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HMer crew, Baron von Huene- feld, Capt. Herman Koehl and Col. James Zitamaurice, were forced to abandon their plane, which had been wrecked in landing. and come on to New York in relief planes. Ten Have Lost Lives. In other atiempts to span the At- lantic from Europe to America in non- stop flights. 10 persons lost their lives. The first to attempt the crossing which is made hazardous by head winds and fogs off the Newfoundland banks were Capts. Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli. The two Frenchmen took off from Paris in May, 1927, and never were heard from again once their piane headed out over the Atlantic. A few months later, in August, three others gave their lives in a vain at- tempt to fly from Upavon, England, to Ottawa, Ontario. The three, the Princess Lowenstein-Wirtheim, = Capt. Leslie Hamilton and Col. E. F. Minchin, also disappeared on the voyage over | the Atlantic. | _The following March Capt. H. G. Hincliffe and Hon. Elsie Mackay at- tempted a flight from Cranwell, Eng- land, to New York, and also lost their | lives' somewhere on their flight over the ocean. { It was not until July, 1929, that an- |other attempt was made, and in that {flight Maj. Leon Idzikowski, a Pole.1 was killed when his plane made a | forced landing in the Azores. He had | taken off from Paris for New York. | His companion on the flight, Maj. Kasi- | mir Kubala, was seriously injured. ‘The last attempt, prior to the South- ern Cross, was made last August when | Oscar Kalsar and Kurt Luescher of | Switzerland vanished after taking off from Paris. Many Successful. ‘The list of successful west to east non-stop transatlantic flights reads like a who's who in aviation. The first successful crossing was made in June, 1919, by Capt. John Alcock and Lieut. Arthur W. Brown who flew from St. John's Newfound- land, to Clifden, Ireland. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh made his famous flight from Roosevelt Field, New York, to Paris, in May 1927. Clarence D. Chamberlin with Charles A. Levine as a passenger flew from Roosevelt Field, New York, to Kottbus, Germany, in June, 1927. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and three companions also in June, 1927, flew from Roosevelt Field to Ver-Sur- Mer, France. In_August, 1927, Edward F. Schiee and William Brock made a flight from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Ply- mouth, England. In October, 1927, Ruth Elder and Capt. George Haldeman were forced down at sea off the Azores and picked up by a Dutch tanker. They were flying from New York to Paris. In June, 1928, Miss Amelia Earhart achieved the distinction of being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic when a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz 55'{ from Trepassey, Newfoundland, to ales. One year Ilater three Frenchmen, Armeno Lotti, jr, Rene Lefevre and Jean Assolant together with Arthur Schreiber, a stowaway, made a flight from Old Orchard, Me., to Spain. A month later, in July, 1929, Roger Q. Williams and Lewis Yancey landed ;: Santander, Spain from Old Orchard, e. Nine Killed Going East. A number of the West-to-East flights over the North Atlantic also ended lr; disaster, causing a death toll of nine. In September, 1927, Lloyd Bertaud, James D. Hill and Phillip A. Payne lost _their lives in an attempted flight from Old Orchard, Me., to Rome. In September, 1927, Capt. Terry Tully and Lieut. James Metcalf were lost in an attempted flight from Har- | bor Grace to Croydon, England. Brice Goldsborough, Lieut. Oskar Omdal and Mrs. Frances Grayson lost their lives flying from' Roosevelt Field, New York, to Harbor Grace, Newfound- | land, in December, 1927, for a flight to_Denmark. H. C. 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Printing Craftsmen . are at your service for result-getting publicity ‘The National Capital Press NW__Phone National anted—Load 7210:1213 D | W Richmond. . and At Capt. David W. Bone, master of the S. S. Transylvania, today radioed the officers of the Cunard Anchor Line that m 4:43 the Southern Cross messaged | him: “Hooray! See land at last. This ended communication, he said, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEULNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1930. FLYERS, PLANE AND COURSE FOLLOWED IN ATLANTIC CROSSING [EnEwrounDLAND BOR GRACE Upper: Map showing start and finish of the flight. Lower: The airmen shown, left to right, are: Capt. J. P. Saul, Kingsford-Smith, Capt. Evert Van Dyk and John S. W. Stannage. Two views of their plane, the Southern Cross, are shown below. Associated Press Photo. Radio Story of Flight Capt. Kingsford-Smith Gives Graphic Account of Each Phase of Trip in Messages Received by Star. The following messages were received by The Evening Star and the New York Times direct from the Southern Cross, telling the progress of the flight from shortly after the take-off. The time given is Eastern standard in each case: Tuesday. 1:31 am.—All O. K.. but strong head winds. KINGSFORD-SMITH. | 1:40 am—Head winds very strong, | but’ conditions_good. SFORD-SMITH. KING: 1:55 a.m.—Southern Cross just passed over & number of trawlers. Very cheer- ful to see other people out in- this waste. Everything going O. K. Air speed 100 miles an hour. Revolutions 1,730 per minute. Altitude 500 feet. Alr temperature, 48 degrees. Estimated ground speed, 75 miles an hour. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 2:21 am—Have just been having look at chart with Paddy. Seems every- thing is breaking our way. Plenty of ships on course from which to con- firm our position by direction finder. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 2:25 a.m.—Hope to be working steam- ships Albertic, Minnedosa and Melita around midday. Getting hungry. Guess I'l have a nibble. - KINGSFORD-SMITH. 3 a.m.—Head winds still fair strength. However, we tanked for a 38-hour sup- ply of petrol. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 4:06 p.m.—The wind has dropped & bit more. Now about 10 miles an hour. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 4:20 p.m.—Latitude 49.50 N., longi- tude 38.20 W. Speed 85. KINGSFORD-SMITH. ~4:52 pm.—Rather a cheerless sun- down. We are just at the fringe of the Grand Banks, and it is overcast and bleak with fog almost down to the water. However, we are not cheerless ourselves, so its all O. K. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 5:45 p.m.—Climbed through dense fog and got clear at 2,600. Very still and smooth above the fog. Will get our directions by radio. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 6 p.m—Very successful with bear- ings. Here's position: 5:30 p.m., lati- tude 49.04 N., longitude 40.40 W. True course 252, Speed 80. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 6:03 p.m.—Lovely sky over this in- imitable sea of fog. = KINGSFORD-SMITH. 6:05 p.m.—Remarkable the whole world is a peculiar blue and the sunset | has flashed vivid red glare in the bowl of blue fog. KINGSFORD-SMITH. | 6:15 p.m.—It's getting quite dark | now inside cabin. Cheerful glow of | radio tube with its cherry red plate | makes cabin look cozy. To complete the effect I think I'll wrap myself around another sandwich. Bi (stand by) KINGSFORD-SMITH. 6:26 p.m.—Well, that was a jolly de- cent supper, I think, for this ship. A snappy chicken sandwich and & cup of coffee royal. The coffee wasn't so good, but the royal is Jameson's Irish, seven ears old, Not dark yet, but we're fair- y high. Nearly 4.000 feet KINGSFORD-SMITH. 6:50 p.m —Getting darker now. The | outboard motors are shrouded in blue | haze and each exbaust port has a faint | pink flame feathering from it. Very un- canny. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 6:52 p.m.—The lettering on the star- board wing is embossed in gold as the last faint radiance from the Western | KINGSFORD-SMITH. p.m.—Must try and get a bearing | (radio bearing) from Cape Race, New- foundland, ncw. Bi. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 8:09 p.m.—At 7:17 p.m. the latitude was 48.12 N.; longitude, 45.5 W. True course, 254, Distance to go to Cape Race, 250. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 8:11 p.m.—All quiet above the fog bank at 3.500 feet. Everybody happy and all O. K. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 9:18 pm.—Can't raise VCE (Cape Race radio) yet. Please take 15 words: ‘To Harbor Grace Ah‘por';—Mln{ thanks, but endeavoring to reach American ter- ritory before landing. KINGSFORD-SMITH. (The, foregoing message appears to indicate the reception on the plane of an invitation to land at Harbor Grace, | Newfoundiand.) | 9:20 p.m.—Back again 600 meters get | DF (direction finder) KINGSFORD-SMITH. sky touches it. Cape Race and cannot get the radio | that had been carried on almost con- stantly for nearly f~ur hours, “Regart ship in aless communica- tion h plane hern Cross from 1 to 4:43 (E. 8. T.),” Capt. Bone's mes- N. . Cumberiand. Md.!Sage read. “Our: installation proved Husriscurs. Ps ’s T fer & St S:‘n“":v &ans er valuable to plane in making land, as her orage Co., compasses were badly out,, Dense fog lenEJm. ’ prevailed.” station there to respond to our call. . KINGSFORD-SMITH. 10:08 p.m.—We are calling all sta- tions. Doesn't look as if we shall get a bearing just when we want it. . KINGSFORD-SMITH. 10:09 p.m.—We should be over Cape Race in another hour. KINGSFORD-SMITH. would complete it 10:10 p.m.—Standing by 600 meters now. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 2:45 am.—Very bad fog all night and trouble with a compass has held us up quite a lot. Afraid will have to land at Newfoundland or Nova Scotia for petrol after all. Sorry have to do this, but delay was enormous. Will ad- vise' which place later. KINGSFORD-SMITH. 5:35 a.m.—Please, can you do some- thing to gulde us to the field? Can you send a_machine up_quickly above the fog? Please ring Harbor Grace field and tell them send machine above fog. KINGSFORD-SMITH. | Log of the Southern Cross By the Associated Press. (Eastern Standard Time.) Monday. 10:27 p.m.—Left Port Marnock, Irish Free State, for New York. 12 m.—Passed over Galway, Irish Free State, Tuesday. 6:55 a.m.—Reported location by wire- less nearly 1,000 miles from Irish Coast. 8:40 a.m.—Picked up liner Volendam; fiying fog. 10 a.m.—Radioed position to 8. S. Ingoma 990 miles from Cape Race, Newfoundland. 3:15 p.m.—Reported position 654 miles off Cape Race. 4:15 p.m.—Radioed Norwegian steam- er expectéd to reach Cape Race about 11 pm. 5 p.m-—Radioed position just off Grand Banks, “Everybody O. K.” 9:09 p.m.—Reported position about 250 miles from Cape Race. 11:25 p.m.—Radioed about 160 miles east of Cape Race. Wednesday. 2 am.—Transylvania and Minnedosa alded in getting position. 4:30 a.m.—Kinksford-Smith notified plane bound for Harbor Grace. 5:53 a.m.—Landed at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. |WEATHER INFORMATION AID BY SOUTHERN CROSS Expert Declares Kingsford-Smith and Byrd Had Similar Condi- tions Over Atlantic. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 25.—Dr, James H. Kimball, meterologist of the New York Weather Bureau, said today that weather characteristics of the flight of the Southern Cross were similar to the conditions which attended the trans- atlantic flight of Rear Admiral Byrd and his companions. Like the Byrd plane America, which landed on the French coast, the South- ern Cross had good weather while crossing the ocean, Dr. Kimball said, only to encounter heavy fog as it i neared land. The outstanding difference in the conditions of the two flights, he said, was that where the America, flying from west to east, had the advantage of a 30-mile-an-hour tail wind, which would increase its speed and reduce fuel consumption, the Southern Cross encountered a head wind of about the same velocity, which cut her speed by a corresponding amount and increased consumption of fuel. ‘The flight of the Southern Cross, Dr. Kimbal] said, had ‘added its con- tribution to the store of knowledge of transatiantic flying weather. MOTHER IS ELATED Mrs. Stannage Receives Word of Success After Long Wait. MELTON, Mowbray, England, June | 25 (. —Mre. Stannage, mother of J. 10:02 p.m.—We're within 100 miles of | w, Stannage, wireless operator on the | | Southern Cross, today heard with joy | and relief that the air adventurers had landed safely. In_her home at Croxton, near here, she had received messages through a friend who is a member of a radio society. During the - long‘ Hours of waiting Mrs. Stannage had expressed confidence that the Southern Cross journey. JERSEY PLATFORM LEANING TO REPEAL Morrow Said to Favor Such Plank in G. 0. P. State- ment of Issues. By the Associated Press. ‘TRENTON, N. J, June 25.—Indica- | tions today were that planks calling for | repeal of the prohibition amendment | would be incorporated in the platforms of both the Republican and Democratic parties in'New Jersey. Following the leadership of Dwight | W. Morrow, its senatorial nominee, the resolutions committee of the Republican State convention placed in the tenta. | tive platform a declaration for repeal and the return of liquor control to the States. Democrats Also Wet. The Democrats at the reconvening of their convention next Tuesday are expected to ratify the tentative platform prepared by the resolutions committee reiterating the party's stand for repeal of the prohibition amendment and the Hobart State enforcement act. Announcement that the Republicans for the first time had incorporated a prohibition repeal plank in their tenta- tive platform was made by Senator Joseph G. Wolber, chairman of the resolutions committee. The dacision ‘was reached after party leaders, includ- ing Gov. Morgan F. Larson, had con- ferred with Morrow for one hour. Wolber said Morrow had given the | leaders “a highly intelligent exposition of the question.” Scope of Platform. Party leaders expressed the opinion that when the convention reconvenes next Tuesday the tentative platform would be approved without opposition. The platform as drafted denounces corruption in Government, indorses the | London naval treaty, calls for reor- ganization of the State government and | indorses a proposed $100,000,000 bond issue for State improvements. Alexander Simpson, the Democratic senatorial nominee, in a speech before that party’s convention, assailed the | Hoover administration and declared the State campaign would be dectded upon issues of great importance to the people, “irrespective of the personality, or lack of it, of candidates. DE PRIEST DEFENDS COLORED EMPLOYES Declares Government Workers Must Prove Worthy of Their Jobs. Colored employes of the Government must prove worthy of their jobs and they should be freed of any discrimina- | tion against them in the matter of ap- pointments, it was declared last night by Representative Oscar De Priest of Tlinois, at a meeting of colored Federal workers 4n the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. Building. ‘The Représentative advocated organ- ization of the employes as a means of furthering their economic welfare. Representative De Priest said there should be a better working agreement between heads of departments and the colored emplage. “On the other hand,” he said, “the colored employe in the Government service must prove worthy. He must let none exceed him in punctuality and in the performance of every duty. His organization should train him to be highly efficient, and more efficient as time goes on. He must not permit his reliability to be impaired by too frequent leaves of absence for trivial reasons.” TAXI DRIVER HELD UP AND ROBBED OF $10.35 Two Colored ‘“Fares”” Used Pistol in Forcing Morris Wiseman to Surrender His Cash. Morris Weisman, a taxicab driver of 748 Princeton street, was robbed $10.35 early today by two colored mi {ares he had picked up at Seventh and M streets southeast and driven to Sec- ond and O streets southwest. There the pair produced a pistol and one held it trained on Wiesman while the other searched him. Police were given descriptions of the hold-up men. ISOUTHERN CROSS LANDS IN SAFETY IComes Down at Harbor Grace After Being Lost for Hours . in Dense Fog. (Continued From First Page. danger of positions enabled them to overcome. Once at 11:25 p.m. Tuesday, Eastern standard time, J. W. Stannage, the radio operator, wirelessed: ‘‘Now very dark. Almost blinded with motors ringed with flame. Still 160 miles from Cape Race. Dickens of struggle to keep awake now. Drone of motors makes. me tired. Faint streak of approaching dawn.” It was from this message on that it became evident the plane was in trqu- ble. Subsequent messages were large- ly requests for bearings and for aid in ascertaining position. The Transylvania and the Minnedosa were asked to help, both responding. ‘The Minnedosa radioed the first information that the ship was having trouble with its com- pass. Almost from the time they left the Irish coast Capt. Kingsford-Smith and the radio operator kept up a constant chatter with the outside world by means of the wireless. Up until early today the messages were cheerful and expressed no doubt of successful ending of the trip. Warship Gefs Message. Late yesterday afternoon the plane ran_info the fog which perennially cloaks the Grand Banks off Newfound- land. At sundown they climbed above the fog waste, and one message com- mented on the beauty of the sky with 30 much fog below. = At 9:26 p.m., Eastern standard time, the battleship, Wyoming, flagship of the Atlantic Scouting Fleet, picked up a message from the plame to the Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Airport, ap- parently deciining their offer of facil- ities in the event of a landing. The message said: “Many thanks, but endeavoring to ll'elch American territory before land- ng.” From about this time on the ship's radio.operator complained that he could not raise anybody. At 10 p.m. he said: “'We are within 100 miles of Cape Race, but the Wig stiff doesn't reply.” Cape Race at the time was trying to keep in touch with th2 plane. The trouble was that the plane could not hear. The Transylvania and the Minnedosa, both in these waters, were asked shortly afterward to aid in getting position. This finally was conveyed to the plane, which then headed in a northwesterly direction to Harbor Grace. PREPARE FOR CROWDS. Roosevelt Field Expects Air Voyager to Land There. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROOSEVELT FIELD, Long Island, June 25.—Nassau County and State po- lice are preparing for a big crowd when Capt. Charles Kingsford-Smith and transatlantic flying mates land here some time late today. Capt. Kingsford-Smith is expected to choose this field because its runway of 5,100 feet offers him the only stretch of sufficient clearance for his take-off for the'coast. Smaller fields are quite suf- ficient for larding, but he must rise with a load of 1,200 gallons of gasoline and this takes room. In taking the air in Ireland, he was on the ground for more than three-quarters of a mile be- fore taking the air. Throngs Start Gathering. ‘The gallant Australian flyer has caught the fancy of the fying fans. The tale of how he patched the Southern Cross together out of Sir Hubert Wil- kins' two Fokkers, wrecked on the ice, shoved it around the world and then across the Atlantic, through fog and ad- verse winds, is an epic of the air which grows as the day wears on. Crowds, already. rtherlnw, eagerly await news of the flight of the Southern Cross dowh the home stretch from Harbor | Grace, Newfoundland, where the plane | landed early today to refuel. “Capt. Kingsford-Smith has been do- ing some wonderful navigating on this trip,” said Capt. J. Nelson Kelly, opera- tion manager of Roosevelt Field. “His performance in hitting the Island of Suva, in his jump from Hawali, was magnificent and I don’t think that the public has ever realized what a re- markable performance this was. On his present flight, he has shown su- preme skill with his charts and instru- ments. He is known to flying experts as one of the most competent navigators who ever took the air. I am informed that he carries the periodic, the earth inductor and the magnetic compasses. I do not know whether he uses the sun compass developed by Admiral Byrd. New York Sky Is Clear. ‘Weather reports received here, cov- ering the stretch up to Boston, are that Capt. Kingsford-Smith probably will have the wind on his beam for most of the flight, the prevailing winds being from the northwest. The sky Mere is clear and brilliant, with only a dim haze on the horizon and a slight breeze stirring. No doubt #t will be a cosmopolitan crowd which will greet the flyers. Capt. Kingsford-Smith, the Australlan, is accompanied by Evert Van Dyck, a| Dutchman, his copilot; J. W. Stanage. wireless operator, an Englishman, and Capt. John P. Saul, navigator and for- mer officer in the Irish Free State| Army. It is an adventurous crew and an adventurous ship, sired by an Ar., tic crash, plumbing a microscopic is- land in the Pacific, down in the brush in - Australia for 12 days, with its crew near starvation, and now successfully | bucking the desperately hazardous east-to-west _Atlantic passage, which has taken 12 lives. Roosevelt Field will be blazing with all its light reserves tonight and field officials and police are co-operating in every possible arrangement for the safety of the landing and the comfort of the fiyers thereafter. (Copyright. 1930.) COSTE SEES GOOD OMEN IN SUCCESS OF FLIGHT Southern Cross Victory Over At- lantic Pleases French Aviation Enthusiasts. By the Associated Press. PARIS. June 25.—Announcement that | the Southern Cross had completed its | Transatlantic hop successfully and landed at Harbor Grace, New Found- | land, was recelved here with expres- sions of satisfaction by French aviation enthuslasts. France is all keyed up over the forth- coming Atlantic hop of Dieudonne Coste, by which the French ace hopes to return the visit of Col. Lindbergh to France in 1927. Experts said the Southern Cross flight was a good omen for weather conditions for Coste, who proposes to | take the “Lindbergh trail” in reverse direction, POWER MEET ENDS Reception Concludes World Confer- WATERWAYSBILL ence in Berlin. BERLIN, June 25 (#).—The world power conference, at which more than 100 Ame representatives were present, to an end this afternoon with a rece . GIVEN FINAL 0. K. Largest Rivers and Harbors | a Program in U. S. History 1 Ready for President. Republican leaders expect that Pres- ident Hoover will immediately aign the rivers and harbors bill, on which legis- | lative action was completed yesterday when the House and Senate approved the conference report on the Dempsey bill. The largest and most comprehen- sive rivers and harbors bill ever formu- lated authorizes construction of more than 170 projects to cost $144,881,902, The legislation is in line with the President’s recommendations to Con- gress for improvement of the Nation's harbors and waterways to provide eco- nomical transportation. measure, which was in process of formulation for three years, affects every region of the country. It commits thie Government to a pumber of im- portant projects affecting streams in the Mississippl Basin and to the im- provement of the intercoastal waterways and harbors of important ports. Covers Many Years. As originally passed by the House, it authorized construction to cost $116,- 286,027. The Senate, however, added projects that increased the total by $28,506,875. ‘The construction is to be spread over a period of years, ranging from 1 to 15. Approximately $30,000,000 of the $60 000,000 carried in the annual War De. partment supply bill will become avail- able July 1 for use on these projects. The remainder is to go toward Missis- sippi flood control work. £ | In both the House and Senate vigor-| ous contests were. waged against the | provision for the Government to take over and operate the Erie and Oswego Canal, in New York State, and the Illi- nols waterway connecting the great Lakes with the Gulf by the Mississippi River, but they were finally included. ‘The Senate approved the measure Sat- urday. It went to conference yesterday, but within three hours the conferees had agreed and the bill was finally ap- proved. It probably will reach the President late today. Includes 150 Streams. ‘The measure authorizes surveys on more than 150 streams. Several vast projects, ultimately to cost many millions, were’ adopted in the measure. However, the authoriza- tion of expenditures on some were re- stricted to the immediate demand. Among such projects was $98,000,000 for a nine-foot channel for the Upper Mississippi from the mouth of the Illi- nois River to St. Paul and Minneapolis, with $7,500,000 to be made available under the measure; -$48,000,000 for the Upper Missouri, with $15,000,000 to be- come available in the next three years for a six-foot channel between Kansas City, Mo., and Sloux City, Iowa, and a $75,000,000 Tennessee River project, with $5,000,000 for work to be under- taken on a nine-foot channel from its mouth to Knoxville River. Authority for the expenditure of $29,000,000 for deepening the connect- ing channel on the Great Lakes and work on the St. Lawrence waterway was included, along with a $9,000,000 project for flood control at Lake Okee- chobee, Florida. In taking over the Illinois waterway, the bill specified not more than $7,500,- 000 be expended to complete the project begun by the State of Illinols and esti- mated to cost nearly $40,000,000. The Secretary of War is to have a study made of the diversion of water frem the Great Lakes through the Illiriofs waterway for navigation purposes. HOUSE WILL APPOINT CAMPAIGN COST BODY Resolution Passed in Order to Con- duct Study Immediately on Reconvening. By the Associated Press. ‘The House yesterday authorized its speaker to name a special committee to investigate campaign expenditures of candidates for House seats in the com- ing elections. A resolution authorizing Speaker Longworth to appoint the committee was approved unanimously. Until four years ago, campaign inves- ating committees were nrpolnted only after charges of irregularities were made in various contests for the seats. As a result of numerous complaints in elections, the House adopted the pol- icy of authorizing such a_committee be- fore adjournment of the long session in order that it might begin inquiries im- mediately after charges were filed. Speaker Longworth expects to appoint the committee this week. It authorized, not only to investigate expenditures, but contributions to campaign funds. e GERMAN YACHT BEATS AMERICAN CONTENDER Second Straight Victory for Teu- tons in Racing Series at Kiel, Germany. By the Associated Press. KIEL, Germany, June 25.—Germany scored its second straight victory today in the international yacht-racing series with America, Michel V, owned by John Kirsten of Hamburg, again finishing first after an exciting brush with two American boats, Oriole and Seawing, which finished second and third. Seawing for a time was in the lead. ‘The third American contender, Yankee, finished fifth among the six com yachts, three from each nation. B Germany’s margin on points, with two races completed, was 24 to 15. 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