Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1929, Page 4

1 73,000 ACCLAIM - TTAHOUR FLYERS {One Dies in Crush as City I of Cleveland Lands With Record. i Running Story of - Flight Of the BY JAMES D. HARTSHORNE. X ely for The Star and the W American Newsaper Alifance. CLEVELAND, Ohio, :\'Ily lmilrlb complete runn! story ur- unuplfluht olmlgmu B. K. Newcomb and Roy L. Mitchell in the ane City of Cleveland, over Cleveland air- port, follows: Friday, June 28. The fiyers took the air at exacily (Continued Froin First Page) and s the pilots swung the ship around hundreds crowded the ship, hanging to | rhe wings and tail as it taxied to the‘ b r of the Stewart Aircraft €or- poration, backers of the flight. ! Mitchell and Newcomb rose smiling | from their 1 its and stepped out. Again the mob fought to get near the flyers. They were hurried into the company’s offices inside the hangar and many of those unable to follow fell upon the plane, tearing at it with their hands as they sought souvenirs. It was not seri- ously damaged, however. i To-tured by Weariness. H Once inside the office, the men uu] they were tired out, that they had broked the record and tha! they saw no reason for flying longer against ‘he weariness which tortured them. They' pilot of the refueling plane, on his | nangar and ordered the new refueling praised the performance of their engine | and plane, and declared that their: motor would have functioned indefi- | nitelv. | ‘Basham wrecked & refueling plane in| an electrical storm Thursday night aft-|sandwiches, \wo ham sandwiches, fruil. | gay of the er a hazardous contact. He made & forced landing by lightning flashes, and bashed in the motor against a railroad embankment, but he and his crew, Dale Dryer and James Hayden, were unhurt. The flyers sald it was the; worst period of the flight. until daybreak. The flyers greeted their wives first then, after accepting hurried congratu- |plane and that of the Three Muskel- gyve going good and belleve the motor | lations, rushed to thelr vest. Their ! rooms were guarded today while they recuperatea. PASS HALF-WAY MARK. Mendell snd Reinhart Promise to Sur- pass Cleveland’s Record. CULVER CITY, Calif., July 6 (#) A new goal was set today for L. W. Mendell and R. B. Reinhart as they | left, the half-way mark well belind in | their quest for the endurance refueling fight record. At 12:29:30 a.m. the fiyers had been fn the air 89 hours since their take-off last Tuesday morning. When informed | that Roy L. Mitchell and Byion K Newcomb had set & new mark of 174 | @ry hours 59 seconds at Cleveland. the wwo ! pilots dropped a note of congratulations, sdding the promise that they would sur- pass the new record Fog, which has harrassed them in- termittently since they first took the air. was absent last night. To equal the new record the 20- horsepower motor. which has as yet given no indication of faltering, musi keep up its steady drone until 1:30:29 p.m. next Tuesday. ‘With the clear wealher making :heir i task more simpie. the fiyers inioiiced | ground officials that they were ceriain they could keep the biplane in vhe ait 400 hours. They said they werc getting planety of sleep. which bad besen a: problem during the early howrs of the flight because of the bothersome :: TEXANS COMPLIMENT VICTORS. Remors That Robbins and Eely Plaa New Atiempt Nulled. FORT WORTH, rex., July 6 (&) Reg. L. Robbins and Jawmes Kelly, hold- ere of the endurance flight shattered 11:10 o'clock last might (Central stendard time) by Roy L. Mitcheil and Byron K. Newcomb in the City of Cleveland. were all enthusiesm for the two victors as they heard a few minutes after that nour that they were no longer champions. Any rumors that they might sitempi to set a new mark, however, were stilled finally by Robbins and at least tempo- varily by Kelly. Robbins has no inten- tion of shooting for a nmew record, he ssid positively. Kelly thinks it would be foolish to do so, at least until this “wave of enthusiasm for new records has somewhat subsided.” The fiyers, both of whom wired con- gratulations and encouragement to the ! Cleveland pilois last night, were eager 40 sugment their congratulations when | the record was broken. “1 should like to be one of the first to congratulate the two flyers on break- ing the world record” Robbins said. “Their feat would have been greater' than ours, I feel, even if they had only | equaled our record, because they seemed ' to be constantly battling unfriendly ! elements.” i “I have no intention of going up to sttempt @ new record. Others can bave that fun hereafter. But, for the good of aviation, T am glad that these two Cleveland pilots went after our mark' and beat it. I am glad that we held | it no longer than we did. It is a good | sign ‘o see that it was beaten 0! PATHFINDER'S TRIP | IS AGAIN DELAYED, Yancey and Williams Prevented From Taking Off for Rome | by Rough Beach. | | = | D, ME., July 6—A beach which had been rutted by th pounding of the surf today forced Lew A. Yancey and Roger Q. Willlams to postpone their proj takeoff for! Rome in the monoplane Pathfinder. | ‘With weather conditions over the At- ! lantic described as “nos the it, but fthey will do,” by Dr. Jan.es H. Kimball, | New York meteorologist, the two filers retired last night with the decision as 10 the hop-off confingent on the beach. Informed at dawn by one of the men who had worked through the night menn: the plane, that the sands were ‘washboarded,” the aviators went back to sleep without comment. | . Mansions Now m;z;h. — | | because of heavy taxation in ! Fngland and were a drug on the market | are becoming a popular investment be- cause of the car-and-golf week-end vogue. They are being converted into resort hotels. Even the rich have found seaside resorts, and | Clevelana 1 such & Countrv mansions which became a ot burden b it 6:38:51 pam. As they left the ground they bucked a 50-mile gale. Apml- entiy undaunted by their previous fail- Mitchell and Newcomb seemed CorMdent that they could stey sloft until Friday, July 6, at 11:10:21 p.m The only equipment of any bulk in the plane was a roll of bedding. As darkness came on _everything seemed serene for the fiyers’ first night in the air. At 4:30 a the | first note, asking for 100 miom of | ges and some breakfast at 6 o'clock. The fiyers received 50 gallons of gas and the breakfast. At 11:35 65 gallons of gas and the fiyers’ lunch were sent aboard. The bags were recelved by Newcomb, who cut the rope with a knife. At 12:20 & note complimented L. E. Basham, work. ‘The third refueling contact was made at 6:20 pm. The City of Cleve- 1and then took on 75 gallons of gas and & supper consisting of six chicken orange juice and coffee. At 6:20 Newcomb dropped a uote re- questing 75 gallons of gas at 7:30 and added that the motor, & Wright Whiil- wind, was running fine. At 6:38 the first day's flight was concluded. At Rain fell|7:45 Basham delivered 70 gallons of | down: gas. Signs on the slde of his plane in- formed the flyers that the Minneapolis eers were down. Sanday. June 3¢. Fellow pilots of Mitchell on the air mail wrote a note to the fiyers, which was delivered by Bssham at ® am. on the fAirst refueling of the day. ‘The note | read: Hello Milch -How's tricks? We're ; all pulling for you and Newk Lo bust 200 hours. Here's how.” ‘The contact was difficult as the air was bumpy. Ninety gallons of gas, food and newspapers were put abroad. At 10:30 Newcomb requested weather ports. He complained of difficuity in handling the bags, owing to & 50-mile wind. At 12:45 an attempt at contact tailed. Another attempt made over Lake howr later aiso fafled. At 2:30 oofe gave direction for smoother air, Shortly afier 5 pam. contact was made over Loiam and the fiyers re- ceived 85 gallons of gas. At § Basham was ssked for 100 gellons more and ' food. At 6:43 the wind had died down and & contact was easily made directly At 8 the fourth refueling of -the day gave the sndurance fiyers 85 gellons of gas, three of oil, And sup- per. At 8:20 the fiyels dropped a note to their wives. Basham waz asked 10 stand by at deybreak. Monday. July 1. At 5 s.m. @ lght drinzle biought the | Ayers down to barely s nundred icet above the fiela. Al i the weather nad become so Gao thai there was talk of moving to Selfrioge Field Mich. The fuel supply was dungerously low. At 12:5%, with bavely fuel for a heif hout, contact was mude and 50 gallonc of gas taken ow. At 3:15 D.m. suuthel .untecs wes msde. A 00fe viaered Basnam o move to Sefridge Field. After & nurried con sulfation on the ground, a sign ordered ' der Lo conditions o Jeave At 4 pm. elght s-gallon cans were taken on. Al 6 a nite asied for 100 gallonx of gas and complained that both fiyers had pad volds as & re- sult of a broken W cabin. the flyers un dow n the c: gas. Al 7:45 a note o the Oyers' wives ceme down. Tuesday, Juiy 2. Mitchell dropped & uote 8t 5:15 a.m. asking for 75 gallons of gas anu 8 new Alemite gun hose, as thai of the Byers hed been twisted. They comolrined of coldness and lack of sleep. At 7 Beshem delivered the gas. At 1 Mitch- ell dropped another note ssying that a new battery was necessaiy, as the plane had no lights for the night. A contact wes made 8t 3 p.m. and the City of Cleveland ook on 75 gallon: A sign on ihe side of the “milk wagon told the fiyers that the California ship was down, At 7 p.m. 100 gallons of gas went down the hose. A note told the flyers of the death of the mail pilot, Robey. A short time later the fivers dropped a note expressing sympathy and ssking that flowers sent in their names. At 9 p.m. Basham delivered 6 gallons | of ofl, making the last. contacy of the: duy. ‘Wedoesday, Juiy 3. Newcomb dropped & note sl 5 am which read: “Give ue 75 gallons now. Kverything s OK. sxcepi thai 1 am sieepy as hell. ‘Thet's all, Newk.” At 6:55 the fifteenth refueling of the flight was made, snother 75 gallons being transferred. Bags of food were refused. ‘The fiyers caused & flury of excite- ment at noon by dropping this note “Bash: Give us gas just as quick as you can. We are lower than we thought. Just —100 gallons. Mitch.” At 1:10 pm. Basham made conlect in rough el t 3,000 feel, delivering 90 gallos ‘The contact was broken three fimes. A note at 4 p.m. complained of poor visibility becuuse of ofl on the windshield. Capt. Eddie Siinson. designer of the plene, arrived from Detroit 2t 5:25 p.m. At 6:05, 100 gallons were transferred. Stinson looked on from his plane. At :25, the last contact of the day wi maede, Seventy-five gellons were sent down snd_the following m stinson delivered: “Wonderful, boys. Best wishes from Eddie.” ‘Thursday, July 4. Contact was made without incident at 'I.d above a rapidly growing holiday crowd. At 1 pm. a batch of notes came down. The first asked for 100 gallons, both at 2 pm. and 6 p.m. A note %0 Herb Reits, flight manager, “Send us cigarettes. ¥ AW dirty boy as Mitch. He hasn't bath. I have had two a day— contact was made at 2,500 the crew his arm over the the gas draining a suction, dent- x pacity At 2 p. feet. inadvertently placed supply tank filler cap, down the hose created ing in the by 20 gall ship took the air, MTA “‘Refuel over Akron at 4, follow me there.” At Akron the planes circled about. HOLIDAY AFFECTS TRADE AT MARKET | = | Business Is Reported Good This Week—rFish Sales Are Active. Fourth of July holidey had its effect | Iunon the week's market. It had been ! anticipated by many dealers that the . None of tine crew was injured, | The tank and hose were taken AL he | one-dsy holiday would bring increased City of Cleveland | At 6:30 p.m. & perfect contact was “l:‘n:l.. The planes returned to Cleve- | At the ref plane took off in the face of a gathering electrical storm, not heeding the warning of the Airport Weather Bureau. A violent storm broke during the contact and | both planes were swept away in the B e crashed | ageinst & B. & O. embankment, s mile west of West 130th street, at the foot of Men: avenue, as it attempted to take following a forced landing made by the light of a flash of light- | fleld to be attached to another plane.|trade, but the increase, mvrdl.rg to At 9 ‘p.m. the endurance plane had | feporis, failed to materialize. Busi- | fought way back to the field and|ness was fairly good, however, and the was circling its regular route. No in- | day's rest was appreciated by the hun-.| dieations of its whereabouts in the | dreds of workers who are up early every | storm were received. | market day. All wholesale housts were not closed | Friday, July 5. the entire day, however, some dealers, At 4:30 a.m. the dowopour of the ‘upeufilll those engaged in the sale of | night lifted and the ceiling rose trom ! perishable commodities, finding it nec- 1,000 feet to about 10,000 feet. At 5:45 ! essary to open their places of business | am. the fiyers dropped low and sent | during the morn! hours. This ap- | down this note: plied largely to dealers in poultry and | “Bash: Stand by and be ready witn Amarine products, although several com- | gas When we drop note. Last night was | mission houses, where fruits and vege- | Hell. Newk.” | takles are handled, also were open in | | At 6:03 a.m. Basham arrived at the | the morning. i Fish Market. i Muplcipal Fish Market this wesk | presented numerous scenes of activity, | | recelfi(s bei‘n( m;x lndnprh:u ul(m'n;r. supplies being cheap. ecause of e Sl Soniuct on the eventh | low rices, dealers urged the consumption | seed gellons wete | of more ‘fish, crabs and other shellfish. ‘The crowd about the airport wes Some varieties of fish s0ld as low as | sxowing rapidly, whole families arriving | 6 cents & pound and hurd crabs, quoted with provisions for staying until 12:10 ' at $3 & barrel, were cheaper than at | a.m. Saturday. i | At 12:40 p.m. Friday & wote came | plane warmed up. Twentv minutes | Iater a noie requested 100 gallons of gas. | 1t added: i “Last night was tough up here.” " Municipal | Fish Markei handling marine products, | but they also wre handling products ! of farms along Lhe lower Potomac River and wateimelons {rom the South. During the Summer season, when fish are not always in greai demand, huge piles of watermelons occupy spaces fish occupy during other periods. Wednesday morning carioad lots of | | _“Bash: Sorry to hear of your crash. | Since nobody hust. everyihing fine. We | will hold out. Give us 100 gallons at 2.’ Contact was made at, 2:09 p.m. and 75 gallons were delivered. The fiyers | ula'theh hand pnmp,h'hin:h pumnps | | gas from the veserve in the cabin io the 4 Wings, was giving them little trouble, | Ticions reached the mavker on e AL 2:30 pm. the Goodyear BHIP Yiwe! (here were nunn 7 | Puritan aailedin from Akrcn 1o return | 1Y) there were numerous buyers on {the fiyers' visit. A note of congrawils. | DaDd. including huckaters, the latier | Gion was dropped. At 4:15 the fiyers | BuYing suppiles to seil from door to] waved away the refueling plane, which | 00T ~ Prices were quoted as low as 25 | had gone up io deliver a new hand :‘;:‘ an e':’,‘;, b S oSt | pump, aignaling hat the old pump W s o Bl bk | working | At 5:30 p.m. = note came down: | “Bash: Give us 100 gallons gas, 2 | gallons of waier and 6 of oll. What is weather tonight? How long i been up here? Send us papers. lo wives. Whirlwind running fine.” At 6:30 pm. rthe plane passed the seventh day, and thefr 168th hour in ! the air. ‘Tne | sway. (Copyrignt. 1948 oa It will not be long before the famous | | Coan River cantsloupes appear in the ' locel markei, boatmen bringing them here direct from the growers They also will bring other commodities, giv- ing Municipal Fish Market; at times, | the appearance of & general market. Poultry receipts continued Iairly neavy most of the week, according ‘o reports, and chesper prices ruled. Dealers continue to advise _againsi shipments of so many small Leghorn chickens, many of them beiug so thiu thal they have (o be sold AL prices holly unsatisfuciory W bolh shipper sua desler. Many such chickens have 0 be disposed of by persons uffering them frum house o house or Lo per- ons on ihe sireet Meut orices continued practically unchanged throughout the week. Beef prices continued high wilh the greatesi demands for the best cuts, and no de- creuses in prices of veal were reported. record was only & few hours by Noith American News- par Allience. ) FURDPEAN STORM TOLL RUNS HiCH 128 Killed, Hundreds Injured, ' With Widespread Property Damage Reported. last week, s slightly stronger, but prices continue cheapest of frezh meais. Butter prices underwent a slight diop. while the egg markei conlinued prac- ! tically without change. Dealers still complain of hewvy losses in cundling, result_of 1ailure of pouliry raisers to | properiy gathe: and care for chelr egey Beiter buying yesterduy ana this { MOILIDE gave encouiagemient o whole- ualers. morning looking for best supplies &ud { By the Assovisied Piess. hoping w get l‘\‘am pick sné’fi'xm were | | LONDON, Juiy 6. Central Imope‘m“é'! tht:n equal o flr-;nxldt. Mo evey § and dealers were satisfed they would nu.c seif out today from debrit of & 140ue ppites on hand at ihe cloxe of ;bel)a! of storme which vesierday swepl | the mavket w cerry over until Monday. [ down from Soutneasiern Germany and PTices of wosi commodilies were sub- siiled 28 persons, Injuring bundreds, in | SeNti2lly the seme as pricec quoted . {Germans Welcomed Back at | authorities, The lamb merket, reporved demoralized ' ¥ Reiailers were out early this | & be | tank, lessening ils ca ons. At 3:30, the umelln.l Czechosiovakia, Austria, Germany and Switseriand. ‘The storms. which ai iimes reached | hurricane inteosity and exceeded 100 | miles an hour velocity, did widespread dsmage, destroying giowing crops in some districts, tearing down telegraph and (elephone wires, ana interrupting raliroad traffic. Storms Began in Germa “Le distubances began in Germar | as haflstorms tore down through Bohemis and Moravis and into Austria, where they raked the republics length and breadih. divided, one section sweeping south through Jugoslavia and another con- tinuing westward into Switzerland. The wind reached a velocity of 100 miles an hour in Austr shippinog on the lakes and in Danube, and main ed an average of 75 miles an hoi violent near | ashed by hail and man; homes partially desiroyed. ‘Ten persons were killed at Zenica, Jugosiaviz, when the River Rosna whipped by the tornado, flooded a cot- iage in which a number of terrified peasants had sought shelter. Seven per- {sons weie killed in Bohemia and Moravia and 10 more in Austria, Blows Under T'rain Wheels. Hundreds were injured along the path | of the storms by falling walls. uprooteq ! trees and flying debris. There were the number of freaks. In one village, | the wind wrecked | the cemefery and exposed coffius in the ground. At Pardubice, Bohemia, & pas- senger alighting from & train was blown | under the wheels of & coach d was | killed when the train started. . |KING BESTOWS AWARDS UPON HIS PHYSICIANS | LONDON, July 6 (#).—Ring George held & small medical investiture ai Buckingham Palace this morning, re- | ceiving three doctors who attended him | during his iliness. Expressing his appreciation of their | services, the King invested Sir Humph- irey Rolleston with the insignia of | Knight of the Grand Oross of the Royal Victorian Order and Drs. Graham Hodg. son and Lionel y in: | 1 Whitby with the insignia of commander of the same order. usua | Obrozim, Moravia, j Edison Siohrlhip fiiuu. | MONTGOMERY, Als., July 6 (®)——|ton Gov. Graves of Alabama aay nounced selection of Lloyd Mitchell of Florence, Als., as this State's date for the Thomas A, Edison |, St T et 00l yout rec: ;m’nmu d&hw the State de- partment of education. Faces Deportation Jugosiuvis Here the disturbance , interrupting | vesterday. Today's Whelesule Prices—Joblers’ Prices Shightly Higher. Butler- Oue-pound prints, 43a44; sub, 1 42043; store packed, 30, | Eggs—Hennery, 34a35; fresh selected | 34a35; current receipts, 30. { Poultry, alive—Turkeys, hens, | toms, 32: Spring chickens, large. 42 3523 Leghorns, 30a33: roost! 21; ducks, 1 smull | # | fowls, 28230 | keats. young. 6Va65; old, 35240 Dressed ' chickens, Leghorns, 28a30; keats. Turkeys, 38a40: Spring ge, 50252 small. 4024 ! 37938; fowls, 30a32; duck ! 80a1.00. | Meats, fresh killed | 23a26; lemb, 25a27; pork loins, 3I: tresh hams, 26a27; fresh shoulders, |18219; bacon, 32a25; lard, i bulk, 13; |in_packages, 14 Live stock—Caives, 15; lambs, 1215 Rainy weather end muddy water ibe Beel. 20823; veal. | past few days seriously affected the soft | crab industry and made the toothsome ustaceans so scarce that prices went 0 $2 & dozen the middle of the week ‘Their scarcity probahbly elso was partly due to crebbers taking time off to enjoy the Fourth of Juiy holiday. “Bul,” suggested a dealer, “they prob- yably will be very plentiful and much | cheaper on' the full of the moon next ' ! week, when catches shouid be enor- | mous.” | Soft crabs have been plentiful most {of the sewscn, dealers say, reaiizing {thai many of them never reach city | markets. ~There are so many hotele {#nd roadhousés in the crab country to | consume catehes, it is stated, that their | consumption means lighter receipis and | highex prices in cities. “And anether thing merket,” the dealer remarked, heavy consumption of the crabs by fishermen for bait. It does not seem | this consumptiion should mean anything to the trade. but it does, for thousands ‘of dozens of them are used | for such purpose.” i Crab Prices. ! Herd crabs this week have been plen- trul and cheap, selling at $3 & barrel, {a low price fhe last few years. Crab- meat also continued plentiful. selling round 40 and §0 cenis & pound most f ‘the week. Potomac River fishermen have not | | been very successful this week in their | efforts to get supplies for the local and | other markets, even the small trout and | :ronkln not hndnn. l:een odm“flble in evi- lence. get moderate quan- tities u% perch, few rockfish, but not in sufficient uantities to quote prices. | Boston packers supplied the greatest { , the Bos- addock, always offered at 13 cents lrmn Flounders sold at 12 and cod at ¢ cenis a pound '.he'zkst few days. ; | Charles A. 34: ! | were of RHODES SCHOLARS MARK 5T YEAR Oxford—Letters Gift Through Hoover. - By the Associated Press. | OXFORD, England, July 6.—A great gathering of scholars from the United States, the British Empire and Ger- many yesterday assembled in the new Rhodes House to c@ebrate the twenty- | Aifth anniversary of the famous Rhodes | scholarships at Oxford University. ! ‘The Prince of Wales, former Prime ' Minister Stanley Baldwin and many' prominent persons were present ai a | Phe dinner in honor of the occasion tonight. Mr. Baldwin, who is one of the Rhodes trustees, made the important announce- ment that for the Arst time since Ge) mans were excluded from the scholar- ships during the war, German scholars n would be admitted as Rhodes scholars. He sald that the trustees, subject to the consent of the uriversity would establish two Ger- man scholarships annually tenable for | two years only. This would enable four German scholars to be constantly in residence al Oxford. Ten German scholars of pre-war days were present. | ‘The great feature of the dinner, at | which the Prince of Wales himself | toasted “the Rhodes scholars,” was the | presentation to Rhodes House of two sutographed letters of Cecil Rhodes | through the good offices of President ! Hoover. The presentation was made | by Vincent Butler of California on be- half of the American Rhodes scholers. | The letiers were written to Cecll | Rbodes' solicitor, Bourchier Hawkesley, | and concerned the foundation of the ' Rhodes trust. The letters were found | in the Hoover war library at Stanford = University. | In_his toast to the Rhodes scholars, the Prince of Wales sald: “I am de- lighted to hear the trustees are going to renew German scholarships. We 1e ome Lhe Germans back most heart- | ily. Marriage Licenses. ark. 26. Lively, Va.. le. 31, Westminster, Ma 32, and Helen E. Rev' Eugene J' Conuelly sy, ce B. Gray 11. and Da both of Richmond, Vs 2. 28 Benuing, . Bowle, Md Fugene Hufford. 48, 44 both of Richmond. V. Montgumer s William €. Harpols Woody. 18: Rev. Berjam B._Berg, 0. and Bessie Balentine. | Rev. James § and Drewrs . ! K. Melton i Brookln. K_ Y. New York Oity, | ie. Md.. and | M Rev and . C, Judsy T B, Arthur M. Lisure, 30. aft. 28 ‘olson Gillett. 32. El Paso. Tev i, 25, Roanoke. Va.: Rev. ) . 30. Morfolk. Mass. 27. this city sr. 1. Gheey ile. this city; Rev. | egh 7 en¢ Marthe A Duffy. " McKinley. 31. Bronzville, N. Y. this city; Rev. Joseph Tan J. Keys. and Lilisn B. Bran- : Rev. ®award J. A. Nestor 35, wno Alva T. Massey. 20 X0, and . Dammever. Rey Buickley | B Edwaras wnd_Evelyn . Wi X, Cavan: nase. | ers, Rev. £ A. Lamby Charles C Sriscoe. 5. and M Suiter. 23, both of lakoms Park, wer . 40._and Catherine ‘Thomas Daniels. ano Fauile M. Cole- | mil 0 us S, Carzoll Paul . Bell 34 and Buns buith of Birmingham. Ala <Dougie. M, Stewart. Rev. L. I Lindbeighs See Painted Desert. WINSLOW. Ariz.. July 6 (#).—Col. Lindbergh detoured from ' his regular route on the way from Al buquerque. N. Mex., to Winsiow yester- dav fo show his bride the Painted| Desert. The fiyer is making an inspection of | the ports of the Transcontinenial Ai | Traneport Lines, for which he is tech- 1 adviser. the melons averaged 46 pounds, a heavy average for the fruit” Melons are being shipped from Geor- ' gia, Alabama, Arizona, California. Flor- | ida, Mississippi, South Carolina and | Texas. Many of the 20-22-pound melons, smallest of the receipts, are ! selling al 25 cents. Government reports | ! showed thai. approximately 700 carloads | ot melons were in transit one day this | week. | Cantaloupes. i Receipts of cantaloupes continued ' moderate most of the week. California. ! sending most of the supplies. ! reported a moderate demand for choice ! stock, aiso reporting that retallers’ de- | mands kept receipts preity well cleaned up. Prices depend upon size and con- | dition of the fruit. Honeydews are be- coming more plentifui and are in good. | demand, standard craies, 8s to 12 selling at $2.50 and $2.75. Belles, Hileys, Carmans and s few | early Elbertas are the four varieties of | peaches dealers are offering the retail | trade. Supplies have been light most | of the week, meeting a slow demand and | steady market. Most of the fruit is com- | !ing from North Carolina, South Can ling and Georgie, prices as to size and quality covering & range from $1.60 to | $3.25, Some few baskets of the choicest | fruit sold as high as $5. Light receipts of raspberries and very | light receipts of . biackberries and huckleberriées were reported the past féw days. A fairly gocd demand for | the three smali fruils s reporied at| prevailing prices. Moderate supplies of apples from Maryland, Virginia an Delaware have been in fairly good de: mand throughout the week. Transpar- | ents, best stock, sold around $2 a bushel | basket, poorer guality selling at 75; cents and $1. | Tennessee, Virginia, Texas,' Mary- | 1and, Mississippl, South Carolina and few growers in the District are supply- | ing tomatoes to local market dealers. On account of the numerous recent | rains in this vicinity, it is stated. ripen- | ing of the growing vegetable was de- | layed, resulting in higher prices. Early in the week the wn _stock | brought as high as $10 & bushel. Prices | of the shipped-in supplies depended upon size and quality of the vegetable. Moderate supplies of new-stock pota- toes, many from the Eastern Shore of Bt | ) market steady. Some arge size and splendid quality, according to dealers, and sold from $3.75 to $4.15 a barrel. __THE RVENTNG STAR, WASHINGTON. D. €. SATURDAY. JULY 6. 192, ISCHOLAR'S DEATH HIDES STORY OF ETRURIA'S ANCIENT GLORY Lingui Inscriptio . Believed Near Solution of Pre-Roman Chief ns, Carries Secrets to i His Grave. By the Associated Press. VENICE, Italy, July 6.—The secret of Etruria’s lost language was carried to the tomb today by Prof. Alfredo Trombetti, who died of s heart attack | while bathing off the Lido. Last April the professor, most famous of Italy’s linguistje scholars, announced he was at last about to penetrate the veil of mystery which had shrouded the Etruscan tongue. Spurred by a government money grant s aid, he had made sure progress in qeciphering inscriptions of the ancient -Roman people and comparing them with the Latin. He thought finally he was on the verge of discovering the key, 50 to be able to shed light on the Etruscan racial origins and reconstruct at_least some part of their literature. He kept his peace, and fellow Etrus- can students never knew just what he had in mind. The work represented more than 30 years’ labor to him. and he wished to reveal the fruit of his ‘ Indo-Chinese and the investigations only when they were com- rplete, baring finally the secrets of the | Davis, chief clerl strange race, apparently neither Aryan nor Semitic. to whom th: Romans owed 50 much. ‘The attack which ended his life was sudden and unexpected and therefore it was believed here he had carried his lore into oblivion with him. Besides his familiarity with Etruscan he was an expert in the American dialects, and at the Americanistic Con- gress in Rome in September, 1926, he showed the great analoj between the rth American tongues prior to the conquests. Prof. Trombetti was born in Bologna in 1866 of poor parents. He worked barber’s apprentice, studying nights an perfecting himself in languages, and finally obtained a scholarship in “the University of Bologne. The largest steam locomotive in the world has been received by the North- m Pacific Railway from the American Locomotive plant at Schenectady, N. Y. 1t ic 125 feet long, of the four-cylinder simple Mailet type. ONE KILLED, ONE HURT: AT GRADE CROSSING | Clerk of Reidsville Post | Office Victim Near | Crystal Hill. | Special Dispaich to The ) HALIFAX, Va., July 6—B. Prank | i N. C. | Seamster, 18, grade-crossing e car Davis was driving was struck by a Norfolk & Western mns‘senaet train. Davis, who had been in office service for 22 years, suffe a broken back and fractured skuil, the youth ll_lx::'fi:: a skull injury and internal {PI BETA PH| HAS ELECTION PASADENA, Calif., July 6 (#).—The re-election of Miss Amy Burnham Onken, Cheplin, IIL, as grand president of Pl Beta Phi, National Sorority, was anonunced Jast night following the clos-~ | Ing session of the bi-ennial convention ere. Mrs. Lois 8toolman, Champaign, H!, was re-elected treasurer and Miss Gail | de Wolf of Los Angeles secretary. The | next_convention city was not named, »at delegates expressed a preference for Chattanooga, Tenn. WooDWARD & LLOTHROP 107" 11" F axp G STrREETS Best Summer Fashions in Women's and Misses’ Dresses 6% Women's Frocks at $14-50 A complete Summer wardrobe may be chosen from this group at this popular ‘in- expensive price, $16.50. Printed Crepes, Printed Chiffons, Plain Chiffons, in sleeveless and long sleeve mod- els. with vests, surplice effects, cape collars and draped or pleated skirts. at 325 These are especially desirable vacation frocks—the lovely colors and prints, their quality, the heavy crepe de chine slips with the chiffon frocks. Jacket Frocks, in many becoming varieties. in chiffon and crepe. Printed Crepes. Printed and Plain Chiffons. Small Polka Dots. Sizes 34 to 44 Womzsr's Frooxs T FLOOR K 5 L% Misses’ Dresses Shantung Jacket Frocke—white with col- ored jackets. Chiffon Jacket Frocks in two tones, Plain and Printed Crepe Frocks, and Plain and Pri nted Chiffon Frocks with sleeves, capes or sleeveless, $25 A lovely collec chiffon prints of plain chiffons i models are— tion of the most attractive f the season—as well as the n soft pastel tones. Smart Sleeveless frocks with capes. Jacket Frocks. Frocks with long sleeves. Sizes 14 to 20 Missee’ Procks, THIRD FLOOR. Béginning Monday Reduction Selling—925 Glove Silk and Milanese Underthings at these three low prices Reduced to #1-° 191 MILANESE VESTS, in tailored model with picot top and straps, reinforced under arms. In peach only. ' Sizes 36 to 42. X /. Reduced to $1-0 \Poison-Pen Author 4 GLOVE SILK VESTS, in tailored model with picot top and straps, reinforced under arms. In flesh only. Sizes 40 and 42. 444 MILANESE BLOOMERS, with elastic at waist and legs. In flesh and peach, Sizes 5, 6, 7 and 8. RCdUCCd to $2:45 244 GLOVE SILK BLOOMERS, some with elastic at waist and legs— 4 others with yoke and elastic tops and bandee legs. In flesh only. Sizes 5, 6, 7 and 8. Smx Uwprawear, TR FLOOR “seabass Teceived from shippers | the Jersey coast found ready sale | at 12%; cents & pound, fairly large siz trout from there 10 cents, anu , were sold at a | Other Vegetables. Supplies of sweet potatoes this week have been very light, meeting a light and steady market. Georgia, . Graduate Sets Type. | NEW YORK, July 6 (#).—Mary Ruth Bierman, who was graduated in 1 from Columbia University with bachelor of sclence and And Execution for Threatening Emperor By the Associated Press. 1 SEATTLE, Wash., July 6—Charged with felony in “making threats against the - President,” M. Uchimi- yama, 70-year-old Japanese chemist, yesterday was held over for subse- R R Skeptical of Sigms, CHAZY, N. Y., July 6 (). —There's » State lmaa;r “whn is miotorists along ’ plent $1.50 and $2 s crafe, some -Ini::hwutl. i ts and carrots continued tiful T et the Norfolk, Va., section. ' Other vegetables ; received frora sec- tions and offered the retail trade in- cluded squash, peas, >