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SADDLES MYSTERY LEADS TO VIRGINIA Well-Dressed Connoisseur Suspected of Riding Academy Thefts, The mystery of the missing saddles “led police today over hill and dale and Tiver from an exclusive riding academy at Massachusetts avenue and Water- side drive into Arlington County in search of a well-dressed connoisseur of riding leather who steals only the best. The Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion is studying the case to determine | Whether it has any jurisdiction. The loot of the horsey Raffles in- eludes two saddles belonging to Mrs. Evelyn Robert, wife of Lawrence W. «(Chip) Robert; seven belonging to Arlington Hall, girls’ school in Arling-~ ton County, and three owned by E. M. Palmer, 4300 Columbia pike, Arling- ton, Va. Discovery of Loss. "The school officials and Palmer no- tioed their loss some time ago. Mrs. JRobert discovered Thursday that her #addles had been taken from the rack room at the Preece Riding Academy, £538 Massachusetts avenue, in which she keeps her equipment, and she im- mediately sought the aid of the law. Mrs. A, Preece, an Englishwoman who has ridden all her life and whose husband runs the stables, recalled ves- terday that two weeks ago she had conversed with a suspicious, perfectly- dressed stranger whose unusual ques- tions made her wary of doing business Wwith him. “I noticed this man skulking around the place,” Mrs. Preece said, “and I Went out to talk with him. I asked him if he was interested in riding. JHe said: “‘Yes, what sort of saddles have you?' “I assured him we were well equipped o suit his needs. Then he asked this question, which nobody really ever asks: “‘Have you good equipment?’ Man Under Suspicion. “My head groom was facing me and the man's back was to him. The groom winked at me, showing he, too, thought something strange was afoot, and I soon dismissed the stranger. I have an idea he is our culprit.” The thief entered the stable on the deserted Waterside drive side under the shadow of a clump of trees which darken the window leading into the tAck room where Mrs. Robert kept her saddles. It is supposed that he approached Palmer's stables with a package of meat to quiet Palmer's dogs, which never barked, although they are considered good watchdogs. The thief steals only Whiddy sad- dles, which are made usually in Eng- land, and are considered * available. over $100. HOW HORSE RUNS WILL BE STUDIED Gait Tests to Be Made on Scien- tific Basis at Medical School. * By the Assoctated Press. ROCHESTER, N. Y, May 15—A btaid medical school professor of or- thopedics, far removed from morld of form sheets and the racing gentry, is -embarking on a research Each saddle is worth well program to learn how the horse, as a | running mechanism, functions. Dr. R. Plato Schwartz of the Uni- Wersity of Rochester is planning a horse gait laboratory on a nearby farm. There, for the first time since the | gasoline age began, the horse will be t studied by the same scientific mom-[ ods as are sused in automobile and | llrplane research. | The first and last previous scien- tific study of a hor gait were carried on between 1872 and 1885 by Eadward Muybridge under the sponsorship of ~ Leland and others, Dr. Schwartz said. | ¢ The experiments began with an argument over whether a running | horse ever has all four feet off the | ground. Muybridge said it did and | proved it by setting up a line of 24 cameras whose shutters were tripped‘ as the horse broke strings in run- | ning Dr. Schwartz' test horses will wear special shoes, with electrical switches built inside them. The switches will | close as pressure falls on various | parts of the hoof be recorded through a wire leading from the hoof to a track-side ma- | » chine. = N DUNKARDS FACING BATTLE ON RADIO Bitter Opposition Marks Opening of Session in Tent—15,000 to Attend. By the Associated Press. DELPHI, Ind, May 15—A spirited | battle over radios—whether they should be permitted or banned— loomed tonight as the old-order »Dunkards convened near here in a large tent. The progressives, who succeeded in | removing the ban on lace curtains, | the automobile and the telephone, ere confident of victory. Others raid they would fight the proposal “to the bitter end.” Approximately 15,000 members are expected to attend tomorrow’s ses- Jpions. The conference will continue ghrough next Wednesday. The Dunkards are opposed to musi- ical instruments. The men have long hair and beards. The women wear full-gathered skirts and large shawls. They feasted today on bread and butter, apple butter, boiled beef, beef soup thickened with bread crumbs and pickles. ——tl ALIMONY STRIKER_SUED . Husband Asks Divorce, Lawn Sit-Down. SOULDER, Colo., May 15 (#).— M. Genevieve Johnson’s 15-day sit- down strike for alimony was cited as en act of cruelty in divorce pro- ceedings flled here today by Ralph Johnson, 26. Mrs. Johnson, 29, conducted her strike in a rocking chair in front of Jehnson's parents’ home: in Long- mont, 20 miles from here. Large crowds of curious came to see her, bands serenaded her and she took a bath under a tarpaulin. She desist~ ef last Monday at the orders of Police. %< Citing the best | the | Stanford, | & founder of the California university, | E! The current will | ) MISS JEAN SNAVELEY, Chosen as queen of the Mny by popular vote of the girls at American University, shown at the annual May je[n yes- terday on the university campus 40670 GRADUATE IN MONTGOMERY |County High Schools to Award Record Number of Diplomas. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, May 15.—Diplo- mas will be presented 406 graduates of | the seven accredited high schools of Montgomery County at commence- ments next month, Edwin W. Broome, | county superintendent of schools, an- | | nounced today. The number is a rec- ord for the county. Montgomery Blair, Silver Spring, leads with 115 graduates; Bethesda- Chevy Chase is second with 111, and the number to be graduated by each of the other institutions is as follow Richard Montgomery, Rockville, 75; Sherwood, Sandy Spring, 392; Gaith- jersburg, 25; Damascus, 23; Poolesville, 18. Lincoln High School, the only colored institution of the kind | in the county, will have 32 graduates. | The list of graduates follows: Montgomery Blair. Academic—Bessie Leeada Arnold Mar- | | guerite Phyllis Bailey. Margaret Elizabeth | Benedict, Dorothy Josephine Berry Mil- | |dred Virginia \Bodine Helen Frances | Giagves Mae Green. Ryatha | Nancy Marshall | i mmmnre Elizabech La Baie Lola Marguerite Ma; Clare ~Elizabeth | Martin Ma’mren H\Il Mitchell. Dorothy Akehurst Nellis. Bettie Virginia Porter, Eleanor May_ Rich. Margaret Ruby_ Rich, Lids Esther Sargeant Carol Stacy. Evelyi Talley, Katherine Jean Wadley, nard_Arenston. Charles Donald jam Edward Bowman, )r.._Clars ir.. Francis Vernon Burke, Edmond Chandler. Harry Petly Dodse. Richard George _Gibbs. Durward Groves, John_ James v Frankiin Guthrie Hos. James Brooke Hutt: Jr. R 1ph ns. David Okey Johnson. Keller. Pau[ wil- | son Kemp. m John Edwin Lewis. ir.c Wil Peacock Wal an field. Fnuen Pranklin Kellogg Th Odorion Roby. _Arvo | Saati Chatles Bernard. Smith, Stanley_ Thompson. Arthur ar. He: “Dona i Zin Jwitson, merrla'—Ra"non e Atwasd. Wilma Frances Beall. Doris Marie r Roberta’ ~ Chichester Fink. Emily Virginia Keele a Keilv. Virginia Eleanora Hope Lutes. Vera Mai- va_ Louise Owens. Corda r. Margaret Elizabeth Scott, Sarah leanor Evelyn Turner. Hazelle Evelyn Luctlle Wolfe. Sally | lyn Altenreid dred Luciile Worsle. Seneral — Margaret Louise Marsuerite Etelle Folsoni. Doris Virginia | Graves. Elizabeth Lucille ‘Hendrick. Doris Rita Ingram. Bilile Kellum. Franceska Pauline Mason. Helen ~ Louise Mather, Katherine Louise McGinn, Marjory Dee | Munroe. Mary Margaret Perry. Virginia Rmth Saffo Audrey Annabelle Smith, dmund James Beall, Stanley White Jack Pamm' Beasley, Edward John H on Case. Willlam Jo- an_Darby. Alvin s Frederick Gar- y Gray. William Hefllin, James M. r Hunter, Bel Keyo Lei! rge McCeney, ~ Brice De_ Witt Robertson, Wilbur James Savary. Earl “ar"n ‘Thorne Henderson. Jr.: nard ~Cnarles Reel Wilb Harry Le Kober. McCann., Orris William ~Wallace Rovall, Calvert s~ Dodge ' Sterling. Thomas. Billy Alexander Harry Daniel Von Friedly. Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Academic—Lucie Agnew Bennett, Phyl- lida Hart Bien, Mary L:llian Boggs, Eleanor Boges, Eleanor Bradley. Marjorie Gertrude Elise Duncan Curry, ~Margaret and | Cassey, Warren Day, Elizabeth Ann Gittings, Helen | Lucille Gwinn, Doris Marie Jones, 'Jeanette Elizabeth Anne Kinsman, Susan . _Louise Payson Latimer. Martha Le Fevre, Eleanor J. Magee. Hazel Riley O'Neal. Jacqueline Edwina Scott_ Alice Skinker, Melissa Vir- inia Smoot. Janet Gray Stoddard, Frances nne Thomas, Tatiana L. Massiliefl Vir- iniaLouise Voorhees. Laura Moffatt Warthen. Elizabeth Wiison. Judy ~Worth Woodring, Beth Woolsey, Henri J. Bernard. Leighton ‘Stuart Bishop. Kenyon W. Cole: . Neil B. Collings. Grail Dawson, John Dorothy : Arnold | ci B. Greer Bruce McCurdy Hall. James Edward Hamill. Joel Grant Holmes Henry Clay Keens, ir.: George W Lewis. jr: Donald MacLeod, Horace Lyman McCoy. jr; Basil Illarion Mishtowt. Howard Mizell. Richard Peter Moran _Robert Houstoun' Murphy. Rich- mond Sheperd Paine, Robert E. Pates. Karl Frederick Plitt. Frank D. Smith. Grege Custis Smith. Henry Andrew Smith. Frederick George Smithson. George Forrest Smithson. Hugh Alton Tavlor and Jack Thompson Commercial—Margaret L. Bennett. Jean C. Finlayson, Ruth R. Grange, Mary Louise Hodge. Lelia'C Hufiman, Christine Hurley. Rae Lee. Jean A. Lester. Page Anne Lester Grace Theodora Palmer. Nellie E. Price, Harriett C. Riggs._Virgie Jane Testerman, Dorothy Harriett Wiesner. Albert D. Meeks. Lawrence G. Schneider and Donald Watson Tolson. General-—Mary _Ellen Jean Elizabeth Barton. Lucile Webb Beli, Mary Bowman. Elizabeth Allen Brooks. Margaret Jean Elliott Marjorie Breeze Erickson. RO- maine Elizabeth Eustace. Cathering Eléeanor Gilleland. Evelynne D G 5 Havens, Jane Burdette Tomis. Page Mason. Elizabeth A. Moody. Rita Dofores Sehaeter. Bath Marie Sng. Nt garet Elizebeth Smith. Mary Louise Walker. Paul Henry Alban, Alien Walker Betts, Ed- ward R. Brosius_jr.; Howard Youe Bryan, Rodney Redden Day. Worthinoton Bernard Day Robert Edward Diehl. Norman Hall Davis. Thomas Scribner Dietz, Richard Alan Duvall, David Greer Huntt. Thomas Le Mees. Melvin C Saneer. Donald smm Hugh V. Stabler, Courtney R. Youns, Jr. and George H. Wilcox. Richard Montgomery. Academic—Sallie Garrett Alder, Mar- faret Delight Case. Helen Katherine Clark, se Marie De Chene. Marjorie Hemersly Ellsworth, Julia A. Hersberger Katherine Virginia Howell. Mary Louise Lewis, Jean Esther McCurdy. Mary Catherine_'Miles, Mary Dawson Henderson. Edith JIsavelle geck. Roland "Linthicum Banke ir. Davis, jr.: et Andrew Poribere. Emest . Lillerd. Topert M "Pavne. jr. and Charles William Woodward, Ir. Commercial—Louise Rowe Bissett. Lois Adair Bragg, Audrey Mae Brake, Dorothy izabsth Brooks. Bettle Torbert Burdette, Ellen Reed Cronise, Dorothv Lee Fletcher, Dorothy Inez Fralev. Hilda Josephine Gray. Tessiel Caroline Hamilton. Naomi Louise Horn. Miidred Elizabeth Hutchinson, Eileen Nora Jackson. Katherine Virginia Jenkins. Bernice Louise King. Hilda Rosanna Kraft, Mary Frances Lowry_ Eivera McGaha Marion June Miller. Dorothv Mae Dean Morninestar.” Amelia Marie Moulden. Mary Cornelia_Offutt, Hilda Elizabeth Schooley. Mareuerite Hamilton Margaret Weddle, Andrews. Sudduth., Dorothy naiTold M. Bennett Leroy P Bennett. Neal Crown, Jam Flder, Charles Embrey, Clements Alexn ler < R Rockville, | Jonn Stanton Watker. | !‘ E Lorraine | Cobourn. | T Reign as May Queens MISS LOUISE ANDERSON, Queen of the May at the Neighborhood House celebra- tion yesterday at the house, 1207 E street southwest. MARY FLETCHER, 20-year-old vice president of the senior class at Wilson Teachers’ College, who will be crowned queen of the May Wednesday at the Sylvan Theater at 2:30 p.m. Oden. Kenneth ana Thomas General v . Samuel Riggs, Lavinia Moulden, 4th, Bertha schart Fau, Embrey Meredith E_ Hul, Nor: McGaha. Charles Sperow k Norris. Russell John' William War- sh. Richard Gar- Wilson Waters and economics—Maude trial—Roy and Howard William Stull. jr. Sherwood High School. Academic-—Sarah Goyne Bryant. Jean Louise Cissel. Josephine Virginia Finney- frock, Tucile Laporte. Martha Gertrude Mott,’ Marsuerite du Meste Ridgely. Eugenia Smith, Dixie A. Sw: brey Theodore Beall 0 fant. Randolph ~Calvin Bready. Maurice Theodore Cissel. Jr.. Jonathan Belding Gl Richard Hyate Lansdale, Jr.: Calvin Springfield Martin. jam Thomas Mun- Caster, Charles Gibson OuFsier ‘and. Fran- cis Hutton Riggs. Commercial — Sue Earlene Alderton, Aleyse Virginia Barger. Catherine Elizabeth Cashell. Naomi Elizabeth Fraley. Evelyn Virginia Hawkins. Louise Virginia Leishear. Viola Ethel Linkins. Evelyn Louise Parsley, Anna May Sirouse. ‘Ralph G Lee Harmon an. S'an ey George Downs. Harry jr.. Charles Austin Hig- gins, Sumner William Linton. Hatry Za- charia Musgrove. ir.: uglas _ Carlton Oland. Paul Stephen Souder. ~Raymond Randolph Spessard. Jr. and William Eils- worth Wachter. Jr. Gaithershurg High School. Academic—Mabel Virginia Wright, Pran- su Carolyn Brown and Harry Cley Perry, Commercial—Lillian _Elizabeth Kings- { bury. Marauerite Elizabeth. Burns. Laura | Evelyn Woodtield. Naomi Rae Kibler, Helen Rosalie Hogan. Frances Mary Musser and Harold Hershey Billie, Beall Lillian Corrinne A alker. Liovd Na- | thaniei Michael * Gartner, alker Charles Leroy James Cariton Mullinix. cational agriculture—Wwarren Trow Albert Bowia Allnutt. George Leon- Albert Jones Cissel and Ben- Jamin Gott Beall Vocational home sconomics—Mildred | Louise Trammeil and Ruth Bdna Gue, Damascus High §rhM| —Marjorie Bover Brandenburg. Burdette, Tola Virginia Clay, | Moor 3 Inez | Moxl -l Rebi ins. Mar- | garet "Rae Watkins and Donald Norris e | —Rosie Ardelle Gue. Lindsey | Leo esh. George Carlton Moxley and | ea; Voeational - agriculture—Delaney Pearl | Brown. Samuel Franklin Ogzg. Bernard Mogroe Poole and Robert Carl Stephens, ational home economics—Madeline Willard Bennette Olive Virginia Butdetie, Margaret Elizabeth Snapp. Mary Louise Souder and Eulith Roslyn W 5. Poolesville High School. Academic—Dorothy Edna _ Clements, Virginia Day. Carolyn Barnes hy Ann Jones. Isabel Mackey . _Annie Neal Shannon. Florence es White Benjamin White Allnutt, Notley Hays Davis. Jr.. and Gordon White a G theral_Frances Geraidine Day. Joseph | Dyson Byrd. jr.. Ottls Knox Hubble, Jr.. and William Parkins. jr. | goocational Agricuiture—Americus Daw. | son Allnutt. William Thom: Jones. Clark Sland Nichols and Thomas Jacop Oland. Lincoln High School. Academic—Margaret Elizabeth Adams, Mildred Charlotte Adams. Juanita Awkard. Mayfield "Nannie Beverly, Charlotte Re- becca Byrd. Laura Mabel Cook. Elsie Ver- netta Copeiand. Anna Belle Fisher. Nettie Virginia Hood,” Georgianna _Estelle Hop- Kins. Rebecca Nettie Hamilion. Pauline Isabella Johnsou. Idella Gertrude King, Dorothy Louise Lee. Virginia Louise Onley. Gertrude Viola Plummer. Bessie Constant] Simpson. Dorothy Sarah Washington. Ed- ward Robert Awkard. John Brown, Warren Quinton ‘Brooks. Leroy Hawkins. Andrew Whitfield Howard. Cecil Worthington Crewford. Maxwell Honemond. Milton Ed- | ward Moore. Darius Ellsworth ~Prather, | Willlam Henry Prather. Marshall William Smith. Richard Henry Tymes, Maurice Flim Talley and Leon Frederick Waters. The commencements of the Damascu Montgomery Blair, Poolesville and Richar | Montgomery Schools will be held June 14 | and_those of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase. Gaithersburg. _Sherwood and ~Lincoln Schools June 15. | ‘When Feet Are So Sore You Oan Hardly Walk—Just Do This— Before you go to bed tonight give them a good rubbing with Aspirub—y the only rub containing genuine active Aspirin — it PENETRATES deeply and swiftly—Is pleasant, stainless and antiseptic. So powerful is Aspirub that tomor- row morning you'll walk to work— happy and thankful — life will be brighter—great for muscular aches and pains—aiso—large jar costs but & tnlle at_progressive druggists every- where. V&zn Aspirub gets in- s, pains and soreness get right out. ASPIRUB CONTAINS PAIN RELIEVING ASPIRIN t HE SUNDAY ' STAR, WASHINGTON NE. * B3 “‘M D. C, MAY 16, 1937—PART ONE. Lindbergh Hop, 10 Years Ago REGURI] PLEASES Stirred Imagination of World UNICAMERAL BODY One-House Legislature Spends Less and Proves Speedier. By the Assoctated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., May 15—The Na- tion's only one-house Legislature completed its first session today with the 43 members in general agree- ment that “our work has been good, but not sensational.” The unicameral body adopted 226 bills during the 98-day session. The last bicameral enacted 192 laws in 110 legislative days. The unicameral cost the Sttae about $140,000, com- pared with $203,000 for the last bi- cameral in 1935. The final item of business, passage of a $54,851,000 biennial appropria- tions bill, biggest in history, drew the criticism of Nebraska's Governor, R. L. Cochran. “I regret the Legislature thought it necessary to raise my budget by $5,000,000," he said. “I regret that I cannot veto any of the items. It seems to me that under the unicam- eral system the Governor is only an advisory officer when it comes to| budget matters.” The most widely heraldéd bill of the session, a proposal to legalize mercy deaths, was killed in com- mittee. A proposed constitutional amend- ment for sweeping administrative | changes was submitted to the peo- ple over strenuous protests. A high- way safety patrol bill passed. Un- employment insurance was accepted reluctantly. The direct relief burden was cast back on the counties. The 43 legislators found much to criticize in the new and smaller Legislature, but none wanted to turn back to the bicameral system. BILBO ABANDONED HER, WIFE CHARGES Cross-Bill in Divorce Suit Is Due to Be Heard Tomorrow in Poplarville, Miss. By the Associated Press. POPLARVILLE, Miss., May 15— Mrs. Theo G. Bilbo, wife of Missis- sippi's junior United States Senator, answered his suit against her for divorce today by charging him with infidelity and abandonment. Bilbo's divorce suit is based on alle- gations of cruel and inhuman treat- ment. It, as well as Mrs. Bilbo’s cross bill, is scheduled to be heard in Chan- cery Court here Monday. Mrs. Bilbo charged in her cross bill that she had aided her husband in his many political campaigns, but that he had humiliated her by becoming in- volved in a bribery scandal and by “association with low, lewd women.” She alleged that when he was Gov- ernor he “abandoned her room in the | mansion and would never see or con- | verse with her if he could possibly avoid it.” Contending that Bilbo had never properly supported her, Mrs. Bilbo asked the court to grant her a separa- tion, $1,000 attorney's fees, not less than $2,500 to “put her on a com- parable position and equal terms with him” and at least one-third of his anual salary as Senator. Violin Back After 16 Years. DENVER (#)—C. J. Scheuerman, Denver musician, is “chinning” with | an old friend again—a valuable violin which disappeared 16 years ago at a | theater in which his orchestra was playing. Workmen renovating the theater | found the violin in its case, undam- | aged, under the flooring. | don’t think we'll follow the kid very Thursday Is Anniversary of Tri to Paris for $25,000 Prize That Brought Fame to Flyer. BY GEORGE WELLS. NEW YORK, May 15 (P.—Ten years ago next Thursday morning, Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh walked down the stairs of a Garden City ho- tel into the lobby. He was clean-shaven and wore a spotless flying suit, but otherwise there was nothing about his appearance to indicate that he was about to start on & history-making flight to Paris. In fact, he was a bit sleepy. He rubbed his drousy eyes. Only a couple of hours earlier he had gone to his room to retire, pausing on his way to tell the desk clerk: “Call me at 2:15.” Now as he walked out of the hotel to get into a waiting car he felt an occasional raindrop. The morning was chilly. A mist hung over Long Island. The car started for Curtiss Field, where Lindbergh’s plane, the Spirit of 8t. Louis, was housed in a closely- guarded hangar. Reached Hangar at 3 A.M. It was almost 3 o'clock when Lind- bergh reached the hangar, around which Nassau County police had formed a cordon to keep away a small crowd forsaking sleep to see the take- off in a bid for the $25,000 prize posted by Raymond Orteig, New York hotel owner. Soon after Lindbergh went into the hangar the light rain turned to a downpour. He listened to the drum- ming on the metal roof. “If this keeps up, it's all off for today, I guess,” the slim 25-year-old flyer muttered gloomily. Then a telephone call from the In- ternational Wireless Co. cheered him. Over Nova Scotia the voice on the | phone said the skies had cleared. Lindbergh grinned. His weather data of the night before had been right. He counted on fine weather and favor- able winds over Newfoundland and be- yond. He watched mechanics go over the plane carefully. Wrenches gave every | nut and bolt a final twist. Guy wires and struts were tapped and the mo- tor examined thoroughly. Then a truck drove up to the hangar and a | tow rope was attached to the plane. Towed to Site of Takeoff. ’!‘hrough a hard-driving rain the truck rumbled slowly across Curnss Field to nearby Roossvelt Field. The | going was slow in the mud. It was 5| o'clock before the plane was pulled | into place on a runway and pointed | toward the east. The crowd now | numbered hundreds Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, Lieut. George Noville and Bert Acosta had taken the huge Fokker, the America, out of the hangar. They offered to escort the daring young flyer a short distance on the way, and were warm- ing up their plane for a brief flight | to see how the weather was up there. Lindbergh's ship was only half fueled, but eager mechanics and hangers-on trundled gasoline, 240 gal- | lons of it, in five-gallon cans, to the tank. Soon gasoline flowed over the hull, indicating a tank full to its 448- gallon capacity. | The America circled overhead and landed. Lindbergh ordered his motor started. It was 7:30. “How's the weather somebody asked Noville. “Pretty muggy,” he answered up there?” G ¢ far.” Ate Sandwich for Breakfast. Motor cycle policemen began to push | the crowd back from the runway. | Lindbergh slowly munched his break- | | admiration of the take-off. He had | Charles A. Levine, and Navigator Lloyd ligan of Glenn Rock, N. J., chief me- chanic for the plane since Lindbergh, only a week before, had brought the plane East from San Diego with only one stop en route. Mulligan was listening to the throb of the nine- cylinder motor, & mechanic’s smile of satisfaction on his face. He nodded approval. Lindbergh maneuvered his long frame into the cramped cabin He throttled the motor down to idling speed and listened to its chugging. He called “So long” to friends stand- ing by and closed the cabin door. Then he signalled the ground crew to remove the blocks from under the wheels. The motor roared as Lindbergh “gave it the gun.” The plane lurched un- willingly forward in the mud, the tail lifted. It passed 3,000 feet, beyond the limit for a regulation take-off. Bounces Three Times. At another hundred feet the plane bounced, lifted slightly off the ground, then settled back. Another bounce followed and still the plane was re- luctant to leave the soft turf. It hurtled steadily toward the ditch at the end of the runway where Rene Fonck and two others had burned to death in attempting to take off to win the Orteig prize. At 35500 feet Lindbergh's plane bounced again, and this time did not | settle back. “He's clear,” the anxious crowd | velled, then grew quiet again as the | telegraph wires at the field's boundary loomed ahead of Lindbergh. Veteran pllots strained their eyes, fearful of the result if Lindbergh failed to clear the high tension lines. Slowly the plane rose. It looked like only an inch of sky between the plane and the wires. It was a flyer's inch—20 feet. The hour was a little after 7:52. Take-off Startles Chamberlin. Clarence D. Chamberlin gasped in hoped to be leaving that morning in the Bellanca plane, but was grounded by a squabble between his backer, Bertaud. Now the eyes of the crowd followed |the plane as it approached distant | trees, the last obstacle to getting away | clear. Another strip of sky, another | fiver's inch, and the heavy plane soared out of sight into the fog and rain over New England. Lindbergh was on his way to Paris. MIDDLEBORO, Mass., May 20 (#)—A monoplane, believed to be that of Capt. Lindbergh, was seen over West Middleboro about 9:15 this morning, flying northeasterly. YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia, May 20 (P.—Capt. Lindbergh passed over New Tusket, about 40 miles from here, at 11:45, Eastern day- light time. In Detroit, Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh was explaining chemistry to her high school students, serenly confident her son would achieve his goal. | ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, May 20 (#)—Capt. Lindbergh’s silver monoplane passed over here at 7:15 p.m., Eastern daylight time, and headed for the open sea. A brisk tailwind and clear skies pre- vailed. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 21 (#)—The Canadian government wireless station at Cape Race re- - was a little after 10 o'clock Friday night, May 21, and the throng had been assembling since early after- noon. ‘The hum of an airplane motor was heard in the storm clouds driven swiftly overhead by a stiff breeze. A searchlight swung across the sky. Was it Lindbergh or another cruising plane that so often had raised false hopes during the hours of waiting? A silver monoplane flashed in the beam of the light. It circled the fleld leisurely twice. The crowd roared. ‘The plane landed gracefully, rolled to & stop 200 yards east of the air- port building. It was 10:21. The crowd surged against a steel fence and restraining gendarmes. The fence crumpled and the gendarmes joined in the race to the plane. “Well, I made it,” said Lindbergh quietly, as he stepped out of the plane. “Cette fois, ca va,” (this time it's done) shouted the spectators and a group reached for Lindbergh, hoisted him on its shoulders and marched triumphantly back to the airport building. Thousands Cheered Along Route. All along the route to the Embassy in Paris, thousands cheered the dar- ing young flyer who achieved from the West what brave Nungesser and Coli had died trying to achieve from Paris. In the embassy, Lindbergh slept that night soundly. He had been in the air 331, hours, The next day he awoke to learn that everybody in France knew him. He had carried three letters of introduction because “no one in France would know me.” In June, when Lindbergh came back, a Nation of hero-worshipers out- did themselves in adulation of a new idol. In Washington a President stepped | aside that Lindbergh’s mother might greet him first. Up to New York he came. As the small steamer bore him up the harbor amid a paean of bells and sirens, Lind- bergh stood on top of the pilot house, gripping the rail in front of him. He was hatless. The din was deafening, but he stood silent at this reception of his countrymen. “I didn't think it would be like this,” he said to City Greeter Grover 8. Whalen. et st Whale Helps Fishing. Gilyak fishermen of Sakhalin, Rus- sia, have found a useful ally this sea- son in the grampus, or killer whale, which has been driving fish and seals up the river or on to the coasts, en- abling the men to make large catches. ANCHOROF POPPIES IS V.E. W. TRIBUTE Six-Foot Enbiem to Be Pre- sented to Swanson on Tuesday. A 6-foot anchor made entirely of popples will be presented to Secre- tary of the Navy Swanson by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Tuesday in tribute to the officers and en- listed men of the Navy and Marine Corps who died in service during the war. As part of the annual observance held under the auspices of the Ad- miral Robert E. Peary Ship Post of the V. F. W. at the Navy Yard, the Secretary will receive the anchor fore mally from Charles E. Weickhardt, naval liaison officer of the V. F. W,, representing the commander in chief, Bernard W. Kearney. He will then turn it over to the Peary Ship Post and the anchor will be dropped overs board with appropriate ceremonies. Others who will be present at the presentation will include S. R. Fuller, national council member of the V. F. W.; H. J. Hines, captain of the Robert E. Peary Ship, and F. J. Scan- lan, ship’s writer. The annual anchor ceremony is a feature of the poppy program ob= served each year by the V. F. W. in connection with their sale of buddy poppies. All the buddy poppies are made by disabled and needy veterans, most of whom are patients in Government hospitals. However, a special proe vision inaugurated last year also pere mits a portion to be made outside the hospitals by disabled and needy ex-service men who are thus afe forded temporary employment. P.-T. A. Elects Officers. ARLINGTON, Va, May 15 (Spe- cial) —Mrs. Onie Howell was elected president of Thomas Nelson Page School Parent-Teacher Association at its annual meeting The other officers elected are Mrs. Carrie Cooper, first vice president; Miss Daisy West, second vice presie dent; Mrs. Jesse Wilson, secretary, and Mrs. Mary Mackey, treasurer. of 35 words or less telling ““WHY | KEEP WHITE STAR TUNA ON MY PANTRY SHELF” fast, a sandwich. He walked over toward the cabin, looked in and grinned “When I get into that little cabin,” he said, “it'll be like getting into the death chair at Sing Sing. If T get| out alive at Paris, it's going to be like | a pardon from the Governor.” He glanced toward Edward J. Mul- ports the steamer Hilversum broad= casting at 12:10, Greenwich mean time (7:10 p.m., Eastern daylight time), as follows: “Lindbergh sighted 500 miles from Irish Coast.” 25,000 at Le Bourget. In France 25,000 persons gathered at Le Bourget Field, near Paris. It | 2,200 thrilling prizes given every month for eight whole months! Ask your grocer for full details about these easy Tuna-Tests! WIN PRIZES of 6 Cans of Tuna and $25.00 Grocery Orders! For 25 Years America’s Favorite oaly the delicious /ight tuna meat ++ because BREARS STOCh GAR RECORD for Indianapolis Speedway Ralph DePalma Averages 82.18 Miles Per Hour in 500-Mile Run ON MONDAY, MAY 10TH, a stock model LaSalle V-8—running under A.A.A. super- vision—broke the stock car record for the Indianapolis Speedway! With Ralph DePalma at the wheel, the dis- tance was covered in 366 minutes—an aver- age of 82.18 miles per hour! This is almost 8 miles per hour faster than the original Speedway record established by racing cars! The tank was filled with regular pump-type Ethyl gasoline, and only regulation motor oil was used. The oil consumption was less than one quart! trial for speed. The run was made to prove LaSalle’s endurance, roadability, safety and handling ease. Had DePalma tried for speed, he could have bettered his time materially. At the finish of the run, DePalma wired the Cadillac factory as follows: 1 finished third in the original Indianapolis race, and Iwas physically and mentally exhausted. Today, I feel after completing the same 500 milesin a La. at a much faster pace. I never drove a car that performed in so effortless a fashion or handled 0 easily. My hat is certainly off to LaSalle!” Wouldn’t you like to drive the car that can thrill a veteran driver like Ralph DePalma? If s0, come in today. We will gladly place a LaSalle at your disposal. CAPITOL CADILLAC COMPANY NATIONAL 3300 F. D. AKERS, President 1222 22nd St. N.W. MANN MOTORS, INC. * AERO MOTOR CO., INC. W. L. KING MOTOR CO. Silver Spring, Md. Alexandria, Va. Gaithersburg, Md. In spite of the record time, it was not a