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SISTER SEES BROTHER DIE IN AIR CRASH Frank Mallory, Pilot, And Passenger Killed (Continued from page 1) ington, Miss., and a sister of the fatally injured pilot, was to have been the next to enjoy the thrill of being high in the air off the ground. The taking of young Roberts up first probably saved her life. A member of the Challenger Frank Mallory was operating the Mercury NC815M monoplane owned by Dr. Earl W. Renfroe, 61 E. 46th street, popular Aero Association young dentist and sportsman. [[image]] MR. MALLORY Graphic descriptions of the accident were given at the inquest Monday morning by two suburban schoolteachers, the county highway policeman, and a member of the Challenger Aero association of which Mallory and Dr. Renfroe were also members. A. F. Eilers, 429 S. Ashland avenue and A. C. Dierson, 8115 Salisbury street, Lyons, Illinois, told Deputy Coroner B. A. Grant who was aided in conducting the inquest by Deputies Maj. Woetgen and Maj. McHale that they saw the plane acting queerly as they were returning from Chicago. They were on 95th street at the time. [[image]] MR. WHITE County Highway Policeman Chas Kramer, who was directing traffic at the corner of 95th street and Harlem avenue, also saw the plane dive. He commandeered an automobile and went to the scene of the crash. Mallory was found outside the plane, his skull crushed. erts, however, was jammed in so tightly in the smashed front cockpit that it took police several minutes to rescue him with the aid of hacksaws and other tools. Both were unconscious when placed in the ambulance. The coroner's jury arrived at a verdict of "accidental death" due to "low wind resistance." Atmospheric conditions were blamed for the crash. Mike Nabaris, 6224 Archer avenue Argo, who was riding a bicycle in west 95th street, raced to the scene when he saw the plane dipping and was at hand when the ship plowed into the earth. Dr. Earl W. Renfroe, a member of the Eighth regiment, who lives at 61 E. 46th street, and who holds a transport pilot's license, told the jury he was not present when the accident took place. He said he had met Frank Mallory a month ago and on Saturday the latter called him and said he wanted to take his sister and "another boy" up. Renfroe himself then went out to the airport where he was informed that the plane was down and that the boys were dead. Dale White, 4358 Michigan avenue, who holds a private pilot's license, was on the field at the time of the accident. He said the weather was terribly hot for flying. He stated that Mallory came by and shook hands with him before going up. White said he cranked the plane for the New Yorker. The next he knew about the incident, said White, was when Miss Mallory screamed to him that the plane was down. White had [[ Words Obstructed ]] Wednesday WAR ACE IS WELCOMED BY HARLEMITES Robinson Comes To City On May 24; Welcome Ceremonies Planned DEFENDER SCORES - BULLETIN - The exclusive pictures in this edition of The Chicago Defender were taken aboard the Steamship Europa Monday as Col. John Robinson arrived from Ethiopia. They were flown to Chicago by airplane and here they are. Another feat in Race journalism by your World's Greatest Weekly. BY DAVID W. KELLUM NEW YORK CITY, May 22- (By Telephone)- Colonel John Robinson, the "Brown Condor" of Ethiopia, the 31-year-old Chicago aviator who headed Emperor Haile Selassie's Royal air force, arrived here at 7:30 o'clock Monday night on the North German Lloyd liner, Europa. Among the first persons to greet the noted aviator and to extend greetings was David W. Kellum, The Chicago Defender's staff correspondent, who boarded the United States Coast Guard cutter at 4 o'clock and went down the bay with a staff photographer to meet him. Shot and Gassed All smiles and seemingly the picture of health, although he has been gassed and shot twice, Colonel Robinson told your correspondent that he was glad to be back on American shores. He was sorry, however, that the war ended as it did. "I am glad to be back," he said After a short stay in Chicago Colonel Robinson, who went to Ethiopia and literally covered himself with glory, trying to preserve the independence of the last African empire, will go to Tuskegee Institute, his alma mater and begin preparations for the new course of study in aviation which he will teach during the fall and winter school term At the pier at West 46th street to greet him were several hundred Harlemites who came at the invita- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1) ETHIOPIA'S FLYING ACE [[image]] (A.P. Wirephoto) First photo from Ethiopia of John C. Robinson, Chicago Negro, known as the "Brown Condor," who was appointed chief of air force in Ethiopia by Emperor Haile Selassie. BOB CHURCH GREETS FLYER [[image]] In Memphis it's a known fact that the hardest thing one can do is to get R.R. (Bob) Church, "backbone" of the race, on a picture. But in the above case, occasioned by the visit of Col. John C. Robinson, "Brown Condor of Ethiopia," to Memphis, Mr. Church consented to come out to the airport, eight miles from Beale street, to shake the young flyer's hand. He remained for several hours at the airport where the young aviator made Memphis his first stop on a good-will tour sponsored by The Chicago Defender. At the left is shown Dan Burley, crack reporter of The Chicago Defender, who handled detail of the trip for Robinson. -Exclusive staff photo by Defender Cand[[?]] Cameraman SISTER SEES BROTHER DIE IN AIR CRASH Frank Mallory, Pilot, And Passenger Killed (Photos on pages 5, 7, 9) A horror stricken sister, awaiting her turn to ascend, saw her brother and a friend plunge to their death in an airplane near Harlem airport early Saturday afternoon. [[image]] DR. RENFROE Rushed to the Little Company of Mary hospital by a county highway policeman, two county police squads, an ambulance and a commandeered private automobile, Frank Mallory, 25, 1851 Seventh avenue, New York, a brother-in-law of Miss Ethel Waters, who piloted the ill-fated craft, and William Roberts, 19, 5858 Indiana avenue, preacher's son and popular clubman, were dead upon arrival. Miss Irena Mallory, 429 E. 44th street, a schoolteacher of Lex- Airplane Forced Down in Throng at Douglas Park Six baseball games and 2,500 spectators in Douglas Park hurried to the edges of the field yesterday to get out of the way of an airplane making a forced landing. The aviator was J.C. Robins colored, of 5747 Calumet av., had taken off from the Sky Har [[image]] To my friend White from Johnny Nov 1933 Col JC Robinson & [[?]] LOG OF BALBO'S FLIGHT Log of Gen. Balbo's flight from Orbetello, Italy, to Chicago. (Chicago Daylight Savings Time.) FRIDAY, JUNE 30. 11:40 P.M. - Left Orbetello air base, Italy. SATURDAY, JULY 1. 6:43 A.M. - Landed at Amsterdam, Holland (870 miles) SUNDAY, JULY 2. 1:10 A.M. - Left Amsterdam. 6:30 A.M. - Landed on Lough Foyle, ten miles north of Londonderry, northern Ireland (630 miles). WEDNESDAY, JULY 5. 6:40 A.M. - Left Lough Foyle, Londonderry. 1:15 P.M. - Landed at Vatnagarder, near Reykjavik, Iceland. WEDNESDAY, July 12. 2:00 A.M. - Left Reykjavik, Iceland. 1:50 P.M. - Landed on Sandwich Bay, Cartwright, Labrador (1,500 miles). THURSDAY, JULY 13. 8:30 A.M. - Left Cartwright. 2:37 P.M. - Arrived at Shediac, N.B. (600 miles). FRIDAY, JULY 14. 8:52 A.M. - Left Shediac, N.B. 2:51 P.M. - Arrived Montreal (600 miles). SATURDAY, JULY 15. 10:14 A.M. - Left Montreal for Chicago. 6 P.M. - Arrived Chicago (770 miles in 6 hours 50 minutes, to complete the 6,100-mile flight in an elapsed time of 47 1/2 hours).
