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Show i y W ' I TWO DARING AVIATORS KILLED & Archie Hoxlo and jhn B. Molssant Met Death on Same Day While Trying for New Records. H ' Now York. Two of America's moat H famous and daring aviators mot death H on Saturday. H ' ' John 13. Molssant, tho first man to H I :ross tho English channel on nn aero- H piano with a passenger, and wlnnor H , "f tho sonsatlonal raco around tho H I Uatuo of Liberty, foil to his death In Hi New Orleans. H Arch Hoxey, tho formor Salt Lnko H jhnuffour. who only a fow days ago OSS' OS-S' tabllshed a world's aviation record for H height, tho man who took Colonel H, Roosovelt up In tho air, fell to his H death whllo trying to win the MIche-V MIche-V tin prlzo for sustained flight at Los Angeles. IS Both theso men were young at the L flying game, but they wore easily at I the head of American aviators nnc I wero regarded as among tho very best I I flying men in tho w.orld. I Tho manner of their doaths wat li similar. I Each waB trying to boat tho record I for sustained flight In order to win I tho Mlcholin prize. In both cases the I machines beenmo unmanageable when I' a comparatively Bhort dlstanco from I- earth, turned turtlo and sont tholr I1. daring pilots to earth. - Both men wore Instantly killed. I Molssant wns thrown fymi his machine, ma-chine, alighting on his head and break ing his neck. Hoxey fell with his machine nnc was killed Instantly. |