New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1927, Page 10

LEVINE CHERISHED ATLANTIC FLIGHT Was His Fond Hope for More Than Five Years London, Aug. 31.—(P—For five long years Charles A. Levine, Amer- ican aviation enthusiast, looked for- ward to flying across the Atlantic and flying back again; it was one of his cherished hopes, conceived when he began to take an interest in aviation, which came with prosper- ity. He divulged this in the course of of talk with a correspondent of the Associated Press in his elaborate suite at the Hotel Savoy. Even his wife did not know ot his | thoughts and his aims, which he kept to himself for such a long time that he thought at times he | would bubble over with enthusiasm. | He sald he just had to talk with some one now and then, and he did with his wife, but he still never quite | revealed all his longings and expec- tations, even to her. When he felt he must talk aviation with her, he talked more as if he were interested impersonally from things he read in the newspapers, so, he declared, for vears no one really knew his heart's desire in that direction. | After crossing the Atlantic in the same way that he came to Europe, Mr. Levine said he planned to set- tle down and head a commercial concern which would pretty well | cover the United States. | “This 1s all old stuff to me per- sonally—this planning of a transat- lantic hop,” he asserted. Got Idea in 1922 When asked by the correspondent when he first concelved flying across the Atlantic, he looked at his ques- tioner very curiously and replied: “How did you happen to put that question? I don't recall that anyone ever asked me that before. Well, it was back in 1922 I got the idea in | my head of flying across the Atlan- | tie. The thought struck me one day —or was it night. After I had been | reading a good deal in the papers about long distance flights it came to me in this way—first, that Sir Arthur Whitten Brown and Alcock had -succeeded three years before | who would be the next? | “It was advertising that did it; ad- vertising, that's what it was. Alcock and Brown started the ball rolling, but it took three years before the ball came rolling along in my direc- | tion, but when it hit, it struck me square between the eyes, and then I began to make plans. At first I | thought I'd be satisfied by one crossing, but I soon realized I wanted to recross, and here I am. The Columbia is all ready, and so is the engine. The motor has had only 110 hours and she's good for three | or four hundred; so the same motor | is going to take me back.” Asked | about, his plans for the future, Mr. Levine said his life would be devoted to aviation, adding: | Possibilities Tnlimited | “There are unlimited possibilities. I think the strides to be made the | next few years are almost beyond conception of the human mind."” As he talked, Mr. Levine, wearing a tight fitting slate-colored business suit with white stripes, sat in a big arm chair which would easily have | accommodated a man twice his size. | He appeared to be in splendid health, and that he was keen about talking on aviation was the immedi- ate impression he gave. Greatest Event in Life “Ot course,” he went on, “this transatlantic flight is the big thing | with me now. I have an under- | standing with Captain Hincheliffe, | and this flight is the one great thing | in my life. Hincheliffe is willing to | take a sporting chance, and we will | be off the first indications of good weather. Then—well I won't say | too much about my plans of linking up American cities. I have learned a great deal here in France and Ger- | many about civil aviation. It is making tremendous strides, especi- ally in Germany. There are hundreds | of airdromes over there, even many | little towns have airdromes, and T | #ot wonderful dreams of doing great | things for aviation in America." At that time Mrs. Levine, who was packing her effects in the next room preparatory to entraining for Ply- mouth to make the steamer Ilo de France, called out “Charley, you | are wasting too much time sitting in | there talking shop. Come here and help me close this baz." And Charley did, remarking, “You see who's boss hereabouts, don't you? | The boss of the family is right in there.” | NEWINGTON NEWS The resignation of Roy S Hurd as chairman of the republican town committee was received yesterday by Mrs. V. L. Eddy. The resigna- tion is to take effect immediately, Mrs. Eddy now heing acti air- man. Mr. Hurd has been il during | the summer and has resigned on the advice of his physiclan. He was elected a year ago at the republi- can caucus when almdst an entirely | new town committee was chosen. This is the second resignation to be received within the ‘week, Mrs. T. H. Cogswell, having resigned. | Mrs. Eddy has already taken over the work of Mr. Hurd and has called a meeting of the committee for | Thursday evening at the Town hall. As yet no one has been selected | to fill Mr. Hurd's place. It is known | that someone has been approached | to take the place of Mrs. Cogswell but the name would not be divulged before the meeting. First Selectman James C. Gilbert has announced that he will not call a special town meeting until the end of September in order that he may receive as many petitions as possible before that time. The an- nual meeting will be held in Octo- ber and Selectman Gilbert would like to have all possible business brought before the speclal meeting. The meeting must be held before October 3 since that is the last day the town has in which to notify the state of its acceptance or rejection of state aid. The town must vote to appropriate $5,000 for that purpose and at the same time the state will pay to the town in two installments $15,000 as remuneration for the paving of West Robbins avenue. The matter of an appropriation for the erection of a fire department and the appropriation for state aid roads are two important matters which will be brought up. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Norton and son, William, are spending a week at thelr cottage at Niantic. TEMPORARY REGISTRATIONS BRING 84,000 T0 STATE About 125 Issued Every Month for Busses on Short Trips to Connecticut. Hartford. Aus. $1.—Temporary | registrations are used by about 125 owners every month in Connecticut, and revenues from this source col- | lected by the motor vehicle depart- ment amount to nearly $4,000 a | year. The majority of these short period | registrations are for busses or jit- | neys engaged on one or two-dav trips outside of regularly chartered routes. Many motor car dealers and out-of-state visitors use the temporary registrations, however, while the privilege is obtained by users of a considerable number of commercial vehicles. All temporary registration certifi- cates are issued for 10 days. Renew- al privileges are not extended, but an owner may secure a new tem- porary registration at the expiration of the first. A temporary registration used after its expiration date is in- valid and operation of the vehicle is a violation of the law. When a registrant fails to sur- render a temporary certificate and number plates at the end of the 10 day period notice 1is sent of the lapse of the certificate. The state po- lice are notified of the law violation by the department when this no- tice s iznored. | Set fees are charged for all types | of vehicles. For public service v hicles, such as jitneys and taxicabs, the rate is $2 a day. The fee for private cars or motorcycles is $2 for ten days, regardless of whether the vehicle is used for a period less than | the ten days specified in the certifi- | cate. For a commercial motor vehicle | of three tons capacity or less the fee i3 $5 for ten days, and $10 is charged for a truck of more than three tons capacity. Polish Orphans’ Home Receives $50 Bequest (Special to the Herald) Worcester, Mass.,, Aug. 31.—The Polish Orphan’s Home at New Brit- ain, Conn., is left a bequest of $50 in the will of the late Jan Mazur of West Warren, according to the terms of the instrument filed at the Worcester County Probate Court here. Other bequests of $50 each are left to the St £ the parish school at War estate is cne of about $2,000 in per- sonal property. DOUBLE BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. Willam Smedberg of South- ington entertained four tables of bridge last evening in honor of the | double birthda of Miss Ruth Crandall of New Britain and Mrs. | Walter H. 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