HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-03-15, Page 7:Briton in 'Moth" Plane,, Breaks
Five Records in Hop to Australia
Bed ll-linkler Spawns. Greatest Distance and MVlakes Longest Solo
Flight Ever Attempted, Giving England Supre-
macy in Feats by. 'Flivver ' Airships
l kigland'e supremo), In the depai -
went of the flliaall "fitvver" airplane,
•or the "light plane" claeS as it le oall'-
•ed under the rulings of the Fedora.
tion Aeronautlque Intern ttonaio, was
.again demonstrated let weekwhen
:Bert Mahler, a British pilot, made a
Slight in a ship of this class from
1+lugland to Australta in fifteen days.
Aehloveineal;ts la the sphere of avis-
-tion have been eo uumerot'ws and so
remarkable in reoent menthe .that few
-air feats longer are capable et ear-
'ding
tlr•ding the public, -imagination, or roue -
Mg adequate enthusiasm far their
aecompllshaneot, but Hinkler's flighh
Wee. one of the most amazing feats
of •airplane opera•tIon which yet has
'been made.
, Five new air records were broken
as the result' of Hinkler'e fast' trip.
First 'itis England-to-Attetralta hop Is
the greatest distance ever traveled in
.a 'light airplane, Second, it is the
(longest solo flight in any kind of
;Plane. Third, it. is the fastest trip,
bettering the old mark by thirteen
days, even made between England
.and Australia, Fourth, in the mak-
ing pf the 'flight, a new record for the
fastest journey between England and
:India was established. And finally,
in the course of The journey, Hiiokler
•made the first non-stop flight between
London and Route.
Hhlkler's -plane was an Avro Avion
biplane, little larger than a Sperry
Messenger, which has a wing spread
Recovering Sunll:en`Sub'
of onty twenty feet,' The plane was
powered with a small Cirrus motor.
It '11$ fitted with folding wings.' and a
kluged 1andlag aa, an inveutlou
of lilukler's, ' boaarriplangee would lastly
fit into a one -car garage, end Can be
nttshod around and wheeled from
Place to place with ease by one ^man.
NfanY lilgtues of this general design
and of the "light plane" olae'ifloation
are in, use 14 I0agland, where the
"flivver"-,plane idea really has caught
on, The type' Is popular with women,
who show a preference for the DH
Moths, which' hbiey pilot Uromeelyes.
The widespread arse of this type of
ehip has resulted in P1ngland holding
most of the `flight plane" records, the
oliief of whiObi is the world's : "light
plane" epeed record,
On Mr -nary 7, 'dinkier took off
from the Croydon Airdrome near Lon-
don, and made ap.uneventful non-stop
flight to Rome. From Rome he went
to Cairo, from theme' to Basra, in
Irak, thence to Karaehl, to Sawn-
pore, landing on 'the Duan Dtim'Ao'
dromo outside of OaTcutta on Febru-
ary 16, 'a distance of 6,000 miles from
Utls starting p g oiht in England. Tlie..
he went to Rangoon, and froth there
to Singapore, which- he reached on
February 19. From 'Singapore,: ?ink-.
ler Sew over the islands of Sumatra
and Java end across a water jump to
Port Darivih, Australia, which he
reached on February 22, fifteen days
after he-' left London.
"Fire les"
)Forestry Fire Rangers Praised
By Writer i11 "American
Forests" ---Ontario For-
estry Air Service is
Doing Similiar
Work
By Howard R. Flint
The story gives a thrilling deserip-
tlon of this fire -patrol of the air, the
services that it is able to render, and
-the courage and endur'anc'e required
of its -crews. He begins with a story
—or rather a bit of history—as fol-
lows':
"Late in July, after thirty-one days
of dr'ought, `violent electrlo "'storms
'broke over the northern Rocky Moun-
tains' More than two hundred fires mapped and described,and the 17egle
threatened the National Forests of swings back toward the lookout house
westdtti1 Montana—and northern Ihabo;' on the mountain, where is the nearest
probably the wildest' and 'rough'ost telephone commitnicatlon with_ the
forested region in the United States. ground organization. The observer
On •a single ranger district, sixteen tears one copy of the penciled notes
separate fires were .reported. Two from his notebook and places' it in a
thousand picked men were -'thrown stoat little canvas bag loaded with
into this smoking amphitheater. They.
;grappled; struggle, sweated; and toll-
ed. Here they Won and in another
place they fell back before fresh on-
slaughts.
"Over It all, their heavy- drone
audible above the laboring flames, the Eagle races straight at the tiny
soared the Fire Eagle, staunch and. structure, and the bag of sand 'bursts
tried old De Hartland airplanes, de- 'with a tiny puff of dust a few feat'
signed and built for combat work an from the door 'of 'the lookout. The
the- World War. Restlessly they, throe fires,' as yet unseen by the
roared with greater speed ,than the; ground forcee,have been reportedswiftest bird, and endurance that while thhre is still, a' chance Mint hu
gloried in hundreds of miles. It was man endurance and skill' may be able
the airplane patrol. At the controls to control them before they reach`
were Army reserve pilots; in the rear' destructive proportions.
cockpit were Forest Service officers. "Bladkened with soot from: the ex
busy with maps and pencils, devieing haust, eyes and nerves weary from
ways and means to check the advance the oing 'vigil, temporarily .deafened
of the enemy below them. by the motors, the pilots and obser-
"Tho patrol was assigned to this vers find four or five hours enough.
region in 1925 by kat of Congress. ; for an average day's work. 22 the
The old planes- were imperfectly, air Is fali1j clear, four thousand or.
equipped in many details for the new • more square miles of forest may pass
task; yet they responded with sur- under the'' goggled eyes of observer
prizing adaptability and success. Often llnd pilot.
they remained in the air for five; "Ona large fire, one man, usually
,hours or more over inhospitable coun•- a forest ranger, , is in command.'
try .where a landing would have been Under his &nation; tlieremay be five'
a crash. Marvels in their day—and or more.. crews -of fire-fighters widely
marvels still, in fact—these staunch flung. One of the greatest needs is
old planes performed on equal terms immediate,;reliable; 'and adequate in-
with some of the,Eagles of later formation concerning the behavior of
broods,
"On this' hazy, gr'ay.. morning for-
lowing the eforrb; a .hasty call came
to Forest Servide headquarters for curses the outline of such a fire in
planes to scout the stricken area, a a 2ew minutes. Low, close flying
hundred miles away. Nods pada be- sotngtimes to get detail, a busy, tense
tween pilots and machaatos, between half-hour, perhaps an tour, and a
pilots and ob6Qrvere, and the Eagles message or a map is ready in Its stout
race out to get the wifr'd. An hour canvas bag to be dropped at the main
of steady,' uneventful' flying and the fire camp: or at the ranger's"'office con
nested with it by telephone:
tree -tope a mile away. A scant min-
ute of steady, swift .flight and the
plane swoops low hi" a close' circle
over the curls of smoke..
"A contour- map, pasted on a heavy
cardboard, is held on the observer's
knee.The observer studies the ter-
rain, below, and then marks at my
cross on his map• The Eagle swings
away.,on a new oourso, and the busy
observer records in the triplicating
note -book the laconic,' but complete
message:
"9.17 A,M, Class A fire in heavy
green timber on top -of ridge, between
fourth and fifth branches up from
head of Salmon River, on south side
about N. W. ?!i Section 9, 40-45, un -
surveyed. Wind gentle from north.
9,21 AM., heading about east toward
larger smoke.''
"Within ten minutes 'three fires are
C gra lvles of Canada's Biu a"ileo
Are Dedicated to Duke of Connatikht
Ottavrla.-Hon. 0, H. Iitad tintosh
recently received a dispatch from
Liout;Col. Sir Malcolm Murray, Comp-
troller and equerry, conveying the
consent of the'. Dake of'Connaught
that the "Chroni0les of Canada's '.pia•
mond Jubilee" be dedicated t him,
and "wishing .theundertaking every
possible Success."
The dedication is singularly' appro.
priate,'for in 1860 Prineo. Arthur had
net only beon quartered in Canada to
an ofli,oer in the rifle brigade, but on
Oct, 6 tarried the first sod of the
Toronto, Grey 41t Bruce Railway, tra-
versed the thea Wilds ol;the,tiieau,
g"e
on a huntipxppditibn; made -a; tour
of the Great Lakes, and, ree,041 ll ,a
port on Lake Superiors tiro ocea0 Op,
was marked by the present city of
Port Arthur being named "Prince
Arthur's Landing." ' '
The Duke became Govornor-Gen+
oral in 1911; in 1910 relaying the eor
nor stone of the buildings erected
over the first etiucture,. destroyed by
fire. Happily the corner stone laid in
1860 by 2tis. royal brother, bad .been
saved, For, more than half o1 the
critical ~great war, the soldier-gover-
nor"s counsel was invaluable.
Changes in Auto
Condit:. ns Hat
Life of Tires
or slow-moving position Is another
evil that greatly affects tiremileage,
Rs it results in the sliding of wheels,
A car driven at the rate of thirty-five
miles au hour and stopped at every
quarter mile will wear out half of the
tire tread in a distance of 100 miles,
Different Features •BroughtPower of Brskos.
About by Traffic Conges- "Wish -powered brakes, such as the
tion; Other Factors
Raise New Problems
For Drivers
Although the automobile tire has
undergone constant improvement,
both as to fabric and etructure Mae -
cent years,' tremendous changes in in
driving conditions have greatly de-
creased the overage mileage obtained,
according to the American Automo-
bile Association.
This fact was cited recently by the
national motoring body as, an addi-
tional reason for steps by the Federal
government to guard against a for -
HIGHLY TECHNICAL OPERATION eign rubber monopoly.
Showing the pneumatic grin used for cementing valves on lost under sea The facto cited by the A. A. A.are
based on the records of the emer-
boat, S-4
To Prep . re For
Next World War'
Soviet Official Says Capitalist
Navies are Making Ready
Tenth Anniversary of Estab-
lishment of Array Cele-
brated
Moscow.—Warnings Cie t Russia
inust prepare for the next war were
sounded recently at the tenth .anni-
versary of the establishment of the
army as a Communist institution,
It was only a short time ago that
Russia submitted to the League of
Nations a proposal; for complete world
disarmament within -f our years.
Formal celebrations ofthe anni-
versary, including parades, will occur
on Siiitday, but cities already are
sand. To the top of bhe bag is at- splashed with red bunting and news -
umber a white streamer four inches papers aro filled with enthusiastic
wide and eight feet long, calculated greetings to and: praises trf the Red
to attract the man on the ground army .
when the message is released. NXTIONS PREPARING.
"After eircling the lookout house, ' War Commissar Vorosliitov, in a
statement,-deelared that capitalist na-
tions were preparing feverishly for
war, nia'king.itnecessary to ,strengthen
the armyr
Tho next war," he said; "will re-
quire not alone the army, but the
whole Soviet Union to exert its entire
strength,
"The government is conducting an
obstinate Sight for peace, but so long
as we are surrounded by capitalist
nations"khs'danger of war will hang
over ue.'always.
"The army is ready to answer any.
attack"' -.
J. V. +Stalin, head of the Govern -
they arsons `sections• of the fire.
"Aboveall `:obstacles, with the ex-
ception of smoke,,• the tireless 1,,agle,
mountains login •'news'. The ,"Engles
swing up the drainage of a mountain
creek, fight their way above 'tile thigh
divide, and swing across. Here they
circle over a lookout house roosting
On the topmost rook of a barren sum.
mit. A figure—the lookout --ap-
pears' below, ,waving -his arms wildly,
"Then the Eagles separate, each
Pointing its nose in different direc-
tion. The pilot sits at his' oont$ols,
while the observer, with satimaapread
before him, kee'pe "'his alert' eyoe: on
the' unrolling carpet of gree-anddgray
hills. No lookout can Sea Into the
deep, ragged,eanyon clow. •A patrol,.
man on the ground under the dense
timber sees little more in Proportion
than does a moue& traversing a iwon-
ty-aero meadow in the little runways'
he has carved through his miniature
domain.
"Tho plane Veers- sharply to one
side. The pilot leans o'er the side
nud points, and the observer node his
understanding; The oolirse of the
Eagle is altered' toward 519 Othanal
b1110 -gray wisp hovering above the pat alt 9f tell -
'tSeveral such fires may be scouted
and more or less • accurately mapped
on a siagld trip.' It would take days
of wearying travel: on the ground for
a co-ordinating officer to grasp the,
action and behavior of these fire,*,,
"As ha many other of 'its legitimate
fields, the use. of the airplane in for
est -fire, control is spectacular. There-
in lies a serious danger. Tho fores-
ter, and the' general ,publio are both.
prone' to efp0ot of it thie\Iml0aetble,
aata'to bo discouraged and disappoint.
bd when tbep lane tails to deliver all
rat ied'e;tpootiltd!„ ' ft anubt'be" kelt
in' mind' that the' pee of the plane to
fire central is still but a promising 0»
gei'imobt, Its limitations: are aaD'
row. , It puts out no fires; it can not
supplant an effective ground force. Tt
ottn'be Used' to discover fires, to scout
and Map Iarge fires, to transport, men,
ltikikly, and to report' on fires prompt.
in Tt is supplemental, an 'aditiliary,
to round forces, It will require time;
biofley, skill, pttionoe—liver, to brift�
meet, issued a characteristically terse
statement of three Sentences, greeting
sailors and soldiers.
The government :has awarded its
highest `decoration, the Order of the
Red Flag, to the government leaders,
Michel Kalinin, Alexei Rykav and A.
Mikoyan; President Petrovsky of the
Ukrainian Republic, and the Baltic
fleet.
Also, in observance of ;the anniver-
sary, all .arni prisoners': serving sen-
tences for breaches of discipline have
been pardoned. ' •
Among the eountlesssbatement re-
garding the army, there Is no mention
of Leon Trotsky, lire first war commis-
sar and former co -dictator, now ban-
ished to 'Turkestan for opposing the
government.
•
Where Are the Skirts of
Yesterear?
Toronto Teleg$am (In
d. Cons.):
(The length, of women's skirts and the
size of their hats is now governed by
the .limited 'space of the modern apart-
ment). Motors have come. Mansions
have gone, Tho present is an age of
speedas the past was an age of space.
It took a great deal of the latter com-
modity to accommodate the women,
of even twenty-five years ago. From
towering pompadour to spreading
dustruffies it was magnificent; but it
was not-iv-sir—nth' Bolt, nor tennis, nor
badminton; • The past is past, and
past is the Spanish galleon style of
costume. Fashions of to -day must
be, subservient to that "nimble 'stir
rage" which old Richard Hakluyt
found so desirable in ships of war.
•
Landlady—"How did you findyour
bed, Mr. Newbord?" Newbord
"Well, don't don't think the Mattress will
ever need to be treated for the re-
moval of superflous hair."
gency road service departments of its
958 motor clubs throughout the
United States and Canada:
The salient features of the changed
driving conditions that have lowered.
tire mileage, in many cases as much
as one-half, are summarized as fol-
lows; '
High-powered engines that permit
greater speed.
Increased traffic, necessitating more
stops and starts.
Improved acceleration, tending to -
'ward tire abuse,
More powerful brakes that grind off
treads. -
Smaller diameter, wheels, necessi-
tating more frequent road contact for
tires.
Improved roads, permitting higher
average speeds.
To Obtain Greater Mileage.
The ;A. A. A. statement continues:
"Greater mileage can be procured
from the present day tire.. Thoseanlio
maintain recommended Inflation pres-
sures, who use judgment in starting
and stopping, and who keep the
wheels of the car in proper alignment
will undoubtedly obtain satisfactory
mileage. In 1928 the driver of every
oar will largely determine his own
tire costs.
91 is estimated that the average
speed on the open road is from ten to
fifteen miles an hour higher than two
years ago. At continued high speed
tire slippage is much greater, due to
swerving and , axle bounce resulting
from road inequalities. Therefore It
Is important for tire users to realize
that tire ,Zf1'ifleage is decreased as the
speed is increased.
"Steady increase in the number of
cars registered has also had a telling
effect and has resulted in greatly con-
gested streets, with a resultant gain
In the number of starts and stops, as
signals and traffic lights are obeyed.
-'Acceleration quicsay from a halted
ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES-By0. Jacobson
rr
1ftii11(t'IlI"(1lii,)
I
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A ,-Argttmett With His' Better Self.
four-wlieai brake and the vastly im-
proved two -wheel brake, bring a car
to a stop in such a manner that it the
brakes are improperly applied a thin
coating or rubber Is left on the
street.
"Demand for higher speed with
greatersafety has brought about low-
er centres of gravity, This has been
accomplished by the use of smaller-
diameter wheels. .It is sithple logio
that smaller wheels revolve more fre-
quently and the tire tread is brought
into contact with thepavement more
than larger wheels. Tho small diam-
eter wheels have more "action" as
they make and break contact with the
road.
"The advent of the balloon; tire has
made proper inflation an item of para-
mount importance. In the day of the
high-presure tire. the sole was stifle;
and ample leeway was allowed by the
manufacturer for those failing to keep
them at the proper pressure Under-
inflation or overinflation of the mod-
ern Lire has a tolling effd'et 1n decreas-
ing the mileage.
"Temperatures also affect mileage.
In the northern part of the United
States the tires give about 60 per
cent. more mileage than in the south-
ern part of the country,"
Asquith
"i
The butler at 'the Wharf, Sutton
Courtenay, who mourned with the
words "Ile was the best Master that
ever stepped on earth," wap permit-
ted to see the Earl of Oxford and As-
quith in alight In which he could not
appear to the majority of itis coun-
trymen, "Jo • A, G: Gardiner he was
"the most capacious Intellect that has
bean placed at the service of Parlia-
ment since Gladstone disappeared."
When Campbell -Bannerman in the
House of Commons whispered "Bring
me the sledge hammer" Asquith was
produced. Brilliant of intellect, co'ii-
temptuous of display, inclined to un-
derstatement, avoiding demagogic ap-
peals, he commanded respect rather
than affection' from Englishmen of all
political faiths.
His achievements were solid. When
be became Prime Minister in 1908 he
had been a Member of Parliament for
more than twenty years and Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer for three years.
He broke the power of the House of
Lords; by threatening to overwhelm
it with an army of new peers he com-
pelled It to surrender its right to con-
trol the Commons. He carried out in
large part the Liberal program of re-
form. Ile placed ,upon the statute
books the Home Rule bill of 1914.
His share in the successful prosecu-
tion of the war was great. The bold-
ness of his measures at the outbreak
of war, the promptness an dthe tore -
sight he then displayed, won the con-
fidence of the country, but wars des
troy governments, and his was no ex-
ception. Formation of the Coalition
Cabinet was an omen. The subse-.
quent downfall of the Asquith Minis-
try in..1016 was largely the work of
Lord Beaverbrook, the fruition of his
campaign against Kitchener, the end
and aim of the duel between the poli-
ticians and the military experts. In
1925 a Conservative Government re-
cognized the war services of the
greatest Liberal of his generation
with the Earldom of Oxford and As-
quith.
Briton Puts His
Approval on .S#
AM Eyv la Tells What'll
Wrong With England ,.
praises 'lean,.11�etJ*oa.
1?'ound; n: 2OugZ1slla Taft tonrin$' that
17.$, wore vVill not Q,o.homa axil *rtt4
anyithing train an artlele to e boo
on what X8 the shatter With the
ted �4tates,
'I1hiS find loses ..very . little of ilei
uniqueness by reason of the fact that
Akan Harper, is. net a novelist but
oonsuitinx engineer, for at least ha.
yielded au intorvieW on what le the
matter, one gathers, and Mr, Harper
has found a number of good ideas for
repairs in that ,country,
"We itipis the co-operationyou have
here," he declared, "There is not the
same understanding :between capital
•and1abDi', •• In ingiaid dividends aro
Paid rut' in boom periods• and not O41). put In reserve tundo: As a re.
sult, when there Is a clump an there
is now, w can't afford to put in mod-
ern machinery,ror, to -pay a minimum
wage of $5. a day.
"lin the Ameriean, plan,' 'the 'flier*
progressive way, is the only hope for
England, There are arils• workmon
there, skilled engineering ffbters, who
make only' $12 a week, -
"Sales organization le neglected in '
England , pre have to ,e",ompete with
the sweated labor oflurope on the
one hand and• with, she modern ma-
chinery
achinery of the United States on the
other. The hope 'of the •Empire is 'a
United States of Creat Britain, Ltd.
' "There are too many parasites! in
England—a .hereditary peerage wide
Members who do nothing because
some Norman baron years ago Pinch-
ed a bit of "1and. The only effort in
which they are involved is being hunt-
ed by social climbers from all nations.
Ar man must work to keep .his selt-
respect."
Mr, Harper, whose business 'there
has involved the inspection of many
factories, next attacked the conser-
vatism
ongervatism of his native land.
"The British are so slow to adopt
anything," he complained.
"They are frightened to spend
their money or to take ,a chance..
And the installment system is not
developed enough over there.. A
man should enjoy his money instead
of dying and leaving it to. some one.
A man is happier' with a radio and
an automobile than in a beer house!'
Taking a fling at England'•a waste
in clinging to: grate fires instead of
central heating plants, Mr. Harper
ended his 'demonstration of reverse
English with this protest:
"In England the workingham's cot-
tages areb wilt for future generations:
Here they are built to be torn down
whenthey become ,obsolete. And
that's typical of the way things aro
on both sides: of, the pared,"—N.Y, Sun.
France Grants Subsidy to
Civil Airplane Companies
AU the civil airplane companies in
France have bean assured of govern-
ment support for .the next ten years,
a grant of $6,800,000 per year having
been approved: by the finance oommlt.
tee of the Chamber et neputies.' 1llost
of the expenditure will be in the form
of subsidies to each of the four great
Wen—chit' 1lnes, none of 'whidh as yet
makes enough money to be self -sup•
porting.
This subsidy is considered perfectly
legitimate, •however, since the planeu
could be dverted diroofly from mili-
tary' uses' in case of war. Ono p'r'onch
air company has already been given a
ten-year 'addsidy,—viraahington sun
day Star.
Lord •De*ar Blossoms Out
As Composer of Epigrams
Lord Dewar, who started life as old
John Dewar's boy Thomas Robert, of
Perth, is seasonably well known as
chairman of. Buchanan -Dewar, , Ltd,
distillers, the author of a book on
prohibition in the: United States,
Canada and New Zealand Staten Be.
ing a globe-trotter, lie now comes- tor-
ward
orward as a maker of epigrams, some of .
which have been carefully collected
by Pearson's Magazine, London, and
are as follows:
Many a man sets out to leave foot- ,
prints on the sands of time and only
succeeds in -leaving. fingerprints at
Scotland Yard.
Some men electrify their audiences
others only gas them.
Talk is cheap until it gets into
love letters,
The road to success is filled with '
women pushing their husbands along.
Love is .an ocean of emotion, entire-
ly surrounded by expenses.
The quickest way to learn the lat-
est dance motions is to tura over a
beehive in a ballroom.
Title first intimation in the Bible of
broadcasting was when Alain gave e
spare part which developed into a
loudspeaker.
You cannot blame a girl who payer
80 shillings fora pair of silk, stools.
Ings, Showing 28 .shillings worth of
them.
The Clothes that make the woman
are titre clothes that break the men,
Doctors must be in a dilemma to
know .where ,to vaticinate to -day to
prevent the marks showing.
We have a great regard for old ago
when 1t is bottled,
The man to -day 'who hides behind a
woman's skirt is not a coward; he
is a magician, -
Some are born good, and otkori
make good'.
Avoid the man who .will nit Stop
to see a dog fight. He has lost all
Interest in life.
13eportor ;(to oldest tnhabltantt
"To what'dB 4on'attribute your great
agal" '0111ebt Tithiabltanti "Well, ter
the first seventy years of my,lite.the
Wasn't no motor -ars, an' ter the to
thirty T've been /confined to the
house,"•
"Gentlemen," said tit- a19,rdid tqq
"E am hero—" !%sa am Il" ;Monte&
12=..'h14I said tete candidate
Gbneral' Gillms� zao - i;Tltlilir'suavely, "brit yod tare'not all thoxel"
,harry titges younit ,dfilters to 0061 We see that the taxicab companies
none getting married until they are at have started placing •advertisements
leant thirty', But isn't that rather onthebottom of the chassis of their
late to start to moa praoioa4 course ,cars; this is ao that tho p9deStrian4
An learning bort to
take ilydea5t''' can road them when the trate nasals*
dhicago Daily min. l over thor4,