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...prize, awarded to the Club at a dinner in New York attended by Miss Amelia Earhart, Commander R. L. Tower of N.C.-4 fame, and other notables of the air, was given to the Harvard flyers on the basis of their record covering the period from April 1, 1929 to January 1, 1930. The committee which made the award took into consideration the fact that the Harvard Flying Club is the only college flying organization in the country to own and operate its own plane successfully. At the same time it has flown more hours during the period considered than...
...third hospital campaign currently going on in Manhattan is for $5,000,000 for the New York Skin & Cancer Hospital, oldest of its kind in the U. S. Money collector is the Fiscal Service Corp., the professional group of appeal-makers which obtained for Amelia Earhart her money to fly across the Atlantic with Wilmer Stultz last year...
...also from Canada, hurried flyers to the air races and show at Cleveland this week. Most conspicuous was the Women's Air Derby from Santa Monica, Cal. After considerable squabbling (TIME, June 24), 19 women set out, including Marvel Crosson, Ruth Nichols, Ruth Elder, Amelia Earhart, Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Phoebe Omlie, Thea Rasche. The second day out Miss Crosson crashed fatally. Others had accidents, which they attributed to sabotage (not confirmed by investigators) or got lost. Thirteen ended the race, Ruth Nichols cracking up only 130 miles from the Cleveland airport. The Department of Commerce tried to evict Miss...
Died. Wilmer Stultz, 29, of Nassau, L. I., trans-Atlantic air pilot (the Friendship, with Amelia Earhart, June, 1928); at Roosevelt Field, L. I., while stunting with two friends...
...advisory board include Assistant Secretaries for Aeronautics F. Trubee Davison, David S. Ingalls and William P. MacCracken Jr.; and Flying Chiefs Maj.-Gen. J. E. Fechet of the Army, Rear-Adm. W. A. Moffett of the Navy. Other members are Harry F. Guggenheim, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart...