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MRS. OMLIE WINS AGAIN Takes 2 Air Races; Plane of Akron Man Crashes Cleveland, Aug. 31 - (A.P.) - Mrs. Phoebe Omlie of Memphis Tenn., announced officially today as the winner of the grand prize for the Derby from Santa Monica, Calif., as well as the prize for the woman's division, took a large share of the honors at the National Air Races during the day which was marred by a minor mishap. Mrs. Omlie received a rating of 109.19 points. D. C. Warren, of Alameda, Calif., won the men's division prize of the race with 103.5 points. The third day of the races, with a clear sky and blazing sun, attracted approximately 15,000 spectators. Hardly had the races started when C. Shirley Reitzel, of Akron, was slightly injured during the deadstick landing contest immediately in front of the grand stand as his Waco plane nosed over. He was sideslipping to slow his ship when a wing dug into the ground. The plane was badly damaged. Mrs. Omlie Wins 2 Races With the same monoplane in which she won the derby Mrs. Omlie stepped out ahead in two 30 miles closed course races for women. In the one for engines with not more than 510 cubic inch displacement she led with an average speed of 129.8 miles an hour. Miss Mae Haizlip, of Ferguson, Mo., was second and Mrs. Maude Tait, of Springfield, Mass., third. Mrs. Omlie averaged 132.81 miles an hour to win first in the race for planes with engine piston displacement of not more than 650 cubic inches. Miss Haizlip was second and Mrs. Tait third. The Memphis woman tonight was richer by $4,250 and a $2,500 automobile as the result of winning three National Air Race events out of three entered. She won $3,000 and the automobile by finishing first in the Derby, the car because she outflew men as well women entrants. The pay-off for the two races she won today was $1,250. Michigan Man Winner Duke Miller, Niles, Mich., won the men's free-for-all race for 115-cubic-inch displacement, with an average speed of 91.1 miles an hour in six laps around a five-mile course. Walter Franklin, of Kankakee, Ill., did 89.133 miles an hour to finish second, Milton Lambert, of Niles, Mich., was third. The women's dead stick landing contest was won by Mrs. Freddie Lund, Troy, O. Mrs. Art Davis, of East Lansing, Mich., was second, and Mrs. Mary Charles, Los Angeles, third. Mrs. Lund landed 41 feet 9 inches from the mark. Another threat for the world land plane speed record of 278.8 miles an hour was made today by Lowell Bayles, of Springfield, Mass., who drove his Gee Bee monoplane 250 miles an hour over a five-mile course. This speed was also attained Friday by Lee Schoenhair. Both fliers are entrants in the Thompson Trophy Race scheduled for next Monday. EVERY ENTRANT FIGHTS RACE DECISION 49 Fliers Say Handicaps "Unfair," Phoebe Omlie Is First in Revised Lists By Vera Brown CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Aug. 31.--Each of the 49 pilots of the Transcontinental Sweepstakes Air Derby must post a $50 bond or there will be no official protest over the handicap rating, E. W. Cleveland chairman of the contest committee, said today. The pilots, both men and women, entered a blanket protest claiming the handicap ratings were unfair and declared they were unwilling to accept the decicison. The winners as revised by the committee are: Phoebie Omlie, first; Martie Boman, second; Mae Haizlip, third; Edith Foltz, fourth; Louis Thaden, fifth; Gladys O'Donnell, sixth; Clema Granger, seventh; Ruth Stuart, eighth; Jean Shankle, ninth; Mildred Morgan, tenth; Jean Larene, eleventh; Debie Standfor, twelfth, and Florence Lowe Barnes, thirteenth; Blanche Noyes and Mary Charles were not scored, because of many mishaps. The men finishing in the first five places are: Elden Cessna, first; Bee Brusse, second; E. B. Christopher, third; D. C. Warren, fourth, and W. E. Musgrave Jr., fifth. Both the men and women showed the strain of the five-day hard drill from Los Angeles. When Debie Stanford came in to Akron on the non-stop, her flying costume was soaked. She had flown directly into a violent thunderstorm, which most of the girls flew around, and was forced down in a farmer's field, where she sat for half an hour while the rain poured down. While the contest committee argued and the 43 pilots contestin waited for their decision, Mrs. Omlie was presented to the crodw as the winner and her smart little Monocoupe was hung with a wreath of flowers. If she holds her first position, she will be awarded the handsome Cord sport car, which is the grand prize. BARED IN SPEED TESTS Argument over the rating in the derby, the pilots said, is confined strictly to the handicaps given them in Los Angeles when speed test were run. Almost every pilot in the tour insists he was not given a fair rating, and thus flying ability meant nothing. __ The Marines again have proved they are invincible. Yesterday two ships of the United States Marine Corps form Quantico, Va., flying at 170 miles an hour, crashed in mid-air, directly in front of the grandstand, and hurtled to the ground in tight spins. As the crowds gasped, Lieutenants L. M. "Sandy" Sanderson and W. O. Brice bailed out of their ships. Sanderson's 'chute caught for a moment and he hung there on the twisting and turning ship. Then he got loose and floated to the ground, while his ship crashed onto a schoolhouse and smashed to the ground, leaving the tail fur-faces on the roof of the school. Brice, momentarily stunned by the shock, got away from his ship before it had lost too much of the 1, 700-foot altitude at which the crash occurred. PARACHUTE TORN When Sanderson landed there was a long tear in the linen of his parachute. He only smiled at the episode. Then last night he and Brice took up two Marine ships, outlined with red electric lights, and did formation stunt flying in the dark sky before the yellow harvest moon came up from below the horizon. __ There is some magnificent flying at the races this year. Part of it is being done by the international team headed by Al Williams, former Navy flier. The other men, guest fliers here for the races, are Maj. Ernst Udet, Germany; Capt. Boleslaw Orlinski, Poland, and Capt. Mario de Bernardi, Italy. The gallant flight commander, Richard L. R. Atcherley. England's prize ace, watched Sunday's maneuvers from the grandstand. He was ordered there by his physician, following a crackup he had Friday when a bolt in the under-carriage of his stunt ship gave way. Fourteen stitches were taken in his head, but the flight commander insists he will fly again today and a special ship is being provided for him. Today's programme includes contests in dead stick landings for both men and women, the women's free-for-all race and many other sporting events.
