Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1931, Page 4

SUPER-AIR BOMBER REVEALED AT RAGE Details of Most Dreadful Flying Weapon Bared, Waits Army 0. K. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Aviation Editor ef The Star. CLEVELAND AIRPORT, September 2. —Pirst details of what is said to be one of the most terrible weapons ef aerial warfare ever devised, a mighty bombardment plane capable of a 180- miles-per-hour speed at an altitude of 2 miles above the earth with a load of 2300 pounds of high explosive bombs and nests of powerful machine guns, have been revealed here during the National Air Races. Following the conclusion of remark- able tests of the new plane in secret at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, the Army Air Corps has issued a contract to the Boeing Airplane Co. Seattle, Wash., for seven of the ships for grueling service trials in the bombard- ment squadrons of the Air Corps. If the great ships measure up to ex- pectations, Air Corps officers believe that a long step will have been taken toward solution of one of the gravest problems of modern aerial defense. The reports received here indicate that the big bombers, which are literally “flying wings,” will be able to hold their own in sheer speed with the fast little single-seater pursuit_planes now in the service squatrons. They not only will be able to engage in running fight on favorable terms with the wasps of the air, but will be so heavily armed as to give vicious battle to a superior force ! of hostile single-seaters. Built for Speed. The new bombers embody some of the features of the fast little single sailor racing planes of the type made famous by Capt. Frank M. Hawks, Maj. Jimmy Doolittle, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and others in setting up the long series of speed records which grace the-recent pages of aviation history. They are fashioned on a much larger scale, however. They are of the low- wing monoplane type with the fusela, or body of the ship so beautifully built into the wing as to form virtually s single unit. The two powerful 57 horsepower engines also are built clea: ly into the wing with every possible obstruction to the smooth flow of air removed. The landing gear is of the retractable type, folding up in the wing. Machine guns are mounted at several gun emplantments so located as to cover virtually every angle of approach and prevent hostile attack from an unde- fended blind angle. Further details of the planes are withheld as military secrets, and the time of first public appearance of the new American contribution to the science of aerial warfare is problemati- cal, it was stated. The finger of mis- fortune which has put three Marine Corps planes out of the picture during the races was pointed yesterday after- noon at the Air Corps and another member was added to the Caterpillar Club when Lieut. Thayer 8. Olds, lst Pursult Group, was forced to abandon his stricken plane over the lake front, l::&l,n‘ with his parachute in the Pilot Goes to Rescue. As is customary in such emergencies, 8 designated pllot from the squadron followed the parachute down to see whether any assistance would be uired. This pilet, Lieut. Halan Van- auken, wateched Lieut. Olds drep into the lake 50 yards off shore. Vanauken saw his flying mate disappear beneath the surface then bob up, wave his arms in signal that he was in contre! of the situation. Vanauken rejolned the squadron and the show went on with & blank file. Olds could not determine the cause of the trouble with his plane, which suddenly began vibrating so violently that half the instrument panel was shaken from its fittings. He shut off the motor but the vibration continued 80 heavily he had no choice but te “ball out.” It was the first serious THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Seek Airplane Speed ‘Record Flying Officer L. 8. Snaith (upper Long (lower right) will have stiff competition in the approaching Schneider Cup Races, if England left), Squadron Leader is the Gloster Napier 4A, one of Britain’s entries, A. H. Orlebar (upper right) and Flight Lieut. F. w. is to win. Below UNERSAVESTRD ON BURNIG CRAFT Men Trapped Aboard Vessel| When Lifeboat Is Lost | on Long Island Sound. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I., September 3.— | Details of the rescue by a passenger | liner of three men trapped on a burn- | ing schooner in Long Island Sound last | night were revealed today with the ar- rival here of the steamer City of Lowell | fram New York with the three men aboard. | B. W. Latham of Crestwood, N. Y., skipper of the schooner Buecaneer; his } son, R. C. Latham, and G. H. Dericks | of Colonial Heights, N. Y., were the men saved. | Dericks sufTered slight burns en the | left leg ea I “ought his way out of the cotiegs * e schooner. “It loals 1 for us for awhile,” the skippee he schooner said, add- ing that thewr oniy life boat s lost in the rough seas in an attempt to launch it. “I don't know what our fate would have been if the City of Lowell hadn't come alengside when she did. The interior of the craft was a roaring | furnace and the sails had taken afire. We had discarded most of our cloth- ing and were making ready to plunge into the sea and swim for shore when the lookoyt on the liner sighted us| and the big boat speeded to our aid.”| ‘The Buecaneer had started eut from | Stamford, Conn., yesterday bound for | New London, Con about 10 p.m. | Due to rough shattered and spilled burning oil in | the cockpit, which immediately set fire to the gasoline drum. ‘The crew of the City of Lowell ex- linguished the fire and the schooner was taken in tow by another steamer casualty suffered by an Army squadron in public demonstrations in many hun- d of thousands of miles of flying. DAZZLING SPEED IN DEMAND. U. S. Pilots Hope to Smash Reeerds in Contests. CLEVELAND, September 2 (#).— Dazzing speed, in the achievement ef which American pilots hope to write new records into the books, was the talk of the 1931 national air races tm‘!:y 8 Vith the first taste of real speed of- fered by Lowell Bayles, slightly built and mild-mannered record challenger from Springfield, Mass., spectatars chafed at the postponement of the arrival of more quick-stepping planes from the ‘West Coast. The lure of speed, however, kept the seven pilots officially entered in the g;r&); %&shd &"3}3:’ 1;‘:.5 Ar;geles in quest en, ophy and a pot on the ground. it G Wait Better Weather. Air-race officials announced that the fiyers were awaiting the best possible Weather in an effort to shatter Capt. Frank Hawks' transcontinental record of 12 hours and 25 minutes. The have until September 5 to be a-wing. ,i3ayles, who rode a strong wind to :.“ u‘\wa";peed of 2?15 miles an hour one 8 one-mile course and aver- aged 267.342 miles an hour in four dashes, sald he would make several changes on his plane in an effort to :il;‘lhkm:)rle ".m;;ld ll';zc;fld of 278.48 miles ) 8ef by a Fre; Warrant Officer Bonnett. e ong those honored in today's run- ning of the air races were th{ QI‘:]X';I Birdmen, an organization of veteran fly- ers, and Germans whe paid tribute to their countryman, Maj. Ernst Udet, member of the European stunt team and headliner of all aerobats. Host of Planes Maneuver. To the din of the host of Army and Navy planes whose precise maneuvers and breathtaking power dives on the home pylon have been the mass feature of the meet was added the first per- formance of 80 Navy twin-engined pa- trol boats. Four others of the Scouting Force Squadron were forced down en route, one with a broken magneto shaft and the ether damaged in a squall after landing for fuel. 1 The day’s race program centered on dead stick landing contests for men and | women, a men’s race in ships powered by engines of 400 eubic inch displace- ment, a men’s free-for-all for planes | with engines of 650 cubic inch displace- ment and a 50-mile race for mea in planes with engines of 1,000 cubic inch displacement or less. ualifying trials for the women's free-for all race for the Aerol trophy and a total purse of $7,500 faced three fiyers, Maude Tait, Springfleld, Mass. Mrs. Opal Kunz, New York City, and Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell, Long Beach, California. Trio Ready fer Tests. ‘The trio was set last night to measure whether their ships could average the minimum 140 miles an hour required to qualify when a heavy rain forced : them back te the hangars. 1 po! One woman, Mrs. Joan Shankle, Fort which had been attracted to the seene, MRS. RUTH B. STOVALL, FORMERLY OF D. C., DIES Wife of Pension Bureau Field Ex- aminer Btricken With Heart | an ofl lamp was | v Disease at Baltimore Home. Mrs. Ruth Bates Stovall, 55 years old, a resident of this city many years, died yesterday at her home, 7 East Franklin street, Baltimore, following a heart attack. She had been in Ilh.’ health & number of years. She just returned from a Summer at At- lantic City when stricken. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the funeral home of Almus R. Speare, 1623 Con- necticut avenue, with Dr. Andrew M. Brodie of the New York avenue Presby- terian Church, of which Mrs. Stovall was a_member, officiating. be_in Rock Creek Cemetery. Besides here husband, William Henry Stovall, a fleld examiner in the United States Pengion Bureau, Mrs. Stovall is survived by a son, Bates M. Stovall, formerly s Washington attorney, now a resident of Jaeksonville, Fla.; two sis- ters, Miss Mary K. Bates of Baltimore and Washington, and Mrs. Sarah B. Ritchie of New York, ~nd a brother, J. Edward Bates, an auditor of this city. S —— race and 132.555 miles an heur te qual- ify for the 30-mile test for planes pow- lend with engines of 650 cubic inches or less. An extra machine gunner and im- | proved radio are going to make & better | | Cloy fighter out of the Army officer whe files : a pursuit plane. | This was revealed by Maj. Gerald E. Brower of the 1st pursuit group fram Selfridge Field, Mich., who daily leads his squadrens in front of the grand- stands in thupdering attacks, formation flights and maneuve: By this Fall, Maj. Brower said, 18 two-seater ships will be added to the group. In one of the seats will be the pilot with ‘h stationary macehine-gun and in the other a machine gunner who can swing his weapon cn the enemy at any angle. At present the pilot must direct his laps to aim his machine-gun, making it difficult to ward off attack from the re>r. If the fiyers are in glose formation they turn only with difficulty to face attackers. A squadron of , twe-seater planes equipped with two machine guns each may protect a group from attack. If the group becomes disorganized, Maj. Brower explained, the two machine gun planes may stand , while the dis- flmw planes reform fcr attack or efense. RACERS DELAY TAKE-OFF. S p——— | Seven Cress-Country Fiyers to Start Hop Temerrow. | family heirloom. Burial will |, BURBANK, Calif., September 2 (#). Seven of the Nation's speed pilots ha stponed until dawn tomorrow thei: scheduled take-off for Cleveland in @ Wins Scholarship VIRGINIA GIRL GETS U. D. C. VASSAR AWARD. MI88 KATHERINE DUBOIS WARDEN, Staunton, Va.. girl, a descendant of | i Gen. Turner Ashby, cavalry leader un- der Stonewall Jackson, who has been awarded the United Daughters of the Confederacy Scholarship to Vassar Col- lege, valued at $1,200 a year. W. Reed of Athens, Ga., ch the U. D. C. General Edu n mittee, announced the award. scholarship was given by Poppenheim. —A. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Joj Lodge Chapter, No. 27, g E’ 8., pyu‘ppl Hall, flgy Ninth street, 8 p.m. Meeting, Threescore and Ten Club. . W. . C. A. Building, Seventeenth and K streets, 8 p.m. FUTURE. Dance, benefit Germantown Council, Junior O. U. A. M., No. 161, German- Com- | town, Md., tomerrow, 8 p.m. WATERLOO WATCH RUNS ELMIRA, N. Y. (#)—A watch which the Duke of Wellington gave to an- other hero of Waterloo is still going. Made by Lepine, Prench watchmaker, in 1800, it new is the property of Frank Eaton. to whom it descended as a It eontains a tiny music box that plays the duke's march and it strikes ‘;n. quarter and half | hours on miniature chimes. Marriage Licenses. i, 24, and Bessie Car- Thah00 pI "of iaeriaen. Conn.: Rev. e e sitr. ane -& Md. Ool 1, a1, this £l Mo Bl el ids. ”.?flf'u:s,:m?x’. 21, and Edna V. Ores. ReY. John' H. Ford. B d H. Prosise. 23, and Eva C. Tikon, 26, both of Hopewell, Va: Rev. Allan P. oore. Maithew 8_Scott. 21. and Lula M. Poole, 9: Rev. H. D. Til rles T. Gibsol of Baltis Bryant 18 7. ‘Martha Brown, A e Ko “"‘:.f&.&'.:fl: Bty B of . 8L Willie . T sgi et t. Pelorsburs. “Folsan. H. Moo . ¥ : Rev Tiate William Arnall, 33, aMitilen s en, nesv‘"‘! b 1,_and Cathering "fin'u McKinley. o'i‘-n'a rnice Tribbles, : Rev. rih. Hin Kennimaton 38 and Bveln 8. A E. Franke. i 'i, hd_ Margaret 8. eGonjele. 7. llli’s-xl 'ayne, 2' by § A Bev. L. I d v. Paul Golle: v ger, 25, and Mary L. Cannon, ey. T, Harves. i 38, ‘and H orgiana A. {'fu T{E: %v-u Paimer, 9. . & e Ji and Mary Coleweod, it Joop . ‘35 end wnah of Earioctesvine, V. Rylend Foale. 31. ard 10. both of Richmond: Fled 11, 36, this city. Fatee. 5o Bhurdtiastitle V2 : er. . 8. Yadkin len N, Gobb, B8, Palrtax, Al 3 ard"y v. James ‘Posner. of Mrs. T. irman of The Mary B. P. Photo. Ryland. | Janie | 1,C.C. WEIGHS PLEA *TODROP RAL CASE Motion to Deny Rate In- crease and Dismiss Hear- ing Studied. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Beptember 2.—A motien fer denial of the proposed 15 per cent | freight rate increases and dismissal of | hearings on the railroads’ petition for | the boosts which were made before the | Interstate Commerce Commission hear- ! ing yesterday by A. B. Cronk, repre- | senting Indianapolis shipping interests, was taken under advisement. It eame as a climax to a vigorous all-day cross-examination of Fairman R. Dick, who said he represented hold- ers of $1,700,000,000 in rail securities, | by Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Towa | and former Gov. Clyde M. Reed of | Kansas. Dick testified that the proposed boost essential to re-establishing confidence of investors in the rail securities, and | that if the commission found the higher | rates would not mean greater revenue | and refused to grant them, a special | session of Congress would beé necessary | to_protect the investors’ interests and | safeguard the Nation's transportation. “ Charges Inefficiency. |, Cronk's motion asked for denial on | the grounds the rallroads have failed te show they have been operating hon- estly, efficiency and prudently, and that they have not consulted the labor board about passible cuts in wages, | Which, he sald, represent 60 per cent of their expenses. Dick advised the commisison that if the investors were assured of protec- tion of their rail holdings the rate ad- vances would be unnecessiry, as capital would start flowing in. He added that he knew of no way in which the confi- dence of investors could be restored ex- eqt),zuby the rate boost. ring cross-examination by Senator Brookhart, the financial representatives said agriculture and ether industries were being subsidized at the expense of the railroads whenever they derive benefits from rates lower than neces- sary to give the earriers a fair return on ‘their property. Shippers Oppose Boest. At a short-haul hearing Milton Bau- man and Dibney T. Waring, represent- ing Eastern shipping interests of less | than carload lots, and H. S. Burch of the Kentucky, Bituminous Roek Association and R. B. Copestick of the Indians mr‘r;her of Commerce, opposed the T. V. Bookwalter of the Timken Ball Bearing Co., said his concern favored the inerease as a means toward re- will be started to- ing t in all, to dispose of the %I‘ verbal and documentary evidenee t Temeins to be submitted. § &mqnomn»«c PRUYHFUL ADVERTISING Special Announcement "WALLACE ENGINEERING CO. 904 12th St. N.W. Bstablished 1925 &mmm’uo SPECIAL TODAY AT ALL GOOD RESTAURANTS DUTCH LUNCH (Kalter Aufechnit) Assorted Meats—Cheese Potato Salad including a cold bostle of Budweiser ™ ', WEDNESDAY, S8 420 MILES AN HOUR EXPEGTED IN RACE British Vietory May Mean End of Schneider Cup Competition. By the Associnted Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England - ber 2—If a British seaplane wins the Schnelder Cup in the apeed races to be held in the lent September 12 the races may never be held again, ‘The Ttules governing award of the trophy, the world’s premier speed prige, provide that a nation winning three out of five successive contests may retain the cup permanently. | 80 great is the cost of preparation for the race in construction of new planes, survey of the course, and the like that it Britain gains the cup permanently it z?-y not be offered again for competi- | on. Races Cost $2,500,000 ‘This year's vaces, which will be fought | out by Great Britain, Italy and France, it is estimated will cost in the neigh- borhood of $2,500,000—the trophy is warth only about $1,000. The tremendous cost, and the extreme hazard to human life are believed to be the principal reasons for decision 6f the United States against participation in the 1927 and 1929 contests as well as the one this yea This year's races are expected to de- velop the greatest speed at which a human being has ever traveled, perhaps 7 miles a minute, 420 miles an heur. ‘The present record established at the 1929 Schneider Cup race by Flying Offi- cer H. R. D. Waghorn, is 328.63 miles per hour. - Present interest is centered chiefly about the new British mystery plane, the Supermarine S-6B, built especially for the race, which is expected to reach : t;;oed hetween 400 and 420 miles per our. It probably will be piloted by Squad- ron Leader Orlebar. skipper of the Brit- ish hlgh speed flight. An 5-6A plane, one of the type break- ing the record in 1929, cracked up re- EPTEMBER 2, 1931. Will - Rogers . " Says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.— eoun! tirely over Y e "‘N!‘ofi" stage greates we still got a long way to go to ge back to normal. Five thousand people followed Bobby Jones and watched him watch the golf cham- plens! ‘We_ ought to get Bobby to sit in Wuhln#fll and wateh it. That might revive interest in our | present form of government. ANSWERS PLEASE U.5. POWER BODY Federal Commission Reports 1 Per Cent of Licensees Already Replied. | The Pederal Power Commission \n‘ making “gratifying” progress in its ef- | fort to ascertain the financial set-up of its licensees, it was made known yester- day in a formal statement. | ‘The ecommission recently sent out juestionnaiares to all eperators of hy- Sruleflflo projects licensed the Government, - degigned ly to| establish just where their control is| vested and taking up also the subject of range. The statement said that al- cently in an accident fatal to Lieut. G. L. Brinton. Large British, French and Italian high speed flying squads will be trimmed three planes for each nation These nine planes must pass prelimi- nary tests of take-off, short flight, alighting and a two-minute “taxi” ride to prove their seaworthiness. The races are over & triangular course lying east of Southampton Harbor. The land miles. 1t will be flown seven times around. the total course length being about 217 miles. Start At High Speed. The preliminary contests will be held immediately before the specd trials. racing plane will rise and cross the starting line at high speed. This is the first year that the races will be flown over a triangular course, the change having been made from a quadrilateral eourse in view of the in- creasing speed of the trim little sea- planes. The Schneider Cup has been raced for ten times, the contests beginning in 1913 at Monaco. when a Frenchman, M. Prevost, won with a speed of 45.75 miles per hour. In subsequent contests, Brit- ain won four times, Italy three times and the United States twice. Gets Major's Commission. Earl W. Hutchinson, 1414 Sixteenth street, has received a commission from the War Department as a major in the Army Air Corps Reserve. Edgar J. Johnson, 2033 G street, has been com- missioned a captain of cavalry in the Army Reserve Corps. prior to the races to three pllots and | three sides of the course total about 31 | Séaworthiness once demonstrated, the | ready 10 rer cent of the licensees have made their replies and that “no power | company has declined to supply the in- ! formation requested.” ;‘ Data Due September 15 | It added that several of the larger | systems have informed the commission the data will be ready by September 15. | This questionmaire was in addition to one previously distributed to determine how far Federal licensees come under | State regulation. Along with these, the engineering department of the commis- slon is studying the relation of the water | power industry to other industries, the entire survey being designed to give the commission a ccmplete picture of the operations of its licensees. Duplieation Avoided Today's statement, also by implication, answers some criticisms that the Power Commission inquiry is duplicating that of the Federal Trade Commission which for three years has been conducting a | power probe. The statement said that | the testimony taken by the Federal | Trade Commission is being studied but. | that it has been found out that is does | not contain all the data which the power commission desires. The Trade Commission inquiry has been directed principally into propa- ganda by gas and electric ccmpanies but Just before adjourning for the Summer | it began a study of holding companies, | which shortly will be resumed. | | While the Trade Commission probe | took in all concerns, the Power Commis- sion is 'umg into questions affecting only its own licensees. The prominence that “the numbers three and seven held over all others in the table has been remarkable in | all age | EDUCATORS URGE MORTGAGE BANK Institution Like Federal Re- serve System Favored by Dean Madden. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, BSeptember 2.—Dean John T. Madden and Prof. Marcus Nad- ler of the New York University School of Commerce today urged th zation of a central urban mortga bank in the United States to inerease the liquidity of real estate securities and to cheapen mortgage eredit for home owners. Similar to the way the Federal Re- serve system centralizes faeilities for. the nation's banks, so would a central urban mortgage bank co-ordinate real estate financing. “It is not that the Uniied States is suffering from a lack ef organizations engaged in ryertgage finaneing,” Dean Madden sald, explaining his and Prof. Nadler’s opinion, “but sueh not linked up to the eapital the country, and resl estate therefore, are not liquid. real estate mortgages need ' some extent the frosen status ef S estate has contributed to the large number of bank failures. “The United States needs & national organization which will incresse the lquidity of such security, and a cen- tral mortgage bank for urban real es- tate, chartered by Federal law, whose main business would be to discount or to buy mortgages of a certain standard. would meet the needs. 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The aviators may start any time up Winners in _yesterda; veragil . !aleng the 2,040-mile course they plan 2:1:. lcrf %u:‘edrnfi::g cln?:r”:s g‘x::‘-'ma: to '-n'ke caused the postponement. events tln- ':fi s:)a':!r;nber z 'Tui}e race is :c tre:-tg; Ayrora, Ill, an a dumdn:"'r‘hhn fi%rmu national air raggs mow in pregress at Qualify fof the men’s 510-cubic-inch Cleveland.