Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1930, Page 18

LUTHER SCHMIDT'S MODEL PLANE WINS Tiny Craft Soars Over Bolling! Field 7 Minutes and 9 1-5 Seconds in Contest. Sweeping gracefully into a tricky March wind, the tiny model plane of Luther Schmidt yesterday soared over Bolling Pield for 7 minutes, 9'5 seconds and disappeared into the woods north | of the flield to establish the longest | flight of the 1930 tournament of the District Model Alrcraft League. Schmidt's miniature craft was fol- lowed with the binoculars until it dis- appeared. His plane was lost, but the | league will donate sufficient material | to build another. Sixty model plane pilots qualified at | the meet. All will participate in the | numerous contests to follow throughout | the Summer. The winners will gather for a final contest to cecide the Dis- trict championship. Two Other Planes Lost. ‘The planes of two other fiyers were lost when they soared into the woods north of the fleld. Douglas Bruce's ship crashed somewhere in the woodland section after staying in the air for 6 minutes, 123 seconds. After staying aloft for 3 minutes, 1135 sec- onds, the tiny model of John Sullivan was lost in the woods. Both will be given material with which to build new planes by the league. The class for aces in the league was the only class to remain unchanged. The following aces entered the con- test: Douglas Bruce, Everett Meeks, Harry McGinnis, Luther Schmidt, Ernest | mfl, John Sullivan and Otho Wil- . A new glider type of model has been developed by many league pilots. While the best flight during the con- | test was the 1025 seconds m’{m of Wil- | Ham Streets, many of the fiyers claim | they can get more than a minute’s du- ration out of the new craft. Frank Salisbury, outstanding model lane pilot of the District, said that | Fe has been able to fiy his model of | the Vienna glider for 1% minutes. | Since wind conditions mean more to | the gliders than anything else, aircraft | advisers are scouting about for the best glider field in the District. - This new type of gl most _interesting of any of the models yet to be flown. The gliders are iaunched from the hand and perform | Tealistic loop-the-loops and side-slips, | swooping finally into a perfect landing. Point Winners Follow. Point winners were as follows: ‘Aces—First place, John Sullivan, 7 points; second place, Douglas Bruce, 6 points, and Everett Meeks, 6 points; third place, Luther Schmidt, 5 points. Class A—First place, Oliver Larison, second place, Bert Brooks, 4 points. Class B—First place, Billy Street, 8 points, and Robert Swope, 8 points; second place, Robert Starkey, 5 points; third place, Lloyd Barrett, 3 points, and | Frank Salisbury, 3 points. | Class C—First place, Monroe Branden- | burg, 7 points; second place, Hugh | Kabler, 5 points; third place, Fremont Davis, 4 points. | Class D—First place, Agamemnon | Perros, 9 points; second place, Walt QGrubbs, 7 points; third place, George Leffer. 5 points. Records Were as Follows: Hand-launched scientific models: Aces—Pirst place, Luther Schmidt, 7 minutes, 95 . seconds; second place, Douglas Bruce, 6 minutes, 123 seconds; third place, John Sullivan, 3 ‘minutes, 1135 seconds. Class A—Pirst place, Oliver Larison, 3 minutes, 473 seconds; second place, Bert Brooks, 1 minute, 21 seconds. Class B—First place, Robert surny,‘ Robert Swope, 2 minutes, 3 seconds; third place, Billy Street, 1 minute, 45| seconds, Class’ C—Pirst place, Hugh Kabler, 1 || minute, 45 sefonds; second, Fremont Davis, 1 minute; third place, Jack Pnillips, 6625 seconds. Class D—First place, George Loffler, 5415 seconds; second place, Agamemnon Perros, 524 seconds; third place, Wal- ter Grubbs, 10 seconds. Gliders. Aces—First place, Everett Meeks, ”‘ seconds: second place. John Sulli- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, MAKES RECORD FLIGHT ider proves the | & LUTHER SCHMIDT At the miniature aircraft contest at Bolling Field yesterday made a record flight with his pusher indoor type single-propelior model. The time was 7 minutes and 9'5 seconds. ' Luther is posing with his glider model, due to the fact that his other plane was lost from sight and could not be timed longer. —Star Staff Photo. van, 725 seconds; third place, Harry McGinniss, 5% seconds. Class A-=-First place, Oliver Larison, 6Y5 seconds. Class B—First place, Billy Street, 1025 seconds; seconds place, Robert Swope, T35 seconds; third place, Lioyd Barrett, 45 _seconds. Class C—Pirst place, Monroe Branden- burg, 4%5 seconds. Class D—First place, Agamemnon Perros, 435 seconds; second place, Wal- ter Grubbs, 415 seconds. NEW CHURCH DEDICATED Cumberland M. E. Edifice Named in Honor of Site Domnors. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 29.—The new Davis Memorial Methodist Episco- pal Church on Oldtown road near North Branch, this county, was dedicated by Rev. Dr. Edward T. Mowbray, Hagers- town, superintendent of the Frederick district, Baltimore Conference. Rev. J, H. Cooley, pastor presided, and music was provided by the choir of Kingsley Church, Cumberland. ‘The land for the church was donated by Mason and Emma Davis, for whose family it is named. brick veneer and POULTRY AND EGGS. MOTOR CRASH KEEPS | CLUB FROM CONTEST| Six @irl Members of Danville Or- ganization Hurt When Car Overturns. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., March 29.—Danville High School Glee Club was compelled to withdraw from the annual State singing competition to be held at Roa- noke today under auspices of the Fed- eration of Music Clubs because of & motor accident. Six of the Danville girls were injured when a car driven by Miss Elizabeth Anderson overturned near Axtion while conveying part of the group to Roanoke, All were brought back to Danville, where doctors found nothing more seri- ous than cuts and bruises. A slippery pavement, it was said, caused the car to turn over when the brakes were applied. Lupton Administrator Named. LYNCHBURG, Va., March 29 (Spe- cial).—The Lynchburg Trust and Sav- ings Bank has been appointed admin- istrator of the estate of E. D. Lupton, | merchant, who died here suddenly re- cently. The estate is valued at $129,500, of which $108,000 is personalty. A century or so ago long hair was | men he named denied having vogue for men, with wigs as an alternative for the wealthy. BUS LINE CHARGE STILL UNSETTLED| Alexandria Committees Dis- cuss Rates Without Agree- ment—Other Meetings Held. Special Dispateh to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va,, March 29.—City fathers and representatives of civic and business interests who will be directly affected by the increases sought in the street_car and bus fares held a confer- ence with the men who must furnish transportation service here yesterday afternoon, but after almost four hours of discussion of figures decided to carry the matter over until other meetings could be held. The committee met again this afternoon, but did not conclude its business. Two representatives appointed at the mass meeting of citizens Thursday night to attend yesterday's meeting were told they would not be received by R. L. May, owner of the two lines, shortly before the conference. This action, May stated, | was due to the manner in which he was | treated at Thursday night's meeting, | which caused him to leave the hall early in the session. Press Excluded. Press representatives who appeared at the George Mason Hotel for yesterday's conference were notified that they would not be allowed to be present. Last night Prank W. Noxon, chairman of the orig- inal committee of five appointed by F. C. Goodnow, president of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that he was in- structed to give out no information as to what went on yesterday. Attending yesterday’s conference were Frank W. Noxon, Harry P. Kennedy, John Barton Phillips and Benedict Weil of the original committee appointed by Goodnow, and City Manager Wallace Lawrence, Councilman Carroll C. Plerce and City Attorney Carl Budwesky, add- ed by city council. On the original com- mittee Phillips represents the Alexan- dria Citizens’ Association, and the com- muters’ mass meeting was represented by Kennedy, who acted as chairman of Thursday night's meeting. May and his two auditors presented the transporta- tion lines’ side of the question, and Gardner L. Boothe, former president of the electric line. was present to give of- ficial figures of the road during past periods of operation. May to Stand Pat. 1t is anticipated that May will not re- tract much beyond the changes in the original increases asked for which he proposed to the Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday. These new rates would put in & 5-cent fare as far as Wi ton avenue, 10 cents to the ‘Washington, with eight tokens to Wash- ton for $1. m%ommnwrl will meet again Wednes- day night at the Elks' Hall, and it seems now that this meeting will result in a committee being named to go to Richmond on April 8. It is also prob- able that the Alexandria Citizens’ As- sociation will send a delegation, and that railroad men at Potomac yards will be represented. Fears Gangsters, Swollows Poison. ROCKFORD, Ill, March 29 (#).—In terror of death at the hand of gang- sters, Joe Bellone, 45, father of nmt{ children, swallowed poison and died today. He left a note telling of his fear of gangster persecution, but the any il will toward him. Employment in Denmark creasing. in- QuaLITY C All Leghorns .. Barret, White, Bi Red _angshangs Pekin and Runner Turkeys, Goslings Chicks ‘shipped by Iliustrated Catalog Free HARRY WOOD COBB Gettysburg, Penna. FARM _AND GARDEN. FARM AND GARDEN. FARM AND GARDEN. 12 JUST THINK! WHAT BEAUTY! iheir gorgeous biooms for ¥ N White. Coreopsis—Double ' Yellow. Physostegia—Faise Dragonhead —Pink. Delphiniims—Lisht and Dark ybocks—All Double—Mixed. x! Pink, Purple White. 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The master, the living brains of the ship, directs her course safely at the danger points of every voyage, namely, the land fall and the hazardous entry ares her departure from a port. Innumerable instances come to mind of the wrecks of ships on treacherous rocks close to the harbor fairways. A famous case is the recent loss of the liner Celtic, just outside of Queenstown harbor. Not long back, in 1928, Cap- tain Sir James T. W. Charles of the Cunarder Aquitania was stricken at his post of duty entering the harbor of Cherbourg. My old shipmate, Captain Herbert Hartley, formerly commander of the Leviathan, told me that the most try- ing period of every voyage made by him was hiseentry and departure from the restricted Cherbourg harbor waters. Greater Strain on Master. The enormous growth of the modern | liner places a correspondingly greater strain on the master, charged with the | full responsibility of the handling of these tremendous floating power plants. It is hardly possible for the landsman | to conceive of the potential possibilities | of disaster constantly before the mind | of the commander. New York harbor is a positive ordeal for the master of every large ship. The narrow channel, the restricted depth of water and the possibility of sudden gusts of wind, drifting ships off their course, together with the hazard of maneuvering among harbor craft, place the master under an enormous tension, far greater than that imposed upon any other executive today. In addition to these hazards of the land, we have the enormous hazard of fog at sea. A few years ago, the anchor liner Transylvania arrived in New York after an unusually difficult passage on which the ship was almost continually beset by fog. Capt. David Bone, one of the veteran com- manders of that service, kept the bridge until the ship was docked. Fatigue had overtaken him during the passage when for 48 hours at a stretch, he never left the bridge. Capt. Bone was immediately trans- ferred to the Presbyterian Hospital in New York and for months thereafter fought a gallant battle for his health, Fortunately, this splendid sailor gained the upper hand and after a prolonged vacation came back to the Western ocean and is now returning to the in in command of his Y bound here from a Mediterranean cruise. so0 the ship's | 1930—PART ONE. GROWTH OF OCEAN LINERS PLACE GREAT STRAIN ON MASTERS Have Stricken at Wheel, While Health of Others Has Broken. Been Fatally Many of the large companies, such as the Cunard, now recognize the abso- lute necessity of conserving, as much as possible, the health and nerve force of | their commanders. Captains are re- lieved every three voyages in order that they may, in a measure, recuperate and be prepared to face the vast rsponsi- bilities devolving upon them. It is next to impossible to convey to | the landsman the unending sense of positive responsibility always present in | the mind of the ship’s master. He lives not for the moment, but constantly pro- jects himself ahead of his course into the situations that he knows may at any moment arise. Not only is the ship’s master con- fronted with the problem of the safe navigation of his vessel from the stand- point of her proper position and course, but he knows that, at any moment, day or night, some sudden catastrophe may overtake his charge, either from with- out or from within. A huge ship such as the Europs, speeding at close to 30 knots, moves through the water with a force almost impossible of realization. Floating about in the sea, even at this moment, are half sunken derelicts, many of them loaded with lumber or other heavy cargo weighing thousands of tons. To strike such an object square on at full speed in the dead of night is an ever-present possibility, even in the clearest weather | at sea. ‘And, of course, we always re- | call the disaster of the Titanic—the | menace of ice and fog. | Floundering of Vestris Example. In the recént floundering of the Ves- tris, we have an instance of & gradusl culmination of disaster, growing out of RUBIO JOINS EFFORT TO FREE OIL MAN Orders Military Commander of Nayarit to Report on Case Immediately. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 29.—Presi- dent Ortis Rubio has taken a personal | interest in efforts to rescue J. E. Bris- tow, American oll man of San Angelo, Tex., held for ransom by bandits near ‘Tepic, Nayarit. He has telegraphed orders to the Federal military com- mander to report on the case im- mediately. Bristow was captured while pros- pecting in Nayarit, and on March 18, the American embassy urged the Mexi- can government to make every, effort to _free him. President Rubio particularly ~asked Gen. Pablo Rodrigues for information about the capture in Tepic of three men who had gone there as representa- tives of the bandits to negotiate for Bristow’s ransom. According to newspaper reports, an American captured with Bristow was released by the bandits and has re- appeared at Tepic. His movements are being investigated on the theory that he may have had a hand in the kid- naping. Efforts to effect Bristow's release are being carried on both by his son, Gor- don, who has arrived at Tepic with ran- som money, and by the government, which has sent troops to pursue the bandits. Office Boy Goes on Air. The C. B. S. chain has an office boy whose job each Saturday night is to go on the air in a sort of intruding man- ner. The boy is Nick Corpolongo, cap- tain of the boys at the chain's | studios. It is his job to interrupt Ted Husing with a lot of questions in the nts program. MALAYAN RUBBER CHIEFS FAVOR EXPORT DUTY CUT Suspension of Rents on Land Also Is Urged to Aid Planting Industry. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 29.—Rubber planters in Malaya favor a reduction of export duties on the .commodity as a measure of assisting ‘the industry, members of the Rubber Exchange of New York were informed in a cable- gram from Singapore today. Waiving or reducing the export du- ties and suspending rents on rubber land during the present slump, or until such time as the price is improved to an economic figure, are suggested to aid the industry. —_— British Malaya has a petroleum price- cutting war. FARM AND GARDEN. Three year-old ril, May, Ll to five trees. g FIEL K 8 EVERGREENS 2 Norway Arborvitae. 2 pertus Comm FREE—Any_ S1.10 selectiol 1 FREE with each $5.30 or Order di d_trees; two trees RHODODENDRONS (Maximum Rosebay). Pinkish white few- ers. 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