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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

Five to Go to Finals.
John, who has distinguished
himself here in model plane cir
cles for the past three years, is
one of the five District champions
who are going to Atlantic City for
the national model aircraft tour
nament in October.
And his fellow champs are real
model plane pilots themselves.
One of them is Everett Meeks, who
will be remembered for his famous
lengthy flight at Boiling Field
during the final District tourna-
ment in 1929. Meeks' flight was
similar to that of Sullivans. His
ship also scared over the Potomac
River but was carried in the OPP
posite direction until it passed
from view into the Northeast sec
ton of the city.
Salisbury Is Entrant.
Then there's Frank Salisbury,
champion of the District of Co
lumbia. Frank showed his friends
what real flying was during the
lONd1 COIlJCSbSs Il dIth w do ClW al u
ed a silver cup presented by the
Aviation School of America for
his excellent work during the To-
cal contests.
And last but not least are
George Shipley and Harry Nc
Ginniss, both of whom did them
selves proud during the contests
here.
Well, fellows, with that quintet
in dear old Atlantic City it looks
mighty like the. we'll known bacon
will be eaten here in Washington
this year. All five of the lads
have obtained the consent of
their parents, and the District of
Columbia Model Aircraft League
has the financial situation we'll in
hand, they told the writer yes
terday.
Legion Has New Class.
The District of Columbia Air
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

Legion announced today that the
NLegion's second class in junior
aeronautical training would get
under way next Saturday. A cup
similar to the one awarded to the
boy who sets the best record for
the entire course will be awarded
again at the finish of the new
class. The Legion also hopes to
award three medals for work done
by its members in the glider in
Struction class.
The Aviation School of Amer
ica's silver trophy, which was
awarded to Frank Salisbury as
District champion, will be on ex-
hibit at the Washington Airport
Wednesday, Bruce LeGore, presi-
dent of the school, informed the
writer today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
RULES ON AIRWORTHINESS
BEFORE CONFERENCE HERE
Farley to Be First Under New Code
That Allows Makers to Give
Their Views.

recommendations rather than ironclad
requirements.
Manufacturers of aircraft do not look
favorably upon the present procedure Of
filing ream of blueprints and engineer
ing data with every new design Of plane
even though the change be minor as
compared with the craft approved by a
previous set of engineering data. They
hope to have the department recognize
the responsibility of the major. COM
panieS and permit the minor changes on
improved type planes upon the presen-
tation of an affidavit.
Engineering inspections and tests as
required under the present regulations
are keeping the cost of aircraft so high
that the persons who want to fly cannot
for the most part afford a plane" one
manufacturer said in discussing the vital
Importance of the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
W0MEN'S FLYING CORPS
MEETS THIS AFTERNOON
Club to Form Ground School Class
Instructor Coming From Bal
timore by Air.

timore by Air.
The Eagle Wings Flying Club, Flying
Corps Of the Women's City Club, will
meet at the club house, % jackson
place, this afternoon from 8 to 6 o'clock
to organize an October ground school
class. Weather permitting, the instruc-
tor, Lieut.. Louis M. Rawlins, IT,, will
fly over from Baltimore to show moving
pictures of the national air races. Men
and women interested in taking the
ground course are invited to attend.
The next ground school class will
begin early in October. There will be
two one-hour lectures, with 10 minutes
intermission, every Friday evening at
o'clock at the club house. This is a
standard ground school course approved
by the Department of Commerce. Both
men and women are admitted to the
classes Application may be made to
Mrs. Tyler B. Steeyer, 2400 Sixteenth
street. Columbia 1900, or % Jackson
place, National 2060
The Eagle Wings Flying Club offers
two classes of memberships. Flying
memberships are open to graduates of
the ground school, who have passed
the physical examination for student
pilots permits required by the aero
nautics branch of the Department of
Commerce. Notifying memberships are
open to people who do not care to fly
but who are interested in aviation and
wish to help in its DEVELOPMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
HOMEMADE PLANE WINS
$3.50 IN RACING PRIZES
9o-Horsepower Craft of Airmail
Pilot Takes Five Firsts in
National Competition.

CHICAGO (P).-The 9O-horsepower
homemade airplane of Ben Howard
more than paid for itself at the ma
tional air races here, winning $3.50
in prizes
Howard an airmail pilot, built the
tiny machine in his back yard at ST.
Louis. He won five firsts and took third
In the Thompson Trophy classic.
Wiley Post, virtually an unknown, was
high money winner with $500 for first
place in the Pacific Coast nonstop
race. Gladys O'Donnell, with $500,
was high for woman flyers. The Haiz-
lips, May and Jimmy, added $4, 700 to
their Joint bankroll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Army Receives Ten New Planes.

The Army Air Corps has just taken
delivery OF 10 high-speed P-12C Boeing
Wasp-powered pursuit planes on the
Army contract for 131 of these fighters.
They are similar to the previous Boeing
fighters, except for an engine ring
cowl. It is expected to develop speed,
with full military load, in excess of
that of the P-l2B, which flew 1874 miles
per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
PropelIers Reduce
Number of SparrOws
At Long Island Field

In addition to many visiting
airplanes, the United States Naval
Reserve aviation base at Valley
Stream, Long Island, has had
several squadrons of sparrows
baSing at it's field, according to
information received by the Navy
Department.
Several of these BIRDS" it is
reported, have gone down out of
control, having been struck by the
propellers of ships taking off. AS
yet none of the propellers has
been damaged and the birds are
rapidly dwindling in number.
I'VE believe that the birds, see
ing their mates go down to igno-
miniouS death before the NY's,
have retreated in shame to less
active airportS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
FLYING COURSE ENDS
Third Plane Placed on Flight List
at Naval Academy.

The Summer flying course for the
class of 1882 at the United States
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Nj, ended
during the past week. A new Martin
twin-engined patrol plane has been
placed or the flight list at the academy.
making three planes of this type avail
able for operations
An XPN-ll Navy experimental patrol
plane and an OL-8 Looming amphibian
were flown from the academy to the
naval aircraft factory at Philadelphia,
where the patrol plane was turned In
for overhaul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Planes Reduce Alaskan Travel.

Travel by airplane in Alaska this
Winter will be cheaper than by dog
team, which costs $25 per day with
driver, or 65 cents per passenger mile.
with an average speed of 80 to 40 miles
day. The airplane has reduced dog
team mail time between Nenana and
Nome from 20 days to hours. Gold
dust and furs are carried between Nome
and Fairbanks, $40 miles, at $3.50 per
pound
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
AIR-SEA LINE SCHEDULED
Freight Service Between q. S. and
Canada and India Proposed.

The United States and Canada are
to be connected with India and inter-
mediate points by a combined air-sea
freight service, according to London
reports. The White Star and Cunard
steamship lines, it is said, have COM
bined with the Imperial Always for
the service.
Under its plans, goods will be flown
from points in the United States and
Canada to the seaports served by ships
of the two lines, carried overseas to
Southampton. forwarded by rail to
Waterloo and there taken aboard
Imperial air liners for India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Model Aircraft
BY GEORGE wv. WATERS.

- DARING model plane of
- Sullivan, pilot, by
J wind the Potomac
- Southeast section the city a record
outdoor
no longer sighted
with the binoculars held by official timers
flying the finals of
stayed in the longer
than other plane of its type in the world
world verified
Committee officials
Model Aircraft League today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
PLANES ABLE TO LAND
ON NEW AIRPORT LIGHTS
Top Surface of Markers Level With
Ground, Allowing Craft to Roll
Across Them Safely.

AS an aid to pilots who must land
after dark on airports with which they
are not thoroughly familiar, new type
of marker light has been perfected for
outlining landing circles and marking
the direction of runwayS.
The light is designed for installation
in the ground, with the top surface
flush, so that planes may roll over 1t.
A series of such lights, installed as a
circle 100 feet in diameter, may be used
to mark the center OF the landing area
with arms pointing along the runways
The glass top is nearly an inch thick
and is set in plastic cement to make
the light box water-tight and to produce
a surface across which planes may be
TAXED or upon which they may even
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
LANGLEY WINS AWARD

Gets Engin eering Prize for Putting
Ill Pilots Through Courses.
The Navy aircraft carrier Langley
has been awarded the Navy engineering
prize for the cruiser class, a red "E, /"
and additional prize money for excel
lence in the training of pilots during
the present aircraft tactical cencentra-
ton, the Navy Department has an
nounced.
The award was based on the record
of the Langley in putting Ill pilots
through qualification or refresher courses
without a single major casualty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
YOUNG FASCISTS TRAINED
TO RUN GLIDERS, PLANES
Principles of Flying, Glider Max
ing Taught Youths in Forty
Day Course.

PAVULLO MEL FRIGNANO, italy
P).-The Fascists train their aviators
while they're young.
Here a school has been started to
train Fascists between the ages of IA
and ID in the art of glider flying.
Those showing special aptitude may
pass on To the air corps.
The youth goes in the school knowing
nothing of flying. Forty days later he
comes out, not only able TO fly glider
but also knows how to make one, and
he knows the principles of flying in a
motored plane. With diploma of this
course he maya become pilot Of air
planes in eight days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Airmail Saves Hour.

One hour is saved in the handling of
irmail sent from the West to New York
and Washington by landing at the New
ark Airport instead of Hadley Field
NJ. J. Mail trucks drive from the
Newark Airport to the Battegy in s5
minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

tie distance, rounding two identified
points, and duration.
Other events probably will include
altitude above the starting point. land
ing closest to a mark ON airport from
ridge, shoek-cord, landing closest to
mark, auto towing, and duration soar
ing from airplane towing.
There are nearly 800 glider clubs in
the United States, with 5000 members
Many of these will be ineligible to COM
pete, due to lack of training and equip
nent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
AIR GUIDE ISSUED
Department of Commerce Publishes |
Information on Canada

Information on Canada.
For benefit Of American pilots flying
TO Canada the Department of Com
merce has issued bulletin describing
AZ licensed Canadian airports and "a
licensed seaplane ports, together with
locations and descriptions of many un-
Of planes.
The bulletin also contains a sum-
mary of topographic and climatic con-
ditions in Canada, information regard
ing lighting and communication facili-
ties and extracts from the Canadian
Air Regulations dealing with air traffic
rules.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

"DO-X Forced Down Agar. headline. 1t is ap-
parently the plane that makes all the stops.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

YOU must never marry for anything
else"
But mother-if you still love IA
ther so"
"Hushl You are never TO mention
a word 7 have said
There was a footstep IN the room.
Two pair Of startled eyes glanced
Up into John Mitchell's face.
Margaret the man said uncer-
tainly. why didn't you let me
knCw?f There vas pleading and
~aduration It'll the voice.
Margaret Rogers arose. "Ycu
heard2' she began.
Everything. oh. my dearest
Mitchell's arms closed about Mar
garets shoulders For an instant
She chung there. then raised her
head. Their lips met and at sight
Of the joyous radiance or those two
faces Celia crept from the room
She went out into the darkened
hallway. a gltam Of light beckoned
from the library. Celia moved for
ward on tiptoe. A familiar pair OF
shoulders came in view.
The girl paused In the doorway.
"Oh. Barneyl' she called softly.
Barney came.
THE END
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

rose, the greatest soft shoe dancer
Of them ali.
A few years ago, Bill contrived the
famous staircase tap which Is the
last word in rhythmic stepping.
Today he has his own show on
Broadway, Brown Buddies.'
And SO We move on. Vaughn de
Leath. For years one Of the big
four Of radio broadcasts And
in town for bu. a few hours on a
trip from Cleveland, where she is
nov appearing AL Of which is
somewhat Of a mystery here.
Vaughn vas on a vacation in Eu-
rope when she received three cable
grams from tn Ohio station offer
ing her a figure she could not well
refuse. 49,. More money than the
chain hoop-up she previously ha1
had And 50, for the moment a.
least, she becomes a local headlin-
er.
Which reminds me that Vaughn
is supposed TO be first of the Groom
ers. Several of the young band
maestros have argued about ii and
Vallee and Osborne have both
priority. 80. But Vaughn seems to
have been singing In the Groom ia
shion when they were still college
lads. Also, she was one Of the
radio pioneers. having run a sta
ton in the early days Of her career
Evangeline Adams, the astrologist
who casts the stars for broadcasts,
finds that Oppressive times create
a greater interest in prophecy and
divination. Humans. hard pressed
by circumstances. look for that ray
Of sunshine which may be just
around the corner and like 10 hear
about 1t from ar oracuiar author
ity.
And so It has been throughout
time.
Gil Patten. whose Frank Merri-
we'll was hero OF many Of our
youths. stopped to tell me how he
came TO create this character. Pat
ten. who wrote under the name of
Burt Standish. says ne couldn't af-
ford to attend college. He wanted
to g~o-yearned to 20 and dreamed
Of going. So he created a hero who
could 20 as his proxy and thus got
his college experience vicariously.
Merrivell had every adventure that
Patten would Ike to have had. but
never did.
Incidentally. Patten has kept let
tiers from thousands of men who are
now statesmen and important fl
nanciai figures-a veritabls treas
ury OF famous folk who have writ
ten him about Merriwell.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

honest and efficient men in the public service. He
never became money mad. He believed in the correct
use of money at all times and the blessings which its
lavish expenditure for noble experiments would bring
to country and home. He was for public libraries Of
the best, he was for charity and charitable giving to
help the underdog. he labored for so years and his
achievements as a builder and leader are found every
where in the territory west Of Fort Worth to the far
county of Dallam in the shadows Of the mountains
If ever a man lived q long life r~esoiuteiy and nobly
and fearlessly in the making Of a proud state and a
proud and happy people then this builder OF the West.
who has passed out Of the picture, lived it and. dying,
left behind him not only the love of thousands of
people but their deep gratitude as well. Yes. he was
a builder, and he builded for those who come after
him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

NEW YORK, Nov. 27-Arounc
the big radio stations ... Pate Dix
OH. the former scribe who nov
broadcasts the Raising Junior
program, stops to weep on my
shoulder. The act was inspired by
the Dixon's ovn particular Junior
and the tot insists on sitting in on
all their rehearsals. !. And the child
is old and smart enough TO know
what's going on.....A dog and a
new baby we're introduced as part
of the continued story. =. And the
real Junior, having heard about
them, demands that they be prod
uced.
OF course" says Pete, 1.-THE dog
problem is fairly simple. but 49,"
Bill Robinson. the master Of tap
dancing. And since the death OF
Jack Donahue, the king OF hooters
Bill sits down in a corner Of the
WABC studio and tells about the
days when, as a penniless pickanin-
ny. he went about the streets Of
Richmond. Va, picking up q few
dance steps.
The manager Of q small travelling
show happened to see him -. Bill
was but eight when he signd up as
a kid dancer" for the show. The
South Before the War. Still a
kid he went cut with the old Prim-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

Life's Uncertainties
II is fine to have Hepplevhite period chairs,
The envy Of half Of the town.
But give me a Grand Rapids. the Hoover decade,
When 1t comes to just plain sitting down.
Apnasia.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27

into her arms and held her tight.
Then you must never, never think
OF marrying him. she declared
oh. Celia. suppose I'd been too late
Listen. darling. and remember what
I'm going to tell you
Margaret paused and then III a
tense voice she began: i married
your father because / loved him.
/ was a school girl, and orphan. ana
three weeks after the first day we
met We were married. His mother
disapproved and John quarrelIed
with her. The first two years Of our
married life were the hsppiest / have
ever known. You were born and VIZ
got out Of the habit OF going about
together. John worked hard, spend
ing more and more time al the Of
flee. There vere-trivial things, oh.
l don't knowl-that caused quarrels.
I felt neglected and miStreated.
Things grew worse until finally
here Margaret's voice suddenly
broke-"I did the most foolish and
reckless thing a young Effe could
do. I left him.
Celia was watching her mother
vlde-eyed.
II went away" Margaret contIn-
ued, and he let me divorce him
There was no cauSe-only my fool
ish misjudgmentl Love can't be
toyed with. Celia. If YOU cast ID
aside II becomes a knife blade, turn
ing. ever turning. in your heart
Time passed and ! was lonely. I
married Bob Rogers but the knife
blade remained. Oh. my darling.
I'm telling you this SO you won't
make a hideous mistakei You must
marry without love. Celia. and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-27
Joseph Anderson Kemp

IN the ranks Of the empire builders OF Texas the
name Of Joseph Anderson Kemp will ever have a
place high and proud as one Of the chiefs OF the Lone
Star commonwealth. He was born in the county Of
Bosque SO years ago. His parents were Bosque county
pioneers and 90 years ago Bosque was close to the
posts Of Texas frontier civilizations. In the early '60s
he journyeed to Northwest Texas where the cattle
kings we're in possession of a virgin territory and their
herds grazed upon the lush grass. Just across the
Red river was the famous Big Pasture (now a men,
ory) where the barons and their cowboys and herds
were IN possession when the scorching sun made the
grazing scsnt under Texas skies. There we're hardy
pioneers, Of the army Of the pillow and the hoe. who
had invaded the Wichita country and looked upon it
as the most promising wheat growing section undec
Southwestern skies.
In the county Of Bosque. Frank Kell first saw the
light. and Kemp and Kell were boyhood chums and
when manhood came they were business partners
through all the years they were engaged in the trans
formation of a wilderness into one of the richest sec
tons Of Northwest Texas. They established mercan-
tile establishments, they built railways and railway
extensions, they organized banks and trust companies
and building and loan associations. They established
factories and built elevators and refineries and flour
ing mills. They had q large hand in everything IN
the development OF the Wichita country and the
Panhandle and Abilene country. Indeed it would be
impossible to write a history Of Wichita Falls and
Wichita and neighbor counties without the names Of
joseph Anderson Kemp and Frank Kell bla7oned or
every page.
....
Joseph Anderson Kemp was tn. acknowledged
father OF irrigation in Texas-that Is Of the modern
system. He had associates scattered over the state
They saw the need for drainage and irrigation legts-
izt.on and the storing Of the flood waters TO be used
when needed in the development Of agriculture and
its varied interests In many sections Of the common
wealth. close to him at all times we're Henry Sales
OF Abilene. Mai. Richard Burgess Of Fl Paso and
oths-s who burned midnight oil and worked u%ntiringly
for a system Of irrigation and drainage laws that
would permit Texas to take its proper place In the
sisterhood.
Fer IS years he battled for the irrigation idea, and
then the lawmakers gave TO the people the statutes
to be found in the books today. He was one Of the
most tireless and intelligent workers and builders Tex
as has known. He built lakes and reservoirs in his
own section. or led the movement for their building
and demonstrated Just what could be done to en-
rich the people by storing the flood waters for irriga-
ton purposes. He was one OF the most modest Of
men. one OF the most generous in his benefactions.
All his years a champion Of education for the boys
and girls Of his state. ever clarion-voiced in his APP
peal for the advancement OF his people along correct
lines. ever a defender Of righteous government and