Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Oct 1934, p. 30

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October 4. 1934 ------------------------ r l w Tic= A CORDIAL' .0~ After weeks of preparation, we cor- dially invite you to attend the open- ing of our new store and inspect our stock of high quality merchan- dise on- Saturdsy, Oct.6 604 DAVIS STRE ET 'EVANSTON Considerable at t e ntîon has been given to th e smallest detail so that we wilI be equipped to give the best of service to you. Our paint stock represents the last word in quality. A complete line of -well known Paints, Va r nis h es, Stains, Lacquers and Enamels, bas been selected because of our des ire to furnish only the'best obtainable' painting and decorating materials and to give the greatest degree of satisfaction to those who honor us with their patronage. FREE DECORATIVE SERVICE Througb The Lowe Brothers Com-. pany wè offer you the services of their expert Department of Decora- tion.e They have aided thousands of home owners by off ering practical suggestions on home decoration. Thiis service is free to you, and we urge you to take, advantage of it. WARNER PAINT CO. 604 DAVIS STREET EVANSTON M ~ .%~ TEL GREENLEAF 0505 ý I I E AVIATION 28 W. .LM..TTE LIFE MI. C'.a1'if ornia-Hawalli Flyer at Air Show Sky wr iting by Arthur Cjoebel, who, with Lieut. William Davis, won the $25,000 Dole prize for a fliibt from California to Hawaii, is a fea- ture of the Chicago Carnival of thc Air at Curtiss. airport. The big air show started Thursday of this weelt and will continue through Sunday. In winning the $25,000 prize money in the spring of 1927, Goebel and Davis overcame dangers that sent ten less fortunate entrants in the Dole derby event to their deatb. About a dozen airpianes were- en- tered in the competition. During the peiiminary tests three of the pilots died. Six airplanes started on the 2,400 mile trip,, and four reached their destination. These were the Woolaroc, Aloba. City of Oakland. and an army Fokker machine. The Wooiaroc, piloted by Goebel and Davis. covered the distance in 26 hours and 17 minutes from Oak- land to Honolulu. winning first prize money, $25,000. Martin Jensen in the Aloha was second and won a $10,000 prize. The prizes were donated by James D. Dole, a pineapple grower of Honolulu, who desired to see airpiane service established between iHawaii and the American mainland. 1 1 Dance Saturday Night t at Sky Harbor Airport 'Aviation enthusiasts of the north shore may have a chance to meetf their favorite air racing pilots Sat- urday night of this week at a dance te be heid at the Sky Harbor air- port clubbouse. Many of the country's leading pilots are here for the Chi- cago Carnival of- the Air, now beinq staged at Curtiss airport, and it is expected that several of them wiii be pres ent at the dance. Something unusual in the way of entertainment is promised by those sponsoring the dance. Harold Neuman First to Arrive for Air Carni val. Harold Neuman of Cleveland was the first of the racing. pilots te arrive for the Chicago Ca!pival of the Air, the Middle-WesYs biggest air shoýw of the season, now in progress at Curtiss airport. Neuman brought his Benny Howard special. racer in Monday of iast week. The ship is one of several racing "jobs" designed by Benny Howard, who gave up air racing to -become a United Air lines pilot. Film, Producer Has Ship Serviced at Sky Harbor Howard Hughes, producer of "Hell',.s Angeis" and 'other films, stopped at Sky Harbor airpont on Sunday, Sep- tember 23, to have his specîally built Loeniing pursuit ship serviced for a fligbt to the west coast. Hughes' plane,, according to Duane Howard, Sky Harbor manager, bas a cruising speed of 185 miles per hour. USE PLANE FOR HOSPITAL TRIP A United States >army Fokker arrived at Curtiss airport last Peidav morning from Scott field, Rantoul, Ili., bringing the wife of one of the lieutenants stationed at the field. The woman, who was ilI, was taken to a 1bospital in an army ambulance. I f ________________________________________________________________________________________________ r Thrills A plenty at Air Carnival Now in Pro gress Patrons of the air show now being iieid at Curtiss airport wili get ail the tbniiis and chilis that attend a major air show, for many of the out- standing race and stunt piiots of the world wiii be present to vie with eacb other for new and costiier laurels. The Chicago Carnival of the Air, as it is officialiy designated, is the only major sky event of the year in Chi-. cago. The show started Tbursday of -this week and will continue through Sunday. Jimmy Mattern, famous round-the- worid fiyer, who ini bis last' attempt was lost in Siberia, wiil compete with Major James H. Doolittie, Schneider cup winner in 1925 and flyer deluxe for the Sheil Oul company, and Art Goebbel, speed pilot who bas won bis laureis in the speed lanes of the air, for new tities and new speed records. In 1931, when outside ioops were considered suicidai, a young man by the name of Lieut. Roy (Butter- linger) Hunt, of Oklahoma City, took his littie white monoplane into the air one day and confounded ail the experts by performing 124 of the so- caiied "death, loops" in one flight. Lieutenant Hunt, now a member of the Observation squadron, 8th corps, wili be present at the air carnival to demonstrate the technique of "dead- stick", landing and show bis happy' faculty of performing outside ioops without attendant disaster. Dog Faghts mid Power Dives Then there wiii be Harold Neuman, of Cleveland, hoider of the balloon bursting record of six and one fifth seconds made at, the .National Air races in 1930, who will enter the dog fights and power dives. Neuman bas frequently acbieved speeds upward of 350 miles per hour in tbe dives. Another star who wiii thrili the spectators at the races is Wayne (Mile High) Wagner, the delayed drop parachute star, who distin- guished himseif so successfully iast year at tbe air shows in Chicago- Recently Wagner fractured, bis left ankie in a delayed drop in wbich he- waited a trifle too long. The'ankle- was set and put in a cast and the- foliowing week in Minneapolis Mr. Wagner made nine successfui "jumps"' to win first place in the event. Back in 1916 one of the foremost "killers" of the Royal Air force was. Capt. Dick Graneré now of Beverly- Hils, Chicago. Nineteen accredited' victories were notched in the "joy- stick" of bis-sbip and fourteen more- were acknowledged, by, enemy dis- patches altbiougb be neyer received' officiai credit for them.- Life in peace time is tame to* a kilier.even in the strenuous pastime of the air-. To relie.ve the tedium of. life Cap- tain Granere bas evolved a -$clown"' act that is funny., But aiways pres- ent is the grisiy danger ,of. sudden death. He performs the part of a. country boy who enters a plane by accident. for the first. time oniy to* have it run off with bim. If you can,. imagine the rattiing of bones as the- flying coffin, wbich he cails an air-- plane, is tbrown into difficuit wing- overs, slow rolis, side slips, loops,. botb insidè,and out ail at a beigbt of - twenty to fifty feet above the ground. SCaptain Granere bas very- few bones 1left in bis body wbich have not beent. broken at some time or other.,

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