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Trio Undaunted by Narrow
Escape From Death When
Vast Balloon Plunges 60,
000 Feet to Corn Field
By J. N. Allison
HOLDREDGE, Neb., July 30. (AP)
Three army airmen who took to their
parachutes to escape death In the
crash of the world's largest balloon
12 miles northwest of here are eager
for another venture Into the strato
sphere. Captain Albeit W. Stevens, scienti
fic observed on the "explorer" when
It failed to reach more than 60,000
feet Saturday, said, however, another
attempt to soar uncharted heights
would not be possible before next
May or June.
Major William E. Kepner, comman
der of the flight from Rapid City,
S. D., to Reuben Johnson's cornfield
and co-pilots Captain Orvil A. An
derson and Captain Stevens were en
route back to Rapid City today after
an investigation at Kearney, Neb.,
into the cause of the balloon's fail
ure. Muy and June Best
Stevens said May and June are the
best months for stratospheric explor
ation, and that It would take consid
erable time to reconstruct he precious
Instruments destroyed when the gon
dola plunged to the earth, crashing
liko an egg.
The only instrument saved was the
valuable spectrograph, which was
sent immediately to the University of
Rochester, New York. The salvage
was loaded Into a motor truck after
the close of the investigation, and
started for Washington, D. C.
Construction of new Instruments,
Stevens said, would take less time
than that required for those carried
by the mammoth bag, as plans, spe
clficatlona and blue prints of them
are in the hands of the score of
scientific organizations which cooper
ated by placing the instruments
aboard.
Must Secure Funds
Funds for another attempt to
reach & new stratospheric ceiling
would have to be enlisted. And whe
ther the U. S. army air corps and
the National Geographic society,
which sponsored the most ambitious
itratos-here flight in history would
cooperate in another such undertak
ing, had not been determined.
Anxious to learn what caused the
eas bag, which contained about three
acres of fabric, to rip as it swung
over Nebraska, the balloonists and
scientists have given most of their
time to a study of the wreckage.
After an all day hearing at Kearney
yesterday behind closed doors, those
who conducted the investigation de
clined to make an announcement.
The broken "mechanical brains" were
sent to the National Geographic so
ciety office at Washington.
Fabric Too Light
Captain Anderson advanced the
theory that the fabric used below the
diaphragm was too light. He said
that instead of two-ounce material,
three or four-ounce fabric should
have been used. -
Captain Stevens had a different
opinion. He believed the fabric strong
enough, but that local strains on the
peculiarly shaped bag and the meth
od by which It unfolded probably
were responsible for the rlpa which
caused the airmen to seek a landing
before they were able to reach the
bag's maximum altitude.
The balloon took off at Rapid City
'hortly after daylight Saturday and
tred as it was carried on a south -terly
direction. East of North
te. Neb , the big bag tore below
diaphragm, and then several
.all holes appeared in that part of
the fabric.
The airmen, upon discovery of a
tear at least 30 feet long, decided
they should start down. They at
tempted to drop less than 300 feet
a minute to avoid any surges In the
fabric, and tried "to pet her down"
In the hope of escaping the para
chute descent.
Bottom Torn Out
On reaching the 8000 foot level an
other rip occurred, and the whole
bottom of the bag tore out. The bal
loon then was a perfect parachute
and began floating down about 800
feet a minute.
"We no longer had a balloon, only
a parachute," Captain Anderson said,
"and we couldn't help matters by
staying in the gondola. So we agreed
to ball out to lighten the load and
hoped thereby to slow the dercent to
avoid the crash.
"I balled out at 3000 feet above
the ground, and then the balloon dis
appeared. Stevens and Kepner fol
lowed, abandoning the ship at 1500
feet or lower.
"The gondola plunged to earth,
bursting open as it struck the
ground."
Stevpna narrowly escaped death In
getting free of the gondola. He was
unable to get out of the porthole on
two attempts because of air pressure.
On the third attempt he plunged
Into space and pulled the rip cord.
When the parachute opened It was
struck by the falling balloon, but
the bng glanced off and did not en
tangle him. The gondola then drop
ped like a shot.
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Society and Clubs
Edited by Irva Fewell
Scouts Complete ,
Week at camp
Four local Girl Scouts, Avonne Rae,
Marlon Strayer, Neva Croucher and
LIU Croucher, have completed a
week's stay at the Lake o' the Woods
camp, and have written the follow
ing interesting report of their out
ing: Four of us girls from Berry dale
troop No. 3 were fortunate enough
to attend Girl Scout camp at Lake
o' the Woods for one week. We had
looked forward to It with much en
thusiasm, and on Sunday morning,
June 17, we Joyfully climbed In the
car for our trip to the camp.
We enjoyed the trip, and arrived In
time for dinner. After dinner we
were divided into groups according
to our age. and assigned our cabins. ;
The oldest girls were called the Dra
gonflles, next were Grasshoppers.
Butterflies, Crickets, Beetles and
Lady bugs. Each group had its own
cabin, supervised by two counselors.
The counselors were named after
some animal.
Our day began with the call of the
bugle at 6:30, and we were kept busy
all day with duties and hobbles until
taps at 9 o clock, except for an hour
of rest after dinner.
Each cabin had some duties they
were expected to do, called Kapers,
such as: Gathering wood, clean-up,
color guard and kitchen police.
All four of us took some handi
craft, Avonne and Marlon made Na
ture booklets and Neva and Llla
made leather purses. We also went
on a flower study hike.
, Ae the evening campfires, we had
short skits and puppet shows and
learned many new songs at the com-
munlty singing.
We all tried swimming, and Marlon
passed her swimming test for first-
class.
We all won a leather tie-clasp, made
in handicraft, for being good camp
ers, and Marion and Avonne won tr.e
health winner badge.
Thursday, the older bugs hiked up
Brown Spring mountain and the
smaller ones rowed across the lake
to the sandbar.
Friday, June 23, was Marlon's birth
day, and they surprised her with a
large white cake at supper. Tha
evening the Dragonflles went across
the lake to the resort in two boats,
and rowed back later In the evening.
We had. a good time.
Saturday, Marlon entered the arch
ery tournament and won first prize
with a score of 53 points, and re
ceived a red arrow.
Sunday, before leaving, they treat
ed us with a big chicken dinner and
ice cream.
We came home feeling that we had
spent a most enjoyable week and
were very thankful to the committee
who makes it possible for the Girl
Scouts to have camp every summer.
South Carolinian Honored
At D. . R. Luncheon Saturday
On Saturday, July 28, Mrs. H. H
Calhoun of South Carolina was the
honored guest of Crater Lake chap
ter, Daughters of the American Revo
lution, at a 1 o'clock luncheon at
the Hotel Medford.
Mrs. Calhoun la a past vice-regent
of the national society D. A. R., and
a past state regent of the South Caro
lina society, and It was through her
personal efforts that the Tamaswe
boarding school, sponsored and sup
ported by the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, was organized 15
years ago. Her delightful and en
lightening story of the development
of this splendid project was an in
spiration to those who heard har
speak.
The school, which .was given the
old Indian name Tamassee, meaning
"Sunlight of God," is located In
nothwestern South Carolina, near the
borders of Georgia North Carolina
and Tenneessee, and serves the moun
tain people of that region. Tralnh.g
and practice in agriculture and do
mestic science are provided, as well
as the regular school courses, and the
buildings are used as a community
center, church and Sunday school.
This worthwhile work is one of the
Daughters major projects and is In
charge of the Americanism comml!1.
tee of which Mrs. G. Q. D'Alblni la
local chairman,
Mrs. Calhoun Is touring the west
ern states, accompanied by her hus
band, who la the head of the chem
istry and geology department of Clem
son college S. C, and her son. Aft?r
visiting Crater Lake, they wfll visit
Albany. Salem and Portland, where
Mrs. Calhoun will apeak in the in
terest of Tamassee, to Daughters of
the American Revolution chapters.
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Princess Lola
Returns From Eugene.
After three days of teas, luncheons,
balls, pageant and parades, Princess
Lois of Medford has returned from
the Oregon Trail celebration at Eu
gene, where she represented Medford
and the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce as an attendant to Queen
Susannah III.
Miss Lois Llndsey was accompanied
to Eugene by her sister, Miss Alt
Llndsey.
Also attending Miss Marjorie Wll
helm of Eugene, who was Queen
Susannah III, were three Eugene prin
cesses, and princesses from Medford,
Albany, Corvallls, Florence, Lebanon,
Gold Beach, Lakeview, Bend and
Marshfleld.
Princess Lois was escorted by Frank
B. Reld. member of the Eugene
Junior chambe- of commerce, and
Thursday afternoon the princesses
went from the Hotel Osborne to the
city hall, by stage coach, where the
queen was presented the key to the
city. The young ladles then were
taken for an airplane ride about the
valley by Harold Sander, formerly of
Medford. They also made brief talks
over radio station KORE.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings, the princesses sat with the
queen in her official box, at the pio- j
neer pageant. Friday t morning the ;
participated in the pioneer parade,
and In the afternoon were guests at
a garden party at the Chapman home,
sponsored by members of the Spins
ters club.
The party attended the Queen's
ball In the Eugene armory Friday
evening, and Cole McElroy. director
of the dance band, introduced the
queen and her princesses. Including
Miss Lois "of the Pear City."
Friday morning was the Industrial
parade, followed by the luncheon at
the Eugene hotel honoring the out
standing women attending the cele
bration. The affair was given by the
Welfare Guild of Eugene, and as an
added feature, old fashioned dresses
and costumes were modeled by mem
bers of the Spinsters' club.
The luncheon was followed by a
tea at Gerllnger hall, and the three
days' events were completed by the
final, showing of the pageant.
For the parade and other day-time
events, Princess Lois wore an at
tractive old-fashioned print of light
green, and her evening dress was
orchid lavender, with matching bon
net and parasol. She wore white lace
mitts.
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Mistletoe Club
Party Is Tomorrow.
The Thank You party for their
Pollyannas, will be given by mem
bers of the Mistletoe club Tuesday
evening at the home of Calla Geer,
516 North Jackson street. Each mem
ber will present a gift to her Polly
anna of the past term.
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Bridge Party
Wednesday Evening.
A benefit bridge party, being spon
sored by the St. Ann's Altar society,
will be given on Wednesday evening
at the parish hall of the Catholic
church, at eight o'clock. Refresh
ments are to be served.
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WHIIston-Mlllard
Wedding Here Saturday.
At a ceremony performed Saturday
noon in the study of the Presbyte
rlan church, Jessie Wlltiston and
Ralph Millard, both of Fresno, Calif.,
were married by the Reverend William
J. Howell. Accompanying the couple
were Herb Grey and Curtis W. Hop
kins.
Following the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. Millard were entertained by
friends here. Mr. Millard Is advert!
lng manager of the Fresno Bee. They
left Sunday for a several weeks
honeymoon tour, which will extend
Info Canada.
Etrniis Entertain
At Sunday Iiinner.
Visitors from the east, who are In
the valley, were honored at Bunday
supper at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
H. Chandler Epan. Present were Miss
Marian Weir of Cleveland. Miss Elisa
beth Egan of St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred S. V. Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs.
Robe.'t W. Ruhl and daughter, Miss
Roxane, and Mrs. Phillip W. Hamtll
and daughter, Miss Peggy, of New
York.
Mrs. Patton Honor
Guest nt Dinner Dance
Mrs. Warner Pntton, who will be
leaving this week for Berkeley, Calif.,
to make her home, was honored at a
dinner party Saturday evening at the
Medford hotel, which was followed by
dancing at the Jackson Hot Springs.
Twenty-four persons made up the
party.
ntrtlil:iy Party
At Mnlford lintel '
Mr. and Mrs. George Robertson and
Miss Viola Templcton entertained at
the Medford hotel Saturday evening
with a cocktail party and dance in
honor of Miss Templeton's and Mr.
Robertson's birthdays. Fifty guests
were Invited for the evening, and
supper was served at midnight.
Chllds Visitors of
Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Green
Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Chllds and Miss
Elizabeth Childs of Creston, Iowa,
arrived on the Shasta this morning
and are visiting here with Dr. and
Mrs. R. E. Green.
Week-End Guest
Of Miss DeVrles.
Miss Marie Prescott of Ashland wae
a week-end guest in this city of Miss
Grace DeVries.
BIRTHS
Mr. 'and Mrs. E. J. Bell of Ideal
Court, this city, are the parents of a
son, weighing eight pounds, born
Saturday at the Sacred Heart hospi
tal. Both mother and child were re
ported today as getting along well.
NAPIER BEST SPELLER
ANNA SPRINGS CAMP
Robert Napier proved Infallible In
two spelling bees at CCC Camp Anna
Springs last week, and walked off
with the prize cigarettes. Wlot Clark
and Nyle Fewell took second place
against a field of 27 contestants.
There are numerous educational
facilities at Camp Anna Springs and
most members avail themselves of
the privilege of keeping up with the
world "for future reference."
You can get anything, anytime, at
DeVoe's. Across from the courthouse.
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SIMPLE RITES FOR
MAI- DRESSLER
IN STAR'S CHURCH
BEVERLY HILLS, July 30. (AP
Marie Dressier will find her final
resting place In a crypt at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, .to.
morrow.
The remains of the rjrand old
trouper, veteran of the stage and
screen, who died Saturday at Santa
Barbara after a lingering illness, will
be laid to rest following simple pri
vate services in the wee kirk
heather.
the
Rev. Neal Dodd, pastor of the Lit
tle Church Around the Corner
Hollywood known as the "Church
of the Stars" since It Is the place of
worship of many of filmland's not
ables will preside at the services.
Only Intimate acquaintances of
the 62-year-old actress will attend
her last rites.
Some of Hollywood's notables will
be there, of course, but by for the
greatest majority will be folk from
the rank and file of the film indus
try, In which Miss Dressier attained
her spectacular prominence long af
ter what generally is considered the
prime of life.
There will be carpenters, prop men,
stage hands, cameramen, script
clerks, servants, old troupers of the
stage and others who were close to
Miss DreRsler, addressed her as
"Marie" and called her friend.
Announcement of the funeral
plans for Miss Dressier were made
by Alan Walker, who, with Mrs.
Walker, was one of the actress clos
est friends.
"We decided on a private, simple
funeral." Walker said, "because we
knew Miss Dressier would have wish
ed !t so."
The remains of the grand Old
trouper today lay in a private fun
eral home, the name of which was
known to only half a dozen persons.
The casket was sealed, not to be re
opened. And Holleywood mourned the pass
ing of "Everybody's Friend."
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A happy holiday outing wa turned Into tragedy when a bus bound
from Brooklyn, N. Y., plunged down an embankment at Osslnlng, N. Y,
and burst Into flames, killing 14 of the trapped occupants and Injuring
many more. Only a handful of the passengers escaped. The charred
ruins are shown above. (Associated Press PhntM
1VORYTON. Conn., July 30. (UP)
Reports that Katharine Hepburn
and Ludlow Ogden Smith, from whom
tho scwen star was divorced recently,
may be reconciled shortly, were circu
lated here today.
Smith Is the house guest of Miss
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Hepburn's parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Thomas N. Hepburn, who have a sum
mer home near here.
The actress Is rehearsing for a part
In a new play cnlled "Dark Victory,"
which will open tho week of August
8, and Smith la taking an active In
terest In his former wife's work.
Well Diggers Rushed.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UP) The
wcll-dlpglng business Is looking up.
too. The W. H. Pearson Drilling com
pany has contract to dig 24 wells and
provide casings therefor.
SKETCHES OF PARK
Lor sen Howard Crawford of Welles
vllle, Ohio, a CCC enrolle at Camp
Wineglass In Crater Lake national
park, is making a pamphlet contain
ing water color sketches of scenery la
the park section, which he will pre
sent Robert Fechner, national direc
tor of the CCC, when he visits here
the latter part of next week.
Crawford, who came to southern
Oregon only a week ago, has complet
ed a number of sketches, which will
make up the book. He spends forty
hours a week In this work.
He has studied in Vienna, and also
graduated from a school of art In
Cleveland.
OAKLAND, Calif., July 30. (UP!
Two Chinese cousins fought with
meat cleaver and pistol today be
cause one of them said his wife could
not cook boiled rice properly.
Police pieced out tho story from
accounts of excited witnesses.
Ben Oee, 22, was ahot and killed.
Hla cousin, Norman Oee, 22, was cut
so seriously with the cleaver that h
may die.
Norman Gee waa criticizing cook
lng of his own wife, Mrs. Yee Gooey
Yoo Gee, 20. Ben took offense at
the slight on the family name an4
pursued Norman with a cleaver thru
the laundry where both worked.
Badly cut, Norman turned and shot
his cousin.
Home Cookie.
SILVERTON, Ore. (UP) Miles
Barber bet a cookie that a local
bank would not reopen. He paid Miss
ina Harold with one eight Inches In
diameter, two-tiered, decorated with
white Icing, pink and green floral
wreaths and the words: "I lost. MUea
Barber."
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