New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 27, 1927, Page 14

Lindbergh, Chamberlin, Levine; transatlantic flights," altitude reee ords, airmail, passenger air liners, bombers, pursuit planes, and all the other accoutrements of aviation with which the present genera- tion is so familiar, trace back to two men. Spare a thought in t?neu flying days for Orville Wright (left), and his brother, Wilbur Wright, pioncers in heavier than air flying, ridiculed by their neighbors, pers sistent against obstacles, triumphant in the end. INVENTOR’S BID FOR FORTUNE In an effort to recoup his fortane, Perry T. W. Hale, blind invene ' tor, has created a monoplane kite. Hale was well known in sport circles years ago. having played football for Yale. His sight was lost ax the result of an explosion 12 years ago, when, as a civil engie Beer, he was engaged in experimental work. Wins Mustache Prize In Japan, where hirsute adornment of the upper lip Is still regarded as a sign of virility, General Hagaoka fs almost proud of his record breaking mustache as he ig of his distinguished war record, MARCONI AND HIS FIANCEE 'nderwood and Underwood This charming pose of the distinguished Italian wircless genius and Ahe Countess Maria Cristina Bella Scali is the first portrait to be taken of Senator Marconi and his future bride since their engage-) LOG BOOK U. 5 Airplane. /gme/;{ca of /Vew K»Vr NY UJi Tom Suten /2 (1055 ‘ regownd 0. VX 206 O A VOYAGE Yoo /V2W f/wk N To . ; . Comborsia by Govimender fl?c/mrd £ b}y/J afA’ S / Commencing ol G O Noville CRME AMERILA RENIL COMESNE 2 The tri-motored transatlantic monoplane America, ‘with Commander ‘Ric}'_Aard E. Byrd as slfx’ppep, earries a regular log book on her transatlantic flight, the first page of which is shown above. . With the anost recent portraits of the America’s four-man crew .inset,, NAVY *AID FOR "ARMY. FLIERS AR AR Sk o : € When Licutenant Albert B. Hagenberger (left) and Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland hop off from _Snn Francisco on their way to Honolulu, they will have the advantage of the previous experience of Lieu- ' tenant M. B. Connell, a navy flier, who was with the late Commander John Rogers on his attempt to, reach Hawaii, seen here discussing the trip with the tow contestants. Below is a picture of the army! men’s plane, a three-motored Fokker of the type uszd by Commander Byrd. . This unusual photograph strikingly represents the power expressed in a modern dreadnaught. The picture shows the battleship “Idaho,” on her way from maneuvers off New York passing from the A, Jantic to the Pacific coast through the Gatun Lock of the Panama Canal, ; e O » 8ucceeding Admiral E. W. Eberle, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, commander-in-chief of the U. 8. fleet, has been appoint- ed chief of naval operations. He will assume his: new post in the fall. Royal Tragedy L2 Again the serious illness of the Prince of Asturias (above), next in line for the Spanish throne, who has been an invalid since boyhood, threatens to upset the succession. The report now is that the Spanish parliament will be asked to declare the prince’s younger brother the crown prince Directs Oil Co’y It took only six months for Mrs. Charles Murray to amasy $5,000,000 in the oil. business. The only woman oil operator in Oklahoma, Mrs. Murray is her own ‘geologist, financial manager and drilling superintendent. From Los Angeles comes a brand new idea in life preservers. The device consists of three play balloons which;, when inflated, displace ‘268 cubic inches of water, sufficient to hold up s 250-pound masl from three to six hours,, . BEAUTIFUL, AND WISE! They have transposed that moth-eaten sneer, “beautiful, but dumb,” at the University of Michigan, for Esther Graham, of Grand Rapids, chosen by unanimous consent the most beautiful girl in this year’s graduating class, is also among the smartest students in the 6chool. She will reccive her A. B. degree from the university’s school of literature this month, NECKING THAT IS NECKING —_— e TR, Among the shipload of wild animals sent to American zoological gardens by Christopher Schuls, 3 fam'ed big game hunter, were these two giraffes, which seized the opportunity while being unloaded as Halifax, N. §, to indu!ge in a little necking party, just to pass the time away, ;