Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1927, Page 6

6 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €. AUGUST 7, 1927—PART 1. 1S PANERUSHED FOR VENCE RACE hirmen Say Lieut. Williams Still Has Time for Schneider Contest. i The inability of the Aero Club of | e i \ " '\ Vi . A3 /’ N ”' @ ¥ ! ) ‘ P i y’ ,fi// & Ttaly to grant a 30-day postponement | i S (Wl ) 8 AN, (fl%s. i ! WNigZ/MK of the date of the Schneider interna- o - L A : 5 7 N / 7/ tional seaplane trophy race, schedu k. 4 s S0P, ] il ‘l“’}ff!i' I | / A\ g b Ul 1477 10 be held at Venice September 25, ! d i Rl ; A & on account of England not having " given its consent to the request of h A — the National Aeronautic Association, will not, in itself, prevent Lieut. A. J. Williams, jr., of the Bureau of i : \ Aeronautics from ng his privately 5 : e Abroud apd Nyimg Tor parmanent pos. Words cannot describe the WONDERFUL VAIUES that await you here during our e Wy opinen O Furniture Sale. Just glance over the merchandise on this page. They speak VOLUMES for themselves! And, best of all—we guarantee the quality of every article vou buy! Remember——MAXWELL’S Liberal Credit Pay $1.00 Down 209, OFF ALL Cabinets Pay $1.00 Down 7 9x12 Graes Rugs .. be ready to roar off the Bay of Venice on September 25 when the starter’s guns are fired. Cablegram Answers Request. The request of the National Aero- nautic Association, which has been on file with the Aero Club of Italy, pro- moters of this vear's Schneider event by virtue of an Italian victory at HHampton Roads last November 13, for about a month, was answered yester- day in a cablegram which read as Venice in time for the race, it is thought here. At present the first flight of the little racer is being held up pending receipt of a set of pon- toons which the Naval Aircraft Fac- tory at Philadelphia is building for him. The original pontoons on the plane, according to information which has trickled back to Washington aeronau- tical circles, have not sufficient dis- placement to sustain the plane high form, which automatically rendered the propeller useless at that moment. It is assumed here that a spare pro- peller has been obtained, although the type used on the Williams racer was bullt especially for the engine, which is the most powerful ever in- stalled in any type of aircraft in the world. Work on the reserve set of pon- toons at the aircraft factory had not gone beyond the point where it was men in_Washington last night who have followed Lieut. Williams' proj- ect closely since its inception. They regretted the lack of unanimity which the request had to have before being granted, but at the same time ex: pressed confidence that the small blue racer with the 2d-cylinder Packard engine of more than 1,200 horsepower, now in a private seaplane hangar at - Port Washington, Long Island, would 3 =-I'1eceé nroenier bped- Pay $1.50 Weekly ik t England not havin “On account England mnot having iven its consent we are compelled a 0 £o maintain date Schneider cup race.” o . e Y Er,f&lflfflflfl!flm i 1t Lieut. Williams' plane en- 3 - L counters no difficulties or requires no . 4 Wi adjustments after its first test flight, beyond the usual minor check-ups at- tending the maiden flights of new air- craft, his expedition, by utilizing every available minute, can reach in the water. This was not discovered until the pilot took his plane out into the water last Sunday and as he endeavored to taxi along the surface et a moderate speed, the deeply sunken pontoons sent’ up a heavy shower of spray which the rapidly swirling metal propeller beat into. Propellor Made Useless. This resulted in the delicately pitched blades being thrown out of t00 late to modify them, so, it is understood, engineers there have mads changes which will give them greater displacement. These should be ready in ‘a few days and a conservative opinion was expressed here that Lieut. Williams should be “going by the end of the present week.” A few dashes across a 3-kilometer #peed course for the maximum sea- plane speed record of the world should follow and then Lieut. Williams |- will center his efforts on getting to Italy as quickly as possible. Ordi- narily it requires about 10 days by com- merclal steamer, which would land the plane and crew of riggers and mechanics at Genoa. An overland Journey by rail would follow and then the plane would have to be uncrated at Venice, set up and tested before the race. May Go on Cruiser. Should Lieut. Williams ba able to eonnect with a speedy cruiser bound for Italy about that time, his journey ! eould be shortened somewhat from the . standpoint of time and also the ship probably could take the plane direct + to the Venetian harbor. Informal overtures to the Navy Department, it is learned, have been made on behalf of Lieut. Williams for such transpor- tation. Even though the postponement, ‘which was refused, would mean the success or failure of the American racing expedition, the National Aero- nautic Association is powerless to bring about the desired extra time, Mr. Schory said last night. The Federa- tion Aeronautique Internationale, world governing body for aircraft per. formances, and under whose rules and regulations the forthcoming interna- tional seaplane classic is being held, cannot change the date if one of the ;mmnu objects, as Great Britain has one, No reason for Great Britain’s re. fusal to accommodate the American request could be advanced here last night, Neither was there any inform- ation available, beyond the text of the cablegram, as to whether Italy itselt had concurred in the American re. quest. Tn this respect, however, was_explained that it made no dif. ference whether the Italian Aero "YU; dll: or not, since Great Britain's ack of. consent, brou a “ruling minority.” e i Expense Believed Involved, Tn the interest of absolute fairness however, some naval airmen believed that the matter of expense had a great hearing on the decision of the Aerg ireat Britain. To organize and maintain a racing team, it wns said, a number of people mmust be maintained in salaries as well as ex. penses, and the pilots themselves have | responsibilities to | other duties and h they must attend. Great iin has three racers entered and | a crew of at least 30, including pilots, is neces to nurse the delicate yef powerful hips along from day 1o d The Schneider race, promoted Iy National Aeronautic = Assoct this country I about a mont accomme Jtalian team, which could not for the opening date. W the only other entrant, the matte rested squarely with the United & for a decision, and this went fory: immediately in favor of the Italiay In 1524, the vear following the first American victory in the Schneider event at Cowes, Isle of \Vight, England, the race was scheduled for Baltimore, and just before the Briticl, team was due to sail crashed in the “washed out.” 2 other entrant that year, and the navs whose pilots wer t. George T Cuddihy and Lieut ph A. Ofstle, hoth well known here, refused to fiy mes and was the course and claim a Schneider vie. | tory. This decision was welcomed in England with great enthusiasm, and the United States airmen were charac. terized as living up to their traditional reputation for sportsmanship. Venice Course Difficult. The 192 at Venice is one of the most di ever seen by airmen on duty It embodies the regulation weters on the perimeter, but the ver- OF VENICE Above, Lieut. Al Williams being greeted by Admiral Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics; center, Lieut. Williams in his flying togs; be. low, map showing course the race will be run over this year at Venice. This course will bring some fancy fly- ing, as the turns are sharper than those of any previous race. tices require turns of approximately 360 degrees. Sharp turns of these descriptions for planes traveling in excess of 250 miles an hour for the racing course, will have a tendency to slow down the speed for the course and it was believed here that the win- ner would better Maj. Mario de Bern- ardi’'s record of 246.498 miles per hour for the 1926 Schneider G50-kilometer course, by a wide margin. Such sharp turns—on which pilots either gain or lose time—likewise have the tendency of causing the airmen to temporarily “pass out” as the blood is drawn from the head. Explanatory notes sent the National Aerontautic Association by the Aero Club of Italy this for the course: “The circuit co; ts of a triangle with obtuse angle having a perimeter of 50 kilometers. The vertices corres- ponding te the two acute angles are located as follows: One on the pier south of the port of Lido, ahout 600 meters from the shore end of the pier; the other on a float to be located about one kilometer and a half to the south of the southern dike of the port of Chioggia. The vertex corresponding to the obtuse angle is located at a point on the north pier of the port of Malamocco, about 300 meters to the east of the beach. Public to See Whole Race. “The resulting course runs along near the east coast of the Lido and of Pallestrina, the maximum distance from which is 213 kilometer This has the following advan go its prize racer | ind was the only | The will and will One month One week All other States— One month....... day. Any change in address may be made as often as necessary. Rates by Mail—Postage Paid Payable in Advance Maryland and Virginia— ings; it is possible to act promptly in case of forced descent; the public can watch the entire course of the race; there are wide stretches of calm water at the three vertices of the course which are well suited for the descent on the water. state already that each will have a hangar of its own to cover the seaplanes, as well as a slip of its own."” The longest leg of the course is be- tween the port of Lido and the p®rt of Chioggla, a distance of 24.74 kilo- meters. The next longest is between the port of Malamocco and the Port of Chioggla, a distance of 13.860 kilo- meters, and the third leg is between the port of Lido and the port of Mala- mocco, a distance of 11.40 kilometers. BOHNEN ANGERS BERLIN. Hitherto Popular Baritone Refuses Invitation to Sing. BERLIN, August 6 (#).—A public demonstration against the hitherto very popular Metropolitan Opera bari- tone, Michael Bohnen, was evoked by that artist's abrupt refusal to sing the title role in the scheduled “Don Giovanni” performance. At the substituted performance of “The Barber of Seville” it came to an outburst of public resentment. The press took up the matter the next day, when it was learned that Herr Cohnen had not called off the per- formance on account of sickness, but, | as his former admirers and the critics expressed it, “merely to spite the man- agement of the state opera, with whom he had differences, PRIZES FOR BEAUTY SPOTS T e | German Railways Plan to Make Grounds Attractive. BERLIN, August 6 (#).—The Ger- man Railways Administration has set aside 1,000 monetary prizes, ranging from $2 to $6, for horticultural or agricultural arrangements along rail- way embankments or around stations. To_qualify for such a prize, one of the following points must be consid- ered: Floral decorations in the win- dows or on the verandas of stations, switch houses, repair shops, etc.; adorning of unattractive gables, walls or fences with creepers, like wild vine or ivy; planting of trees, bushes, shrubs or hedges alongside of railway embankments, or cultivation of land adjolning the track WOMEN WIN IN BERLIN. Receive Drivers’ Licenses at Rate| of 120 a Month. | BERLIN, August 6 (#).—German women are acquiring drivers’ licenses in increasing numbers. The Berlin police now issue permits to women at the rate of about 120 per month. Before a license is granted to any one a rizouous examination is insisted upon. The candidate must show not only that he can drive a car, but that he 1s familiar with the motor and able to make re rs. He must also know the tcchnical term for every part of his_car. 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