The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
World Aces At Cleveland National Air Races Starting Tomorrow Expected
 To Draw Most Notable Assembly Of Aviators

many's No. airman, has been re- ported attempting to obtain 8 speed plane in time for the Thompson race, but so far has been unSucceSs- full, according to reports.
 LikewYe, Michael Detroyat. the Frenchman who took top speed honors at last years races, held in Los Angeles, is having his difficult ties. Builders of the speedster ne used to win the Thompson race last year do not want him to fly it this year as he happens to be working for rival company.
 Speed flyers here in the United States are having trimmed the wings of their ships in an effort to best last years winning recording in the Thompson dash - 264.261 miles per hour.
 The races this year will have at least their usual one mystery plane." Frank w. Fuller, San Fran cisco sportsman-pilot, has taken delivery on a Seversky Fighter, called sometimes the fastest pur- suit ship in the world.
 Major Alex Seversky flew one re- gently from Belleville, H., to Wright Field, Ohio, at @ 32l-mile- per-hour average. The army has flown the same ships, fully equip ped, at 341 miles per hour.
 Turner Furnishes Thrill
 One of the biggest thrills afforded during the Thompson race was is 1885 when Colonel Roscoe Turner made a dead-stick landing with his ship believing smoke. He drew down in front of the stands, when spectators had expected him to be burned to a horrible death, and stepped out to grin at 100000 watchers.
 In the Bendix transcontinental dash, women are eligible, Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden, of Memphis and comedy, won the race last year.
 In the same event, Ben O. How ard, Cleveland air speedster, was injured seriously. Mrs. Thaden was accompanied in her race by Blanche Wilcox Moves, woman aviation pioneer.
 Women flyers have only one closed-course race of their own, with a $1,00O purse. This has been made into a memorial event m honor of Amelia Earhart, missing in the boundless Pacific on a round the-world flight.
 Stars in Thompson Race
 Well-known contenders in the Thompson dash are expected to in- clude: Fart Ortman, of Los Angeles. who has rebuilt and repowered his racing plane; Roger Don Rae, of Lansing, Mich; Art Chester, Los Angeles; Marion Mckee, Santa Monica, Cal; R. A. (Rudy) Kling, Lamont, H.; Harry Crosby, Glen dale, Cal; S. J. Whitman, Oshkosh, Wis.
 Virtually the same contestants arc expected to gun their ships across the nation in the Bendix dash. Dick Merrill, transatlantic flyer, is ex- pected to be an additional entry.
 Captain Alexander Papana, of the Rumanian royal flying forces, pop ular with his antics last year at Los Angeles, will stunt again at this years races.
 Exhibition and comic flying will be sandwiched between regular arcG event. These will include mass parachute jumps. leaps to marked spot on the ground, formation and acrobatic flying.
 Army Planes to Take Part
 Planes or the three service units will be present again. The United States Army Corps will send lS pursuit planes from Selfridge Field, Mich. The Navy will be present with is sIngle-seated planes of Fighting Squadron s. The Marines will be represented by i2 two-seater bombing planes from Quantico. Va.
 Clifford W. Henderson, midget dynamo managing director of the races, said he believed that roads around the airport, one of the world busiest, had been widened sufficiently to empty crowds in half the time required in previous years.