Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 28, 1928, Image 5

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Newspaper Page Text''PATHS FTTS mm mm Fascination of the Air Now Gripping, the Modern Youth, Whose Experiments With Airplane Models Give . Promise of Continued American Leadership in Aeronautics. CTrcrtroTm iTxm mmrw., wnvonv, onrmv. jrmmi 1 flM i 1 li d v . r i i .j .i S3 1 A HO will be the Lindbergh of tomorrow? W I What daring adventurer of the future will be first K?JS"'' t encircle the globe in a non-stop llisht? ' Who will build the giant, transatlantic air liners, and the tiny (l.iaes from which commuters may land on the roofs of their o'fice buildings? Great figures tht3 will be, and no longer fantastic are dreams of theii comir..? achievements. The world has now learned it can scolf at nothing. It has seen too many of its wild imaginings become commonplaces of the next generation. Our giants in the aviation of the future probably can be found among the American boys who have turned recently for their diversion to a new fast-nation of the air; who unbeknown to large numbers of n::re "practical minded" adults probably more sluggish and worldly adults have been building models of airplanes that re flect la amazing rushlnn the tune nulty antl desierouaness or youth (ul America. For these alrplune models are cot Inert bits of slicks. They fly! Some of tliem lly a mils anl a halt. Others, armed T-ilh slnrp pins, pounce up and p ip "sausage balloons," or circle gracefully lo the celling of some large hall or coliseum seldom etrlMug the lop and descend with the same grace ful sweeps. Famous Planes In Miniature Still others are exact duplica tions of man-carrying ships. They don't tly. but they reproduce, in miniature, even minute engine parts and control members of the large ship Most of theso non-flying models, growing into finished form In the basement factories of the country, are models of Colonel Lindbergh's famous "Spirit of St. Louis." the great Fori! Til-motor all-metal, 14-passenger ship, anu the speedy pursuit ship the Our tiss Army (lawk. The business of builulug model airplanes started when the country turned seriously to tl, develop ment of commercial aviatlnu and to the task of making citizens "air minded." It has obtained tremen dous Impetus within the last tr.o or three months, unth now nun dreds of thousands of boys, .ind thousands of girls, have become ac tively Interested. They work as in dlviduals, jr as members of an Air plane Model Clun. affiliated with the Alrplauo Model League of F..UVra.Hv?leSiicntot ,&h ' HlA A ' . V mortrlj Is (ie first (cp In (cam- . """ . .' "Z-'-' Vt," fe'P'BjrT'Wy rJS -, J lTM' rlSIW VP Officcis o; tie r'lrsl Pursuit 8i;uifrn nt ,s'.',i,y flrW. ictroll. ri- ' ' CSSSSSr a$lTSr$ nmfdiiiff fh ofoor Mono of rforfc .ouidn.rr. of Z)c(,oil, present national America, an organization created bj The American Boy magazine. This organization will give Ihe youth of tho country a chance next June to determine the emtio. ml championship at the official air plane model cotitost, approved by the National Aeronautic Associa tion. In Detroit. The builders will compete for the sustained lllght of their indoor and outdoor models, and the perfection of the non-flying or scale models. Trophy for Each Class The contest will consist of the Mulvihill outdoor and Stout indaor competitions, and ihe competition for the best scale model of a man carrying ship. tuch contest Is divided Into a Class A, open to ev erybody, and a Class U. open to boys of & years and younger, al though these boys, of course, may enter for Class A. In each class of each contest there will be a trophy, eight inouey prizes ranging from ?i)u to fit), four gold medals, four silver medals, twenty-live bronze medals and an honor cor tllicata to every hoy that enters. In addition, the two boys who win the Mulvihli: and Stout con tests will be tnlteu on a trip to u rope to exhibit or contest against boys In London, 1'nris and tleneva Airplane models obtain their .low er from twisted rubber. As the elastic band unwinds It luras the small prooeller, sending the model vV far Into tlie nlr. The plane rises from lis own landing gear or fa launched from the hand and after the rubber can give It no additional forward movement, It glides to earth smoothly. For buys who by experience have-learned tho nuu lering of the crnft it makes . a smooth landing on Its own vvliutils or bamboo skid without ilamajlur.; Its thhi w fin; j bt llssuo and wood. ' Circle About Posts Thus have the outdoor airplay models Uown for a mile and a lui.tr. Vnv of the "ihjiny uttrks" which the youthful builrtfix of alrjtUin models k.unv us tir "jnishcr," hrcnuic Ihit propeller in behind the. wing V u tit in a the pUine (itrtrmd It tics with the small end to the front and has made a sustained light record of t'tO seconds. to the nmacmetit of many who have witnessed l tie performance. .The graceful Indoor models are controlled l:t their (light by bend inn the rudder and slighlly warp ins Ihe wings, and boys dexterm.H III (heir optMiiilon snnd Ihcni in cir cles about posts and cliiiudidlcrs without sirHmii;. nr lcc llicm cir cling for a lime ai a ik'tiiittc eli vu- FAILS TO SHOW UP NEW YORK. April 28 (P) All attempt by a self-styled medium to materialize the spirit ot Harry Ho'.i dini before a critical audience was classed as a complete failure today. : The attempt, which was made at tl-a offices of Science and Inven tion, a publication which has of fered a prize of $21,000 for any pnehonemou that cannot be dupli cated or explained by natural, sci entific moans. Mrs. Houdlpi, the widow of the maglcion. w!o attend ed the seance, also has offered $10, 000 to anyone who will brir.j her a ten-word message her husband wrote during life and which he told Tier ho would repeat after death if possible. The medium, Nino Pecoraro, a portrait painter from the Bronx, was stripped, then dressed in a white shirt and trousers, strapped to a chair, tied hand and foot with ropes and the mittens he wore were sewed to his shirt sleeves. All ImotH were sealed with wax and he was.tlien placed behind a black cur tain and lights were turned out. After a short while a voice purport ing to he that of his -"spirit con trol" came from behind the curtain saying that lloud'nl would "come through." The voice said she would count three in Italian and then the cameras which had been prepared to photograph anything that might appear were to "shoot." Hut no materialization took place, although Beveral times what was purported to he the volco of Itoudlnl was Ativan). ' At the conclusion of the seance. Joseph Dunninger, chnirman of the Science and Invention's committee, said he could duplicate by natural scientific means within far less time all that I'eeornro had accom plished In two hours. by the committee until it had nn opportunity on Monday to look over a print of the revised mea sure. Many administrative changes were made In the house bill in nd dltion to cutting down the total proposed reduction from $-so.-000.000 to meet the limitations set by tlie treasury. Willie tlie Swing-Johnson Boul der canyon dam bill Is beforo tho senate and there Ih no likelihood of a vote on it before next Thurs day, Senator Smoot said he expect ed to obtain consent to havo tho tax bill taken up oi that flay and if necessary to baie tlie Ijouldor dam measure temporarily laid asido. .With the lines pretty definitely drawn for the tax fight, senate leaders expect it will be possible to dispose of tho bill within a week or ten days. NEAR DEPLETION, WIN A. A. U. TITLES BOSTON'. Mass., April 28. (P) The eastern boxers carried oft' most of the honors in the A A. U. national amateur championshfp tournament which ended here this morning after three days of box ing. Seven of the eight national titles were won by boys from Mas sachusetts, New York and Penn sylvania and tho other champion ship wont to California. Two New Yorkers, Tommy Lown nnd George Hoffman, won national titles for the second consecutive year. Lown successfully defended Ills welterweight crown and Hoff man, who had outKiown his 175 pound title, replaced it with the heavyweight championship. CHICAGO. April 2S. iP) The City of Chicago today had vm tin- I appropriated balance of only $13,300 In its corporate fund, the official report of the city Comp troller, Charles ('. Fitzmo r r i s showed. Financial experts described the situation as tho moat acute tdnoe 1017, when it was necessary to vote bonds to sustain tlie corporate fund. Tho aldermen apprised of the city's financial straits, voted to recall all unexpended appropria tions, to defer those pemUnj; and to direct department heads to use "CoolidRo economy." Against the balance of $13,000 j now on band, tho city has omor .gency needs and incurred obliga tions calling for expenditures of ,$1,045,421. This means that if ;th city were to pay up nil Its obll 'patlnns, it would be $1,032,121 in eht and would have nothing to spend until the beginning of tin , next fiscal year. publican chairman nnd former vire president af the First Nation-, a I bank of I-nCirnngo, Ind., today was sentenced to four years in Lea ven worth federal prison for violating the national banking Inws. ' Valentino D. Weaver, former president of the bank, who plead ed guilty to tho name charge, was sentenced to two and a half years at Leavenworth. N o fin es w e re a ssessed a gain st ell her defendant. Testimony during tho trial, which started last Monday, was that $S1.000 In forged paper was placed in tho bank which later failed. Walb's attorneys had no statement to make, but the former republican state chairman was said to have indicated to friends last night that no appeal would be taken. BASSETT RESIGNS JUDICIAL PLACE tlon, perhaps a few Inches below the celling. That ill LhL la not as dltlicull as It seems is indicated by the fact that The Airplane Model League- of America has been re celviiiE at Its headuuurtera In Ihe American Itulldluu In Melrolt on in average or about It. 00, letters daily rroin hoys making and dying mot el airplanes. The League answers .... I telle, Calif., catcher, also wan Riven i bis urn omii. ional release. While ! showing much promise, ho was j considered too young to keep. Jle I may go lo the I'lah-ldaiio league. all airplane model questions with out charco. While nirplano models may be made from an old shingle and some brown paper, it was ovldent at the outset that winners in the national competition would use selected m,i terials, which wcro ilffieult to ob tain. Tlin wood must bo light if '.ho plane Is to bo given uny lilglit Arrangements were made to supply those who enter into the competi tion with materials on a cost basis, and n small factory Tor Ibo prep aration of model airplane parts was set up In Detroit. The demand thus far has beeu ten times what was anticipated. Wood Lighter Than Cork The chief element In tho modeU Is balsa wood, which grows u South America, chiefly in t.cuador, nnd has half tho weight of cork. The balsa is a fuH growing treo, reaching eleven feet, from Ihe seed, in tho Unit year. Japanese Imperial tlsueVvhfch is almost as tti in as cobwebs, although maintaining a stout resist!, nci even to a sirring and tail surfaces. The ribs and part of the framework are ot hair thin bamboo and (he propeller 19 carved by the boy from haUa. Ma.; log this propeller Is cue of ilio principal factor- hi thu success nr failure of tho plane. A good pro peller Is shaved so tl in that light unities through It. The motor is a double or multiple-strand of rub ber, running from Ihe front of the plane to the rear, which may be wlsted in the case of larger mod elsas many ns 1.200 turns. The other requirements for an airplane model that will tly are linn piano whi, t,ie, banana nil and tiny washers. (Iritlltli Ogdeii Kills, editor of The American Hoy maga zine, conceived the idea of bring ing airplane juodels to the atten tion of the boys of the country so that the ollicial contest would atitnulaie real effort, leach boys better craftsmanship and ho rep resentative o country as a vhele."uauy leadersih avmlion seb great value from Ihe manner In v.bleh ilia movement has been ro wind, is used tu cover tho wings , oeived IE VIENNA, April 28. (JP) Hela Kun. Hungarian communist luu been arrested here. SENATE REVISES ! TAX SLASHBILL WASHINGTON', April 2S- 0F The senate finance committee lo d ty completed Its work of revising the house tax reduction bill nnd C"tt-min mort announced he would ask the sennte to becin con sideration Of the '.,t)3.0"K),000 measure on next ThuWlay. A formal repoi wu withheld NOTED PREACHER NEW YORK. Apr. 2S OR The Ilev. Dr. S. Parkes Cad man, pastor of the Central Congregational ehur h. Hrooklyn, and president of the f"eral council of churches of Christ in America, extolled ath letics last nit'ht nf'er climbing through the rop's of a boxing bout. The match w.n held at the club house of the Lrooklyn-Manhatt.m-Transit company. Af er the bout l)r. Cadrnnn told the spectators he ' wouldn't mind putting on the gloves himself for 1 5 minutes or o. Sports, he said, developed body nnd mind and t.vight lf-reliance. and ascribed to bis early football days the fart that h ron'lnuc well and active at the age of 63. WASHINGTON. April 28 (T) State department advices today said G. II. .Marshall, American man ager nt La Luz mines In Nicaragua, is still held prisoner by fiandino's forces. Consul Samuel J. Fletcher at Hluefields telegraphed: "The only employe of La Luz' Mining company In danger is O. L. Marshall. Humors indicate he Is still In the hands of Kamlino but is being well cared for at Bonanza mine, where, according to rumors, Sandino is entrenching." American Minister Kherhart nt Manrxua said it whs almost im possible to obtain any reliable In formation in the disturbed area. Ilela Kun was head of tho short lived communist govern m e n t .vhich he organized following tho world war. Ho was forced to flee to Vienna in August, 1919. Bela Kun said that he came to Vienna to execute secret orders L'iven him in Moscow which ho could not divulge. Ho opened a. so-culled commercial office in the seventh district where he received many Hungarian emigrants. I'olice said that Kun entered Austria with a false German passport but ad mitted bis identity when confront ed by a guard of the insane asylum where he was Interned In Vienna in mo. The authorities expressed belief that Kun bad no subversive Inten-, Hon toward Austria but was pre paring th cause of a Hungarian revolution for the purpose of establishing a dictatorship in Hun Kty. This, they said, was indicat ed in n vast quantity of Hungarian propoitanda material found In his possession. GENEVA, April 2S. (JP) John P.assett Moore, American judge on tho permanent court of Interna tional Justico since 1921, announc ed his resignation today. Tho resignation opened up the untire question of America's reht tdon to the court nnd whether the Pjnited States would finally Join it. 4ome circles believed that the .Oeetion of an American as a sue-f-Hsor to Mr. Moore was likely to depend largely upon whether the United States resumed negotiations f(i membership. Among the names mentioned as a successor were Charles Kvuns Hughes, Chief Justice Tnfi, Klihu loot, John V Ha vis and George W. Wickersham. The election will be made by Oie next council of the League of Na tions and the assembly, both vot it; separately. American nominations under the constitution of the court must lie made by the American group of lh' old Hague .court of arbitration which includes Mr. Moore. Mr. Ifnot. " Judge Gray and Oscar Straus. Mr. Moore in forwarding his letter nf resignation lo Sir Krlc Hrum mond, secret a ry general of the League if Nations, explained that lie was withdrawing to devote his i-niiie time lo the completion of a mammoth treatise on inter nntloni'l !a This will comprise 7fi vol umes. M r. Moore has rpent 4 2 yars on this work which deals witli the history of arbitration and concilia tion since the earliest times. L ed from nn airplane over the Mnn-tlc-llo flying field fulled lo open. Lieutenant Fieri, who was fly ing the plane, paid ihe gem-nil pos sibly bad made ihe Jump too quick ly. The ropes wound around his body and the parachute fulled to spread. This was the first time In more than 2,0 00 lauuchlngs that this particular type of parachute failed lo open. I 4MFH P1N RflY lo ' ' I niliulllunll UU I iin 1 1 1 ip i in r in i VA UHtLUAb ; For i i WIFE MURDERER placed In the care of G. IT. Snapp, of Salem, who chanced to bo there. Snapp claimed the boy was not feclde minded and insisted on an Investigation of the institution. Ho took Ins complaint before the stnto health authorities, who were of the opinion the boy should bo in cuh tuday of the institution. NF-W YOltlv. Apr. 2S iP) vision, industry, enterprise and public, spirit, ir. the words of Adolph S. Of ha, the American t.oy has no superior, if he has n peer. The publisher of the Houston Chronicle; Harry Chand ler, publisher of the Iajh Angeles Times and Colonel Jtobert Fwing. publisher of tho New Orleans Htats. Mr. Ochs noted thnt much was nld about the emigrant who rose to fortune, but attention was not called so often to the boy Indigenous to the soli, whoso an cestry harked laek to tho pio neering days nnd who roso to re nown. He termed his guests three remarkable men of the lat ter type. HONOLULU, April 2S. I7P) Captain Harry M. Thatcher, at tached to the quartermaster corps. Fort Armstrong, I la wail, was drowned off the island of Kauai yesterday, a wireless dispatch re ceived at the local army head quarters staled. 1 MTAM L Flu., April 2 S. Having slain tho wife who cared for him I t years, a whool-chnlr in valid was in jail hero today on a charge of murder. llert Campbeil, R7, the prisoner, declared he shot tho woman last night because he had just learned ho could not divorce her. lie sur rendered to police he had cnlled and was carried to ji.I! in tho Inva lid's chair without which ho on li mit move. He fdept well, profess hw no Interest in consequences of the affair. i n 'INDIANA BANKERS i ! GIVEN SENTENGES; I'KNHLKTON. Ore., April 28 t (Vi - Uimu a million poi-ims ol .m sjild wool remains in tho hands of growers In this county. Ihe latgest f amount of any county In Ihe state, accordlc; to local wool authorities.! Growers aro declining to contract: their crop in advance of rhearfnK operations, preferring lo take take chances with a raise on the eastern markets. I ''""i WEAK AT PLATE DO.VOIl.V. Pa., April 2. wlV-; Three persons were dead and a1 fourth was reported In n critical condition today ns a result of a hun band's attempt to patch up marital differences with his wife, j Andrew ltcus, was siiot to death yesterday j,y his son-lu-law.i John Fancrall, 25,. in tho Jailer's home nt MououKabela. Faixsall wounded )iis mot her-In -law and Pan enall died later, ) M I's. Funcsalt's condition vas( def-erlbed serious. j The shooting followed nn argil-' men growing out of Fanesall's efforts to havo bis wife return to him. i NFW YORK. April 2. (AT) Charles A. Stonchnm, president nt the New York Giants, was held liable hy the appellate division of t be Ml in erne court today In two test suits brought by former cus tomers of his brokerage business wboe ai-coiiuis bad been 1 rn in ferred to brokerage houses which later went Into bankruptcy. "A bold and deliberate consplr scyj fraudulently to convert on a lare scale," was the way the court opinion characti rized the transac-; Hons. FOLT WAYNK. Ind., April 29 -A'l Clyde A. Walk, former ix WASHINGTON. Coolidgo find Utile improvement In floor relief bill passed by bou-e, lndie.oie.iJ readiness to approve tax reduction t bill. I l'OItTLANH. April 21. (P) Cai.-oti 'Skeeter" liighee .outfield er of the 1'orGand club of the I'a- ' cifie Coast league, was Kiven 1IU-! conditional rel-ae today. He has hutted less than .h''l since the start! of the ftcuxon. Hlghce was picked up by Thomas' L, Turner, pnsiden. i,f the lnrt ! land club, after Seattle released' him last summer. Itetwrr-n J uly 1 and the end of the seitnon, he averaged ,2t4 at bat. I Orlin berry, l'J-yenr-old flaw"- F, Oregon News in Brief ... u J Irt , t OAUflD-SACRAMENTO Schediilff's EVKR.Y DAY V. SPECIAL LOW RATE LOS ANGELES $21 San Diego, $24.30. S.icramento, $10.80; R. T, $18.25. San Francisco, $12.50; R. T. $22.50. (A) . . , Similar IiIk nnvlnKs to all Cali fornia cltkn nlHn to Southwest and Kaat. No othor travel way offers so much In scenic enjoy ment such comfort and conven lc:ico at so little coat. NOW Special low fares to St. Louis, ChlcaKO and East. Di'IMnures South , 0:40 A. '.V., 12:06, 9:60 P. M, . ., ' .-.'i : . i HOTEL JACKSON . ' 8th and Central Phone 309 . FtoMK. April M') Lleutep-: fint- tenera I A levMindro i liudonl, former Italian air attache nt j WnphiriKton, wan killed today when u parachutu will) which ho jump- SALL.r. Ore, April 28. (IP) Lewellyn llornetde. 17. cotu-fdir-ably In the llnieliubt sever, il month:" ntro. ! awaln an escape from tho state Institution for the feeble minded havin been report ed miswlliK Wednesday nlht alotiK with Tom Larnon, 11. another in inatq. Jlurnside's flrnt e.-H-ai"' tntik bltn to Itridal Veil whevo ho was (flven shelter by rolutivoa and j LUMBER rj FOIl EVK.IIY 881 AT , Q Q TROWBRIDGE n I.IMItKIt YARD w a a es!