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MILLION MILES
IN AIR ENDED
Senior Pilot of U. S. Air
Mail Celebrates Goal;
Praises Pioneers
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(Special to The Herald)
CHICAGO, July 25.—The senior
f)ilot of the United States air mail,
E. Hamilton Lee, celebrated the
completion of 1,000,000 miles in the
air tonight with a tribute to his
Pioneer comrades and a lament
that/ the "good old days of thrilling
i e4Mr:onces in the air" have passed.
"It must make an old cowman
mad to see a fellow in shiny boots
and polo pants riding a slick
horse.” Lee said. “Well, it hurts,
in a way, to see these mail pilots
climbing into heated cabins and
talking to somebody on the ground
over the radiophone.”
Lee celebrated his million miles
of flight with a talk over a coast -
to-coast radio hookup as a part of
the "Roads of the Sky” aviation
series, sponsored jointly by the
Aeronautical Chamber of Com
merce of America and the Na
tional Broadcasting company.
"The forty-niners and the cow
boys had their day. and it looks
like we air veterans have about had
ours.” Lee said in his talk. “I
won't quit flying. I like it and I
arc happy to celebrate the flying
of my millionth mile without a ser
ious accident. But I do feel that
all these improvements and safety
measures have taken most of the
adventure out of the air mail bus
. iness.
"Flying is being made safe for
everybody, which is what the coun
try wanted. A few people want
thrills, but they want safe thrills.
Some don't want any thrills at all.
: They want to go places in a hurry.
I am glad that the new flying era
is here and-that the air mail has
led the way.”
Flew First Air Mail
Lee flew the first experimental
air mail routes established by the
government, and when the trans
-contmental service was established,
became a pilot on the Chicago
Omaha link. He now flics a sec
tion of the transcontinental route
flown by Boeing Air Transport
westward from Chicago.
“Some of the most dramatic inci
dents of the pioneer era happened
along the old transcontinental."
Lee said. “A man flying alone
over an ocean of black fog at night,
with no idea of where he was. no
communication — nothing but a
couple of flares and a parachute
was not exactly attending afternoon
tea. A flier in the old days was in
life, clear up to the hilt.
“One year ago. the pilot was his j
own general, making his decisions :
on his own judgment alone. Today j
he receives the advice of a corps .
of weather observers, and the or- j
ders of ground superintendents, by !
radio telephone—not in code, but in
SDoken words. Directive radio, by
dots and dashes, now tells him
when he is off his course.
“Ten years ago an air mail pilot
had plenty of excitement. As sen
ior air mail pilot, I want to pay a
tril|^ to the men who pioneered
du^lg the earlier years. Flying is
out of the pioneer stage. Like all
other adventures into new and
strange realms, the early fliers led
the way; a host of followers came;
and romance began to disappear.
Flying I osing Thrill
“As people become familiar with
air travel, there will be no more '
mystery about, it. We are rapidly j
approaching the day when there !
will be no more excitement, about
flying than there is about railroad
ing,” Lee said.
The veteran air mad pilot’s talk
continued the story of the trans
continental air mail flight started
last Tuesday night by Wesley
Smith, another air mail veteran,
who described the flight from New
York to Chicago. Lee told of the
flight from Chicago to Salt Lake
and then opened his reminiscences
of the early days. Lee spoke from
the Chicago studio of the National
Broadcasting company over the
most extensive hookup of radio
stations ever arranged for a weekly
feature such as the “Roads of the !
Sky” series provides.
Ponce Find Woman
Placed In Coffin
By Husband to Die
CORPUS CHRISTI, July 25.—OP;, *
Placed in a crudely ' uilt pine cof
fin to die, a 29-year-o1 Mexican i
woman was found in a shack here
by police. She was taken to a hos
pital where physicians said she was
suffering * -oin c’.lagra r d hope
for her recovery was sligh .
A toan, said to be the woman’s
husband, was - -rested. He told of- |
ficers that he had cpected the
woman to die and ha*’ prepared for
her death in this way. No charges
had been filed agai. >t him.
COUNTY PAYS $14,000
FROM FUND THIS WEEK
Bills totaling upwards of $14,000 J
have been ordered paid by the
couift* ■ commissioners this week out
of the available road fund, the road !
and bridge fund, road and bridge
maintenance fund, and general
fund.
The greatest amount came out of
the general fund, and it went for j
county officials’ salaries for the !
past month, and to election judges
and assistants who held the con
stitutional election recently.
Bills authorized by the court to
be paid out of the various funds |
were approximately as follows;
Available road fund. $3,575; road !
and bridge fund. $1,200; road and !
bridge maintenance fund, $750; and
general fund. $9,000.
LOOT McALLEN STORE
OF $500 MERCHANDISE
(Special to The Herald)
McALLEN, July 25.—More than
$500 worth of goods were stolen
from the wholesale and retail store I
of S. Cantu and Sons here. A side
door was forced open, and no clue i
has been found as to the identity
of the thieves. The loot taken con
sisted for a large part of men's
trousers, w-ork clothes, and piece
goods.
Couldn’t Beat Jinx
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I iola Gentry, in Last Interview. Visioned
Victory Over Menace of the Air
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Wreck nf the Answer, above; Viola Gentry just after a previous crash,
left inset; Miss Gentry, right inset.
By WILLIAM H. EITT
ROOSEVELT FIELD, L. I„ July
25.—High up among the fleecy
clouds which floated ever this
haven of human birds lurked an
enemy, a murderous, invisible
enemy—a dreadful iinx of the air.
An down on the ground was a
slim young woman with a wealth
of curly hair and the heart of a
warrior, preparing to rise into the
blue once more and give battle to
her old fee who twice defeated her.
But Viola Gentry, known to those
who inhabit the airways of this
plane-infested island as the “tough
little kid of the flying fields,"
wasn't afraid. And she said so in
her last interview—given to this
writer.
“Tough luck?" she laughed as
; mechanicians gave final twists and
1 polish to the jiggers and thinga
bobs of her plane, the Answer,
with which she hoped to set a new
refueling endurance flight record.
“Tough luck? I've had plenty. But
what of it?
“I don't know why .hings should
go Wrong with my flights. Twice
now, when I was trying for a rec
ord something has happened and—
bingo—a crackup.
Not Discouraged
“It’s no fun fighting a jinx. It's
no fun to have to stand by your
wrecked plane and watch others
reach the goal you had hoped for,
prayed for and worked so awfully
hard to attain.
“But I'm not discouraged. No,
sir! I’m going to keep on trying
and flying.
‘ Flights cost me on an aierage
of $30 apiece (barring accidents)
and when you are your oi^n sole
support and backer, that runs into
i big money. I've had to piece in my
flying with regular jobs. I've had
to earn money in between flights
to pay for my record attempts.
“Put this down: I'm going to
break my streak of bad luck. And
I hope to break it with this flight.”
She walked away toward her
plane and a few minutes later had
taken off with a co-pilot who was
to relieve her when she became
tired. Hours later her plane had
to come down when a heavy fog
made it impossible for the refuel
ing plane to make contact with the
Answer. The old jinx had scored
again.
The Last Flight
Then Viola went up again with
Jack Ashcraft, an expert pilot. The
little plane climbed to 2.003 feet
and began circling the field at that
height. The hours sped by. It be
gan to look as though the old jinx
was beaten at last. The black fog
of night rolled across the field and
Viola, tired and worn, fell asleep
with Ashcraft handling the con
trols.
Creeping through the dark came
the enemy, Viola's old jinx. The
Answer's gas supply was running
low. Ashcraft dropped a note rer
questing the refueling plane be sent
up. The ground force could not
find the message. Ashcraft drop
ped another note bearing a desper
ate plea for help.
The last of the gas was consumed.
There was but one thing to do and
Ashcraft tried it—a dead stick
landing. But it wouldn't work. The
plane fell into a tailspin and came
hurtling down to crash on a dairy
farm near Old Westbury golf
course.
When help arrived Ashcraft was
dead and Viola was found serious
ly injured. She was rushed to a
hospital. There her skull was
found to have been fractured. Both
arms were broken. She had also
suffered a severe nervous shock.
The old jinx had won again.
SCOUTS DEMAND
MANY EATABLES
Food Weighing About Four
Tons Will Be Sent To
Arroyo Camps
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES, July 25.—More than
four tons of food will begin to
move to a point on the Arroyo
about three miles below Rio Hondo
in a few days, and after its arrival
will be given a rousing reception
by the hundreds of Valley scouts
who will be at Camp Perry to re
ceive it.
This year’s camp will be held in
two periods of ten days each in
order to accommodate the greatly
increased numbers of boys who
want to camp under the expert
supervision of the Boy Scouts of
America. It is expected that there
will be between 200 and 250 scouts
at each period.
Scout officials yesterday pointed
out that registrations are coming
in rapidly, and that, in order for
every scout who wants to go to be
sure of a place, it is necessary to
register at once, for less than two
weeks remain until the opening of
the first period on August 7. This
period -will close on August 17, and
the second period will be held from
August 20 to 30.
Second Period
The second period is rapidly fill
ing up, and as soon as the capa
city of 250 is reached, no more
registrations for that period will be
accepted. All scouts registering
after that will be put into the first
period until the quota of 250 is
reached. The final date for regis
tering for the first period is Aug
ust 3. No registrations for the
first period can be accepted after
that date.
Whiie food is an important con
sideration at camp, there are other
features of the program that will
appeal to every scout. Great quan
tities of leather working materials
have been ordered; archery mate
rial in plenty will be on hand; bone
and horn handicraft, basketry, pio -
neering, lariat making and rope
spinning, swimming, life saving.
ca^oeinS—&h these and many more
will be taught in the handicraft
and merit badge classes.
Sanitation Squad
One of the most interesting pro
jects is the casting ef animal tracks
in plaster. The actual tracks are
followed, a cast is made on the
ground, and after hardening, this
negative is used to reproduce many
positives. Plaster casts of leaves
and insects will also be made.
A sanitation squad, to look after
the sewage and garbage disposal, is
one of the important details. Kit
chen police, who are responsible for
the preparation of all food and the
washing of dishes, is a coveted
place at camp. No scout is ever as
signed to a detail as a punishment,
and the recruit shows in the inter
est the scouts have in their details.
The camp will be inspected offi
cially for the National Council of
the Boy Scouts of America on Aug
ust 15. when the representatives of
the National Department of Camp
ing will spend 24 hours in the
camp. It is expected that the camp
will receive a rating of A following
this inspection.
Thirty-five shell mounds and an
old cave occupied by an ancient
tribe of Indians have been un
earthed in Monterey county, Cali
fornia.
Moody Criticised \
By Telephone Men
On Utility Views i
WACO, July — (JP)—Gov. Dan j
Moody was criticized again by a
speaker before the three-day meet
ing of the Texas Independent Te:!
phone association for his rititude
towards utility companies.
J. B. Earle, president cf the Tex
as Long Distance Telephone com
pany, during an address referred
to the execu ve as an ambitious
young man who knows less about
telephones than he does about law.
The governor yesterday was criti
cized by R. 3. Still, president of
the association, for his attitude to
wards the companies.
Enough people to populate a small
village were rescued by August F.
Marty, St. Louis lifeguard, in 18
years. He saved 253.
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