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Show OCEAN HOP EMS m SHIP FULLS SUAT'lLE, May :il (U.R Nat C. Hrowno, former Texan, Tex-an, nursed a dislocated shoulder shoul-der here today, his long che-r- ... . . . - . - r. j;;hnl Ih'i'e of Cl.viliK ll"ll-sloi !o Tukio ii pp;ii-t"i i tly l.viiiK i i io bnlLuin a' 1'uj'et Suiind with the fragments of his airplane, I he I.one Star. Hrmviio and i-'.ank I'.ionks. pro-Icsional pro-Icsional skv-jumprr and stunt n .ui, floated inl the water with pararhules when the Lone Star, damaged in attempting lo refuel 'i ..in ati her plane, went out ol rosilrol and fell apart at Ihe 2U(i- foot level. . 11 nppeared that a prize which now aggregates SlilUHid would be wilhdrawn, us announced, at. midnight mid-night tomorrow. The original $2a.-nno $2a.-nno was posted shortly after Col. ! Charles A. Lindbergh flew the i Atlantic ocean in 1H127, but no man bay yet winged without halt from Sea! lie to Tokio. With his old, but splendidly J equipped pi a ne denied ia hod and I sunk, 1 Irmvne was dejected. lie i had no iiunicdiat e expecfal ion of obtaining another plane for a third a I tempt even should t he prize committee agree to extend the limit. liirnoks, who had intended to ill op in a parachute after refueling, refuel-ing, was in a rear compartment of the Lone Star as Frank Whal-ey's Whal-ey's biplane came into position overhead. A 50-pound weight had been tied to the hose. The leaded hose swung back to the tail assembly and caught, the stabilizer, ripping completely through the rear controls. The Lone Star dived about 700 feet, as Browne attempted to right it. a wing crumpled under the weight of I he U50-gallon load of gasoline. The plane fell sideways and the other wing collapsed. ! 0 Both men jumped. A speed boat I rescued them. 9 : |
