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Amelia Earhart Honored at Oakland

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[[caption]] At Oakland last Saturday in honor of Amelia Earhart Putnam. Other notables attended. Here are, left to right, Mrs. Herbert Hart, and George Palmer Putnam, Miss Earhart's husband. [[/caption]]
[A.P. Wirephoto]

Amelia Earhart may hop from Hawaii for Oakland

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Amelia Earhart, aviatrix who twice has flown across the Atlantic, last night, through her husband, George Palmer Putnam, said she has three future air conquests under consideration.

The first and most probable attempt is a flight from Honolulu to Oakland, the last leg of the sky trail blazed recently by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith for 2400 miles, part of the 7357 miles from Sidney, Australia, to Oakland.

Putname, publisher and motion-picture executive, refused to outline the other two proposed trips other than to say they will be considerable distance to Mexico and South America.

"Miss Earhart has told no one definitely that she even plans to make the flight from Honolulu to Oakland," he said.  "She hates to talk about it and has asked me to tell whoever may be interested that she has no anouncement to make now."

He said her plane will be shipped to Honolulu on the Lurline when they leave Los Angeles Harbor Saturday.

"Her plans are not complete," he emphazied. "Besides, she plans to do some flying between the islands, so the fact the plane will be abroad ship when we sail is no indication that she is going to fly back to Oakland."

"I don't say she is or isn't going to make the trip.
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Life Raft Before Taking Off for New York

Albuquerque (N.M.) Jan.
25. [[AP]]—Amelia Earhart, women
flyer, landed here this afternoon
and decided to remain overnight,
resuming her transcontinental
flight tomorrow.

"Here's what I would have done if my engine had stopped between Hawaii and California."
Whereupon Amelia Earhart demonstrated
to a small group gathered 
yesterday morning at Union Air
Terminal, Burbank, to see her tak
off for New York, the tiny rubber
life raft she carried for use "in
an emergency" on her recent solo
flight across the Pacific. 
From the interior of the ship she
produced a small bundle rolled into
compact size.
Pulling a bright red trigger which
released the air in a compression
cylinder, the raft literally leaped to inflated life size, revealing a small
"one woman" life boat.
"It works!" the noted flyer exlcaimed.
"However, I'm glad I didn't
have to use it."
The boat and other trans-oceanic
flight equipment was left behind
to make room for George Palmer
Putnam, husband of the aviatrix,
who accompanied her east as a passenger.
The Putnams took off at 7:45 a.m. 
Miss Earhart would not disclose the 
route she would fly, stating she desired
to avoid crowds.
It was believed, however, she
would go by way of Albuquerque,
N.M., and Wichita, Kansas, and 
that she would stop in Washington,
D.c., before proceeding to New
York. She said she planned to stop 
about every 500 miles to refuel. 
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"Miss Earhart has told no one to make the trip.

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Air Heroine has to Take Driver Test
She piloted an airplane across the Atlantic. She hopped from Hawaii
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[[caption]] Amelia Earhart Putnam [[/caption]]
to Oakland. She holds the women's transcontinental flight record. 
And yet when Amelia Earhart
visited the Hollywood Motor Vehicle
Bureau office yesterday to get
a driver's license, officials insisted
that she take a vehicle test. 
So the flyer climbed into her
automobile, which is already registered under stringent New York
laws, and drove carefully around a
block, turned around on a hill and 
then glided up to the curb.
She got her license. 

THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1936. C

Flyers in Tribute to Humorist's Memory
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[[caption]]These flyers, Paul Mantz, More Stephens, Amelia Earhart, Clyde Pangborn and Roscoe
Turner, shown left to right, flew over the vault of Will Rogers at Forest Lawn Memorial Park
and dropped flowers yesterday. 
Wide World photo

Battleship Given Rank Over Plane

Praise of Amelia Earhart's flight
from the Hawaiian Islands to the
mainland was voiced yesterday by
Rear Admiral H. E. Lackey, commander
of cruiser division No. 4,
in a talk to the members of the
Kiwanis Club at the Biltmore. 
But the speaker counseled his
listeners not to permit her "wonderful
feat" to give them false
ideas about the relative importance
of airplanes and battleships in time
of war. 
He praised the airplane as an
important adjunct of the Navy, but
declared that the battleship will always
hold its place.
"Miss Earhart was looking for the
whole coast of the United States,
instead of for a single ship; there
is a vast deal of difference," he 
said.
Admiral Lackey said that the fleet
should be supported in peace times,
as well as in war. 

ther First Lady
AMELIA EARHART, when she completed her
recent solo flight from Honolulu to Oakland,
Calif., added another "first" to the long list of
achievements that make her indisputable America's
premier woman flier.
She has been, among other things:
The first woman to fly the Atlantic.
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
The first person to fly the Atlantic twice.
The first woman to fly an autogiro. 
The first person to cross the United States in
an autogiro.
The first woman to receive the Distinguished
Flying Cross.
The first woman to receive the National Geographic Society's gold medal.
The first woman to make a continental non-stop
flight.
The first woman licensed in the United States
to carry passengers for hire in cabin planes
weighing up to 7,700 pounds.
Add to all that the fact that Miss Earhart is the
holder of the woman's transcontinental speed record
and once held the women's international speed record
—and her right to the title of First Lady of the Air
would seem to be beyond dispute.

AIR HONORS PAID ROGERS

Roses Rained From Planes
on Resting Place in
Forest Lawn

Above the vault
body of Will Rogers
a hum of airplane engine[[?]]
lay.
The planes drove, one
together [[?]], down toward the grass
side and from each fell roses
slow swing the planes circled
then pointed off toward Union
Terminal.
FLYERS PARTICIPATING
That was the simple observance
at Forest Lawn Memorial park yesterday
where the Rogers vault
stands a short distance from the
Wee Kirk o' the Heather, scene of
the funeral services. Flyers who
took part were Amelia Earhart, Roscoe 
Turner, Clyde Pangborn, Moye
Stephens and Paul Mantz.
The observance was part of Will
Rogers Week.
TRIBUTE OF PLAYERS
Earlier in the day tribute was
paid the memory of the humorist
by more than a hundred former
players in silent pictures who gathered
at the Riverside Drive Breakfast
Club. At the breakfast, which
was presided over by Rev. Cleveland
Kleihaurer, of the Hollywood-Beverly
Christian Church, were J. Stuart
Blackton, Cleo Ridgley, Charles
Middleton, Victor Potel, Helen
Holmes, Helen Gibson, Bryant
Washburn, May McAvory, Lionel
Belmore, Mary McLaren, Ralph
Lewis, Flora Finch, Otis Harlan and
others. 
At the conclusion of the gathering
it was decided to form a Silent
Screen Days Club to meet each year
on Will Rogers's anniversary. 

Control Device Stirs Aviation

EAST HARTFORD (Ct.) Nov. 10.
(U.P.)—Aviation interest today centered
on a newly developed "constant
speed" controllable pitch propeller
which automatically adjusts
itself to all sort of flight conditions
and maintains a predetermined
number of revolutions regardless of
the speed of the motor or position
of the plane.
The "constant speed" type has an
infinite number of pitch positions,
each being automatically selected in 
the course of flight better to suit
changing conditions. 
Pending government approval, details
of the construction of the new
control unit and manner of functioning,
have been withheld. 

Plans Hawaii to America Flight
WASHINGTON Dec. 17. (U.P)—
Amelia Earhart has twice flown
the to fly alone from 
States, it was 

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HONOR ASKED FOR EARHART

California Representative
Seeks Medal for
Woman Flyer

WASHINGTON, May 25. (U.P.)—A 
photograph was taken before a
House coinage subcommittee by 
Representative Tolan, Democrat of
California, today to further his plea
that a commemorative medal be 
awarded Amelia Earhart.
Tolan played the record which
contained an account of Miss Earhart's
casual remarks on landing
at Oakland after her flight from
Honolulu last year.
"Are you tired?" she was asked.
"No," she answered, "I know
I look terrible. I got awfully dirty."
Tolan said Miss Earhart's ability,
modesty and valor entitled her to
the same kind of recognition given
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Thomas
A. Edison and others.
He lauded Miss Earhart's flying
records.
"She pawned her jewelry and her
fur coat to get money for her first
plane in 1920," Tolan said. "She
worked as a mail and file clerk to
keep up her flying instructions."

president of the National Aeronautic
Association, will be feted at a banquet
given by the local chapter next
Monday at 7 p.m. in the Clark Hotel.
Prominent flyers invited include
Amelia Earhart Putnam, Sir Charles
Kingsford-Smith, Maj. C.L. Tinker,
commanding officer of the First Pursuit
Wing, and Henry King, sportsman
pilot and motion-picture director. 

arrived at 5:55 p.m.
bucking headwinds as high as twenty-two
miles an hour most of the 
way from Albuquerque, N.M. They
decided to remain here tonight continuing
to New York tomorrow.

would like to fly," Amelia Earhart,
aviatrix, soliloquized yesterday beside
her monoplane, on which minor
repairs were being made at the
Paul Mantz hangar at Union Air
Terminal, Burbank.
She said she had no announcement
to make concerning flight
plans. "When I get ready to fly
anywhere, whether it be from Honolulu
to Oakland or elsewhere, I'll
talk, but much prefer not to say
anything until I know myself
where the flight will be from or to."
Miss Earhart and her husband,
George Palmer Putnam, will sail
Saturday aboard the Lurline for
Honolulu. 

Francisco, the inventor, and his associate,
E. H. Dimity, she flew up
from Union Air Terminal with a
sack of the nw chemical compound.
They flew into a fog bank and 
dusted some eliminator into the air.
Mrs. Putnam described the effect
as follows:
"Actually the mist dissipated as
we watched. Definite holes appeared
beneath us through which 
we could see the ground."
After the experiment, Miss Earhart
left by United Air Lines plane
for New York. She will return
about June 15. 

News of the fire which destroyed
an entire wing of her home at Rye,
N. Y., caused Amelia Earhart to 
fly east yesterday afternoon aboard
the TWA Air Chief.
Dispatches from the East placed
the around of the estimated damage
to the home of the aviatrix
and her husband, George Palmer
Putnam, at $30,000, in addition to
the articles on which no monetary
value can be placed.
It was reported many souvenirs
of Miss Earhart's aeronautic career
were lost in the blaze. 

men in town—Gari Raven [[?]]
Rodriquez and Glenn Dolberg of 
KFI, who kept the station open all
night while Amelia Earhart was flying
the Pacific. From the time she
left Honolulu until she landed she
was in constant touch with them, 
signaling "O.K., KFI," at frequent
intervals. They gave her the weather
reports and provided special entertainment
on the air for her, and
talked back and forth through the 
whole trip.
They will be bragging of this to 
their grandchildren one of these 
days.