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The Tribune Caters to Every Member of the Family, From Granddad Down to the Kids THE WEATHER Unsettled tonight; fair Tuesday. The Evening Tribune IOWA'S GREATEST EVENING NEWSPAPER HOME EDITION VOL. 15, NO. 48. DES MOINES, IOWA, MONDAY, AUG. 22, 1921.-EIGHTEEN PAGES. PRICE IN DES MOINES TWO CENTS Tribune's Water Vendetta WRITES FOR THE TRIBUNE [[Image]] Ruth Law the Greatest Living Woman Aviator Will Write a Series of Articles on aviation and Her Experiences For The Evening Tribune Ruth Law, the "little blonde goddess of the air," is going to write her sensations for you. Beginning Tuesday Miss Law will write an article each day for The Evening Tribune giving her sensations. "How I learned to Fly" will be her first topic. "My Narrowest Escapes in the Air," will be another. During the week she will write on "How I Beat the Game for Ten Years," and relates anecdotes of her acquaintance with the world's greatest flyers, most of them now dead. Miss Law "Just Folks." Miss Law, who is a simple, friend- [[page is cut]] She is the only woman in the world who was permitted to fly in the world war. She has "beaten the game" for ten years - while all those who began with her have fallen to their death. Broke Many Records. She made the second longest nonstop flight in the work in 1916 - 633 miles from Chicago to New York. She made the first night flight ever made in the world for the Journal at Providence, R. I. She has been higher in the air [[Page is cut]] Top Center Clipping. DARING AVIATRIX ARRIVES HERE FOR STATE FAIR THRILLERS [[image]] Ruth Law, aviatrix supreme, arrived in the city Monday, and began preparations for her program of stunt thrillers which will be displayed in connection with the State Fair. Miss Law, a veteran in the hazardous profession of stung flying, has discovered the ultimate thrill in stunt flying, which is the star act of her "flying circus." Ray Lampkin, 18-year-old "leading man" of Miss Law's aggregation, changes from auto to plane while both are in full career. According to the advance reports, all attempts by Locklear, Wilson, Campbell, Tenney, McLaughlin and other stunt stars to perform the feat have met with failure. Torn paper. ...ick is to stand on the top wing of the ship while the plane loops the loop. She guarantees this feat to be thrill [[?]] thrills for both performer and spectator. The Law flying circus comes from the Missouri State fair and Centennial, where Miss Law took Governor Hyde and Lieut. Gov. Lloyd of the "show Me" state on an aerial joy-ride. Top Right Clipping. DES MOINES, IOWA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 1921 [[Image]]Photo of flying biplane with stunt person hanging off rope ladder. "Daredevil James," the school boy aviator and pupil of Ruth Law, leaps from a racing automobile to a speeding airplane. He will perfor m this stunt every afternoon during the state fair. James is but nineteen years old. Bottom left clipping. The Omaha Daily News, Thursday, September 15, 1921-Page [[Om]]aha Wins at Sioux City-3,000 THEY LOWERED TRACK RECORD AT AK-SAR-BEN FIELD [[Image}} Cliff Woodbury at the wheel and Bess Furman, Omaha Daily News reporter, in the Frontenac Special, in which they lowered Ak-Sar-Ben's track record Wednesday, making the mile in 49 1.5 seconds. The world's record for a circular dirt track is 44 2.5 seconds. Bess Furman, reporter for The Omaha Daily News, and Cliff Woodbury -, veteran auto race driver, Wednesday lowered the track rec- [[clipping cut off.]] was 51 1/2 seconds. Tommy Milton is present holder of the world's dirt track record, having circled the track at Los An- clipping cut off. Gaston Chevrolet met death at Santa Monica, Cal., a year ago. It is an imported car. Woodbury last week lowered the track records at St. Paul, Minn., by clipping cut off. Bottom center clipping. THRILLERS BY RUTH LAW AND HER COMPAM=NY Daring Aviatrix Believes Crowds Gather Because "Something Might Happen" to Daredevils, SHE USES NO SAFETY DEVICES IN STUNTS While Her Pupils Use Psychology to Attract Crowds, Danger Is Reduced to Minimum. Ruth Law, with her flying circus of skilled aviators; Lieut. Verne Treat's illuminated night stunts, and "Daredevil James," the schoolboy aviator who transfers from a speedinf auto to a flying plane, are the headliners on the aviation program at this year's state fair. Miss Law, who is familiar to Des Moines and Iowa people from appearances here before, is coming back more enthusiastic and more daring in her flights than ever. She has collected for the circus the most spectacular performers in the air that she could find. FLIRTING WITH FATE. "I know that the majority of people go to see sensational stunts with an idea that something may happen," she stated in a recent interview. "I've tried to find people for my company who would go the limit-who have the necessary shill and daring to perform seemingly impossible stunts and sometimes some within hand-shaking distance of death without getting hurt. But they are so skilled that the danger is reduced as much as possible." Miss Law herself stands on top of her airplane while it loops the loop and flies at night with streaming fireworks marking with a trail of fire the loops and spins that she performs with ease in perfect dark- clipping cut off. section of clipping covered by the next clipping. can successfully swing himself up from the speeding auto. James, who is inly 19 years old, stands on the back of an auto traveling at tremendous speed. The plane swoops down from overhead, dangling a rope ladder. James catches the ladder, as the plane dives past. Just to show how much at home he feels when he has accomplished the feat, he catches his feet in the last rung and swings head downward. The plane continues its speeding, dipping and clipping cut off. Bottom Right Clipping RUTH LAW'S POLICE DOG LIKES TO FLY [[Image]] Ruth Law who thrills thousands at the State Fair again this year, frequently takes with her her Belgian police dog. He is a good flyer and likes excitement as well as his mistress, as his grin betrays. Miss Law has arranged a new list of thrillers for 1921, among which are the stunts of "Daredevil" Louis James. He will board an airplane from an automobile at full speed, hang by his teeth and feet from the plane and otherwise flirt with death. Miss Law will stand on the tip of a plane which it nose dives, tail spins and loops the loop. Lieutenant Verne Treat will guide the night ship with the colored lights and fireworks.
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[[Image: Ruth Law in a dress]]
[[Image: Photo of flying biplane with stunt person hanging off rope ladder. Two photos inserted - Ruth Law and Ray Lampkin]]
[[Image: Photo of flying biplane with stunt person hanging off rope ladder.]]
[[Image; Photo of two people in a car with RUTH LAW'S FLYING CIRCUS painted on the side.]]
[[Image: Photo of Ruth Law and a dog sitting near planes.]]
