Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-31
Weather HAMPERS
BYRD PHOTO FLIGHT
Schoenhair, Attempting to
Rush Pictures to U.s., Is
Held at Managua.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, March 31.-AdverSe weather
conditions over Central America today
caused Lee Schoenhair, carrying pic
lures of the Byrd expedition, to turn
back to Managua after leaving there
this morning, according to radio mes
sage received by Pan-American Anyways
here.
Schoenhair returned to Managua at
10:45 am, and planned to start for
the United States again this afternoon
If weather conditions cleared.
Schoenhair, flying the Miss Silver
town. owned by the Goodrich Rubber
Co., is rushing pictures to the United
States, especially for the New York
Times, the Associated Press and Para
mount News.
Exclusive Pictures Aboard.
On the plane are the exclusive ex-
petition pictures made in the Antarctic
by Paramount Newsreel and the New
York Times.
The airman left France Field, Canal
Zone, yesterday morning after receiving
the photographs and motion picture
films of the Byrd Exposition from
Willard Van Derveer, official Newsreel
photographer with the expedition, who
arrived by the steamer Tamaroa from
New Zealand at Panama Saturday. He
arrived in Managua yesterday afternoon
and, because of weather conditions, de-
cided to remain overnight.
Nineteen miles Of motion picture MIN,
cranked from the time the expedition
left Dunedin, New Zealand, for the
Bay of Whales, until the dramatic de-
parture from the Ross Ice Barrier and
the return to an enthusiastic welcome
at the New Zealand base, were aboard
The day after the arrival in Dunedin
Of Admiral ByrdS bark, the City OF
New York, Van Der Veer sped across
New Zealand to Wellington, where the
liner Tamaroa was held for him.
Holds Loaded Speed Records.
Schoenhair, who is a former first
lieutenant in the United States Army
Air Service and a one-tirne mail pilot,
planned fueling stops at Havana, Miami
and Fayetteville, N. C.
The flight with the news pictures was
planned as the speediest means of
bringing the Photographic record of
the expedition before the eyes of Amer
picture audiences. Thus an airplane
Byrd enterprise, IN which airplanes have
Byrd enterprise in which airplanes have
already been utilized to a greater ex-
tent than any previous similar ex-
petition.
Schoenhair recently broke six records
in two days Of flying at Jacksonville,
Fla, carrying added weight up to more
than ton He also has made numer-
Gus intercity records, including those
from New York to Tampa, Windsor to
Toronto and Augusta, Ga, to CurtiSs
Goodrich Rubber Co. of Akron, Ohio,
though only 20 years old.
BOILING DELAYS START.
DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 81
(PI-The departure of Rear Admiral
Richard e. Byrd's Antarctic expedition
steamer, Eleanor Boiling. has been post
poned to tomorrow night, it was an
nounced today, because Of delay in coal
ing the ship.
The ship was scheduled to sail yes
terday for Papeete, Tahiti, first stop on
the journey home to New York. Capt.
Brown was confident, however, that his
ship would overtake the bark City of
New York, which sailed week ago, be-
fore Papeete is reached The trip, the
captain said, would require Is days.
The City of New York was reported
making excellent progress and on Satur-
day logged 208 miles, which Admiral
Byrd said was the best she ever had
made in a single day. The two ships
will join at Papeete for the second stage
Of the journey to Panama.