Word: bellanca
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Buxom, blonde, Nordic Fraulein Rasche came to the U. S. to exhibit her able stunt flying, to fly back across the Atlantic. For many weeks, she had been haunting the flying fields, quarreling with her unnamed backers, posing for photographs. A green and red Bellanca was ready for her trans-Atlantic hop, yet not available until additional safety devices should be installed. Fraulein Rasche fretted, pouted for the press...
...James A. Stillman appeared as the answer to her troubles. She bought her another Bellanca, painted a tender, feminine sky-blue. She bravely went up with her protege and returned to write a powerful piece for the New York American (Hearst). It began...
...daring came the disturbing arm of the law. Fraulein Rasche's former backers, suddenly emerging from anonymity, frankly revealed themselves as Harold W. Hartwell and the Hollis Corporation. They disclosed a contract with the aviatrix, obtained an injunction preventing her from flying away in the Stillman sky-blue Bellanca...
Backer Hartwell observed tersely: that he had made an extended search for a substitute aviatrix to fly the green and red Bellanca, but in vain; that he expected half of the Rasche publicity profits and a position as her manager; that he would not release her unless "any act of moral turpitude should injure her reputation...
...rich & ardent young assistant treasurer of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. at Wilmington, Del., in April became engaged to Margaret Wilson Lewis at San Antonio, Texas. Separating them are 1,600 air miles. So last week Mr. du Pont had delivered to him a $12,000 Bellanca plane, wherewith to fly to his sweetheart each weekend...