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.
Du Berrler suld Major Oranvllle
Pollock, the famous veteran of the
old Lafayette escadrllle. was aiding
him to raie a fnr,y to form a n.irl.ma
for an Ettuopiaa air corps, tie re
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