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Thursday Morning, May 28, 1936. C 26, 1936.-[PART I.] 3
AIR HEROINE HAS TO TAKE DRIVER TEST
She piloted an airplane across the Atlantic. She hopped from Hawaii
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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 [[l]]aws, and drove carefully around a block, turned around on a hill and then glided up t o the curb.
She got her license.

Amelia Earhart Honored at Oakland
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[[At]] Oakland Last Saturday in honor of Amelia Earhart Putnam.
[[O]]ther notables attended. Here are, left to right, Mrs. Herbert
[[?]], and George Palmer Putnam, Miss Earhart's husband.

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 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 Las Angeles Harbor Saturday.
"Her plans are not complete," he emphasized. "Besides, she plans to do some 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."
"I don't say she is or isn't going...

[[?]] 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 line 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.

Flyers in Tribute to Humorist's Memory
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These flyers, Paul 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.

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 woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The first woman to receive the National Geographic Society's gold medal.
The first woman to make continental nonstop 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 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 where lies the [[b]]ody of Will Rogers rose and fell[[a]] hum of airplane engines yesterday.
The planes dove, one after an[[o]]ther, down toward the grassy hill[[s]]ide and from each fell roses, sprinkeling the grass with color. In long, slow sing the planes circled and then pointed off toward Union Air Terminal.
FLYERS PARTICIPATING
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 Kleihauer, 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 Rogers's anniversary.

Control Device Stirs Aviation
EAST HAARTFORD (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 t[[o]] America Flig[[ht]]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. (U.P.)
Amelia Earhart, who has twice flow[[n]] the Atlantic, plans to fly alone from Hawaii to the United States, it wa[[s]] 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, her 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 Matnz'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 [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] one depression, declared Gladys O'Donnell at the regular meeting of West Ebell.
Aviators of the 99 Club were guest speakers, including also Mrs. Clemma 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.

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 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...

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