Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1931, Page 3

HOIRUIS DESCRIBES BEING LOST AT SEA ,Th‘rill of Not Knowing Where Land Lay Is Told by Ocean Pilot. (Continued From Firs tioned in_headlines without sufficient reason. He doesn’t care for adver- tisement any more than other people, but he thinks that if he is to be ad- vertised there must be some founda- tion for it and it was this foundation he wanted to lay. Weeded to Raise $22,000. “The first thing to d Hillig said, “is to try to raise $22,000. The busi- ness man who has $22,000 in the .Phnk without empoying them is a foal. Therefore, Hillig had to make the sum available and that took several monthe. On January 1 the money was secured and we went to New Castle to visit the Bellanca factory to order ‘This we did on the same day. However, the factory had no airplane suitable for an Atlantic flight. It had to be made first and the time of de- livery was fixed in the contract as Merch 1. The airplane was delivered to us in accordance with the contract and we started -the same day on a trip to Florida lasting a fortnight, for the pur- pose of thoroughly testing our machine. When Hillig returned to his business at Liberty I undertook still more trial flights and installed many instruments necessary for the trip across the Atlantic. ~ In the first weck of May we could readily say that the Liberty airplane was in starting order. The inHabitants of the town of I‘herty, which gave the name to our machine, had from the outset no great cor fidence in our plans. We were looked upon as a sort of innocent bluff. 'Most people didn't be- lieve in us until they actually saw the airplane, but then they were enthu- slastic. ‘Weather Delayed Start. Both of us have been met with the most touching kindness on the part of the population of Liberty, especially Jack Beck and Frank Bridges, who offered immediately to precede us across the Atlantic in order to be on the air fleld at Kastrup, Copsnhagen, and they were. Much time was lost in awaiting fa- vorable weather. Hillig attended to his business as usual, while I stayed in New York most of the time. I was there in close touch with the weather reports. One evening at 11:30, I tele- honed from New York to Hillig, who d already gone to bed. I told him he was to leave Liberty at 6 o'clock the next morning, to be at the Floyd Ben- nett Field, Brooklyn. ; Hillig arrived there a few minutes after the appointed time, and almost at the same time I landed with the air- plane, which had just been' submitted to the last test. Everything was to be o. k. This was to be our red letter day. We had ordered a lot of gasoline which was to be delivered at the airport, but owing to a mistak: it arrived a day too early and was removed again. There were several movie camera men and they delayed us for over two hours. Many of our personal friends had also appeared to take a final leave. We had tried to obtain gasoline, but couldn't get any, and it was rather a big quan- tity we needed—250 gallons for the first stage to Newfoundland. We had just enough to reach another airport, at Peterboro, where we took on 250 gal- lons, and at 3 o'clock in the afternoon we were ready to start. Stopped at St. John. It was too late in the day to enable us to cover the whele distance to New- foundland and we planned to stop at St, John, New Brunswick. I took the birdline to Boston and from there went across the water to Portland, Me. We swept by the airdrome at Old Orchard on the coast. Curiously enough, a number of Atlantic flyers, who all met a sad fate, had started from that place, including Miss Grayson, the only one attempting a direct flight from America to Copenhagen. We reached St. John at dark, after a six-hour flight, having covered about 600 miles. On the map the airdrome was shown as lying northeast of the town. However, we circled around St. John for half an hour without being| to able to locate it. At last we were forced to descend in & meadow, where cows were grazing among small hills, the most unfavorable place imaginable, but we had no alter- native. People below us were waving and pointing incessantly. They desired to show us where the airdrome was, for it was clear to everybody that we were either drunk or looking for a landing lace. Otherwise, there was no sense flying in circles. We were prepared for a rather rough landing, but all went smoothly. I am in the habit, in the face of danger, of squeezing my chum’s hand and saying, “Together we stand, together we fall.” ‘Thus in this case, our hands met, It was now quite dark. Detained by Authorities. People in automobiles came up and & young man offered to show us the air- drome. It wasn't where the map showed it at all, but to the northwest. — e UL 10 The morthwest. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE, STOCK- hoiders of ‘the National Union Insurancs Company of Washington for the election of directors will be held at the office of the company, No. 918 F st. n.w., on Monday, July 13,7i931. " Polls open from'1 to 2 o'clock P.m. WILLIAM H. SOMERVELL, e —— {111 3 J P THE FIREMEN'S INSURANCE COMPANY OF WASHINGTON AND EORGETOWN. A special meeiing of the stockholders this company is hereby called to_take place in_the offices of the company, 303 7th st. D.w. Washington, D. 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Next day we started for Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, the last hop before our ocean flight. On the airfield there, our supply of gasoline was ready for us, 600 | gallons in 10 steel containers and 25 drums, each holding one gallon. The enormous quantity to be.loaded | in our machine might well have de-| tcrred us. It s always difficult to take off with a full load like that. Lindbergh knew this, and during the first part of his flight he had to go very low. | We remained at Harbor Grace for| one day to submit our motor to & very thorough inspection. Harold Gatty and Wiley Post arrived the same afternoon. Their motor was fed and they started before dusk. They were able to start in the evening because they had a very fast machine. We had to wait till day- break, because the Liberty is slower and also because we had to calculate the time so we might be at Copenhagen be- fore dark the following day. For two months there has been a list of elght ocean fiyers, all waiting to start. But mine and Hillig's were the last names on the list. From us the least was expected. And yet we were ! the first on the spot. After us came Gatty and Post, then followed Ruth Nichols, who sudd<nly crashed. Up Before Daybreak. We didn't get much sleep that night. Morning came. It was June 24. We got up before daybreak and had & good breakfast, corn flakes, bacon, eggs and coffee. Then we got the pro- Visions ready, altogether six thermos bottles—three with hot coffee and three with water—and roast chicken. By some mistake we left out the bread, so all we had to eat across the Aalantic was roast chicken and chocolate. ‘We left our hotel at 7 o'clock for the airfield. However, we couldn’t start im- mediatly as there was no wind and that was absolutely neecssary in order to start with such a heavily loaded air- plane as ours. At 8 o'clock we felt wonderful. ‘The breeze was blowing 10 to 15 miles. Harbor Grace is about the best airfield I have ever seen. It is 4,000 feet long, sloping _downward 5 per cent at the start of the run, the last part being quite level and no plac: could be better for taking off with a heavily loaded machine. ‘The most important factor on a trip such as we contemplated is the take- off, both for pilot and pessenger. A false start means sure death. The mo- ment you first feel the air under the wings is full of indescribable excite- ment. We started at 8:15 and we were gfl ground before we were half-way lown. Kept Against Wind. For the first 6 miles I kept a north- erly course against the wind in order to get the proper height to enable me make a safe turning. Then we s“";i'd around and went right over the In a few minutes we had lost sight of land. It was extremely cold, the temperature almost at zero. We put cotton wool in our ears. I was piloting the airplane, while Hillig made notes all the time, and it is on the basis of these notes that I am writ- ing this report. They were put down in his little pocket note book with shaking hand, the vibrations of our airplane beln? noticeable in them. the course of 20 minutes we had at- 'Al;;ed a height of 2,5‘00 feet. was a very nice feat, if I may sa; 80. The motor was turning 1,850 {'evo{ lutions per minute, which rather too much, as the maximum revolutions are 1,950. fWe were flying with the sun dead against us, and therefore had to put on colored spectacles to withstand the strong glare. Hillig made observa- uo:: %Vi? &‘uu:rm hour. 3 e t grew more dense and a guarter of an hour later Hillig wrote, “Still fog and overcast.” Then \rwetwent from 2,500 feet down to 1,500 feet. Thus far we had had no time look at the ocean below us. Both of ‘tg concentrated on the airplane, and found to our greatest joy that it flying admirably well. But 15 minutes later we couldn't help rejoicing at the sunbeams which were now and then penetrating through the clouds, creat- ing a most wonderful effect. , Cuts Motor Speed. I reduced the number of revolutions to 800 in order to spare the motor. The wind was westerly and almost carried us before it. This was excellent help, buztvmblmy ‘was poor. 9:30 the Liberty was at a height of 2,500 feet. I loohe?‘d%wn at the waves and observed there were no whitecaps; consequently there could be no very violent wind. At 9:45 we were at a height of 3,000 feet, but now the wind grew in intensity and the waves below us were whitecapped. ‘There were numerous airpockets and our progress in consequence became some- what irregular. It was getting colder, and we closed all windows in the cabin. At 10 o'cloc’t the fog banked up to- ward the south. though there was a bright sky toward the north. We were nearing the fogbark of strange beauty. I didn’t want to fly through the woolly density, and therefore went up to 5,000 feet in order to pass over it. The wind still increased and the whitecaps on the waves became whiter every moment. At 10:15 we flew into a shower. We, therefore, went still higher. con- stants vibration of our machine seemed to send electric currents through us. {0 aropmed into more s pockets and more g;léflmel we fell 100 feet. ofil Looked for Yoebergs. ‘The water around the .Grand Banks of Newfoundland are famous for their icebergs. We looked out for them, but could see none. On the ocean_there was nothing in sight, not even a fishing boat. At 10:45 “fog has lifted,” wrote Hillig and a little while later I forced the air- upwards and reached an altitude of 7,000 feet. Hillig had rather feared the motor would run hot, owing to the great weight of the airplane, but this fear was un- ’“WM began to feel ourselves at e Now in home in the cabin and made life as we was pleasant as possible. It was not pleasani "3 the ole n‘mw stretch To an inclosed airplane is almost the same as_driving 1o & closed automobile. Later, new fog banks came rolling from the North and South. To fly over the Grand Banks is beautiful indeed, so far as the view goes, but it affects one's nerves on account of the strain. At noon there was every indication that we | Col were almost over thie Gulf Stream. Wanted a Slice of Bread. ‘The wind was now turning to the north, as we could see from the forma- tion of the waves. Perhaps I didn't pay sufficient attention to this, for the wind must have forced us too far to- ward the south. We realized that when we reached Europe. ‘We were so high that even if steam- ers had passed beneath us they would never have seen us nor we them. We were flying in a little world of our own. At 2:30 we had our first meal over the ocean, which oonsisted of roast chicken and chocolate. I don't think I ever felt such a craving for a slice of bread as I did .at that moment. We had no salt or pepper and no plates, knives or forks, and it wasn't with the kindest feelings that we thought of people in the Harbor Grace hotel who had packed bread and condiments in a basket which they had forgotten to put in the automobile in which we drove to the airfleld. Hillig served up lunch, using as a t2olecloth one of the rags used for cleaning the motor. He handed me chicken, I grasped one leg, he the other, and in this way we parted the bird. Through the holes in the clouds be- low us we looked into an enormous abyss, and far, far down were the wind-lashed waves. Even if the Le- viathan had been down there it would have looked not over the size of a child's toy. Pass Notes to Kill Time. Now prolonged rain awaited us and we whiled away the time passing notes to each other until we came to the most critical time of our journey. A We were completely enveloped in the wDr, Kimball, the meteorologist at New York, had warned us of this fog. I tried to climb out of it, then I went down to 2,000 feet, but could find no opening. The wind was due north, a contributory cause to our great drift. At 4 o'clock, “We are now in the midst of a gale. Visibility is extremely poor,” wrote Hi . illig. ‘This continued for some time, until we estimated we must be off the coast of Ireland, but there was no rent in the fog to indicate we were over land. We continued to exchange our notes until it seemed we had been flying blindly for hours. “What's Become of Ireland?” “Ireland,” I cried into Hillig’s ear, “What in Heaven's name has become of Ireland?” Hillig answered: “Ireland isn't so important, just go on towafds the east,” and he pointed orwa rd. “Out there,” he added, “there must be land. Far down below us at 6 o'clock I dgain saw 'a rent in the clouds, and ;lked Hillig what he thought we should 0. “How can I know that?” he an- red. swered. We_spiraled down, and I could see that Hi didn't like the sensation. “What will you do if instead of land there is water?” he asked. ~Oh, just climb up again,” I replied. ‘We came down under the clouds saw there was about 200 feet between us and the sea. Then we continued onward, with the clouds hanging above as a ceiling over our heads and the ugly waves washing beneath u: ‘We proceeded thus until 6: we shouted o together: “Land! Land! Lend!” Thought it Was England. But what country, we didn't know. We decided it was England. There- ), when wn. thout any knowledge whatso- ev:nuu"w our wkurubout:.'! hudg Felt Very Tired. We now felt absolutel l?h::gm:r :::‘kd we knew we were on it but we began to feel awiully tired. i ot ¥ EVENING STAR, “WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1931.. Post Tells of Moscow World Flyers Entertained With Nine-Course Ban- quet on Arrival—Guests Drink Water in Toast « to Flight=—Soviet Co-operation Good. BY WILEY POST AND HAROLD GATTY, ’ Pilot and Nayigator of the Mononlane By Radio to The Star. MOSCOW, Jure 26, at the flying field.—Tt is unfortunate that they over-| the load us, time counts and we are anxious to make s record over Si- beria. We expect to reach Novo Sibirsk about 5 o'clock this evening providing | Railway. we_don't encounter a thick fog. The Soviets ted with us charts. They have given us blue prints telling about landing flelds and ‘well Tlshowing their position in_relation to said to Hillig, “Give me a push if I get [towns. We will take a short rest at S oSRin we had left the coast line we were again uncertain as to our position. I mentioned this to Hillig, who re- ‘ked: me‘;l%uldm't it be better to land some- where and find out where we really are?” Maybe, I thought, our compass had run amuck, maybe I had wn oo tired to navigate properly. it com- pass seemed to be pulling faces at me. Looking at it was growing & bit of a nightmare, {ve flew on for a little while through golden afternoon sunlight, when sud- & denly some big white rings below us indiacted an airfield. Although we had gasoline enough in our small drums for several hours’ flight, we determined to descend to ask our way and get & map which might show the exact route to penhagen. Stone Deaf From Roar. ‘We landed the Liberty once again on firm ground. Around us Germans were cheering but we were stone deaf from the drumming of the motors. We had crossed the Atlantic, we had crossed Europe and were at Krefeld. We wanted to make an immediate restart and in order to save time we didn't want to refill the big tank from our small tins. Instead we asked the Germans to give us 50 gallons. They, couldn’t understand our English. They gave us only 15 litres and that was why we had to descend in Bremen. Yesterday’s flight was only a pleasure trip over the blue waters and the green islands through a sunlit sky. A few hours’ flight and we met the Danish military squadron. Guided by ‘®scort, we made the circuit of the tow- ers of Copenhagen and then the un- forgettable moment—hurrah! Rurrah! waving hands, smiles on faces we knew, 10,000 people to welcome us and roses, thousands of roses. We were at our goal—our flight was ended. (Copyright. 1931, by the North American N lliance, Inc.) iewspaper Al Births Reported. The following births have been veported {o ihe Health Department In the last 2¢ ours Paul and Fannie E. Carte: Frederic B. and El Wiley V. and M Philip J. T bor. stervelt, boy. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Mr. Mel- lon has got & tough job. He had to go to Paris and explain to the French that it better if Ger- many didn’t pay anything for a year. Now, when you start in tfelling France idge. It can’t be done. 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Ave. to Bradley Lane, turw LEFT two squares (along the grounds of the Chevy Chase Club) to Maple Ave. them fol our signs. HANNON - & LUCH Established 1906 govo Sibersk, then try to make Irkutsk one hop. Soviet aviation authorities advised us to halt at Krasnoyarsk, but we won't unless we have to. Fuel Is Good. In the matter of fuel, that which we obtained at Moscow was of good qual- |ity and the Soviets assure us that the same kind is obtainable in Siberia at the places we will land, but they sent 20 telegrams to different points just to make sure. Our two-hour sleep didn't do much ood. It might have been better to sleep all evening, but the Soviets had pr?-red a nine-course banquet for us and we couldn's disappoint them by not appearing. They made speeches and drank to the success of our trip in wine toasts, which we acknowledged by drinking water. Plane Overloaded. ‘When we returned to the fleld we found the Russians had overloaded our plane with gasoline. They didn't want us to dump it on the ground., for fear of fire, 50 they had to siphon it out. It took them quite a little while to EUGENE O'NEILL, JR., WED Yale Student, Son of Playwright, Married Secretly June 15. NEW YORK, June 27 (#)—Eugene O'Neill, jr., Yale student and son of the playwright, and Miss Elizabth Green of Forest Hills were married in Long Island City on June 15, it was disclosed yesterday. $ Announcement of the marriage was made by Mrs. George Pitt-Smith, mother of the bridegroom, who said there was no parental objection and the couple were on a wedding trip on a yacht owned by the bride’s father. ,The only witnesses at the marriage were Mrs, Pitt-Smith and the bride’s father. The bridegroom is the son of the playwright by his first wife, the former Kathleen Jenkins, now Mrs. Pitt-Smith, whose marriage to O'Neill was dissolved by divorce in 1912. Young O'Neill plans to return in the Fall to graduate, Look-Back Stockings Vogue. Look-back stockings are causing necks to twist in Vienna and Paris. Makers have named them “Back to Fron some fronts are quite plain and the backs are painted or embroidered with butterflies, wasps or small sngkes. Other stockings are flesh pink in front and dark gray in the back, giving the ap- pearance of the wearer having legs bare in front and painted in the bacl ther poor flying conditions, judg- ing by the rain and mist in the Mos- cow region. Facilities- Poor. « Our plane is running sweetly and attracted great interest on the part of Russian aviators, who examined it carefull; On the whole, flying is harder here’ than in other countries, since there are not as yet many facili- ties. The telegraph doesn’t work the way it should. It is difficult to keep outlying posts well stocked on account of of transportation, and little things seem to cause magy delays. But the Russians make up spirit what they lack materially, their attitude is very friendly and sympathetic and they are doing their best for us. (Copyright, 1931, by New York Times A RESTICTED COMMUNITY OF FULLY DETACHED HOMES—PRICED FROM POST AND GATIY 7 HOURS AHEAD Turn Into Homestretch With 8,050 of 15,000 Miles Completed. (Continued From First Page.) persons each, undred il lang to the inhabitants the sirplane is unknown. “We are nnx!ng- to get ;:flwnne exist,” they said. Post and Gatty remained s little longer here than they had said mm-m ey fhem phneml:y back to New York “wif & quiver.” Predict Record. ‘When they left here they predicted they would shatter all existing round- the-world records. said the Moscow-Novosibirsk-Irkut hops had been without difficulties. Post and Gaetty originally set 10 days as their time to go around the world. They had covered 8,050 miles of their $13,500 TO $17,500 FEATURES clous, wel —of the apartments include: Lo el preportioneh - Hgtay Wood-burning with Jurniture; ~ many r_apartments have sun rooms libraries; extrg dath rooms in of the apartments. Apartment 118—-$100 Overlooking Klingle Valley liging room 1z Entrance fover, 21% in iarge (or den, or child’s room) ind toilet; t) ‘ncluding electric refrio- eleciric current and vas planned. | a5 the led. D to mlmued nvr::theln& Just MOSCOW, June 27.—Wiley Post and Harold Gatty left Moscow today bearing telegrams written—with exper assist- ance—in Russian terrtory. If they des- cend at Novosibirsk they were to file form A; if at Irkutsk, later telegram B. “All well” calls for another form, “trouble with the motor” for still an- other, and other emergencies for still e e for this Nustrates ad or o R Beyond Moscow and Sentngred th 1o WERED 10 Syt b et And, Russian telegram in another pect to have it translaf Evi dh their it special equi) en wit present s, e mngnnno:uuummmfl& shall hear promptly from the fiyers Biig "Slona, telegrais. from " Siveria ng, rom often taking two days to arrive. It is just one of the ways in which Russia is “different.” (Copyright, 1931.) Drive out Conn. 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