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Boise, Ada County, Idaho
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Lieutenant B. W. Maynard clarifies misinterpreted remarks on liquor causing withdrawals, not deaths, in trans-continental air derby; Anti-Saloon League denies misinterpretation.
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Washington, Dec. 13.-Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, the "flying parson," today in an interview said his remarks with regard to drinking during the trans-continental air derby had been misinterpreted. Maynard said no fatalities were caused by liquor. The aviator-winner of the air derby-was called before General Menoher, head of the air service, to explain statements alleged to have been made by him and circulated by the anti-saloon league that intoxicants had caused some of the failures in the race.
"There is no finer or more sober corps of men than the air service," Maynard declared as he left Menoher's office.
"In saying that some of the failures in the trans-continental air derby may have been due to intoxication, I was alluding to the fact that it may have caused withdrawal of several flyers and not that it was the cause of the death of a number of men in the race."
New York, Dec. 13.---At the offices of the Anti-Saloon League of America today it was stated there was no chance of Lieutenant B. W. Maynard's statement having been "misinterpreted." It was explained that the statement was sent out exactly as Maynard had written it himself.
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Washington
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Dec. 13
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no fatalities caused by liquor; intoxication may have caused withdrawal of several flyers, not deaths
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Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, the "flying parson," stated in an interview that his remarks about drinking during the trans-continental air derby had been misinterpreted by the dry forces. He was called before General Menoher to explain statements circulated by the anti-saloon league alleging intoxicants caused race failures. Maynard declared the air service corps sober and clarified he meant withdrawal, not deaths. The Anti-Saloon League in New York stated there was no misinterpretation as the statement was sent as Maynard wrote it.