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Fascination of the Air Now Gripping, the
Modern Youth, Whose Experiments
With Airplane Models Give .
Promise of Continued American
Leadership in Aeronautics.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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"-
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Oregon News
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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 ,
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. ' 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
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