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feet in 1913, got into the flying business one day in Los Angeles. She watched one of the Bennett Flyers, a stunt group of three men, make a bad landing that damaged the frail plane. She rushed on to the landing field and volunteered to help repair the broken spars and ribs and fasten the engine back in the frame and sew the wing fabric.

She stayed with the Bennett Flyers and became one of the first women stunt flyers, doing the "ocean roll" and the "falling leaf" for exhibitions. the first woman to fly an airplane in Canada, she exhibited her skill for British royalty. That was over Vancouver while the Prince of Wales and Duke of York, then in their teens, watched her skill with other open-mouthed spectators. 

Saw Husband Crash.

Mrs. Bryant quit flying for a time after she watched her husband crash to his death 10 weeks after their marriage. From the ground she saw the plane's steering column break and frantically watched her husband grope for the  wires with his bare hands in a vain effort to keep his plane aloft. 

Mrs. Bryant got on the "assembly line" for the Benoist Airplane Manufacturing Co. in S. Louis and Sandusky and helped turn out the first commercial airplane transport. She did test flying for the company, also. 

During World War I, she built dirigibles for Goodyear in Akron and afterwards became a sea driver, repairing wharves and 

John W. Devlin, 53, Sanitation Foreman

John. W. Devlin, 53, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission foreman for about 20 years, died yesterday of cancer at his home, 4917 Fortieth place, Hyattsville, Md., in the room where he was born. 

Mr. Devlin formerly was active in sandlot baseball and basketball teams in this area.

During World Wars I and II he served in the Navy. He was chief quartermaster aboard the destroyer Leutze when it was struck twice by suicide pilots off Okinawa and received a shoulder injury during this action. The ship was able to get to shore. He served in five major Pacific landings during the latter war. 

Mr. Devlin was a member of the Snyder-Farmer-Butler American Legion Post No. 3 and St. Jerome's parish.  

He formerly worked for the District Water Department. 

Survivors are his widow, Grace; a daughter, Mrs. Joan Hammersla, Greenbelt, Md; his mother, Mrs. Kate Devlin, of the home address; a stepson, William E Murphy, College Park, Md.; a brother, Edward D. Devlin, 1801 Biltmore street N.W., and three grandchildren.

Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Gasch's funeral home, Hyattsville. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery.