The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 4, 1927, Page 1

a ( f | ! \ ‘ Tribune).—North Dakota's WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight and Sunday. Slightly warmer Sunday. Y : ESTABLISHED 1873 THE BIS BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1927 ~ CK. TRIBUNE [wom PRICE. FIVE CENTS" DIVERSION PLAN IS PRAISED AT FLOOD MERTING Army Engineering Head Promises Careful Investi- gation of Project { THOMPSON IS DIRECTOR Coolidge to Be Invited ta Visit | State and See Work Mapped Out Chicago, June 4, (Special to the delega- on to the flood control conference will leave for home tonight, jubilant over the readiness with which the Missouri river diversion project has been recognized as a part of any general program looking toward a solution of the Mississippi flood pro- gr conference committee on reso- 3 has heard the North Dakota project explained in detail by, U. Senator Gerald P. Nye, S. W. Thomp- son of Devils Lake and State Engi- neer R. E. Kennedy of / Bismarck. The general conference was informed by Senator Nye as to how it fits into the flood control program. To Investigate Plan Brigadier General Edgar Jadwin of Washington, chief of army engi- neers, has informed the North Dakota delegation that his department is to make a careful investigation of the ptun while U. 8. Senator Pat Harri- son and others prominent in the ference have given delegates assur- ance that they expect to visit North Dakota this summer to investigate the project first hand. S. W. Thompson, leader in the {Promotion of the project in North akota ‘s to be a director of the permanent organization growing out of the conference. Mayor George E. Leach of Minneapolis, another strong advocate of the North Dakota diver- sion scheme, is also to be a director. The North Dakota delegation has asked Senator Nye to invite Presi- dent Coolidge to make a trip to North Dakota as a guest of the Greater North Dakota association while. he is. vacationing ,in South Dakota so that he “mny gain first hand knowledge of the proposed diversion’ plans" “8 3 RESOLUTIONS LAID , BEFORE CONVENTION: al government was called upon to as- sume sole responsibility for flood 5 a national preblem, Presi- dent Coolidge was asked to call a conference of the various interests of the nation to formulate a per- manent plan, and congress to under- take and carry effective measures to a speedy conclusion in resolutions unanimously agreed upon by the res- olutions/committee and submitted to the flood control conference here to- day. Other resolutions warmly com- mended the American Red Cross for its relief work during the present Mississippi river flood and commend- ed the mayors of Chicago, New Or- leans and St. Louis for calling the conference, which in three days has| heard speakers from virtually every merican interest and considered ‘more than 500 separate for flood control. - Only three resolutions were laid before the convention with the com- gnittee’s endorsement. “1 No Extra Session Asked here was no hint of a demand an extra session of congress. ‘The resolutions stressed in general three proposals for. flood control levees, epillways-and reservoirs, “a of which should be considered.” They did- not, however, bind the conference to any individual proposal “Immediate and effective relie! for all sufferers was urged, but no suggestion was offered as to the manner of extending it. * THOMPSON IS NAMED CONFERENCE OF CHAIRMAN Chicago, June 4.—()}—The flood control conference sponsored by the mayors of Chieago, St. Louis and New Opleans wis organized upon a pamsae basis today with William for S.lhy for his exploit 0 ___)ber—-" his speech was punctuated here Chicago, June 4.—UP)—The nation-|}y the shout from all parts of the LINDBERGH LEAVES CHERBOURG ON CRUISER MEMPHIS, U. S. Ship Sails From Fates at 4:30 P. M.—Flyer Due! in Washington’ Saturday, June 11—Has Been Pre-| sented With 12 Medals and, Scores of Valuable Gifts U. 8. 8. Memphis, en ro the United States, June 4. —With tear-dimmed eyes, Cap- tain Charles A. Lindbergh late today stood on the bridge of the cruiser Memphis and had his last glimpse of France as the vessel, xliding from Cherbourg harbor, stuck her bow into deep water | and headed for home. ! The American aviator made a | picture of the perfeet hero as he stood on the bridge attired in | the same flying outfit in which | he arrived in France on his [| epoch-making flight from New York to Paris just two weeks ago. Cherbourg, France, June 4.—()— Rearing Captain Charles A. Lindbergh home to new triumphs, the crack American light cruiser Memphis, steamed out of port today. while the pong @viator waved farewell to the Europe that has honored him so high- in spanning the Atlantic from New York to Paris in a non-stop single man flight. The Memphis, aboard which Captain Lindbergh embarked at 3:35 o'clock after a flight from Paris, sailed from the ancient maritime port of Cher-, bourg at 4:30 p. m. LEAVES AS POPULAR AS WHEN HF LANDED » June 4.—(/?)-—Captain Lind- ; on the day of his departure was just as much a popular idol as when he landed two weeks ago, thanks to tactful piloting by AmbassadorHer- rick and his. own unassuming self. Those who feared his return from London might be an anti-climax had qualms for nothing. He spent his last evening in the French capital among aviators, Swedes and members of the American Legion, ! and did his best to avoid undue pub- licity, Despite the secretiveness sur- rounding some of his visits, crowds! managed to gather wherever he went, | forcing him to blush id smile in acknowledgment of hurrahs. Embaasy attendants were kept busy receiving gifts for the airman. Honorary Member of lL.egion When he visited the. Paris post of the Aimerican Legion he was. made an honorary member. “I had hoped to remain over Tong | enough to see the Legion convention in Paris,” he remarked. “Even though I am too young to have been a mem- room “You are a member.” There was a small informal dinner party at the American embassy and) the flyer retired early. Captain Lindbergh is embarking for | home on the Memphis the recipient; of 12 medals, either already presented or on the way to him, They are: The legion of honor; the order of Leopold; the British flying cross; the La-' fayette escadrille medal: the French’ aero qub's wold medal: the Belgian aero club’s highly prized gold medal, the French “broken wings” insignia, the medal of the international league of aviators and that of the French geographical society, Spain's “plus ultra” medal and goid honor bad; from the cities of Brussels and Pa eats Foch's Record All these were conferred within a fortnight, beating the record of Mar- shal Egeh after the. armistice. , Lindbergh, however, would much | prefer to recover the helmet he wore} on the flight, but which was lost| at LeBourget when he landed after, his momentous voyage from New! York. “I promised it to a friend back home,” he said, “but seeing it was undoubtedly taken as a souvenir, I suppose its goodbye helmet.” —_—_——_———__—_"e 1 Weather Report || OO Weather conditions at North Da- kota points for the 24 hours ending’ at 7 today: | 46 69) 4 os HEADED FOR HOME SPECIAL TRAIN TO MOVE PARTY TO BLACK HILLS; {President and Mrs. Coolidge | and Others to Leave Wash- ington June 13 Washington, June 4.—4)—It will] require ar jar sized train to! transport President Coolidge andj Mrs. Coolidge and their party west- ward to the Black Hills of South Dakota. The immediate party of the pres- ident will include Secretary Sanders d Mrs. Sanders, Edward T. Clark, fis personal secretary, and Mr: Clark, Major James Coupal, his phy- sician, and Mrs. Coupal. and Colonel T. Winship, military alde. There isa possibility that Mr. and Mrs. Frank W, Stearns of Boston, who are house guests of the pres- ident, also may go. along. The White House staff will include sev- eral members of the office force and several secret service men, In addition, more than u score of newspaper men and photographers will be aboard the special train which leaves here ua week from Monday night. Many of the newspaper men will be accompanied by their wives. With the exception of the secret service men, most of the party will make its headquarters at Rapid City, 32 miles from the state game lodge where the vresident will reside. An entire hotel there has been reserved pending final arrangements, COLORADO GHOST TOWN _ HAS REBIRTH Summitville, Deserted For Many Years, on Threshold of New Activity Summitville, “Colo, June 4.—)— Dend and deserted for many years, Summitville is on the” golden threshold of a new birth, Its west- ‘ern, hills again are’ yielding the {precious metal as a result of the faith that John (Juck) Pickens, veteran miner, kept secret for 24 years, Once the outpost of an advancing old rush, Summitville late in th last century became a thriving vil lage of 1,500 souls, with the attend- ant dance halls, saloons and gamb- ling houses. Then came the slump. The veins “petered out.” ) Prospectors pulled their stakes and sought richer fields, and Summitville became another of Colorado’s ghost towns. Its once pretentious buildings crumpled into decay. Never Lost Faith Pickens never lost faith, however, and yearly returned to the hills. For 24 years he ietly and slowly went about obtaining title to. the once— and again—valuable lands. Now, with Judge Jesse C. Wiley of Del Norte, he bids fair to become this state's latest mining millionaire. Every foot of land in the famous old camp, as well as acres surround- jing it belongs to Pickens and Wiley. The new E! Dorado does not bid to outsiders, The discovery of the fabulous gold ; Strike from which Pickens and Wiley already have received more than $100,000—259 pounds of ore paying them $16,032 at the Omaha smelter —was accidental. . In. 1902, while ‘crossing a wash near the Little An- nie mine, where he was employed, Pickens found a’ piece of ore about half the size of a man’s head. A few days later he found a small butte, which he identified as the place from whence the original find apparently had been carried by the elements. Exposure had caused moss to form over the vein and it was difficult to detect the vein from commor rock, Digging Starts MRS. COOPER | 1S INNOCENT, | JURY DECIDES Frees Lake City Woman, Oharged With Poisoning Baby, This Morning | INSANITY IS’ DEFENSE Confinement to Asylum Ree-; ommended—Jury Out Since ; 3 P. M. Friday | Wabasha, Minn, June 4./)-Mrs. Gordon Cooper was found not guilty | of murder on the grounds of incom-| peteney by a Wabasha county district court jury which returned a verdict | |before Judge Vernon Gates this} morning. The verdict carries with it confine- ment to an institution for treatment | of mental disorder. Out Since 3:00 Frid The jury, out since before 3p. m.| Friday, found the defendant the offense al din the in- dictment was committed, the said detendant was laboring under such a defect of reason from imbecility 3 not to know the nature of her . Cooper wi the county jail, pending decision as to committing her. She has been in the jail since her arrest shortly after the alleged’ offense was committed April 5. i Found Son's Body Mrs, Cooper was charged with first degree murder following the finding of the body of her five weeks old son, Eugene, in a building near the Cooper home at Lake City. She gave several versions of the death of the child, first saying he had been kidnaped by: armed men who de- manded money. Her husband, also indicted for first degree murder und accused of aiding in poisoning the baby, was exoner- ated when Judge Karl Finkelnburg of Winona dismissed the case after the state had rested in his t The jury reported its ver 9:12 a. m, after being in throughout the night. Supreme Court Has Thirty - six Cases on June Galendar Thirty-six cases have been listed by the supreme court for argument this month. Hearings will begin June 13 and will end June 23, as many as four cases being scheduled for argument in one day. This will be the last session of the court until September. After hearin: cases already listed an effort will be at session made to clean up pegding business | before recessing for the summer. | |Improvements Made | at Wildwood Resort; New \improvements have _ recently been completed at Wildwood r wood lake between Wilto and Washburn, according to an-: nouncement made today The resort is about 12 miles west| and north of Wilton and is on a good graded road from the state highway to the lake. The lake is believed to| he fed by the Missouri and provides | fresh water, fishing and sports. An| abundance of trees surrounds the re- sort, j A broad board walk has been built | along a portion of the lake ,and dance pavilion has been erected and| electric lights installed, illuminating | a portion of the woods und the build- | ings at the resort. A diving tower! has ben built to connect with a run-| way for bather: Hugh H. McCulloch of Washburn is in charge of the new resor, | School Debaters’ _* Given Hard Topic’ Grand Forks, N. D., June 4—(P)- When North Dakota’s high school de- baters begin to tune up their vocal! chords next fall for another season | tw |former associate ‘stated here ‘who asserted |Chamberlin in the Bellanca ja test flight Thursday |the aviator confided The monoplane “Columbia,” which started out this morning on a trai Atlantic trip with an unnamed desti- nation, Kerlin, is shown above asm ies were tuning it up for the take-off, In the inset above is G. M. Bellanca, the plane's builder. At. the right is Clarence Chamberlin, holder of the world's en durance record for flying, who is jloting the plane. He nied on the trip by C! vine, bia Air corporat A ar : nager director of the Co n, which is snon- soring the flight. ‘hamberlin hails from Denison, , and 32. At Towa state university he studied elec t 1 engineering, and was in the » during the war. Flight Bulletins cdr RO hington, June 4.—()—Rep: sentative Hamilton Fish, Jr. of N York, told coast guard headquarters here today that Rome objective of the Bellanca flight in the event’ the plane functioned smoothly and the weather was good. He based his information, he said, on a conversation with Mrs. Charles. A. Levine, wife of the backer of the flight. New Bedford, Ma: Harry Reed of Ni ported that the that town at 8 toward-Boston. vi ¢ | —(P)- + Tee sed over ing about 1,000 feet h Reed: said’ it was e from its pictures Yarmouth, N. 8. June 4.—(#) Columbia flew directly over mouth at 12:06 eastern daylight time this afternoon. b ing low. and plainly the distinguishing marks. She upwards of one and a half hours be- hind. Lindbergh's time for the same distance. La Have, Lunenburg County, June, 4--()--The Columbia, f very fast, passed over La Have bor at 1: astern daylight this afternoon. Halifax, N. 8. June 4.-®)—The Bellanca monoplane passed over the hag Ledge lighthouse, eastward of Halifax, a m., eastern daylight time, Boston, June 4.—(4)—The Colu ia, leaving the shores-of Amer for Europe, will have a favorable ind blowing at a rate of 20 to 32 miles an hour at altitudes it was likely to use, A. D. Ross, weather observer ut the army base here, said_ today. New York, June 4-—-UP)—Report of tmospheric conditions over the course being followed by Chamberlin und Levine, issued by the weathe bureau shortly after noon today, i dicated good flying weather ove most the entire route, Utie: ence N. ¥., June Chambe D Leningrad, Ru ntinople, Arthur of today. that 4—4P\—Clar- to make sia, or Con- Houghtaling, the aviator, Houghtualing, he wi with lane in tated that plans for the trans-Atlan the_time wouid be the | was | tinre! ¢ flight to him at! § Bellanca Plane Starts Cross-Ocean Trip | | | OUSTER OF MDONALD, GEFFERT __ SIOUX COUNTY BOARD IS | Pardon Board Goes on ‘Night Shift’ to Complete Its Work Working until 1 o'clock this morn ing, the state pardon board completed | the work of hearing 117 applications for pardons and paroles filed hy} prison inmates. It had been expected that the ses- sions of the board would last unti this afternoon but board «members found that by working overtime they could complete their work last night. . Robert McKim, Actor, | Dies at Hollywood June 4.4) Robert McKim, 50-year-old actor, » has lain near death in a hos- for two days, died here} y He was taken ill at Salt Lake City; three weeks ago and was brought here Thursday in an unconscious, condition. His illness was di ibed as a partial stroke of paralysi néver regained conscious- ness. is wife, the former Dorcas Matthews, a stage actress, was at the bedside. Their two children was not, present. i Hollywood ¢ of the pioncers of'the film. He, first gai inence by his work , asa playing opposite | Douglas Fairbanks in one of the lat-| ter’s early successes. Following a nervous breakdown a vear ago he left the films to appear in vaudeville, in which he was raged when he suffered the stroke | hich resulted fatally. w Hale Thompson, Chicago's chief ex- ecutive, as ¢hairman, Upon motion of Bennett Clark, son of the late Chomp Clark of Missouri, the conference continued “for the purpose, of corrEne out the policies here adopted” which, other resolutions, were set forth permanent flood control upon a na- tional basis. Mem! of Devils Mrs. - Clara Quinn, negro. woman, and her thi daughter were taken into 0: bi f the police Inst might upon thelr ei evening Cie i< i juinn is want al ines, lows, on a charge of disposing of mort- gaged property, series, to infor- mation te! phed. to Chiet eg lice Chris tineson. C. A. Vonn, it of detectives at Des to be en Tout left the lowa \¢. will be ‘held in night. She. it ing. th ral of Bos! Moines abineritians | Ame . BISMARCK .... Bottineat © Crosby . . Devils Lake ... 36 Clear Dickinson ‘ Cloudy Dunn Center -. Clear Ellendale . Clear Fessenden Grand Forks Hettinger . Jamestown . ro Cia y. Clear PCldy, Cloudy Cc ‘ FORECAST ) For Bismarck and vicinity: Fair neat and Sunday. Slightly warm- A Fair tonight Slightly warmer Sun- frost: east portion to- ,,of the ore was: Pickens kept the find to himself until last summer. Having obtained the required leases, he was accom. | | panied by his son and another man, each armed with a pick, and removal itarted. The butte being inaccessible for nearly nine months of the year, Pickens and tis two workers labored during the three summer months, and aside from the ore which they sold removed more than 25 tons| ti hay which lies sacked behind barricaded doors, awaiting the coming of the summer and the melting of the snows. Summitville is in the San Juan mountains, long famous for yielding precious ores, and is anprexiately miles southwest of Def Norte and ‘about 250 miles southwest of Den- Ford Dealers Have Special Meet Here Twenty-five Ford dealers of the Slope country met h iterday to discuss t! to of forensic contests they also will face the difficulty of threading the| intricacies of a brow-knitting prob-| lem, Officials of the state untversily here, who have charge of the debate,| have tentatively decided to hand the young speakers the question “Re-| solved, that the war debts which oth-; er nations owe, the United States! should be canceled,” or some sim lar adaptation of the war-debt que: jon, This decision was made following @ search for a subject /of sufficient interest to intrigue the minds of the debaters but not quite such a “‘live” subject as the farm relief question which was argued this year.. $120,000 Received in May. Through Gas Tax Net receipts from: the state gaso- line tax totaled: apptgximately: $120 000 during May, according to figur compiled by State Auditor John Steen. He has turned over this amount to the state treasure? and ‘stil! has a balance of $2,743,183 to meet requests for refunds from persons entitled to them. +4 collections” totaled $123,461.65 and the Bank of North $87.82 in interest a Flirted With ‘What Happened When Cherry Lane Love dealt cruelly with Cherry Lane, inveterate flirt. On her self-sacrificing sister, Faith, it laid a gentle hand. And then Cherry, unmindful of the past, set her cap for Faith’s husband. Thus two devoted sisters: were - al Her Brother-in-Law? confronted with the alter- native of— That’s part of SAINT AND SINNER, the absorbing, stir- ring serial story which contin- ues in a second phase on Mon- day in The Tribune. It deals with the home life, the loves, the hopes, fears and tears cf two modern young women alike pnly in their sisterhood—one 2 pretty, man-mad flapper; the other a true-blue girl not as richly blessed with feminine charm. i Few news| r serials have ever been published as widely or more wely follcwed by countless readers than SAIN’ AND SINNER. That attests to its, concentrated human inter- eat, its fidelity to life, Anne Austin is the only author who Staliments simple. story of 8 ents a s of the modern family, could pack | Four He was a veteran of 'the stage and at FROM DEMANDED: Suit Charging ‘Misconduct in’ Office” Asking ‘Immediate | Removal, . Filed Against. Two of Three Commission-( ers in District Court at Fort Yatés (Special to the Tribune) Fort Yates, N. D., June 4.-Ouster proceedings against two of the t members of the Sioux county be of commissioners on charges of mis- duct in office were started here day in district court. ummary removal of R, B. McDon- ald of Solen and Harry Geffert, liv-| ing near Morristown, §. D., is asked | in the, complaints filed. The other member of the board is J. R. Turner | of Fort Yates. 4 Items Included items are included in the) charges asking for ‘the commission- tate’s Attorney | ers’ ouster, filed | George, H. Purchase. The men are| charged with: | Charging illegal fees for attend-| ance at board meetings when the board was not actually in session. 4 Charging fees for mileage and for attendance on board meetings not | legally held at the courthouse inj Fort Yates, requiréd by law. Buying and selling matter valued ¢ than $100, not advertised as the law requires for purchases and les over $100, sal Several purchases of road machin- ery, valued all the way from $200 to $1,000 were included in the last item | nd in payment for these items the ‘ommissioners issued certificates of deposit, it is alleged. Eight Complain Complaints were made to State's Attorney Purchase by eight citizens, four of them living in Fort Yates and jair NE START FOR EUROPE FLIGHT BACKER JOINS PILOT IN OCEAN JOURNEY Destination of Plane Not An- nounced, But Believed to Ke Berlin LEAVE FIELD AT 6:05 Levine Startles Crowd By Stepping Into Plane—Wife Didn't Know Plans (By The Associated Presa) Skirting the Nova Scotia coast line, the Bellanca _ monoplane Columbia, bound for Europe, was beginning to pick up speed th afternoon ax she passed the half way mark of her thousand mile flight to St. John’s, Newfound- land. Averaging only 68 miles an hour on the 400 mile flight to Yarmouth, N. 8. the Columbia found a tail wind off the Nova Scotia coast and was soon hum- ming along gt 100 miles an hour, The Columbia was nearly two hours behind the time of Lind- bergh’s flight off Halifax, N. 8., and at the rate the monoplane wax making she was expected off St. John’s, Newfoundland, about 7 o'clock tonight, eastern day- light time. Clarence Chamber- lin will get his final compass bearings at St. John’s as the plane heads out over the broad Atlantic for an “unknown destin- ation” to break the long distance flight record of Captain Charles Lindbergh. ‘The Canadian press reported a fine 16 knot breeze on the Col- umbia‘s tail with the happy fore- cast of fresh west and south winds. The New York weather bureau said generally ideal weather conditions prevailed over the Atlantic for flying. If Chamberlin holds the Col- umbia true to the course of the Great Circle the monoplane, clipping off 100 milex an how should be off Ireland's coast 2 -o’clock .tomorrow afternoon, eastern daylight time. New York, June 4.—()—A single motored plane, the “Columbia,” today d out along the new Great Arc- rele airline to Europe, carrying a millionaire in a business suit as ide to the pilot who announced “We will fly until we drop.” Lifting itself into the air at 6:05 m., New York daylight time, the jane was over the Atlantic, off New England, less than three hours later, bound obably for Berlin.” If Clarence D. Chamberlin and his backer-passenger, Charlés A, Levine, don’t reach Berlin, they will go some place else, they id. At rate, assured the 2,00 who saw “them at the flying field, they would beat the non-stpp flight record of Charles A. ndbergh, New York to Paris in hours and 29 minutes, 3,760. mile a left winont a to take along his . left in such a hurry pack his hat, is “out Berlin is 600 miles further than Paris—and he has a background of having stayed in the ou an endurance flight longer than any other aviator in the world except the man that went up with him for more than 51 flying hours at a stretch, Has Three Characteristics Clarence Chamberlin, a blonde, smiling, quiet natured young man, a native of Iowa, has shown the three characteristics of great pilots—nerve, skill in face of death, and reticence. His passenger, Mr. Levine, managing director of the Columbia Aircraft corporation, who bore the brunt of attack because of litigation over the plane and who should be a naviga- tor, won a reputation for “gameness” in one step. The step was one into the enclosed cabin, giving no word of warning to anyone that he was planning any- thing other than a little trial flight before Chamberlin and some “un- known” and “yet to be selected” navigator buckled down to the long flight to laurels further off in point who not four in Selfridge. In the complaints, it was said that the two commission- crs “wilfully failed to do their duty.” C, F. Kelsch, state's attorney of Mor- ton county, has\ been retained to as- sist Purchase in prosecution of the case. The men were given until to file answers to the charges | Judge H. L. Berry of Mandan, presid- ing. The answers are to be brought into district court at Mandan.: At that time, the men may decide wheth- er.they wish a jury trial or wish to he tried solely before the presiding judge, If they are found guilty, they will be removed from office immedi- ately and a special election day to choose new board members designed June 16 by Judge Berry, according to the gu-! thorities. Farm Managers Will Tour Slope Country Jamestown, N. D., June 4.(7)— Plans for a farm janagers’ tour which will begin here June 29 and will ‘end at Medora July 5 were completed at_a meeting here last night. New ways of doing farm work: as demonstrated on numerous farms will be inspected by the group during its tour of the central and western parts the ‘state. ‘The party will spend July 1 at the Northern Great .Plains e: ent station at Mandan and July 2 in a tour of the New Salem Holstein dairy circuit. July 8 will be spent at the agricultural college sub-station at Dickinson and July 4 at the Valley ranch, Medora. ——_ Okra is thought.to:be..a of Africa and ae are: eultin for more than @ years, by) of mileage than Lindbergh, | Off in Two Starts | It took two starts to get going this morning. The plane, with Levine \“out for a little spin,” taxied dor {the runway, as newspaper m« photographers and bystanders stood . Then it was towed back again. |A few moments later, the taxiing | starting over again and at the end of the runway, the craft soared smoothly into the blue, weighing 5,650 pounds, of which the plane amounted to only 1,850 pounds. Mr. Levine, who is not a eredited navi- | gator, is, however, more than a pas- |senger. For he will be able to take the stick should Chamberlin require a few hours’ nap. Hundreds See Take-off Several hundred spectators stood around the Columbia as it was being groomed for the take-off. erous reports of startings had made them a bit chary of cheers, and there was not much cheering as the plane us eee, into positio: Fupte Re e hop-off was made, cr: ere the gees” were added to the din made by the roaring motor. ‘ ‘The landing gear of the had been prepared for Peacetal | dis rom & quip)