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AIR DERBYIST CRASHES IN TUCSON Herald Aug 22 EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 22.-El- don Cessna of Wichita, Kan., led the field of contestants of the Los Angeles-Cleveland air derby into El Paso, the night control point this afternoon. Gladys O'Connell of Long Beach, Cal., was second. Roy Hunt of Nor- man, Okla., was third. At 5:20 p. m. (C.S.T.) 37 planes in the race had arrived at the El Paso airport By International News Service TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 22.-Mis- fortune in the shape of one major accident, the reported crash of a mysterious plane in the hills near Casa Grande, and an outcropping of minor mechanical trouble today beset the western division of the national air derby. Unperturbed, however, 53 of the 56 original Los Angeles starters took off from here this afternoon for El Paso, Tex., where the cara- van will rest over night. Gene Redewill, Phoenix violinist, one of the contestants in the race from Los Angeles to Cleveland, was injured, but not seriously, when his plane smashed on a downtown street as he led the caravan into Tucson from Yuma, Ariz. Meanwhile 300 persons were in the huge posse that spread over thedesolate hills near Casa Grande, 75 miles west of here, where a plane was reported to have burst into flames and fallen to the ground about when the main por- tion of the air caravan was passing over. Five persons who said they saw the plane crash were unable to identify it. Some of the pilots said they saw ambulances on the highway near the place of the re- ported crash. With Redewill definitely out of the derby three others who reached here successfully were having trouble with their planes to such an extent that they may be forced out of competition. They were Charles Spencer, William J. Powell and Claron Beauchamp. Art Carnahan and another derby flier, Harry Sham, of Oakland, took the wrong branch of the Southern Pacific railway to follow and it guided him to Nogales, Mex- ico, south of here. Landing at a Mexican airport the fliers received fuel and directions for reaching Tucson. They arrived here safely and took off again for El Paso. Roy Hunt of Norman, Okla., held a temporary lead on points when he landed here second in the morn- ing lap. Hunt was credited with 162 points, which, added to his second place score of yesterday for the Los Angeles-Yuma lap, gave him 294 points and the lead over Eldon Cessna, Wichita, Kan., who fin- ished first today. Cessna finished eleventh yesterday and now has a two-lap score of 222.7. J. L. O'Donnell, Long Beach, Cal., finished third today, amassing 128 points for the two days. Hi wife, Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell, was fourth, totaling 163 points. J. F. McDon- ald, Cleveland, finished fifth today, scoring 46.5 points. CESSNA LEADS AIR RACERS TO LUBBOCK, TEX. Herald - 8-23 By Associated Press LUBBOCK, Tex., Aug. 23- E. L. Dessna of Wichita, Kan., landed his trim airplane here at 3:56 p. m. (C.S.T.) today, to lead the Transcontinental Air derby from Roswell, N. M. Cessna made the 176-mile hop from Roswell in 1 hour and 19 minutes. Roy Hunt of Norman, Okla., landed second, and Art Carnahan of Blooming- ton, Ill., third. Cessna continued to lead in the race, increasing his total of points to 752.73 points. By International News Service ROSWELL, N. M., Aug. 23- Forty-three entrants in the Los An- geles-Cleveland air derby handicap took off here this afternoon for Lubbock, Texas, tonight's stop. The first ship left at 1:15 (M. S. T.) John Nagel was reported out of the race at El Paso because of en- gine trouble. W. R. Jack and Leslie Miller, two other entrants, had not reached here this afternoon. The point score of the air racers here showed Eldon Cessna of Wich- ita, Kan., leading the 590, Roy Hunt second with 567 and Art Car- nahan third with 336. John Hardesty, Taft, Cal., led the fliers away from the El Paso air- port, hopping at 9:40 a. m., central time, with the others taking off after 3-minute intervals. William J. Powell, Los Angeles negro, and his passenger, Irving Wells, negro, landed here at 9:10 a. m. today. They had been miss- ing since they left Tucson at 5:10 yesterday. Powell said motor trouble forced him to land on an emergency field at Mr. Riley last night. Powell and Wells joined the other derbyists in the flight to Roswell. AIR DERBY GROUP OFF FROM ATLANTA ON BIRMINGHAM HOP By Associated Press ATLANTA, Aug. 23.-J. F. Tuohy of Olean, J. Y., hopped off for Birmingham, Ala., at 10:46 a. m., C. S. T., today to lead a field of 27 entrants in the Cord handicap derby which will wind up at the nation air races in Cleveland. The fliers will stop at Birming- ham for lunch and then take off for Jackson, Miss., their stopping place for the night. 27 PLANES HOP OFF IN EASTERN HALF OF BIG AIR DERBY By Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 23.- Led by J. F. Touhy, Olean, N. Y., the 27 planes in the eastern half of the Cord cup derby began taking off for Jackson, Miss., at 2 p. m. central standard time, after stopping here for lunch.
