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Youthful Aviators Pull Great Stunts for Newspapers George E. (Buck) Weaver and Charles W. Meyers, the two fliers who have been carrying Russell Van Horn, News-Bee staff photographer, for the last two weeks, "beat the world" on Friday afternoon in carrying the first fight pictures to the newspapers. Meyers, flying with Van Horn, flew over the big arena shortly before noon while Van snapped pictures of the crowds in and around the arena. QUICK FLIGHT OVER. Down on the aviation field across from the Casino, Weaver with his engine whirring was "all set." With a swish of Meyers landed within a few feet of Weaver's plane. Van Horn handed the picture plates to the little aviator who was off in a seond. One hour and 29 minutes later he landed in Cleveland. Soon after the Cleveland Press had extras on the street which carried the first pictures of the fight [flight?] fans gathered at Bayview Park. Immediately after the fight Meyers left the Toledo field, a Cleveland Press reporter aboard with pictures taken at the ringside, resting on his knee. The trip was made in one hour and 12 minutes. Thirty-two minutes later the government serial plane arrived at Woodlawn Hills Park from Toledo. Aboard were pictures taken at the ringside. EXTRAS MEET PLANE On the field was a crowd with Cleveland Press extras which carried views of Willard lying on the floor at the end of the third round. The Press beat all other dailies, outside of Toledo, by 32 minutes in its fight pictures of the actual knockout. Meyer's and Weaver's machines are in Cleveland. They will fly from there to Lorain where the men have established a flying school. While in Toledo the youthful aviators won an enviable reputation as careful and expert flyers. GOES TO RESCUE. When the huge army balloon broke its moorings at Bay View Park on Friday afternoon and drifted toward the lake aviator Charles Meyers, flying for The News-Bee, rushed around the aviation field opposite the Casino in search of an inner tube for a tire. With this he intended to fly close to the runaway balloon and throw it to the men aboard for use as a life saver in case the men fell into the lake. Failing to find one he shouted to his mechanic, E.P. Lott, to pull off his clothes. With shoes, trousers and shirt discarded Lott jumped into the airplane and Meyers gave chase. Lott made ready to jump from the airplane into the bay. The balloon has already settled into the water, but with the basket resting on the tail. The crew signaled to Meyers, who was circling close to the water, that they were o.k. Meyers saw several boats rushing to the men's aid and returned to the flying field. Meyers expressed surprise on Saturday when told that one of the men in the balloon is still missing. SCOUTS ON THEIR [[new newspaper clipping]] AIRMEN TOPPLES BRICK FROM STACK Pilot Weaver Flirts with Death Flying Low Over South Lorain Aviator Buck Weaver who flew over Lorain Sunday had so many thrilling and narrow escapes on that day that some of them were missed by the reporter who covered the story of the spectacular flight. When flying over Pearl-av Weaver came near to meeting disaster. He flew over the penny arcade of W. H Williams & Son at 2927 Pearl-av and knocked a brick off the chimney. The machine continued on its way, the impact not being sufficient to tilt the plane or break the wing. [[new newspaper clipping]] DAILY NEWS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1919 BIG AERO SHOW IS ASSURED Applications for Exhibition Space Pour into Headquarters. Applications for exhibition space in the Coliseum for the aeronautical exhibition of Chicago to be held the week of Jan. 8 are pouring into headquarters at the Congress hotel, Walter Hempel, the secretary in charge, announced to-day. The drawing for space has been set for Nov. 1 by the Manufacturers' Aircraft association, whose members will participate in the drawing. The remaining space will then be available to nonmembers. The drawing will take place in New York city. Among the most recent space applications received from gib firms are those of the Curtiss Airplane and Motor corporation, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company and the Wright Aircraft corporation. The Curtiss company expects to exhibit [article cuts off]. The Goodyear company will exhibit a full line of dirigibles and balloons. The Wright company will exhibit, among other things, the newest aircraft engine. [[new newspaper clipping]] DEALER PRICE IN OHIO TWO C[[article cuts off]] ARMIS [[article cuts off]] [[written in pencil on top of article]] May 27, 19 [[end pencil note]] BILL AIMS AT HOME DRINKS IN DRY TIMES House Measure Would Make "Treating" or Possession of Liquor Formulas Illegal. COULD SEARCH DWELLING Federal Agents Would be Empowered to Serve Warrants Plain Dealer Bureau. 38 Post Building, WASHINGTON, May 28. The United States will carry prohibition enforcement into the very homes of its citizens if a bill introduced in the house by Chairman A. J. Volstead of the judiciary committee shall become a law. The bill, which calls for an appropriation of $3,500,000, would make it unlawful to print any advertisement "containing a picture of a brewery, distillery, bottle, barrel, keg or box represented as containing intoxicating liquors." The wife or children of an intoxicated man "who shall be injured in person, property, means of support or otherwise" shall [article cuts off] [[newspaper cartoon]] HI YUSE, T'ROW DAT OVERBOARD! [[end newspaper cartoon]] [[new newspaper clipping]] Three Erietes Try and Like Air Sensations At least three persons took a whirl at flying yesterday afternoon with the pilots of the planes which stopped here Monday on their way to Cleveland and Chicago. Two grandsons of T. M. Nagle, from whose farm the flights were made, went up and enjoyed the sensations of looping the loop and other harmless tricks of modern aviator. Ross P. Wright, secretary-treasurer of the Reed Manufacturing company, also [[covered]] in one of the planes, an dg [[covered]] air. a nov [[covered]] tice n [[covered]] "You [covered] come [covered] presse [covered] now r [covered] aeroplane "I [covered] city l [covered] Wright [covered] ing." 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As the planes neared the Nagle farm, witnesses saw the plane with Weaver and Bruner go into the dangerous tailspin, ending with a slide slip of nearly a thousand feet, clearly illustrating an enemy plane being shot out of control. From Cleveland, they go to Chicago, where a school is being opened by Weaver and Meyers. Weaver has had some 1,800 hours of flying in the United States flying corps as civilian instructor and Meyers had several hundred hours of flying as instructor for the Canadian flying corps, and both men thoroughly demonstrated their ability as acrobatic flyers, while here.
