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[[five columned paper]] [[first column]] German Pilot Exceeds U.S. Glider Mark on Endurance - Wolf Hirth Lands on East Hill at 5:31 p.m. After Soaring on Stiff Breeze Since Middle of Morning - Claim for Record is Uncertain - Wolf Hirth of Germany, breasting the first strong wind to come since the national soaring contest opened here a week ago, Saturday exceeded the time of the official American endurance record by about 19 minutes. The official record of six hours, 48 minutes, is held by Hawley Bowlus of California, who was Hirth's companion on No. 10 field yesterday morning. Taking off from this field on the ridge of East Hill at 10:24 a.m., Hirth piloted his golden glider, the Musterle, between a point below Sullivan's Monument and another point north of Horseheads. At 5:21:02 p.m. he landed on the same ridge a short distance away from the point where he rose. Clocked by the official timekeeper, H.W. Halverson of the National Aeronautical Association, Hirth's elapsed time in the air as seven hours, seven minutes and two seconds. Must Check Barograph Until the barograph carried by Hirth can be sent to Washington to be checked for the possibility of breaking the record, the mark cannot become official. It is also not known whether Hirth is eligible for the American record, as he is not an American citizen. If the N.A.A. decides that the official mark must be held by an American flyer, the title will remain with Mr. Bowlus. Mishaps in which two gliders were wrecked held the watches on the hilltop in suspense as they witnessed first the ship carrying Dr. Wolfgang Klemperer, noted pilot and engineer, flutter down as its controls jammed to crash behind a row of trees on the Johnson farm in the valley [cut off] [[headline over second to fifth columns]] Says Hoover Considering Retirement O' [cut off] Appearing in National Glider Meet in Elmira [[image]] - Telegram Photos [[second column]] Among the noted flyers who have been active last week in the national soaring contest here are the following, shown in the upper left picture: Left to right: Lieut. Ralph S. Barnaby, in the glider; Ronald Gall, Prof. R.E. Franklin of the University of Michigan and the Franklin Glider Company; Albert E. Hastings of San Diego, Col.; Captain von Peippig, noted German war ace; and "Duke" Artrum. At the extreme left is L.A. Ross, referee of the contest. How the big Franklin glider which performed in Saturday's events is assembled on the field, is shown in the upper right cut. Below are Lieut. and Mrs. Ralph S. Barnaby. Both are contestants. Lieut. Barnaby is a noted Navy flyer while Mrs. Barnaby hopes to qualify for her license during the meet. - This Mother Takes Pains Naming Child - Displeased With Suggestions Made by Family, She Adopts Own Method of Choosing Name, and Now See What She up and Did. - [[headline over third and fourth columns]] Gliding Draws Woman Pilot Here From Feminine Social Diversions [[third column]] Aviation as a refuge from small talk accounts for the presence in Elmira of Mrs. Ralph S. Barnaby, wife of Lieutenant Barnaby, U.S.N., at the national glider contest being held here. Since her arrival a week ago Saturday, Mrs. Barnaby has not only watched every performance of the meet, but has also piloted gliders herself. She was joined by her famous husband, a contestant, Thursday. Finding the bridge tables and other affairs for which women congregate inadequate diversion in her spare time, after her household work was completed and the children put safely to bed, Mrs. Barnaby took lessons. [[fourth column]] that is totally lacking in what are regarded as normal feminine social contacts. Being for a long time in the center of aeronautical activity, Mrs. Barnaby was naturally attracted to flying as a resource for her leisure moments. The home and her two children demanded the usual amount of supervision from her that any young housewife in her circumstance has to give them, and her duties often occupied her until late in the evening. Nevertheless, to gratify a natural interest in flying and moved by the desire to have a part in its progress, she received instruction in the elements of gliding and [[headline over fifth column]] Bird in Hand Is Worth Two In Tree Tops [[subtitle below headline]] So Say Residents of South side, But How, They Ask Can They Get the Birds Down? - Bogart is Busy With Problem. [[fifth column]] Residents on the Southside on Lormore and Spaulding Streets are complaining strenuously to the City Hall executives about the presence of thousands of sparrows and starlings, which have made their homes in the trees in this vicinity. It is complained that the birds make life miserable for the citizens on these streets in many ways and house-owners want to get rid of them, but how? City Clerk Harry L. Bogart on several occasions has granted permits for irate residents to shoot the birds out of trees. This has been attempted with shotguns and rifles. As a result the sidewalks often are strewn with dead birds. this only adds to the misery. But these few deaths among the hundreds, and some say thousands
