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I section roun THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1930 MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AWAITS DEDICATION Premier Cross-Word Puzzle Dedication Program i 3 5 6 7 8 Jpi0 12 3 IS lb 75 rr 20 22 m5 2h ip 35 36 37 38 39 HO HI (Saturday Continued). 1:30 P. M. Finish of private owners race, flying their own planes; Columbus, Indianapolis, Cincinnati. 2-8 P.

M. Dedication exercises. 11 22 ra- IP1" 56 60 lQ 75 7 2 A 22 77 vyy, tt 179 1 18 fr per sf ST 85 87 8a ZKJo ti ioo iot H7" to 77? lOL 22205 io6ZZ21bl loeVftToi Tfo III ffi112 lllffillH H5Tl6 222 222 in H'25 H'26 127 H7 lid 3f Hj32 J33 j73V l35 II I I 1 I 1 I I 1 I II I I I 1 FRIDAY. 10 A. M.

Registration at Hotel Slnton Bnd at flying field. 10:30 A. M. Arrival of national air tour flyers. 12 Noon Aerial parade over city.

1:30 r. M. Military band concert. 2- 2:30 J'. M.

Exhibition by army flyers. 1. M. Embry-Klddle exhibition work. 3- 3:30 P.

M. Mystery plane performance, with FUot Jlmmle gDoolittlc. P. M. Commercial Aviation, Aeronautical Corporation of America.

4- 4:30 1. M. Frlze contests: dead stick landing, balloon bursting, parachute jumping. 4. "60 I.

M. Waco Aircraft Exhibition. 7 P. M. Symposium, Hotel Sin-ton.

8 P. M. The Three Fireflies. 8:30 P. M.

Night flying; aerial fireworks. SATURDAY. 11 A. M. Inspection of army and commercial planes.

12 Nooji Aerial parade over city. P. M. Embry-Rlddle Hour; Commercial Aviation. 1 P.

M. Band concert. P. M. Aeronautical Corporation of America Hour.

1:15 P. M. Departure of National air tour. Lunken Airport, Cincinnati's municipally owned air field, is shon above, as it appears now. The Army hangars are visible near the lower right-hand corner of the picture and various other buildings of interest are inclosed in circles.

The line of the dike protecting the field from the high waters of the Little Miami Kiver may be seen at the right of the picture. On the skyline and near the center of the picture are the heights of Alms Park, where seats will be placed for spectators who want to have a bird's-eye view of the field during the Lunken Airport dedication this week. AUTO ROW PICK-UPS landing figures of the 18 contestants: Take Land. Useful Off Roll Load Seconds. Seconds Fouods By J.

Golden Jr. "No. The airport wasn't always there. I can remember when I'd walk along the Union Levee and see ''c. nothing but a big expanse of corn stubble, much of it hidden under ponds of water, or at least composed of deep muck, and full of gullies, hummocks and lines of trees.

Some's times there were men out there with hip boots and boats, shooting ducks." may sound rather unbe-lievable to some Cincinnati young-sters who like to hear their dads reminisce. Those youngsters are used to looking out from the Union Levee at hundreds of level acres, dry, rolled, kept in condition for the landing and taking off of dozens of planes every day. They are used to seeing modern hangars, of HORIZONTAL 54 mixed type 55 cook by expo- sure before a fire 57 bet 59 utilize 60 court 61 chemical symbol for sodium 63 artifices 65 vehicle 66 era 67 mend with in- terlacing stitches 68 attempt 70 lowest point 72 beast of burden 73 inventories 74 tasting of salt 76 long heavy waves on a coast 77 adhesive prepara-. tion 78 Roman goddess of growing 79 seat in a church 80 measures 82 unit of energy 84 hotels 85 forbid 86 rabble 88 flavor 90 in this manner 91 aeriform fluid 92 domestic animal 93 hair about the neck of some animals (PD 95 take VERTICAL ized by the church canon- 51100,000 rupees 53 pulls with great effort 64 those who carry luggage 56 murder 58 sailing vessel of the 15th century 60 wear away 62 establishment for storing arms 64 nymph who lured 06 any article in one's 67 Roman god 69 spun wool. (pl.) 71 noisy quarrel 72 supply with weapons 73 endured 75 French definite article 77 something noxious 78 paper-wrapped rolls of tobacco for smoking 79 footway 81 pendent ornaments 83 women sponsors at baptism 85 freshwater fish feloniously 9T shortened form of Alfred 98 soft pillow 100 small points 102 vision 104 digits 105 Christmas carol 107 part of ho be" 109 Roman tyrant 110 character of a community 112 habitual course of action 114 on the sheltered side 116 expose to moisture 117 small artificial 118 cut away the outside part 119 observe 121 withered 123 exclamation 124 decade 125 organ of smell 126 raise with exertion 128 matron 130 Latin 131 place where money is coined 132 large wasps 134 animal of the cat family 136 assumed the burden 187 guilty of treason 1 showy 2 in law, a thing 3 suitable 4 two or more horses to one vehice 5 mistake 6 negative 7 anger 8 cultivate the soil 9 affirmative replies 10 consumed 11 pronoun 12 hang about 13 leave out 14 color 15 within 16 was mistaken 17 well-known weed 20 potassium nitrate 24 projection of the rear end of an animal 26 musical 27 moun- tains in Russia, Europe and Asia 29 comfort 31 wanned 33 perfume from rose petals 34 kind of cream cheese 36 title of former Russian rulers 38 bind 40 leap about 41 blood 43 in a row 45 cry of a crow 47 unite or blend 49 those automobiles parked on' the borders of the field while their owners watch the performances in the theater of the air, powerful batteries of lights, good roads communicating with various parts of the field.

But those children can't be very Old. There are boys now in school 5 who remember what Turkey Bot- toms looked like before the municl- pal airport was built there. There are 1,013 acres of land in this reclaimed area. E. H.

Lunken gave 230 acres toward the airport, and the city got the rest for approx- P.M. First Pursuit Squad ron exhibition. P. M. "Dog Fights;" fancy flying; bombardments.

P. M. Prize contests: acrobatic feats, parachute jumping, balloon bursting. P. M.

PUot Jlmmle Doollttle in his mystery plane. 8 P. M. The Three Fireflies. 8:30 T.

M. Night flying; aerial fireworks. SUNDAY. 10 A. M.

Inspeclon by public of army, navy and commercial planes. A. M. Exhibition of commercial aviation by Metal Aircraft Corporation. 11- 11:30 A.

M. Army fliers. Noon Commercial Aviation; Waco Aircraft Company, 12 Noon Aerial parade. 12- 1 P. M.

Free rides. 1 P. M. Band concert. P.

M. Army fliers. 2- 2:30 P.M. First Pursuit Squadron. P.

PUot Jlmmie Doollttle in his mystery plane. 3- 3:45 P. M. Prize contest: dead stick landing, parachute jumping, balloon bursting. P.

M. Embry-Rlddle exhibition. P. M. Acrobatic I nal probably will be erected at the northwest corner at some time in the future, and when this is done, one terminal will handle incoming and the other outgoing traffic.

Lunken Airport also has its own motored fire and ambulance service. There is at present parking space for 7,000 automobiles. On many occasions Lunken Airport has been the scene of thrilling air spectacles derby arrivals, stunt programs, military maneuvers and so on. This week, however, will undoubtedly be its greatest week in history, for three days, September 26, 27 and 28, have been set aside for its dedication, and Cincinnati is lending every aid and every effort toward making the ceremonies fitting. There will be a parade of 300 planes over the city each day of the celebration, it has been announced by the men in charge of planning it.

At the airport there will be dead-stick landing contests, parachute jumps and spot-landing balloon bursting contests and various other aerobatics. The Embry-Riddle Company, the Aeronautical Corporation of America, the Metal Aircraft Company, the Waco Aircraft Company and the Shell Company all will put on stunt programs. The Ford National Air Reliability tour will come into Cincinnati Friday and leave on Saturday. Besides the well-known fliers, such as Captain Frank Hawks, Art Schlosser and George Haldeman, with that group of planes there will be other pilots visiting independently, among them Freddie Lund, Dick Young, Howard Ailor and Jimmie Doolittle. Army and navy fliers also will participate.

Box seats and grand stands will be available on the airport during the three days of the show, and seats also will be provided at Alms Park, which overlooks the airport. Colonel C. O. Sherrill, former City Manager of Cincinnati, is Chairman-in-Chief of all committees that have cooperated to make the dedication an outstanding success. Among his principal aids are Eshelby Lunken, Vice Chairman; Robert N.

Olin, Chairman of Commercial Aviation; Albert B. Wunder, Chairman of Field Arrangements; Victor Heintz, Chairman of Military Aviation; Laurent Lowenberg, Chairman of the Program and Symposium; Henry Bent-ky, Chairman of Speakers and Traffic; Thomas M. Conroy, Chairman of Finance; C. W. DeForest, Chairman of Air Routes; Warner Sayers, Chairman of Invitation, Reception and Registration, and Hudson Biery, Chairman of Publicity.

The following ships will accompany the 1930 national air tour, none of them as contestants: Crosley Flying Broadcasting Station, piloted by William S. "Billy" Brock, famous Detroit to Tokyo pilot, and carrying Robert Brown, announcer of Station WLW. This is a Lockheed plane, powered with a Wasp motor, especially equipped as an aerial broadcasting station, licensed under the call letters KHILO. This is the same plane in which Brock recently made a transcontinental record between Jacksonville and San Diego. News of the tour, standing and progress of contestants and similar information will be broadcast as the plane flies over the route.

Travel Air Mystery Ship, flown by Captain Frank Hawks in his recent transcontinental record flights from Los Angeles to New York. Captain Hawks is the tour referee. The mystery ship will be approximately the fastest plane on the tour, among contestants or accompanying ships. It is a marvel of streamlining and is powered with a Wright 575 horsepower engine. The Goodrich Lockheed will be flown by Lee Shoenhair, the pilot who not long ago established several world records in the same day in the same plane.

This is a Lockheed powered with a Wasp motor and capable of well over 175 miles an hour. The ship belongs to the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio. The Berry Brothers' Monocoupe will be flown by Tom Colby, head of the aviation department of Berry who will also act as the official weather man on the tour! Colby long has been an interested private pilot, and for the last two years has been using his own plane in covering the country for his firm.

The Aerol Travel Air will be flown by E. W. "Pop" Cleveland, veteran of many tours and air meets. "Pop" Is official starter, and it will be his duty to stay at each stop until all the contestants are away in their proper order. He also acted as starter last year.

The Packard Diesel Waco will be flown by Walter Lees, and will be the official ship of the tour, carrying Captain Ray Collins, tour man ager. Lees has been responsible for much of the development of the Diesel engine now on the market by Packard, and this tour will mark its first introduction in a national aviation event. The Pratt Whitney Stearman will be flown by William Gould. This is an open biplane powered with a Wasp engine, and capable of high peed. Gould will be the tour rep resentative of the Pratt Whitney Co.

of Hartford, Conn. The Monarch Ford will be piloted by "Crazy" Jones, the flying grocer. This ship is fitted out with the products of the Monarch Grocery Company, and is in reality an aerial gro cery. It has visited Cincinnati. Jones is an old-timer in the ranks of pilots and widely known throughout the country.

The American Eaglet will be flown by Swanee Taylor, the "Will Rogers of Aviation." Taylor has established a national reputation for his wit and cleverness over field broadcasting apparatus. The Eaglet is a new plan of low horsepower, and designed to sell to sportsman pilots for less than $1,500. The Veedol Stinson will be flown by Edward Lake. This is a six-place monoplane in which officials of the oil company travel about the country. The Shell Oil Ship will be flown by Ray Brown.

Gas for the ships in the tour is being provided this year by the cities along the route, and they have asked and received the whole-hearted cooperation of the gas and oil companies. Some of the larger companies are sending their representatives along in their campaign for the good will among the pilots of the country. The New Verville Trainer, powered with a Continental 165 horse-power engine, will be flown by Ray Lavadie, test pilot for the engine company. This is the new de luxe trainer and sport ship designed by Alfred Ver ville, long known as a designer of military and commercial planes. TEST OF TOUK PLANES SHOW GOOD TIME IN TAKE-OFFS.

Tests of the 18 planes contesting in the 1930 National Air Tour have revealed again the great improvement that takes place in American commercial planes year after year in this important event. To fix the figure of merit on which the tour planes shall be scored in this year's competition, tests were run off at Ford Airport the Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the start of the tour. These tests were concerned chiefly with the ability of the planes to take off with a load and to land and come to a stop after a short roll. In the case of multi-motored planes it was also necessary to determine whether they could perform creditably at a reasonable altitude, with their most effective power unit dead. This year nine of the contesting planes were able to get into the air in less than 10 seconds after the starter's flag dropped.

This means that with a normal load the average plane in this class could be in the air after a very short roll and be able to start its climb to mount any obstacle that might endanger its passengers or load. Every multi-motored plane entered, including the two Ford transports and a Curtiss Kingbird, was able to climb to 6,200 feet with its full contest load, and then maintain altitude for 15 minutes with its most effective motor dead. This is a test which the average plane of this class could not have passed a year or two ago, but which refinements in aerodynamic design have made possible now. For the third year the Waco biplane has. shown the best performance in takeoff and landing roll with John Livingston at the stick one of these planes went Into the air in 5.03 seconds after the timer gave it the signal.

It was brought to a dead stop after landing in 6:83 seconds. Next' in this item of performance, excluding the twin Waco plane flown by Arthur G. Davis, was the Lambert Monocoupe, which took off in 7:38 seconds. Even the largest transport ships show improvements in takeoff this year over planes almost exactly like them last year. Carrying 6,000 pounds useful load the Ford transport left the ground in 12:8 seconds, and its mate, carrying 5,330 pounds, was in the air 11:46 seconds after the pilot "gave her the gun." Following are the takeoff and 86 French painter 87 furniture for sleeping 89 merit 92 catchwords 93 mammal of the deer family 94 weep 96 sinister look 98 makes the cry of the pigeon 99 to accustom 101 beverage ,103 plane surface 104 at that time 106 one who suffers loss 108 require 111 bony ap- or masticating' food 112 division of society 113 intended 115 muse of lyric poetry 118 body of.

water smaller than a lake -120 always 122 Arabian chieftain 125 nothing 126 trough for car- rying tricks 127 Greek letter 129 the self 131 Greek letter 132 pronoun 133 note of the scale 135 chemical symhpl for europium SIGNAL WARNING DEVISED For Power Lines Light Tells Of Damage By Lightning. Schenectady, N. Y. (AP) The latest man-made curb for lightning destruction is a little white signal. i It jumps into view on high tension line towers whenever lightning strikes, or when for other reasons the electrical power gets out of hand and flashes outside insulators.

The white target is a sign for a lineman to climb the tower and look for lightning damage. It is operated by instruments capable of measuring In split mlllionths of a second the extra surge of power that comes over a line when lightning strikes. ALSO NEEDS SIGNAL. Misuse of the pick-up inherent in the later cars may lead to an accident. It is so easy to swing out from behind and pass a slower car ahead.

Many do it without giving a signal of their intention, sometimes so quickly that overtaking traffic has no chance to swing out of danger. A signal indicating a change in traffic lane has become as Important as one indicating a stop. 1 college society 10 empowered 18 victim of leprosy 19 causes to face east 21 augury 22 chief deity of Egypt 23 sour 25 girl's name 26 Roman poet 27 vase with a pedestal 28 personal pronoun 30 trench around a rampart 82 permit 33 aid 84 brought up 35 stout club 37 uproar 39 figure bounded by 2 radii and the included arc of a circle 41 a step in any series 42 mountain in 44 secular 46 established portion 47 frustrate 48 12 months (pl.) 50 make fast 52 grass land where cattle feed BERLIN POLICE Beaten At Own Game. Anti-Noise Crusade Stops With Thud And Carpet Cleaners Still Ply Nerve-Racking Vocation. Berlin (AP) A system of noiseless carpet beating is wanted in Germany.

The police in their anti-noise crusade have struck a snag in the time-honored German custom of beating carpets in the courtyards on Fridays and Saturdays from 8 a. m. uninterruptedly until 5 p. m. For the smacking of floor coverings with a carpet beater in the hands of a sturdy German or German woman, sometimes even two, certainly supplies as much uproar as any motor exhaust or machine gun.

Ten hours of such suffices to dispel all thoughts of rest or relaxation, as many foreign tourists living in pensions have found out to their sorrow. As long as the German custom pre vails of laying carpets loosely on the floor as rugs no solution seems to offer itself. Neither the police nor newspapers have so far suggested a remedy for thes noise that would, justify the police passing a new ordinance prohibitling the nerve-racking custom for all time. One Ingenious critic in the newspapers proposed municipally controlled carpet cleaning establishments calling for and delivering weekly, like laundries, cleaned rugs and carpets for a nominal fee. Another suggests beating carpets, instead of in the courtyards, on the roofs of apartment houses from where the noise would be disseminated upwards and the dust carried off by air currents instead of entering the windows.

Meanwhile, the police are beating time in the hope of finding some way out of the dilemma. Continued From Preceding Page. Motor Corporation, upon his return from an extended trip through a large part of the mos seriously stricken areas of the Middle West "It is true," said Mr. Peed, "that the severity of the present drouth hardly has been equaled in a genera tion, but as great as is the calamity of drouth to large numbers of people, the fact remains that the food supply of the country as a whole is not threatened to the point of serious deprivation, nor even to the degree of justifying serious changes in price levels. "Bankers, automobile dealers and other business men throughout the whole Midwestern section of the country adjacent to the parts most directly affected, were greatly en couraged by the monthly crop estimates of the United States Government, which were published and distributed during the time that I was calling on our dealers and district managers in that part of the country.

"The corn belt has been hardest hit by the drouth, and yet the Department of Agriculture estimates the corn crop will reach the stupendous total of 2,211,823,000 bushels. The wheat crop, which was but little lessened by the dry weather, will probably be well above 820,000,000 bushels, In quantity with quality considerably better than in recent years. "Those to whom the drouth brought no direct injury are already assuming the obligation of providing amply for the relief of the stricken. Diversi fied farming is helping to balance the scales. Farmers who normally grow wheat as a cash crop will use it, especially low grade wheat, to feed their stock until the wheat and corn market levels justify the purchase of corn." NEW MODELS IN DEMAND One week after the announcement of the new series of Packard cars there is an actual shortage of Packard Standard Eight five-passenger sedans, the most popular model of the Packard line, according to R.

Chamberlain, general sales manager of the company. "Considering what general business conditions have been, said Chamberlain, "the fact that we cannot supply the field with enough cars certainly ought to be evidence that the new Packards are meeting with general publio approval. It is an encouraging note for the industry as a whole at this time." Factory production schedules are being followed closely, Chamberlain said. Throughout the period of reduced production, general in the industry, the Packard factories have been working steadily five days a week and are continuing at this high rate. In anticipation of the announcement, distributors and dealers throughout the country were supplied with new cars, and they are now on display at practically all sales points.

Public comments on the new cars which have been received by the company are said to be most flattering. There has been much favorable comment, according to Chamberlain, on the fact that the new cars are almost identical in appearance with those of the previous series. At the same time, he said, the refinements and improvements which have been built into them apparently are much appreciated. IS TRUCK SALES MANAGER Harold W. Roland has been appointed Manager of Truck Sales for the Reo Motor Car Company, according to announcement by Elijah G.

Pox-son, General Sales Manager. Mr. Roland gives up the general sales managership and membership of the Board of Directors of the Ajax Rubber Company, of Racine, and McClaren Rubber Company, of Charlotte, N. their subsidiary, to become associated with Reo. GENERAL MOTORS SALES During the month of August General Motors dealers in the United States delivered to consumers 86,426 cars, according to an announcement made by Alfred P.

Sloan President. This compares with 80,147 in the month of July and with 151,722 in August, 1929. Sales by General Motors manufacturing divisions to dealers in the United States amounted to 76,140 cars, as compared with 70,716 in July and as compared further with 147,351 in August, 1929. Total sales to dealers, including Canadian sales and overseas ship ments, amounted to 85.610 cars, or over 3,600 cars per day, as compared with 79,976 in July and as compared further with 168,185 in August, 1929. American Eagle 8.13 14.25 Waco 5.03 6.83 Travel Air 10.05 14.32 Waco 5.03 7.13 1,241 1,720 1,241 6.000 30 912 2,238 1.010 2.310 1,937 578 1,145 1,035 768 740 568 631 Ford Transport 12.80 Ford Transport 11.4 Kenroyce 7.42 Kingbird 11.27 Cablnatre 8.55 Bellanca 9.05 Bcllanca 8.50 Mercurv Chic 17.37 Sikorsky Amphibian.

9.79 Cessna 11.80 Kittv Hawk 15.45 10.70 11.58 8.87 7.87 11.25 14.05 13.30 11.58 11.52 13.03 9.60 7.73 13.50 10.80 Waco 11.10 Great Lakes 11.26 Monocoupe 7.38 Spectators at the stops around the route of the tour will see these planes perform under actual racing conditions. For example, they took off into the wind toward the southwest Thursday morning, and their course lay due west. Each pilot gained just enough altitude to clear the field buildings, and then banked his plane sharply toward the straight line course. Thus he saved seconds, but this year it probably will be seconds which will win the tour. "DOODLE BUG" DEMONSTRATES FOOL-PROOF FEATURES.

Cities along the latter half of the route of 1930 National Air Tour will be able to see the remarkable McDonnell "Doodle-Bug" monoplane. J. S. McDonnell of Chicago, has informed Captain Ray Collins, tour manager, that he will joint the tour at Cheyenne and accompany the planes from there to the finish line at Detroit, and that he will give a demonstration of his plane's oddities and accomplishments at each stop for the entertainment of spectators. According to McDonnell the Doodle Bug was designed as an experi mental step toward the flivverplane of the future.

It is equipped with slotted wings, wing flaps and other novel aerodynamic features. It will not spin, and it will remain stable in any abnormal position in which It is flown. It is capable of carrying a useful load of 550 pounds, powered with a Warner Scarab motor of 110 horsepower; can take off in about 140 feet, and land in a space of about 40 feet at a speed of less than 35 miles an hour. Three stunts demonstrate the Doodle Bug's fool-proof characteristics. They are: (1) While helpers are laying out a 150-foot circle with flags two feet high, the Doodle Bug will take off in approximately 100 feet, do a steep climb, burst into top speed at 100 miles an hour, and do a dead-stick landing with a roll of less than 40 feet, the engine being switched off for landing.

(2) The Doodle Bug then will be taxied within the 150-foot circle of flags, taking off from within and landing again in the circle, thus demonstrating the-feasibility of a 100-foot airport in case of necessity. (3) The Doodle Bug will take off from within the 150-foot circle and, after attaining a little altitude, give a demonstration of slow flying, remaining apparently motionless in the sky and of control under stalled conditions. Appointment of the Lexington (Ky.) Airport Committee was announced by the American Engineering Council, which Is organizing more than 100 committees to study airport conditions and practices in all parts of the country. Professor D. V.

Terrell, of the Deportment of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, is Chairman of the Lexington Committee. Other members are: Lacy Moore, district engineer, Southern Railway System; R. B. Hayes, general contractor; J. F.

Grimes, W. A. Newman, University of Kentucky, and J. White Gwyn, city engineer. Organization of a Louisville committee was recently, announced by the President of the council, Carl E.

Grunsky, of San Francisco, Cincinnati and Dayton (Ohio) committees also being selected. FOR SLIPPING GEARS. If the car shows a tendency to slip out of second or high gear when pulling, temporary relief can be attained by driving slowly and keeping the hand on the gear shift lever. The harder the pull the more likely it is to slip, so keep the throttle fairly closed. HUMMING NOISE.

A humming noise in the differential after it has been tightened occurring when the engine is being driven by the rear wheels, indicates too tight an adjustment. BRIEFS Herewith Is solution to puzzle published last Sunday. IE lAlXfijF I Al 1 1 LMJ I IE A ANlJ AU NTiliNTlpA RJA NUNlF UNN VlW AT HE Rll ODOSiLE GlRAPlH ENlH AL WElrTOElS PiTE SlRAJElSO ne RU ptIav rtsItol klw lOVERlABLE RiRlPElLOPl SPFDlCLgARilALLlHONID PE NlSL EfElR EPLi.CAl AR FNTONElTABORlSERGEiLO SU A IDF A IR ALlW A MlT Di A I AL 1R ODIFRR A NDS IlR AIE IYJE HAULSllRlISCALElLgg iTE ElMEETLUMSlWARDil rNlPORRElNEDlARgl LOSSlGASlE KiAl.HlYER rTElvlSPE RSlHUNTSlBID AfE AlST AVSlGUNN VlDOZ imately $250 an acre. Now, officials say, it is worth approximately $3,000 an acre. The city had this base for its port, then several hundred acres, only five miles from the business district.

But how they had to work on that base before it was an airport! I H. F. Shipley, Cincinnati's En- I gineer of Highways, was put in charge of the development of the i automatic flood control. It wouldn't do to have an airport inundated by i the waters of the Little Miami sev-. eral months of the year, and adapted only to landings of web-footed birds, Shipley got busy! Officials got i.

busy! Now there is a dike 900 feet long if and from 6 to 25 feet high protect- ing the field from the flood waters, most of the dike being built with earth scraped away in grading the Afield. Additional protection was pro-1 Vided Concrete drainage tile feet of jt' manufactured at the airport was laid under the field, and especially under the runways under construction or contemplated. These lines of tile lead to the new pumping station, and from there the 2 drained waters are directed into the river. The pumping station itself is a great safeguard during times of 'yi very high water, or when there is surface ice on the field. Lights have been installed, too.

There is, of course, an illuminated wind tee. There is a floodlight operated by remote con-, trol, flood and obstacle lights on all buildings and more than 100 obstacle and boundary lights around the field. As. for the beacon, every Cincin-' natlan has seen its 8,000,000 candle power revolving beam sweeping the sky at night. w' Lunken Airport already is provided with a number of beautiful and ef-ficient buildings.

The three modern hangars of buff brick and steel con- struction house a machine shop and space for 70 planes. They, and, in fact, all buildings being placed on the airport by the city, are planned so as to allow for unlimited expan- sion of the building program without destroying the unity of their appearance. There also are two United States Army hangars on the field and an 4 army administration building. There Is a temporary municipal administra- tion building and a school, the latter leased by the Embry-Riddle Com- ir pany, which also leases hangar space. The Metal Aircraft Company, makers of Flamingo all-metal transports, and the Aeronautical Corporation of America, manufacturers of the Aeronca, have their factories on the port, using ground leased from the i city.

New buildings will be added as need occurs. One of the first buildings projected is an air terminal, which will serve both for incoming i and outgoing planes and passengers. This will be built on the southwest corner of the field. A second termi Copyrlcht. 130.

PremUr Syndlcat. Ino. NIMBLE-WITTED CLERKS. Cant' Pool 'Em On "Saturday Night Street" They Take Showers. SPECIAL CORBESFOXPBNCa TO THE BPfQUIBER.

Santa Barbara Post office clerks here must be nimble witted to handle some problem correspondence that comes here for delivery. The latest problem address which stumped the office force for a while was a letter addressed to a resident on "Saturday night street." There is no such street exactly so named. After a series of conferences the conundrum was solved when a distributor placed the letter in the box for the postman for Bath street. The letter was promptly delivered to the proper person. NEW HOSE FOR SAFETY.

Installing new cooling system hose connections before the old ones are so porous that they leak will prevent the clogging of the system by particles of the worn connections. They wear on the inside, of course, and it does not always show..