Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1931, Page 6

U. S: GLIDERS SET ENDURANCE MARKS Hastings and Holderman| Win at EImira—Capital Pilot Trails. By the Associated Press ELMIRA, N. Y., August 13 —The es- tablishment of two American glider duration records was announced today by officials of the National Glider Asso- ciation, after calibrating the barographs of Albert E. Hastings of Los Angeles and Mrs. Russell Holderman of Leroy. A brisk wind, which broke a long | period of calm yesterday, gave nearly every one of the threescore entrants in the gliding, soaring and duration eon- | tests a chance to compete A new duration record was set by Hastings with an official T time of 7 hours and 30 minutes, & minute and & half over the official time of J. H (Bud) Stickler of New York Breaks Women's Record. Mrs, Holderman kept her glider in the air for 45 minutes, beating the women’s record of 25 minutes estab- lished on the West Coast' by the late “Peaches” Wallace. Mrs, Holderman and Mrs. Ralph 8. Barnabee of Washington, who vesterday | made the nocessary “qualifying” flights | of 10 minutes, are the only women holders of earned Class B licenses. Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh has #2n hon- orary license from th: Glider Associa- tion. The official reading gave Martin Schemp of Pittsburgh a distance flight of 20 miles, 1 mile short of the record. Stickler soared into the lead \'z:-‘ terday by returning to the ““"““‘“‘:CHEVY CHASE SCHOOL Mrs. Ralph S. Bar Commissioners to field nearly seven hours and s half after he took off South Mountain into ® spanking wind BIDS WILL BE OPENED Stickler missed by less than minute | ki and a half the mark established by | Albert 5. Hastings of Los Angeles, Callf., | Montgomery in winning the Edward S. Evans Trophy s last year. Hastings vesterday bettered | T S SR OR Ay - Tar Stickler's time by more than a minute, | $90.000 Addition. but was disqualified because he landed | at the Elmira airport and not at the | By & Staff Correspondent of The Star launching field. | ROCKVILLE, Md., August 13.— ; | Bealed bids for the construction of Veteran Defeated. the second unit of the new Chevy Wallace Pranklin of. Detroit, Mich., 'Chase Elementary School will be open- another veteran glider expert, also ed*Tuesday by the Board of Education | bowed to the youngster who qualified at its of here. A limit of $90,990 for his glider pilot license earlier this |15 available for the job. week. The first unit of 12 rooms is now Stickler is a member of the Uniled,ufldfl roof and is expected to be ready States Volunteer Air Service and Is|for occupancy when school opens. The employed in Washington, D. C. second unit is expected to be read: A wind during the afternoon gave for occupancy after the Christmas the pilots their first opportunity during | holidays. Both units are two sto the week and & half of the meet to try (high and of modern fireproof con- for records. At one time 15 gliders and | struction. sall planes, the greatest assemblage of | The new unit will contain four class | the crafts in the cou , soared above rooms, & modern gymnasium, a music the roofs of Elmira. e, ® | room, manual ‘training room and do- mestic science laboratory. The two List Other Flights. u‘nnlf.:h are part of lnllpfwjefl to ‘N bu{: ‘Other endurance flights yesterday in- ree sections, the lsst unit o be | elided: A-B. Schiltz, Detioit, 5 hours; | constructed next year. A total of $206.- | B.'W. Wilson, Detroit, 4 hours, A. C.|000 has been authorized for the entire Haller, Pittsburgh, was forced tiown at | Work. The first unit is on a coniract | Pine City by iliness. | price of $82920. Mrs. Russell Halderman of Leroy|, Bids for alierations and additions to lished s Dew wWorld record for e, | tWo rooms at the Takoma-Silver Spring dfrance for women with a flight of | High School are also expected to be 47 m'nutes. The previous record was |received Tuesday. 25 minutes. i airs, alderman wnd rs. Raion, 8. oAD' PLANS SOON READY Barnaby of Washington became the ofly vomen in the United States R y for the class r pilot with lights of 10 minuies Sach | STLVER RPRING M, Augict 13— wrdly. The license held by M. pians Are expected 1o be completed rles A. Lindbergh is honorary. in about one week by Harry B. Shaw, — county engineer, for the road grading Carolina in Dilemma. |2 RALEIGH, N. C., August 13.—W. 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It will go into effect | January 1, 1932, when that section of | th> new act adds indentured or forced labor to the ccnvict labor classification | berring such fore'gn products frog this | country. The section requires Cus. tcms Bureau to deny entrance i{ such goods unless fncufficient quantities arc | here to supply domestic demand. Suryeys Supplies | Customs Commissioner F. X. A. Eble is having & survey made to determine the amount of domestic substitutes | vail g for use in place of Sumatra | | &N/~ i geemeT tobacco. He NG to be able to make an early decision so | importers and manufacturers of cigars | could make adjustments for their busi- | ness. Al hearings last Winter, domestic | tobacco growers testified = American | wrapper tobacco produced just as good | |a cigar as did the Sumatra and Java | wrapper. 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