Imperial Valley press., 1931-08-06
Japanese Paper
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lprize money offered to the aviator
making a nonstop flight between
Toxic and Seattle.
w. W. Conner, state governor for
the National Aeronautic associa-
ton, received wire from Board
man asking for details of the prize
offers, which included $25.0O0 do
mated by a Japanese newspaper
and more than $4,000 provided by
the Washington chapter of the N.
A. A. Conner cabled the informa-
ton to Boardman at Istanbul, Tur-
key
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Hern-
don, Jr., American flyers, are in
Japan preparing for an attempted
| flight to Seattle.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 6. U.P)
Reginald L. Robbins and Harold
S. Jones planned to start their
homeward flight to Fort Worth,
Texas, today after their two at
tempts to make a nonstop refuellng
hop to Toxic had failed because of
storms and fog.
They will fly to Edmonton, Alta,
stop overnight, then continue their
flight to the southwest.
BAHIA, Brazil, Aug. 6. W.P)-The
DO-X. great German flying boat,
paused here today on its way to
New York from Rio de Janiero.
The huge air liner carried a num-
ber of passengers on the northward
trip, including two women. Mrs
Clara Adams and Mrs. Dorit Won
Clausbruck. Mrs. Adams was The
woman passenger on one east to west
flight of the Graf Zeppelin. German
diriglble. Mrs. Won Clausbruck was
Miss Germany in the Rio de Janiero
international beauty contest last
year.
Clarence H. (Dutch) Schildhauer
former United States navy lieuten-
ant, piloted the DO-X on its flight
from Rio de Janiero. The machine
was refueled here for the flight to
Natal on the northeast corner of
the south American continent, with
a stop for fuel at MaceiO.
It's itinerary thence includes
flight by easy stages along the north
coast to Para, at the mouth of the
Amazon, and northward over the
ocean to Cuba, Florida and New
York.
The DO-X took off early in the
for the second day of its
northward flight.
REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Aug, 6.
(U.P)-While Clyde Pangborn and |
Hugh Herndon Jr. were on a flight
around the world today, prepara-
tions were being made here to auc-
ton a biplane owned by them to !
satisfy a court judgment for $1058. |
The Judgment was rendered
against the flyers in Alameda SUI
perior court July 10 in favor OF
Aileen Wemmer, representing the
Pacific Airmotiye corporation. She
sued the flyers and their Citizens
corporation for "merchan-
disc, work and labor
Sheriff ]. J. McGrath said today |
that the plane will be auctioned at
the Curtiss- Wright field here Tues
day.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Aug.
5. U.P)-Parker Cramer of Rock
ford, ILL.,, aviator, was at Angmag-
,alik, Greenland today on Sur
prise flight" over the North Atlantic
to Copenhagen, advices from
reported.
Cramer in 1923 failed in an at
tempted flight to Scandinavia with
Bert Hassell. In 1929, he was a
member of the crew of the airplane
Untin Boaler, which also failed to
complete a flight from Illinois to |
northern Europe.
LONDON, Aug. 6. U.P)-J. A. Mol
lison, youthful Scottish flyer, land
ed today at Pevensey Bay from LIE |
Bourget airdrome at 2:30 p. m,
breaking the Australia to England |
flight record by more than a day. |
The previous record, held by G. |
w. A. Scott, was 10 days % hours. |
Mollison intended to proceed to |
Lympne as soon as possible, and to !
go from there to Croydon.