitude military
work and has been flown to an altitude
OF 81 700 feet light and to $4,000 feet
with full military load.
The plane is adapted to Navy use BIZ
addition OF special deck arrestin0
landing gear, which must be used for
landings on the decks of airplane
carriers.
The Boeing 100 is a staggered wing
biplane, with an upper wing span Of
81 Ieet and an overall length Of 20 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
LIGHTKEEPERS ISOLATED.

Land lubber lighthouse keepers as the
caretakers Of the Department Of Com
merce airway division lighthouses are
sometimes termed, are alternating for
the Winter in the Sierra and Rocky
Mountain divisions of the transconti-
mental airmail route. Many lights placed
by the Department of Commerce are at
places where men had to cut their way
through to locations on mountainous,
where they are isolated and snowbound
for months.
The Pleasant Valley Emergency Field,
for instance, In Nevada, is so miles by
mountain trail from Winnemucca, and
there Is no commercial power available
to operate the beacon, the caretaker and
his family operating the generating
plant. Even in this, isolation the care
takers often get mail and newspapers
which are dropped by airmail pilots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

Awards to Be Made.
Winners of first five places in
each contest received awards of
orders for model aircraft mate
rial. The usual manner of stag
ing the contest in various classes
was eliminated during this meet.
Pilots from nearby Maryland
and Virginia, as we'll as District
flyers who have not yet joined
the league, were on hand for the
meet.
The preliminary meets on the
1880 model aircraft tournament
until June follow:
March 20, outdoor meet; April
Is, indoor meet; May 10, outdoor
meet, and May "a, indoor meet.
Paul Edward CARRIER and John
H. Williams, model plane devotees,
are at present at work on plans
concerning the regulations for
planes which will be eligible for
the 1880 tournament.
Supply House, Opened.
For the benefit of pilots who
wish to purchase material for
plane construction, the league an
nounces the opening of the Cap
ital Model Aero Supply House, Inc,
at 2037 X street. Plans, materials,
kits and instruction books are on
hand.
Herbert Dorsey, outstanding
model plane pilot and former
United States champion, who has
been elected reporter for the Cap
ital Model Aero Club, writes the
following for the leagues official
publication, Plane Talk:
THE club has accepted the in
vitation of the Washington Model
Aero Supply Co. to move to their
spacious quarters at 1017 Thir-
teenth street. This offers the
members of the club a better
meeting place, since it is nearer
to transportation lines than the
former location. An added ad-
vantage comes with the fact that
the supply house is managed by
expert model builders and puts
the club in direct contact with a
well stocked source Of supply.
World Records Cited.
"It has been definitely decided
to make an attempt to equal and
better the present world records
for model aircraft. To further
this decision the members have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
WALES FILMS AIR EPIC
OF OWN EXPERIENCES
Princes Emotions While Training
and Flying Own Plane Are
Shown by Camera.

SUNNINGDALE. England (R.-Every-
body in Hollywood has made at least
one air epic, so the Prince of Wales had
to film one, too. -
Although he's rather late with his, it's
a safe bet he would have no dificulty
selling it In the American film capitai
for he is the star and the supervisor Of
this aerial opus. But the Aim is for his
private collection. =
The picture opens with the prince
climbing into the cockpit of his first
plane, all set for a series Of flying les
sons. In subsequent scenes he is shown
In full hight-himself and not q dou-
Distinguishing the various emotions q
prince naturally feels when caVorting
among the clouds.
A flying ofhcer was his cannerarnan
during production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION CURBED
IN REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD
Six Months Figures Show Efforts to Hold
Output to Demand While Seeking
Foreign Markets.

Aircraft and aviation engine produce
ton reports for 1929 indicate that the
aeronautical industry in this country
is successfully making its first major
readjuStmentS and that development of
the foreign market is in progress as a
means of sustaining production, ac-
cording to Frederick B. Rentschler,
president of the Aeronautical Chamber
of Commerce.
The production reports for the past
year, made public by the chamber, re-
veal" that leaders in the aircraft in
dustry came to realization that a con-
dition Of overexpansion and over
production was certain to result II the
production pace set during the first six
months Of last year were continued.
Mr.. Rentschler said.
Accordingly. he continued, many of
the most soundly managed units in the
industry prepared for q major readjust-
ment by cutting down their production
schedules long before the general
financial crisis was experienced in
Wall Street.
Schedules Fit Demands.
while reports of 90 major aircraft
manufacturers show 6,034 airplanes
produced during 1929" Mr.. Rentschler
said, "the six months figures of II
manufacturers totaled 1881 planes.
This production decline during the sec
ond six months indicates the wise
policy established by many of the
companies, which cut their schedules
to meet the actual demands of the
domestic market, and sought new fields
for the distribution Of their products
abroad. The same general trend was
surrent in engine manufacturing, where
1895 units were produced by Is COM
panies during the first six months and
1852 units by IS manufacturers during
the second six months.
There was a sharp rise in the num-
Der Of airplanes shipped abroad during
the second six months of 1929 to bring
the total number of aircraft exported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

determined to hold a series OF
contests which will give them
more opportunities to break rec
ordS than heretofore" .
The steady and good work Of
Ernest Stout in model plane
circles has won him the presi-
dency-ior the third time-of the
Chevy Chase Aero Club, John
MagnuSson, reporter for the club,
writes in his plane Talk" column.
John reports that work has
been resumed on the glider-soarer
tG-S-D, My Blue Heaven, and
1t Is expected that the glider will
be completed shortly.
Glider Shown Twice.
"The elders fuselage and tail
assembly have been on exhibition
twice, the last time at the Boy
Scout Trail to Citizenship at the
Washington Auditorium" John
reports.
1--WE also have purchased a set
Of glider wings for a preliminary
training glider"
Under the able leadership of
Miss Helen Blackstone, teacher,
the Maury- EdmondS School Model
Aircraft Club Is progressing rapid
ly. Construction of planes has
already begun. A special room
has been designated for construc-
ton work at the Maury School.
The present membership of the
club stands at 20.
The Community Center office in
the Franklin Administration
Building was transformed into a
newspaper city room last week as
the District Model Aircraft's pub
LEGATION, Plane Talk, was put to
bed" f
Scissors, paSte,-minus hard
boiled city editors with black CT
garS-with the familiar yell of
copy" formed atmosphere as
model plane pilots momentarily
lost their airmindedneSS and be-
came newspaper men.
It was tough goin'-the entire
paper had to make the presses in
a half -hour period-but the pilots
proved they were just as capable
newspaper men as model aircraft
flyers, and went to press on time.
The editorial staff consisted of
Miss Sybil Baber, editor-in-chief;
Miss Helen Collier, John Sullivan,
Gurden Whitaker and Blair Ben
nett. And it's real "newsie"
sheet