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AND EXPRESS: JANUARY 4, 1934 THURSDAY TELL AIR DEVELOPMENT WONDERS Newest Aerial Marvels Told Ebell Group FRIDAY IN CLUBDOM EBELL CLUB--Creative writing department meeting. FRIDAY MORNING CLUB-- Lecture. "We Who Create," Anthony Euwer; luncheon talk on traffic safety. Dr. Fuller Swift. HOLLYWOOD WOMAN'S CLUB-- "Round-up" benefit party, with cards, fashion show. 2 o'clock. LOS ANGELES TRAVEL CLUB-- Arts and crafts section class. 10 o'clock. CARTHAY CENTER WOMEN'S CLUB-- Dr. F. P. Weellner. lecture. Luncheon. Ann Morgan Baron, scenarist. afternoon speaker. DISTRICT FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS-- Radio program, 3:30, KNX. Leohr Buswell, tenor; book reviews. Mrs. R. S. Hales. By CAROLINE WALKER Did you know that in Los Angeles there is being trained the first air medical detachment of women in the world? Or that in California there is one airplane to every 5980 persons, and a pilot's license to every 2170 civilians? Or that Napoleon was the first general to recognize the air as an adjunct to military maneuvers and employ a captive balloon? That information, given out respectively by Lieut. Mary Charles of the Women's Air REserve; Capt. Carl B. Squier of the Lockheed Aircarft Corp., and Lieut. Col. H. H. Arnold, commander of March field, was only a part of many interesting sidelights on aviation presented on the aerial program with which Mrs. Bertram Greene, chairman of Ebell's art and travel section, launched the new year. Zeno Klinker, who illustrated his morning lecture on aviation with a motion picture, attributed the first military use of the balloon to the Civil war, the air craft being the invention of Professor Lowe of aerodynamic fame. However, Colonel Arnold declared, General Curator [[picture of woman]] [[caption: Mrs. G. E. Geary is general curator for the Carthay Center Women's Club which tomorrow will enjoy both a morning and afternoon program, with a interlude for luncheon]] that history would prove that Mr. Klinker was misinformed. Incidentally, a descendant of that famous Professor Lowe, Florence Lowe Barnes, commander of the women's air reserve, was one of the day's honored guests. Pretty young Lieutenant Charles, in charge of the new air medical detachment, stated that the venture is still in the pioneer stage. "In the group are siz graduate nurses, eight fliers who have first aid certificates, and one licensed radio operator," she said. "Its purpose is immediate service in case of any disaster. Air planes can frequently reach locations impassable by any other form of transportation." Captain Squier painted the airplane industry as the next source of American wealth. Such journeys as that just completed by Colonel Lindbergh and such flights as that of Wiley Post are a great advantage to the industry in improving the speed and safety of air transportation, he stated. "Advancement of speed is synonymous with the growth of the industry," he said. "Speed is the only value of an airplane, and speed is the pedestal upon which American business is founded." Capt. Roscoe Turner was an expected guest, but bad weather detained him in New York. "Had he been alone, he would have risked the weather," said Mrs. Turner. "But a pilot cannot take risks with passengers." Art Goebel, famous for the Dole flight to Hawaii and other aerial achievements, and his mother; Mrs. Ulysses Grant McQueen, founder president of the Women's International Association of Aviators, and Lady Isabel Chaytor, English fashion dictator and air enthusiast, were among the noted guests. Neatly clad in gray-blue uniforms were members of the Women's reserve, including Capt. Bobbie Trout, Capt. Valentine Sprague, Capt. Melba Gorby, Lieut. Yolanda Spirito, Lieut. Alice Jane Kelly and Lieut. Viola Neill. Not the least interesting feature of the day was a demonstration by young Ralph Marzullo, champion model aircraft builder of Southern California, of how well the models fly.
