Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1936, Page 26

PILOTTORECENE BURIAL AS HERO Lieut. Christopher, ~ Who Saved Life on Ocean, to Rest in Arlington. A hero's buriel in Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday was planned to- day for Lieut. Luke Christopher, fa- mous fiyer, who lost his life while saving that of another, when his Coast Guard amphibian plane crashed into stormy Atlantic Ocean waters Saturday off Assateague, Va. Meanwhile, a Coast Guard board of | inquiry today began an investigation | into the cause of the crash. Lieut. Christopher, the pilot, who was well | known here, was a man of long ex- | § perience in the air, not only for the | Coast Guard, but with other branches ©of the Government. | The fiver, formerly a test pilot for the Government, died at the Coast Guard Station at Assateague, 65 miles south of Salisbury, Md. But the man whose life he saved—John Barrina, | a sailor—taken from the Standard | Oil Co. tanker Charles G. Black, at gea, was recovering today from an appendicitis operation in a Salisbury hospital. Help Call for Sick Man. Christopher lost his life in a struggle started when a call came from the| tanker that a sick man on board needed help. The Coast Guard am- phibian V-125 flew to the tanker cnd‘ took the sick man aboard. Heavy seas broke one of the plane’s pontoons, however, and she drifted helplessly. A surf boat from the Assateague sta- tion picked up Barrina, but Lieut.|s Loren H. Seegar, in command of the | amphibian, ordered his crew to stay on the plane. The plane drifted until| after 1 a.m., when the crew was res- | cued by the cutter Ponchatrain. Christopher picked up the stricken eailor at the shore station in an am- phibian V-111 and, with two members of a crew, started to fly to Norfolk. Shortly after, a Coast Guardsman patrolling the beach heard faint cries in the darkness. A life boat rushed to the scene, and found the V-111 nose down in the water. Clinging to her wings were | Ralph Green, aviator machinst's | Nat_urefs 7Chi41£1'en Horned BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. | EHOLD the wedding hat of the horned grebe. Very few bird lovers ever have the oppor- tunity to see this handsome head-ornament, for it is worn only | during courting and nesting days ln\il the wearer raises his family in the| far north. By the time he reaches us he looks very much like his grebe cousins. | Both the bride and the groom have the prominent yellowish-brown horns | or crests. They have chestnut-col-| ored cheeks and the remainder of the | LIEUT. LUKE CHRISTOPHER. mate; Radio Operator J. A. York and the stricken sailor. Christopher was trapped in the cockpit with water up to his neck. Extricated from his trap, he was rushed to shore, but died at the Coast Guard station. Strenuous Dive Tests. Christopher, regarded by aviators as one of the best test pilots who ever donned a helmet, wrecked himself physically performing a highly im- portant series of “terminal velocity” dive tests for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Va. To determine the strength of & new type of pursuit airplane he made sev- ral “terminal velocity” tests, pulling harply out of vertical power dives. During the change of directivn the| forces were so great that Christopher | suffered hemorrhages behind both eyes, impaired hearing and other dis- | abilities which forced him to abandon ! test flying. The results of the test, | however, are regarded as a great con- tribution toward advar.cement of air- craft construction. D Hebrew Scholar Dies. JERUSALEM, December 7. (Palcor Agency) —Mordechai Ben Hillel Co-| hen, Hebrew scholar, died yesterday | at the age of 80. Grebe. of his crib and. without much ado, goes over into the water like an ex- | pert. The babies are happy to ride upon the backs of their parents when | tired, and seem to have lots of fun getting aboard. The most unusual thing about grebes is their fondness for feathers mixed with their diet. Their gizzard grinds them up very fine and what- ever nourishment there is in them the grebes obtain. The flesh of grebes is not eatgble. | The birds live on crawfish and aquatic | insects and small fishes. They are head has pufly black feathers. They |interesting and lend charm to the must look festive in their wedding|isiand waters, which they prefer. For, finery. The back and wings are a |8 While their beautiful feathers were blackish brown. There are a few | highly prized by milliners. Today, the white feathers in the wings that are | Brebes are learning in some secret way, decorative, The front of the neck, upper breast and sides are a rich! chestnut and the lower breast and under parts are a beautiful white. The younger generation resembles the parents in their gray Winter garments. | When the horned grebe flies it looks | more like & duck. But if you will look | closely who will see that the grebe| sticks his head and feet out as far as he can and the feet are used as & rudder. | Diving is where the grebe excels. | For this reason he has been called ' the spirit diver, witch diver and even hell diver. Alarmed, the grebe sinks like lead in the water and can swim for a long distance. His nostrils are slightly above the surface of the water | and it is almost impossible to locate him. | On land he is in danger. Heé stands | erect and must use his very infinite | tail to balance him. To stroll is most | difficult and never used as a means to get places. The bill is horny and pointed. There is no pouch. The feathers are carefully dressed. The grebe is never wet. Grebes belong to the order of diving birds and are the most aquatic. 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