Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1924, Page 5

. Smma o g WHO’S WHO g With the World Flyers gm&mm ‘WWW% commander of the round-the- world flight which is now drawing to a successful con- clusion, was born at Santa Barbara, Calif, on October 8, 1892. In 1912 he was graduated from San Fernando College, California, after which he was for a time superintendent of the Betty O'Neal Mines at Battle M~unt Nev. When the United States entered the World War in 1917, Lieut. Smith en- listed as a private in the Aviation Sec- tion of the Signal Corps. During the Summer of 1917 he graduated with a very good record from the Military School of Aeronautics at the Univer- sity of California, after which he was iven flying instruction until October, when he was qualified as a pilot. In December of the same year he re- ceived his commission as a first lientenant, at which time he was undergoing a course in the Aerial Gun- nery School at Rockwell Field. When this was completed he was ordered to England, where he was receiving in- tensive training in Handley Page planes, preparatory to undertaking Jieavy bombardment over the lines whan the Armistice was signed. Forged to Front. | Upon his return to the States Lieut. “mith forged swiftly to the front rank of the Air Service pilots. In 1919 LIEUT. LOWELL H. SMITH. he took part in the Transcontintental 4 i St | scription of the country about the | Reliability and Indurance Contest | SeTIPUION of the contiy Bbodt he from New York to San Francisco, and | was ahead of all the contestants until | SOMIIWe 42 I ot he reached Chicago, where an unavoid- | [1d8es and desert valleys which com L = > e | pose that region. To a layman this gbledel ’o"’a'gl‘;d liis ntoisecond) place. | ' 11d seem like a hunt for the pro- he particularly | s 1 e . in the haystack, and distinguished himself in carrying out | o T st the work of airplane forest fire pa-| ofan h S RIe trol throughout California, Wa was geen foidlve sud southwest over the high mountain Smith's plane o | denly, ington and Oregon during a time | 9°TW, And when the other fvers fol- o when unusually fierce fires menaced | (%< i i the timber lands of all three States.|Shack for which they had been ® e o A e ot the | Searching. Without a railroad, river. D ey D S eot 1| town/oEfany, otherilafidmankito gulte patrol. which under his efficlent dU|yim, Smith had located this minute zection resulted in e Saving of|spectsiinithejhilisiof Mexico)ia eross- :i;'{'l;:;'*sff“,;;;‘“:;i""_‘ v,'fm‘:‘:'!';"‘n“r:_i.-nunuv flying feat which has seldom LRI e VW | been equaled, unl it has been by It was during this period of fire|Nimselt on the present flight, when 5 T 00 O hitreq | he has skillfully navigated his Doug- e inEgiie: fanginclige arred las cruiser over all kinds of country, | Mhicnindicates ithe Chat oL Of o/ ffomiiburning idesertisands toithe iy | 'an who is now leading the world|goes of the Arctic region, through MRt to victa | dense and blinding fogs, without once Took Long Chance. | losing his way or faltering along the Lieut Smith was in com- | path which he is b ing to his goal. | with another over a| Throughout the entire Air .\‘n*r\'iu‘“ section of the Oreson forests, | there ix heard but one opinion of the observing the fires below, of which|man who is leading the American there were a great many. As soon |round-the-world flvers to a glorious | a fire was discovered it was the | Victory to report it by radio to the| “An excellent pilot.” is the verdict. pirol headquarters, so that a fight-| “Steady, seldom takes a wild chance. ing squad could be sent out. Licut.|Never goes in for spectacular flying | @ Jith's record for radio communi- | —but always knows just what he is sation had been perfect up to that|doing. That's Lowell Smith.” time, a fact of which he was justly | 2 = i { proud. This particular flight had not been starced long when the pilot of| STORMS DELAYING i the second plant was startled to see | WORK OF F | Lieut. Smith's “ship” performing a | e e OF FLYERS down closer and was amazed to ob-| " serve Smith climbing out of hi (Continued from First Page.) cockpit onto the wing of his plane,| ~7 oY leaving the heavy De Haviland in which required six hotrs 26 the hands of his passenger, a for-| minutes, was made under generally cster, who had never before held the | favorable conditions for this region, “stick” of a plane. While the other aithough the airmen were somewhat pilot held his breath. watehing the|delayed by occasional rain squalls plane slow to perilously near the h inds. There was no fog stalling point Lieut. Smith climbed the visibiiity was exceptionally far out onto the wing, kicked the | #uard from the radio generator pro-| . . peller, which had been secured by | Oysdonjky i Citisens. ome mistake, and jumped Wack into| The men received a great popular his cockpit just in time to keep the|and official welcome from the Nova plane from going into a tailspin in [ Soctians and were taken in a trium- = the hands of the terrified forester. |Phal procession through the streets. “Had to keep up communication,”| After the: reception ¢n the Barry was Smith's calm explanation at the |the triumphant airmen paraded end of the flight. | through the streets of the town head- {ed by the Pipers’ Band of the Pictou Made Non-Stop Flight. | Highlanders clad in the Kkilts of old In 1923 Smith flew one of the Army | Scotland and under the command of | lanes in the Liberty Engine Builders' | Lieut. Col. L. H. Mackenzie, D. S. 0. Race at St. Louis. He also gained | The procession, which included de- considerable fame when he and Lieut. | tails from the United States destroyer Richter succeeded after three at. | the Canadian destroyer Pa- | tempts in carrying out a non-stop re- | . and detachments of cadets and fueling flight of over 36 hours. Soon | School children, returned to the town after this he made a record non-stop | Square, where addresses of welcome | flight from the Canadian to the Mexi- { were delivered by the mayor, and the | can border, his plane being twice re- | representatives of the Dominion and fueled from another “ship” during the [Provincial governments and the air Hlight by means of a hose connection |and land forces of the Dominion. from the plane above. Maj. Welsford MacDonald, son of Lieut. ith has a total flying time | the minister of defense, and a member of about 1,700 hours, of which 1,000 of the provincial legislature for liours have been made in cros. tou, speaking on behalf of the try work. He has flown approxi- |government of Nova Scotia, took oc- mately 100,000 mil most of which | casion to pay special tribute to has been under far frfom ordinary | Licuts. Wade and Ogden, who, he conditions. His wide cross-country |said, had the misfortune to lose their experience was one of the deciding | plane through no fault of their o= factors in his being chosen for the |©on the flight from the Orkneys v world flight, along with his excep- | Iceland. The people of Picton. with al ability to find any location for | Whom they had sojourn the | which he sets out. He seems to|Past week, he said, had srown to P an almost uncanny instinct | love and respect them and would fol- for picking out his destination,|low with pecullar interest the com- whether he has flown over the ter- |Pletion of their flight. rain before or not. An illustration of this is seen in the description of the | BOSTON GREETING READY. ;!ight which Smith led from Rockwell — “ield in 1922, when a wide search i Was being made for Col. Marshall and | Oficials, Headed by Gen. Patrick, Lieut. Webber, who had disappeared Wait to Hail World Girdlers. en_route to Huachuca, Ariz. e Tt was desired to find the hut of an | By the Associated Press. :: old Indian guide who lived “some-| BOSTON, September 4.—With the where about 110 miles southwest of | world fivers only a few miles from | With no more information | home, preparations for their probable except for a meager de-|landing here Friday were completed N 3 “MEN'S WEAR' Buy A Dunlap This Fall! S 8OUR money goes farthest when you @94 buy a DUNLAP Celebrated HAT. JW] Long wearing quality, and more = youthful style are two reasons why it holds its character through the most trying usage. Hat SEVEN DOLLARS ---the Standard for Hat Value - SIDNEY WEST (INCORPORATED) 14th and G Streets Main 7120 STEIN-BLOCH CLOTHES =~ DUNLAP HATS yesterday. Maj. Gen. Maons M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service and the originator of .the world flight idea, came by air from New York with offi- cers in 14 other planes. They will fly up the coast to escort the world airmen here. Officlals of the nation, the State and city arranged a pro- gram of welcome that will be as sim- ple as possible in keeping with the fiyers’ wishes. Alighting at the East Boston air port, where the world fiyers will make their landing after mooring their pontooned planes in the stream, the head of the Air Service took oc- casion to praise the spirit of Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and his fellow fly- ers in overcoming obstacles. T is “The way they have done thing, the manner in which they have obeyed orders to take no undue chances, although their inclination was to keep going,” was especially commended. “They have flown virtually around the world in less than 300 hours actual time,” he said, adding that with further provisions, “this entire flight can be accomplished with the present in 13 day: Demonstrates Speed. While Gen. Patrick was sayiug what the Army could do, Lieut. R. C. Moffatt was proving it. In a Cuyflsu pursuit type plane, such as Lieut. Maughan used in his dawn to dusk flisht across the country, Moffatt flew from Boston to New York, an air distanca of 183 miles, in 58 R R T THE: EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO “The style in this coat is in the easy wa; a flowing into the natural lines of the figure ~ RALEIGH Thirteen-ten F Street S to deliver official pictures of the world flight brought here today by the destroyer Lawrence. He paused at Mitchel Fleld 7 minutes for the business that took him there then rose again on the return. Against head winds he made the return trip in 67 minutes, rising to a height of 16,000 feet over New Haven, Conn,, in an attempt to gain favors ing winds.with altitude. The round trip of 366 miles was made In 2 hours 12 minutes, including the 7 minute stop. It took Gen. Patrick’s squad- ron 2 hours 45 minutes to fly one way. At its close the man who had streaked through the sky so fast that Gen. Patrick sald he could barely be seen, cut curlicues that had veteran airmen agape. The air fleet that came here pre- sented a formidable picture of aerial strength, two of them being bombers, 12 others speedy pursuit planes in the hands of young officers with records of war service simllar to those of Lieut. Smith and his fellows The planes included that of Dwigh’ F. Davis Assistant Secretary of War, who will fly from here Friday with Gen. Patrick to greet the world trav- elers. The plunes, “Chicago” and Orleans,” whifh are the two sure vivors of the four planes that set out on -the world-girdling trip, will be joined on the jump from Pictou, N. S, to this city by another, “Bos- ton,” in the hands of Lieuts. Leigh Wade and H. H. Ogden, who lost their ship in the waters off Iceland. ewt “This Tuxedo shows well-built shoulders; narrower at’ the hips; a suggestion of & waist line; wider trousers i o L/ i y it hangs; They will share in honor awaiting the world flyers here. Swords of gold, of silver and steel; bowls in silver that are reproductions of that made by Paul Revere; the keys to the city, illuminated parchments—a rousing welcome—are ready to be given. Boston's greeting will be to heroes who have succeeded ‘In their objec- tive, and although the flight across country to Seattle still remains, Gen. Patrick, in his formal statement here yesterday, agreed that they were to be hailéd as having succeeded here. CONVOY IS RETIRINC. By the Associated Press, ABOARD U. §. S. RICHMOND, Sep- tember 4.—Immediately after the pas- sage of the American flyers over the Richmond on their way to Pictou yesterday, the éruiser was headed to- ward the Strait of Canso and she passed out to sea at a Speed of knots to take up her position off Cape Ann, Mass. Later, when news was re- ceived of the slight accident to Lieut. Smith’s plane, entailing a probable | delay, the speed of the Richmond was | reduced to 15 knots. | The long and tedious work of the naval patrol in connection with the | flight will end when the planes p: over the Richmond as the last vess along the line of flight from Pictou to Boston. The aviators will change their landing gear from pontoons to | wheels at Boston, making the re-| mainder of their journey overland. | [ HURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1924, The two-button coat in the background shows the ~ INJUNCTION IS DENIED. 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