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Show , " , - - . - . - ' , ' . - . ' . V. . - 4 - . - ' ' - . v ,. v - I . ; ' . (i . . i i . . " ''83$ feather ", UTAH: . Partially cloudy tonight - and Tuesday, ; little change in ; temperature. ' Max. temp - Sunday 41 MJn. temp., Sunday 24 IS3I JANUARY : lia CI rw kuiM Tier urn tui m tit H - Qj 2 3 4 5 6 7- 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23 29 30 31 ItV. FIFTY-THIRD YEAR, NO.; -140.. teSgraph NSw8DsERviaB PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, - tJTAH, MONDAY JANUARY 23, 1939 PRICE FIVE CENTa 3 I LEADERSHIP Three Victims and Plane In Provo's (Greatest Air Tragedy 17 m v-.jp lk)iiiMbi ft i I' ll . ft i is i ft WEEK OFF TO FINE START Dr. Richard R. Lyman Speaks To Record Throng At 4Y' A tremendous throng which overflowed College hall, into the Little Theater and the band room, below, estimated at over 2000 persons listened to Dr. Richard R. Lyman, member of the Council of Twelve, speak on "Health, Mortality, Knowledge and Religion," Re-ligion," this afternoon in the first of a series of addresses to feature the Leadership Week general ses-- ses-- sions at the B. Y. U. The annual adult education event, opened auspiciously today with more than 60 L. D. S. stakes represented among the thousands of registrants. In attendance were Latter-day Saints from Canada on the north to- Mexico on the south, with a large representation from Provo and the stakes in Utah county. "If we are to enjoy life at its best, whatever our task, whatever the labor is to that come to our jj- - . TUESDAY'S PROGRAM ON PAGE 8 hands to 'be done, we must look upon it not as a drudgery to be endured, but as an opportunity to be seized with joy," remarked Elder Lyman at the outset. "When the task assigned to us is done with joy and pride and to the beat of our ability, we are enjoying life at its best." Heavy attendance was noted in story telling sections this morning, morn-ing, it was reported at the office. J. R. Hargreaves of St.-Paul, Minn., one 01 tne leaturea spean-ers, spean-ers, who was scheduled to appear at the "Cooperation in Character Education," department, was unable un-able to be here today. It was reported re-ported that he might not be on hand until Wednesday's sessions. Prominent Utah poets were featured fea-tured in the Monaay session oi ..iie section on creative writing. Mrs. Marian Wilson read a number of poems by the late Professor Harrison Har-rison R. MerriU, and the prize-winning prize-winning poem in the Eliza R. Snow ioctry contest, "The Cycle" by Helen oncs. Other poets who read several of their poems were Mrs. Eva Willis Wangsgard, Jessie Jes-sie J. Dalton, Ed-Trrttte, and Mrs. Elsie C. Carroll who read poems by Mrs. Anna Prince Redd as well as several of her own. MERRY GO-ROUND A Daily Picture of Whafs Going On in National Affairs By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT & ALLEN British Spiking U. S. Plans to Start Trans-Atlantic, Air Service Soon; To Refuse Landing Privileges if Pan American Begins Before They Do; Harrington Disclosed Dis-closed 3 Ways of Cutting WEA; Garner for Further Cut. WASHINTON While the British have been working so energetically to win American friends and influence U- S. public opinion, behind-the-scenes they have been spiking U. S. plans to span the Atlantic with regular Bir service. Pan American Airways planes are all set f or the transatlantic crossing, but the British are holding hold-ing back and threaten to refuse landing privileges in Newfoundland. Newfound-land. .V Y Y - ,i y- (UA4 Ijt ot delaying the U. S. transatlantic , r f service. Two years ago. Pan r American Airways and Imperial el U t Airways signed an agreement giv- " Ing the British company the right 4" to land in the United States, and " the, American company the right ('-, to land in British territory, in-1 in-1 .1 V clu&tog Newfoundland. They were torun two round trips per week s nerc is uie ileal ouusn ureiuuu 3I from London to New York and the " agreement was to last 15 years. VThe hitch in the agreement, how- Am th.at th torn mmnantaa , ; .i c vu suirb mcu services simui- j . taneousiy. ran American -can- f (Continuea on Page Five) CjViiV.V .VA'.'AVV.AV.V.-.y.'.'. . --:: t.vy.v.,6,j,.,.,',V,V,VW,,VW.,MV.,,'..,,.V.' ..AVA".I.'A'.V.-jAVJ.VjIAV -..'.''' .-V. fc .' . ..V,yw.V.VVV.V.V.,.,,.,.V.'.,.7.W.',.','.'.l'.v -. Only happy days were known when Charles T. Corbel!, Provo air pilot-instructor, posed beside his silver-winged, black-streaked black-streaked Waco biplane, shown in top above. Insert is his wife, Dora. Below, insert, is Leonard Thatcher, Provo, who was taking flying instructions . from Corbell. AH three died instantly Sunday afternoon when the plane suddenly crashed before the eyes of nearly half a score of onlookers just south of the Provo airport, where Corbell kept his ship. Ill-fated Pilot Flying Funeral Services For Uictims Set Funeral services for Provo's air tragedy victims will be held Wednesday Wed-nesday and Thursday. Double services will be held for Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Corbell Thursday at 1:30 p. m. in Spanish Fork Third ward chapel under , direction di-rection of Bishop LeGrande Smith. Friends may call at the home of Mr. Corbell's mother, Mrs Frank A. Jones, at 88 North Seventh East, Spanish Fork, Thursday prior to services and at the Berg mortuary Wednesday evening in Provo. Burial will be in Spanish Fork. .Funeral services for Leonard Thatcher ; fce at 2 p. m. Wednesday Wed-nesday in the Sixth ward. Friends may call at the parents' home, 220 West Fifth South, Wednesday prior to. services and at the Berg mortuary Tuesday evening. Burial will be' in Provo City BuriaL park. ... r; - x- 'L M' & Y' T ,-,, inn-rn-MMMMiiiii.ifiiifinMii-iinrtii'-WiiTiriwiiiMwwiiiiiiirfiii iiTfiniitn iikmm imnniriirA-mnimi tm imiM mimii iimi niMiiiiii in f m I Devoted to for Many Years Flying was a big part of Charles Corbell's life. In 1929 he soloed under direction direc-tion of his instructor. Vern J-Carter, J-Carter, ,Ogden, and since that time friend3 reported he has spent hundreds of hours in the air. With the exception of a small crack-up iear the airport several years ago while cruising with Elmer Smith, Provo sportsman, he never had an accident that friends could recall today. He had given instructions to between 25 and 30 enthusiasts and had been an urgent worker for airport improvement here. Friends reported him a very careful flier, one who checked his plane well and i was not inclined 10 iaKe cnances. He had just put in 20 gallons or fuel prior to his fatal trip aloft Sunday. Corbell held transport and commercial com-mercial pilot's licenses. Legislators to Visit Hospital State legislators will make their biennial junket to the Utah State hospital in Provo. January . 28, it was announced today from the state canitol. A visit will be made on the same triD to the State Trainmg school at American Fork. . ' ; . . . f V Three Orphaned By Plane Tragedy The "big airplane way up in the sky", that Joan, Junior and Eddie Corbell have so ""many times "waved to Daddy'' took both Daddy and Mamma far, far away Sunday afternoon. So far away that they will never come Tt is dnnhtfiii if thfv will ever "come back" even in memory, for they are such little tots, Joan is only six years old; Junior, four, and baby Eddie just two. The three were waiting for Daddy and Mama to come home when neighbors called after hearing hear-ing of the plane crash which has so tragically left a deep and lasting scar on the humble little Corbell home? A neighbor girl was taking care of the youngsters. Junior who is ill with measles, was on the couch, baby Eddie was amusing himself in baby fashion and Joan, the "big girl'' of the house, was assisting the neighbor girl. Joan was bewildered by all the excitement and it was not until Sunday night at the home of anr aunt in Spanish Fork, where the children have been taken, that she was made to understand that her parents ' would not be able ? to come back. , r.'. "We'll be back soon," and they wer crone Onlv a.-i - sky and they were gone" forever. ..A.'.vv : : : . :: : - .v.-. :. .-xs :: ....v -..-. . i-x-:-:-:-:. . i Eye- Witnesses Give Reports At Inquiry After being interviewed by civil aeronautics authority invpstitmtnrs this morninir. the followintr eve-witnesses told newsmen their accounts of tnree nersons near rrovo airport ounuav : - - - - Declines Ride; Is Alive Today Beacause he made a trip into Provo briefly Sunday afternoon, aft-ernoon, Ralph Woodhouse, local pilot, can be thankful for his life today, friends at the local airport reported this morning. Woodhouse, a great friend of the Corbells, was asked if he were going up and replied he had an appointment in town, friends said. "Well, if you are not going up I guess I'U igo up with them," Leonard Thatcher, Corbell student about, to get his "wings", was reported to 1. nave repuea. Thatcher died , in the crash. l the tragic flight that claimed iveiia tiacuua, Pleasant Grove pilot: "I was at the airport and watched them take off. They got off all right and took off to the south climbing to about 2.000 to 2.500 feet. They did a few turns over town and a few mild wing-overs wing-overs over the field. They started down to the south end but were still too. high to land. They were going away from the-field and ap parently-started a slignt wing- , a i - it i XT- over ana vne piauc ssuuicu. ic (Corbell) dove a little, and started up. He brought it down over and it looked , like he would recover. He made one complete -spin like a corkscrew and hit at about a 60 degree angle. The ignition was on and the throttle 'wide open. I don't know' if .the i motor was on or not, it might- have died. Tou cant tell by 'the propellbr. whether it was turning over or not, the inspectors in-spectors said." :., . Jess Coulanv another ' - Pleasant Grove pilot,' added; T. was at.. the (Continued on 'Page! Eight) Stufldemt Die In D Charles Corbell, Dora Coates Corbell, His Wife; Leonard Thatcher, Instantly Killed In Crash At City Airport Civil aeronuatics authority investigators today sought to learn the cause of the worst air tragedy in Provo aviation avia-tion history a gruesome wreck which claimed the life of the city's best-known and most enthusiastic aviator, his wife, and a student flier near Provo airpdrt Sunday afternoon. Dead when taken from the shattered plane were: Charles T. Corbell, 29, Provo airport supervisor, flying instructor, and transport pilot. Mrs. Dora Coates Corbell, 26, his wife. Leonard J. Thatcher, 27, Mel D. Close Distributing company com-pany employee and flying student of Corbell's. Stopped Watch Found Thatcher's shattered watch fixed the time of the accident acci-dent at 1:17 p. m. when the Corbell Waco faltered near the south bondary of the - airport, appeared momentarily to stand still in the air, then dropped into a spin to plummet earthwards from an altitude of between 400 and 600 feet, bjirying its heavy nose into the earth. Today shocked flying comrades of Corbell the "Charlie" who was their great flying pal could hardly believe that he was dead. They clustered about the plane mutely, recalled what a fine pilot he had been, what a swell fellow, what a dandy instructor. Died Instantly "'"""i The plane fell" into a small shallow pool of water almost directly on its nose in a pasture just off the airport. Bashed into the instrument panel and forepart of the biplane, their bones splintered by the impact, all three died instantly. Corbell was buried beneath the others. Safety belts had failed to withstand the shock. t Under direction of Lieutenant John T. Lorenz CCC en-xollees, en-xollees, forced-to-usc: .wire, cutters, bolt clippers -and-poles, -proceeded to the bloody task of cutting loose the enmeshed dead. Crowds of people, soon hearing of the crash, swarmed to the field. Nearly a score of CCC men maintained order while police and sheriffs men supervised removal of the bodies, held the plane intact for state and federal inspection. Investigators Here This morning civil aeronautics authority investigation proceeded. Summoned immediately, William F. Centner, Santa Monica, Calif., air safety senior investigator ; and Hugh Brewster, Los Angeles, aeronautical inspector, took testimony testi-mony of three eyewitnesses to the crash. Neither Centner nor Brewster would make any statement state-ment concerning the crash or its probable cause. Mr. Centner Cent-ner said testimony taken here will be reported to the air safety board in Washington, D. C. From this lxdy of men he intimated an official report on the crash would be forthcoming shortly, perhaps within two weeks. In investigating causes of crashes, Mr. Centner, indicated, the authority trie to learn the reason in order that other pilots, profiting by another's' unfortunate experience, may not be victims of similar cause if possible. Flew In Last Night The inspectors indicated they would complete their woH here this afternoon. They flew from Los Angeles last night and were met by Traffic Sergeant O. E. Pedersen in Provo this morning who escorted them immediately to the wreck. Remainder of their work was completed in city court room. Director J. E. Gam of the Utah state aeronautics commission com-mission was on the scene several hours after the accident B Sunday and made his investiga- One Dead, Three Seriously Hurt In Head-on Crash SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 23 U.P Jesus Capiz, 24, Ogden, died in St. Marks hospital here today, nine hours after he was injured in the spectacular head-on collision col-lision of two automobiles near the Salt Lake City limits. Miss Ruth Allen. 26. Salt Lake City, injured in the same crash, was in "very poor'' condition in the same hospital. Capiz was riding in a machine driven by Mrs. Vera Pino, 23, Ogden, while Miss Allen was a passenger in a car driven by Frank L. Kiesig, 24, Salt Lake City. Kiesig told officers he was driving driv-ing south on the right-hand side of the highway when Mrs. Pino's car, traveling at a high rate of speed, struck his automobile. Mrs. Pino was placed under arrest at the hospital, where she was being treated for bruises and face lacerations. Kiesig was also in the hospital, suffering several broken ribs, head cuts and severe bruises. ' ' :. . :' Both automobiles Involved in the accident .were wrecked. It was the second fatal automobile .'accident in Salt Lake City this Tear. . asaster tion. "Apparently," Gam told newsmen, news-men, "the pilot pulled the nose of the ship up as he circled the airport. air-port. This caused hfm to lose speed, and the motor stalled. The plane went into a dive, and he couldn't toring it out in time to avoid a crash." The plane was a 1929 model Waco powered with a 225 horsepower horse-power Wright engine. George Kimber, 489 East Fifth North, one of Corbell's advanced flying students, was at the airport, air-port, near the hangars, with his wife, when the plane crashed. While others rushed to the scene of the crash, Kimber ran to th nearby CCC camp to put in a call for an ambulance and a doctor. Returns to Help Later he returned to the wreck to assist the others. According to Kimber's version, Corbell's plane was nosing upward just before the crash as though the pilot was putting it into a -wing-over." He thinks something happened hap-pened at that time, that "may never be known. Corbell was not the kind of pilot who would have put Tus plane THlo a "wing-over," "wing-over," at such lowaltitude. A few . minutes earlier - Corbell had gone through a couple of wing-overs at a higher altitude and had zoomed down over the hangars, heading Vsouth, apparently appar-ently getting ready Ito ;omein for, fi- landtog',itf'-e"taouth, according to . Kimber. He was gaining; , altitude ) anaV the : plane suddenly8 2;nosed x ? upwards, then ;:Btioued?tn Page: EtgM). |