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Show Perkins Airplane RiddledByVandal Depraved maliciousness of the worst type was displayed by some party or parties who damaged the airplane belonging to Tommy Perkins Per-kins to the extent of $400 to $500 Saturday or Sunday while the ship was housed in its hangar at the local landing field. Mr. Perkins is one of the operators at the Milford Mil-ford airways radio ' station and ih a pioneer among local airplane enthusiasts en-thusiasts though he came here as a licensed pilot. From appearance of tho plane when the damaged condition was first discovered, it had apparently been first rolled out of the hangar, hang-ar, a task that almost demands the work of two men though one person can manage it in an emergency. emer-gency. With the plane out of the hangar, a door appears next to been removed then tho hub caps and the. air from both tires though tho tires themselves were not damaged. With a knife or screwdriver screw-driver the fabric of the wings had been riddled from end to end und several of the ribs in the right wing torn out and smashed, necessitating ne-cessitating complete replacement as federal regulations prohibit flying with more than three repaired re-paired ribs in a wing. To top the mutilation, the miscreant appears to have picked up a five-gallon can of oil ami smeared the contents con-tents all over the ship. Officers are investigating the matter and developments are expected ex-pected almost any time. Also, Mr. Perkins i- offering a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest ar-rest anil conviction of tho guilty parties. With Tommy unusually v.eliknown for his agreeable disposition dis-position and rcldy friendliness, it is difficult to find a motive for the damage done though two or three local parties are under suspicion. |