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WOMEN ACTIVE | AFFAIRS OF WORLD Interesting Views From Many Parts Alexandria, Egypt, Aug. —Queen Nazil of Egypt route aboard the royal y: for Toulon. She is to make her first visit to Europe since marrying King Fuad. 18 (UP) was en Berlin (UP)—Minister of Defense Otto Gessler has ordered all build- ings of the German Reichswehr and the private residences of its mem-; bers to display the black, red and gold flag of the republic. London (UP —Mayor James J. Walker and Mrs. Walker were stop- ping today at a Mayfair hotel. They arrived yesterday with their party from New York. Moscow (UP)—Twenty-nine per- sons were drowned and about 30,000 were made homeless by floods which submerged 50 villages in the ‘Vliadivostok region, dispatches said today. A cloudburst was followed by a typhoon. Many of the refugees were without foed. Klel, Germany (UP)—Germany's third post-war cruiser of 6.000 tons will be launched Saturday. The ves- sel will be named Karlsre. Dessau, Germany (UP) — An- nouncement that the Junkers Com- pany would retain for a few day the transatlantic air mail which v to have been delivered in the United | States by the monoplanes Europ and Bremen was interpreted here as nreaning that the company hs abandoned the flight projec Hamburg, Germany (UP)—Radio- telephonic experiments between Hamburg and Buenos Aires will gin Aug. 19, it w: nounced he ‘Announce 24-Hour Air Express Service Cleveland, 0., Aug. 18 (UP)—Offi- cials of the American Exp com- pany announced day and night ex- press air service between Cleveland, ind Chicago would be ptember 1. announcement was through Irank H. Baer, tr tion commissioner of the Chamber of Commerce., Minimum charge on express, said, will be per packa the rates being calculated on a §1 per pound basis, to handle express up to the size of an ordinary steamer trunk made nsport Cleveland Baer Skinner Resigns From “Y” Board of Directors E. J. Skinner, president of the Skinner Chuck Co., has submitted his signation as a member of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. Although the directo have re- quested him to reconsider his resig- nation, it is said he had decided not to. Mr. Skinner, who has been a director for about 15 years has been curtailing & number of his official activities recently. A son, Sherrod E. Skinner, is a member of the same board. Report settlement in Chaplin Divorce Case Holl: vood, Cal., Aug. 18 (UP)— With an air of deep secrecy clouding the activities of principals in the Chaplin divorce case, the film colony today continued to hear persistent reports that a settlement had been reached. “The Charlie Chaplin suit never be aired in court,” word which filteréd through. Added to this were reports that Lita Grey Chaplin is to receive pay- ment of $850,000 1in cash and the custody of the two Chaplin children. The trial is scheduled to open Monday. will READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANI “For best results use STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK Y ltife rafts with which The company expects | was the | FLIGHT TOPICS (Continued from First Page) by Lieutenant Earl Kincaid, navy hydrographer, who checked flying conditions for all the transatlantic | flights. From latest reports, he said, the favorable weather that prevailed be- ore the race began, should be still unchanged. In these circumstances, he contin- ued, no difficulty should be en- countered in navigating the rubber he planes were { equipped. Basing his conclusion on the con- ditions he had outlined, Lieut. Kin- caid attributed the failure of |fliers to reach Honolulu to either | motor trouble or mistakes in naviga- tion. Lteut. Kineaid recalled that Com- nder John Rod and his crew, 1g five days on their attempted flight to the islands, were rescued. Disqualified Plane Aids | Oakland Airport, Cal, Aug. 18 | (UP)—The bi-plane Air King, dis- | qualifica from the Dole race hecause {of its limited gasoline supply, will |take oft for mid-ocean to search for | | the missing Golden Eagle and Miss | oline tanks | Doran as soon as her g are filled, probably in two h: {M. Lagron, representative National Airways Sys !the plane, announced at 7:50 a | today. s, E. em, owners of “alth In Pedlar | Mrs. Joy Sald she had faith red ability and courage to bring the “Miss Doran” to land in safety |ana that she had not allowed herself {to give up hope. | Pedlar has bcen an aviator since 'he was a child, performing as a wing-walker, hute jumper doing ofhe Mrs. Joy saw her son in January, 19 At that time he was traveling about the country doing stunt flying. Pedlar's mother married Frank Joy, a form: :sident of Johnstown, lin TLong Beach, Cal.. but they have vesided in Miami, Fla., the last four vears, where Joy was cngaged in the real cstate busir They arrived [here last week fo visit relatives on |their way to California by automo- [bile where they ted again to |take up their resider | “Auggy hoped that {reach California before J.\lrs Joy said, “but we leave Florida in time.” we would the race,’ could not Could Float Forever Port Huron, Mich., Aug. 18 (A— The biplane “Miss Doran' one of.the missing participants in the Dolc air race from Oakland to Honolulu would float indefinitely if forced {manager of the Bull Aircraft com- builders of the plane, said to- |da | on the support the » said Mr. was equipped valve by “The big gasoline tank |3iss D plane if it were empt “The tank dump | Hughes. |with a ten inch means of which the tank could be ! speedily emptied by the pilot and the closing of the valve would make |the container a sort of life pre- |server that would keep the ship {afloat ndefinitely. | *The buoyancy of the empty tank would support more than 2,700 pounds. The 'Miss Doran’ with its gas tank empty and without pas- | sengers welghs 2,100 pounds{ Hearst Still Hopeful San TFranclsco, Aug. 18 (UP Although he spent a sleepless night |awaiting reports from the Pacific, George Hearst, owner of the mono- plane Golden Eagle, told the United | Press toddy he believed Jack Frast and Gordon Scott would he found in the plane walting for their res- cuers, “They had provisions which we estimated would be sufficient for Hearst said. “The s equipped with every pos- ice to sustain life in the levent it forced down. | “It they had any time at all be- |fore they landed they could have [inflated the flotation bags and the |ship would keep afloat indefinitely. The flotation bags were made of rubber and contained within the fabric of each wing-tip. They were !plane w |sible de Ask your dealer for a demonstration Socony Kerosene the | | through. of the | m. | |cer n | | siasm and | | anxiety today down on the ocean, Herbert Hughes, | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUS’ connected by a hose to a compressed air tank and could have been n- flated 1A a short time. 4 Hearst 18 a son of Willam Rar- dolph Hearst, the newspaper owner, and is himself publisher of the San Francisco . Examiner. Mother Didn’t Worry Los Angeles, Calif,, Aug. 18 (P— While Art Goebel was completing his flight to Hgnolulu, his mother, Mrs. Emma Goebel, was busy can- ning fruit and turning out an array of glasses filled with preserves as carefully and methodically made as if it were just any August day when peaches were ripe. No visions of a worried, weeping, frantic mother néeded to trcuble Art Goebel during his flight. Mrs. Gocbel is not that kind of mother. “He’s landed,” she answered in the telephone when told her Art had landed. “Yes, indeed that's good news; thank you.” “Worried” she sald. “Well, don’t know that you'd call it exactly worried. Of course you never know what may happen, but T have entire faith in Art and T was sure he'd get He knows how to take care of himself and he had a good ship.” Reception Postponed Honlulu, Aug. 18—George Bus- tard, chairman of the Aloha com- nittee of the chamber of commerce postponed plans for a reception, bhall and Hawaiian feast in honor of the Dole flight winners because of un- ainty as to the fate of J. A. Pedlar, Jack Frost and their com- panions, in the missing airplanes Miss Doran and Golden Eagle. Home Town Anxious. Flint, Mich., Aug. 18 (A—Enthu- of home town friends and relatives of Miss Mildred Doran, passenger with “Auggy” Pedlar in the transoceanic plané, who waited expectantly for favorable news yes terday had given way to tensc when the plane had failed to arrive at its destination, Honolulu. Newspaper affices were hesieged with telephone Is last night and extras issued Aat the intervals were eagerly scanned for news of the until late last night in newspaper bulletin boards. front of Teacher Begged to Fly Flint, Mich., Aug. 18 (®P—Insistent demands upon her guardian William Malloska, wealthy Flint oil man, sportsman and backer of the plune “Miss Doran,” won Miss Mildr Doran, Caro school teacher, her place in the cabin on the plane's ap- parently unsuccessful flight to Hon- clulu. Left motherless several years ago, Miss Doran kept house for her father and brother here while at- tending a Flint high school. After graduating in 1924 she worked nights in a local telephone exchange to obtain money to attend college. Graduation from Ypsilanti Normal school and a position as grade teacher at Caro followed. Later becoming a”ward of Mal- loska, Miss Doran became interested in aviation about the time Malloska, always an enthusiastic sportsman, conceived a Flint-to-Honolulu flight Construction of the plane *) Doran” was begun. Meantime, Miss Doran broached the proposition of being one of the passengers. Friends recalled today that Mal- loska, at fi to give his permission, ly yielded. Preparations for beginning the flight then went forward apace after Auggy Pedlar, who learned to fly at Long Beach, Calif., had been chosen as pilot by flipping a coin with Eyre Sloniger, another Flint pilot. The eternal feminine lacking in Miss Doran's preparation for the flight. soon after her participation |flight had been announced, Asked, in the to pose uniform had not arrived. She posed arrived and » again was s bl in the neat uni- form set off by a Sam Browne belt. The feathers used in making of abou, a stork-like bird regarded as ‘i.fl(-r“rl by many African tribes. MOODY Secretarial School 25 Arch Street Phone 207 Day School Begins September 6th Night School September 19th ESSEX SUPER-SIX 2-Pass. Speedabout - 4-Pass. Speedster Coach =« « =« « = Coupe - + - Sedap - o o+ = Al prices {.0.b. Detroit plus war excise tax Through ESSEX thousands know e Ride that is like flying with the exclusive high-compression, anti- knock motor that turns waste heat to power Alleyes turn to the new Essex Super-Six whose vivid br:nlliance of performance revealsinasingle ridea smoothnessandquiet, arqad- skimming ease and soaring exhilaration thatisactually likeflying. 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Mr. Mylchreest appeared before the committee and showed that on June 23 he wrote to the state water commissioner for permission to draw for the sewage plant. It was revealed that when the notices were sent out to the various bidders by the engineer of the state | water ¢ sion a4 mistake was notice intended for chreest, who lives at | ¥ avenue, was sent to one | William H. Mylchreest, a cousin, en- gaged in the same business and liv- ing at 4S Brainard avenue. Mr. Wil- liam Mylehreest paid no attention to notice at thg time, but some s later, after reading in the pa- new up nlane |tor a picture, she replied that she | would be glad to but that her flying | | with Pedlar, however, but was more | ter when the | {boas come principally from the mar- | on’t miss this SALE of FLORSHEIM 'SHOES af 5885 VOGUE SHOE SHOP MAIN STREET 236 Whether idling ata crawl, flashing through traffic, spurting at top speed or doing a comfortable 50 miles an hour all day long, its out- standing characteristic is ease, smoothness and complete absence of effort in every requirement. Opp. Monument disposal | tor that turns waste heat to power, develops the greatest power per cubic inch of piston displacement of any stock motor we know in the world. And it develops it economically, because it not only converts heat wasted in other types to useful power, but does it on ordinary gasoline with no need for special, higher-priced fuels. T 18, 19217. v 'pers of Joseph's complaint, realized that possibly the notice was intend- «ed for his ncighbor and spoke to Joseph Mylchreest about ft. 1t was | then too late as the contract had heen awarded to O'Neil Brothers of Hartford, who are with the wor now going ahead | Ambassador Herrick Home From Hospital nd, 0., Avg. 12 (UP) — Myron T. Herri United States am- ba; dor to France, w t home of his son, Parmale Herrick, to- day, after a month's confinement in a Cleveland hospital where he un- derwent two serious operations. The condition of Her K was re- ported “as much improved” and Dr W Lower, his personal physicia predicted a complete recovery wit in a short time. Herrick's illne prevented hi from participating in the celebratior when Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his “'Spirit of St. Louis" visited here recently but the flyer paid his respects at the hospital. Herrick, it is expected, will be ready to resume his dutics as am- ba. dor to France some time in the ‘utumn, e | There are nearly 700 varieties of plants in the Hawaifan Islands that can be found nowhere e In the Heart of the City Six The child, who is about 5 age. was knocked down Wren Sladis 4 o ”nml kicked by Sherman, according ios 1 |to complaint to Captain Kelty. It is by Officer John _lsald children were annoying Sher- noon on the chs of assaulting Jennie Demari 102 Rockweli Sherman Charged With |=ens Kicking Little Girl | ed years of Rockwell avenue {man and he became angry. The lit- tle girl was not seriously injured. Ed g L ] 5E % : 1 s STANDARD OIL CO. OF NEW YORK, 26 Bregdway |An excursion to_22*" ““MONTREAL Round Trip Fare$10 Friday, Aug. 19 Going Friday, August 19th © Returning Sunday, August 21et “The Montrealer” Route “The Washingtonian” Reute Ly. Stamford - - 150PM. Ly. Montreal South Norwalk 8:05 PM. Due Hartioed s & 8.7 PM. 901 M. 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