Show t l' l 1 DEAD NAIR DEAD 1 RA RACE CE CEa 1 fill a f fel l' l Q DEATH ATH MA MAI AS I START 1 lAS IC Five Planes Are Put PutOut PutOut Out of Race Before I nd d of First Da Day Maynard in th the e Lead Oct 9 9 Three 9 Three M MINEOLA aviators had been heen killed five of the sixty two sixty two originally entered planes had been heen put definitely out of the running and the status of several others others remained unknown early toda today wh when n the army's great transcontinental air race over oyer overa a mile course between Mineola and San Francisco was resumed Undismayed by the fate that betel their comrades yesterday esterday on the first da day of the great speed endurance and reliability test pilots scattered out over the course from Mineola as far west as Chicago and from Sari San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco east to Salt Lake Lale City were to toda today today to- to da day up with the dawn eager to start starl the second days day's gruelling test GROUND COVERED Yesterday Lieutenant B. B W W. y yIa Maynard Maynard May May- Ia nard the flying parson who led throughout the first lap covered the first miles that separate Mineola and Chicago at a two mlle rate of speed sped Eleven en fliers from San Francisco FI covered the CIS miles from San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco to Salt Lake City Thus the leading fliers from east ast and west covered covered cov cov- ered a total of 1458 miles mUes and were wet separated this morning by only 12 1242 2 miles FATAL ACCIDENTS The men killed yesterday were Major D D. H. H Crissy and and- his observer Sergeant Virgil Thomas who met al almost almost almost al- al most instant death In a crash at Salt Lake CIl City and Sergeant W W. H. H Nevitt observer for Colonel Gerald Gerad Brandt whose plane crashed at Deposit N. N Y Colonel Brandt Blandt was slightly In in- in jurd Three other planes put definitely out of the race were those driven by lW Air Commodore L L. E E. O. O Charlton British aviation in the United States Lieutenant D D. B B. Gish and Lieutenant J. J G. G Hall Commodore Charlton's plane fell tell at Ovid N. N NT NY while Lieutenant Gish's crashed inflames in inflames flames at Canadice N. N Y Lieutenant Hall lIall made a bad landing at SaW Salt Lake Lale Lieutenant Gish had as passenger passenger pas pas- Captain Captain de do e Lavergne aviation of the 1 French embassy the only other non-American non participant in inthe inthe inthe the race All the remaining contestants contestants contestants contest contest- ants are American army aviators NOT HEARD FROM The aviator Lieutenant J. J C. C Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams IIams who left Mineola at 1018 a m. m yesterday had not been heard front from this morning and some fear was felt for his safety Three contestants who were obliged to mal make e forced landings yesterday hoped to get back In the race toda today They are Lieutenant Ross Kirkpatrick Kirkpat- Kirkpat rick who descended at Vernon N. N Y Lieutenant R R. L. L Maugan who landed at Glendale N. N Y and Lieutenant Willis R. R Taylor who landed at Nicholson Nicholson Nich Nich- olson Pa Five additional entrants were scheduled scheduled sched sched- to enter the race at t Mineola Joday Jo to- I day dar R i 4 i j j il |