Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1931, Page 7

~HE EVEUIRG STAR, WASIHINGTON, D €, FRIDAY, BEP" ) FIGHT PILOTS FACE STORM IN'LAST LAP Sudden Squall Injures Two Landing in Parachutes at Cleveland Races. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 4.— All remaining events on t-day's program at the National Air Races were postponed until later in the day as airport officials clung to the hope that the storm would slacken. The Weather Bureau sald, however, that the rain would continue inter- mittently throughout the afterncon and this evenirg. CLEVELAND, September 4 (#).— Treacherous weather conditions hung over a 200-mile area jus. west of here this afternoon, a serious hazard facing the eight pilots in bulletlike plancs wh loft Los Angeles, Calif., early today for a high-speed dash to the National Air Races in Cleveiand. The fiyers were due to reach Cleve- land by midafternoon. Apparently &l of them had been traveling at speeds well over 200 miles an hour, hoping to set a new record for their course in the Bendix Trophy race. Several of them had intended, if successful in thet, to fiy on to New York, hoping to break the transcontinental record of Capt. Frank Hawks. Before the flyers reach Cleveland, hcwever, the United States Weather Bu- reau said they would kave to fly through a heavy rain and wind storm over the northern half of Ohio and prebably over a large part of Indiana. Two 'Chute Jumpers Hurt. Two parachute jumpers were hurt when the storm first hit the Cleveland Airport. John F. Wickham, Cincinnati, suffered a fractured right leg, and Buddy Rhodes, Little Rock, Ark.. sprained his back when gusts of wind hit their parachutes and caused them to fall heavily as they came close to the ground after 1,500-foot jumps from planes. At Hicksville, Long Island, four wom- en and eight men—aristocrats of the air, who pilot their own planes “simply for fun”—began hopping off from the Long Island Aviation Count:y Club for Cleveland at 9:30 am. (E. S. T.) today. It was the first annual American handicap derby for amat-ur fivers. All landed at Albany, N. Y., before noon. Canadians Take Off. Another groun of planes. not derby- ists, took off today at Buffaio for Cleve- land at 11:35 am. (E. S. T.). The group was composed of nine ships from the Transcanadian Air Pageant, and in- cluded the famous “Siskin Flight,” five fces of the Canadian royal air force To the pilots in the Bendix Trophy race there goes $17,500 in prize monoy. $10,000 to the winner if he smashes the transcontinental record. The race started with Maj. James H. Doolittle, James G. Hall of New York, Capt. Ira Eaker, Bolling Field, Washington; Lou Reichers, Arlington, N. J., who led the Derby in the take- off: Harold S. Johnson, Chicago; Art Goebel, California-Hawaii Dole Prize fiver; 'Walter Hunter, Chicago and Robertson, Mo., and Beeler Blevins, At- lanta, Ga. In order to participate in the prize division the fiyers must cross the finish line here by 7 p.m. Will Seek Record Tomorrow. Lowell Bayles of Springfield, Mass., the speed demon of the races so far, announced he would attempt to shatter the world record for land planes to- morrow. Bayles will fly a 3-kilometer straightaway course (1.87 miles) four Iniroducing times, in accordance with the rules of the Federation Aeronautique Interna- tionale. To set a new record, Bayles must ex- ceed the present mark of 278.48 miles an hour, made by the late Adjt. Bonnet of France in 1924, by 4.97 miles an hour. | Tuesday Bayles averaged slightly more |than 267 miles an hour, unofficially exceeding the American land plane rec- ord of 266.59 miles, now held by Lieut. ,Alford J. Williams. i Will Test Mystery Plane. Expecting & speed of 292 miles an hour—faster than any other land plane ever has traveled—pilot Ray Moore of San Francisco, planned the first test fiighis t-day for the mystery ship of this year's national air races. “I'm going to take her up 3,000 feet and try to tear the wings off,” Mocre said. The feature of the mystery ship's de- sign is its siz-cylinder 275-horsepower motor built lorgely of magnesium in- stead cf steel. The San Franciscan I has a retract- able landing gear to reduce wind re- sistance in flight. It has a long, slim body and_tapering wings. When taken out yesterday for the initial “test, the San Franciscen I hit a bump and tipped, denting an aileron. | Today the repairs had been completed. I to 1o m iny WARDMAN ACTION | WL BE PRESSED Justice Letis Refuses to Dis- | miss Shaw Suit Against S. m; C | Concern. | _Justice F. D. Letts of the District | Supreme Court today refused to dismiss | a suit brought by Leslie M. Shaw, for- | | mer Secretary of the Treasury, against | the Wardman Properties, Inc.; Halsey, | Stuart & Co. and the Central Hanover | Trust Co. of New York. Mr. Shaw | charges fraud and collusion in con- nection with the sale of $16,000000 of | bonds secured on a number of Ward- man-built _properties, including the Wardman Park and Carlton Hotels. | __The court directed the defendants to | file answer by September 14 to the | charges and =2lso to the claim of Shaw that a new set of receivers should be avpointed to take the places of Thomas D Carson, Julius I. Peyscr and Joseph P. Tumul haw claimed these men were too clesely allied to the Halsey Stuart Co. end its reorganization committee prop- erly to represent the bondholders |~ The Central Hanover Trust Co. is the corporate trustee undep_the bond issue which was financed bY Halsey Stuart & Co. Shaw is represented by Attor- neys William B. O'Connell and W. Bis- sell Thomas. while Attorneys Hamilton | & Hamilton appear for the trustee and | Attorney Daniel Thew Wright for the | | Wardman interests. e |BODY FOUND IN BUSHES STARTS HUNT FOR HIKER! d,| EAU CLAIRE, Wis. September 4 ! ). —The body of Alvin'S. Marshall, 55, Wisccnsin - Pension Board appraiser, missing since he left his h-me at New Lisbon Moncay, was found yesterday hidden in bushes five miles south of here. He had been shot in the head and the back Police are searching for an unidenti- fled hitch-hiker seen riding with Marshall soon after he left home. The man was later seen alone in Marshall's auto and cashed a check signed by Marshall at a filling station. Relatives said Marshall usually carried $800 to $1,000 in travelers’ and State checks to be used in making settlements. Mar- shall's auto was found abandoned at Farmington, Minn. “VAGABOND” a KNOX HAT 5-ounce weight, fo A nonchalant, devil-may-care, youthful style creation, very apropos for ri smart new light and dark NEW S§I r IN-BETWEEN wear *6 ight now! In the shades for Fall. LK-LINED KNOX HATS Last year Knox Hats were $10 to year they're $7 to $40. Silk-lined $50, this 4 @ CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED @ RALEIGH HABERDASHER 1310 F Street adjutant general. EXAS OIL WELLS 10 BE REOPENED Wolters Anncunces Orders for Prorated Production Starting Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. KILGORE, Tex., September 4.—Fol- | {lowing a conference with State Adjt. Gen. W. W. Sterling today, Brig. Gen. Jacob F. Wolters ennounced that the East Texas-oil fie'd would be allowed resume production at 7 am. tomor- w under the proration order permit- ting each well in the field to produce 225 barreis of crude daily. ertial law would not be lifted. Cen. Welters announced the reopen- g in on official bulletin. He said he was acting under instructions Gov. Ross | Sterling sent this morning by the Mart 2in in effetet to enforce the Railrcad les. force of 1709 ould be gradu- Coal Range With warming :helf. $zg .75 $1.00 Down He said | 1 law is to re- | Wi ally. decreased, but he did not know when the reduction would occur, “The Governor left that to my dis- cretion,” he explained. “I will have to make trials to see how many men [ will need for enforcement of the pro- ration order.” 1,817 Wells to Produce. He added that all supervisors, gaugers and other agents of the railroad com- mission would be “taken over” and work under direction of the military authorities. Gen. Wolters said that 1,817 wells | were capable of production in the East Texas fleld at this time. However, he thought a number of new wells would | be ready for operation by the time the field reopened, 4 Gen. Wolters estimated production of the East Texas field under the 225 barrel | per well order would approach 500,000 | barrels per day. MURRAY THREATENS NEW ACTION. State Operation of Oll Refineries in Oklahoma Proposed. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 4 (&). —Tear that reopening of the East Tex- | as oil pools will retard the demanded | $1 price for Oklahoma crude has brought from Gov. W. H. Murray a threat to build State-owned refineries paid for from a tax on ofl men’s, in- comes. Shouting “That won't do” when told | of provisicns of the Texas Railroad | Ccmmission order, permitting a flow of | LUDED - 7 Spr B MBER 4, 1931. 225 barrels daily from the 1,700 wells in the field, Gov. Murray announced a “last resort” plan conceived to bring oll purchasers into line. “We'll not do it,” he said, “if there is any other way to bring zbout the increase in the price of oil, but they'd better not get me with my back to the wall.” The Oklahoma Governor said he would promote a referendum on a law “based on issuance of bonds, build re- finerles, assets on the incomes of the oil men and refine ofl for the State.” “U'll use their own money to whip them,” he declared. “When the operators are ready to pay a dollar and take their oil ratably from unitized sands, I'll open the wells, and not before.” KANSAS E TOPEKA, Kans., September 4 () — The Kansas Publie Service Commission announced yesterday the withdrawal of its requirement for sale of ofl from the Ritz-Canton pool at $1 & barrel. The commission’s order for a 90 per cent | shutdown of all wells in the area re- | mained in effect. The &ction came after the Standish Ol Co., Phillips Petroleum subsidiary, announced its “temporary” withdrawal as & purchaser at the $1 basis and gave as a reason the taking of oil from the | area by other purchasers at a price be- | y; low the one specified by the commission. | Companies other than the Standish | have been offering 70 cents. | NDS $1 RULING. m Vi rey th ing and . Mattress Pieces STORM DIMINISHES EN ROUTE T0 CUBA West Moves From Jamaica to Oriente and Danger Passes. By the Associated Press. tional Observatory today reported a i storm which passed over Haiti last night | had been located this morning between 1Jamaica and Oriente Province, slowly westward with its intensity di- Cuban shores had passed, although the disturbance might bring wind and rain | Domintcan passed over Haitl, from Cape Haitiani, touch the south coast of Oriente Prov- ince in Cuba tomorrow afternoon. MIAMI, Fla., September 4 (P).— Danger that a tropical disturbance in the West Indies might pass the south- e tip of Florida diminished today as it was charted by Weather Bureau re- ports as passing westward to the south | of Cuba. The storm center was to the north of the West Indian group yesterday, but 'passed inland over Haiti last night and was.charted between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Navassa Island this morning. Intensity of the storm was diminish- ing today as its progress was observed by the Weather Bureau, which expected it to continue its westerly course through the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Indies Disturbance for Pan-American Airways, said all the company’s West Indies airports re- | ported good weather today. iWA S HAVANA, September 4.—The Na- TER AND SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS APPROVED Suburban moving inished. 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