Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1931, Page 4

" RUSSIAN INTEREST N FUGHT GREAT Post and Gatty Amazed at Efficiency and- Discipline at October Airport. BY CHARLES R. FERLIN. %y Cable to The Star. MOSCOW, Jure 26—A number of interesting sidelights on the arrival of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, Ameri- can round-the-world flyers, were given this correspondent by his own inter- preter, who' translated for Soviet of- ficlals and the airmen at the Moscow airdrome, Octover Field, aftér American correspondents had been refused ad- mittance to the landing place. ‘The interpreter gave the airmen and officials valuable service during the re- fueling and inspection of the motor and learned many interesting details of the Russians’ interest in the plane and the Americans’ flight. Motor Amazes Russians. Thirty Soviet pilots, mechanics and students from the aviation were present during the refueling anc inspected the plane. They expressed amazement at the Wasy motor’s perfect condition and the excellence of the other equipment. Somehow they were all quite awed by the fact that here they saw for the first time a machine which flown over the Atlantic. They de- clared unanimously that the plane was thoroughly capable of crossing Paeific and reachi Alaska, One aptly expressed his ocolleagues’ sentiments ‘when he wrote on a wing the Russian hunter’s good luck wish, “I¥'s no down and no feather.” ‘The interpreter said the American fiyers were at first somewhat skeptical about the Russians’ ability to exercise the proper care in refueling and clean- ing the motor, but their attitude changed to one of wonderment as the: saw how deftly the mechanics workes Impressed by Interest. myed in their plane and in Amer- ican aviation erally. said the line and oll furnished them was of the highest quality. They told Soviet offictals they were convinced they would be able to "negotiate the vast Soviet terrif without difficulty, es] since they felt assured that all was being done along the route to help make the flight successful. The flyers were also pleased with the discipline_at the airport, which kept crowds off the fleld, and the strict en- forcement of no-smokln’ rules. - Post commented that "it would be a great thing if the afrports of other countries exercised as much discipline as we found here, as it would certainly the number of accidents.” (Copyright, 1031.) —_— BLASTS IN HARDPAN SHAKE BUSINESS AREA | beca Contractors Digging Well to Cool New Post Office Department Find Gravel Delaying Job: Blasts of dynamite in the downtown section today s! the . ground for several bBlocks as Contractors sought to break through some of the hardest gravel hardpan even encountered in the Government building program. ‘The gravel is at a 40-foot depth in a well being dug near No. 1 police pre- cinct to furnish water for cooling the prajected new Post Office Department. Progress has been painfully slow the last few days through the gravel, and dynamite finally was resorted to. ‘The well is to be 70 feet deep. DR. ROBBINS HONORED Dr. Rainard B. Robbins, retiring vice resident and actuary of the Union r Life Insurance Co. was guést of honor yesterday at a farewell luncheon | diffi given by the personnel of the company. He was presented with a desk lamp and a brief case. The presentation was made by Bernard L. Eberts. Dr. Robbins recently was appointed secretary and actuary for annuities of the Teachers Insurance and Anm'l'lg Association of New York City. He assume this post on July the | we thought would be of the plane | plane * Flyers’ Own Story of Hop Stretch to Moscow Proves Toughest Covered on Globe Flight. BY WILEY POST AND HAROLD GATTY. By Radio t The Star, 3 MOSCOW, June 25.—We arrived at Moscow at 5:40 this afternoon. We would have been two hours earlier if it had not been for rain, fog and headwinds. " 'We followed the railroad track from Berlin and had no difficulty in finding - Moscow. Nevertheless, it was the toughest stretch jwe have covered so far. /“We could see below-us two aviation fields, but our instructions were to land on the civilian fleld, which | traversed the by its markings was the sams German planes, Qur the i Dawn Due at 2 AM. ‘We are staying rest before st m at -~ us Wiley Post. We n 8o fay the Soviet officials and oil. So far as with our route. 1 0's will resume the it at 1 o'clock because the huusshmlwo,m 5 ve given us the best maps are concerned the landing flelds and to give us the advice of et et Moscow is the most unusual city we have struck so far. all town. Air traffic it heavy. It is surprisi more backward than any other countty we had seen. ‘We are copfident of the ability of our ! to traverse the vast spaces of Siberla, lally with the aid of the Soviet: authorities. _ Have Choice of Routes. Tn the opinion of navigation authori- ties in. loez aeronautics yesterday much of the success of Wiley Post and Har- old ‘Gatfy, the round-the-world fiyers, on the reliability of their plane. on’ the route from Moscow to <3¢ they choose the short route from Irkutsk, 1,090 miles to Yakutsk and then 2,300 more to Nome, they will saye more then 700 miles over the route from Irkutsk to Kharbarovsk on the Manchurian border. short route is fraught with dan- grown sm cowites consider ly | ger in' case of forced landings, however, a5 ng emergency fields are along the way the terrain is hilly forest for long . It is 1320 miles to Kharbarovsk and then 2,794 more to Nome by the I route, however, and the fiyers weigh es before they started without making a definite duzkcl.lcn a8 to which route they would e. Aid Assured by Amtorg. Officlals of the Amtorg Trading Co. assured the local representative of the fiyers that they would receive every aid from the Russians, whichever course they followed. They added, however, - that the longer course was preferable Sberian well wm&’“ fueling and with ¢ Inasmuch as the airdrome at Yakutsk is now being rebuilt, the Amtorg has cabled to Moscow as to the B:d’nlmy of landing e and request~ the necessary preparations. At all points along the Moscow- Viadivostok airline, the Soviet repre- sentatives sald, there are members of the , the Soviet air society, who have expressed their desire to give all possible assistance to the American fiyers. ‘Will Follow Yukon Valley. This 8,“'{]‘, it was said, vubuznhr]e- sponse e _very elp which was afforded in the United States to the Russian fiyers, Shestakov, Molotov, Fufayev and Sterligov, an the umgc between Alaska and New York of their flight from Moscow, Which was completed on November 1, 1929. Should a forced be necessary between Novosibirsk and Yakutsk, if Post and Gatty elect to take this more cult route, the Amtorg officials said that past experience indicated that the villagers along the way would give every assistance. 3 From Nome to New York the flight will lead 1,869 miles through the Yukon Valley and along the shelf of the Cana- dian Rockies from Mount McKinley to Edmonton, Alberta. Thence the airmen will fly cross-country to their starting Friday and Saturday Specials Smoked HAMS 19 Small, lean, sugar-cured, whole or half, | hickory smoked. { Leg O LAMB 22c Small, Genuine Spring Lamb! Shoulder LAMB 1 ‘Y & Small, Genuine Spring Lamb! and automobile traffic is slight ing to find & 3 modern hotel point at Roosevelt Field. The airline distance is about 1,980 miles. Local aviation 2 on schedule: its goal without a hitch. m.ham.mmmw time, arrived in and to dafe are establ new records for refueling flights over one airline distance. et eapyright, 1031, orbidden. T i3 the New York hole or in part LINDBERGH ASKS 0.K. ON ISLAND FUEL CACHE Tokio Gets Request—Japanese Flyer Halted by Motor—Due to Try Again Next Week. \ th the American embassy, Charles A, Lindbergh today asked permission of the Japanese government to establish a fuel station at some harbor in the The lar newspaper Hochi said Yoshihara would resume his flight i about & week. Yo to tum was compelled back last month after fiying from Tokio to the northern part of the Kurile Is- land chain, where he damaged his plane in landing, A new plane then was provided. ACQUITTED OF MURDER Louis Cherry, colored, was acquitted late f“"“"’ afternoon of a charge of murder in the first degree in connection with the death of David Glover, also Wlmbeli who was lhot':‘(nl-hy u.: a house on IWare avenue W Cherry e yas Gelndsd by Attorney John e was ol H. Wilson while the Oovm%t Was represented by Assistant United States Who | of ‘wines and av, sirmen responded briefly. Attorney Julian I. Richards. This POST AND GATTY LAND N SIBERIA Hillig and Hoirlis Greeted by Throng Upon Landing in Copenhagen. (Continued e as the airport usec'? Sibirsk in 1 it. | riving at 8:; to o four ys continued the Amer be SIBERIA OFFERS DIFFICULTY, Post and Gatty ‘Given Banquet by Russian Air Soclety. MOSCOW, June 36 (#)~Flying in time, Thursday; in the blue ‘monoplane Winnie Mae for Novosibirsk, Boclety, a civil e e Turn Down Liquor. ‘They feasted on a nine-course dinner, but refused to touch a plentiful sy the mmuhumnm it was m‘ than sufficient. » s 'l the , sald A. Pojarsky, Of | “while in Russia i is con-w':nd:"umm & crime when guests refuse wine. It is to be excused because of the serious- ness of you: undertaking.” promi have every ald in their tri sia and that fuel vailable along the :&!‘ route, NOME ENLARGES FIELD, Airport Lengthened t» A Post In Taking Oft. NOME, Alaska, June 26 (#).—The Ianding fleld here is being repaired and enlarged for the arrival of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty from Siberia on their speed flight around the world. fleld will be extended to a gafle i Another Semi-Annual + Clearance Group should be very Interesting . . . to You Tropical - Worsted Suits at $19.75 The regular asking prices for these suits have been $25, $27.50 &.$30 You couldn’t ask for a finer lot... greys, tans, browns and blues , . . and they’re tailored in the . -usual GROSNER manner ¢ + ¢+ ALL SIZES. $7.50 Gmu'ne Panama Hats A special group in Optimo and Afi)i shapes. ILEY POST (right) and Harold Gatty (left) enjoying s mea] in the Lufthansa Alrport restaurant in Berlin, This Associated Press picture was flown to London and transmitted from there to New York via the Bart- lane service over Western Union cables. here today and received a rousing wel- come home. It was 2:10 pm. (8:10 a.m, Eastern time) when _th& lane ‘They had made the hop in 3 hours and 33 min- utes. g “This is the sald Hotrils as test of life," up by welcomers who ut with him on their shoul- Denmark, leaving here as & boy | . ois"on h" seemed like home urflnoa Hillig and Hoiriis got in a motor car ich fought its way through the crowds to City Hall where Burgomaster Hedebol Sterling Prices are lower now— but they may take an upward trend For June Weddings PAAAAAADAANDT Dy € Tea Spoons € Dessert Spoons 6 Dessert Forks STERLING FLATWARE i ssive selection of well known, imete ..all I{uturad at 1:3: distinctive patterns . new attr Sterling is the mafl.’;’g:fl this year . . . he knows that the low e level of silver this season may never again be equaled. Reduced Prices on All AN R ¥ THE HUNT CLUB PATTERN $11.00 (30 $7.50 ¢ Buter 17. 16.00 & Deseert Spoons 6. 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