Show TWO MISHAPS CAUSE THRillS Wafer Yater Put in Gas Tank of Plane Jumper Injured Approximately spectators at attended at- at attended attended tended the air circus held Sunday at Washington Heights flying field south of Ogden under the auspices of the I observation squadron of the division stationed in Salt Lake Two unlooked unlocked for thrills added ex excitement ex- ex excItement to a R well staged st st. program Tommy Thompson commercial I flyer fler three times was forced to make dead stick landing and Artie Smertz parachute Jumper was In Injured In- In InJured inJured after making a near record jump from the ship piloted by Charles I Mayse MaSe Thompson was entertaining the crowd with an all Interesting assortment of ot loops tall spins nose dives and other stunts when his ship was as sud sud- suddenly suddenly suddenly denly seen to start earthward with the motor cut out Thompson was more than a mile north of the tI flying lying f field but man man- managed managed aged to right his ship and landed safely L J An Ari Investigation In showed that one of 0 his mechanics had placed five gal gallons g gil- gil l- l lIons Ions lons of ot water in ill the gasoline tank instead of ot in the radiator In testing t his ship after this mishap Thompson was twice again a n forced to tomake tomake make dead stick landings HARNESS SNAPS Smertz today said that his life was saved by an army parachute loaned lanned by Russell L. L Maughan famous dawn to dusk flyer fIer Smertz strapped his own parachute on the front of ot his body and placed the army parachute on his back The Utah daredevil was credited with Jumping more than 2000 feet before opening the first parachute lIe He said that the sudden Jerk broke the harness Smertz then pulled pu the cord on the army parachute and gild gUd- glided gilded ed cd to earth Smertz suffered two sprained ribs and was unconscious when officials in charge ch rge of the circus reached him He lie was taken to the police station and attended by Dr Henry N. N Savage age WING WALKING Dusty Pugh gave a remarkable exhibition of wing ing walking His feat of hanging from the landing gear with wills one foot went down as the big big- biggest biggest biggest gest thriller of ot the afternoon Seven Se planes three used by corn com commercial mercial mercia 1 flyers flers and four from Irons the army service ice in Salt Lake took part partIn In the circus All AU of the ships soared over o Ogden Oden shortly after 2 p. p m m. Army men tarn who made mado the flight light to Ogden were Russell R ell L. L Maughan M. M P. P L. L Woodruff Raymond Captain Lamar Nelson Capt H. H O. O McDougall Chauncey Chaunce Whitney and J. J H. H Holmes All of ot the proceeds from the circus were ere turned into the squadron mess fund I |