Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1935, Page 14

KEYS OVERCOME FIRE AND STORM Mississippi Flyers Carry On to Surpass Jackson- 0’Brine Record. By the Assoclated Press. MERIDIAN, Miss. ‘Weathering tempest fire, Al and Fred Key, the long-dis- tance Meridian flyers, today winged their way past 600 hours of sustained endurance flight. The recognized official world record was passed Thursday afternoon at 3:13.30 p.m. Central standard time on their twenty-third day of continuous flight over and around the Meridian Airport and a new world record was set an hour later. Unsatisfied by Record. But a new world record did not satisfy the intrepid flyers, and the brothers zoomed on in their attempt to surpass the 647-hour flight of Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine, which was not officially recognized because of an improper barograph. The brothers asserted the endur- ence plane, Ole Miss, was still per- forming smoothly, Al and Fred entered their 600th hour of flight at 12:32 p.m. today after they had run safely through a night storm and had fought off a morning fire in the plane’s battery. Today, just after a refueling con- tact, the plane’s battery burst into flames, but Al Key, at the controls, quickly shut off the ignition, pulled down a fire extinguisher and put out the blaze. The plane dropped to within 200 feet of the airport before he gave her the gun again. Must Make Satisfactory Landing. For the Keys to claim the world record they have set they must make a satisfactory landing on the munici- pal airport, now called Key Field, from which they took off on June 4. The flyers were buoyed in their continued flight by a $100-a-day bonus for every day they remain aloft over and above the world record, and they have not yet announced any immediate intention of coming down. District of Columbia—Partly cloudy today and tomorrow; possibly local thundershowers tomorrow afternoon; not much change in temperature; gen- tle variable winds. Maryland—Party cloudy today and tomorrow; possibly local thunder- showers tomorrow afternoon in central and west portions; not much change in temperature. Virginia—Party cloudy with local thundershowers today and tomorrow in south and west portions; not much change in temperature. West Virginia—Local thundershow- ers today and probably tomorrow; not THE SUNDAY Copyright, A. STAR P. Wirephoto. WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 30, 1935—PART O With the New Endurance Champions of the Air . W. U SEMINAR OPENS TOMORROW Annual Hispanic-American Conference to Continue Through August 9. The fourth annual seminar-confer- ence on Hispanic-American Affairs, conducted by George Washington University as a part of its regular Summer sessions, will open tomorrow and continue throuzh August 9. Registration and instruction in the six-week Summer course also start tomorrow, with 32 courses offered. The Colonial period of Hispanic- American history will be emphasized this season at the conference, which will draw prominent professors from a number of universities to serve on the staff of instructors. The seminar- conference is given under the auspices of the university’s Center of Inter- American Studes, of which Dr. A. Curtis Wilgus is director. This year it 1s under the immediate supervision of Dr. James R. Robertson, editor of the Hispanic-American Historical Review. Daily Conferences Slated. ‘The conference will meet two hours daily, from 9:40 to 11:30 am. These studies have brought many outstand- ing scholars to George Washington University in the past three years. ‘The lecturers for the Hispanic-Amer- fcan sessions include: Dr. Robertson, Dr. Clarence F. Jones of Clark Univer- sity, Dr. Philip A. Means of Pomfret, Conn., formerly director of the Na- tional Museum of Aichaeology ‘4n Lima, Peru; Prof. Marie Madden of Fordham University, Prof. Arthur 8. Alton of the University of Michigan, Prof. Lillian Pisher of Oklahoma Col- lege for Women, Prof. J. Lioyd | Mecham of the University of Texas, Prof. Irving A. Leonard of the Uni- versity of California, Prof. Cecil Knight Jones of George Washington University, Prof. Roland D. Hussey of | | the University of California, Prof. John Tate Lanning of Duke Univer- sity, Dr. Alfred L. Hasbrouck of No. 1—Mrs. Fred Key and Sonny take off to fly alongside Key, who, with his brother Al, is still flyinf over Meridian, Miss., after settiny a new record for endurance flying. The brothers continued despite a fire in the motor of their plane, the Ole Miss. No. 2—The wives, Mrs. Fred Key at' left, prepare & meal for the fiyers. They prepare all food used by the pair. No. 3—Col. Roscoe Turner, after flying from California to congratulate the brothers, salutes them by dipping down while the Ole Miss is being refueled. The flyers are receiving a bonus of $100 for each additional day in the air. Thomas Mann, German Exile, Impressed by City’s Dignity 1929 Nobel Prize Winner, Recently Hon- ored With Harvard Degree, Takm who were led by firemen to a grating opening on the E street side of the building. They were rescued after the grating was ripped from the side- (Continued Prom Pirst Page) | walk. Lieut. Stein was the leader in| ‘ this work, Explosion shipped here. There are several hun- No Definite Cause Found. dred or more transformers of similar | & projin Sharpe, executive mist- type in operation in the city, many of | gn¢'to the president of the company, Tourist’s Glimpse of Capital. them in downtown Washington. Protected by “Breaker.” Sager said the transformer was pro- tected by a “circuit breaker” designed to cut off current automatically if| anything went wrong with the mech- said that the preliminary mvuugn-{ tion by engineers of the District gov- ernment and the company could du-' cover no definite cause for the ex-| ‘Washington and Dr. A. Curtis Wilgus | of George Washington University. : Ten courses for teachers are listed | in the regular Summer program. They include curriculum construction and teaching of elementary school sub- jects, under Miss Anna D. Halberg of | Wilson Teachers’ Collcge; the high school, the junior nigh school and a seminar in high school supervision, | under Prof. John T. Wahlquist of the University of Utah: Dean William Carl Ruediger’s course in technique of teaching and seminar in philosophy | of education. Other courses include teaching of reading, social studies and educational origins, under Prof. Wil- liam Cuilen French, and a series un- der Prof. Mitchell Dreese, feltur‘mg plosion. Sharpe said: | educational psychology and peychol- “There is no evidence | ogy of character. honors at Harvard University,{for a study of the philosopher | anism. This mechanism is calculated | or record of anything having been | to perform its duty within three- | done to that transformer to have Dr. Wyllis E. Wright, chief classifier | of the New York Public Library, will Dr. Thomas Mann, exiled auth- Nietsche. He is convinced there 18| fourths of a second. He said it did its much change in temperature. Report Until 10 P. Midnight . 2 am. 4 am, 6 am. 8 am. 10 am.. . Saturday, 75 12 noon........ eees 13 2 pm. 71 4 pm. 71 6 pm. 77 8 pm. . 8¢ 10 pm . 75 time at their disposal yesterday, the or from Germany and 1929 winner of the Nobel prize for litera- ture, and his wife are in Washington for a three-day glimpse of the Capi- | tal. Anxious to give out as much in- formation as possible in the brief 88 91 89 8 14 Record Until 10 P.M. Saturday. Highest, 91, 2 p.m. yesterday. Year £go, 101. Lowest, 70, 3:15 a.m. yesterday. Year Bgo, 77. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 95, on June 27. Lowest, —2, on January 28. Tide Tables. | (Furnished by United States Coast | and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow. | « T:23am. 808am.| 1:44am. 2:33am. . 7:55pm. 8:4lpm,| . 2:23pm. 3:08p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. Bun, today 7:38 Sun, tomorrow.. 4:45 7:38 Moon, today..... 4:19a.m. 7:45pm. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1935. 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One pair to see far and near. §$12.00 value.... OCTAGON RIMLESS Beautifully engraved and fitted with new type rocking pearloid pads that protect the nose. $10.00 value | self, to observe a session of Congress. |in German. It seemed, upon second | and then they were afrald—but the | was an appointment at 4. 65 $5.85 Cylindrical or Tinted Not Included 812 F- SHAH OPTICAL CO. % youthful-appearing author of suffi- ! cient literature already to rank him | among the foremost novelists of his time spoke rapidly in a delightful mixture of French, German and Eng- lish, aided by Mrs. Mann. Washington, despite its heat, “is | FRESH from receiving academic | He is at present collecting material a closer connection between that | philosopher’s illness in his later life | and his subsequent genius than is usually accorded by writers who have | analyzed his work. Dr. Mann will | write a critical biography of his life | and works, based mainly on a vast | knowledge of the Teuton pessimist’s | career and his own researches. Dr. Mann and his wife, the latter | 2 gay, comely and most attractive per- | son, visited the United States for 10| days in 1934. They made New York | their headquarters, visiting nowhere‘ else. This trip to Washington is their | such a dignified city. In comparison | first, and they are making every effort | to New York, that is,” they sald. Liked Roof-Garden View. Friday night was their most pleas- ant experience, it appears. Friends had taken them to the roof garden of one of the hotels. “It was so like a fairy view,” ex- plained Mrs. Mann. “Oh, it was pretty, so very pleasant.” “And there was dancing,” inter- rupted the doctor, “entertainment, you know, and they were so quiet about it. It was very nice.” They had been hustled about, to | the Lincoln Memorial and the Mon- | ument, and then to the Capitol it- They were specially impressed by t-he‘ House of Representatives. They talked rapidly to each other | inquiry, that the reporter had been mistaken for an official of the State Department. No matter; no embar- rassment. “There was something else you would like to ask my husband?” said Mrs. Mann. A few questions, yes, reporter understood, of course; there The author’s present trip was under- taken for the double purpose of ac- cepting the degree of doctor of laws at Harvard on June 20 and as a fur- ther rest from his recent labors in writing the second volume of his epic trilogy, “Young Joseph,” recently pub- lished in this country. In the same group receiving similar honors from Harvard were his fellow German exile, Albert Einstein, and United States Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace. Confessing to an old ambition to write a novel for the American maga- zines, the author added that one rea- son motivating the desire was the splendid returns our writers received. As yet, however, he has gotten neither the inspiration for such work nor any publisher’s suggestion that he do one. So that matter waits. In the meantime, such things as the “Magic Mountain,” Nobel prize winner; “Buddenbrooks,” considered by many his best work, and a study of Wagner have come from his pen. akes not only gives good yision to see 2all its points of interest. ‘They were in a flurry of excitement as the interview ended, in mnclpn-‘ tion of a trip to Mount Vernon and | the Tomb of Washington. Their evening.was spent in a pri- vate, informal dinner at the White House. They will leave Monday morn- ing again for New York and will sail for home soon afterward. 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