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The field at Yuma, originally scheduled as the stopping place for
lunch today, is a large field with a long runway, permitting the pilots of
the heavier ships to take off without hazard, the girls protested. The revolt
was led by Mrs. Florence Barnes, San Marino, California and Mrs. Phoebe Olie,
Memphis, Tennessee.
Earlier in the evening, when 11 or 13 of the girls protested against the
Calexico routing, Mr. Logan flatly refused to permit any deviation from the
course, warning that any pilots who violated his orders would be disqualified.
At midnight last night, the girls were routed from their beds by Mrs. Barnes
to sign the following statements
To Whom it may concerns
We the undersigned, pilots in the Women's Air Derby, hereby declare we
will not go farther than San Bernardino unless routed by or through Yuma
instead of Calexico. Cause of this decision, failure of Cleveland (Mr.Logan)
to set rout within 24 hours of start of race and no point located on course
between San Bernardino and Phoenix.
The statement was signed by all the pilots, including the foremost women
fliers of America.
The girls also complain that they were not furnished a definite routing
until a few hours before take-off at Santa Monica yesterday. In fact, Thea
Rasche, the German girl, had forwarded parts for her plane to Yuma and a number
of the others said that they had arranged for gas and oil at Yuma, instead of
Calexico. Mrs. Omlie, one of the foremost woman pilots of the world, acted,
she said, in the interest of the heavy plane pilots, although she herself flies
a light ship.
At 2 o'clock this morning Dr. Ayers announced,
'We have talked with Mr. Logan at Cleveland... He did not threaten anything
but he did not give an inch. We then talked with Clifford Henderson, managing
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Day, Leon. [Powder Puff Problems and the Curse of the Ladybirds], text, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1029802/m1/11/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.