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SHINGLE UPRISING11- E- McConkey of Topeka, Kas.. holds on to his hat as he watches shingles on
the roof of his new home stand up and prepare to take off In the high wind which struck the Midwest.
Dust storms "as bad as anything in the '30's" accomoanied the winds which, at times reached hurricane
velocity.
McCarthy Says Jessup
Group Receives Money
Washington, Apr. 1 (U.R
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.,
Wis.) charged Saturday night
that an organization "largely
controlled" by ambassador-at-
large Phillip C. Jessup was hand
er $3,500 in "communist" money
for "selling the communist party
line" on China policy.
McCarthy made the charge in
a telegram to Secretary of State
Dean Acheson. It was made pub
lic by McCarthy's office a short
time after the state department
announced that Jessup had been
granted access to atomic infor
mation In connection with his
duties at the department.
AEC Okays Jessup
The atomic energy commission
eleared Jessup at Acheson's re
quest. Sen. Bourke B. wicKen
looper (R., Wis.) ranking repub-
Coy Sentenced, to
Penitentiary for
15-Year Period
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna
Saturday morning sentenced Rex
Joseph Coy to an Indeterminate
period not to exceed 13 years in
the state penitentiary for as
saulting an 11 year-old girl with
Intent to commit rape on the
evening of February 8. Coy was
the second sex criminal to be
sentenced in county circuit court
within a week.
Judge Hanna heard a report
on Coy's criminal record from
District Attorney George Neil
son before pronouncing sentence.
Neilson said th 28-year-old de
fendant had pleaded guilty in
Jackson county to a larceny of
livestock charge in 1941 but was
released because of his youth. In
Pendleton, in 1947, an indecent
exposure charge was reduced to
disorderly conduct for which
Coy served a 90-day sentence in
the Umatilla county jail and
paid a $100 fine. On March 10,
1948. Coy pleaded guilty in En
terprise to assault and battery
charges in a case that involved
a 14-ycar-old girl.
Declaring there were no exten
uating circumstances in the case
and no grounds for leniency,
Judge Hanna told Coy, "you
have been convicted of a crime
which society does not tolerate."
Coy's two court-appointed at
torneys did not state, in court
Saturday morning, whether they
would appeal the case or move
for a new trial.
Maximum penalty for the of
fense of which Coy was con
victed is life imprisonment.
OREGON SKEET SHOOT
Portland, Ore., April 1 (U.R:
Oregon's 1950 skoet shooting
titles for all divisions will be
decided at a two-day tournament
at the Pendleton Gun club April
22-23, It was announced today.
Late Sports
New Haven. Apr. 1 (U.R)
John Marshal, the phenome
nal 20-year-old Yale fresh
man, set two more world
records Saturday night as he
won the 440-yard freestyle
event in the national A.A.U.
champiomhipt in 4:31.2-
Splashing hii way to victory
with amaiing ease, the youth
ful Australian also was
clocked in world record 4:29.5
for the 400-meter distance.
State College, Pa.. Apr. 1
(U.R: Idaho and Gonsaga shar
ed the National Collegiate Ath
letic aiiociation'i 1950 boxing
championships Saturday night
as each placed two individual
titleholders.
EXHIBITION GAME
St. Louis (A) i 12 1
Chicago (N) 3 10 2
Starr, Overmir (6) and Lol
lar; Kuiaxa. Gumpert (3)
Pieretii (5), Brunei (9), end
Malone.
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lican member of the congression
al atomic committee and a mem
ber of the senate foreign rela
tions subcommittee investigat
ing McCarthy's charges against
Jessup and others, criticized
the AEC.
"They cleared him on an
emergency clearance without any
investigation at all," Hicken
looper said. "Furthermore, only
a part of the commission par
ticipated in that clearance."
Commissioner Lewis L. Strauss
had no part in the action, Hick
enlooper said.
Made Last Week
Hickenlooper said the AEC had
"no information on him (Jes
sup) at all" and cleared him
merely at the state department's
request, made last Thursday.
McCarthy said the "commu
nist" money he spoke of was in
the form of checks, photostats
of which he exhibited while
making a sejiate speech on
Thursday.
They allegedly were written
by William Vanderbilt Field,
whose name often has been as
sociated at congressional hear
ings with communist causes. The
checks were payable to the
American Council of the Insti
tute of Pacific Relations, an or
ganization Jessup admits he was
associated with.
Red Cross Drive
Short of Quota
The 1950 fund drive -of the
American Red Cross ended Fri
dav evening, slightly less than
$7,000 from its goal of $25,000
for Jackson county.
Col. Ben Stafford, vice-chairman
and executive officer of the
drive, said Saturday that some
what more than $18,000 has been
collected, and all returns have
not yet been made.
While the official collection pe
riod ended Friday, Colonel Staf
ford said that Red Cross work
ers will continue their efforts to
raise funds needed by the organ
ization. Donations may be made
to the county chapter office in
the courthouse after the closing
of the fund drive office, which
has been donated by the Cali
fornia Pacific Gas company.
Credit Given
Much credit for hard, volun
teer effort should go to the many
workers who gave their time and
energies to the drive. Colonel
Stafford said. He added that
there is some thought of chang
ing the date of the drive, so that
other fund raising campaigns,
and income tax payment time,
will not conflict.
It may have been that the
other campaigns had much to do
with the county goal not being
reached. Red Cross officials be
lieve. Vancouver, B. C. April 1
luK) Police searched for Mrs.
Elizabeth Epstman, 90, reported
missing today by her daughter.
Bulletins
New York. Anr. 1 HIP)
College basketball stars from
the far west and midwest com
bined to give the West a 6B to
59 victory over the East Satur
day night In the New York
Herald Tribune's fifth annual
allstar game at Madison
eSquare Garden
Hubbard's Hardware took
top place in the ladies' division
of the Southern Oregon Bowl
ing tournament here Saturday
night with 2,531 in competi
tion with five teams from Med
ford and Roteburg.
Elk Lumber was second with
2.493, Mann's Department
store 2.455, Western Decorat
ing 2.443. ill of Medford, and
Schemer's Squirts 2.436 and
Roieburg Jewelry 2,393.
Sacramento, Apr. 1 'UP'
Pitcher Max Surkont hurled
six-hit ball and got two dou
bles Saturday night to help
Stcramenio to I 5-4 win over
Lot Angeles.
N. Y. Rainmakers
Call Off Attempt
Coax Wafer Fall
New York. Apr. 1 U.R)
Rainmakers had a new excuse
today for calling off another
scheduled attempt to coax water
from clouds over New . York
City's watershed.
This time they were afraid
they might succeed too well
They feared a flood.
The first big plan to seed
clouds with dry ice from air
planes fell through because it
was too cloudy and rainy for the
planes to take off.
Second Flopped
The second flopped because
the clouds got away.
The third attempt was to have
been made today. The clouds
were there, all right, hovering
over the watershed like ripe to
matoes about to fall off the vine.
Mother nature had beaten him
to the draw, it was said. With
out any urging from man what
soever, clouds had filled streams
and reservoirs in the area during
the last few days.
New Libel Suit May
Face Sen. McCarthy
New York, Apr. 1 (U.R)
Prof. Owen Lattimore said today
he may file libel charges against
Sen. Joseph K. McCarthy, wno,
he said, should be decorated by
the Russians.
Lattimore, denying any con
nection with the commumsis,
rharced that McCarthy. (R.,
Wis.) was playing into the hands
of Russian propagandists wun
his charges that the state depart
ment has been infiltrated by
reds and that Lattimore is a
Soviet espionage agent.
The dinlomat-educalor re
turned by air today from Af
ghanistan, where he was serving
on a united Nations commission.
He came home to defend himself
aeainst McCarthy s charges-
He said he had not had time
to go very far into the matter but
that he would talk to his lawyers
about the possibility of suing
McCarthy for libel.
Atlantic Countries
Okay Defense Plans
' The Hague, Netherlands, Apr.
(U.R) Eleven Atlantic pact
defense ministers today unani
mously approved a plan for their
collective self defense against at
tack by Russia.
United States Defense Minister
Louis Johnson, who presided
over the full dress meeting, said
their goal was "to deter and de
feat" any one who wanted war.
Johnson and his colleagues
said the master plan called "for
an integrated defense of the en
tire North Atlantic area.
The U. S., it was reported, was
assigned the job of long range
strategic bombing.
Ben Day Leaving Today
For Committee Meeting
State Representative Ben Day,
Gold Hill, will leave today for
Salem and Portland to attend
meetings of the state legislative
interim committee on natural
resources. He is chairman.
Day said yesterday that the
committee may release a draft
draft of a proposed bill to set up
a stale department of natural re
sources. Other members of the com
mittee are Senators Jack Lynch,
Portland, and Austin Dunn, Bak
er, and Representatives Robert
Gile. Roseburg. and Joe Dyer,
Astoria. Day plans to return to
Gold Hill Wednesday.
WEATHER
r n r r. c a i t rir mmy nd
,MonlT. Little change In tem
perature. Temp.
Hirh'it YMterdiiy . 5
Loweit Yesterday 47
Prerlp.
To 19:10 p.m. Yeterday 01
Medford
44th Year 22 Pages
Detectives
In Jo Ann
Police Say Nothing
New To Report on
Vancouver Crime
Brothers Continue To
Deny Any Connection
Sacramento, Apr. 1 (U.R) De
tectives from Vancouver, Wash.,
put Turman and Utah Wilson un
der intensive questioning tonight
about the kidnaping and murder
of 18-year-old Jo Ann Dewey
March 19, but said there were no
new developments.
The Wilson brothers were cap
tured here Thursday and charg
ed with first degree murder for
the slaying of Miss Dewey near
Vancouver. They said they
would not fight extradition to
Washington and were expected
to be returned there Monday.
Questioning Pushed
Detective Julian A. Ulmer said
Utah, 20, the younger of the
two brothers, was questioned all
morning and the questioning was
continued in the afternoon.
"We learned a few things
about their whereabouts the
night of the crime but we got
mostly lies," Ulmer said.
He and Detective Floyd W.
Borgan arrived by plane last
night. Police Chief Harry Dia
mond and Sheriff Earl Anderson
of Clark county were expected
tonight.
Deny Any Connection
The brothers continued to
deny to reporters any connection
with the crime
"We left Vancouver a week
ago because of Utah," Turman
said. "He is on parole and the
police were checking him out
in connection with a saw which
was stolen from a mill where he
worked for a few days.
"Utah was afraid he would be
picked up for violating his pa
role and wanted to leave. I
couldn't let him go by himself.
We left on a Saturday afternoon
in a car we bought from a used
car lot in Portland."
Yet Died as Hospital
Closed, Solon Claims
Washington. Apr. 1 (U.R) A
Michigan congressman said to
day a veteran died because he
could not get into a hospital
ordered closed by the defense
department.
He said others are dying "all
over the country."
His statement followed a com
plaint by a California represent
ative that President Truman has
refused to hold up an economy
cutback order in military hospi
tals pending a congressional
study.
Rep. Paul W. Shafer, (R-.
Mich.), cited the case of Lloyd
W. Landon, 54, World War I
veteran and father of two chil
dren. Shafer said Landon was
refused admittance to the Percy
Jones hospital at Battle Creek,
Mich-, on March 1, the day he
became sick.
Lee Sf others Places
In Speech Tournament
Lee Stothers was the only
Medford high school student who
placed at the speech tournament
at Eugene yesterday, according
to a report from the University
of Oregon news bureau. Stoth
ers took first place in the panel
discussion competition.
In division A debate. Salem
was first and Eugene was sec
ond, the news bureau said, and
in B division debate Concordia
academv of Portland was first
and Hermiston was second.
The after-dinner speech com
petitions were scheduled for Sat
urday night but there were no
Medford entries.
Two Medfordites were final
ists. Beverlv Hampson in radio
speaking and Gloria Robinette in
humorous reading.
Home in Jacksonville
Badly Damaged by Fire
Jacksonville, Apr, 1 A three
room house on the Percy Dick
property on East California
street here was badly damaged
by fire Saturday. Origin of the
blaze and name of the occupant
were not learned.
The Dicks occupy a larger
house on the property. They
lived in the smaller one last win
ter while fire damage to the
other was beini repaired.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUN i, APRIL
Question Wilsons
Dewey Murder Case
Commie
Attempt
Hong Kong. April 1 (U.R) -The
Chinese nationalists an
nounced today they had smashed
a new Chinese communist inva
sion attempt on strategic Hainan
Island.
A naval communique said the
red troops 50 boatloads came
over in two waves in a vain at
tempt to gain a foothold on the
island off the south China coast.
It was the sixth such invasion at
tempt in recent days.
20 Vessels Sunk
The communique said naval
patrols Friday night intercepted
30 red invasion vessels off the
north Hainan coast and sank 20
of them.
A few hours later, the patrols
encountered 20 additional ships
Klamath Resident
Charged in Murder
Of 6-Year-0ld Son
Klamath Falls, Ore., Apr. 1
(U.R) First degree murder
charges faced a 26-year-old di
vorcee here today as she lay
critically wounded by her own
hand in Klamath valley hospital.
Mrs. Lola Katherine Patrick
was charged with the fatal
shooting of her six-year-old son,
Lindcll, Fri;',-iy morning.
Mrs. Patrick shot herself in
the chest after killing her son in
the women's re.st room of a ser
vice station at Beaver Marsh, 69
miles north of Klamath Falls.
Posts Guard on Watch
Sheriff Jack Franey has posted
a 24-hour guard at the. injured
woman's bedside.
f-he en route to the home
of her parents with the child.
They live in Jefferson, Ore.
A note found under the boy's
body read:
"Life broke badly for me. I
intend to take my own life and
take my son with me. He needs
a daddy. I can't stand to see him
live in poverty."
Twin Sister Slayer
Committed Hospital
Fresno, Cal,, Apr. 1 U.R)
Alice Richard, 14, who "hated"
her twin sister, Sally, so much
she murdered her, was commit
ted to a state mental hospital to
day. The pretty blonde girl" was
ordered to an institution for at
least "some months" after a Ju
venile court judge, Arthur C.
Shepard, heard psychiatricts' re
ports and stated "a fairly clear
picture of mental illness is now
presented."
Alice, a parochial student, was
brought Into court in a beige
coal, colorful scarf and her usu
al bobby sox, to hear the order
that sent her to the hospital. She
could have been placed on trial
for murder as an adult in su
perior court.
Three alienists had exhaust
ively examined her over the past
week and the detailed results of
their findings were ordered kept
secret by Judge Shepard.
Reported Wreck Bend
Area Proves To Be Log
Bend, Ore.. Apr. 1 (U.R) A
report that the wreckage of a
plane had been sighted In the
Hampton buttes area proved un
founded today.
Searchers checking the report
said the "wreckage" turned out
to be a "yellowish log" on a hill
side between Bend ami Burns.
London, Apr. 1 (U.R) Radio
Moscow said tonight that Russia
and communist China signed a
civil aviation agreement.
Ski Conditions
Snow at Cratsr Lak yes
terday afternoon was a "man
of soddin wttnssi" ind ski
ing was "very poor," th na
tional park ringer's offic r
porttd. Rain amounting to .77 of an
Inch had fallen tinct Friday
nighf, it was stated, and snow
was wal bfor lh rain began.
Tha ranger's offic rsportsd
that th ski tow would not op
erate if rain continued io fall
last night and this morning.
Th lunch counter was
scheduled to oparal. Roads
war opn yiilirdir and
chains wr not rqulrd.
Invasion
Stopped
and sank half of them, the com
munique said.
After daylight today, national
ist warships kept up a wide
spread search for the ships which
escaped.
Nationalist sources said the
communist landing attempts,
which have been occurring with
increasing regularity in recent
nights, wore meant to test the
defensive strength of the island's
defenders in preparation for an
all-out invasion attack shortly.
Reds Eliminated
The new attack came as Hai
non dispatches said red troops
who established a beachhead on
the island Monday had apparent
ly been eliminated aflcr two
days of fighting.
Dispatches from the island
made no further mention of an
estimated 1 ,000 communist
troops who landed Monday and
maintained a toehold until
Wednesday.
It was thought possible they
might have fought their way in
land to Join red guerilla units'
Club Swinging Cops
Break Up Commies
March Into Berlin
Berlin, Apr. 1 (U.R) German
police, swinging clubs, broke tip
an attempt by 50 commumst
youths, armed with knives, to
force their way into west Berlin
today.
One policeman was stabbed in
the arm in a five-minute melee
on the border between the
French and Russian sectors of
the divided city. No communists
were arrested. There were no
reports of serious injuries suf
fered by the communists.
The riot climaxed the latest
of a series of anti-Allied rallies
on sector borders. Two hundred
police were on hand, expecting
trouble, when a crowd of 300 to
400 reds assembled in Soviet
held territory today and the
knife attack was quickly
repelled.
It was the first time the com
munists had used arms In clashes
on the city's borders.
The communist raiders dashed
across the boundary into French
territory while others in the
crowd shouted anti-western
slogans and jeered at the police-
Charles Austin Dies
Portland Rest Home
Charles W. Austin, milk and
dairy Inspector in Jackson coun
ty until retirement several years
ago, died Friday evening at a
Portland re.st home, it was re
ported here yesterday.
Austin, who resided in Med
until moving to Portland about
one month ago, was well known
throughout the Rogue River val
ley. He was active in the Chris
tian Science church here. His
wife preceded him in death sev
eral years ago.
Survivors include a stepdaugh
ter, Mrs. Nellie Branch, Port
land, and a niece. Miss Jessie M.
Austin, and a nephew, Carl N.
Austin, bolh in Illinois.
Funeral services will be in
Portland.
Salem. Ore., Apr. 1 'U.R)
New buildings at Hillcrest School
for Girls were dedicated today.
Flying Bixbys Head for Paris
On Planned Trip Around World
Newark, N. J., Apr. 1 (U.R)
The Flying Bixbys, a man and
wife team trying to beat the late
Bill Odom's round-the-world
speed record, took off for Paris
today on the second leg of their
flight.
The Bixbys, Dianna, 27, and
Robert, 36, landed "at Newark
airport at 4:04 p.m. (EST) to re
fuel their twin-engined con
verted British built plywood
bomber for the Atlantic cross
ing. Thev had left San Francisco
at 0:02:36 a.m. (EST)
Dianna. a pretty blonde with
a smudge of grease on her nose,
was at the controls when the
plane took off for Paris. They
expect to arrive there at about
3:30 a.m (EST) tomorrow.
Robert, who flew th first leg
Tribune
2, 1950
NO. 315
Three Injured, 200
Routed as 5-Alarm
Blaze Hits Building
Grope Through Dark
As Lights Go Out
Hong Kong, Sunday, Apr. 2
At least three persons were in
jured and nearly 200 others were
routed Saturday night when a
five-alarm fire swept a five-
story apartment house.
Residents who fled the flames
had to grope their way through
darkness when the building's
lighting system failed shortly
after the blaze broke out.
Police emergency cars and fire
apparatus that first reported to
the scene helped in the evacua
tion by shining their search
lights on the darkened building.
Some of the persons who fled
the flames had to be carried or
led from the building.
The fire broke out shortly be
fore midnight and firemen ap
peared to have it under control
aflcr battling the flames for
about an hour when a sudden
blast in the basement sent sheets
of flame roaring upward again
through the building.
Fed by the basement blast, the
fire spread through the entire
building and at one point the
flames burst through the roof.
Teen-Ager Captured
After Kidnaping Two
Banning, Cal., Apr. 1 (U.R-
A two-gun teen-ager was cap
tured today after he kidnaped
two persons, including a police
man, and fought a running B5
mile-an-hour gun battle with of
ficers. Ralph Overturf, 18, was caught
when he smashed a stolen police
car into a roadblock between
here and Beaumont. He will be
returned to Escondldo, Cal., to
face charges.
The youth started the night by
overpowering Police Lt. George
W. Pierce, who stopped him for
questioning on the outskirts of
Escondido. He took the police
car ana forced fierce to accom
pany him.
At Redlands, Pierce said, he
forced Motorist Howard Wood-
stra, 26, to the side of the road
and pushed him into the car.
When the car reached the des
ert area, Overturf turned off the
main highway and ordered the
officer and Wooristra to disrobe
and kneel. Instead they fled
from the car, Overturf firing af
ter them.
Radio Announcers Die
When Boat Overturns
Moses Lake, Wash.. Apr. 1
(U.R) Jack Hardy, 23, news edi
tor of radio station KSEM, Moses
Lake, Wash., and Don Maas, 27,
announcer-engineer, were
drowned today when a gust of
wind overturned their sailboat
on Moses lake.
Sgt. Lurious Foster, Moses
Lake Air Force base, swam to
saiety. He was the third pas
senger in tne IB-loot boat owned
by Maas. Foster said the three
clung to the overturned boat a
few minutes before attempting
to swim Jul) yards to shore in the
bitterly cold water.
He said Maas and Hardy went
down belore reaching the shore
Hardy's body was recovered to
night, but dragging crews put
off further operations until
morning because of a high wind
and darkness.
of the trip, appeared tired and
drawn when he landed the ship.
But he told reporters "I feel
fine" and said that he was sure
that so far they were ahead of
Odom's time
"His plane couldn't go that
fast," he said.
Their speed was more than 350
miles an hour all the way on the
flight from San Francisco, made
at about 25,000 feet.
Odom's time for a solo round
the world flight in August, 1047
at 73 hours and five minutes. He
flew a converted army A-26
stretching their legs and
eating a meal of beef, rice, peas
and (-alad while their plane was
being loaded with 1,2.13 gallons
of gas, the Bixby started warm
ing up the ship.
No Sign of Verdict
After 15 Hours of
Discussing Issues
Perjury, Conspiracy
Case Lasts Long Time
San Francisco, Apr. 1 (U.R)
The Harry Bridges jury called it
a day and went to bed Satur
day night with 15 hours and 30
minutes of deliberation behind
them and no sign of a verdict in
the perjury-conspiracy case in
sight.
As they did last night, th
jury of eight men and four wom
en hustled out to a waiting bus
to be driven two blocks to the
Whitcomb hotel their home for
the duration of deliberations.
Half Holiday Due
Shortly before the jury re
tired, Federal Judge George B.
Harris announced they would
be given a half-day holiday to
morrow "for spiritual devotion
and physical relaxation."
He said the jury would resum
deliberations at 1:30 p.m. and
would halt at 6 p.m. if no verdict
had been reached. There will be
no evening session tomorrow.
The silence from the iurv
chambers was interrupted fre
quently during the day as th
talesmen either sent out notes
sking questions about testimony
or emerged in person to have
testimony re-hashed for them in
the assembled courtroom.
Eat Two Mals
At noon and shortly after 6
p.m. the jurors trooped out with
an escort of court attaches for
meals that took approximately
three hours total time out of
their deliberations.
The rest of the time their in
terest as far as could be deter
mined from the outside cen
tered on the testimony of John
Schomaker, former longshore
man and still a member of
Bridges' longshore union.
Schomaker testified he saw
party application card bearing
Bridges' signature.
Saw Dun Paid
Schomaker, self-confessed ex
communist, said he was thera
when that application was
turned in to party headquarters
and that he saw Bridges pay
party dues.
Sunday has been designated a
deliberating day, with the pro
viso that those jurors who want
to go to church can take time off
to do so.
Prosecutor F. Joseph Donohu
read the government's side of
Schomaker'a story; Cftief De
fense Counsel Vincent HSllinan
read through the defense cross
examination. Explosions Damage
Airfield's Planes
Philadelphia, Apr. 1 (U.R)
(U.R) A series of explosions ear
ly today at Kaitak airfield bad
ly damaged seven planes recent
ly awarded to the Chinese com
munists by the Hong Kong su
preme court.
The incident was believed to
have been carried out by nation
alist agents. The nationalist gov
ernment formerly owned the
planes.
A series of blasts occurred
among the planes, lined up near ,
a wire fence that formed the
field's perimeter. Large hole
were blown in the fuselages and
engines and the planes were ren
dered unsuitable for flying.
Other craft were damaged to
a lesser extent by bomb frag
ments. Two Minor Fires Coma
Close Together Here;
Car, Oil Stove Scenes
The city fire department's 750-
gallon pump truck was sent to
car fire In front of the Mont
gomery Ward stare on South
Central avenue yesterday morn
ing alter the department s smal
ler truck had been dispatched to
tend to an overheated oil stove.
Firemen said the car was reg
istered to Ray R. Baker and the
back seat was badly burned by
cigarette. The overheated
stove was at the residence of
Gene Davis. Ill Almond street.
Firemen were called out Fri
day evening when a stove over
heated at the home of E. J.
Smith, 6 Newtown street.
Then the plane streaked down
the 4,000 foot runway and was
airborne in less than 20 seconds.
The 3,400 mile hop to Paris is
the longest single flight planned
on the speed run. They plan to
refuel in Paris, Cairo, Karachi,
Calcutta. Tokyo, and Midway.
The flying Bixbys, who first
met when they were bolh flying
for the now-defunct Eagle Air
Freight lines out of Burbank,
Cal., said they were financing
the trip themselves doing lt just
"for the fun of it."
Dianna, only five foot two
Inches tall, has been flying since
1943 and has logged more than
3,000 hours In the air. She
learned to fly from Paul Mantz.
the speed pilot. She wore khaki
pants and a gray hard-cloth
Jacket with t fur trim today.