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Amelia Earhart Honored at Oakland [photo] [[?]] 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 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 some flying between the islands so the fact the plane will be aboard ship when we said 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. Air Heroine Has to Take Driver Test She piloted an airplane across the Atlantic. She hopped from Hawaii [photo] 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 laws, and drove carefully around a block, turned around on a hill and then glided up to the curb. She got her license. [[?]] 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 hav 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 5-28-36 Flyers in Tribute to Humorist's Memory [photo] 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. 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 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 woman 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 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 hold the women's international speed record—and her right to the title of First Lady of the Air would seem to be beyond dispute. Plans Hawaii to America Flight Washington, Dec. 17. (U.P.) Amelia Earhart, who has twice flown the Atlantic, plans to fly alone 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 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 Mantz's plane, returning her tomorrow or Monday. A gold medal was cast yesterday and will be presented the tousle-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. [new clipping] Aviation is the stepchild of the depression, declared Gladys O'Donnell at the regular meeting of West Ebell. Aviators of he 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. [new clipping] 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.
