Evening Star Newspaper, May 31, 1931, Page 5

i o BOOPL €S FLIGHT | COVPLETED SAFELY Air Armada’s Maneuvers Un- marred by Injury to Personnel. (Continued From First Page.) without injury to personnel. The only | accidents involving serious damage to| planes occurred in landings. i The cnly serfous casualties of the | expedition were 17 cases of mumps, | 4 of which broke out in Dayton, | and the others in New York. All were s:nt away to military hospitals in the | new Air Corps hospit:] plane now at; Bolling Field. The plane also brcught to Walter Reed Hospital a soldier who hurt his back in a ground accident at Dayton. Serious Trouble Absent. The combat demonstration and re- view over the Potcmac, between the Lincoln Memorial 2nd Arlington National Cemetery, stirring climax of | two weeks of almost superhuman ef- | forts, was unmarred by trouble, except of the most trival character. 1 Our pursuit plane suffered a bent | propeller:landing in a rough spot amid a cloud of dust at Bolling Field Al plane of the 3d Attack Group, piloted by Lieut. H. R. Parker, was forced out of the column by motor trouble, and | landed safely 5 miles west of Lees- burg, Va. Lieut. Parker immediately wired division headquarters at Bolling | Field that he expected to have they motor running soon and would rejoin his squadron at Logan Field, Baltimore. The splendid safety record of the division during its strenuous two weeks of operations over an area extending from_Chicago to the Atlantic Ocean and Bangor, Me., to Hampton, Va., was cause for rejoicing among all officials of the maneuvers. Despite long hours of close formation flving, operations from airports taxed to capacity and operation over miles of dangerous flying country, the safety record has been better than the average for normal operations at home airports. This is regarded as all the more re- markable in view of the participation of fiving cadets, 69 strong. from Kelly Field, Texas. where they still are in training, and National Guard pilots from all 19 National Guard squadrons, many of whom fly only intermittently, and who do not often have an oppor- tunity to fly formation in squadron units. Squadrons Stay at Fields. Yesterday's combat demonstration and review brings to a close the opera- tions of the First Air Division, started st Fairfield Air Depot, Dayton, Ohio, two weeks ago. Today the squadrons remain at their temporary fields—pur- suit at Bolling Field, bombardment and observation at Langley Field, Va.; at- tack at Baltimore, observation at New- castle, and transport at Middle-! town, Pa. It is a day of preparation for the home journey. With the beginning of the general movement to home stations tomorrow morning. the division. first in the his- tory of American military aviation, will cease to exist. In a formal announcement of the completion of the maneuvers, Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, commander of the division, said last night: “The First Air Division has conclud- ed successfully the largest air maneu- vers ever assigned to the Air Corps in peace times. Operation over an area bounded by Chicago, N°w York and Washington, with its far-flung recon- naisance extending from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic seaboard, and from Maine to Virginia, the division carried out its mission. Congratulates Personnel. “Monday the division breaks up. its units returning to their respec.ive sta- tions throughout the United States. With them they will carry the thought of successful performance carried out in accordance with the traditions of the Army. To these officers and men who have so loyally performed their duty under my command, I extend my con- gratulations and appreciation. “To the communities who have so| warmly welcomed the division in its pilgrimage, to the thousands of indi- viduals who have so generously co-op- erated in our problems of maintenance, I extend my appreciative thanks.” Gen. Foulois and the officers and men of the division were warmly com- mended by F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation, in a formal statement issued last night. Davison Commends Men. “The main phase of tie largest and most instructive air maneuvers ever conducted in times of peace has just been completed.” Mr. Davison said. “The chief of the Air Corps and Brig. Gen. Foulols, in command of the Ist Air Division, and every sing'e officer and enlisted man of his command, de- serves the highest commendation for the extraordinary efficiency, safety 2nd recision with which these exercices ave been conducted.” The 1ecord of the past two weeks, Mr. Davison said, s:ancs as “the highest p-ssible tribute to the perscn- nel and -equipment.” The record of safety, he declared, could not have been accomplished “but for the superior equipment produced by the American aircraft industry, the excellent staff Davison emphasized the fact that the maneuvers have not cost a sin- gle penny more than w-uld normal training operations of the Air Cor but merely represent a massing of t units for training together rather than a dribbling out of training in small units. Had Greatest Co-operation. “It is cbvious,” Mr. Davison said, “that there are perplex.ng questions involved in supplying, maintaining and commanding over 600 planes as a single unit. These answers cannoi be found in an office; they must be worked out in actual exercises. Furthermore, there are additional problems in operat- ing Ja'g> numbers cf pl>nes from civilian »irports and over civilian air- vays. Municipal and airport authori- well as civillan pilots and hiave furnished invaluable peration. coubt if any air maneuvers have b-en mcre producitve than the prevent cnes from the training and t~cinical siandpoint. They early ;an> the United States i first place ever cecretary £ocretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff, added their congratula- tions to the officers and men of the diviston. = Observation Group to Leave. Though demobilization of the division is not to begin offcially until tomor- rcw morning, several units are expected to start on their way today. The 102nd Observation Group, composed of the 205th, 206th and 207th Squadrons, manned by cadets and instructors from Kelly Field, Tex., is to leave Langley Field today bound for home by way of Raleigh, N. C., and Pope Field. The 22nd Observation Squadron of the visional 104th Group, also at Langley, is to leave today for Augusta, Athens, Atlanta, Ga., and Montgomery, Ala., en route to its home station at ‘Maxwell Field. The 88th Observation Squadron, also of the 104th Group at Langley, is coming to Bolling Field on the first leg of its homeward fourney, gassing up here before proceeding. The 15th and 91st Observation Squadrons of the 103rd Group, at Langley, and the 208th Light Bombardment Squad- ron, Kelly Field, also at Langley, will yefuel at Washington today en route for home. The 304th Attack Squadron, a pro- SCRIBE WATCHES MANEUVERS ALOFT Star Reporter Saw Capitol in| Glimpse at 100 Miles an Hour. Sent up in a participating plane t watch the Army Air Corps’ demonstra- tion yesterday. a reporter from The Star learned that the best possible place from which to witness such a | spectacle is the ground. | The ship in which he was riding swept into its place in the formation and out again so quickly that the re- porter was well on his way back to Langley Field before realizing that the | demonstration, so far as he con- cerned, was a matter for the historians | to_deal with. ‘ The reporter, upon reaching Langley Field early yesterday morning, was| turned over to Lieut. William Catron, pllot of & two-seater observation ship from San Antonlo, Tex. Lieutenant Playful. The lieutenant, it developed, was not at all averse to having a little fun at the expense of a passenger, Who very apparently was not what might be called air-minded. | While & mechanic was warming up the ship, Lieut. Catron drew an un- | usually large watch from his pocket. | “How soon do we take off > the re- porter asked as the pilot glanced at the timeplece. “In a few minutes.” he answered, “but I can't tell from this watch. It doesn't keep good time.” | “Why do you carry it then?" the pas- senger asked. “Because it's big and I can throw it at other pilots when they come too close in the air,” was the answer. “I've lost two like that already this trip.” | After the ship had been warmed up & mechanic came along with a fiying outfit for the reporter. The outfit in- cluded a parachute, which was the first one the passenger had seen at closs r e. | You understand how these things | work, don't you?” he asked, pointing to the chute. | Instructed in Parachute. Upon learning that the reporter's un- | derstanding of the matter was limited, the mechanic gave detailed instructions and then strapped the device on his back. | The parachute did not add much to the reporter's peace of mind and the mechanic's next words came near de- stroying it altogether. | “I hope you won't need that thing, he said, “but arcidents will happen. If | anything goss w'ong don't jump unm‘ the pilot tells you to. “If you do jump and happen to fall over water be sure and unhook the chute before coming down. If you don’t it will drag you under and drown you. It seemed that enough had b-en said on the subiect, but the mechanic had | one more word to add. | “Now, don't let what I've said bother | you,” he concluded. “These parachutes have never failed vet | In groups of three, the yellow-winged ships. observation pianes and bombers, | got und-r way and roared into the air. Swinging In a long, sweeping curve, the armada headed toward Washington. | For over an hour the squadron kept | its course over farms, towns and rivers. Sights Potomae. | Just as the reporter had become con- | vinced they were lost, a twisting ribben | of water appeared 4,000 feet below. The ships followed its courss for sev- eral miles, however, before the repor!erl realized that this must be the Potomac. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, The Army's 1st Air Division passed in review before the Secretary of War here yesterday. made up the armada which moved over the new Arlington Bridge in formation in less than five minutes. Upper right: The undersice of a flight Lower right: Secretary and Mrs. Hurley and their children viewing the division from a vantage point on the Wilfred Rowleau, 10 vears cld, who fell off a fence post Observation groups viewed from Arlington, with the Lincolp Memorial below. of bombers. Memorial Bridge. Lower left: The only casuaity of the rev at Bolling Field while watching the planes take off there. He was treated for D. C, MAY 31, 1931—PART ONE. SCHNEIDER VICTOR IN MOTOR CLASSIC Wins $40,000 When Mis- haps Force Out Leaders. Bystander Kilied. (Continued From PFirst Page.) cracked up, the machine driven by Tony Gulotta, Kansas City, who was running third, smashed into the re- taining wall at the very same spot where Arnold met with his accident. Young Brink, who was struck by the wheel from Arnold's car, was employed at a concession stand several hundred feet from the scene of the accident. He hdfizd in an Indianapolis hospital to- . ese two accidents, coming & few seconds apurt, in the closing miles of the race, threw Schneider, the lanky 30-year-old son of an Indianapolis taflor, into the lead which he main- tained until the finish, crossing the line 215 miles ahead of Fred Frame of Los Angeles. Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles was third and Loule Meyer, South Gate, Calif.,, 1928 winner of the classic, driv- ing for Myron Stevens, Los Angeles, was fourth. Russell Snowberger, Phil- adelphia, finished fifth, with Jimmy Gleason, Philadelphia, sixth; Ernie Triplett, Los Angeles, seventh; W. H. (Stubby) Stubbiefield, Los Angeles, eighth; Clff Berger, Los Angeles, ninth, and Chet Miller, Detroit, Tenth. Seventeen of the original 40 drivers survived the punishing test of speed and driving skill, Schneider, who had been trying to win the Indianapolis classic since 1928, when he made his debut in the even covered the 500 miles in 5:10:27.94, average of 96.629 miles an hour. Frame's time was 5:11:11.12. He averaged 96.406 miles an hour. Hepburn, finishing third, made the perilous 500-mile trip in 5:18:23.35. The others were strung out far in the rear of the first two to finish. $40,000 Cash to Victor. By his victory, Schneider will earn aboui $40.000 in cash. He will receive $20,000 from the Speedway manage- ment as first prize and will pick up an- other $20,000 in bonuses awarded by accessory firms and lap prize money. He won about $2,000 in lap money. Frame, who finiched second, received $10,000. Before the accident forced him out of the race, Arnold nad won $8450 in lap prizes and was getting ready to count the first prize of $20.000 when he smashed into the retaining wall to escape with his life. ‘The start of the race, postponed three times, due to drizzling rains, finally got under way at 12 o'clock, two hours late, and immediately developed into what apparently would have been a record breaker, with Arnold leading the parade. Arnold, driving his machine, | the same one with which he rode to | triumph a year ago. cracked the record | for the first 75 miles, which he reeled | off in 41:14.23, an average of 109.125 miles an hour. Despite the drizzling rain, the Speed- way management claimed that the at- tendance was as great as a year ago! when 150,000 were present. Others guessed the attendance, however, at 120.000 or less. The spectators, uneasy and with en- thusiasm dampened at the three post- | poned_starts, became intensely excited More than 600 planes Upper left: on his head. —S8tar Staff and A. P. Photos a bump tion, nosed down until they were within | 300 feet of the ground. Three times the | P|BK BlEENTENNlAL | field was circled, while earlier arrivals | went down and taxied aside. | X DIREBTOR I”ESDAY Then the observation group nosed Kruckman Leads Six Can- dcwn and landed, three ships at a time. 15 seconds apart. Almos: blinded by the didates for Fisher Vacancy. dust, the pilots sighted their eourse as they taxied across the fleld by the ship in front and to the right. Other ships were lined up on the left, and Lieut, Catron-failed to see them for | tha dust. When he was within 100 feet of his designated stcpping place he col- lided with another plane. No one was hurt, but both ships were damaged. “Can you beat it?” the pilot asked. “Here’s my last landing after two weeks of this stuff and I pull this.” Ruefully he took out his watch to time his accident report. “Do you know what I wish?” he inquired. | The rter said he did not. | “Well,” he muttered, “I jus. wish this turnip was & boomerang.” MUSSOLINI CLOSES CATHOLIC SOCIETIES THROUGHOUT ITALY (Continued From First Page) (Continued From First Page) ported to have been considered for the post are Dr. George H. Havenner, presi- | dent. of the Pedeartion of Citizens’ As- sociations; Jesse C. Suter, also prom- | inent in civic affairs: George J. Adams, | secretary of the District of Columbia | Committee on Employment, and Rufus 8. Lusk, statistician and executive sec- | retary of the Operative Builders' Asso- ciation. Kruckmen was born at sea 50 years ago and has had a colorful career. He served as a war correspondent during the Spanish-American, Russo-Japanese and World Wars. Long interested in aviation, he is credited with having organized the first cross-country flights pror to 1914 and was first aeronautical editor of the late New York World. For three vears he was aeronautical expert with the Hearst newspapers. He was a co-founder of the Inter- national News Service. Widely Experienced. , He has had varied experience as an organizer and director of expositions and lieved the government stands firmly for “cleansing” the organization of what | is described as its political character. Vatican authorities insist the society | is purely a religious body and its rights | are guaranteed under the Lateran| treaty. The government, on the other | hand. is represcnted as believing that pressure has been brought to bear on! the organization to assist in the ,up‘rnmun promotional undertakings. He | | to protect them from violence. The | police refused to ccmment on their commissioner at large of the San Fran- public protests. tion. tions to ‘Protestant activity are inter- | L€ SOULIRESL emracing elgnt Buates, treaty. lic should be regulsted by law, but| ECTURE kind. ground that the government wished | Judge Samuel W. Greene, closing orders, but there was a general pression of Protestant propugands in | 38, director general of the Pacific cisco Exposition, touring many foreign Held Blow to Religions Liberty. Kruckman organized the League of oreted as tending toward the suppression | of the Hollywood Foothills Improve- It is said the Vatican has suggested | Premier Mussolini always has refused | oN % some_quarters the ciosng o tne|| CHRISTIAN SCIENCE C. S. B. of Chicago, Il | Thanksgiving _ day. Then with startling sudd=nness the | belief the government now is in & posi- Key Bridge loomed out in the mist| tion to tell the Vatican in effect that g t than 100 miles an | Flying at more than e instant before | hour, it seemed but an the 'Arlington Memorial Bridge was pass'd and the ship was over Hains| Point. The reporter twisted in his seat to| catch a glimpse: of the. Washington | Monument, pointing upward like & slender finger. In a fleeting minute his | ey took in the Cathedral and the dome | of the Capitol. Then the city faded into the haze. He wrote a note and passed it up| to Lieut. Catron. “Are we going to cir- | cle back and join the other ships for the demonstration?” he asked. “No,” the pilot scribbled back. “It's allover. We're headed back to Langley. At an average speed of 110 miles an hcur, the ships held their course until the landing field appeared below. The flight leader of the group with which the reporter was riding waggled his wings and the 12 planes, still in forma- — e visional outfit manned by cadets and instructors from Kelly Pield, is to fly from Logan Field, Baltimore, to Dayton, Ohio, today en route to its Texas base. All 10 pursuit squadrons composing the Pirst Pursuit Wing at Bolling Field will remain at the local Army base until tomorrow, when the wing will be broken up, the First Pursuit Group going home to Selfridge Field. Mich., the 20th Pur- suit Group to Californ! where the 50th and 77th Squadrob¥ will go to 1018t Pursuit Group to m ‘Tex. the clubs will not be permitted to re- open unless there is definite assurance their alleged political activities will be discontinued. 10,000 Clubs in Ttaly. ‘There are 300 Catholic Clubs in Rome »nd more than 10,000 in Italy. All those in Rome are already closed with official seals on the doors and with police guards stat'oned around them. The closing order is expected to be extended gradually into the provinces, although tonight those in other citles were still to make reports on the Cath- olic situation, after which, it was sa'd, they would be instructed what meas- ures to take, The clubs closed and to be closed are parish_organizat'ons under lay di- rectors. Their purpose is both social and religious. They have sports and education facilities end they are the meet'ng places for 500,000 members of SR The head ead is & governing body called “The Catholic A'::‘Uon:‘n‘vnder this are six subsidiaty bodies. POPE 1S 74 TODAY. Will Celebrate Birthday Quietly With Relatives and Court. VATICAN CITY, May 30 (#).—Pope Plux XI will be 74 years old tomorrow. The vigorous head of the Catholic Church, who once was an Alpine moun- tfln climber !l}d l’l’:fll N:-;Ilm‘nlnucll g the strength o youth, intends celebrate his birthday quietly in the midst of & few relatives and the papal Southwest Exposition in 1928, and was It°ly ag-inst which the Pope has made countries in the interest of the exposi- In government circles these objec- | the Southwest, embracing eight States, of religious liberty guaranteed by the | that church activities other than Catho- to impose religious restricticns of any | Catholic clubs was explained on the BY Member the Board of of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Church, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. In First Church of Christ, Scientist, Columbia Rd. and Euclid St. N.W. Monday, June 1, at 8 P.M. 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Myers, general manager of the speedway, made | a personal tour of the track, driving around it to determine its fitness for | racing at breakneck speed. They de- | cided that the brick course was suf-| ficlently dried and gave Oldfield au-| thority to send the racers on the way | again. They had not gone two laps, however, when the rain came sprinkling down again and forced the drivers wi slow down once more. This slow pace. | however, was short, for the rain held | oft until after the race was finished, when it came down in torrents. It was the second time in the 19 yeers of the race that the start d&id . not get away promptly at 10 o'clock. | In 1915 the race was postponed for . two days because cf wretched weathet conditions. In 1926 the race was cut to 400 miles because of rain. Bchneider, more or less a stormy petrel in organized racing, drove his car courageously and always was re- garded as a challenger. He never was more than three laps behind the lead- er at any time in the race, and when the opportunity came he mcved into the lead and refused to yield it. He made only one stop, when he was forced into the pits, after traveling 273 miles, to replentish his tanks with gaso- line and ofl and to change a rear tire. Schneider, who finished third in the - race of a year ago, drove the same . but with a different motor it in. . is one of the few racing drivers who believe in getting their cars ready early. He was at the ccurse as early as last . March tinkering with his eight-cylin- der creation, so it would be in perfect . condition for the grueling grind. He departed from his old idea of driviig the wheels off every other ear in the race and drove a conservative race in- . stead, laying back, never far from the . leaders, to seize the golden opportunity ° if Lady Luck showed up. One of the gratifying results of the . race was the performance of the ofl- ° burning Diesel engine, which operates without ignition or spark plugs. It was a creation of Clessie Cummins of Co- - lumbus, Ind., who built a marine mo- tor and created it into automotive use. The machine finished twelfth in the fleld of 17 to survive, traveling along at 86.17 miles per hour and did not make a stop during the 500 miles. The cost of ofl consumption was approxi- mately 8240, a staggeringly low cost. The oil burner survived the costly 16- cylinder creations and many of the 8's. Contenders Forced Out. Accidents and motor trouble forced the dangerous contenders out of the race with the exception of Schneider before 300 miles had been reeled off. william (Shorty) Cantlon of Detroit, - one of the ranking contenders, had to - surrender because of motor trouble. Cantlon was heart-broken, as he had waited a year in hope of winning to- < day’s classic. 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