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[[image]] --- AIR HEROINE HAS TO TAKE DRIVER TEST -- She piloted an airplane across the Atlantic. She hopped from Hawaii [[image]] -- Amelia Earhart Putnam -- 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 jaws and drive carefully around a block, turned around a hill and then glided up to the curb. She got her license. --- Amelia Earhart Honored at Oakland --- [[image]] t Oakland last Saturday in honor of Amelia Earhart Putnam. Other notables attended. Here are, left to right, Mrs. Herbert, and George Palmer Putnam, Miss Earhart's husband. [A. P. Wirephoto] AMELIA EARHART MAY HOP FROM HAWAII FOR OAKLAND 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. Putnam, 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 to make the trip. "I don't say she is or isn't going 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 announcement 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 emphasized. "Besides, she plans to do come flying between the islands, so the fact the plane will be aboard ship when we sail is no indication that she is going to fly back to Oakland." Life Raft Before Taking Off For New York -- ALBUQUERQUE (N. M.) Jan. 25. (AP)-Amelia Earhart, woman 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 take 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 exclaimed. "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. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 28, 1936. C Flyers in Tribute to Humorist's Memory [[image]] These flyers, Paaul Mantz, Moye 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 indisputably 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 women 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 licenses 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 Last 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 where lies the body of Will Rogers rose and fell hum of airplane engines yesterday. The planes dove, one after another, down toward the grassy hillside and from each fell roses, sprinkling the grass with color. In long, slow swing the planes circled and then pointed off toward Union Air 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 Stephen 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 Kieihauer, of the Hollywood-Beverly Christian Church, were J. Stuart Blackton, Cleo Ridgley, Charles Middleton, Victor Potel, Helen Holmes, Helen Gibson, Bryant Washburn, May McAvoy, 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 Roger'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, who has twice flown the Atlantic, plans to fly along from Hawaii to the United States, it was disclosed today. Miss Earhart received a special license from the Department of Commerce to broadcast from her plane and to install special gasoline tanks. She is in California en route to Hawaii where she will lecture at the University of Hawaii. Miss Earhart Going North Today to Receive Honors From State of California -- While Honolulu mud is being cleaned from her trans-Pacific airplane, Amelia Earhart, he husband, George Palmer Putnam, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mantz will be on their way late this afternoon to attend an official State banquet honoring the aviatrix in the Athens Club, Oakland. The four will fly in Mantz's plane, returning here tomorrow or Monday. A gold medal was cast yesterday and will be presented the tousel-haired pilot at the northern banquet tonight, which will be attended by many Los Angeles civic and aviation figures. W. J. Braunschweiger, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, announced that about thirty invitations have been sent to leaders here. Aviation is the stepchild of the depression, declared Gladys O'Donnell at the regular meeting of West Ebell. Aviators of the 99 Club were guest speakers, including also Mrs. Clema Granger and Matilde Moissant. Mrs. Granger, one-time assistant to Amelia Earhart, said Los Angeles has ninety-seven members of the club. There are more than 600 women fliers in the United States, with the greatest number living in California, she claimed. More than 200 clubwomen were present at the meeting, which featured an elaborate noon-day luncheon. Interest in the proposed establishment of air mail and passenger service between Hawaii and the United States will take Amelia Earhart, aviatrix, to Honolulu early next month. The flyer, who will be accompanied by her husband, George Palmer Putnam, publisher, announced his wife had been invited to lecture on aviation at the University of Hawaii. They plan to spend most of the winter in the islands. 26, 1936.-[PART I.] 3 HONOR ASKED FOR EARHART -- California Representative Seeks Medal for Woman Flyer -- WASHINGTON, May 25. (U.P.)-A phonograph 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 and 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 [[drawing]] Amelia Lands Plane in Tulsa -- TULAS (Okla.) Jan. 26. (AP)-Amelia Earhart Putnam and her publisher husband, George Putnam, arrived at 5:55 p.m. tonight after bucking headwinds as high as twenty-two miles an hour most of the way from Albuquerque, N. M. They decided to remain her 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 new 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 amount of the estimated damages 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 [[?]] Rodriguez 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.
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