Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1937, Page 6

A—6 * THE SUNDAY CLARK LOGATED “BROKE” INNIGE Former Los Angeies District | Attorney Missing Since January 5. BY the Assoclated Press. LOS AN March 13.—Mys- teriously since January former Deputy District Attorney David H. Clark was located today in Nice, France—"broke” and anxious to get home The Los Angeles Times interviewed him by telephone, asking him to ex- P his disappearance. He said he had no' particular motive and insisted no threats were involved “I guess I just went crazy,” Clark told De Witt Meredith of the Times. “It was a screwy thing to do. It’s a long, long story. It's too long to tell over the telephone. It was just an accumulation of a lot of things that drove me away, I guess.” A few hours earlier, Clark's wife, Nancy, received a telegram from Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull in Washing- ton saying he was in Nice in bad &t s and had asked that she be in- formed so she send some mor to the American consulate conversation with Meredith, peatedly about his wife I love her, that's all,” he Earhart (Continued From First Page.) At Oakland satisfied that it is Earhart’s purposes. Will Carry Less Gasoline. Both Mantz a Earhart are the M Field runway is ough the “flying labora- y, particulagly in view hat recent fuel consump- tion tests showed the ship would be able to make the California-Honolulu gallons Jess gaso- han was originally expected—a ut 1,500 pounds. thorities are i over their airport not 1 official starting place of Earhart's flig will land, however, land- e other airport to take on 1 fuel load and, on completion trip around the world, simply 18 her wheels on Mills Field to 1e flight officially for timing xeeding to Oakland and reception. of men and trucks and a the field, but Mantz is ample for Miss for Earhart originally ising, but both she and e fearful of such last-minute They expressed regret flight this morning the Capt. Harry Manning, hart's trans-Pacific navigator, v obtained “results” in work- Pan-American Airways’ radio ion-find eda base, the operator there giv- them position “fixes” without diffi- and his signals coming in so ly that Capt. Manning said they arly took my earphones off.” On this flight they also discovered that neither the plane’s magnetic com- passes nor its Bendix radio “homing” compass was in need of further com- before the world flight be- 1 were in high spirits when was accompanied in tor's compartment by Fred former Pan-American naviga- ructor, who has been co-oper- preparations for the “labor- plane’s flight. Noonan has 18 nia-Manila air passages to his atory Cal ion to Mantz cted to be Noonan also plane at to- will be the in trans- They Kkers take- eason for these added the initia] The New Wi At Jordan’s you al- ways get more piano value for your money no matter what you pay! ., And you choose from the best instruments— Apartment Upright Chickerin ettes, M Hamlins, ete. fail to see our com- plete display before you buy. PIANOS FOR RENT $3 monthly and up Pay as little as %1 Colonial Musette $325 | 5, consider- | tage of her ' WEEKLY right. looks on. The departur | speed dash around the world is a | shrewd plan by Miss Earhart to con- | serve the human resources on which the success of her undertaking will in large measure depend. She hopes to accomplish the three most difficult legs of her flight on successive days, | crossing the entire Pacific with only | brief stops for fuel and rest in Hawali ‘nnd at Howland Island, and by using | Mantz and Noonan as relief men to | save as much as possible of Manning's | energy and her own for the last phases of the gruelling enterprise [ Mantz is scheduled to go only as | tar as Honolulu, while Noonan will be dropped 1,800 miles farther on at | | Howland Island. At the end of the | | 2.410-mile flight from the California mainland to Hawail, Mantz, after act- ing as co-pilot on the overnight jou: ney, will assume complete responsi- | bility for preparing the “flying labora- tory” for the next stage of the trans- Pacific flight so that Miss Earhart | may spend the entire day in rest and relaxation. Also Familiar With Ship. He is as familiar with the ship as she is and she has full faith in his ability to look out for every nec- | essary detail of preparation for her second take-off, so that her only re- | sponsibility will be to step into the | plane and go when the time arrives. | This means that she will be able | to start the second leg of her flight in almost as good physical condition as when she leaves Oakland Airport | Concerning the last minute change in her plans. Miss Earhart said to- day: "I am going to take along two hitch-hikers on the flight to Hono- | lulu, Tt is the first case of thumbing this kind of an air ride that I know | of." | “As technical adviser, Paul Mantz helped me prepare for my previous {one.. So, if he really wants to make | | the trip, I'm glad to have him. | | “By the end of this first long hop, any incipient mechanical troubles | should show up. It will be fine to | have him on hand for a final check | before I shove off westward. | ‘Fred Noonan has been helping us | on the navigation end. With Pan- American, he has done much pioneer Pacific flying and has 18 air passages to Manila to his credit. | “He, too, has decided he'd like to | go along for the ride and I'm delighted | | to have him—and so is Henry Man- | ning. “Paul Mantz will be relief pilot as || Psychic Message Council | 1100 Twelfth St N.W Corner of 12th and “L” ] Circles Daily, 2:30 & 7:30 P.M. Grace Gray Delong Reader Personal interviews for spiritual neip and fuidance may be arranged by a visit te the Council House or Telephone Mmeaupolitan 5234 Consuitation $1 kS nter Console g, Mus- ason & Don’t 50 | Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Capt. Harry Mamming, left, | follow to Darwin, Australia, on her around-the-world flight Miss Earhart shows all th weigh the clothing far as Honolulu the fatigue factor for me. And Noonan will be relief for Capt. Manning, who actually has almost too much to do without help. This will leave Man- ning fresher for the long hop from Howland to Lae and thence to Darwin, Australia. Manning, by the way, will handle the radio. He is an operator qualified in code sending and re- ceiving, which none of the rest of us are. “Pan-American has generously of- fered to co-operate with their di- er station at the airline’s | pacific flight just as he has with this | Yection finders in checking positions This means more work for Manning. “My decision to enlarge the crew is! possible because our final fuel con- sumption tests have proved far more satisfactory than we dared hope. In- stead of fliling the tanks with the full | 1,150 gallons, I'll start with only 900 gallons—and at that have an estimated 40 per cent safety factor. » STAR, That will cut down | | beyond that time. Earhart Ready for Flight check the route they will The technical adviser, Paul Mantz, e has been set for today or tomorrow. e luggage needed for the flight two lightweight suitcases—no dresses included Maps will out- —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. weight saving of about 1,500 pounds.” The fuel consumption tests of the “flying laborato: two 550-horse- power Wasp engines were completed recently in co-operation with experts from the Lockheed and Pratt & Whit- ney factories. Numerous flights were made under varying load conditions and it was established that the gaso- line economy of the power plants un- der proper handling by the pilot was | so great that the average fuel con- sumption from here to Honolulu is expected to be well under 50 gallons an hour. Due in 13 to 18 Hours. It is probable that Miss Earhart will be able to complete the 2.410-mile flight to Honolulu in 15 to 18 hours and she has a substantial fuel mar- gin to keep her in the air several hours The reduction in the fuel load also simplifies the prob- This was a' lem she faces at Howland Island on | THREE DAYS LEFT .. S S S MON.—TUES.—WED. 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Manning have been making together it became more and more evident that the double duty expected of him as navigator and radio operator imposed a greater physical strain than any one man should be expected to stand. This factor was| accentuated when it was decided that the “flying laboratory” should send out periodic signals as focal points for Pan-American Airways long-rang» | direction finders, since this arrange- ment and the necessity of receiving the position “fixed,” as radioed back by the airline’s operators, added still another job to the already over- worked Capt. Mannings' list of duties. | By dividing the work of radio op- eration and _celestial navigation be- Lween two men just as is done on Pan- America’s trans-Pacific Clippers, it is expected that much greater effi- clency will result and that nefther | man will be “worn to a frazzle” by his | | duties and responsibilities Miss Earhart said that with Capt. | Manning trying to do the work of a | | radio operator and navigator it kept him *jumping around all the time.” From Howland Island to New Guinea she not only expects that he will have escaped becoming over-fa- tigued through the previous presence of a relief man in the navigation- radio compartment, but, because there {are a number of small islands which | can be used as landmarks during the | Jatter part of this flight, the problem of navigation will be greatly simplifie: as compared to that involved in hit- ting mid-ocean pin-point objectives | such as Honolulu and Howland Island, | Will Report Every Hour. | In addition to the schedule worked out with the Pan-American Airways | for regular position “fixes” during the | entire time the “flying laboratory” is | | Luxurious Living Room Suite 127 This handsome Kroehler- made suite is stvied for long _ service and ap- proaches the ultimate in value giving. 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