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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27
Sport Hash

A1AN@ AAOAA AAAG
gentle maulings he received on the
grid, and IS wintering at Miami
Beach. Fla....A was between the
sheets for a couple Of months and
there was doubt as to his recovery
Primo Camera, the Italian
scrappirg s~kyscraper. likes to draw
....No one has said anything about
the hulSing heavy being an artist
Perhaps his drawings are like
those the third graders label tech
er.".... Walter johnson Is reported
lion hunting in the vicinity OF
Washington. ~. Hunting is right.
Hell be hunting" the next time
you hear from him.. Might run
onto a social lioA, Ramenes....
Walter should come down 70 Ray
mondville and let Luther Snow show
him the real article. Snow has
an excellent pack of lion hounds.
The Willacy county officer has laid
the lasso over more than one noun
tain lion. Have you heard about
the phantom colleges?.. They have
a string OF athletes. but no classes
Utopia Is Just around the cor
ner.. What could be sweetere....
No hardboIled Marms to insist on
a 10 average. The boys won't
even have to take the customary
course In Chinese proverbs 70 main
tain their scholastic standings now
babe Ruth has his problems.
same as the president. "A recent
snapshot showed him wearing an
Indian warbonnet on the links at
Miami. .. Recalls the photos OF
Calvin Coolidge as q cowpuncher,
Seminole. Blackfoot, angler, Swiss
yodler, trick bicycle rider, bail play
er, etc....But none OF the ambi-
tious photographers caught him
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

TOMORROW the Valley Amateur
Basketball league swings into ac-
ton. The game with the greatest
possibilities Is the one between the
Harrington Methodists and Sebas-
tan at Sebastian. The Prayer Boys.
as all good fans know, are the un-
headed leaders OF the lower brack-
ct, while Sebastian, runner-up, has
been beaten only once and then by
the Methodists themselves. In their
own back yard. the Sebastian en-
try should make a powerful show
ing. A victory would put them at
the head of the percentage column.
II Sebastian had three more N.Y.
quist brothers. the lower bracket
race would be more interesting.
Two OF them have carried the Quint
into the runner-up position. These
tall boys handle themselves well
and viii defeat any team that tries
a high passing game against them.
Better bounce them off the floor,
boys.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

PROBABLE winners In the up
per bracket are Edcouch. Mercedes
and Donna. Edcouch was knocked
out OF the runner-up post last Fri
day night BY the Edinburg cagers.
With blood in their eyes and de-
termined to comeback strong. Pharr-
San Juan-Alam0 is doped 10 fall
before their efforts. Mercedes ia
programmed to entertain the Ray
mondvilie entry v ich has yet to
win a league game. lied Kitchens
and his boys boast a .666 mark. so
that ones not hard 70 figure out.
Donna mas an easJ number in
Prog7eso.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-27

LOWER BRACKET winners are
likely to be Foraker's. Brownsville
Junior college and San Eenito. The
Soldiers have been woefully wob-
bly, from the opening game and
have given no indication Of brac-
inc. Foraker's has been slipping OF
late. but they should encounter 1t
tie difficulty wi / the post cagers.
Rio Hondo will come TO Brownsville,
slated to take a FASTING from the
collegianS. AS you may have read
some 40 times before the Scorpions
are in form and will be right I'D
at the head or the column before
the season Is spent. The Model
Laundry Cleaners will paw their
respects to San Benito Tuesday.
On their home court and In click
ing style, the Saints are booked to
mount a notch higher.
IN A TEST between Corpus
Christi and Valley basketball sat-
urday night at Edinburg, the Caller
Times Nomads proved they play a
little better ball than the Valley
ties. The strong Outside perform
ers defeated both the Edinburg
Junior college and the Edinburg
Firemen in quick succession. Here's
a chance for the Methodists TO de-
fend our dignity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
new AVIATION AID
DEEMED SUCCESS
All-Metal Flying Wing" Showing
Speed in Tryout in
California.

BURBANK, Calf. Cp).-A new trend
In aircraft design is forecast In sue
cessfll flights of Americas hIst all
metal flying wing"
An experimental model, without flu
selage, the cockpit in the wing and an
engine of "pusher" type, has been given
secret tests by the Northrop Aircraft
corporation.
The odd ship, designed by John K.
Northrop and w. K. Jay, has performed
at speeds in excess of 100 miles an hour
with 60-horsepower motor.
AS a result of the tests, engineers
predict passenger transports cruising at
100 miles an hour and mail-express
planes with high speeds, in excess OF
200 miles an hour.
Research work covering more than a
year with additional test flights and a
series of wind-tunnel experiments, will
be undertaken before the ship will be
built commercially.
The landing gear is retractable and
composed of three wheels, forming a
triangle. Front wheels are placed far
forward to guard against nosing over,
and the rear wheel is Siderable Tor
ground maneuverability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Blind FLYING NEED
SHOWN BY DEVICE
Capt. 0cker Proves Pilots
Senses Insufficient
in Fog.

One of the important points in the
training Of an airplane pilot in MANY of
the most modern schools Is to teach
him that his senses cannot be relied
upon to take him through fog or storms
when he cannot see the ground and
that II he is to get through safely he
must learn to rely upon his instru-
mentS.
A system which is intended to impress
the truth OF this failing Of the human
senses upon the pilot and the pros
pective pilot has been devised by Capt.
Will, N G. Ocker, Army Air Corps, now
on duty at Brooks Field, Tex, and dem
onstrations which have been made to
military and commercial pilots, it is
said, have gone long way toward
showing the need for blind flying
training for all aviators.
Younger Pilots Interested.
The younger pilots show more inter-
est In the device than the old-timers,
Capt. Ocker has reported in a letter to
friends here. Some of the younger
pilots, he said, have become interested
to such an extent that in a few cases
they would practically bootleg this in
struction," Capt. ecker wrote.
Capt. Ocker's device consists of a
whirling chair and closed box, with an
opening in the side, into which the
candidates face fits. In the box are
aviation instruments similar to those
found on an airplane instrument
board. When the chair is spun fast and
slow, stopped and reversed, the subjects
senses in every case fail to tell him
just what is happening, the tests show,
and 1t Is only by consultation with the
instruments that he is able to know
whether he is being revolved or is stand
ing still.
The ecker device Is one of the only
three out of $500 claims for an award
on inventions and devices considered
favorably by the patent and design
board and the national advisory COM
mittee for aeronautics, he stated.
Capt. Ocker has report from Lieut..
George w. Hansen, Army Air Corps,
which shows how unreliable a pilots
senses can be when he Is caught In q
fog. The experience is not at ali I'M
common and Is given by Capt Ocker as
one Of the principal reasons for the
creation of his device.
Lieut.. Hansen stated that he was
caught in dense fog while flying from
Brooks Field while a student in the pri-
mary flying school. He began climb
ing to avoid striking objects on the
ground and to rise above the fog. The
fog and clouds became thicker, however,
and it began to rain.
"At an altitude of 1000 feet" ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
FLYER AND AIRPLANE
HOLD REUNION IN AIR
Maj. Burwell Meets "old Friend"
at Altitude of 5000 Feet in
Baltimore Area.

Friends of Maj. Paul v. Burwell, one
OF the organizers of the Air Corps unit
of the Maryland National Guard and
now chief of operations for the Long
Island Aviation Country Club, New
York, tell Of reunion held by the
major and an old friend 5000 feet
over Baltimore.
While overseas during the war Maj.
Burwell new what then was one of the
fastest combat airplanes In existence,
British SEES. When the war was over
he returned to Baltimore and aided In
organizing the Guard unit
When the unit was given official
recognition the War Department sent
some airplanes to equip it. One OF
them was an SEES and its log book
showed records Of flights made in Eng
land and France signed by Paul v. Bur-
well, then lieutenant. The reunion
was celebrated at 5000 feet with every
maneuver known to combat flying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
LIEUT.. BARNABY TO TALK
ON GLIDING AND SOARING
Navy Pilot Will Address Flying
Club in Absence of DR.. Dryden
Tuesday Evening"

There will be a break this week in a
series of Tuesday lectures by DR.. Hugh
L. Dryden, chief Of the aerodynamics
section of the Bureau of Standards be-
fore the Standards Flying Club, so that
Lieut.. Ralph S. Barnaby, the only
Navy glider pilot, may address the club
on gliding and soaring. The public is
invited to Lieut.. Barnaby's lecture,
which will be given at 8 pm. Tuesday
in the east building of the bureau, Con-
necticut avenue and Van Ness street.
Members Of the flying club, which Is
composed Of officials and employees Of
the Bureau Of Standards, now are con-
structing a primary type glider, which
will be used for training flights this
Spring.
DR.. Dryden will complete his lecture
series at Tuesday evening meetings of
the club March IS and April l and 8.
The first of these lectures will be de-
voted to the properties Of airfoil sec
tons, including the effects Of shapes
of section, aspect ratio, monoplane and
biplane arrangements, etc.: the second
to "the problems Of control and sta
bility'' and the third to 1.-The airplane
propeller"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
AIRMA|[ SERVICE
TO Be EXPANDED
Lighting of Airports Makes
Extra Run Possible
From Miami.

Further expansion of airmail facili-
ties on the Eastern Air Transport line,
operating through the National Capital
from New York to Atlanta and Miami,
is scheduled for May as result Of
the completion Of night lighting on the
airway between Atlanta and Miami, the
Post once Department has announced.
On that date service will be doubled
over the entire coastal line, two planes
schedule. Between this city and New
York the present shuttle service will be
continued, giving three plane move
ments daily in each direction.
Use Many Double Headers.
"Double-headers" have been in opera
ton many times during recent months
because of mailings too heavy for q
single plane to handle. The second sec
tiOns in these cases. however, usually
have followed the scheduled plane at
fairly close intervals.
The planes which have just been
added to the schedule will arrive in the
National Capital at Sis pm. south
bound, and about 7:30 am. northbound.
Under the new schedule planes will
leave New York daily at 5 am. and 3
and 9:10 pm, arriving here at 7:10
am. and. Sis and 11:25 pm. The
plane leaving New York at 5 am. is the
regular shuttle plane, which picks up
mail from the transcontinental airmail
line for delivery at Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington.
Northbound planes will leave this city
at $50 and 1920 am. and $50 pm,
the evening plane being the regular
shuttle plane which picks up after
noon mailings here and puts them
aboard the transcontinental mail planes
for Western deliveries the following
morning.
The new schedule is timed so as to
augment the international contract mail
service over the Pan-American Airways
System from Miami to the West Indies,
Mexico, Central America and South
America and to make overnight deliv-
cries possible between New York and
Miami
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

wrote, "it seemed that all Of q sudden
completely lost my sense OF balance and
didn't know whether was on one side
or the other, going up or down or bot
tom side up. probably pulled the ship
up into q stall, for my next sensation
was that of spinning to the right. I at
tempted to bring it out, but at no time
could bring it back to where it felt like
I knew what position was in, except
that for q moment it seemed I had
stopped spinning to the right. Shortly
afterward, however, it seemed the plane
was again spinning to the right.
II could not see the altimeter clearly,
but noted then that 1t read about 500
feet. OF one thing was certain, and
tude too soon. could not see the
ground 50 decided that the safest thing
to do was to jump. cut the motor and
mechanically applied left control to
bring the ship out of the right spin
thought was in. When tried to rise
up and lump over the side found that
was literally glued in. With my hands
on the sides of the cockpit I raised my
self from the seat, got both feet up on
the cowling and pushed myself over
board on the right side of the ship.
It fell head first and as soon as fell
clear Of the ship pulled the rip cord. I
saw the chute trail out and felt 1t pop
open, but do not remember hitting the
ground. It seemed only q few seconds
later I was lying on the ground afraid
to try to move for fear I had some
broken bones, but luckily was unhurt
The plane fell in the only vacant block
in the neighborhood in the center Of
Highland Park resident district, about
100 yards from where I landed. The
plane had evidently come out of the spin
Of 1t were in one for it cut q swath
through the mesquite for about 200 feet
before it stopped, a 100 per cent wash
out"
Witnesses Described Peril.
Lieut.. Hansen said that he talked
with eyewitnesSes Of the crash, who said
they first saw the plane at a height OF
about 200 feet, descending in spiral. to
the left and Hansen falling from the
ship with his parachute not yet opened.
The parachute opened just before he
hit the ground and he landed on the
down swing of the first oscillation, they
sid.
Describing his mental distress over
the accident caused by fear that he was
deficient in the physical makeup of the
aviator" Lieut. Hansen stated that after
the experience fog flying was more
mystery to him than ever. He was not
assured that his reactions were normal
and common to most pilots until ne was
given o whirl in Capt. Ocker'S chair ana
was told that no ones senses were reli-
able indicators. Now he is convinced, he
wrote, that reliance must be placed upon
instruments to get out Of fog safely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
ARRIVAL OF AIRPLANES ENDS
ISOLATION OF DEATH VALLEY

FURNACE CREEK, Calf. (P).-One
of the last of the Vests weird barriers
has fallen before flying man.
Death Valley has been subdued by
the airplane.
Aviation has placed the once dread
and forsaken poison sink of the desert
West at the beck of the tourist, pleas
ure journey between breakfast and
lunch, with weekly air transport serv-
ice from the Pacific Coast.
The bed of the major or lower part
of Death Valley is virtually a bed of
pure salt, merely a crust, however, some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

2 to 3 feet thick. over a lake Of brine
at least go feet deep.
Death Valley was the center of
borax production in the United States
for many years until other great borate
deposits more accessible to transporta-
ton were found.
BY air it is about $50 miles from Los
Angeles, over uninhabited desert coun-
try. The airroute selected is consider
ably longer, following the Los Angeles
Salt Lake City airmail airway to Baker,
on the Mohave Desert, thence swinging
north over 90 miles of wilderness, I'M
marked by tree or water, to Furnace
Creek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
A|RPLANES IN j. 5.
LISTED PER CAPITA
Report Shows One Licensed
Machine for Every 1890
of the Population.

There is one licensed or identified
airplane for every 1890 persons In the
United States today, according to q
report by the Washington bureau of
the Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce. The reports show that there
were 9,740 licensed and identified planes
on January Is, of which 6,645 were
licensed planes in actual operation and
S,095 were identified planes in private
use.
For every airplane in this country
there are 2,977 automobiles, the report
shows. The report also shows that
there are 1853 recognized airports and
791 aircraft dealers in the country.
California Leads the List.
California leads the country in the
number Of licensed and identified air.
craft with 1887 planes. New York,
State claiming more than 1000 In
the number of licensed airplanes, how
ever, New York Is in the lead with s55,
as compared with CALIFORNIA; BIS.
Other leaders In the number Of planes
are: Illinois, 729; Ohio, ST.; Missouri,
522; Michigan, 474: Texas, AL; Penn
sylvania, 434; Kansas, 432, and Okla
homa, 1872. Nevada with only licensed
and identified planes is at the bottom
OF Inc llSC.
California also leads the country in
the number of airports with 154. Texas
has the second largest number Of air.
ports, 101. Other States in the 10 high
est are: Pennsylvania, IS; Ohio, rs; IL
linois, 81: New York, S. Oklahoma, So:
Wisconsin. As: Michigan, AS; Iowa, As,
and Florida, Al.
Aircraft Distributors Listed.
California further leads the country
in the number of aircraft distributors
with total of Sc. This is almost dou-
BILE that of any other State, Pennsyl-
vania having the next highest total, 38.
Land biplanes lead all types of aircraft
in use in the United States today, with
4,349 ships of that type in operation.
The report also lists 1876 land mono
planes and 465 amphibians and sea-
planes.
Planes included in the report are only
Commercial aircraft, no listing Of serV-
ice ships having been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
10 RECEIVERS ORDERED
FOR ARMY FLYING USE
Signal Corps Sets Provide Phone
Connection-Aircraft Machine
Guns Increased.

Each National Guard Observation
Squadron in the country is to receive
one of the new Signal Corps SCR-l36
radio sets, developed by the Army for
ground to plane communication. Mai.
Gen. William G.. Everson, chief of the
Militia Bureau, has placed orders with
the Signal Corps for 19 of the sets.
These sets are the latest type de-
veloped for military use and provide
communication by means Of radio tele-
phone, e-modulated telegraph and
undamped or continuous wave tele-
graph. The sets operate In frequency
band Of 303 to $50 kilocycles, or 800 to
800 meters.
Gen. Everson also has issued instruc-
lions for the allotment of IL additional
Browning aircraft machine guns to the
National Guard Observation Squadrons
to replace the present Lewis machine
gun equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

Dana Garfeld, in his report to
Plane Talk, the District Model
Aircraft Leagues off1cial publica-
ton, says, THE club is becoming
more and more active, and now
has many members registered in
the D. G. NJ. A. L. The boys are
encouraged to bring their models
to school for construction, in
order to get the suggestions and
help OF experienced builders. Now
that Miss Moore and Mr.. williams
are at Powell, we expect to do big
things"
Chevy Chase Club.
John Magnusson, the Plane
Talks Chevy Chase Aero Club re-
porter, says, THE glider which
the club has been working on so
faithfully for the past year is ex-
pected to be finished by Easter.
At the last meeting, held at
Louis DawSon'S, it was decided to
give another play to increase
funds in the treasury. The min
strel show given last year was sue
cessful and big boost.
I'VE make our threats early in
the season to retain the cham
pionship of the District, since we
have plenty Of opposition to
offer"
Other Reports Follow.
Reports from other clubs pub
liShed in the Plane Talk follow:
There has been much interest
shown by the club at the Wheat
ley School and a number of its
members are already registered
with the league. They expect to
become recognized at the next
meeting of the advisory board, so
that the other clubs better look to
their laurelS.
: Blair Bennett and Harry Nc
Ginniss tell us that they are start
ing a club at the new Adams
School, too.
And now Western High comes
forward with the Western High
Aero Club. No officers have been
elected, but several meetings have
been held and many of the mem
berS belong to the D. G. M. A. L.
At the last meeting Frank Sails
bury gave an interesting talk on
the senior r. o. G. and a demon
Stration in the auditorium"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Pilots Show Improvement.

Pilots Show Improvement.
Throughout the Winter meets,
the young pilots have shown re-
I11arkable improvement in both
the building of more intricate
models and the flying of their
ships. Records have been broken
and new ones established. But
there has been a holdback.
And that holdback comes in the
form of ceilings, walls, electric fix
lures and the crowds that swamp
the indoor flying fields. Local
boys have done most of their fly
ing at the Mcfarland Junior
High School auditorium. Crashes
are frequent, lowering the dura-
ton of flights.
So plane pilots of the District
will welcome the first outdoor
contest, when each one of them
will be reclaSSified. Registrations
for 1890 must be in before a pilot
will be eligible for the awards of
this years tournament. The new
classification follows: Class D, flve
seconds to qualify; Class G, 80
seconds; Class B, one minute 80
seconds, and Glass A, three min
utes. Aces may get the rating of
silver ace for special achievement.
The citation will be awarded by
the advisory board of the District
Model Aircraft League, under
whose auspices the contests are
being held.
Models To Be Flown.
AT the outdoor meet models to
be flown for qualification are
hand-launched scientific and
g1iderS for duration.
The next meet to be held by
the D. G. M. A. l.. will get under
way at $50 o'clock on the morn
ing of March %, at the Marfar-
land miniature airdrome. Hand
launched scientific, helicopterS
and (r. 0. W. seaplane models will
be flown.
For those who have recently
taken up model flying, here's the
definition of a Seaplane. This
plane must be able to take of
from land or water under it's own
power at the beginning of the
flight. 1t also must be able to
float on water on its own pom
toonS with the motor unwound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Model Aircraft
BY GEORGE w. WATERS.

OF within the
allow Winter to throw few Snowballs modepane
pilots get the
great spaces of Boiling Field model flying
flying
Of the
Boiling beginning morning
will preiminarieS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Five Air Lines in PersiA.

Persia, three times larger than Texas,
has as landing fields. Five nations,
Germany. England, France, Russia and
across the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16

JUNEAU, Alaska Wrangell and
Petersburg will build hydroplane land
ing ports this year, modelled after
Ketchikan's land and sea airport. The
two communities will expend $4,000.
The War Department has authorized
similar airport for Juneau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Italy Increases Air Budget.

ROME (P.-Italy's aviation budget
for 1e3O-31 calls for an outlay of S37,-
700, 900, an increase of almost million
dollars over the past year. OF this some
10, 63S, $50 goes toward civil aviation,
the rest being for national defense, pay
OF Army flyers and pensions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
Air Society Honors American.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. F).-Prof. F. w.
Pavlowski of the University of Michigan
engineering department has been elected
o fellow Of the Royal Aeronautical So
ciety of England. He Is the first Arneri-
can to hold a fellowship in the organi-
Bation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
II Lines in Latin America.

Regular air services in Latin America
are operated by II companies, with
lines totaling 34,951 miles. Mail, pas
sengers and express are handled.