Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1922, Page 10

Your Satisfaction Have YOUR BLANK BOOKS Made For YOU “Cyclone Bill” Reed to Fly U. S. Balloon in World Meet .Weather Sharp Will Be‘ Sole Yank Pilot At Geneva Has Won Honors in Contests Recently ! ‘Held in U. S. | B the Associated Press. “Cyclone Bill” Reed, as his asso- | ciates in the Navy fiying service know i the man who will represent the Unit- 1ed States Navy at the international iballnon races at Geneva, Switzerland, jin August, Is one of the foremost | lighter-than-air Rilots of the Service. | He got his nickname from his service {in the weather bureau, where he be- came famous as a predicter of cy- clones, especially along the Gulf of Mexico. Lieut. Reed, upon whom the Navy ill rely solely at Geneva, is forty- We can supply you with specially ruled pages that fit YOUR business and ||:six- He is a reserve officer. He was 7 7 = -ommissioned in December, 1917, and, meet YOUR particular | vecause of his long meteorclogical ex- needs. | perience, was assigned to the Pensa- i cola flying station, where he was an ! instructor in aerology during the war. He joined the weather forecasting service when but fifteen years of age and served twenty-six years with it. Fourteen of those years were spent at the Pensacola weather station, as weather observer and fqrecaster, where his studies of cyclone disturb- ances earned him his name. At one | time, when a free balloon from the naval station was lost for several days, Reed's wide knowledge of the air currents and conditions there en- abled him_ successfully to predict where the balloon wouid be found. Among the flyer's treasured posses- sions is a letter from the chief of the bureau of aeronautics of the Navy congratulating him on his work and declaring that his predictions during his service at Pensacola had result- ed in saving many lives and much property. Lieut. Reed is a qualified fiyer of Blank Books are wmade . conmplete in our plant, ceery opcration being under our personal dircction. * Let Us Quote Prices STOCKETT FISKE - CQ PRODUCING STATIONERS 010 -E -STREET-N'W | free and kite balloons and ot dirigi- | ble_airships. LIEUT. WILLIAM REED. the Missouri Aeronautical Society, in 1919, and as pilot of the Navy bal- loon that took third place out of a large field in the national eliminating race at Milwaukee last May, to de- i United States’ ‘representa- itzerland. James Shade, chief rigger, aviation, will fly with Lieut. Reed a sistant, and Lieut. Commander’ J. Nor- fleet will act as alternate in case Reed is prevented from flying. The regula- tion Navy free balloon of 80,000 cubic feet capacity will be used. EX-SENATOR WHITE DIES. Confederate Veteran Was Head of Southern Baptist Board. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August 2.— Former United States Senator Frank S. White of Birmingham died here tonight of pneumonia at the age of s -five years. Senator White was a Confederate veteran, and at the time of his death was president STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €.’ WEDNESDAY, BANDIT YOUTHS .CAUGHT. Le=> Policeman Nabs Two of Trio in $5,000 Pay Roll Hold-Up. CINCINNATI, August 2. — Three youthful bandits late yesterday held up & messenger of a Cincinnati chain drug company, who was on his way from the general offices of the con- cern with a $5,000 payroll of &welvel downtown stores. ! Two of the robbers were captured single-handed by a policeman lf!er' he had run their auto down in a ma- chine commandeered from a passing autoist. ALLEGES WIFE INSULTED. |- Policeman Kills Man Accused of ‘Writing Obscene Letters. | AUGUSTA, Ga., August 2.—Claim- ing that his wife had received letters of an obscene nature from W. P. Robertson, Thomas A. Fell, a mem- ber of the local police department, yesterday shot and killed Robertson ! while the latter was standing in front of a pawnshop on Broad street. Robertson was shot four times, and| died before medical aid could be sum- | moned. Fell surrendered to the chief ?r police immediately after the shoot- ng. The late Queen of Siam sewed with | a thimble worth $60.000. 1 BT e’ ) ; . Heating Counselors ART of the cost of i your building is future coal bills. We'll. help you to select the heating equip- ment your floor plans call for to insure coal economy. Consult us free and freely. - G & H Heating Co. Previously Bigss HEATING CO. | “Found Reliable for Over Thirty Years.” | W. H. Gottlieb, I. B, Huntsberry, Pres. res. Viee Pres. 917 H St. N.W. Main 4886 MRS. 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