The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-26

Military fliers began arriving at
the field during the morning, to-
gether with number of civilian
planes, in addition to the forty-five
that arrived Friday.
Vying with military fliers for at
tention this afternoon will be two
of the nations greatest speed mer-
chants, Captain Frank Hawks, hold
er Of scores of speed records in the
United States and Europe, and
Major Jimmy Doolittle, who recently
set new transcontinental speed
record.
Hawks Here Today
Hawks, en- route from Roosevelt
field, L. L, to Claremore, Okla, to
join Will Rogers, was to stop off
at municipal airport this afternoon
to greet spectators.
Doolittle was expected to arrive
from st. Louis before noon. He
proposed to attempt to set a new
st. Louis-to- indianapolis speed rec
ord in the fast Laird monoplane he
used in his record cross country
dash.
Other celebrities expected to en-
terrain spectators include Freddie
and Betty Lund, Jimmy Haizlip and
his wife, Mrs. May Haizlip, both ia
nous filters: Miss Dorothy Hester,
the nations most daring woman
flier, and Tex Rankin, famous pio-
neer flier and instructor.
The program was called off after
the light plane race of fifteen miles
and the dead-stick landing contest
had been held in the rain.
Friday Tickets HOnOred
Ernest G. Ropkey, general chair
man, announced tickets for Fridays
program would be honored today
and events called off Friday would
be started at noon today.
In case of several events sched-
uled for repetition Sunday, prizes
will be doubled for Sundays events.
Lou Stricken, 17-year-old pilot,
who Sunday will seek to regain the
Junior light plane altitude record.
at present $500 feet, arrived dur
ing the rain Friday afternoon from
Latrobe, Pa, in his little Aeronca.
Stricken and "Skyball"s Ross
Brinkley, master of ceremonies. this
afternoon were to give their famous
mind reading" act.
Brinkley, through the loud
speaker, will issue directions to
Strickler, in the air, and Stricken
will attempt to carry out maneuvers
ordered by Brinkley. BY shaking
his planes wings he will answer
yes" or mo" to questions pro-
pounded by Brinkley.
Rain Hats Feature
The rain Friday afternoon halted
announcements of Brinkley over the
loud speaker system, when the wires
became water soaked and shorted.
One entire shift of city police
will be on duty at the port and on
roads leading to the field this aft
ernoon. City police are being aid
ed by details of state police and
Marion county deputy Sheriffs.
Among aviation notables expected
to be present today and Sunday is
DR.. j. D. Brock, Kansas City (Mo.)
dentiSt-aviator, who won fame by
making flight daily for year.
1t was announced today that A.
H. Wait, department of commerce
airport specialist, will be added to
the formal dedication program at
2:30 Sunday.
Principal speaker on the brief pro-
gram will be William P. MacCracken
Jr., former assistant secretary of
commerce for aeronautics.
Murphy Wins Contest
Earl B. Wadsworth, postoffice de-
partment airmail superintendent,
was on his way here to attend the
dedication.
The deadstick landing contest
Friday was won by Mike Murphy,
Lafayette, in Gypsy Moth, miss
ing the mark 3 feet inches. c. l..
ODell, Rushville, in an Aeronca,
was second, missing by 10 feet
inches, and Harold Neumann, Mo-
line, H., in a Travel Air, was third,
stopping II feet 7 inches from the
mark.
Dick Arnett, Central Aeronautical
Corporation president, won the
fifteen-mile light plane race in his
single-seater Bull Bull Pup, round
ing the course in IL minutes 43 Sec
ondS.
Elvan Harrington of the Eaglet
Aviation Corporation, in an Eaglet,
was second, and c. Hack, in an Eag-
let, was third.