Show AIR SQUADRON B T LOSES MASCOT Around World Trip Will Start on March Seventeenth By BT GRAUS GRAU'S STEVENS X COP right 1924 by the Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Pi 11 ess eM Association LOS IOS ANGELES March There 8 8 Is o-ie o member ot of the tho U S 8 air squadron e w who o Is missing donri the world the world round camp at nt Clo Closet 01 Field where here tho the four tour giant Slant air airplanes planes are to make ma hop on March 17 for a loop of ot the globe I There Is deep concern at the camp oer over the A AY W Y 0 L mem mem- mem member member ber a leteran Of o the air but the suggestion that an attack of cold feet with the approach of the date for tor the daring adventure ma may ac- ac account account ac account count for hl hi his disappearance is scouted and ond resented Tuffy wire haired fo toi ten who ha has been flying tor for a couple of and who made the trans trans- transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental continental flight I Is the missing one of the number selected ed to make ma the the lound flight And to Tuft Tuffy the air was nas i 30 oua O play play- playground playground playground ground and preparations for tor and flight found him wild w is Ith delight Ills His ery and his 10 hose o e ot of the themen themen themen men of ot the squid d is Iq beyond doubt Since the al of ot the daring young officers who ho are to pilot the four plan bl-plan s 1 of the round the the- world the world trip Clover field has been a gathering place for many miny young oung nomen omen and p l the tho queens and orthe ot of the movies who ho wel e ejust just to meet the tho officers and enjo enjoy tho the thrill of their compan In In of th lr earlier I departure Into unknown n adventure nADir s LIKE LIKI The unmarried officers good good- looking good looking chaps all ot of o them note el e not hard bard to meet and rutty Puffy was sas al- al alwa wais al-wais wa wals s at their heels In feir r that n in might go 10 aloft and he be left bad barl Ing his head heed off oft on the II poor earth When hen they tisey w ss ere ore prop prop- properly erl erly thrilled at nt meeting the officer officers cers these sweet sw tt young thugs ot of otI I the no les would 1 grab crab Tuft Tuff up In their arms hug mm nun tight and ond call him pet names and kiss himI him I Tuff was a n Tame dog clog and held out for tor SC several das da s but 1 Ith fresh tresh Ing batches of ot femininity I appe-I Ing si with Ith each day and n with Ith repeat repeated repent repent-I ed cd that he kne knes were nero not at all meant foi fot o his tough little I Iselt self Tuffy decided that the thing had gone gono far enough Ho JIo turned up A W 0 J L e I TUFFY Turry DIS Ut ri C I This was as as the cJ re- re re received ed b by the thc round the theo the the o Il fliers antI and all n turned out to look for Tuft Tuff Tuffy They could not find him Had he been boot a l 1 and more conspicuous object the entire fleet or of Clover Clar field ss ouid base ha taken the air In search roi fOl him I I As tor for the other members of the squadron they are just ju t abort abot os as excited 0 over oser or the sl rt of the loop of the world orld as If they had to ho gO do don donn godown gOdo n to the tho corner to buy II a a pack package ack ack- age of They are havIn having I a 0 good time aside the bush busi bushness business ness ot of proper drill and regular hours and there I Is hardly a n mo- mo moment mo moment ment of the da day when there aro not visitors at Clover Closer field tor for a look alook at tho the new biplanes and to meet the officers w 1 who hO are cd I cl cd as 05 the Magellan of the alt au JUG 1310 IS n The aviators a tors I dinner to thel the world the world the fliers on Maich 13 1311 will 11 be the tho biggest Of ot aviators on the Pacific coast Since I liun the tho armistice Almost tn t two o 0 bun lUn dred former army navy y and anti corps have already sent In iii InI requests Four members of or tIme the I the ramous I flyIng unit of Americans 1 who nho ho were three vears ears cars In sers sen service Ice before the Inthe Stats States became engaged engage iii hl I the war wor will have places at nt the dinner aid tho the ninety fourth hit I I In Eddie tho the squadron dron of ot which td- td Ed d die cr was nas a member 1 II bo be largely ely 1 With all nil the thc a on hand band the greate greatest flying circus ever known T to this country will Ill be staged 0 the flight begins and It Is estimated that more than one hUndred onehundred airplanes will tike take part port In this inthis acm nel aerial iii hi e On the morning of ot March 17 the tho four planes plane will make their hop and ond thana it is estimated that more thin th it 0 bundled hundl ed thousand persons will witness s thu this t Scores of air air- plas plaes nir si will II ill accompany them for a short distance WORLD TE CO CONTEST T The lop loop lo p of ot the 1 01 1 1 mal mav be called a race tot foi the Canadians are sending fliers around the other way but the tho Americans al ama aie I not greatly Interested In the con contest lost sl side le of th the flight ht ht believing Ing that the they will viii make their lule in an easy ride ai a the tho n world orM quin Algon-quin The coast t guard R cutter Algon AIon quin now In San Francisco will III as- as as slet assist the cutter Hilda lI in aiding the four planes off Oft miles from front the tho Islands lands to tho the l Islands Word Vord also comes or of o a agreement that has been at Tokio that the Japanese army and y na and Clifford C Nutt of or tho the USA U S A still inen arr-inen arr for In rho rhe Japanese gos gO n ill two t destroyers to the Islands to receive e the fliers t I And tho the betting is even evon evO i money that TuffY will VII be On hand make tomake the flight e osen een it If to en 11 the inc movie T I toI queens Crow crowd tho the fl fI tiling Ing field 00 |