New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1925, Page 3

ARMY FLIERS 0 WELL IN WINTER Recent Tests Prove Efficiency - Under Arotic Conditions ‘amp Skeel, Oscoda, Mich., Feb, 20.—Fliets of the first pursuit group of the United States army alr serv- lce, wifged homeward to thelr Self- ridge fleld base today, their winter alr maneuvers®ended and, according to Major Thomas G. Lanphier, com- manding, a complete success. The maneuvers demonstrated, Ma- jor Lanphler sald this morning as the planes were warming up on the ice of Lake Van Etten for the home- ward flight, that thé army alr serv- ice can maintain an effective mill. tary campaign under Arctic condl. tlons without any recours: ground transport of any kind and without the ald of any other branch of the nation's military establish- ment. “We could carry an attack from Michigan to Alaska as effectively as we launched an attack form Camp Bkeel over the the Straits of Mack- inac Tuesday,” Major Lanphier sald. “We could do this without using any kind of ground transport for moving our supplies and mechanics. It would make no difference to us if every highway and rallroad between Self. ‘This attractive, ; ridge fleld and Alaska were blockad. ¢d by ice and Jnow, “We could carry on this trans- continental campalgn into the Arc- tio with the same equipment we used this week, plus a few moro transport craft. Climatic conditions could not stop us in any way. That we have definitely proved at Camp Skeel.* Various officers detalled by the chief of the arm yair service to oh- serve speclal phases of the maneuv. ers commented on the performances of the planes today. Lieutenant Alfred Lyons, who studied the transport service sald: “I am fully justified in reporting that our transport service, although it comprised alrplanes bullt for oth- er purposes, functioned 100 per cent all week, and could have con- tinued {ndefinitely. Our success in obtaining replacement parts is typl- cal. Although .€amp Skeel 1s 200 miles from Selfridge fleld, we regu- larly obtained the needed parts within three hours after they had been ordered by radlo.” Lieutenant Sam Léwis, who acted to [as radio officer, also reported 100 per cent performance for the week, although the radio equipment fur- nished by the government could serve a radius of only forty miles, The radio used actually functioned on a radius ranging from 200 to 400 miles. It was improvised by Lieu- tenant Ellls and his detachment. Captain T. E. Tillinghast, who act- ed as operations officer, sald: ““The fact that every airplane in the expedition was in the air on the last day of the maneuvers speaks for itself. The snow that fell Wed- nesday was a godsend, not only be- cause it made it possible for planes equipped with skids to land safely on the ground as well as on frozen lakes, but also because it provided the first real test of the efficlency of skids. “The skids proved themselves gloriously. Yesterday and Wednes- day it was as though we were land- ing our planes on feather beds," Lieutenant Ennles C. Whitehead, the engineering officer, sald that Private Thomas Rodgers' discovery Wednesday definitely ended all trou. ble in sl ng engines under Arctic conditions, without coddling them in any way. Rodgers used his gloved hand to regulate the mixture which was en- riched by ether. “We never had been able to prove before that we didn't need to drain our engines at night and use hot water and hot oll in starting them in winter,” he sald. Marseilles Port Has More Ship Traffic Marseilles, Feb, 20,~—Freight ‘'and passenger traffic at the port of Marsellles in 1924 exceeded pre- war figures for the first time since the armistice. The total tonnage was 21,144,351, or 43,531 tons more than in 1913, Passengers entering and leaving the port numbered 771,009, as com- pared with 566,165 in 1913, The Classified columns afford a quick way of accomplishing today's needs, ano COMCHS OVER 69 YEARS OF SUCCESS SPEND $400,000,000 Hamburg, Feb, 20.—More than Each of the 200,000 Americans That Visited Europe Last Year Left An Average of $2,400, 200,000 Americans visited Europe during the year of 1924; it is esti- mated by the Hotel Proprietors’ Fe- deration, and each traveler spent, on an average, the sum of $2,400, This means that a golden trail of some $400,000,000 was left behind by these visitors from across the ,Atlantic and mostly in England, Switzerland and Italy. ’ Swiss tourist business around the | Lake of the Four Cantos has aimost reached pre-wgr dimensions, accord- ing to a circular issued by the Lucerne Cantonal Bank. There was an increase of 22 percent in 1924 over the number of guest registered in 1923. 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PORTER SONS “Connecticut’s Best Furniture Store” 0 NOT SHAGKE, 1S MANNER GUIDE Book Three Centuries Old Also Warns of Hot Meat - Liverpool, Feb, 20.—Letters and cther documents dealing with man- ners and customs of dally life in the 17th century which came to light recently tend to show that it was ocusomary in those days for “per- sons of quallty” to have sets of thelr own spoons, knives and forks which they took with them when invited out. These papers were of particular interest just at this time to collectors of antiques in connec- tlon with an addition made recent. to the British Museum, This was the carliest hall-miarked tabls fork known, engraved with the crest of Manners and Montagu, 1632, About the same time a silver spoon of identica) hall-mark and crest was taken to Haddon Hall, Mention of such a set is made in the will of Mrs. Katherine Ridge- way dated May 9, 1627, which was among the documents destroyed in a fire some time ago at tha Four Courts, Dublin. The will says: *I bequeath to the Right Honor- able the Lord Chancellor my little seller of chrystal bottles item, I glve and Bequeath to my Ladye of Elys my guilt spoons with the forks and penknife suitable to it Mrs, Ridgeway was widow of George Ridgeway, secratary of the Irish council, and the Lord Chancellor was Adam Loftus, Lord Loftus of Ely. Books of stiquetts and table man- ners were far from being the prerd. gative of the Victorlan age, it s revealed, as in 1663 thers was pub- lished in London a book entitled “The Accomplished Lady's Rich Closet of Rarities,” in which the fol- lowing rules are laid down: “A gentlewoman being at table abroad or at-homse must observe to keep her body straighte, and lean not by any' means upon her elbowes —nor by ravenous gesture discover a voraclous appetite. Take not when you have meate in your mouth; and do not smacke like a pig—nor eat speenemeat g0 hot that tears stand in your eyes, “It is very uncourtly to drink so large a draught that your breath is almost gone, and you are forced to tlow strongly to Yecover yourself. Throwing down your liquor as into a funnel is an action fitter for a jug- gler than a gentlewoman, In carve ing at your own table distribute the best pleces first, and it will appear, very decent and comely to use a fork; so touch no meat without it.” Reference to the fork was of par- ticular interest to the museum au- thorities, for those present-day in- dispensable {nstruments had not then been long 1introduced, It ap- pears. Forks were first imported from Ttaly," and their use in England at | the time was considered pedantic and laughable, One writer of the time speaks of a sllver fork as “being used of late by some of our spruce gallants,” which did not tend | to make the fork popular at all | among certain sets. Lone White Bear Offers Mate Comfortable Home | Victoria, B. C., Feb. 20.—An at- | tempt is to be made to capture alive | a mdte for Ursus Kermodei, a lone- | ly White bear, the only one of tis species known to be in captivity, now housed in a new $1,000 home of its own at Beacon Hill park. A re- | port has been received from Princess Royal Island, on the northwestern | British Columbian coast, that bears ot the same species are at large there, Smaller than polar bears, they have a limited habitat and, owing to the isolated and rugged character of the islands, it is almost | impossible to capture the animals | alive, ! GLORIA’'S PROGRESS STEADY Paris, Feb. 20.—Gloria Swanson American motion picture star, who underwent an operation at Auteuil Tuesday night, was reported this morning as making steady and sat- isfactory progress. 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