Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-05-17 | Page 1 | U. S. Puts Ban on N. Y. Paris Plane Derby

U.S. PUTS BAII Oil II. Y.-PAR1S PLANE DERBY Permits to Be Denied for All Future Stunt H6ps (Copyright. 1MT, by INS.) WASHINGTON, May 17 The United Stateg today called n abrupt halt to the propoaed New York-to-Paris air race, scheduled to touch off tha Parla International exposition this gummer. Permit wtB be wli pilote eeehlag ae fly ha the haaeidsBe bMHlluut atr derby. Cilsaal 1. M. Jahaaea, eeeietaat aearw tary et miinrii, abated. Charting a bew air paltry. It mm aea declared the baa will extead te all future "Hunt" flight. "There lent going la be aay Mew Yorh-to-Parla air race Johnaoa asserted. as-serted. "No permlta will be granted any filer for each a flight furthermore, further-more, thla government Isn't gtnf to permit aay more stunt flight of any Datura to be held." The ultimatum cell a bait to what waa planned aa the moot dramatic dra-matic air race la hletory. It ground! 1 shin of six nation entersd In ths rac planned ta commemorate the tenth anniversary ef Colonel Charles A. Undhergb'l historic New York-to-Part daah la MM thlp, tht Spirit ef SL Louis. SAM Prise t The race was scheduled for Aa-F Aa-F gust, with a fso.000 prit aa the rewsrd for the winner. Entrants Included In-cluded nine Italian government plane, four French, three American, Ameri-can, three British and ens each from Rumania and Sweden. The success ef the flight ef Dirk Merrill and Jack. Lambi but week from New York to London and re-f re-f . turn will bav aa effect on the de- psrtmsnt of commerce decision, f Johnson Indicated. Merrill and ' Lambie sxpected te eater tha New York-to-Paria race also. The department regards the New York-to-Prla air rac at purely a stunt." Johnson said. If ths rac war held aad proved disastrous It might mean a serious i setback to the astsblishmsnt of regular reg-ular transatlantic paaaenger air line, he declared. Two tuch trane- attantt air line are acheduled to begin operation within a few months, using giant ship similar to tht Clipper used In the transpacific transpa-cific service and regarded by the department as "safs, for thsy art being buUt for this job." I PARIS. May IT (IN8 France will hold her Lindbergh commemoration commemo-ration air race to Perls from an-i an-i ether country, "If Washington doe not back dowa aad reveres It de- clsioa ta baa the dash, a member ef the government ssld today. "Maybe we'll negotiate with Can-ad." Can-ad." the minister added, unofficially. unoffi-cially. He pointed out that Franc "dot hot want te waste the cost of tht expensive preparations." NEW YORK. May IT (INS) Dick Merrill, four-time transatlantic filer, today confirmed that Franc I will hold th rac to Pari from ' another country If Washington Insist In-sist oa refusing te license American Ameri-can tntrit In tht derby. Merrill commented: "I knew they planned te run It to another country If the United States balksd oa tht flights."