Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1927, Page 4

SPEAKING of the Uni- ted States mint, or of juleps of long ago— 47,000,000 might not be the top record. But in pints of ice cream, to equal this Vel- vet Kind record for last year would put all the mint specialists in the world severely to the test. Try a sealed De Luxe Pint Package today and you will know why this stupendous figure has been reached. SouthernDairies ) REMIER Oil Burner $250 installed—Tank 278 gal. 1319 F St. N.W.—Main 7408 Do You Know —that a certain local ‘bank has a marvelous safe deposit vault for customers’ securities with very low box rentals? The Federal-American Does Sunset |Limited 2500 miles along the trail of Spanish adventurers to Speed luxuriously, comfort- ably from New Orleans through the picturesque Old Southland —over the high plains of the colorful South- west. The Argonaut—an- other fine train daily. Inter- esting stopovers_include New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, San Antonio, El Paso, Tucson, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco. While in the West SEE THE WHOLE PACIFIC COAST from Mexico to Canada. Scenic — historic —an Old ‘World touch in the newest of the New World. Centu- ries-old Spanish missions, movieland, metropolitan cities,teeming valleys, Chinatown, famous big trees, snow-topped moun- tains. For the best of va tions, have a Southern Pa- cific representative arrange your return trip over Golden State Route: Via Phoenix-Chicazo. Through Apache land. Fascinating, mysterious. Two fine trains daily. Or take the Overland Route: Via Ameri- can River Canyon, Lake Tahoe, Great Salt Lake-Chi- cago. Three fine trains daily. Or return Shasta Route: North via Klamath over new Cascade line. En route—Mt. Shasta, Crater Lake, Portland and the Pacific Northwest. LowSummer Excursion Fares Now Effective Southern Pacitic &l_.ines For information, write, phone or call A. J. Poston, General Agent Room 400, Southern Blde. Fifteenth St. N. W. Washington, D. C. Phone: Main 2246 GOODYEAR WINS - AIRSHIP PRIZE Company Submits Best De- sign for Craft of 6,500,000- Feet Gas Capacity. By the Associated Press. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of | Akron, Ohio, today was awarded first | prize in the Nav; design competition or a new airship of 6,500,000 cubic feet gas capacity. A prize of $50,000 s carried with the award for the design of the great craft, which will be more than twice as large as the Los Angeles, The prize, however, cannot be given to the com- pany which receives the contract to build the ship. A second award of $5.000 was ap- proved for purchase of the design sub- mitted by W. Watters Pagon of Bal- timore, while the design of Dr. Johannes Schwengler of Stretlitz, Ger many, was given honorable mention. Likely to Get Contract. Since the construction contracts un der the bill authorizing two such air- ships must be awarded American con- cerns, and in view of the relatively favorable position of the Goodyear Co. in work of this nature, it was indi- cated that this company probably would get the contract. W. C. Young, manager of the Good- year Co.'s aircraft division, said that 15 or 20 experts, headed by Dr. Karl Arnstein, chief engineer of the old Zeppelin Co. of Germany, co-operated in drawing the designs, and that all the modern improvements in lighter than air craft are included in it. The new airship, which will cost about $5,000,000 and take about rhiee years to complete, will be capable of carrying five airplanes, a crew of 45 officers and men, and fly at a speed of 80 miles an hour. She will be 780 feet long and 135 feet in diameter and her primary duty will be to operata with the fleet, in. contrast to the Los An- geles, which, by virtue of the Ver. sailles treaty, cannot be used for mili- tary purposes. Larger Than Los Angeles. The new ship will be about 15 per cent longer than the Los Angeles and about 50 per cent greater in diameter. All of the knowledge gained through operation of the Los Argeles and the wrecked ‘Shenandoah will be reflected in_her construction. Under average conditions the cruls- ing range of the dirigible, when in- flated with helium, and carrying her normal equipment and crew, will be about 12,500 statute miles, at 50 knots, sufficient to take her from the East Coast of Hawaii and return. . At her maximum speed of 80 miles, her radius would be about 7,000, and if she should be inflated with hydrogen, her radius at 50 knots would be in- creased to about 17,000 miles. The company stipulated its plans were not for sale “except through a construction order.” It estimated the cost would be somewhere between $3,800,000 and $4,636,000. il ARMY PLANE TAKES OFF ON 2,400-MILE AIR RACE TO HAWAII (Cantinued from_First Page) Smith eamp would be obliged to' wait juntit the Army plane took off before they could use the runw Loaded, tested and approved by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, the giant Fokker needed only a twist of her propellers to gend her off on the longest all-water flight ever attempted by man—the 2,400 miles separating the California coast from the outskirts of Honolulu. Runway Ordered Cleared. Orders were issued at the Oakland municipal airport to have the 7,000-foot runway cleared for the Army plane take-off at 7 a.m. Field officials said this would give Smith the opportunity to start as late as 6 a.m., but that if he did not avail himself of the opportu- nity, he would have to wait until the Foicker had taken off. A more propitious time for the hop- off, so far as weather is concerned, could not have been picked, weather observers believed. “Conditions at sea are ideal for an airplane flight from San Francisco to_Hawali.” said the official forecast, Meanwhile, the probability of a take-off at the Hawaiian end by tichard ce and Egton B. Koger of the Reserve, today was slight. They awaited the arrival to- day of a propeller aboard the liner Maui from San Francisco, before even moving to their runway on the Island of Kauai. Take Precautions Against Crowd. Extraordinary precautions to pro- tect the planes were taken by police- men and guards at the airport as several hundred spectators, including many women, camped all night on the field and In nearby automobiles, in_anticipation of a take-off Mechanics and others attached to | the Army contingent hovered around their hig plane, conferring and adding | last minute touches to its make-up. | process of fueling Smith's | plane would require only a short time, it was announced, as the tanks would |hold only 370 gallons. The | of the Army plane were filled to Smith will 1 hours, or about 3, | the three-motored Army have a maximum cruising radius of (.nhuul 3,000 miles and enough fuel |to keep her in the air nearly 30 | hours, FLIGHT CAREFULLY PLANNED. ['Army Aviators, However, Making Hop Without Outside Ald. By the Associated Press. The Army is ‘“on its own” in the asked of the hipping [ has been the case in past aviation attempts in- volving the covering of thousands of | N waters. Ships at sea are expected to report the progress of the plane, but there & been no orders for the formation of ship lines to guarantee safety in the event of a forced landing. The Army’s explanation of this is that there will be no forced landing. Preparations for the flizht have been secret, but very thorough, and its suc- cessful outcome and the functioning of the navigation instruments aboard are expected to be a major factor in {the development of transoceanic air- | plane travel. [, Regarding the fight purely as a scientific test, without the thrills of miles of oc |the Lindbergh adventure, the Army | Air Corps today had not even set up I'a system to obtain information from its two fiyers, depeding largely on from ships at sea or sources. the take-off, Lieut. Mait- telegram to Assistant retary Dav All prepar: Entirely atisfied with equipment and we will take off betwéen 7 and 8 o'clock this | morning. Most sincere regards from Hegenberger and myself. You know we will do our sty Assistant _Secretary ~Davison, in charge of the Army's alr activities was enthusiastic over the successful hop-off, and personally carried Mait- land’s telegram about, showing it to department officials. THE ,EVENING LIFE’S DARKEST MOMEN ™' PRICE TAG § STILL orn your COAT. = i"e”‘s’E’z/ Coprright Prew Pbluhing Co. (New York Wod) 1927, (L FOUR DISTINCT PERSONALITIES IN AIR RACE OVER PACIFIC OCEAN Smith Is “Boy” of Adventure, Carter Sailor From Bering Sea; Both Army Entries Are Pilots. By the Associated Press. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Oakland, Calits. Jupe 28.—Four distinet per- soralities, ranging from the tempera- mental boyish type to the taciturnity of a stern man of the sea, character- ize the principals in the Golden Gate- Hawailan fligkt drama. The unique one of the four is Ernest L. Smith, -pilot of the little monoplane of uncertain lineage which will comp:te against the Fokker C-2 of the Army. Smith is the “boy”™ of the adveniure. He carries his 34 years and his wide flying experience %0 lightly that he hopped about the field and waved his arms like a danc- ‘ng dervish on discovering that -his plane really could fly. The initial flight wis an unimpres- sive one of secen minutes' duration, but to Smith and his navigator, Charles H. Carter. it meant that the thing of cloth, wood and steel on which they had worked for days was really an airplane, even if it did list a bit. The “list” was promptly cor- rected and Smith vas in high sphits. Smith Is Dynamie. Smith 1s of the dynamic sort. Out of flying clothes he is well dressed, polished and something of a mark of attraction among the fair sex. He a graduate of the University of C fornia and a resident of the Bay region. Carter, a bachelor of 32, is nlmost of the opposite. mold. Ile is quiet, serious minded—a sailorman, prob- ably more accustomed to liztening to the howling of a gale In the Bering Sea than to the buzz of a drawing room. He was a navigator during the | World V the Pacific from Los Angeles Nome. Navigation is his passion. “Pick out the pineapple field you want to land in and Charlie C: will guide you there, professional ability is described his acquaintances, He is not an avia- tor. Smith will hold the stick for the tull 2,400 mil to Lieuts. Lester J. Maitland and Albert Flegenberger, the Army entries, both are pilots, but the ship will be in hands of Maitland most of the time, while Hegenberger watches radio ap- paratus, navigation and aerial instru- ments. Maitland is tall, handsome, blond, quiet and 29. He is so quiet that even his father was unable to get anything but a grin when he solicited information about the flight. He stands 6 feet 1, weighs nearly 180 and has blue eyes and a perpetual smile. His dress is faultless. There is a certain air of mystery about Hegenberger which the re- porters have failed to fathom. He is agreeable, but retiring. 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ANN ARBOR, Mich,, June 28.— Amid the darkness of an Arctic winter, two scientists plan a vigil ¢ the stéppes of Greenland which may smooth the way to safe transatlantic aviation. They seek to trace the origin of storms which sweep down from the north across the air lanes of the north Atlantic, and to make possible the forecasting of scientific storm warn- ings which will remove the hazard of uncertain weather from ocean flying. It they succeed airmen will no longer have to embark blindly over the ocean into the teeth of storms like those which swallowed up the planes of Hawker and Nungesser and coated bwith sleet the wings of Lindbergh's ship. The problem, almost untouched by meteorology, of charting Arctic winds will be undertaken in an anchored hut on the edge of Greenland's vast ice cap by Prof. J. E. Church, director of Mount Rose Observatory of Nevada, and P. C. Oscanyon, New York radio operatol The real sponsor of the expedition , Dr. W. C. Hobbs of the University of Michigan, will tarry in the milder climate of the Greenland shore, denied by his 63 years the physical endurance to make his own observations. Dr. Hobbs believes the perilous storms of the north Atlantic originate in winds above the Greenland ice plateau, and that science can de- fermine these wind movements, fore- cast their movement into the air lanes and send radio warnings which will make transoceanic aviation lines safe and practicable within five years The experimental hut by the ice cap must protect Church and Oscanyon from temperatures of 60 degrees be- low zero. It will be insulated from the “cold” with balsam wool, water- proof canvas and two walls of turf and anchored by cables against the fierce winds. When summer comes to the Arctic, Dr. Hobbs and other members of the expedition will join the pair to con- clude the experiments. Their comple- tion, Dr Hobbs is convinced. will re- move the greatest remaining element America-to-Europe air A French scientist finds that gritty particles in pears are not natural, but are due to stings of a small insect. NEW SMALLPOX CASES. Three Reported Today Brings Total to 41 Since April. Three additional cases of smallpox were reported today by the District Health Department, making a total of 41 since the outbreak in April. The victims, Mary Donn, 1250 Bladens- burg road northeast; Charlotte Prince and Odell Cleveland, both of 1406 Mon- tello avenue northeast, are in the | Smallpox Hospital. | The three cases are described by Health Department physicians as “secondary.” The patients had been in contact with persons in the same house, who developed smallpox sev- eral weeks ago. 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Albert Hegenberger, who was watching from this city today re- ports of the start of his flight to Hawaii with Lieut. Lester J. Mait- land. “It is because of that wish that I feel he will do jt.” Mrs, Hegenberger, a native of this city, is visiting her mother and her stepfather, John E. Lindberg. With her are her two children, Albert Carl, 7. and Robert Francis, 3 SMOOT AGAIN HEADS BALLSTON FIREMEN Frank Biggs Unanimously Re- Elected Chief—Ear] Shriner Gets New Post. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALLSTON, Va., June 28.—Howard A. Smoot was re-elected president of the Ballston Volunteer Fire Depart- ment at its annual meeting last night at the firehouse, Grover E. Payne, vice president; Bruce S. Smoot, secretary. and John B Cr treasurer, with Eugene Payne, Frank Vitale and J. P. Divine as members of the board of directors. Frank Biggs was unanimously re- elected fire chief, together with C. C. Cumberland, deputy fire chief, and William Bristow, fire marshal. Charles Moore and Ashton F. Owens were, respectively, re-elected captain and lieutenant. On the recommendation of Fire Chief Biggs, the office of second lleutenant was created and Farl Shriner was unanimously elected to the position. D. D. Prigmore was elected financial secretary. Builds Own Railway. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 28 ). H. Schonfeldt, movie elec- trician, has built an incline railway of his own design for his garage, 100 feet below his house. A car large enough for four passengers is moved by motor up and down an 85-foot track on a 42 per cent gr: Other officers are: | BOY KILLS BROTHER IN “FRIENDLY GAME” Lad Uses Father's Gun in Play, Which Began in Duel With “Cap Pistols By the Associated Pro BRANFORD, Conn., June 2§.—A friendly game between two hoothers, which ‘started with cap pistols, ended in tragedy here late yesterday, when Joseph Porrelli, 13, was shot and fa- tally wounded by Tony Porrelli, 11, who used their father’s pistol. The boy died on the way to a hospital With the Fourth of July approach- ing the hoys' thoughts urned to two old cap pistols they owned and soon a “battle” was in progress. During the “battle” Tony thought of his father's .22 caliber pistol. He got it and, point- ing it a. his brother, pulled ti.e trig. ger. Joseph fell, a bullet in his head. Capt. Muller Ordered Home. Capt. Charley Muller, 23d Infantry, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. has been ordered to his home to await retire- ment at the convenience of the Gov- ernment Richmond, $4.00 Fredericks- T $2.40 Round Trip Good going July 1st (afternoon), 2nd or 3d Limit, July 4th Richmond Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. Brothers Announce: For Wednesday A Continuation of their ~ ANNUAL CLEARANCE Featuring Especially a Group of 40 Smart Frocks Formerly Priced up to 52.50 And an 19.75 Enticing Group of p 53 Mobisu DRESSES Formerly Priced up to 78.50 39.75 All Sales Final No C. 0. D.’s TWELYE T HIRTEEN: -F GROSNER’S 132 here’s quality at a price! 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