Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1929, Page 5

20 WOMAN PILOTS READY FOR FLIGHT Gather at Santa Monipa for Air Derby to Begin This Afternoon. By the Associated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif., August 17.— Twenty women, most of them veteran pilots, made last preparations today for the $25,000 Santa Monica-Cleveland women's air derby, planned to start here tomorrow as a part of the na- tional air races in Cleveland begin- ning August 25. | ‘The race will mark the first women’s cross-country contest, and it will bring together most of America’s most fa- mous woman pilots, including Amelia Earhart, Ruth Elder, Bobbie Trout, Marvel Crosson, Louise McPhetridge Thadem and Mary Hazyleys. One-Minute Intervals. Sixteen ships were here and the re- maining four were expected late today. ‘The start is set for 2 p.m., Pacific Coast standard time, with departures at one-minute intervals. The entry list follows: 1 Marvel Crosson, San Diego, holder of the women'’s altitude record. Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Pitts- ‘burgh, former altitude record holder. Bobbie Trout, Los Angeles, former holder of the women's solo endurance Tecord. Amelia Earhart, Boston, transoceanic yer. Ruth Elder, Beverly Hills, Calf, transoceanic fyer. ‘Thea Rasche, Gerrwn pilot. Mary Hazyleys, Tulsa, America’s only ‘woman transport pilot. Opal Kuni, New York. Mary von Mack, Detroit. Phoebe Omlie, Memphis, Tenn. Nevada Paris, Great Neck, N. Y. Ruth Nichols, New York. Edith Folitz, Portland, Oreg. Mrs. Keith Miller, New Zealand. Claire Fahy, Los Angeles, wife of Herbert J. Fahy, holder of the men's #olo endurance record. Florence Lowe Barnes, San Marino, Calif. Blanche Noyes, Cleveland. Margaret Perry, Los Angeles. Gladys O'Donnell, Los Angeles. Mabel Water, Topeka, Kans. Lasts More Than Week. ‘The race will include overnight stops at San Bernardino, Calif.; Phoenix, Ariz.; El Paso, Tex.; Abilene, Tex.; Fort. Worth, Tex.; Wichita, Kans.; St. Louis, Mo., and Columbus, Ohio, the fiyers expecting to reach Cleveland about 2 p.m. August 26. With the exception of the first day's flight, the hops will cover about 400 miles, and 18 stops will be made en Toute. ‘The pilots expected to arrive here today were Ruth Nichols, Mary Hazy- leys, Mrs. Keith Miller and Edith Foltz. Most of the ships are large craft with powerful motors. | CRACK NAVY FLYERS HOP TODAY FOR RACES ‘“Nine High Hats,” Stunt Men, Loop-the-Loop in Formation. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 17.—In- tensive training of several months com- pleted, more than a score of the finest planes in the United States Navy will soar eastward tomorrow and Monday overland to the national air races at Cleveland. ‘The activities of the Navy no longer are limited to the seven seas. ‘The “Navyition” maneuvers were closed today with a spectacular flight review above San Diego Bay of 140 Navy planes—bombers, pursuit planes, combat planes and observation planes, some amphibians, others seaplanes or with ordinary landing gear. Included in the review were the “Nine High Hats,” stunt aviators, who have perfected a loop-the-loop in formation. The trick is done in groups of threes, each group being connected by 40-foot | TOpES. | The review was taken by Rear Ad- miral Henry V. Butler, cormander of the airport squadrons of the battle fleet, from an observation station on North Island. With Admirat Butler were other naval and civil officials and rep- resentatives of patriotic organizations. The planes leaving for the East will be commanded by Lieut. Comdr. H. C. ‘Wick. Three Sikorsky amphibians will take off tomorrow, carrying.with them mechanics for the 18 single-seated com- bat planes, declared by Navy men the greatest fighting unit ever sent across) the country, which will start for Cleve- | land before sunrise Monday. HOUSE BUILT BY MINERS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION' Claim of $112,000 Against Labor Temple Is Pressed by Ohio District Union. By the Associated Press. “LLAIRE, Ohio, August 17.—“The the miners built,” a labor temple ected here 10 years ago at a cost of ‘more than $225,000 by the United Mine ‘Workers of America, will be sold at public auction Monday afternoon. ‘The building, appraised at $120,000, is being sold to satisfy an action of the district organization, which claims a debt of $75,000, loaned at the time of erection, plus interest to date—an ag- gregate of $112,000. About $100,000 of the funds for construction of the build- ing was raised by contribution, the mihers of the district contributing five cents a week over a period of several years. It is believed here the International Organization of Miners will buy the | building. | | i | i Award to be given to winner of Santa Monica-to-Cleveland air derby. Miss Gladys O’Donnell, and, right, Miss in the race. Lett, May Halslip, 2 of the 20 women entered HOOVER'S DEVOTED SECRETARY RETURNS TO NATIVE First Time George Akerson Has Been Separated From President in 3 Years. “| Like Him Better Than I Did,” He Tells Those Seek- ing His Opinion of Chief. BY WILLIAM HARD. The Norwegian secretary of the Swiss-German President of this Anglo- Saxon country has gone home to his native land of Minnesota. This is the Arst time that George Akerson has been separated from Mr. Hoover in three years. Asked what he thought of Mr. Hoover now, Mr. Akerson said: “I like him better than I did.” Since Mr. Akerson three years ago thought Mr. Hoover was abler than Julius Caesar and more fascinating than James G. Blaine, it would seem that ultimately he will be entirely for him. Plenty of nonsense has been talked about how Mr. Akerson taught politics to Mr. Hoover. Mr. Hoover has his own peculiar political methods which only he could have invented. They do not square with any precedent. Nobody ever advised him to build a system of politics out of a lot of non- political associations and maneuvers and make it look as if it wasn't poli- tics at all. That is his own original contribution to American political science. Mr. Akerson nevertheless has been one of Mr. Hoover's canniest and cagyist political assistants, and he, too, has methods that leave the observer often frustrated. Can Be Resolute and Firm. Gaze upon his unruffied brow. Note his high healthy color. Oserve his well-fed height. Could such a man so amused, 5o benign, ever give any visitor the equivalent of the “bum’s rush” from the presidential executive office? He could and does Mr. Akerson, the jovial, has become resolute and stern. His last few days here before he de- parted to the flords of Minnesota seem to have been devoted largely to de- | veloping a scheme of rules which citi- zens may follow if they want to be assured that their petitions to be al- lowed to see the President will be vigor- ously and totally rejected. Rule one is to bring with you in your pocket an already prepared mimeo- graphed statement which, after your interview with the President, you pro- pose to give out to the press, saying that the President listened to your views with the greatest interest. If Mr. Akerson can discern this statement on your person by any telltale bulge on the side of your coat or by rapidly passing his hand across your shoulders and around your waist you will never get into the President’s private room. Must Stick to Story. Rule two is that if you tell Mr. Aker- son that you want to see the President in order to pay him your respects and ask him how he likes the weather, and if you then, upon being admitted to his presence, ask him what he thinks of companionate marriage on behalf of the woman subscribers to the string of agricultural magazines, you may see the President, but you will never see him again. Rule three is that if you mail a let- l!ere’ how it works ROOM SUITE $139 LIVING ROOM_SUITE—Get a $139 Redroom or Dining Room Suite Free—S139 $159 LIVING ROOM SUITE—Get a $139 Bed: room or $189 LIVI Bedroom Living- Room Suite Free—$159 G _ROOM SUITE—Get a 8189 r Dining Room Suite Free—$18) $229 LIVING ROOM SUITE—Get a $229 Bedroom or Dining Room Free—$§229 $249 LI s $249 Bedroom Room Euite Free—! 5289 LIVING ROOM SUITE—Get a Bedroom or Dining Room _Suite Free —$280 ROOM SUITE—Get nr’ Dining MINNESOTA GEORGE AKERSON. —Underwood Photo. ter to the President denouncing' him for not having seen you yet as the spokesman of a downtrodden cause and demanding that he see you at once, and if you give your letter to the news- papers before it even reaches the White House, your cause will keep on being downtrodden so far as the President is concerned, because Mr. Akerson will see to it that you never get beyond the White House front door mat. Rule four is that if you are a worthy citizen and join a worthy organization {for a worthy cause and, nevertheless, allow your petition for a presidential interview to be carried to the White House by any of the professional pub- licity pests with which Washington {s infected and afflicted, especially if they happen to be well known income tax dodgers or well known unfrocked clergy- men or well known personal political blackmallers, your unfortunate choice of your company will most certainly keep you from the President’s company. ‘These and numerous similar rules which now lie firmly imbedded in Mr. Akerson’s genial and jovial purposes for the future have been thrust upon his companionable disposition by cir- cumstances of the most surprising and cruelest sort. Ministers Got By. ‘Who would have thought that eminent and scrupulous ministers would have got by Mr. Akerson on the plea that they wished merely to compliment the President upon his passion for law en- to the President upon the desirability of keeping holy Sabbath day by means of Federal origin. It is true that the amazed President is reported to have thrown a bombshell into the ranks of the visiting preachers by asking them if they included recreation among the things they desired to have forbidden to all citizens on our one normal week- ly day of leisure. It is also true, how- ever, that hereafter even the wearers of the clerical livery will be required by Mr. Akerson, before they enter to see the President, to say—at least twice— tual intentions regarding OR This completely furnished tiful pine forest. 19 N. 8th St. forcement and would then have orated | pe! Virginia, overlogking beautiful Chesapeake Bay. fishing, shooting, oysters, hard and soft shell crabs. 8-room _residence, water and bath. cultivation, splendid ‘assorted family orchard, 10 acres in beau- Priced only $8,500. STAUNCH ADMIRER WON BY HOOVER Mountaineer Did Not Vote for Him, but Helped Pick His Camp Site. BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. SYRIA, Va., August 17.—Bob Graves, grizzled patriarch of the Blue Ridge, didn't vote for President Hoover, but he helped him select his camp site on the Rapidan and, having thus Been thrown in intimate contact with him, has become one of the President's staunchest admirers in the mountain country. The 74-year-old mountaineer, with his faithful, sure-footed mount, Trixiz, is probably the most widely known fig- ure in this isolated section. Born in the rugged country near the Hoover lodge, “Old Bob,” as the natives affectionately call him, knows every square inch of the mountains towering above the Spll'k.llns Rapidan, and it was but natural that his services should have been enlisted to aid the Presi- dent in selecting a likely place to fish and camp. Owns Most of Mountain. As a matter of fact, Bob owns most of Big Stone Mountain, directly over- looking the Hoover K , and scarcely a day passes that his picturesque frame, astride 15-year-old Ixie, may not be seen jogging up the rocky paths high above the Rapidan, on the trail of wayward cattle. Undoubtedly the President himself may have heard the weird reverbera- tions of Bob Graves' stentorian voice as it echoed down the mountain side, and wondered what it was. Bob's roaming, footloose beeves know what that call means, however, and once having heard it, they lose no time in plodding up the steer slopes of the forest to the artificial salt lick, atop the mountain. The venerable mountaineer lives in a large, modernized home at the base of the mountains, not far from where the new road into the presidential camp branches off, just outside of Criglersville. The Graves' home, noted for its hospitality, has sheltered many distinguished guests, including Gov. Byrd, officlals of the Shenandoah Na- tional Park and ‘‘government men” of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Wife's Dinners Famous. Mrs. Graves, as busy as & young housewife, despite her 71 years, has the reputation of being the best cook in these parts, and word-of-mouth publicity has made her chicken and country ham dinners famous, not only among the mountain folk, but among city people who visit Skyland and other points in the Blue Ridge. She's not in the business, but nobody ever stopped at Bob Graves' place any length of time without sitting down to the long table in the old-fashioned dining room. Syria seems to have been founded and now is populated mostly by mem- bers of the Graves clan. The place scarcely is recognizable as a town, but boasts a general store, with post office, run by the Graves family, and half a dozen farm houses within a radius of several miles. It is connected to Crig- lersville with & narrow, bumpy road. ‘When President and Mrs. Hoover first came into this section, early in the Spring, snow was on the ground. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover were accompanied by Willlam E. Carson, chairman of the State Conservation Commission, and several other officials. The party halted at McAlester's store and post office in Criglersville while horses were being procured from the Graves farm. “I was standing on onhe side of the store,” Mr. Graves ppints out proudly, “when I noticed the President look at me and say something to Mr. Carson. “Mr. Carson called me over and said the President wanted to meet me. I went over and shook hands and we chatted a little bit about something or other. The President doesn’t do much talkin® and neither do I, you know. “Meanwhile my daughter had been introduced to Mrs. Hoover and they were having quite a talk. Then they took me over to Mrs. Hoover and she shook my hand real friendly-like. She's sure a fine lady and Mr. Hoover’s a fine man. “We're mighty glad to have 'em up here and I guess they like it ‘round here, too, from what I've heard!” ——e e their interview with the President are actually what they say they are. The blue law advocates, with their Sabbath day concealed uplift, having thus made a big rift in Mr. Akerson’s happy hospitality, the rift has broa ened to a gaping wound by the be- havior of the anti-contingent. ‘These latter were worthy le, who wished to play ball on Sunday, but who allowed themselves to be represented in Washington by those who further wished to attract attention to them- selves by sending public letters to the ‘White House containing two items. Item one—A statement to the effect that the administartion was dominated by preachers and accordingly rotten to the core and a stench in the nostrils of mankind. Item two—A request to he allowed instantly to tell it to the President in rson. ‘This last incident brought the pale cast of thought to Mr. Akerson’s rubi- cund welcoming countenance. No long- er.could he double for Texas Guinan as a cheery hostess. He resigned at once from his honorary presidency of the Na- tional Association of Political Greeters. He left for Minnesota, with the antis still gazing through the White House fence from the outside of it. He will return to keep them outside until they get his new rules memorized. His mot- to in life now is: 'm good natured; but you show your hand or you don’t show your face.” The Best Buy Today on Chesapeake Bay! 38,500 Completely Furnished salt-water front home down in ‘Wonderful Splendid 25 acres land, 15 under- Irvin L. Davis Richmond, Va. Bob Graves, grizzied patriarch of the Blue Ridge, who heiped President Hoover select his fis camp. Above: Honeymoon Lodge, whi Graves built for his daughter and her husband. —Star Staff Photos. FLAMES POSTPONE WILLIAMS® FLIGHT Racing Plane’s Ignition In- sulation Burns Off From Short Circuit. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Staff Correspondent of The Bt ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 17.—Disap- pointed again today in his efforts to get his powerful Mercury racing plane into the air for its initial flight test in prep- aration for the Schneider trophy races in England next month, Lieut. Alford J. Willlams will renew his attempt to- morrow morning. Although the weather was ideal this morning for the first time in a week, a short circuit in the complicated wiring system of the 1,100-horsepower engine, resulting in burning of the insulation, held up the take-off. Before the dam- aged wiring could be replaced a strong breeze had sprung up, and after wait- ing all afternoon Lieut. Willlams re- luctantly ordered the plane covered up again shortly before sunset. Owing to the hazard of taking off the water and landing in the tremen- dously powerful racing plane until he has had an opportunity to learn how the plane will handle, Lieut. Williams and backers have determined to take no unnecessary chances on the first flight. The attempt is to be made only when weather conditions are absolutely right. Will Learn on First Flight. the first flight, during which Lieut. Willlams hopes to be able to learn something of the characteristics of the untried ship, he expects to be able to take off and land under ordi- nary weather conditions. Until he has made his initial flight, however, he and his backers feel that it would be fool- ish to risk accident to the plane, which is the sole hope of the United States in the coming international speed clas- sic, by attempting to fly from rough water and with unfavorable winds. ‘The maiden flight undoubtedly will be made down the Severn River from a starting point in front of the Naval Academy, where the racer has been berthed for the past 10 days. The plane’s motor must be started with an electrical starting gear mounted on & float and applied to the propeller ex- terns Calm water is necessary for this operation. As the Severn River is comparatively narrow in front of the Naval Academy and the plane will require considerable distange to get off the water, the at- tempt can be made only when there is a very slight breeze directly upstream from the southwest. For the past three days there has been a brisk north and northeast breezee. Time Is Drawing Short. After one or two short test flights, the racing plane will be lifted aboard the Navy aircraft tender U. S. 8. Sand- piper and taken to a speed course laid out by the Navy off Kent Island, near the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, directly opposite the mouth of the Severn. Here the plane will be put over the course and its speed recorded by an automatic photo-electric timing apparatus. Lieut. Williams hopes to leave the United States for England before the end of next week. Under his tentative time schedule he probably will have to leave Annapolis not later than Wednes- day. The Schneider races are to be flown at Cowes, between the Isle of Wight and the British mainland, Sep- tember 6 and 7. ‘Though his racer has been held idle on Santee wharf, Lieut. Willlams has been flying frequently during the past week, using fastest Navy fighting plane available. This is a Navy Curtiss Hawk single-seater fitted with twin pon- toons, as-is the racer. Lieut. 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