Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1937, Page 4

RUSSIAN AVIATORS ARE HALED HERE Polar Trio Find Flight as Passengers Over U. S. “One Long Picnic.” Flying across the United States in a scheduled airliner was “one long | picnic” to three Soviet aviators who established a world non-stop distance flight record in their trip from Moscow over the North Pole to San Jacinto, Calif. The trio, Pilot Mikhail Gromov, Co- pilot Andrei Yumashev and Naviga- tor Sergei Danilin, crossed the United States in a 21-passenger transport of American Atrli which made a spe- cial stop for them at Washington Air- port. “They were lots of fun."” sigheq pretty brunette Miss Ruth Costello, stew- ardess on the big transport. “They acted like big kids out of school and seemed to he flight to the last minute. The Russians, who will remain here until Wednesday morning, can speak no English. “That w Miss Costell 't much handicap,” said “They worked out a| - t would put an In- Sergei Danilin fornia, is welcomed to inter- ested of the trans- | (left), navigator of the plane which flew THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 25. 1937—PART ONE. Soviet Polar Flyers Welcomed Here non-stop from Moscow to Cali- 0 ashington with a kiss from Constantine Oumansky, Charge d'Affaires of the Soviet Embassy. At the right is Co-Pilot Andrei Yumashev. —Underwood & Underwood Photo, contine ne and the airplane | and airways equipment. They were accompanied during the flight from Los Angeles by Le. Khvat, | American correspondent for the So-| viet newspaper Pravda, and A. Var- | tanian, chief engineer for the Amtorg Trading Corp. ‘The flvers were met at Washington Airport bv Constantine A. Oumansky, Charge d’'Affaires of the Soviet Em- bassy, who welcomesd each in turn as he left the airplane with a hearty kiss on the lips. Large bouquets of flowers were thrust into the arms of each of the visitors. After posing for pictures, they were taken directly to the Soviet Embassy | for luncheon as the guests and the E , they pai Gen. Os chief of the Arm r Corps Yesterday afternoon the fiyers were taken by Mrs. Ouma a beach Supply High One of the pilots of the frst Soviet plane to fly over the North Pole from Moscow to America has written a vivid narrative of the experiences of himself and his two companions. In this installment, the seventh of a series. Pilot Baidu- kov tells of the air-starved crew’s struggle to remain conscious with- out orygen while skirting a cyclone high over the mountains. BY GEORGE BAIDUKOV. enough for explained, but the:Oumanskys suc- ceeded fi g another nearby. | There the fivers were to spend a quier | “a(Ch for three hours. week end resting after their strenuous| Below is the Great Bear Lake, cov- and the trans- | ered completelv with ice, although we are at latitude 64. There is still below us lifeless naked brown earth, without or shrubs . it was sleeps. I have had the navigation Tomorrow n to Wash- ington for a tesy calls on Federal aviation officials and for sight- Laying my he seeing. The only official social func- | asleep. At exac tion on their program is to be a re- | awaken Beliakov, ception at at 9 p.m. Tuesd. de- | Valery gladly yields his place to me &cribe t | and immediately lies down on his side. They are expec The numerous instruments show York Wednesd that the heart of the plane—the en- plane, dismantled the California | zine—has a normal pulse. The cour: field in which they landed, is to be | by the compass is 130. shipped to Paris and flown by its crew | think that we are flying anywhere you from there to Moscow. please, except to the south. But a look at the deviation—45 degrees— and it becomes clear that we are going south and nowhere else. The revolu- tions of the motor at 3,000 meters are ced to 1,480, and even that seems too wild. There is hardly any noise and almost none of that mighty ring- ing which went on all through the ear- lier part of the flight In the cabin we can converse with each other ea. or 3 meters. But the difficulty is else- where. As soon as the engine begins to work on lower revolutions, the pipe :\Ahuh carries the warm air into the cabin begins to force in cold air. | there is no great need for it now any- i on the table, I fall 7 pm. I wake up, turn over the log to Kennedy Plan help of officials of the stitution The reorganization stu taken soon after Kennedv was ap- | an of a spec sub- | e House District Com amed the original tax y was under- careful consideration of Cor the pres: session, but are now it will go over session. Kennedy, the biil changes in the municip organization so the me considered soon after Con, venes in January. It is Kennedy's confident belief | t r thes « adoption of his reorzanization plan | *Cocn SPring in these part: 5 will preclude much of the criticism | ¢ US Appear the separate ridges in Congress of the District and its | of low mountai. This is the spur officials, in addition to sav the TRTEE A e taxpayers thousands of dollars a year higher, great masses and at the same time giving them a | o €10Uds appear in fantastic forms. more efficient and more economical | SOM® stretch up like great ropes to a government | hei: of from 5000 to 6.000 feet, Complaint Against Commissioners. Only a few days ago one of the ranking members of the House Dis- trict Committee complained that t properly co- Congress. The Com- missioners, said, seldom appeared before the House and Senate District Committees, and relied on Corpora- tion Counsel Elwood H. Seal to ex- press their views on local legislation under consideration. “I have be a member of the District Committee for five years,” he said, “and I have never seen the Commissione: city—no mat custom for the Mayor thg town council ing as a town cou but its members s the Commissioners.” If the reorganization s put into effect, Kennedy believes the Com- issioners will have more time to spend at the Capitol, and that Con- gress will be more responsive than it Aas in the past to the wishes of the Joteless residents of the District. See Mackenzie River. At 8 o'clock the wide and winding Mackenzie River, wl Acctic Ocean, approaches our course sharply from the right. The river is already, apparently, free of ice, and on the various government can be Ss recon- er than our plane. Vibration begins to set in. I guide | the plane between these cliffs of mist | and gradually climb upward, knowing | that below me some of the mountain | peaks rise 3,000 meters. Just about this time, the weather is beginning to grow worse. From somewhere, far to the left. a heavy cyclone menaces us, cutting right across our path. On the right light glimmers on the horizon. Since, judging by the horizon, the visibility is still good, I decide that it is better to swerve to the right and climb upward gradually, and then, ‘wilen the plane is above the clouds, | to return again to our former course. | We do not want to fly straight, through the clouds because the temperature, even at a height of 4,400 meters, is 15 degrees below. And past experi- ence has shown that it is possible for ice to form on the wings even at a lower altitude than we are now. 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Over Northern Canada, Sasha still | him, and myself go to replace Chkalov. | One might | at a distance of 2| But | because the temperature outside | h falls into the | the remnants of floods tell of the | | Others spread out like islands no | Special Offer 2359, to 509 Savin || Every one who wears bifocals will appreciate this 50% EYE-STRAIN Engraved white gold-filled rimless mountings and fine 55.35 A Invisible Bifocal Lenses. $5.65 The Shah O 812 F St. N.W. on Came Easily. | a look at the map shows us that for two or three hours we shall not be able to fiy lower than 4000 meters, without bumping into the first moun- tain peak that comes along. Then perhaps it would be better to turn to the left? But it can be seen clearly that the very center of the | cyclone is to the left. And it is quite | uncertain how we will spend the night if we fall mto a cyclone over the mountains. No. we have already learned our | lesson from bitter experience in the | | Arctic and we do not wish to stick our necks into the noose. We remem- | ber vividly the words of Comrade Stalin when he started us off on this | long journey—if the weather is bad don't chase after any records, just| | land at any spot in Canada. And now, sitting at the controls, I | hesitate no longer, but turn sharply | to the right and follow along the edge | of the cyclone in the direction of the | Pacific. If we pass the Rocky Moun- | tains, we shall reach the sea safely at night. { | In northern weather corditions, that | will be much better than over the | mountains. Over the ocean I can at | least dive right down close to the | water and so find temperature above | 7ero, which will keep ice from form- | ing. And for the rest there is nothing to fear. The engine works like a clock, there is still gasoline in the | | tanks for at least 20 hours, and the | crew has rested during the good | weather in Canada. | Too bad, we cannot get the radio | stations of Anchorage or Seattle, We haven't had the remotest idea of what the weather ahead is for more | than 24 hours. The trouble with the radio, which | asted for several hours, has been It seems that one of us, crawl- ween the side of the fusclage { and the radio transmitter, must have | somehow caught in the wire of the antenna and torn it. Now that is | all fixed and yet no one answers us. | The Mackenzie Mountains begin, Their summits are entirely bare and | the northern slopes are covered with | a snow-white blanket. The clouds become denser and finally shut off the earth from us entirely. I climb upward as though ascend- ing & mountain with a heavy burden At 9 oclock our altitude is 5500 meters, the temperature 15 degrees below. Above us, only & canopy of diaphanous clouds, {lluminated by the sun. Seek Oxygen Relief, Sasha puts on the oxygen mask. Valery also feels the altitude, wakes | up and crawls to the back seat to | breath some oxvgen I receive a note from Beliakov that there are only 20 atmospheres of oxygen left, enough for one hour's flying. What devil has tempted you to use it so extravagantly, dear Sasha? Now, | brother, you will have to gasp like a fish on land, I think to myself. I have used very little oxygen on the trip and still have enough. Below a rift appears again and we can see that the lower layer of clouds is at times lying on the sum- mit of & mountain range. Some kind of a river valley. Ten-fifty p.m. Altitude, 6,000 me- ters. It has grown cold. Outside the temperature is 20 degrees below. We discover that inside the cabin the reserve tank of water is completely frozen—the whole thing has turned to ice. That is because we are making abrupt turns. But we cannot in- crease our speed. That would mean to use too much gasoline and that luable fuel is now more precious Exclusive Opties lenses ground for reading HEADACHES POSI- N ; | a2 o ptical Co ACCURATELY FILLED IEstablish 95 | son | of 60 degrees than blood to us. We have decided to pierce through the clouds and get to America. We must forge our words into deeds. The altitude is telling on us. Six thousand meters—that is no joke after 46 hours of continuous flying at a height of 4,000 to 5000 meters. I grow tired very quickly and at 11 o'clock Chkalov, with the greatest effort, can barely drag himself to my place, And now everything grows black before my eves as I crawl out of the forward cabin and bury my face in Sasha's oxygen mask. How much better I feel immediately! Beliakov | already has thought of opening up the Teserve tank and again is using the precious gas extravagantly. I breathe at intervals and economize the oxy- gen in that way. I must move around less or, still better, lie in the bunk. My old friend, the massive Valka, has grown very pi For some rea- his nose has started to bleed. He has a hard time stopping it and now, putting on the oxygen mask, he guides the plane on its course over the Rocky Mountains to the ocean. The plane skims over the tops of the ciouds. Chkalov is exhausted after an hour at the controls and asks for relief, Engine Is Normal. What & strenuous procedure at such an altitude! The pulse beat is 140, the heart stings. But as soon as I put on the mask and grasp the stick it all passes quickly. I take a look at the instruments. Everything nor- mal. I listen to the engine. All the power it can give is being squeezed out of it. The plane glides along leaning on the invisible particles of rarified air. Ahead the clouds reach stiil higher | and the distarme of 6100 meters | which separates me from the earth | is not enough to lift me above the | clouds. What now, shall I turn to the right? But would mean fiving back! We t ition aside and now must risk smashing straight | through the clouds. I make a turn to the left and, with head right into , formless mass of uninvit- some exasperation, the mudd ing clouds. The clock says 12 o'clock. That | means the 20th of June is beginning to not indi- But while that is true according Greenwich time, actually it will soon be morning, as the clock cates, but real, dark night. At times the piane Is tossed about roughly and its long wings vibrate piteously. As before, I hoid to the compass course of 130 is still 6.000 meters. According to our calculations, we should soon reach the shore. Beliakov writes that the oxy- gen is gone. Bad business. I don't want to go down. There is no ice now, and I am prepared to go far as pos- sible until we get out of the But there's no help for it possible to fly long at 6,000 meters without oxygen and so I begin grad- ually to lose altitude. fter an hour of flying, we are at 4,000 meters. Be- low, the clouds begin to darken, and then the clouds suddenly fiy upward, and I find myself between two layers. The lower, broken layer lies right over the water. Ah, water! That means we have crossed the Rockies. Reach Pacific Ocean. ‘We have reached the Pacific Ocean after all, although it has cost us an extra four hours of flying over the rough Rocky Mountains. The shore is invisible, hidden by clouds. Beliakov is all in after working for the last hour without oxygen. But there is no danger now, Sashenka. There 18 still six hours before night- fall. Give us the course along the short and lie down and rest. We set our new course at 108 de- grees. That should gradually bring us to land. Sasha and I look atten- | pensation | accessories, purchase of supplies and | { thorized to enter | | an additional amount not in excess Our altitude | | communications officers that develop- | ment of an airport at Camp Springs tively in the direction of the shore. 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The weather is no worse, but it's not very good. Fog still covers the earth. At 2:25 Sasha lies down to sleep di- rectly on the floor. Valery has oc- cupied the bunk for a long time. He is sleeping soundly. ‘Within an hour, Sasha wakens, Seeing the pale sun almost on the ho- rizon, he measures its height. From somewhere ahead of us and a little to the right the moon peeps out at us curjously. Beliakov takes the heigh4 of the moon. It's better not to guess at our po- sition. Astronomical calculations can give us the exact point of our loca- tion. And in fact, in 20 minutes Sasha declares officially that we are at the northern extremity of the Char- lotte Islands. 4 Four o'clock. Chkalov wakes up. He has had a wonderful rest and now proposes that I do the same thing. Changing easily, I fall into the bunk like a dead man and am instantly asleep. (Copyright, 1937, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Airport (Continued From First Page) AR reasonable regulations and establish | charges, fees and tolls for the use of such airport, fix penalties for the vio- lation of said regulations and estab- lish liens to enforce payment of said charges, fees aud tolls.” The landing area of the airport is reserved “wholly for the use of the public and shall not be leased for pub- lic or private purposes.” The airport is to be maintained and operated, it is provided in the bill, “as & public landing fleld for the use of private and Federal aircraft. including aircraft of organized pas- senger and freight lines, under such regulations and charges as the Sec- retary of Commerce may prescrive.” Space in public buildings and space on the airport for erection of hangars and other service buildings, however, may be leased under Commerce De- partment regulations. | Free for Federal Unit. | All departments and agencies of the United States which operate craft are 1o have free use of the air- port, and subject to the consent and approval of the Secretary of Com- merce, may effect or install struc- | | tures or improvements which they re- gard as necessary. | The biil authorizes annual appro- | priations for operation and mainte- | nance of the airport, including com- | of employes, repairs and | materials, and the care, installation, | maintenance, repair and operation of | utilities and services. All revenues | from operation of tne airport are to be turned into the Treasury as mis- cellaneous receipts | In addition to the $250,000 appro- | propriation for the express highwa Secretary of Ag into contracts for of $500,000 for construction of the proposed road | The route and design of the ex- ! ress highway within the District of Columbia and the determination of which bridge over the Anacostia River shall be the terminus of the high- way Is to be recommended by the Na- | tional Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Commissioners of the District, it is provided in the Commerce Bureau Jurisdiction. The measure provides that when | the War Department has completed construction of the airport and its equipment, all property, control and is to be transferred to the Secretary of Commerce. The bill waives a provision of section 5 of the &ir commerce act of 1926, which ex- pressly forbids the Commerce Depart- | ment to operate airports | After hearing testimony from naval | would imperil the usefulness of the $1,000,000 naval radio project at| Cheltenham, Md., three miles from the airport site, the Naval Affairs Sub- committee voted unanimously to op- pose the Camp Springs project. Representative May of Kentucky, acting chairman of the House Mili- tary Affairs Committee, is seeking to arrange a meeting of the committee Tuesday morning to consider his bill, introduced late Friday, authorizing closing of Military road and trans- ferring use of the road right-of-wa; a portion of the Arlington Experimen- tal Farm and the Boundary Channel lagoon to Washington Airport for use in enlarging the present terminal " FOR THOSE Who PREFER QU‘I"' ALTOCRAT MOTOR OIL BAYERSON OIL_ WORKS c 228 oLumBIA 5 Traxler Joined by Wife “ng, Pete Trazxler, shot and seriously wounded in his flight from a Texas prison, was foined by his wife at the Hugo, Okla., Hospital. Three Oklahoma counties seek custody of Traxler on armed-robbery charges and Teras authorities seek Mrs. Trazler on a charge of aiding in his escape from the Eastham Prison Farm. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. . W. NAtl. 5548 Wins Reno Divorce. RENO, Nev, July 24 (#).—Mrs. Margaret H. 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