New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 29, 1927, Page 1

ESTABLISHED 1870 RMY FLIERS REACH HONOLULU; BYRD FAR OUT OVER ATLANTIC START OF SUCCESSFUL PACIFIC FLIGHT AMERICA LEAVES COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA AT1:30 P. M. Despite Hinderance of Weather and Induction Trouble, Plane is Making Exceptionally Fast Time~Hopped Off at 5:24 A. M.—Keeping in Touch With Land By Wireless. By the ,llflfll‘.fl Press. New York, June 29.—Simul- ‘taneously with the arrival of the army plane at tonolulu another American plane was away successfully in the early stages of the biggest over water flight ever attempted, the Byrd four-man New York- to-Paris passage. As the army plane landed Byrd was over the Canadian coast off Nova Scotia about seven hours and more than 600 miles out of New York, where he took off this morning. Byrd had been fighting fogs, induction trouble from the mass of metal on his plane and winds none too favorable, not- withstanding which he nearly equalled the record speed of Lindbergh over the same part of the same coast. Both planes were tri- mo— tored, and both had averaged close to 100 miles an hour. Louisburg, N. S., June 29 (By the Canadian Press)—The America left the coast of Nova Seotia at 1:80 eastern daylight time this afternoon and head- ed ou‘ to sea for Newfound- land. Commander Byrd flew directly over the town at a comparatively low altitude. There was no fog off this sec- tion of the coast. ¢ Sy Take O At Dawn Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 29 (®) —Commander Richard E. Byrd and his three man crew took off on their long delayed scientific air expedition to’ France in the monoplane Amer- ica at dawn today. The great three motored Fokker took the air at 5:24 o'clock, eastern daylight time. Start Is Dramatic The take-off was dramatic in its start. Instead of merely running down the incline the plane was in fact catapulted on its way. The tail of the plane was tled down to'the runway with a rope and when all was ready for a take-off the engines were started and the plane strained with all its might against this restraining bond. Rope Is Slashed Then -Ross Gardiner, one of the mechanics who has helped prepare the plane for its flight, slashed the rope and the sudden release fairly hurled the monoplane down the in- cline, The storms that have blocked a fiight during the more than a month and a half that the Byrd plane has been waiting at the fleld seemed last night to be as great an obstacle as ever. But In the early hours of the morning Commander Byrd suddenly announced that despite the weather man's report he had decided to leave. Small Crowd Present Immediately there was a great bustle of preparation around the hangar and run-way and last pre- parations were made for the third time in a week. But this. time the preparations seemed somehow to be more conclusive than before and the small crowd felt sure as dawn ap- proached that they were to be more | fortunate than thousands who have flocked to the field on other nights and been disappointed. Everything went forward in a businesslike manner and shortly be- fore 5 o'clock ' Commander Byrd, with his crew, Bert Acosta, George Noville and Bernt Balchen, drove out to the plane. T. Harold Kinkade , the Wright motor expert, climbed aboard“and tuned up the motors. The Lgst Farewells The crew waved a last farewell, climbed to their places and signalied to “give her the gun.” Gardiner, standing behind the plane, slashed at the restraining ropes as the engines roared and the great ship shot down the incline and whirred across the fleld in the misty light of a rainy dawn. lht\ the men inside were liftin, ward by main strength, it fi ward and soared into the air. Rumors of Stowaway The takeoff was the occasion for a rumor that Kinkade had stowed himself away as fifth man in the plane. Yesterday afternoon Byrd had told him that he would like to have the motor expert along and Kinkade replied, “Well you may find e there after you get away.” Later Kinkade confided to reporters that bae.jntended to attempt™ to stow . (Cotitinupd ou Page 13) . . i x tenths of a mile it drove across fleld and then slowly as though her up- ted up- Log of America, Personnel and Some Comparisons Log of the America’s flight, by the Associated Press: 5:24 a. m. (E. D. T.)—The Amer- ica hops off at Roosevelt Fieid, L. L. 6:00 a. m. (E. D. T.)—Lieut. No- ville sends wireless from America, “Everything going fine."” 6:30 a. m. (E, D. T.)—America sighted over Watch Hill, R. 6:41 a. m. (E. D. T.)—The Byrd plane passed over Saunderstown, R. L 6:34 a. m. (E. D. T.)—8. 8. Hom- eric and 8. 8. Corinthea send wire- less reporting hedring America’s automatio radio calls. America then over Newport, R. L 7:15 a. m. (E. D. T.)AB)rd plane reported over Plymouth, Mass. 7:22 a. m. (E. D. T.)—Radio from Byrd says America passed Cape Cod, Mass. Speed 108 miles an hour. 7:26 a. m. (E. D. T.)—Steamship Naiden sights America ten miles northeast of Cade Cod. 8:04 a. m. (E. D, T.)—The Amer- ica reported by wireless from S. 8. Stavangerfjord -as 70 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass. 8:12 a. m. (E. D. T.)——A United States destroyer sighted Byrd plane 100 miles east of Gloucester, Mass. 8:41 a. m. (E. D. T.)—Byrd sends wireless to Boston navy yard that Americd is half \way betwéen Cape Cod and Yarmouth, N.'S. 8:41 a. m. (B D. T.)—Extra gas cans causing compass trouble, Byrd radios. 9:00 & m. (E. D, T.)—Byrd wire- lesses flying altitude half mile. Get- ting chilly. Shipmates doing their jobs like men. 9:09 a. m. (E.. D, T.)—Byrd asks wireless. stations ta stand by as America Is going to pump gas. 9:29 a. m. (E. D. T.)—America wirelesses 20 miles west of Yar- mouth, N. 8. (Continued on Page 12) WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE MUCH IMPROYED Outlook for Byrd Better— Indications He May Try s to Fly Back Halitax, N. 8, June 29 (P—At 1:15 o'clock this afternoon eastern daylight time, the weather in the vi- | cinity of St. Johns, Newfoundland, which lay ahead of Byrd, and along {the coast showed signs of clearing up. Earlier today flying conditions oft Newfoundland had not augured well for the flight. ' The sun came oyt this afternoon from a sky that had been overcast and showery. While a bank of fog lay about six miles off coast, the wind was coming around to the west, having changed from northeast to east southeast. It a westerly breeze developed, it was believed the fog would disappear. New York, June 29 (P—Weather conditions for the flight of the America are generally fayorable, with some bad spots due to clouds and rain, James H. Scarr, weather man, said today when told by the Associated Press that Commander Byrd was reported over Nova Scotla, “Generally speaking,” Scarr said, “the conditions for the fiight are good. They will not encounter much rain. It is cloudy over Newfound- land, quite generally, but at Sydney, Cape Breton, it is clear. They will be able to get their last bearings .while passing over Newfoundland, or Cape Breton. At Cape Race it is cloudy, but if they fly a little north_of St. Johns, Newfoundland, they will find a clear space to get their last bearings. ‘“They are sure to find some spots they can see through, for there are a number of clear spots over New foundland, and at Sydney they would be able to see quite WL “We have only one report from a ship as to condftions over the Atlan- tic. That ship is due south of New- foundland where the plane will not pass if on its course. There is a lit- tle disturbance near this ship, but they will miss that, I think. “Over the rest of the Atlantic, conditions are quite favorable, They may find clouds’ near Ireland, and broken clouds pretty much all the {Countinued on’ Page’ 13) 2 HEARD FROM BYRD Flashes Fact He Is Keeping Lookout: for Nungesser GREETINGS. T0 OLD FRIEND§ Sends Word to = Floyd Bennett— Also Relays Best Wishes to Mait- land and Hcgenberger—Getting Scientific Data. Halifax, N. 8., June 29.—#—The mander Byrd were intercepted this afternoon: . “We wire our best wishes to Mait- land and his crew. We are keeping a sharp 100kout for Nungesser, Wind does not help us at surface. Good at half mile. We thifk we are getting | some scientificdata.” The second message read: “A message for good -oid Floyd Bennett. Tell him we' miss him like the dickens and are thinking of | him.” | Alr Getting Chilly Boston, June 29.—(—The Fourth | | Clift Naval Radio Compass uunoni intercepted the following message | from the America at 9 a..m. east- ern daylight time: “Getting chilly, flying at amtude- of over oné half miile, all my ship- | mates doing their jobs likémen. | (Signed). ! “Byrd.” Continuous Transmission Worcester, Mass., June 29.—()— R. S. Brown, amateur operator of | Station 1-AAL at 42 North Worces- ter avenue, picked up the continu- ous transmission from Byrd's Fok- | ker monoplane the “America” which is winging its way Paris-ward, at 6:15 this morning. ¢ At 7:75 continuous transmission of the call letters WTW., station aboard the ‘America, stopped and Rodman Wanamaker, was irter- cepted: “Passed few mllcu to left of Cape Cod light at 7:22 New York time. Misty and rainy. All well, (Signed). “Byrd.” Brown exnerienced little difticulty holding the transmission which he reported as loud and clear. He ob- served that) it was impossible _to receive the signals on an ordinary broadcast: receiver and that it was necessary to use a gpecial honey- comb receiver utilizing three tubes, Another Message Providence, R. 1, June 29 (P— The America was sighted at 6:30 off ‘Watch Hill, flying in the clouds some distance out to sea. Byrd's machine was flying_edst by norteast, accord- ing to the Westerly police, who made the report. At €:30 the America passed over Point Judith and headed northwest, i New * Britain - Trust: Co., following messages signed by Com- | the following message addressed to |Y apparently to follow the shore of (Consinyed on Bafe 10.) BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1927.—EIGHTEEN PAGES IS APPRAISED AT $553,914 Inventory of Property of Late Manufacturer Filed In Probate Court By New Britain Trust Co. . ,Benjamin A. Hawley, late vice- president of the Americon Hardware corpotation and general ananager of the Russell & Erwin nranch, left an estate of 1$553,914.84, according to an inventory filed tolay by the executor, through its ‘trust officet, Harry H. Howard. The appraisers were Noah Lucas and. George P. Spear. The greater part of *ir estate is represented in fndustsial invest- ments, among ‘them being 5,035 shares of :‘American Hardware corp. BENNETT DELIGHTED T0 HEAR HE IS REMEMBERED Message From Byfil to His Compan- ion Sick in Hospital is Well Received. New York, June 29 (P—Floyd Bennett, in the hospital room where | he is recuperating from injuries suf- fered in a test flight of the mono- plane “America,” expressed delight today that the men now making the flight in ‘which he had hoped to { participate had found time to think ot him. Told by the Associated Press that Commander Byrd had sent a mes- sage. “for good old Flpyd Bennett” to tell ‘him that the “America’” crew vas thinking of him, Bennett, said: “Well, I'm mighty glad to hear that. ,“I'm think of them every min- ute,” he said, “but I've got nothing to do ‘here but think. 1'm certain- ly surprised and delighted that they could find time to think of mé. They must be pretty busy out there and it’s mighty good of them to spare a thought for me.” Bennett expressed absolute con- fidence that the flight would be suc- cessful. Wisconsin Senate Passes 2.75 Beer Bill Today Madison, Wis, June 29 (#—The Wisconsin senate today passed the Duncan beer bill by a vote of 17 to 14. The bill legalizes manufacture and sale of 2.75 per cent beer as far as state prohibition enforcement laws are concerned. It now goes to Governor Simmermat DISCUSS AGE TERMS New Haven, June ' 29—Neither trolleymen’s committee members nor officers of the Connecticut company would give any intimation this aft- ernoon of the progress of the con- ference over the wage question. A meeting was begun just before noon and was likely to extend to late in the day. ‘ DIES OF BROKEN BACK New Haven, Juns 29 (P—William Berman, 18, musician, who injured his backbone and spinal cord in a dive into shallow water at Savin ‘Rogk-pevaral dagn aga Uied today, | stock, valued at $392,730. In his will Mr. Hawley left-$150,- 000 to the New Britain Institute. 1 The city of New Britain will receive 1320,000 on the death cf an aunt, who has the life income of that amount, for the beautifying of parks. The - inventory of the estate fol- lows: Real Estate interest in property known as No. 312 Hart street % a7 D) 15,000.00 Stocks and Bonds Shares At 5,035 Amer. Hdaw. Corp...$ 25 10F Aner 4 Meeding Co., Prior Pfd. 10 City National’ New Britaln 10 Elihu _Burritt Corp., Pfd, N. 392,730 10 "Bank, § Elihu Burritt Corp., Com., N. Fafnir Bearing Co. . u. Mart & Cooley B. Trust C 1 N. H & H 2 Russwin Land B, Shuttle Meadow club, Inc., N. RB. par $50 213 Stanley Works, com., par $26 . $50 first 3% % S L erty Loan Bond 100-31[32 Accrued interest Dec. 15, 1926 to M 14,154.50 50.48 Savings Bank of N. B. Burritt Mutl, Savings Banl New Britain Trust Co. American_ Exchange-Irvi Co., New York Cash at house From city of New Britain Fromp other sources Miscellaneous 18t 3%% L. L. Bond 15, 1926 i 1928 . 62,021.77 Coupon, due Dec, Bulck sedan, Jewelry .. Gold watch Household furniture, etc. . Two (2) policies, Equitable Lifo Assurance Soclety of the United States, Nos. 634499 and 1692460 . Due from White Star Linc, re- April 14, Autos Kill 504 Persons In 77 Cities in Month Washington, June 29 (UP) — Automobile accidents were respons- ible for 504 deaths in 77 large cities during the four weeks ending June 18, the commerce department an- nounced today. New York led with Chicago was second with troit next with 30. Deaths in other cities follow: + Boston 4, Bridgeport 0, Buffalo 12, €ambridge 2, Fall River 2, Lowell 3, Lynn 1, New Bedford 1, New Haven 2, Providence 2, Springfield Mass., 5. 79 deaths, 72 and De- THE WEATHER New Britain and vicinity: Showers this afterncon; part- 1y cloudy and slightly warmer tonight. Thursday generally Mmflm ». X Here is the Army’s big Fokker plane which Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger successfully piloted across the Pa- cific. This remarkable aerial view was taken by an NEA Service photographer from an escort plane just after the majestic machine spread its wings for the hop to Honolulu and was passing Telegraph Hill on ‘its way out over the Golden Gate. Flown down swiftly to the grdund, the picture was flashed ‘across the cantinent on telephoto wires to the New York office of NEA and rushed by fdst train to the Herald. RADID MESSAGES ~[ESTATE OF BENJ. A: HAWLEY /550,000 IS WILLED TOLOCAL HOSPITAL Kate A. Stanley Also Leaves $16,000 to Two Churches {MANY * PERSONAL ~ GIFTS South Congregational Church Gets $10,000 'and* Stanley - Memorial Church $5,000—850,000 for Grace Stanley Wilbor, Largest Individual The sum of $50,000 is bequeathed to the New Britain General hospital, | $12,000 to the United Community { Corp., $10,000 to the South Congre- i gational church and $5,000 to the | Stanley Memorial (Congregational) " | church by the terms of the will of | Miss Katherine A. Stanley filed to- | day in the court of probate. Miss Stanley died Monday at her home on Franklin Square. Bequests made 1n the will follows: A. W. Stanley, $10,000./ Philip B. -Stanley and Maurice Stanley, $5,000 each. Alice G. Stanley $5,000. Grace Stanley Wilbor, $50,000. | Katharine Wilbor Smith, daughter of Grace Stanley Wilbor, $25,000. Thomas W. Wilbor, $25,000. New Britain Trust Co., in trust for the children of Elizabeth Stanley Taylor, at one time of Streeter, Iil, $4.000. Katie Dailey O'Beien, $2,000. The New Britain Trust Co., in trust for the children of James Cal- lery, $500 each. Esther A. Sideall, $20,000. William Sheppard of Watkins, N. Y., $2,000. John Murray Walsh of Watkins, N. Y., $2,000. William Walsh of Watkins, N. Y., $2,000. Thomas Raymond Finnegan | ®ew Britain, $1,000. Miss Harriet E. Woodward of Watkins, N. Y., $2,000. Beatrice Mayhem. and her chil- dren, Polly and Beatrice Ann, of Watkins, N. Y., $1,000 each. Katharine McManus Taylor of Meriden, $1,000. ‘Willlam Needles of Columbus, O., $1,00 L of ina Beardsley of Watkins, N. Y., $10,000. Marion MacEachern, formerly of Rochester, N. Y., $1,600. Bessie Andrews Kinney qf New Britain, $2,000. Herbert Warren of Trumbull, Ne- braska, $2,000. Maude Wrigley of Elmira, N, $1,000. Mary Hanley Maloney of Roches- ter, N. Y., $2,000. May Warner King, ‘Watkins, N. Y., $5,000. James North Stanley of Brook- line, Mass., $5,000. Charles Decker of Watkins, N. Y., -$1,000. . Grace Stanley Wilbor, all her clothing and wearing apparel, dla- Y. formerly of (Continued on Page 10) PRICE THREE CENTS |COMPLETE PACIFIC FLIGHT IN 25 HOURS AND 43 MINS. Maitland and Hegenberger Accomplish Longest Over-Water Flight Ever Successfully Made By Man and Bring Outpost of Nation’s De- fenses Within One Day of Mainland. Following Trail For Army Fliers Spanning Pacific By the Amaciated Press. (Pacific Time) June 28—7:09 a. m.—Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger start trom Oakland municipal airport for Honolulu in army Fokker mono- plane. 9:36 a. m.—Ernest L. Smith, civ- ilian pilot, and Charles Carter, navi- gator, start for Honolulu, in mono- plane “The City of Oakland.” 9:46 a. m.—Smith and Carter re- turn with damaged air deflector. At- tempt to fit new deflector loaned by army. 10:25 a. m.—Army plane sighted three hundred miles off California coast by unidentified ship. 12:05 p. m.—Smith's backers postpone flight indefinitely when Navigator Carter declines to start 80 late in day and after army piane has imposing lead. 7:35 p. m.—Steamer President Pierce, 600 miles off shore, hears army plane request for bearings from steamer President Cleveland, approximately 1150. miles-from Cali- fornia coast. 8:30 p. m.—President Cleveland reports army plane more than 1100 miles out with rain falling, light wind. 9 p. m.—Pear] Harbor radio sta- tion informs Portland, Ore., of a re- port that plane was 900 miles north- east of Honolulu. 10 p. m.—Army station at Hono- lulu reported plane 900 miles from Honolulu. June 29—3:00 a. m.—Navy radio station at San Francisco received report via army radio saying army plane was 700 miles from Honolulu. 7:30 a. m.—The San Francisco | Examiner correspondent in Hono- iulu reported the plane had been sighted 140 miles from its goal. 8:52 a. m., (Pacifie time)—Army plane lands at Wheeler Field, Island Oahu, Hawaii, with Lieutenants Maitland, pilot and Hegenberger, navigator. SMITH WILL START IN FEW DAYS, IT 15 SAID Says Hop-Off Will Be Within Two Days San Francisco, June 29.—(UP)— Captain Ernest Smith’s slim Travel- | air monoplane, which failed at the crucial moment yesterday in an effort to race the army's Bird of Paradise to Hawail, will make an- other attempt within the next two days, it was announced officially here early today. The statement came from Ed- mund J. Moffet, who with Tony Parent, is backing the flight. “Ernie is ready to go,” Moffett told the United Press. Apparently Charles H. Carter, the navigator is out of it. “As soon as we can replace Carter we will go ahead with our original plan. “We have already had six appli- cations for the navigator's job. We probably will select one today.” The Travelair, which started yes- terday morning from Oakland two hours and 28 minutes behind the army ship, was forced to return al- most immediately because a mica windshield on the navigators' cock- pit buckled. After it had been repaired, Carter refused to resume the flight with Smith, One of the applicants for the po- sition as navigator to Smith when the flight is resumed was Lieut. 'W. H. Scheetz, United States naval re- serve, Byrd Hears of Success Of Two Army Aviators Roosevelt Field, N. Y., June 29 P —Grover A. Whalen, vice-president of the America Trans-Oceanic com- pany, backers of the America’s flight, today sent this message 10 the army filers who flew to Honolulu: “Commander Byrd, U. 8. N., com- manding the America while in flight to Parls, learned by radio of your epochal accomplishment and has ked me to congratulete you by Jeabler Backer of Hawaii Flight| By the Associated Press. Wheeler Field, Island - of Oahu, Hawaii, June 29.—First to make the 2,400-mile flight between San Francisco and Honolulu, the longest over water flight ever made by man successfully, the army fliers, Lieuts. Lester J. Maitland and Albert Hegenberger arrived here at 6:22 a. m. today. The army fliers, who left Oakland, Calif., at 7:09 a. m. vesterday, finished their trans- Pacific flight in 25 hours and 43 minutes. Throughout their long flight they had been reported seen only once—by the steamer Sonoma, when 750 miles from the California coast. The army fliers came in through bright sunshine that had cleared away the rain and gloom of the night that shroud- ed their landing place. Thousands who - had' waited through the long night had be- gun to disperse when Maitland ~nd Hegenberger came through the haze to a triumphant landing. g Longest Ocean Flight In their flight of approximately 2,400 miles, Maitland and Hegen. berger completed the longest transe cceanic afrplane flight ever accome plished. The landing was made on & raine soaked fleld. The huge plane takied the entire length of the field. Then, circling, it came back to the front of the review stand, where the highest army, navy and civil authorities in the island were waiting to extend congratulations to the {liers. The crowd, increased by hundreds hurriedly returning to the field, went wild with joy and enthusiasm. Guns thundered in salute - as the plane stopped béfore the reviewing stand. From the time they passed through the golden gate and began their crossing of the Pacific, the army’s fliers had been definitely ree ported seen only once before they reached Hawaii. A report came that they had been seen 300 miles oft the California coast, but the® {steamship sending the radio could not be identified, The passengers and crew of the steamer Sonoma, 740 miles from the golden gate, were electrified when Maitland brought his plane out of mist and dropped to within 200 fect {of the water as he passed by. He |had been more than nine hours on {his way. The next report on the fliers came from the stcamship President Plerce, 1,100 miles from California, which reported hearing their radio asking for a bearing to be sent to establish lecation. At 3 a. m., the plane radioed that |the filers were 700 miles off Hono- lulu. § Colonel Howard, department alw officer, rushed to the plane, grabed | Maitland’s hand and shouted “Yow did it and I congratulate you." Major General Fdward M. Lewis commander of the Hawalian departe ment of the army, clasped hands with Maitland and Hegenberger, the eyes of both aviatoss filled with tears as he said: “My boys, T congratulate you." Maitland said that the radio beas con on the island of Maual failed t‘ function. “Our compass,” he said, “is what got us here. If we hadn’t had that, we would have been out of luck.” ‘When asked whether. they wers tired and hungry both filers admit. ted that a cold chicken sandwich would appeal to them. They told those who crowded about to cone gratulate them that they were somes what tired. “We had some coffee and sande wiches but we could not find them. Although we looked all over the {plane while traveling.” Maitland said . The first congratulations over, he ow about & cigarette?” Hegenberger said: “Sure we had a lot of mean weather on the trip. Indeed we had. our troubles but we feel great faction in having made the dash,” After & short session at the viewing stand the fiyers were {1 to she home of Major Henry P, ler, commandant of Wheeler: o permit them to bathe and eetw themselves. The military guard and. the police had dl(flvllm n w (Contiaued. o | - of