Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1929, Page 6

LAKEHURST READY FOR GRAF LANDING Attendants There Believe Big| Craft Will Reach Field as Early as Noon. Special Dispatch to The Star. RST, N. J., August 3.—Rep- Tesentatives of the Graf Zeppelin at the Naval Air Station today were confident that the German dirigible would land not later than noon tomorrow. They based their estimates on weather re- ports indicating that the airship would :el‘;z)e to make good time during the Others here are less confident that the ship will be able to make s0 fast a trip, but look for it not later than 5 or € o'clock in the afternoon. Public interest in the second visit of the Graf Zeppelin has grown so rapidly during the past few days that Naval Afr Station officers deemed it necessary to plan for a much larger throng of spectators than originally were ex- pected. Enlarge Parking Space. Capt. William O. Nicholl, Marine of- ficer who will have charge of policing the station when the Zeppelin lands, probably tomorrow afternoon, announced that the parking space for automobiles had been enlarged so that it will ac- commodate 50,000 cars instead of 20,- 000. With the aid of 75 Marine en- listed men, Capt. Nicholl will make every effort to avold a traffic jam such n] lI‘olhwefl the last visit of the Zep- Preparation for refueling the ship and putting aboard all the necessary supplies are complete. It probably will Tequire three or four days to put aboard the 1,000,000 cubic feet of ethane gas which will replace the Zeppelin's own blau gas, and to complete other ar- Tangements. | Dr. Eckener has said that he will get | under way on his return to Europe im- | mediately after the completion of this| work, provided weather conditions will| t. The take-off here will be the beginning of the Zeppelin's round-the- world cruise, with the first stop at/ gg:xmhsmxen, the Zeppelin's home | Hopes for Rain. Spectators already are pouring through the hangar, where the Los} Angeles and the two Navy blimps have been pushed to one side to make way for the giant German craft. There | were not so many visitors today, many » .sons having postponed their visits| because of the rain. If the bad weather | continues tomorrow Capt. Nicholl pre- | dicts that it will make his job easier | by keeping the crowd small. The vanguard of Sunday's crown ar- rived this morning. By 10 o'clock nine automobiles were on the parking line, their occupants prepared to wait there, holding their preferred positions until the ship’s arrival. Several of them abandoned their vigil, however, when the rain becfln. ‘The principal leisure-time occupation of the officers at the station was specu- lation as to the time of the Zeppelin's arrival. They have based their guesses ‘upon the occasional reports of the ship's position as relayed by the Radio Corpo- Tation of America, as efforts to get into direct communication with the ship from the station’s radio failed during the day. Reports received here indicated that the ship was steering straight west from Spain toward Cape Henry, traveling at a rate of about 50 miles an hour. If she continues as at present, it is ‘thought that she will be here between 3 and § o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Laughed at Skeptiec. P. W. von Melster, representative of the Maybach Motor Co. which built the Zeppelin's engines, was more op- e lc. He said he looked for Dr. Eckener at noon tomorrow, nnhouflh there was “a 50-50 chance that he ‘won't here until 4 or 5.” He laughed at & skeptic who inquired if the Graf might not even be delayed until Mon- day morning. The remainder of the airship's trip will be made under weather conditions Yhat will be partially favorable, and at ‘vimes only fair, according to Lieut. F. W. Relicheldofer, aerological officer of the station, who based his forecast W data broadcast by the United tes Weather Bureau at Washington. between the Azores and Bermuda is high and the weather should fair until the ship reaches longitude x)“:r 55 west, where the ship may en- ter & portion of a low pressure which les northward over the Atlantic,” llflxl:‘ l&llemmom'nm. ; -‘ region the winds are likely 1o be unfavorable for a time, and the ‘weather cloudy and showery. If the Graf Zi turns southward to lati- tude 30 or below she will avoid most of this unfavorable region and probably ‘will encounter some favorable winds. “'After leaving Bermuda the Graf will come under the influence of a low pres- sure system which lies over the Great Lakes region this morning. There will be favorable winds from the southeast and south if she covers the region be- itween Bermuda and the coast of the ' United States before Sunday mnmlnf. During Sunday the winds should shift 1o the northwest along the coast of the United States. The weather Sunday will be cloudy and showery as the ship approaches the coast.” No Radio Contact. ‘The Naval Air Station had hoped to establish contact with the Graf Zeppe- lin by radio today, but the perfect at- mospheric conditions necessary for this ]m‘!: distance transmission did not pre- vail The radio crew was on the alert throughout the day, however, and will | eontinue to listen in on the zerpeun'l day. ‘wave until her arrival here. Chiet man R. W. Copeland, C. Cavadin, H. E. Manley and T. C. ‘Thrasher are taking their turn: the Teceiving set. Radio broadcasting will play a promi- flight over a short wave close to the shore. His be picked up by coast sta- layed to WABC in New be sent out over tne national ‘The National Broadcasting Co. has THE SUNDAY l NAVY OPERATORS “WORKING” THE GRAF ZEPPELIN STAR, WASHINGTON, | Scene in the Navy Department yesterday soon after direct reports from the Graf Zeppelin began to come into the department. One of the operators is designated to receive most of the messages. —Star Staff Photo. tion” to handle its description of the Zeppelin's landing. Floyd Gibbons. former war correspondent, will strap a small short-wave set to his chest and g0 out onto the fleld to get his data first hand. Two assistants will follow him with a portable antenna, from which his radio report will be sent to New York for transmission over the N. B. C. network. N. B. C. also will broadcast this program on short wave 80 that it may be picked up in Ger- many. Five Inspectors Ready. Customs, immigration and medical officials will board the Graf Zeppelin as soon as she is on the ground, ac- companied by J. B. Willlams, represent- ative of the Hamburg-American Line. There will be five inspectors, two of whom will be doctors. Dr. Karl Arnstein, vice president of the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation at Akron, Ohio, arrived at the station to- day. The Goodyear company repre- sents the Germany company in this country in many matters, although passenger bookings are handled through | the Hamburg-American Line. An an- | nouncement was made yesterday in New | York, on behalf of Dr. Arnstein, that | plans for the first two-passenger diri- | gibles for the projected trans-Pacific| service had been completed and that construction would begin soon. With Dr. Arnstein were W. H. Col lins, superintendent of the Goodyear Zeppelin plant, and Frank Harpen, vice president of the company. Hugh Allen of the Goodyear Zeppelin Co. said that the passenger list for the return to Germany and the round-the- world flight, had not been drawn up in its final form, but several of the pas- sengers already have been designated. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl and Lieut. John C. Richardson of the Naval Alr Station, have been invited to repre- sent the Navy on the Zeppelin's long fiight. Joachim Pickard, a passenger on the present flight, will return and go around the world. Karl von Weigand, writers, and Robert Hartman, photog- rapher, will be passengers. Maurice Shumofsky of Bridgeport, Conn. and | C. P. Burgess, engineer in the office of the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy | Department, will be on the airship un- | til she stops at Friedrichshafen. Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, a visitor | at the hangar today, sald that she had arranged to be one of the passengers of the Graf Zeppelin during its flight around the world and will' be the only woman aboard. Lady Hay was on the Graf Zeppelin when it made its first trip to this country. | RAIN FORCES FLYER TO QUICK LANDING New York Pilot Has Narrow Es-| cape in Descent Near Joppa, Md. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., August !.—E!ii route this afternoon to Bolling Field, Washington, from Roosevelt Field, L. I, a lone aviator fell prey to rain, fog and r visibility while over Joppa, Md., and narrowly escaped death when he crashed in a small field. Charles E. Mitchell, 29, New York City, a commercial pilot for Curtiss Flying Service, Inc., encountered & low ceiling at 2 p.m. which forced him to look about for a landing. Descending hurriedly from an elevation of 500 feet, he selected the only spot avall- able—open space on a farm. Skimming over fences. surrounding it, he bounced along the field and then struck a ditch beside the Philadelphia turnpike. The plane turned over on its nose. Passing motorists helped extricate Mitchell from the cockpit. He was un- injured. The plane was righted and placed under canvas. A subsequent in- spection revealed no material damage to the craft. Resting at a hotel in Baltimore to- night, Mitchell asserted he would try to proceed tomorrow morning, weather per- mitting. He doubted if there was room enough for a take-off, however, he said, in the narrow clearing 'gel'e he came d ., rlnne, Mitchell said, was cons signed for delivery in Pittsburgh Mon- . ‘The fiyer said that barring diffi- culty in finn‘ off the ground and in- activity ause of bad weather, the plane would reach its destination on schedule. noveia Seaweed a Sound Killer. When dried the seaweed, common in shallow waters all round our coasts, has the extraordinary quality of killing sound, as well as being an effective in- sulator inst heat and cold. On this account it is being used increasingly in house construction. Besides dead- ening sound, sea grass does not harbor insects and is practically non-inflam- mable. It is extensively used in up- arrangad for a “walking broadcast sta- Ready to Serve Now . Location in Qur New holstery ‘and mattress making. ! Special Prices Opening Week Electric Fixtures, Gas, Gasoling and Oil Ranges, Lamps and Shades, Easy Washers, Homes com- pletely wired, Pittsburg Water Heaters, Telephones Nat. 0140—2622 AIR EXPERTS TALK OF GRAF AND FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC LIEUT. G. W. SETTLE. : CHARLES P. BURGESS ~—Star Staff Photos. Seeking Fish Bait, Finds $2,000 Pearl In Mussel Shell By the Associated Press. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo, August 3.—Opening mussel shells in Juest of bait for his fishing lines, Arthur Ramsey, poundmaster of Poplar Bluff, yesterday found a pearl which local jewelers esti- mated to be worth $2,000. It was tgken from the Black River, north of here. Ramsey was on an annual fishing trip, The pearl weighed 1715 grain: | going back Lieut. Settle, Who Rode Dirigible, Meets Passenger of Return Trip. Aeronautics Engineer Expects to Join Zeppelin at Lakehurst. ‘Two Washingtonians have more than a passing interest in the second com- !ing of tne Graf Zeppelin to America. The man who went to Europe on the | | glant craft on its return flight from | the- United States and a man who is going abroad for the return trip this time got together at the Navy Depart- ment yesterday and talked over the ship's present voyage. Lieut. W. Settle, S. N, a : v. native Washingtontan, went back to| Germany aboard the Graf on her first trip here. He had plenty to tell Charles P. Burgess, principal engineer in the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics, who is to Germany this week, aboard the big ship. Lieut. Settle left Washington yes- terday for Lakehurst, N. J., to arrange the program for landing the Graf Zeppelin. He will later go to the West Coast in conjunction with the Graf's projected around-the-world flight. On Wednesday or Thursday, Mr. Burgess expects to be on his way t Germany, aboard the Graf Zeppelin. He has been in lighter-than-air work for the United States Government for the past 12 years. Born in Boston, Mass., April 9, 188, Mr. Burgess gradu- ated from Glasgow University at Glas- gow, Scotland. Mr, Burgess has been in the Navy Department as an aeronautical engineer since 1918. He has been on all early trials of all the rigid and semi-rigid airships bullt in the United States and has carried on researches of the strength of airships. Mr. Burgess served on the joint British and American board that in- vestigated the loss of the airship R-38 in England in 1921 and he has assisted in the preparation of rules for the greater strength and safety of airships. Lieut. Settle was born in Washington, D. C., November 4, 1895, and entered the Naval Academy in September, 1915, graduating in June, 1918. He has had extensive experience with lighter-than- air craft, having a total time of 2.900 hours in the air. He was a member of the Navy balloon racing team in 1927, 1928 and 1929. e Pheasants Released on Island. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico (#).—Pheas. ants have been turned loose on the nd both to increase the number of e birds and to aid in checking the oc caused by insects. The United States agricultural experiment station | here has asked hunters not to shoot any of the birds for three years. NO PAYMENT TIL SEPTEMBER HotWater, Made by the American Radiator Co. A first quality product . . . tion and EXI INSTALLATION, PERT 3 GENERAL 901-10"St. National3067 2 for 1 Cash Sale Come In and Be Convinced! ¢ Here’s How It Works— * Buy a Living Room Suite Get a Bedroom or Dining Room Suite $139 LIVING ROOM SUITE i Get a $139. Bedroom or Dining Room Suite $159 LIVING ROOM SUITE ; Get.a $159 Bedroom or Dining. 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Baker and Stanley Bell of the staff of WMAL will broadcast a description of the airship as seen from 110 feet in the air. The broadcast will be picked up by other stations on the Columbia chain, interrupting the regu- lar program if necessary. “Mike” on Roof. On the roof of Wardman Park Ho- tel announcers from WRC will be ready, should the ship arrive after dark, to give ® description of the Zeppelin's fl% t over the Capital on that and other stations of the National Broad- casting chain. Should the ship arrive in daylight announcers will be stationet on the roof of the National Prexs Building, Fourteenth and F streets. The Weather Bureau last night in a special gorecast, issued for the benefit of the Craf Zeppelin, predicted fair weather today in the Atlantic Coast States along the route the dirigible is expected to take as she heads toward Lakehurst, except in Virginia, where cloudy weather and showers were in- dicated. The forecast for Maryland, New Jerséy, Delaware and Eastern New York indicated orable conditions after the airship reaches land. Special Forecast. ‘The forecast which was sent to the airship by the Navay Radio Station said: “Conditions oft Middle Atlantic| Coast for benefit of Graf Zeppelin | Sunday. “The disturbance that was central at 8 p.m. Saturday, north of Lake Ontario, Ottawa, 29.52 inches, will move rorth- westward and by Sunday morning will be central north of the mouth of the 8t. Lawrence, with a trougn extending southward to the Southern New Eng- land Coast and thence southwestward | to the Virginia Capes. “During Sunday the northern part of the trough will move castward to about longitude 63, while the southern part will move slowly southeastward, pre- ceded by fresh southwest winds on the east side of the trough and followed by | fresh to strong northwest winds nn the | west side of the trough. “The shift of winds will probably be attended by squalls and overcast weather and heavy showers.” YOUNG WOMAN HURT IN CRASH OF AUTOS Miss Ethel Seaton of Colmar Manor Treated at Emergency Hospital for Arm Injury. Miss Ethel Seaton, 20 years old, 101 Wilson avenue, Colmar Manor, Md. sustained, possibly, a fracture of the left arm, about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon when the automobile in ‘which she was a passenger was in colli- sion at New Hampshire avenue and R street with another machine operated by Wilma E. Dale, 4100 Tunlaw road. ‘The machine in which Miss Seaton was a passenger was driven by August Fledel, 315 Kentucky avenue southeast. 8he was removed to ergency Hos- pital in a passing automobile and later discharged. 1929—-PART 1. LOG OF THE " GRAF ZEPPELIN By the Associated Press. (All time is Eastern standard.) Wednesday. 9:20 p.m.—Departed from Pried« richshafen, Germany. . Thursday. 5:10 am—Passed over Lyon, Prance. P 7:30 a.m.—Passed over Nimes, Prance, heading down Med'ter- ranean’ coast. 10 a.m.—Sighted by steamer Balny over Mediterranean, 50 miles off Barcelona. 6 p.m.—Passed Cape de Gata, 180 miles east of Gibraltar. 9:30 p.m—Sighted by steamer Anthea, 50 miles east of Gibraltar. 10 p.m.—Crossed Gibraltar. Friday. 3 p.m.—Dropped mail at Santa Maria Island, Azores. m.—Crossed over San p.m.—Radloed south of Island, Azores, heading northwestward. Saturday. 3 a.m.—Announced her position as about 500 miles west and slightly south of the Azores. 7:00 AM.—Message direct to the Associated Press gave po- sition as 43 degrees, 36 minutes west and 36 degrees, 4 minutes north. 2:00 P.M.—Washington Navy Department recelved message giving position as 51 degrees west and 36.1 degrees north. 2:42 PM.—Reading Co. in Philadelphia received position as 47.20 west, 36.30 north. (This message is in conflict with that of the Navy Department, either as to time or position). 9:00 P.M.—Message recelved at Cape Elizabeth, Me., gave position as 55 degrees 5 minutes west, 35 degrees 32 minutes north, MANY ASK FOR TICKETS ON ’ROUND-GLOBE FLIGHT Two of Three Berths Assigned New York Office Sold for $9,000 Each. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 3.—Numerous applications, many of them from women, are pouring into the offices of the Hamburg-American steamship line here for reservations aboard the Graf Zeppelin when she starts out on her around-the-world flight August 7. Only three berths have been allotted the New York office for sale, however, and two of them already have been assigned. Joachim D. Rickard, an American aboard the Graf on its pres- ent westbound voyage, and Morris Shumofsky of New Rochelle, N. Y., have received reservations. ‘The remaining reservation will be assigned soon. The tariff from Lake- hurst to Lakehurst via air is $9,000. - CUSTOMS MEN PRE_PARED. Detail From Philadelphia Will Inspect Zeppelin's Passengers. PHILADELPHIA, August 3 (#).— Unloading of the Graf Zeppelin on its expected arrival tomorrow at Lake- hurst, N. J., will be under the super- vision of the Philadelphia customs office. A staff of 14 customs, immigration and public health officers will go to Lakehurst tomorrow morning to be in readiness for work as soon as the diri- gible is made fast at the landing fleld. GRAF HOPES TOEND SEATRIP BY NOON Head Winds Shift, But Squalls Expected in Path of Flight ° of Zeppelin. | (Continued From First Page) Navy Yard will supplement the 160 nor- mally on duty here, and 60 New Jersey | | State troopers have been detailed to | |help handle a crowd of more than | 100,000 which is expected to be on hand | at the arrival. Excitement Is Keen. Even while the Graf Zeppelin was far from the end of its 4,100-mile | flight, keenest excitement prevailed on | the reservation as preparations for the arrival were made. Scores of newspa- | ger men from the larger Eastern cities ad taken over a section of the huge | hangar as press headquarters. Ouzside | the station enterprisirg men and | women were erecting refreshment stands to cater to motorists. | ‘The field has been mapped off and danger spots marked with red flags, especially in the vicinity of the hangar | and the mooring mast more than haif | a mile away. Within the hangar the dirigible Los Angeles and two Navy blimps have been | bunched, leaving a full side of the | hangar for the 776-foot Zeppelin visi- tor. Atop the hangar have been placed two loud speakers, each 9 feet in diameter and capable of throwing & voice to any corner of the 2,500-acre field. An effort | is to be made to pick up and send through the loud speakers the story of the arrival to be broadcast as the ship nears its destination by Frank E. Nichol- | 50D, & passenger. ° Special Train Arranged. On the arrival of the big ship Dr. | Hugo Eckener, its skipper, will either be | | the_overnight guest of Comdr. Maurice R. Pierce, captain of the station, or go direct to a hotel in New York Cit) Established | 33 Years KAHN on 7th St where he will stay pendinig departure of the ship on the return journey to Ger- many. A special train will carry the dirigible’s passengers to New York. On the retyrn trip, which also be the first leg of.the Zeppelin's cruise around the world, Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl, skipper of the Los An- geles, and Lieut. J. C. Richardson, at- tached to the Los Angeles, will be guest passengers. C. P. Burgess of the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington will make the flight to Friedrichshafen. . Lady Grace Drummend Hay, British journallst; Robert Hartman, press : Karl H. von Weigand, journalist, and Joachim Richard, Bos- is Shumofsky, Bridge- be among the pas- sengers only to Friedrichshafen. ROAD TO COST $6,000,000. U. S. Firm Will Construct Unit in Paraguayan Highway Plan. By the Associated Press. 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