The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 10, 1931, Page 3

Men. Who Built Huge Airship ‘Akron’ . Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of Navy's Bureau of Aeronau- ; 2. Paul W. Litchfield, president of Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation; . Dr. Karl Arnstein, technical expert and vice president of corporation; 4, Commander Garland Fulton, construction corps, U. 8. Navy. ee *& se % MAN WHO FOUGHT WITH DEWEY HELPED BUILD W. A. Moffett Has Done Much to Develop Lighter-Than- Air Craft This is the fifth of six stories on the Navy's new Akron, world’s mightiest airship, which is to be mightiest airship. ee % By ISRAEL KLEIN (Copyright, 1931, NEA Service, Inc.) ‘Akron, ©. Aug. 10.—Two great executives, backed by two engineer- ing geniuses, are responsible for the U. 8. 8. Akron, the 6,500,000 cubic foot airship being completed here, which is the largest in the world. One of these leaders is Rear Ad- miral William Adger Moffett, chief of the navy’s bureau of aeronautics. Admiral Moffett has done: more: than any other man to develop naval aero- nautics, both heavier and lighter- than-air, to what it is today. The other executive, pushing American airship development from the commercial side, is Paul W. Litchfield, president of the Good- year-Zeppelin Corporation, which has Here Are Various Types of Airships GIANT ZEPPELIN ship experts to win the navy’s con- tract for building two 6,500,000 cubic foot ships. Litchfield’s faith in future profits) from commercial airship production: and operation is expressed in the $2,500,000 dock at Akron’s municipal airport, the most advanced type of airship berth in the world. Beth Admiral Moffett and Litch- field, as executives, rest their faith upon two of the greatest airship engineers in the world. They are Commander Garland Fulton of the navy’s bureau of aeronautics, any Dr. Karl Arnstein, vice president) and chief engineer of the Goodyear- Zeppelin Corporation. Fulton Just Past 40 Commander Fulton, just past 40, @ native of Mississippi, is the man who prepared the requirements for the two_ships, of which the Akron is the first. Dr. Arnstein is the engineer who drew up the designs to Fulton's specifications. Commander Fulton was graduated from Annapolis in 1912. After two years at sea, he took a post-graduate course in naval architecture at Mas- sachusetts Tech and became a naval architect in 1916. He served in the New York navy yard for two years and then, in 1918, was assigned to} aeronautical duty. In 1923 Fulton went to Germany to inspect the construction of the Los Angeles, and on his return was Theré are Leia ie aire ships—rigid, sem!-1 and non- rigid. The Akron is a rigid ship. This means that it has a com- plete metal structure which keeps it in shape even if all its gas cells within are deflated. ‘The semi-rigid airship has only a metal keel running along the bottom from bow to stern, while the gas cell above gives the ship its remaining shape. The non-rigid type of airship is what is popularly termed @ “blimp.” It has no metal struc- ture and maintains its shape by means of the pressure of the gas within, built the Akron and which holds the contract for building the Akron’s sis- ter ship. For more than 10 years Moffett has been chief of navai aeronautics. He has directed the development of military airplanes, of aircraft car- riers, and of means of catapulting airships from naval vessels. Served With Dewey Moffett, now 68, served under Ad- miral Dewey ci Manila in 1698, com- manded the U. 8. 8. Chester in the capture of Vera Cruz in 191¢ and during the World war directed the Great Lakes Naval Training station at Chicago, for which he received the Distit Service Medal. For his action at Vera Cruz he wears the Medal. put in charge of Zeppelin construc- tion in this country. He is the final authority for the approval of every construction detail for the Akron and To Put 20 Millionth Ford Car in Museum on the way here. Early Thursday Feoeting, mid fabe By soe sree MTOR ce ie SYA ERO ETL A ea ead THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1981 HAPPY M GOMEZ CONTINUES RULE IN VENEZUELA WITH MAILED FIST Control of Army Gives South American Leader Dictatorial | Power; He Uses It | By CHARLES STEPHENSON sMITH| (Chief of Foreign Service of The As- sociated Press) General Juan Vicente Gomez re- cently re-elected to the presidency of Venezuela, has run that country for 22 years as if it were a principality and he a prince with unlimited pow- ers, But the Gomez plan kept peace with foreign powers and made Venezuela Prosperous, much as some of his bit- ter political opponents denounced the unconstitutional methods adopted by the successor of the ruthless Gen- eral Cipriano Castro. Since 1909, General Gomez, now 74 years old, has been dictator, vice president, provisional president, presi- dent or minister of war. In fact he has been president several times. But in and out of the presidential office) he has kept control of the army. His methods have been direct and effective. Constitutions have been amended or annulled to meet his needs. Whenever the law got in his way he had the law changed. Perez Not Strong Enough Dr. Juan Bautista Perez, whom Gomez put into the presidency two years ago, was not strong enough to cope with the dissatisfaction and un- test which came about with the de- cline of the oil industry and the drop in coffee prices. He was a ‘urist| rather than an administrator. The students and the unemployed got out of hand. So the public insisted Gomez should again become president. At least the Gomez supporters said the public wanted Gomez, and congress elected him after telling Perez he must sur- render the office for the good of the nation. viomez is a sturdy old soldier witl. gray hair and a mustache turned up after the fashion of ex-Kaiser Wil- liam. He is at heart a rancher and ctock- ‘man. He lives most of the time at. his great estate near Maracay, 70 miles from Caracas, and has little in- terest in the Venezuelan capital and! its social life. Gomez comes from the Andes. He owned a large ranch in San Cristo- bal, near the Colombian border, be- fore he entered public life. Cipriano ‘Castro was a school teacher in Gomez's neighborhood and won the friendship of the rancher. Listened to Castro Gomez listened to Castro's plans for overthrowing the government of President Crespo, and was induced to finance the outfitting of 60 men whom Castro led from the mountains the In six months the mountaineers de- feated President Crespo's forces. Castro became president and he made Gometz vice president. President Castro had a stormy Champion Glider Lieut, J. C. Grain of lowa City, la, United States army reserve, offiel: American set a new un glider record when circled over for 16 the island of Oahu, Har hi and 38 minutes, Seventh Street Near Hennepin puictta’ Amustonent and the Shopping ee 4 Cafes tre Niies Prices ‘ofit any purse. ON YOUR Send MOTHER 1874 WEST BRANCH, la., Aug. 10.—A lusty baby boy was born today to Mr. and Mrs. Jesse ver of this city. Mr. Hoover is a blacksmith and the mother, Hulda, is a widely known Quaker evangelist. The baby has been named Herbert. time. He tried the same rough meth- ods on foreign powers that he had ‘used against Crespo, with disastrous effects. Holland sent warships and sank the Venezuelan navy. Finally Castro was advised hy Vice President Gomez to vo to Europe for his health in 1909. After Castro was out of the country Gomez took over the government. Gomez conciliated foreign powers, of Venezuela's oil and other resources, but kept the government free from foreign debt. He has built more good roads, per- haps, than any other Latin-American’ chief executive, and has brought up the standards of Venezuelan _live- stock by importing high-grade bulls, Hobby Is Dairying The chief hobby of President Gomez is a model dairy which he maintains on his Maracay estate. This is operated at a loss, but President Gomez recently said it gives him more pleasure than most men get out of golf and other expensive recrea- tions, and that furthermore it em- ploys many families who are happy (SMH BE APLAR ELOISE ASA IESE takes baths. ; The president also had a great modern tourist hotel erected at Maracay and has placed it under the direction of a Swiss who employs & foreign staff, including celebrated French cooks. ‘This beautiful hotel has practical- ly no guests, but President Gomez hopes that Maracay will become even- San Juan, where the president often| Michigan Farmer Tour On Visit to Bismarck A party of 75 people from Mich- igan on a western tour visited Bis- marck Saturday, and were greeted by Joseph Kitchet commissioner agriculture, an ing their speci 1931 WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—Herbert Hoo- ver, the towa village blacksmith's son who be- came a mining engineer, made millions, married the banker's daughter and is now president of the U. S., today cele- brates his 57th birthday. i in their beautiful surroundings on the shores of Lake Valencia. President Gomez has never mar- ried, but he has a number of natural| children. One of his sons, who was/| formerly vice president, became too) ambitious politically, so it was re-! ported, and he was handsomely pro- vided for and sent to Europe. The! office of vice president was also) abolished. In Maracay President Gomez lives the life of a country squire. He de-; lights in long walks through his estate and often wears simple peas- ant sandals. His estate is not far from the famous sulphur springs of tually a popular tourist center. taken on a drive about the city and to Mandan. Any Happier than the girls in her father’s stores? They had their men—but she was even locked out from love! 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