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p.f EIGHT EVENING TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1931 672 PLANES TO SOAR OVER NJ. LATE MONTH Army Air Corps Plans Huge Demonstration Of Its Full Strength ALL TYPES IN SHOW Largest Aerial Annan da In History To Climax Sectional Maneuv- ers Of Force- SKIES WILL BE BLACK WITH SHIPS By RODNEY BUTCHER, Washington, April 1 (NEA; in May the air will full of a great roaring and the sky so thick with military air craft that America will hav some idea of what a next war would be like with hundreds of planes dashing to defend the North Atlantic seaboard. hundred and seventy-two ship of the Army Air planes, bombers, -attack planes transports and observation will converge from over the country in an unprecedentedly huge concentration for annual maneuvers in the nrea from Maine to Virginia and as far west as Chicago. About 75,000,000 persons will have a chance to see army planes en route, the War Department estimates. The ships will fly a total of about 2,000,000 miles; the territory of every state will be crossed by one or more units.

About 80 airports will be visited for an overnight stop or fuel as the planes fly toward the first concentration point at Dayton, Ohio. ,672 PJanes Over New York There will be demonstrations or mock attacks at Chicago, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia and other points, but the big show is billed for New York on May 23, culminating in a procession of the entire armada over the length of Manhattan. Plying in tight formation at about 100 miles an hour, the head of the great division will over Governor's Island while th rear is still over the Bronx. The a procession will require about twent minutes to pass a given point. The New York phase of the man cuvers will be broadcast to the coun try by the two big national chains.

After many months of careful pre paration for the mass aerial move ment, the first member planes of th division will arrive at Wright Field Dayton, on May 15. These will the national guard squadrons, form two one they will spend two days formation flying. On Sunday, Ma 17, the regular army flying unit will arrive at Wright Field by groups The army planes will shower down from Selfridge Field in Michigan Field In Virginia, JEWS BEGIN FEAST OF PASSOVER TODAY Holiday, Observed By Eating Unleavened' Bread, Continues Seven Days By Liberal Group. In this striking- composite picture, showing- New York's famous skyline, the artist shows how the planes that are to fly over New York on May 23 could frirtnauy darken the skies if massed over that city. However, they are to fly in military formation at 100 miles an liour, the long procession requiring 20 minutes to pass given point.

At the right is Brigadier General Benjamin D. Foulois, assistant chief of the Army Air Corns, who will command the great aerial "attack" on the nation's largest city. entire formation will be reviewed prominent officials and a trip smoke screen will be laid down pursuit planes. To "Attack" Boston On Sunday the entire division will ly toward Boston in battle forma ion, "attacking" Hartford, Ne-s laven and Providence en route There will be night attacks ove he Boston area, followed next da a repetition of the attack stagei ver New York. A group of plane vill be sent by way of New Hamp hire and Vermont to "attack" Port- and and Bangor, Maine.

The 6721 planes' will return to well, Crissey and Mather Fields in California, Fort Crockett, Port Sam Houston and Kelly Field In Texas, Mitchel Field on Long Island, Scott Field'In Illinois, Fort Sill in Oklahoma and (Maxwell Field in Alabama, i 300 Planes Visit Chicago Formation and combat practice will proceed for three days until May 20 and about 300 planes will fly to Chicago on May 18, demon- there, "attacking" the city and staging a review parade with a column twenty miles long. The "war" starts the morning of May 21, when all the 672 planes, Mitchel Field, reforming at Alban, and West Point and again flying over New York in full formation on May 26. Demonstrations will fol low over Atlantic City, Trenton Newark and Jersey City on May 2' and-Philadelphia, Camden and Baltimore on May 29 while moving the Washington, D. area. A final grand demonstration wil be held over the national capital on Memorial Day and by Monday, June 1, all units will be en route to then- home stations.

Many Improvements Made F. Trubee Davison, assistant secretary for air, has pointed out that the" army's planes repres- mt the latest developments, in avia- improvement. In two years -the high speed of pursuit planes has increased from 165 to 192 miles an lour and their combat ceiling has seen raised from 21,000 to 30.00C They carry larger guns, spitting SO calibre bullets which are only as large as a man's finger but strike with force greater than that of'a flve-ton weight. Other types of )lanes are also faster and' better as a result of intensive application of improvements in the last couple of ears. Although the maneuvers are in de nature of a big spectacular show nd planned to impress tens of mil- ons of citizens, it is pointed out hat it has become vitally necessaiy or the Air Corps to test" its techni- al and tactical theories with large inits somewhat comparable in size those which would used in a rax of defense.

available iece of equipment will be used in he May maneuvers except training lanes and it is estimated that of he 672 planes only about 450 actual HEBE'S BRIEF PKOGBAM OF GREAT MANEUVERS May National Guard planes assemble at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. May army planes arrive at Wright Field. May hundred planes fly to-Chicago for on that city. May 672 ships take off for New York by two routes. May bombardment group makes night flight over New York.

May armada of 672 ships flies over New York in formation. May 24-r-Entire division flies over New England cities. May flight over New York by entire 762 planes. May over- Atlantic City, Trenton, Newark and Jersey City. May over Philadelphia, Camden and Baltimore.

May grand demonstration over Washington. June units en route home. TESTS AIR BUMPS skyrod isn't so mooth. It has lots of lumps which xert a stress on airplanes much more strenuous than those exertet automobiles by bumpy highways new device has been tried ou record thsse bumps on the airway between -New York and Wash- ngton. It reveals that some of he bumps encountered are equa: dropping a load of 16,000 ounds on the plane.

New Yorfc. Part of the will take a northerly route over Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse; the remainder by way of Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. In New York they will park at Mitchel Field, Roosevelt Field and the Fairchild and Valley Stream airports. "War conditions" will be consider as existing and on the night of May 22 the Second bombr'adment group will fly over New York City and vicinity. i Early next afternoon various groups will fly in battle formation Twenty-three negroes have serv in Congress since in the ouse of Representatives and two the Senate.

Motor vehicles registrations throughout the world have increased more than 29 per cent during the last five years. The wireless telegraph station in Mexico City has been equipped to communicate with all the countries of the world. NEW NAVY PLANES new planes just purchased by the TJ. S. Navy are the word in bombing aircraft.

They are "dive bombers," and are expected to increase the accuracy of aerial bombing when completed. The planes will be able to release their bombs while engaged in high speed power drives. Ninety-five patches were re- luired to repair damage inflicted to wings of an airplane caught in a hailstorm in South Dakota. Baltimore, April people of Maryland, in comnvn with Jews all over the world, will begin the celebration of the Feast of the Passover this evening at sunset. The holiday, observed by eating unleavened bread, is celebrated for seven days by Liberal Jews and for eight days by the Orthodox Jews.

Complications are expected in the observance in Baltimore among the Jewish election officials as' the holiday conflicts with the primary elec- on April 7. The polls close at 5 o'clock but custom requires the presence of Jews hi their synagogues it sunset and the 'expectation is some of the Jewish election officials will not have completed then- count of the votes at 6:30. Last fall a special session of the legislature was called when it was discovered that by a strange coincidence the general registration of voters was set for days which were Jewish holidays. No action has been taken as yet, lowever, to clarify the situation may arise next week. PLANES PLANT TREES are aiding materially in planting forests in ths 'erritory of'Hawaii.

More than 298 50 trees.of 147 varieties have been lanted by distributing. seed from lanes, according to a recent an- ouncemcnt of the forestry service. Even up to the late 1860's steel lates for ships, bridges and boil- 75 were virtually unknown. A new law has made English the Ticial language of all Philippine ourts and their records. Tests made by scientists prove Mtt color effects are as follows: ed and orange stimulate, deep illow cheers, green has a slowing 1 ffect and white induces iritation.

An Indian cemetery, believed to ate back before the Spanish con- uest of Chile, has been found by workers in Chile. More than half the entire population of New York State is concentrated in the several boroughs of the metropolis. Tests by scientists have indicated that a bee's eyes are only about one per cent as efficient as a human being's. GAS lieved relieve What most people call indiges- ion is usually excess acid in the tomach. Food, has soured.

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