Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1929, Page 11

SPEEDBOAT BOGIE New Orleans-to-St. Louis i Race Seeks to Smash : Record of 1870. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July 22.—Fifty miles ahead of his rival. the Martha Jane, Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis, in his squat little speedboat. the Bogie, was ripping up the Mississippi River today in a boat race, seeking to smash the steamboat record of 90 hours and 30 minutes from New Orleans to St. Lous, zet by the famous old Robert E. Lee in 1870. The Bogic. a 26-foot open motor boat, with three men aboard, and the Martha Jane, a 55-foot cruiser express vacht, in charge of George M. Cox of New Or- | leans, its owner, and seven compan- fons, cast off from Canal street Sunday afternoon at 3:04:30, central time, amid a din of harbor shrieks for the 1,200-mile race. Race Is for 5 Cents. The Bogie soon jumped into a com- manding lead. The first sighting, at Donaldsville, La.. at 7:35 p.m., gave the Bogie a margin of 15 miles. The race is for a 5-cent bet.~ The first stop, at Baton Rouge, at 10:05, for refueling of the Bogle, found the boat gaining rapidly. It was given an estimated 50-mile advantage over the palatial yacht. At Plaquemine, La., 20 miles below Baton Rouge, the New Orleans boat was Tolding to a speed of about 20 miles an hour when the craft trailed the Bogie to reach that point at 11:45. | Packet Race in 1870, The record the boats are trying to beat was set by the world-famous packet Robert E. Lee when that steam- boat beat the Natchez to St. Louis by about six hours, arriving on the 4th of July, 1870. With Dr. Leroy are Bob Hunter and Harvey Brown of Memphis. The Martha Jane carries, in addition to Mr. Cox, Neal M. Helm, Carruthersville, Mo., and Charles Bergensen, George Goertz, Ed Higgins, P. D. Kleinpeter, D. B. B. Reed end Fred Coburn, all of New Orleans, 'PORTES GIL ASKS STATES TO PUSH LABOR MEASURE | Mexican Presldent Calls on Govern- ors to Convene Legislatures to Clear Way for Act. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 22—President | Portes Gil has telegraphed prefldcntfi of state Legislatures throughout the | country to call the Legislatures into session immediately to approve modi- | fication of the national constitution and || clear the way for the National Con- gress to enact the labor law which | esident Portes Gil is pteparing. Modification of the constitution must be approved by the Legislatures of two- thirds of the states. It is necessary, inasmuch as at present the federal Congress is not empowered to enact labor laws of national scope. Congress will begin discussion of the law when it meets Thursday and it is hoped that by that time the state Legislatures will have modification un- der sericus consideration so that the change can be made before the na- | tional body is ready for a vote on the | measure, FIRE DESTROYS TOWN. Loss }:snmaled at $750000 as! Blaze Sweeps Business Section. | WAINWRIGHT, Alberta, July 22 (4. ~Flire starting in a chicken coop terday destroyed most of the business section of this oil town of 2,000 inhabi- tants. Only four business buildi were left standing and the loss was es- timated at $750.000. Among the buildings destroyed were two hotels, three department stores, the old fire hall and municipal offices, the old customshouse and every restaurant | but one. The post office also was de- stroyed, but some of the mail was saved. Many of the buildings were of frame construction. Responsibility Use Yellow Cabs and N Black and White Cabs } Owned and Operated by Brown Bros Smooth, Clear . Complexions H -uunmned by daily use of Resinol Soap and Ointment. A touch of the ! goothing, flesh colored ointment for any litle spot of irritation heals it quickly. The gentle, cleansing lather of the soap, frees the pores from clogging impurities (the commonest eause of pimples) and keeps the skin clear, softand more resistant to various disorders. Sold by all druggists. r FREE Semple of cachienough for Resinol, Dept. 82, Baltimore, Md. Resinol e THE RADIO'S USEFULNESS IN AIR TO AID IN DEFEATING HAZARDS FIFTY MILES AHEAD Weather Information. Flight Orders and Dlrectwn Of Planes From Ground Are Made Possible. Martin Codel, T North American completing & surve newest and fmportant dev: radio—its use to rmm. Teenitate and speed up air travel. He has covered vir- tually all of the larger air lines from coast 1o coast gathering material for the series, which includes an article on the work 'Herbert Hoover, ir., is doing in this fleld. BY MARTIN CODEL. Some of the possibilities of radio in aeronautics ~were demonstrated in spectacular fashion during the Hoover- Curtis inauguration. Both of the big dlo bro-dusv chains staged Nation- de broadcasts by observers in planes aring above ths clouds at Washing- e country, for the first time, heard actual voices from the clouds on the national networks. Here was a graphic demonstration of one phase of radio’s commercial and military use, Short waves carried the voices from the airplanes to ground stations, whence they were relayed to the chain stations and rebroadcast throughout the continent. Only a correspondent for pei Tmu;u 18 ially tuned receiver could pick up {gec Ahon waves; the average home set could not. If raido's value in reporting was proved, the suggestion was more strik- ing of its day-by-day importance in peace time flying. The demonstration showed how aviators might speak while in flight and be heard below clearly and distinctly. Reception In Air Is Possible. As one of the announcers on one of the planes, the writer can attest that it proved also that perfect reception from the ground was possible. In fact, we heard our cues to begin announcing only by listening to what was _trans| t?rlmx below through our | N tightly At nf ear phones. Moreover, we were able to follow all of Mr. Hoover's inaugural remarks, word by word, as we soared over the Capitol plaza and elsewhere about Washington. Several more successful broadcasts from planes have been carried out by the chains since last March 4. The Army's simulated aerial bombing of New York City was d directly from the / EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. "nuukhu" pl.nnc Observers in a giant | selves. the recent Army mumlven over Ohio_on the network. The take-off of the Yellow Bird from Old Orchard, Me., and the ill-starred take-off luzmp'. of the Green Flash were reparted from the air by an an- nouncer in a Coast Guard amphibian. Vital Factor in Navigation. ‘With all their spectacular effects, this use of radio in flying is perhaps the least important. Radio serves as a still more vital factor in aerial na .- tion. Not only the military fiyers, the major airways operators—those who carry passengers, mail and freight—are looking to radio to correct many of the present haphazard features of man's amazing effort to conquer space. In the problems of “radio flying” we have another experience with the law's failure to keep pace with scientific prog- ress. Two-way communication between planes and ground is thoroughly prac- ticable and an utter necessity. There is talk of making such radio installa- tions part of Federal regulations gov- erning passenger cn!t But this has not gone beyond the “talk” stage. Meanwhile, however, the mu]or oper- ators have not been neglectful of their C.. MONDAY, like ‘Transconti- mnm Air Pan-American Alrwnyl. National Air rt, West- Alr ress, Universal _Aviation Corporltlon and Boeing Air Transport have_equipped or are equlp&\nl some or all of their planes—at least their large passenger carriers—with radio. ‘These companies have preferred to establish and operate their own radio systems, rather than depend, as the European air operators do, on Govern- ment operation. They have come to the Federal Radio Commission for the nec- t | essary frequencies or wave lengths and that body, while reluctant to give up the precious and ecarce channels for any- thing but public utility uses, has readily granted most of their requests. ‘These observations on “radio flying” will avoid, as nearly as possible, delving too deeply intc the technical. Of what precise use, then, is radio aboard a plln(? Capt. Frederick C. Hingsburg, who is in charge of installing the basic transcontinental network of Govern- ment radio stations. supplementary to which the private operators are build- ing their own stations, sums the radio communications service up under five main headings: (1) Broadcasts of weather information and forecasts: (2) duty to their passengers and to them- | exchange of weather data with pilots; JULY 22, 1929. (3) orders to pilots I!I fil(hl (4) dis- itch of planes: and ( dlo direction Er the guidance of n!rphnea (Copyright, 1920, by North American News- . pawer Amlnu ‘EDISON AIDE DIES. SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., July 22 (®). —Thomas E. Murray, senior vice presi- dent of the New York Edison Co., and inventor of many electrical appliances, died yesterday at his home here. He was 68 years old. ‘With "the exception of Thomas A. Edison, Mr. Murray was sald to have been granted more patents than an; other man in the electrical world. Eight children survive. / 'I"IGE GINGER ALE! NONE BETTER A, G. 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