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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
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POWDER PUFF DERBY FlNlSHEßS— Westfield,
Mass.—lsabel McCrae (left), the pilot, and Mrs.
Betty McNeil, both of California, step out of their
Beachcraft Bonanza as the first to finish yesterday
in the annual Powder Puff Derby.—AP Wirephoto.
Grandma First to Finish
In Powder Puff Derby
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 6
UP). —Two California women—
one a youthful grandmother—
were hailed today as the first
finishers in the ninth cross
country Powder Puff Derby.
Mrs. Isabelle McCrae of Lemon j
Grove, Calif., a former Air Force I
flight nurse, and her co-pilot, j
Mrs. Betty McNeil of La Mesa,!
Calif., grandmother of six. were
first to complete the 2,800-mile j
airplane race yesterday.
However, the first plane in Is]
not necessarily the winner of the'
derby because of the handicap
system that equalizes speeds be-!
tween single and multi-engined
planes of varying horsepower.
Winner of the SBOO first prize
will be announced at a banquet
Thursday.
Greeted by 2,000
A crowd of 2,000 was on hand
to see the first arrivals in the
race from Long Beach, Calif., to
Barnes-Westfield Airport here.
Mrs. McCrae and Mrs. McNeil
brought their Beachcraft Bo
nanza down at 4:09 p.m. (EDT).i
This is the former’s sixth trans
continental air race and the lat- ;
ter's fourth. Both listed their
age as 39.
Second to finish were Gladys!
Muter and Doris Langher, both
of Chicago. Their plane touched
ground at 4:49 p.m. Mrs. Muter,
pilot of her own plane, also is a
grandmother.
The flight was by daylight
only. All planes were required to
land by nightfall and take off
only after daylight broke.
By nightfall last night, 12
planes had landed at Spring
field. The others were scat
tered out as follows: Four
at Reading, Pa.; three at
Wheeling, W. Va.; four at Day
ton, Ohio; four at Terre Haute,
Ind.: nine at St. Louis; eight at
Springfield, Mo., and crtre each at
Filipinos Fight
Jungle Bandits
MANILA, July 5 {IP). —A group
of bandits is tying down several
thousand Filipino troops in a
frustrating jungle War, with no
end In sight.
The outlaws are Moros, Mos
lems and inhabit the southern
Philippines. They are akin to
the Moros whom Spanish and
United States forces fought
around 1900.
The current campaign involves
about 3,000 troops, with air and
naval aid. The Moro group,
estimated at 200 or 250, carries
rifles captured in World War II
and double-edged sabers.
The government says 220
outlaws have been killed and
195 captured since 1948, but re
placements keep the bandit force
more or less stationary. The
army has lost 50 soldiers, with
83 more wounded.
The Moro leader Is called
Kamlon. Over the years he has
surrendered three times, and
each time won a pardon or
parole on a pledge to give up
lawlessness. Today he carries
a $5,000 prize on his head “dead
or alive.”
Kamlon was once a page boy
for the Sultan of Sulu. He is a
wiry 5-footer. He refused to col
laborate with the Japanese in
World War 11, and aided guer
rillas. This help never was
recognized, and that fact sup
posedly rankles in him.
The operations center In the
Jungles of Jolo Island, between
Mindanao and North Borneo.
Some officials here believe an
Improvement in economic con
ditions there would discourage
lawlessness.
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Earlier yesterday, Mrs. Ruth
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crashed near Spur, Tex., after
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I Mrs. McCrae and Mrs. McNeil
proudly accepted a gift for being
the first arrivals—a basket of
[domestic champagne decorated
jwith a big powder puff.
Averaged 157 Miles
Mrs. McCrae, a World War n
i WASP, said the plane she piloted
averaged 157 miles per hour
across the country.
The third finishers were Jane
B. Hart and Marion W. Ruth,
both of Lansing, Mich. They
landed at 4:51 p.m.
Other finishers in the order
they landed yesterday: Alice
Roberts of Phoenix, Ariz., and
Iris Critchem of Palos Verdes
Estates, Calif.
Frances B. Bera, Los Angeles,
and Edna Bower, Long Beach,
! Calif.
De Thurmbnd, Long Beach.
Calif., first solo pilot to reach
the finish line.
j Laurien Griffin, Merriam,
Kans.
Dorothy Rungeling, Fenwick,
Ontario, and Felicity Bennett,
Kingston, Ontario.
Esther H. Gardiner, Water
ford. Conn., and Clarissa H. Hol
comb, Westfield, Mass.
Marcia Snip and Lois White,
both of San Antonio, Tex.
Alice Hammond, Grosse Pointe
: Farms, Mich., and Jean Pearson,
Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.
Doris Eacret, Elko, Nev., and
Helen Mclntosh, Sunland, Calif.,
who landed at 8:45 p.m., seven
minutes before the official dead
line for the day.
The other planes must arrive
. by tomorrow to qualify for prizes.
Auto-Bus Crash
Kills 3, Hurts 5
GREENSBURG, Pa.. July 5
UP). —An auto and a .Greyhound
bus collided early today on the
Pennsylvania Turnpike at the
Irwin interchange, killing three
persons and injuring five.
State police identified the dead
as Doc M, Mosby, 38; his wife
Emma, about 26, and their son
John, 22 months, of Universal
Pa. All were passengers in the
car, driven by Samuel Ellison.
I about 50, of Universal, police said.
Mr. Ellison was listed in crit
ical condition at Greensburg Hos
p.tal, as was Fred Clay, jr„ 11, a
I passenger in the car.
, Three bus passengers were
i i hurt, none seriously,
i The police said the bus plowed
into the rear of the auto as the
) auto was backing up.
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Blimp and 'Pogo' Flyers
To Get Harmon Trophies
NEW YORK, July S UP).— The 1
1955 Harmon aviation trophies ;
have been won by * Navy blimp
commander and the test pilot for
the Navy's vertical takeoff plane. ]
Named yesterday for “out
standing international achieve- ,
ments in aeronautics” were Test
Pilot J. F. (Sheets) Coleman and
Navy Capt. Marion H. Eppes. ,
The awards are traditionally
announced on July 4 and pre
sented at a later date by the
President at the White House.
Mr. Coleman, a Marine re
serve lieutenant colonel, was
cited for making more than 60
straight-up takeoffs in the
Navy’s XFY-1 “Pogo” turbo
prop fighter built by Convair.
He was also cited for ultimately
making “history’s first transi
tional flight from vertical take
off to level flight and back down
to a vertical tail-sitting land
ing."
When ready for a takeoff the
XFY-1 plane stands on small
wheels attached to its tail with
its propeller pointed skyward.
Mr. Coleman made the backing
down landing at Brown Field
Naval Auxiliary Air Station near
Wreck of Monitor Sought
For Salvage as Shrine
An organized move to locate
and salvage the Union ironelad
Monitor and establish It as a
national shrine “by community
effort” was announced here to
day.
The Monitor, considered the
' father of the modem battleship,
sank in a gale off Cape Hatteras
1 on December 31, 1863. But be
-1 cause of the storm and the fact
' that the vessel did not sink until
; after darkness, the location has
never been precisely determined.
The Monitor Historical Soci
ety, Inc., organized by a man
who for 50 years has cherished
a dream of raising the old
"cheese box on a raft," is already
offering SI,OOO to the person lo
cating the hulk—provided the
party agrees to turn the vessel
over to the society.
Mailman Heads Drive
The founder of the group is
Raynor T. McMullen, a retired
mail carrier of Dundee, Mich.,
who, since his retirement in 1953,
has been giving full time to the
plan.
He personally has Investigated
and dragged for traces of the
Monitor and now believes it to be
about 25 miles Southwest of the
I Hatteras Light.
Last week a 22-year-old Ma
rine corporal, Robert F. Marx
of Camp Le Jeune, N. C.. claimed
he had spotted the hulk of the
Monitor about a mile off Cape
Hatteras after an 88-hour air
, search.
An experienced skin-diver, he
hopes to be able to dive on the
. wreck and establish his claim
, to present it to the Nation as a
memorial.
Corpl. Marx has talked with
Mr. McMullen, heard his offer of
i SI,OOO for identification and 10,
, cation of the Monitor, but the
society founder differs with the
1 diver on probable location of
, the sunken vessel,
i The society lists a number of
. retired naval officers as sponsors,
including: Admiral Louis Den
■ feld, former Chief of Naval Oper
ations; Rear Admiral John D.
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The citation said his flights
"enabled the United States to
forge ahead in the design of
high-speed fighter aircraft able
to take off from and land on
small platform areas of ships at
sea and also to be effective
tactically during operations such
as Marine amphibious or assault
landings.”
In his prize-v inning blimp
flight, Capt. Eppes kept a Good
year Navy airship ZPG-2 aloft
for more than eight days and
cruised more than 3,000 miles
in a simulated anti-submarine
patrol.
This flight on May 17-25. 1954,
set a new world record for self
sustained, non-refueling flight by
any type of aircraft.
The citation said “his achieve
ments demonstrated the inher
ent endurance of modern lighter
than-air craft and their poten
tial value as a protection against
enemy long-range submarines.”
Usually a third trophy is
awarded to an outstanding avia
trix, but the Harmon committee
said no such award would be
made this year.
; Murphy end Com. Edward S.
1 Moale of Washington, and Capts.
j P. V. H. Weems, Wade De Weese
and Joseph K. Taussig of An
y napolis.
The Navy, officially, has no
claim on the vessel and has never
. made a concerted effort to sal
' vage it.
\ The Monitor Society plans a
. drive for public subscription from
t its headquarters at 1764 K street
j N.W.
5 Over the years, reports of ]
sighting the sunken hulk have
' been received: some of them
‘ investigated, but none thor-
J oughly.
| President Urges
; Book Circulation
PHILADELPHIA, July 5 (H^. —
President Eisenhower yesterday
s told the 74th annual conference
I of the American Library Associ
• ation it has a responsibility to
help bring good books to every
section of free society and to
1 every geographical area of the
; Nation.
- The President sent a message
'.to the assication in convention
here which said in part:
“In this task, which is essential j
j to the advancement of education
, in America, I wish all of you the!
[ greatest possible success. The:
[ years ahead, because of the;
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16 Persons Injured
SACO, Me , July 5 UP).—A car
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night. Sixteen persons were in
jured, two seriously.
Mrs. Blanche Milliken. 47. Bid
deford, was hospitalized with a
pelvic fracture, and Mrs. Jean
ette Grant. 33, Biddeford, suf
fered leg fractures.
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River. Mass.: Barbara Savage,
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