Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1929, Page 5

STRAIN ON MOTORS BLAMED FOR CRASH Deaths of 8 at Royalton, Pa., Laid to Inability of 2 En- gines to Keep Ship Up. The, death of Lieut. Henry Angell | and “seven enlisted men from Bolling Egld in an Army transport airplane Arash at Royaltoa. Pa, January 11 was due to the inability of two over- strained motors to kecp the heavily loaded plane in the air when the left | outboard motor failed, according to the | afficial report of the Army investigating | by Maj. Gen f of the Army | board, received James E. Fechet, c Air_Corps. The board reported that it arrived ¢ this conclusion after hearing the tes- timony of all available witnesses, but | stated that, owing to the fact that all the men aboard the plane were killed, details of the worst )l(‘a\'ll‘r-lh:m-alri accldent in_ the history of the Alr Corps never would be known. The board's findings showed thef the plane had reached an altitude of be- tween 450 and 500 feet when the left motor stopped. The plane then began settling and turning to the left. o e board believes, was caused | by the fact that Lieut. Angell, th> pilot, | gave the center and right motor full throttle in ile effort to fly the plane back to the Middl ¢ from which he had ta This, THE EVENING JANUARY 18, 1929. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY, which has the contract to supervise the | “CARNIVAL OF THE SKY” event. The purpose is to stimulate in- WILL BE HELD IN jUNE‘ terest in aviation. Kansas City, St. et A | Louis, Wichita, Kans., and New Orleans “Goddess” to Be Chosen From Rep- | are being considered as locations. The carnival will be produced under resentatives of 120 Cities—Lo- |auspices of leading moving picture cations Considered. theaters of the country through the Carnival of the Sky Association of Chi- By the Associated Press. CABD: CHICAGO, January 18.—ATTange- | jarity contests in March, The winners ments for a “carnival of the sky,” to|are to fly to the carnival city. About be held in June, when a “goddess of | 60 cabin planes are to be furnished. the sky” will be chosen from repre- e sentatives of 129 citles, were announced Chicago's new $2,000,000 junior high yesterday by Aviation Industries, Inc., school has 1,450 pupils and 41 teachers. A Saturday Special! The Betrothal Pair S\, X 29 75 Pay 50c Down 50c a Week Beautiful 18-kt, white gold, hand- carved and hand- engraved mount- ings to match. Fiery blue-white diamond in the engagement ring. Both rings for the price of onel Saturday Night Each of the citles is to choose | A young woman representative in popu- | THE GREAY TLANTIC & PACIFI TEA co. NATIONAL COFFEE WEEK A Tribute to the Nation’s F avorite Drink! The remaining two days of this week will con- clude our “National Coffee Week Sale,” the pur- pose of which is to further acquaint our patrons with the distinctive merits of each brand of A&P coffees. Special prices will remain in effect until Satur- day night’s closing. If you haven’t already made your purchase of coffee this week end, why not purchase a pound or even a 1, pound of either 8 O’Clock, Red Circle or Bokar if just for a trial. 8 0°CLOCK Straight Santos Coffee. \n—ded the gold medal at the Sesq Regular Price, 37¢ Lb. Developed by master blenders to give a “kick” rarely found in other coffees. A iavorite for three generations. PACKED IN Lb. Rich flavor, smooth and mellow. -Centennial. RED CIRCLE™ “snap” and Rich and full hodied. Regular price, 41c Lb. Till i FLAVOR-TIGHT 2:Lb- TINS Tin 203c 1- Lb 4 3 c Medium Ibs. 2 sc Calif. Prunes ™S ne. 14c; e 24c 10c tors. Cap! H. A. Dinger of B ield, who flew the big plane to Middletown the morn- ing of the crash. testified that the en- gines were vibrating noticeably on that | flight, but that the vibration was not | sufficient to affect the efficiency of !he; plane and caused him no concern. He | does not think this vibration had any- | thing to_do with the crash. Gen. Fechet, in making public the | ard’s report, stated today that the | ‘Army Air Corps is working vigorously | 20 reduce accidents resulting from motor | failures and_has brought about a re- duction of 50 per cent in the num ber of accidents from this cause since a | rigid system of motor inspection was @ BOKAR America’s highest quality package coffee, chosen by the . Byrd Antarctic expedition because of its wonderful flavor and invigorating qualitics. Regular Price, 45¢ Lb. Wowe Evap. Milk . . .. 19¢ Argo Red Salmon Alaskan Pink Salmen. . Left to right: Oscar T. Wright, past president of the Washington Typothetae, and H. C. C. Stiles, chairman of committee on Franklin's birthday du‘nrations. IMINIATURE AIRCRAFT TO COMPETE TOMORROW nautic Association: George T. Bell, Lieut. Col. C. deF. Chandler, Joe R. Cook, F. Trubee Davidson, Assistant Secretary of War for aeronautics; E. ‘Cla)wn Fish and W. Irving Glover, | First Assistant Postmaster General. The advisory board of the league in- cludes Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, | chairman; Col. Chandler, E. Clayton Fish, Paul Edward Garber, John Poole, tall cans | Eight Boys in Class B to Seek to Raise Mark for Plane Endurance. Sunsweet Prunes pkg. Sun Maid Raisins. ... .. instituted two years ago. BURLINGAME PROBE START IS DELAYED| Return of Officer’s Accuser, Mrs. Blaylock, Awaited J by Collins. Assistant United States Attorney Wil- fiam H. Collins, to whom United States Attorney Rover has intrusted the in- quiry into charges against Police Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second pre- cinet, preferred by Mrs. Helen Blaylock, & palmist, today is awaiting a reply to @ telegram he sent yesterday to Repre- sentative Blanton of Texas, now in that State, to whom the woman is said to have taken her story. Collins inquired if the complainant was still in Texas and asked Mr. Blanton to forward to him all the information he had ob- tained from her. Collins also has possession of a two- #tone diamond ring which the woman claimed had been given to her by the caj . The ring had been held by the iciency Bureau, to which it was turned over at the time Representative ll Gibson and representatives of the bu- reau heard the story about the officer. The assistant prosecutor said he will show the ring a jeweler and have 4t appraised. Although he has conferred with Rep- | Tesentative Gibson, Collins has not had any of the witnesses summoned to the | office of the United States attorney, pending the return to Washington of | Mrs. Blaylock, from whom an nmda\lt, will be so!ught as the first step in the | inquiry. Winter Tennis Popular. odate the tennis enthusi- have been unable to use the | burts because of the unusual cold e heavy wind this Winter, a new Dinard-Saint-Enoget, France, Covered & number of courts. The | s and mnot only tennis | n but society has kept the place | o THE HOUSEWIFE This Special Sale Should Appeal to You When Your Husband Has the Car at His Office You Should Have a Car for Your Own Use. “taken,” ings From House t | Columbia Miniature Aircraft Leagu | will take place tomorrow afternoon m 2 o'clock, at Macfarland Center. Con- classes for scale models, fusilage and scientific, and a prize will be given to | | the winner in each of the six classes. | | At present Lloyd Fish is alone in class A, which requires an indoor duration of 3 minutes, but the District of Columbia | record of class B boys has been raised at each meet, and Bernard von Berne- witz now lacks but 1 second of the class A requisite. There are now eight boys in class B. The meet will open with a qualifying round, entrance to the league being open to all whose planes fly 5 seconds. At present 300 boys are recelving monthly notification of the league meets through the Plane Talk Magazine, pub- lished by the league members. The pins, or insignia of the league, have arrived in the city and registered members will receive them on Saturday afternoon following the contests. T in the District, and the league en-| courages the holding of club meets in addition to the monthly events held by | the league itself. [ Sponsors for the Dissjct of Columbia | Miniature Afrcraft League, include Sen- ator Hiram Bingham, president, Nation- al Aeronautic Asociation; Porter S.| Adams, former president National Aero- | | | The Argonne |} Four rooms, kitchen, re- ception hall and bath, with all outside rooms; i every apartment newly l decorated; unexcelled service, in a desirably lo- cated fireproof building. Resident manager on premises. 16th & Columbia Rd. N.W. Money. 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