New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1928, Page 18

Boston, Oct. 1 —(UP)—The Crane Pacific Expedition of Field Museum of Natural History, Chi- cago, will sall from this port Octo- ber 15 to collect rare zoological specimens and information in the South Sea Islands, the East Indies and Eastern Asia, and to study trop- | joal diseases and their cures. Cornelius Crane, of Chicago and Ipswich, Mass., will head the expedi- tion which will use his yacht, the “Jllyria.” Dr. W. L. }oss, professor of med- fcine at Harvard University Medical achool and a noted bacteriologist and | will accompany the | immunologist, expedition as medical adviser to the personnel. epportunity to study tropical dis- eases and conduct other medical in- | vestigation in the many islands of the BSouth Pacific and Western Pacific, which are on the expedition’s itinerary. Dr. Moss has done considerable work on the blood groups in man | during the early development o this problem, and he established the classification which is now in use. “It is accepted that the character- | tstics on which the blood groups are bused are hereditary characteristics, and are transmitted according to the Mendelian laws,” wrote Dr. Moss in outlining his plans to Director Stephen C. Simm of the Field Museum. “The attempt has been made to use these characteristics in the study of race relationships. 1 have been collaborating during the past year in an anthropological study of the Mayas of Yucatan, and the Mexicans. This expedition promise an unusual opportunity for carrying on this work. and ma s ble a more comprehensive stud relationships than has thus far been made. FLIES 7,000 HOURS San Francisco, Oct. 2 (UP)—Frn- est McConnell Allison, 33, a pilot of the Boeing Air Transport spent 7,000 hours flying airplanes. Three thousand hours of that mmli have been at night. Other fliers may have had as|tion of the republican ticket invited r, but Allison's e he never ent in a many hours in the . record stands out be has had & serious acc plane. | of his time in meditation and quiet. { Native doctors, the only kind he | to Europe. e e e sy | With the rigidity of the | declare that Ghandi can never re- | Mahatma. _ | cottages th 0., has| HOOVER QUARTERS TO OPE! ¥ | “Hoover headquarters at 54 West | Other you probably will hear about. GHANDIIN POOR EEALTH OK HIS 897H BIRTEDAY Indian Leader Comtinucs to Battle for Country’'s Freedom, However Porbandar, India, Oct. 2 (UP)— Mahatma Ghandi, the “great soul” of India, was 59 years old today. He has not been in the best of health of late and has spent much will permit to attend him, confess themselves anxious about him. He has had to abandon & proposed trip Nevertheless, although his vigor has been impaired, Ghandi's spirit burns as strongly as ever. Despite many long years of battling for the freedom of his native land in the face of numberless disappointment, the man who is often described as the “Tolstol of India” declares he has not shifted his ground in the slightest. - Ghandi adheres to his principles seer, ar- cording to those who know him in- timately. - Close followers of Indian affairs The Ghandist Non- co-operation party has, they say, virtually ceased to exist. The Swarajists are split into many fac- tions, and there is no place for the turn to politics. Nevertheless, Ghandi still has & mission in the role of peacemaker between the two great forces in the community—the Hindus and the Moslems, This work, from his place in the little town of Porbandar, Ghandi continues to pursue. IN COASTAL PIRATES France, Oct. 2 (UP) | —Ocean pirates are not figures of | Jition but continue to exist. ands of pirates using fast motor- boats are raiding islands off the French ¢ cking the summer | nd carrying away | boatloads of goods, even doors and | ts. | owners appealed to the navy | assign destroy | for their pro-| tection for the land police are | helpless. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1924 FLIES AT 0t And California Woman Will Ty Fresno, Calif, Oct. 2 (UP)— Mra. Jane Tilley has just realized an ambition of many years atanding. 8he took an airplane ride on her 91st birthday. But Mrs. Tilley, who came to California in 1852 in a covered wagon wasn't completely satisfied. She told Pilot Pack Schneider she was coming back to the field and enjoy another trip before lon “Like it?"* said Aunt Jane. it's just wonderful and was the most vide I over had. And it was safer than riding in a bugsy. “I had wanted to ride in an air- plane for a long time,” she con- tinued. “I have ridden in and on everything from a horse to a high- powered automobile and I wantcd the thrill of a flight in the clouds before I left this world.” Mrs. Tilley was .accompanied on her sky trip by the youngest of her five children. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS . |One of these earnest young students you already know; the At the left is Johnny Main street will open tonight with | Evers, Jr., son of the famous second baseman of the champion- all who are interested in the elec- | ship Chicago Cubs years ago. Johnny goes to Georgetown Uni- to be présent. It is the plan of the republican party to hold socials and | enthusiasm meetings in the new headquarters. | versity and is a ball player of great promise. |James A. “Bud” Stillman, who’s working hard in the Harvard At the right is Medical School. The girl whom he married after a north woods romance also is attending school in Boston, PARDON US, BUT— MAY WE “Miss Human Interest”? She will have charge of our booth at the New Britain Home Progress Exposition, INTRODUCE Stanley Arena, October 3, 4, 5 and 6. She and our booth will have a message Use All Of Them Investments Vacation Clubs Mortgage Loans Christmas Clubs Savings Accounts Industrial Loans Foreign Exchange Checking Accounts Travelers’ Cheques BYRD STARTS FOR THE WEST TODA Headod lor South Pole Via Los Angees Boston, Oct. 3 UP—Commander Richard E. Byrd was on his way west today on the first leg of his journey to the ice-covered wastes of the antarctic regions. On Saturday he will sail <rom San D'ego, Calif., on the whaler Lar- sen for New Zealand where four ships of his expedition will mert and proceed south. If all goes well, he sald, he will be back in J:llr, 1930, By Wife Accompapied by his wite, Com- mander Byrd left Boston yesterday afternoon, A crowd gathered at Trinity Place station to bid him good-bye and as the train pulled cut of the station a chorus of cheers went up. The explorer amiled cheer- fully, waved a farewell and was o his way. Earlier in the afternoon, Gov. Al- | van T. Fuller called at the Byrd home to bid the commander good- bye. Just before he left the house for the station, Byrd said good-bye to his small son Dickle and his three amaller daughters. Issues Statement | At the station he gave out the| following statement: | “Those hundreds of persons, who by donating their time, material- or money, have made this expeditior possihle, have my everlasting grat titude. I shall never forget them a- long as I live. I want to than® particularly those who g-va thei time and services. ndiufing the many stenographers and Boy Scout: who worked voluntarily in our New York office. Without the widespreai help that has come from individua) and organizations, this expeditio: could not g, what T believe it to be. an all-American expedition.” Commander and Mrs. Byrd will stop off at Chicago en route to the Pacific coast. SOUSA NOT TO RETIRE | Milwaukee, Oct. 3 (UP)—John Philip Sousa doesn’t intend to rctire until he has to. “W'hen I do re- tire,” the 84-year-old musician ex plained, when he and his famous band paid a brief visit to Mil —*“When I do retire you wi up your newspaper and say: look! Sousa’s dead!" Germany, Oct. 2 UP—Graf Zeppelin, Dr. Hugo Eck- ener’s mew dirigible, started at 7 a. m., today en & thirty-six hour flight which was intended to he the last long distance experiment before the bers of the Reichstag and six news- papermen were included in the pas- sengers. 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