New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1929, Page 9

\ I HAVE R " TLANTIC BY AR Gral Zeppelin Will Attempt 10th * Successlul Flight ‘Washington, May 14.—The open season for crossing the Atlantic by alr has arrived again, coincident with the second anniversary of Lind- bergh's New York-Paris flight. The, great dirigible Graf Zeppelin, with its second voyage from Ger- many to America, due to start to- tomorrow, inaugurates the 1929 trans-Atlantic €light scries. Cloge on the heels of the Graf Zeppelin will be the new British dirigible, the R-100, which will take off on a trip to Canada+ and the United States. It is expected to be followed later by its sister ship, the R-101. Thus the 1929 season will open with dirigibles occupying the lme- light. Although flying across the Atlan- Sic is considered one of the most Tisky things an aviator can attempt, it is worth noting that in the ten years that have elapsed since the first time the Atlantic was spanned by air, no fewer than 243 persons have sailed over the ocean in air- plane or dirigible, not including the second trip of the Graf Zeppelin. The Atlantic was crossed in a non. stop flight eight years before Lind- bergh's triumph. U, 8. Navy Was First to Succeed This total includes some of the greatest names in the history of avi- ation. It begins with the Navy's seaplane, the NC-¢, which was guid- ed across by three naval officers in May of 1919, and is brought up to date by the flight last March of the Spaniards, Captains Ignaclo Jimi- nex and Francisco Iglesia, from Se- ville to Bahia, Brazil. The figure, of course, is good deal higher than the average reader suspects. This is due chiefly to the fact that there have been several airigible crossings, with each dirig- ible carrying from 30 to 65 people. Bome ‘of the mosat notable of ocean flights are not included in this list, howeker. Since the list is concerned exclusively with crossings of the At- lantig, it does not include any of. the daring flights over the Pacific—the army’ round-the-world flight which - followed the northern islands from Alaska to Japan, the various army, navy and civilian flights to Ha and the great flight of the Southe: Cross from San Francisco to Auss tralin, Nor does it include any of the numerous unsuccessful attempts to span the Atlantic in which the flyers met death. The List of Ocean Fiyers Hepe is the list of trans-Atlantic flights and the dates on which they were made: May 8, 1918—The Navy's NC-4, In charge of Lieut-Com. A. C. Reed, nssisted by E. F, Stone and W. Hil- ton, léft Rockaway, N. Y., and flew to Plymouth, England, by way of Asores, Portugal and Spain in §7 hours and 16 minutes flying time, 4514 miles. Two other planes failed. May 19, 1919—=Harry Hawker and Lisut..Com. Grieve, British aviators, flying from Newfoundland to Ire- land, forced down in ocean and res- cued by Danish ship Mary. June 14, 1919—First successtul non-stop trans-Atlantic flight made by Captain John Alcock snd Lieu- tenant A. W. Brown of Engund, who flew from Newfoundland 1t Clitden, Ireland, in 16 hours and 12 minutes, covering 1,960 miles. dJuly 2, 1919-—British dirigible R-3¢ crossed Atlantic with 31 per- aons aboard (one a stowaway) from Scotland, arriving at Mindols, N. Y., July 6. Return voyage ni.cly ne- gotiated, beginning July 10, 4 sept, 28, 193¢—Two of the four U. 8. Army round-the-world planes crossed Atlantic via Iceland, Gieen- land. Labrador, Newfoundland. Oct. 13, 1939—The ZR-3, now the Los Angeles, left Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen, Germany, and landed at Lakehurt, N. J., Oct. 13, flying 5,000 miles in 81 hours. s Jan. 1936¢—Commandant Franco, of Spain, flew his seaplane to Buenos Aires, Argenting, via Canary Islands. Feb, 32, 1937—Commander Fran- cesco DePinedo, flew across the lower Atlantic from Cape Verde, Islands, off the coast of Atries, to fouth America. On May 23, he left Newfoundland on his way back to Italy via the Azores. May 21, 1939—Lindbergh. New York to Paris, 3,610 miles, 33% ours, e 4, 1928—Clarence D. Cham- berlain and Charles A. Levine took off from New York and landea at Eiscleben, Germany, on June G, breaking world record for long dis- tance flying with 3,911 miles in 42 hours and 31 minutes. June 29, 1927—Commander Byrd, Bert Acosta, George O. Noville and Bernt Baichen left New York and came down in shallow water off coast of France early on morning of July 1, after 8,477 miles in 46 hours and 6 minutes, August 27, 1927—William 8. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, round-the-world aviators, flew from Newfoundland to Croydon airdrome, London, covering 2,400 miles in 23 hours and 9 minutes. Oct, 11, 1927—Ruth Elder and Gecrge Haldeman left New York tor Paris; two days later rescued from ocean by Dutch tanker near Azoren. April 12, 1928—IKoehl, Von Huenefeld and Fitamaurice leave Ireland and landed on Greenely Island, off Labrador coast, on Fri- day, the 13th, making first westward airplane crossing in single-motored plane. June 17, 1928—NMiss Amelia Ear- hart, Lieutenant Wilmer 8tultz and Lew Gordon, left Newfoundland and landed in Wales on following day, completing 2,100-mile hop in 20 hours and 49 minutes. Oct, 11, 1988—Graf Zeppelin crossed from Germany to U. 8. with 20 passengers and 40 crew, 6,000 miles in 111% heurs. Oct, 29, 1928—Graf Zeppelin be- san return flight with 25 passengers. and ¢0 crew. Completed in 71 houre and 13 minutes. March 96, 1939—Captains Ignacio Jimines and Francisco Iglesia, Span- tsh_aviators, landed at Bahia, Bra- sil, after-a flight from Spaln. SEVEN DROWN N LASTTEXAS FLOOD Crop Damage Ruos Into Hup- dreds of Thousands of Dollars Livingston, Texas, May 14 (P— Ssven dead and property and crep damage running into hundreds of thousands of dollars was the report. ed toll taken in Polk county yester- day by a flood following two days of torrential rains that sent the Trinity river and several crecks out of their bapks. Communication was disrupt- ed and the exact number of lives lost ceuld not be determined. Rescue forces in row boats worked frantically throughout the night tak- ing residents from housetops and trees in the flooded districts. In the Long Cane community, 3% miles from here, four members ot one family drowned when they were swept from a tree top. A row boat on the way to rescue them capsized and its four occupants, whe man. aged to escape, told of seeing the four carried away by the swift cur- rent. ‘Where three other deaths, gener. ally reported, occurred could nut be learned. \ Beveral families were reported marooned in tree tops at Lamont, another nearby hamlet. Attempts to reach the community were futile anq fear was cxpressed that rising waters would engulf the refugees before aid could reach them. COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAFPHS Biddletown, May 1¢ (M—Wesleyan university announces that they had received a collection of autographs from H. G. Rogers started by his grandfather in 1849, The collection contains autographs of presidents of the United Btates from Washington to McKinley; statesmen. inclyding Daniel Webster, John C. Calheun and others, and also Napoleon, Queen Victoria and 8amuel F. B. Morse. Bome of the autographs are on cards and other on letters. 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As the senate approached a vote on the farm bill containing the ex port debenture plan which the pres ident denounced, the administration leadc#s were considerably relieved that the flare-up over the question of party regularity which developed out of the debenture controversy was as moderate as it turned out to be. rt Disappoints Many members had expected the spesch of Benator Brookhart, repub. lican, lowa, on the subject of “pseudo-republicans,” to be a much more flery retort than it was to the letter of Senator Fess of Ohio, the party whip, criticising him and Sen- ators Borah of ldaho, and Nye of North Dakota, for the support of the debenture proposal. While no doubt was entertained that the senate would reafflirm its position on the debenture plan by passing the bill containing it, admin- istration leaders have counted on the house to eliminate it from the meas- ure to that legislation more in har- mony with the president's views can be sent to the White House for his approval. The scnate. meanwhile, is being counted on by the same group to bring the tariff bill mow before the NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929. house more nearly into line with the president’s desire for “limited” re. vision than the ways and means committes republicans saw fit 1o recommend. At the same time, they are hopeful that, after the general debate is ended late this week, some of the administration's ideas can be worked into the measure in the house itself through the amendment route, Group Mestings Progress toward reduction of the intra.party stress over vi posals in the tariff bill w cay in the meeting of the means republicans with members of the group from ten western farm states who are dissatisfied with the agricultural schedule. Chairman Hawley had promised that such of their proposals us met with favor among committeemen would be of- fered to the house as committee smendments to the bill with privil group from cattle pro- | sentative Simmons, republican, Ne- braska, to organize today along sim- ilar lines to present their objections to the bill's provisions affecting hides, meats and live animals. Con- siderable dissatisfaction has been ex- pressed in this group with the duties proposed on live cattle and meats on the ground that they are inadequate, and with the failure of the commit- tee to transfer hides from the free to the dutiable list. Believing that, by these and other maneuvers, they can bring about sufficient harmony in the senate and house majorities to assure prompt action on the tariff and farm bills, administration leaders have discard- ed the idea of an all-summer recess to let the controversies die out. Sen- ator Watson of Indiana, the repub- lican leader, however, is still in- clined to look with favor on the idea of a three or four weeks' recess after the house passcs the tariff bill to give the genate finance committes a clear ficld for its task of rewriting aucing states was culled by Repre- | the measure. Lindy Gets Little : Pay From Uncle Sam. Washington, May 14 WP~ Churvies A. Lindbergh is not getting rich very fast from his position as adviscr on acronautics to the departmint ot commerce. Assistant Becretary MacC said today that Lindbergh } not drawn one cent in salary s nis appointment gbout five months uxo. He s allowed $23 w day when nix services are sought Ly the comymerce department. Otherwise he gets nothing. MacCracken explained that no problem had arisen which pe- quired Lindbergh's advice. Becrctary Lamont said Lindbergh visited the department about ten days age and talked things over in an informal way. 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