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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28. 1937.
KIN OF MEDFORD
LADY WAS FIRST
IN GLIDER FLIGHT
Credit To German Recalls
Exploits Of John Mont
gomery In 1884 Feats
Set Forth In Magazine.
Recent publication by the ' Mail
Tribune of a "filler" paragraph to
the effect that Otto U lien thai, a
German, made the first auoceaaful
flight in a man-carrying glider in
1891, bring an Interesting denial of
the assertion from Mrs. Charles R.
Smith of 408 North Holly street,
Medford.
Mrs. Smith points out that her
first cousin, John J. Montgomery,
M., PhJ., piloted fata homemade
monoplane type gilder 600 feet down
a hillside near Otay, CaU in 1884,
seven years before Ullenthal'a flight
and 30 years before the Wright were
skirting the border of a great inven
tion. The story of Montgomery's experi
ments In aviation was set forth In
the October, 1930 number of popular
Science magazine. In March, 1934,
Montgomery's memory was honored
In services at Santa Clara university
where be served as an Instructor in
the physics department and was
known as the "Coluiroua of the
Skies."
First On Wings
In relating Montgomery's exploits
the Popular Science story declares
he was "the ftrat man In the world
to ride on wings. Yet, no monument
has ever been erected to blm and to- i
day, not one of the 1,621 airports
In the United States Is named In his
honor. His years of pioneering have
almost been forgotten."
Montgomery, the story continues,
was born February 18, 1858, at Yuba
Olty, CM. His father waa assistant
T7. 8. attorney general under Presi
dent Cleveland. Prom his early child
hood he was Interested in the air.
He saw hta first balloon when he was
11 and Immediately plunged Into the
construction of paper hot-air Bal
loons. He made dozens of them, of
all sizes. The end of his balloon fly
ing was reached when the family saw
one of his hot-air bags float away
with his father's best hatchet dang
ling below for ballast.
In later youth he captured many
hawks, geese, sea gulls and pelicans
and studied their wings.
Abandons "Flappers"
In 1883 he built his first full -sired
machine, a craft with flapping wings.
It proved a total failure. Two other
wing-flappers followed In quick suc
cession and convinced him he was
on the wrong trait.
Next year Montgomery constructed
the historic "gull" monoplane. It
single curved wing, 30 feet long by
four and one-half wide, was covered
with waxed silk. A movable tall guid
ed It up and down. The operator,
sitting on a little saddle below, main
tained side wise balance by swinging
his body toward the high wing when
the machine waa struck by a gust.
Main supporting surface arched
downward like the wings of a seagull.
The craft was ready by the mid
die of March. On the morning of
March 17, 1884, Montgomery with his
brother James took the glider on a
bay rack to a hillock nrer their home
south of the valley of the Otay. John
Montgomery seated himself In the
contraption while hla brother towed
It by means of a rope. The glider
rose beautifully tn the air, panned
over- Jamea and traveled something
Ilka 600 feet.
Other Hons Made
Several other shorter flights were
made the same morning, the expert
menta ending when J&mea acciden
tally held the rope too Ions and the
glider crashed on ona wing and was
damficori.
Later la the aarna year, Montgom
ery, accompanied by Charles Bur
roughs, made a number of 300 and
300 foot glides.
Weight of the first glider was only
30 pounds and that of Its pilot 130.
About thia tune Montgomery tried to
build an engine but his homemade
castings were unsatisfactory. Once he
tried to rig up a propeller be could
turn by hand but he found that
maintaining balance required all bis
attention In the air.
Glider For Balloon
Montgomery's next notable achieve
ment was the construction of a glid
er which was taken alolt by a bal
loon on April 39, 1905. Daniel Ma
loney, a professional parachute
Jumper, waa employed to ride the
craft. .
Fifteen thousand people gathered
at the little mission town of Santa
Clara to witness the exhibition.
The baUoon with the glider sway
ing beneath was released and as
cended to a height of 4.000 feet when
the aeronaut cut loose from the huge
gas bag and glided about for some
time, finally coming gently to eartn.
Exploit llnllrd
Newspapers of the country hailed
the exploit and Alexander Graham
Bell maintained that "all subsequent
attempts in aviation must begin with
the Montgomery machine."
In order to raise money for further
experiments, Montgomery used sev
eral balloons and gliders In glvlng
exhlbltlons at country fairs. The air
pioneer Buffered a setback In the
great earthquake of April 18, 1906
when bis workshop and machines
were destroyed. It was not until
1911 that he was again In position
to resume his work, with sufficient
backing to build a powered machine.
On October 31, of that year, ne
took off on his last flight. He waa
testing a new gilder at Evergreen.
Cal. Fifty-four successful hops had
been made. In a light breeze above
a gentle slope, the craft sailed up
ward to a height of 30 feet when
hla assistants saw Montgomery's
hands drop from the controls and
hla body fall limp. It la believed he
was attacked by vertigo, to which
he was subject.
The unp Uoted machine, according
to the Popular Science magazine nar
rative, crashed on one wing and
Montgomery waa hurled through the
guy wires, landing on his head. He
passed away three hours later. .
UNREQUITED LOVE TOLD
IN SUICIDE'S LETTERS
LOS ANOELES, April 38.
Thwarted ambttlona and unrequited
love caused Pasqual rabrls, 36-year-old
violinist, to end his life by mon
oxide gas poisoning.
Fabrls, member of Raymond Paige's
orchestra which plays for a nation
wide (Hollywood Hotel) radio pro
gram, left suicide notes In which he
aald Francis Lang ford, screen actress,
and star of the program, refused to
marry him and go to Samoa where he
hoped to write hla "aystcm of phil
osophy." Fabrls body was found yesterday In
hla automobile, a hose extending from
the exhaust to his mouth.
CITY POLICE NAB
YOUNG BURGLAR
IN BROMS PLACE
(Continued from Page One.)
and o th er cl ty police me n a nd Ed
Brown, owner of the establishment.
With Officers Peck and Relnking
covering the back of the Milldlng.
Fichtner, and Officers Clause snd
Cave entered the building througn
a side door unlocked by Brown, snd
Rossi ter waa arrested while hiding
tn a women's closet.
Rossi ter, according to city police,
gained entrance to the establishment
by breaking out a window In the
alley. When arrested be had a bag
full of miscellaneous articles tsken
from the showcaara Including bill
folds, cigarettes, cigarette holders,
watches, a harmonica, playing cards,
gum, a pair of Elks teeth, razor
blades, razors, tooth paste, a flash
light and a .38 special revolver. Also
on his person was found 13 In dimes.
3.30 In nickels. S2.40 In five-cent
trade checks snd 80 cents In small
change, the police reported.
In a statement to city police after
his arrest, the youth said that he
first made up hla mind to rob the
store about 0 p. m. yesterday. He
said that be attended a movie last
night and afterwards returned to
the billiard parlor and stayed until
closing time. After breaking through
the rear window, Rossi ter stated that
ho took articles out of the showcases
and put them In a bag. He then at
tempted to open the safe, he told
city police, and managed to get the
outer doors open by twirling the
dials until he heard hem click. He
Ralph Ince Killed
Va4 It
New Packing Basket Aid
Tree Ripened Fruit Mart
Ralph Ince, of Bon ton, Mass., mo
tion picture director and actor,
was killed In England when aa
automobile in which he was rid
in; with his wife struck an iron
standard at Kensington. Mrs.
Ince suffered face lacerations.
Associated Press Photo
couldn't open the Inner doors, he
told the authorities.
Rosslter was paroled from the ju
venile court here about a year ago
to Justice of the Peace Ray Cole
man of Jacksonville, after he bad
robbed the Coleman store, records
show. He was a member of the CCC
until a month ago. city police said.
Hla father Is confined to a tuber
culosis hospital In Salem and his
mother lives in California, he told
city police. He has been living with
a Mrs. Wood at the corner of Jack
son street and Mc Andrews road, city
police atated.
WASHINGTON (UP) E. D. Mal-
llaon, fruit marketings specialist of
the department of agricultures bur
eau of plant Industry, has developed
a basket which he says will bring
tree-ripened fruit a step nearer big
market centers.
"Tree -ripened peaches favored by
consumers because of superior flavor
je a step nearer the big marketing
centers because of modifications In
the shipping basket which allows the
fruit to be refrigerated more quick
ly." Ma 11 lo n said.
The basket Is alatted or spaced
for ventilation. The crown-shaped
lid, also of open construction, allows
air to pass through. Instead of a
solid cushion between the ltd and
th fruit, Malllson devised a ring
type, ventilated pad with a circular
hold in the center. A slotted psper
liner completes the ventilated bas
ket. Malllson said a series of teats he
conducted at Fort Valley, Oa., show
ed that peaches packed In the ven
tilated baskets with ring pads cooled
off three times faster than those
packed In the old atyle, unventllated
basket with standard pad.
In the experiment a car of peaches
waa loaded at an average tempera
ture of 83 degrees Fahrenheit. Three
different typea of bankets were used
tight, unventllated with standard
pad; ventilated with standard pad,
and ventilated with the new ring
pad.
Thermometers placed in fruit near
the center of basket of each type
were checked Immediately after the
car was cooled for two hours and
10 minutes. Peaches tn the tight, un
ventllated baskets cooled only to
73.4 degrees. In the ventilated baskets
with itanrfurri nada tha temncra,ture
1 dropped to 63-3 degree and In the
j new type ring pad baskets the tem-
perature dropped to M S degrees,
j Pre -cooling now widely used In
j the commercial peacb orchards of
Georgia, the Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee Is a comparatively recent
process by which fresh fruits and
vegetables are chilled Immediately
after loading Into a refrigerator car.
The new type basket favors more
rapid and better results from pre
coollng, Mallison said. Prior to pre
cooling It waa necessary to harvest
peaches while still hard, so that they
would remain firm In transit. Some
of the flavor was sacrificed for ap
pearance. Proper packing. Plus cool
ing, allows peaches to m both at
tractive and tasty, Malllson said.
DIMINISHING FLOODS
LESSEN APPREHENSION
(By th, Associated Press.)
Tendon In North America', flood
area, eased todiy as unruly men
began slipping back Into their own
beds.
The Ohio rlvar receded slowlT at
Pittsburgh and held at peak or 49.7
feet at Wheeling. W. Va. Xt was
expected to rise a few feet at points
downstream aa It carried off the
headwatera' overflow.
Discovery of flourspar, OS percent
pure, has been reported tn the Chln
atl mountains In the B j Bend sec
tion of Texas.
The Morning AfterTakin
Carters Lifile Liver Pills
Chicago Wheat
CHICAQO, April 38. (AP) For
the second day In succession, the
corn market kited for the stratos
phere today, and did much to over
come a downward trend of other
grains.
Whest: Open High Low Close
May 1.274 1.2914 1.2S 1J9V,
July 1.16(4 1.1714 1.14H l.tt
Sept 1.I4'4 l.lSH 1.12 1.15
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