The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1936, Page 7

--danger of the ship’s burning. G £ ¥ ¥ 4 § it # & | ;—’ 1 & % e ok yma was staged fi gine and cumbersome stratosphere Bv Bmm:' DE BECK“ OHOH--WHAT ZIZ “? o § RONNIE DE CASSY'S LIFE STORY ! NIMMINY / HE'S SPENT HALF HIS LIFE IN TH' JUNGLE BUMPIN' OFF LIONS AN' TIGERS-- AN' TYIN' KNOTS IN m RATTLESNAKES- MAGELLAN = ‘WILEY POST THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JAN. 14 1936. OF THE STRATOSPHERE Fights Burnin g Oil Qver Dgsort L Wiley Post was a flier of the future. ‘Death in an Alaskdn’ air crash. last summer ended a ca- . ! reer that had brought mych’do aviation. Most newspaper read- ! ers knew of Post’'s four unsuc- cessful attempts to fly across the continent in the substratosphere, bai little has been told of the real success of those “failures.” This is the first in a series of four articles by Billy Parker, aeronautical engincer, flier and co-worker of Post, on the last great ventures of that globe- girdler, By BILLY (Copyright, 1936, By Press) Whistling, screaming, diving down out of the stratosphere, a long trail of smoke streaming behind her, came the famous cld Winnie Mae of Oklahoma. Had you been there to see her, there is no doubt you would have thought her on fire, for no ship ever strailed such a column of without flames ahead of it. But no one saw her, r out over the desert Jin tern California early on the morning of February 22, 1935. In that ship, blinded by burning ‘oil and handicapped by a useless en- smoke togs, sat Wiley Post. He was calmiy debating what to do in order to damage his beloved ship the least. He was not worried Wiley never was worried. His greatest emotion at the mo- ment, I believe was disappointiment that he was unable to reach New York, his goal, and that many months of painstaking research and labor were ending thus. Landed in Dry Lake But down and down he c: headed for the one spot he knew best in that section of the country, Muroc dry lake. As he approached its flat surface In his “man from Mars” suit, altitude record, and four times wi tinent in record time. The fir came nearest tragedy, when Post me. streamer of smoke. a2t transcontinental flight perhaps ake i | | | | Wiley Post climbed into the Win- nie Mae five times with a record as his goal—once seeking a new ith the hope of spanning the con- came down on Muroc dry lake in | California, hot cil spraying cver him, the Winnie Mae trailing a he saw a lone automobile stranded on the sand. Circling and slipping to check ‘his speed, Post came to u perfect landing on the belly of the ship about 300 yards from the motor car. (Post had dropped the landing gear after the take-off to reduce wind resistence.) He believed the ship was afire, and as he had more than 300 gallons of gasoline aboard, he climbed out hur- | riedly, preferring to watch the con- flagration from a distance. Once outside he found all the smoke was caused by burning lubri- cating oil and that there was no hus neck. In due time Wiley was out |of his suit and dressed again in street clothes. His Muroc Lake helper later ex- plained he thought Post was a “man from Mars.” Throughout my experiences with the Post stratosphere flights over a period of many months, this was the only amusing incident, and Wiley alone was there to enjoy it. In his quiet way, he enjoyed it hugely. “Filings In Motor” The landing at Muroc Lake was the beginning of a series of disap- pointments which all had their gen- esis in sabotage prior to this flight, when someone put more than a pound of carborundum cuttings in the ship’s external supercharger. When Post cut in his super-charg- er at about 30,000 feet, these cut- |tings and filings went immediately into the combustion chamber of the engine and it was only a matter of minutes until the engine itself was virtually a wreck. Before continuing the story of the flights, it might be well to tell how Wiley came to start his stratosphere |experiments. He turned his attention to gettinz out of his suit, which could be ac- complished only with help, and then saw a man busy at the automobile, his head under its raised hood. Ap- parently the man was having engine trouble of his own and had neither seen nor heard Wiley land. Wiley's suit was worth its weigho in gold in the stratosphere, but it was not.designed for hiking. By the time he had covered the distance between the Winnie Mae and the auto, Wiley was almost worn out. ‘Though he now was beside the car, the man still did not look up. Wiley Wiley's own words to me were touched him on the shoulder, and that everyone in the aviation indus- the man jumped as though he had try was talking about the possibilities heen: aljte & +|of stratosphere’ flight, but that no Man From Mars - | one ever had done anything about it. He evidently - considered himself | ge had learned on his long hops ihe only occupant of the entire des- around the world that he could at- crt, and when he saw that strange tain greater speed in the higher al- | helmeted figure, with eyes peering at / tjtydes. However, there was a limit him lhmu;’h_a four-inch glass port- to all this with the equipment he hole, he believed he was seeing was then flying, because his engine things. lost power rapidly as the altitude in- He started to run, hesitated and | eypmsen L looked back. He saw the Winnie Mac then, resting without 'landing gear on the old lake bed, and as he took in the situation, evidently concluded Tomorrow—How Post designed his “Man from Mars” suit. i e Wiley was badly hurt. He returned and tired to get the | ATTENTION flier to lie down. Post finally man- Juneau Mine Workers Association aged to explain the helmet was part | meets tonight, A. B. Hall at *7 of his flying equipment.and wasnot |o'clock. Important discussion on part of the airplane wrapped around group insurance. All members urg- S N -~ ed to attend. —adv, & | Pay’n Takit Groceries, Meats, Liguors We Sell for LESS because ‘We Sell for CASH! }/8. No. 7 Tuesday night at eight D e e DOUGLAS NEWS STARS AND MASONS INSTALLING TONIGHT | Invitations have been sent out by Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, F. & A M., and Nugget Chapter O. E. S.| for their annual installation of of- | | ficers for 1936, which they will hold | in joint session this evening. Rob-‘ | ert Praser, Worshipful Master elect | |for the Masons and Mrs. Doran | Kirkham, Worthy Matron elect for | | the Stars, head the lists of omcers: to be inducted by their respective | | 1odges. 1 | 'With the usual meetings to be held i first, the Installation ceremonies will |not get under way much before § ‘u‘clock. A banquet will follow the | installations. | — .- | EAGLES BASKETEERS READY | | TO COMBAT S.“\BIN'S FIVE | ; All set for their first fracas in the |second half of the Channel League basketball season, Douglas Eagles | play Sabin’s team at the natatoriuin tomorrow evening. After several good practices and with their new | line-up, a better account of their ac- tivities is expected from the locals to at least balance the series of de- feats suffered during the first half. |'The lineup for tonight's game will | be: Fox and Erskine, forwards, Jen- [sen, center, T. Niemi and Bonner, |guards. Subs—J. Niemi, G. Edwards, G. Gray, and A. Stragier. . The game will start at 8 o'clock. | CHAMBER MEEYING TO BE IMPORTANT ONE | Regular meeting of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, scheduled i for tomorrow evening, will, according to Chairman Shudshift, be of great interest to the welfare of the town. All the local business men as‘well as | the members of the Gity Council, ars | | urged ‘to attend the meeting. ATTENTION EASTERN STAR Regular business meeting O. E. ! o'clock. LILLIAN G. WATSON, | —adv. Secretary. 5 P25, e, SR Senator Bamx;ad Propos- ‘!hen retain the taxes already col- | Ruth Hotel |ty strated the handling of | 1Gonmnues mrom One) i o7 sled dogs and exhibited the sled he| o on e 9% VRS, DAY AND LEROY the time they are 60 years of age 95% Taces and which has travelied smoes | AHTHaw Tiow 13 bétore tie Su- NOW IN CALIFORNIA have defective vision. than 150,000 miles over snow trails. >:eme Court for a definite inte: 3 e i R MG e rétation r(. 411: scope 0.1 l.htvp‘ln.\ € Mr - 1.;1,\ C l)fn and grandson WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT? Weld for ransom or reward or LeRoy Vestal are now in San CHIMNEY BLAZE therwise.” The question is ‘'whether | Diego, California; for the temainder g CAUSE OF ALARM ‘olding an officer to avold arrest of the winter and spring. Young See an Eye Specialist—Improve, % alls under the heading of an ab- | Vestal is attending the Ro: 6 - . Y Eronige duction. The answer will be of great | Jr., High School mu(:::rdi to a I.:ghtmg e :]'(:";)"‘g’(ini‘}f”n;““ u“(“" L';"f“:] ?‘ miortance because it easily could letter received 01 vhsters ‘n'm‘r‘ yids “Hom 2 Gm;r'n_‘ x:l 7“],. broaden m-vl‘mvxigun-‘k.mnap fields in | day. Enroute h from Seattle BETTER LIGHT—BETTER SIGHT . ‘ d 3 he Federal Gov 3 rs. Day stopped off at Marshfizald oelock last night resated in ng| ¥HICh the Federal Government may | Mrs. Day stopped off at Marshfial damage. The alarm was turned in|"" F?l:flw Oregon, to visit & brothet: and - - - > BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK P T RECKON T KIN HENOLE THET SISSY EF HE AMS TER GIT /_%ODAC!OUS"* DEBEH MAY YET BE Ty MADE LEGAL ok es General Measure—Re- tain Impounded Sums WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—A move has been started to empower the .U. 8. Treasury to retain or collect all the $1,200.000,000 in taxes levied on processors of farm products under the AAA. Senator John H. Bai posed that processing be enacted re actively general measure, which he contended woull be constitutional. The treasury would d pro- Ikhea, es a Mrs. Martha Drew Smith is New York's “village smithess.” She does her knitting with a cledge hammer and anvil, her cooking on-a flaming forge and has been shoeing horses since the was 12. She is | mow 24 and with her husband operates a blacksmith shop in Greens wich Villag>. (Associated Press Photo) lected to finance payments to farm- ers under the crop control program. | Under this plan, processors who will collect $200,000,000 in impound- ed taxes under yesterday’s high court ruling would have to turn the mongy back into the treasury. - “SCOTTY” ALLEN IS GUEST AT BANQUET otty” Allen of Alaska dog-sled fame and his son were guests at a recent banquet given at the Wills- in Morton, Wash. by a close friend. “Scot- MOLLFR ARRIVES O. Carlson, wife ard daughter, Dan Molier, CCC foreman, arrived !'n.«* returning to Juncau aboard the on the Princess Norah after a short | Northland after visiting in the Pa- vacation in the states. cific Northwest for several weeks. Caleb Milne 1V, textile fortune heir, who confessed his so-called kidnaping was a hoax, stepping from a patrol wagon at the federai detention house in New York after arraignment on a charge of attempted extortion. A federal aaent arasps his arm. (Associated Press Photo) The “EYES” Have It Most of us are born with good evyes, just as good as our lungs, heart or limbs. As children grow and leave college 40% have defective vision. By to determine. 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