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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOKD, OREGON. FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1935. PAGE EIGHT GIANT BAG BURSTS DURING -INFLATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA 3 (Continued irom rage One.) fused to divulge the name of the other pilot. GOLF TOURNEY SUII a colorlcaa ga. ruahed out. a blue haze appeared. The haze, official of the National Geographic society at Washington aatd they believed, was caused by tal cum powder which was inside the balloon. However, they said, the pow der, which had been used In folding the balloon to prevent friction, osuld not have caused the accident. Pending the investigation, the mass of fabric was left untouched In the middle of the big Uiuminated ring where the baloon was being prepared for the flight. Onlookers Shocked. The flight staff as well as specta tors massed on the cliffs, appeared stunned by the shock. After the In itial confusion the crowd slowly be gan to scatter. Flight officials said sn attempt would be made to reconstruct ths ac cident es nearly as possible, In an effort to determine the cause. They planned to examine the fabric Inch by inch, to see whers and how I the break occurred. Before the collapse the helium was concentrated in the top of the bag, which was inflated to only about one eighth Us capacity. This was to al low for expansion in the sun's heat. MlHhup, Described. Sgt. Q. W. Money of the U. 8. army air corps at Scott Field, 111., one of the men who was working on top of the gondola, described the mishap. "I was working on a cross-bar on top of the gondola," he said. "Sud- 1 denly I felt the ropes slacken. The next thing I knew the whole fabric came down on me." J. F. Cooper of the Goodyeir-Zep-pelln corporation at Akron, O., mak ers of the baloon, said ho knew of no reason for the collapse. Officials of the Geographic society, which financed the 175.000 expedi tion, would not comment immediate ly regarding the possibility of a later flight. The crushing misfortune which so unexpectedly disrupted the expedi tion climaxed almost a year of prep aration. Plans for the attempt were started Immediately after the flight last July ended In near disaster over central Nebraska when the bag rip ped at a height of 60,000 feet and then exploded. The flight today was to have been the most ambitious undertaking of Its kind ever attempted. The bal-loon,- made of approximately 2 3-3 acres of rubberized cotton fabric, was the Inrgest ever built. The nine-foot gondola also was of record size. Cap tain Anderaon was confident the sky craft would break the official record of 1 1.0 miles, with prospects of reaching a height of 14 miles. Precaution! Tnkrn "What stunned us regarding the accident." Capt. Stevens said, "was that everything had gone so smoothly and extra precautions had been taken to make the balloon as strong as pos sible. Special efforts were made to have the top strong, and it was prob ably three times as strong as the top In last year's bag." Tears In the balloon used last year started at the bottom but no trouble appeared at the top. Jt appeared unlikely there would be any flndlnga at the flight camp until at least afternoon. A few hours after the mishap the base was almost deserted, except for soldiers guarding the balloon. Captain Stevens spoke of the dis appointment to the army and Geo graphic society, explaining that the lntter suffered a severe financial loss. The cost of the expedition was placed at 9175,000. He said the army would be partially repaid by training given men in balloon handling. Captain Anderson, obviously great ly disappointed, had no comment. Pecora Wanted As Phone Quiz Counsel WASHINGTON, July 13. (Pres ident Roosevelt has made overtures to Ferdinand Pecora, New York su preme court Justice, regarding the position of special counsel in the communications commission's Inves tigation of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. It was indicated at the White House today, however, that the former leader of the senate's stock market inquiry had made no final reply as to whether he would accept the post. PORTLAND, Ore., July 13. (AP) Marion McDougall and Nancy Hurst, by virtue of victories over Charla Ugner and Mrs. B. E. Eva, respective ly, were to meet today in the titlr match for the Oregon state women's open golf championship. All neml-flnal contestants were Port land ern. Miss McDougall, a pre-tourney fa vorite, defeated Miss Ilgner, 2 and 1, yesterday, and Miss Hurst won a sur prise victory over the present wom en's champion, Mrs. Eva, 6 and S. E WJTNE: UNABLE TO DECIDE IF SPINACH TEST OR HOAX NEW YORK, July 13. p) Either the efficacy of spinach as a snakebite preventive Is getting a spartan tet or else blase Broadway has witnessed its most excising hoax In years. New Yorkers pendered this question today after watching Miss Bebe De La Fontaine, dancer, thrust her hand before the gaping Jaws of a six-foot rattler in a supposed demonstration of how a vegetarian diet will make folks Immune to almost anything. Climaxing a health lecture by Dr. Lloyd Shanklln. Miss De La Fontaine drew the reptile from a basket and advanced her free hand alowly to ward it. Suddenly she screamed, swayed and was led from the stage. Later she left the building with a finger end thumb bandaged. Dr. Shanklln said the dancer would be back on the platform tonight, alive and well. Most of the witnesses thought he was right. BOY DROWNS IN POOL LEFT BY HIGH WATER THE DALLES, Ore., July 12. (AP) An 11 -year-old boy, George Dyball, drowned yesterday in a stagnant pool left by the receding waters of the Columbia river. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dyball of The Dalles. LAURA 1NGALLS SPANS COUNTRY WITHOUT STOP (Continued from page One.) Ose Mall Tribune want ada. head. "It was an ordeal and I'm glad I made It." Leaving Floyd Bennett field at New York at 4:31 a. m.. eastern standard time. Miss Ingalls took a course over Pittsburgh. Cleveland. Chlcaeo. Kan- I1 sas City and on to the coast. She was unsighted until she passe :1 over Kingman, Ariz. Her plane was not equipped with a radio sending set. She said she hit strong headwinds and an electrical storm east of Wins low. Ariz., which slowed her time. Her contemplated return flight to the east will be her third attempt. Several months ago she left Burbank airfield, determined to lower the Ear hart mark, but dust storms forced her down at Alamosa, Colo. On a second try, several weeks after that, motor trouble brought her ship down at Indianapolis. Her time was below the mark of 16 hours, 59 minutes. 30 seconds, set December 3, 1930. by Ruth Nichols Miss Nichols' westward flight was In terrupted by several stops, and her time was in actual flying hours, how ever. Amelia Earh art's existing west-to-east record of 17 hours, 7 minutes. 30 seconds, was made in a one-stop flight. July 8. 1933. HELPED BY CONS PORTLAND, Ore,, July 12. (AP) The Harry Miller family, comprising the parents and three children, were recently evicted from their home here for failure to pay rent money which was badly needed by the owner of the property. Since then several contributions have been received from a sympa thetic public. Yesterday, a Portland newspaper was sent $55.90, along with a letter of sympathy and a hope that the contribution "may give them a better conception of humanity." Where was the 55.90 from? The answer from the proners in the Oregon state penitentiary at Salem. TEX RANKINlsHEAD STATE AERONAUTICS PORTLAND, Ore., July 12. (API Tex Rankin of Portland today headed the new state board of aeronautics, as a result of his election as chair man at the meeting yesterday. Ran kin,' who will leave soon for Wash ington, was asked to sound out gov ernment officials cncernlng proposed airport development In Oregon. Hard Work Needed. LAS VEOAS, Nev. (UP) The only way the colonization scheme now underway In Alaska will succeed la by "hard work and low of It." in the belief of Governor John W Trny of Juneau. Alaska, here for a brlel visit. Orangemen Observe Battle Of Boyne BELFAST. Northern Ireland. July 13. iA. Under the watchful eyes of reinforced police. Ulster observed the 3-45th anntver.Kiry of the battle of the . Boyne tetiny with countrywide cele- i brntlon. j Loyalist districts were ablaze with bunting and arches as Orangemen In full rrgalla rallied at their clubrooma and marched to various oenters to henr the addresses of loyalist leaders. 1 Irish Women Fight Police With Fists FEIIMOY. County Cork. Irish Free State, July 12. fH One hundred women awlnliig flats and throning stones bottled police 45 minutes to day in an unsuccessful attempt to break up an auction sale of cattle sei7ed for taxes. The police, at the expense of torn clothing, scratches and brtilsea, final ly drove the women back. The cattle alp continued. American Airmen To Aid Ethiopia ORA.SSE. France. July 12 ,?) Hal Du Berrler. former American com mercial air pilot, announced today he had recruited 12 American filers to fight for Ethiopia. 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