New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 26, 1929, Page 2

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1929. PISTOLSCUTSHORT SIX AIR DERBIES GAREER OF B BAND!TS ARE CONVERGING ~ UPON CLEVELAND (Continued From (Continued From First P emphasize the command and as the | - third highwayman searched Haller- | an he came across his badge. “If this is what it feels like, you're .Ang to get what you're looking he muttered as he moved towards the headlights, to better verify saspicions that Halleran was an o ficer At this juncture, Lucas thought he heard Halleran g Tthough struck, leaped out the point of a revolver ord highwaymen to hold up tF Re that fled and I “onstable Hall d his revolver on the Two & Iirst Page) while the at Cleveland the markers country banki straightaway g0, for air races today, checkered pylons port again became pilots of the planes to the closed course air- or in his | erack their the 1008, who The lady other birds led four un s separated rbies from widely the country toward the pal airport from Columbus, Portland, Ore by ght at 1 Nev Cal flights. derby Beach ind the for the parts munici- 0. The pausing wnother on ac- and red th hands. trap e ir o ¥ C overn hey derby the way counted S1ko, and stern stopp eran fired, the % il latter havi seat near hots took ef- mi i pointed today at the hon north the state A be- turing the Admit Hold wounds were 2 was asc non- which may s. as the time they \x.‘n»mu\ Along Cleveland and at tha armed air States entered flying. euvers stolen ot Charles H Hartford, street wh Au woms itorn by t rormation of and “trench Pratt 1 ling i m vements from New F up two they held 1 i on So but no complaint police of this ir man and an unmarried the victims and that v report made } i t on innov car permitted held Road, stre liam on 1in men gust » ot V's events by hree company wrachute towed glider in jump con- i 1 flying. 0 oa underst tomohile Avgust on Jewell up Nils Nordstrom West Hartford . Newington they stole a car Weinstein of h b street, Hartford Trumbull strect This car was used, it is said. in (h hold-up of John J. Schrensky of Wolcott street, New Haver “Bowler” is Fitzgerald Sergeant Michael J. Flynn local police department amining & photograph of this morning a excalent m his name Main street, panied Schrensky into pelice head quarters carly Saturday morning 1o report a hold-up on Newington av- . enue, this city An employe of a at East Main and Elm streets n a similar identific on when show the photograph, Bowler and Schre sky having been at the station tell ing of their experience after they had left headquarters. The informa- tion was passed on to the IHartfc police and if it is determined that the identification is correct, Witz gerald must have been “framing’ Schrensky for his companions to reb. According to the report of tiic pair to Sergeant Flynn, $10 “aken from Bowler, but Schrensl ‘ran away under protection the ‘headlights of an oncoming car 1did not lose anything. Constable Halleran 'today at Hartford hospital ‘ing the injured pair. The trial date ‘will not be set definitely until ‘outcome of Burrelio’s wou ‘known. Admit Robhing “Petters” learned police that man tion mt st on T 0l to to circ serv his year held and 1l laws, ion today went W to the on hirds. who of flying A the 1thwes over deserts, moun- of flioht 186 mesquite on 1) Monien, C: wnge club, wastes t Ton= The ponsors Santa [ ¢ of to upon annonnced a b the 14 who took nonet Pitrger it 19 women remaining recogr was o converted undert in i iy, mpted her plane failed A period respect during the ed her likeness of as Maurice Hartford, Tragedy which the made sorv osson, plucky who was kill inmp last 1 silencs the airport, and the celehration recognition accord- | 1 & felt today for Marvel Angeles o e Kin; who accom i memor in when W narachufe enrly gasoline st S ol t 1S the a vac at Philly John won the 7 from 16 His tin Pilot s Wins Owens mile ather s or delphia terday of Phila- 0 event yes national guardsmen, 28 min- utes and one sccond i average peed of 14991 miles per hour. T est in the races was guicken- ed today with the possibility that the navy dirigible Los Angeles may the globe-circling Giraf Z here by mid-week. T} is scheduled to arrive remain rnight to a stuh mast at the field o built for the airship, and return akehurst, N. I, Thursday. Only question of favoral weather prevented outright assurance by American representatives of tha | Graf that the ship would pass over Cleveland Graf’s scheduled departure Los Angeles, Calif, would bring the airship here some time Thursday, it said. was or was £ of me i ppe- and T lin Los An- Wed- moored duty watch- was on nesday, o at pecial- e 4 + The local police ‘from the Hartford thold-up of a New Haven «Willow Brook park, this city *the hold-up of an automobilc itaining “petters South «this city, were admitted “trio NOWDEN REJECTS OFFER OF POWERS toduy tine in ni 1 from on by t Wi Mrs, Thaden Likely Winner Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 26 (&) tory in the women's national om Monica, Cal., Vie- Santa seemingly Mrs, Lou Pittshurgh, tn grasp of Thaden, of Me tod Phetridge y as the s of fourteen tuned up at for the last lap wional air races at i Pittsburzh her ts were Port Colum- ending at th Cleveland. aviatrix had hour and threc rival, G jeach, Cal., time (Continued From Fir vant In French LEAnE ‘known that as the last “British stand ‘would make . The new Avere e last assumed hers ‘worthy o5 v British ct 1 ‘has among The ed the with M senting It circles it v utes over I Lor the offer was rega ¢ " O'Donr o concessic that the n toward 13 elapsed cross-country was less tha plane for flight 1 two hours four powers whil light in writ route and only At misfortune sceme Mrs e Postponed Port n's lead away the o from i, this off Columbns to Cleveland hopes non-stop the women til 1:15 p trport offic lots post- the The hade offer Ad m. at 115 Mis, was hop were ssion their left by 1y of tl New nea out (ternoon, Bobbic Delayed rrout af 1o A vainly would these 1he wzers. lor planned it i fina Juart chanc 1 Hap a ar 1 known Dr. Le serum whi a substitute Bevere hemorrhage. n Nor ports h he ! lood for ¥ Al giant | the air was within the | surviving derby- | lys | last |)~ Ruth | 21:15:45. Amelia Blanche Gl Ruth 27:17, Mary Neva 33 Thea Opal Kun: Ve 34:41 121 Von 28 Rasch Light planes (C. Phoebe Om Ear oy« Nichols, b der, Ma Paris, e lie, O’Donnell, rt, Long Beach, | was followed Rye, Boston, 21: Cleveland k. Great Detroit, Beverly Neck, Germany, ew Yor! W Memphis, 24:14:32. Cla 30t ra Dawn Walker, Santa Monica, | ). Read For Second Lap salt | With the only clapse five wer in ¢ der for Om flight. Wyo., for 1o hyists The fi noW out Are nosed by a hops Aft reat, from Mendell brought his fter four seconds of to the Utah vlapsed time utes and 0. Do landed y Rohert C. Warren sixth ko by to mi 5 J th D, Kin: at B hopes a 1 wir Bowy Birmingh 1l in Cleveland oo the them race A time starter” oif on The fiers land, O, som noor in time opening there (@ iy pilot in a C pace for the three-lap jur Fli, to race today lead of over George NY, Bowy r minutes and from Miami Halsey' Rowland, 1 tine, of i ke City, a et ha on the i Mendell, Joe two RFa minutes in the Oakland r stopping at times o ATTO! Utah, two minutes difference Au of ws [ resumed pla hours, ane to 24 he Ig the Oakland-Cleveland leave second lap of the halt at Cheyenne luncheon and refueling of Los Ang:l of Oaklanl Salt Reno for his flying from metropolis. tot Wdson, ird aled secon and Nagle of Oakland. entry, h er it from vere the ials he four hours, ds. of Newark, followed was Oakland, Doh was forced down storm but other Sets Pace Aug. Ala tiami-Miami air derby wit ts in the derby which next lap of thei this time to Nashville, gu the pla U n an to time for the Wednesday Bowyer, ssn ra np with two minutes and At 35 to by Jacksonville, Towman of cers an it = Tuesday r expos! carried ac Yirmingham and be a trip earth minutes [oF Ba flic 26 Miami to Birming- Beach out incident, today await d Wi h Westfield, plane, yesterd ot elapsed Halsey iken 20 seconds of six seconds Birmingham 6:45:55 eing was third und Lester H with Kansas City 6:58:12 and Bowyer, Little Rock a Birmingham, vision of the competing division. Rowland s C lead The an Halsey nd are in race with the other 10 cla nd 59 fourth 9 F t he L (o) 7. Newsome, cl in the lighter, or Bowman fliers were greeted :ht by a crowd of more B hou to times of Cone ass were hery than 2 oenhair Takes Off Los Angel Ay, Schoenhair took off here m. the non-stop land national He hoped to make the trip in twetve in hours, $10,000 th Schoenhair Five race The planned to after midn fore the from cipated take off. rh wou His monoplane out difffculty port onc toward the as today for Cleveland, () at 1 the first of Los Angeles to Cleva- | air race flie ot last depart t 14 o st her nig s atten, and ht the d early hoenhair start he wanted to get away the congestion which rules to entrants announcad | y would not start until tomorro-w. | declared mitted him to take off this morning. five other entries in the rac tomorr caid be- he anti the took the after immedia Ay who agreed to make their the s 52 s wn, pilot; John millionaire; m 1 New Turner, who round trip and Colonel o. York clubman; returned to New Art Goebel, and holder of transconitnental specd | marks. ju flight o Woods, o, st time included leveland Li air alr cireling headea The other entranrs hop eut. Wausau, le Routillicr, | Captain Roscoe from Yor Pacifie fli Lindberghs at Pield Municipal Aug. 26 (UP) herg Anne fore noon races. Their plane dipped ver the airport unrecognized virtually at had New was the wife trom Bobb Cincinnati Trout men one of derhyis here off f irport to take Nashville Bowyer Miami-Cleylan Nashviile frod landing his € Wa Salt Lake (UP)—Headi castward 10}, 1] land-Clevel 1t ) ove tains, n Salt day. He Ny ¢ intervals ants in th W 0 Air Dep ey Th lerl five from Clev s the IPirst away mond, Ind, W Air h and his flier Morrow to attend port ‘ol w Claveland, Charles A the formr ife, arrived controls flown York ie A 1l t or i t although shortly te- wtionat he Th of na he ¢ th Trout Hops (P) 1 26 arvived 1 [ Columbus Tenn stricld il m it N cross-country ) b 18 today " b pilots TEyol ingham cen Leads Lap City, ng v W, Lal took off en was followed or, n ldson Utah, Aug his travelair the at the arren 1erhy Cheyenr ather tollowing 1d Columbus, last Iy sarticipant land it Leg got under order of ¥ planes Wasatch the ntes was Lewis Love at 8:89 a m, Tenn. Clev a ay from Jacksonville, san Ilinots, | formal | Bobhi 1 was R m 9:02.02 by Vm‘.lun[ by | { | | | at Roverts, Moline, TIL: at 9:04 A. Speer, Marshall, Mo.; at 9:0% Zimmerly, Marshall, Mo., 08 by Leslie C. Miller, '. brother of Deputy Building [nspec- jims tor Thomas B. Fay of New Britaio. Y., |H e by Barne |and at 9 | Angeles ‘[iRAF WILL LEAVE + FOR EAST TONIGHT Hills, By the Assoclated Press. s /ednesday, Aug. 7 N. 39 p. m.—Left Lakehurst, for Friedrichshafen, saturday, Aug. 10 m.—Landed at Friedrichs- hd{«-n, completing trip of 4,200 miles in 55 hours 24 minutes. Wednesday, Aug. 14 10:34 p. m.—Left IFriedrichshaten for Tokyo, Monday. Aug. 19 a. m.—Landed at Kasumigaura airport, miles in 101 hours 53 minutes. Friday, Aug. 23 a. m.—Left Kasumigaura for Los Angeles. a. m.—Reported position 300 miles east of Tokyo after out- riding storm. p. m.—Dr. position 1,300 g N. 01:55 (Continued From First Page) Cross-Country Route The route to be followed will be via El Paso, Kansas City St. Louis. Chicago, and Cleveland. if weather conditions permit. An alternative route considered is via El Paso New Orleans, Birmingham Wash- | ington ‘and Baltimore, 1t is desired to have the Zeppelin | y over Cleveland during the na- | tional air races if weather condi-| tions permit. | FAVES JERUSALEM FOR OUIETER AREA | 4:00 26 (A two air today e 7:00 8:00 Eckener radioad miles from Ku- sumigaura, headiny toward Aleutian Islands. 11 p. m.—Radioed miles east of Tokyo, altitude of 1,100 feet. Saturday, Aug. 24 a. m.—Position given as 170 east 43.20 north, or about 1,600 miles from Kasumigaura, flying in fog. p. m.—Position given as 45 north, 166.20 west approxi- mately 2,800 miles from Tokyo. 000 p. m.—Position 4G degrees ! north latitude TanhEAleny | longitude. This was as far the mother of Dr. northward as the airship trav- Nathan B. Jaffe, is believed to be in eled, the fighting zone. She left this city several months ago and has not been heard from since she arrived in the Holy City. Dr. Jaffe today took a. m.—Reported 44.20 north, steps to communicate with her by 15210 w several degroes cable. | southeastward of the position Morris (ohn, several times the | previously reported. city's heaviest individual taxpayer|Z2:00 p. and now second on the list, is| north, 174.20 west. anxiously awaiting news from Haifa |9:02 p. m—Sighted off where he has extensive investments. land Mr. Cohn owns a six apartment p. m.—Arrived over lding and four stores in that Gate, circled Sun Fran community and holds first and sec- | neighboring bay clties, ond mortgages on numerous other |9:45 p. m.—Headed for Los buildings. In a tour of Palestine Monday, Aug. 20 some years ago, Mr. Cohn recog-+{4:16 a. m.—Arrived over nized the possibilities of Haifa as a | geles. seaport town and made his invest- |8:35 a. m, ments with the thought in mind that | airport, such would develop the town. | His forceast was corrcct and the uses of Halfa for shipping are in- . 43 Creasing. As far as the local man ™S 3% | has been able to learn. no rioting or comel gestruction taken place at | with Frarl | Hulfa. samuel { merchant, two Lakd short and here ina kland rrows’ position 1,500 flying aut {Continued Trom Iirst ) effort to invade the | Miss Goldsmith now liv because of the fact that the population of about 50,000 persons is almost entirely Jewish and in vaders would be met by overwhelm- ing odds. Mrs, Jafte Mr J. Jaffe, will make any N. ity in which 6:00 and W, st Sunday, Aug. 25 5 a. m.—Position reported lati- tude 45.20 north, 154 west, (— [ 18:00 in 14 i s¢ ¥ after- ition Golden cisco ani N, 3. fast in a Angeles, Los —Moored at L.os Angeles. TEPPELIN ARRIVES the tinie Municipal ufialo, has Kaplan, New Britain | has also invested heavi- Iy in the district of Jerusalem where he has purchased propertics with the intention of establishing a | brick yard. He has also been in- | | terested in manufacturing industries, I'several of which have local stoc holders, | In Center of War Zone All cfforts on the part of M. a (Continued From Iirst Page) ace Drummond Hay of London. “I am so glad to be back in Amerlca,” she said. Passenger List passengers of the Zeppelin il G of | B di | The 19 e irn- | | | 1ady Grace Drummond He ainisin g !ann( 19 don, Commander Charles T w‘:*“\':\"““d‘e S e S TG e | ilrnbatim, ¥hose home ia in the cen- | 1njteq taces Navy, ter of thé warring zone, have been tutile to date, Mr. Birnbaum said "”!‘I‘_“-‘:f“"v andiMadrid, % | this afternoon. The elder Birnbaum | €% New York Sl Hubert W e e e lom about four vears | Kins, Australian explorer, Karl Von | 180 ‘\\vmund. Berlin, Dr. Heronimo Me- gias, Madrid, Gustave Kauder, Ull- UNDER NEW PROBE. |er, Heinz Von Ischwege-Lichbert, (Continued From Tirst Page) Lon- Rosen- L JeeLy | Scherl publications, Herr Geisen- heimer, Frankfort-on-Main, Leo Ger- ville-Resche, Paris, Dr. Yashimatsu Inti, Osaka, Dr. Kiokinai Kittano, |Osaka, and Commander Nashiro | 'umiyoshi, Japanese navy, Prof. | Rarkins, Soviet Russia geographer, | Dr. Seilkopt, Hamburg weather man, Licut. Col. Christoph Iselin, Swiss army. per- | w | tor Camp, Attorncy Danaher quested that the names of the be read off. at once. Te- wit- nesses summoned This | the prosecutor did “Where are the names | women who were riding in | (meaning the O'Neil car)” her demanded ad off the na Cabe of Waterbury," nswered, Danaher was not again demanded pame of the other To this, Camp re « | was no other woman.” ny| “ON is that Well, there was another woman and that's what the is going to investi- Danaher promised. Avrested Azain upon completion the Dr. O'Neil was pl od under arrest on a charge of driv- | ing an automobile without an itor's license on the night fatality. At his request, the went over for three weeks. Dr. O'Neil olonel |4&€ and a recent "o, | Medical school. He commenced his " hterneship at the New Britaln hos- pital on the day following the acci- which d in the death who also resided removal, Eckener's Statement Lost of ths| Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the car|the Grat Zeppelin, who was serious- Dana- |1y ill for two days of the trip from { Tokyo, was rushed by motor to a me of Miss Mc- |downtown hotel. Arrangemgnts had * the prosecutor heen made to issue a statement, but la written statement he had prepar- ed last night was lost as the wind tore it from his hand while he leaned from the control room go:- 1):...»‘ lola. Those with with- atistied and he mat W woman ponded: whom Dr. Eckener | had talked said he was highly en- thusiastic over the suecess of the trip and convinced that it thus far had demonstrated the commercial feasability of lighter-than-air-trans- portation in ocean commerce. Pilot is Better condition of Dr. while indicating the stress trip and his two day illness, wus declared to be good. He was hur- |vied 10 the hotel to get sufficicnt of | rest to meet the entartainment pro- | Eram and bo prepared to get away when the Zeppelin Is ready to tak off. %0 Kk state’s attorney gate,” Lawyer Dr. O'Neil Immediately Logan case, of 3} The Lind Eckener Ope of the of the iy is 30 st about years a graduate of Ya RN “A Marvelous “A very marve derful experience, ment of Sir Trip” lous trip. a was the Hubert Wilkins, Austra- |lian explorer and passenge He sald “it was pleasant to tal this trip for pleasure, and be from responsibility. However, globe tour has proved to us value of meteorological forecast, air lines can be operated suc- cesstully we must have greater co- operation among weather experts land reports from many more fields. I congratulate Dr. Hugo Ecken- on the success of his flight, “We have seen many interesting points of the globe from an unusua point of view. “The uncultivatable steppes of Si- | beria, the rain-drenched Is of | the Orient and the cloud banked Pa- were among the most interest- ing sights I have ever seen.” Hay Not Thrilled Drummond-Hay said: *Th was interesting, but it did not carry the thrill of that remarkable record-breaking flight from New York to Iricdrichshafen. However, the two most remarkable sights 1 have san Francisco, last night a colorful sunset, ind 1.os Angeles this morning, in a beautiful clear sunrise.” Lieut. Commander Rosendahl, here of said ever had. of it. We took wind we could is the reason we changed course. That and the resultant accident was -‘xnmtmm speed was one of resulte had until aenk won- in his in Plantsville. g of were returning from Plantsville in a small by lLogan ar e the Waterbury mountain automobile going in the di Waterhury, collided mach nd Fay onto the concrete a to o in the morni June 30, ind Itay 1 hury to unk rly free the h driven foot of * |another fore with wa hig! the the ed th of v inta Logan out ne tod thrown cture of in his deatn | er police at first erbury machine, bnt en Dr. O'Neil behind the way. susta skull which 1\\\.\V.J tly afterward, Thomas Loughlin of W of th hor The 26 1 the las Iriver d that vl n W mour 0ak- il e wheel Claim e name 13 No Other clfic M Abhott ven companjon ghlin, and e wer Passenger Margaret street, Water o young wom Dr. O'Neil anl Claim mad ther passeng time. O'Nell staid treatment wnd then from tl W €abe of Lady Lady trip @ con- | bury as th no in Lo that tha Na was 1 and th s n v said the he sedan at 1 furnished ired el in taok McCa weident a mu ever seen were Wi against e scen hecoming erical Daniel Douglass an.d Southington, a A Waterbury Lecording to th the driver Shortly aft- | and he | Constables Charles the S “T'his I henandouh | is the Dexter lin when he that he 1 was alone. O'Neil was located Loughlin, the Glustaye rested Lou at hotel police, AN tol lisaster, flight 1 minute N was ot the car every find \hsolved The vietim of n‘ re l Log of Graf Zeppelin I ——————————— All times are Eastern Standard Time | | completing trip of 6,880 | 20| 161 degrees wost | m.—Reported position 44.20 | | arralone | An- | | cuest ATLOS ANGELES | to perform their dutie | ments we | soared | awaiting | gation. chief things which made the flight such an unusual one.” Commander R. Kusaka, of Japanese navy, who took the place of Dr. Kickinai Kitano, in Japan, 23 a passenger said: “l'our nation- alities spent three days in heaven, and in that time went from Japan to Amecrica. This remarkable flight made possible by German we feel, changes the map of world and makes Japan truly neighbor of the United States. “The flight will ship and good will and brings a new era of understanding between | all the nations of the world and United States, Great Britain, Ger- wmany and Japan especially.” Over City Early Today The Graf Zeppelin, victorious over the bleak expanses of Eurasia »nd the stormy challenge of the Pacifle, above Los Angeles today, the ‘sunrise that worid light the way to a landing to com- plete the third stage of its world flight. Arriving over the city at 1:16 a. m. today (4:16 a. m.,, E, 8. T.) the dirigible really proved its ability to g0 and come on the uncharted au a {lanes of the world with little to fear from storms and other mena which ordinarily’ beset aerial na It completed the trip from Tokyo to Los Angeles in hours, 3 minutes, covering 5,800 miles at a speed of nearly 80 miles an honr. Theusands on Field A waving of lanterns out of ports of ‘the control room signalled grevi- ings to multitudes assembeld in ‘- tomobiles and on the field as Zeppelin sailed above the city. The cheers from thousands of throats were drowned out by the roaring of horns and sirens from »u- tomobiles of sightseers who were parked for miles and miles arouid the highways leading to the muni- cipal airport. Two great floodlgnts cast a fn- shaped conventional airport illua- ination over the landing field, which is about a mile square and fring:d with red iights atop telegraph potes There were no lighting effs other than the official airport illum- ination, for strict poreing ord eliminated anything which might ir terfere with the navigation of ilie globe-circling sky ship. The police regulations restricied entry to the field to a maximum of ten thousand, cared for by official cards for automobiles. This included some two thousand milit- naval and civilian police and service crews. The marine and naval detach- ments were in readiness for an In- stant call at the north end of the field to take positions when the pelin signalled it desired to land. Customs Ofticer Ready U. S. public health, immigrazion ind customs officers also were ready Arrang? e made for the immedints | transportation of the nineteen o Commander | ience of | was stationed at the Richardson, | Joaquim Rick- | William 1. | com- | | ever est ocean had been conguered, Be- | sengers to crew of 41 the airport, The at downtown planned with the Hugo some other officers. the crew hotels. to remain exception Eckener and For the conven- a field, meals and lodging during the moor ing here. Already Planning Refueling Plams bbrat sudrféd norianes refiol- | ing of the ship even hefopa it arrtv- ed gver the city as Dr. Eckener hoped to start for lLakehurst the end of world flight, within hours af landing. The historic flight of the German dirigible began at Lakehurst, N. T, Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 10:89 p. m,, and the airship arrived at its hore port, Friedrichshafen, Germany, Sat- urday, August 10 at 7:33 a. (eastern standard time), the voyaa: being remarkable for the spoud which it had crossed the Atlantio. 36 [ 55 hours, 24 minutes from start to stop. Four day 10:48 p. m. (E. 8. left Friedrichshafen considered the mast diificult part of its world flight, the 6,880 miles to Tokyo. The journey across the wastes of Russia and Siberia was made without following the pro- determined course because of - favorable weather and the dirigihle wag unable to pass over Moscow. 1t covered the distance in 101 houw 53 minutes, arriving at Tokyo Ang ust 19 at 4:37 a. m. (E. 8. T.) Only One Mishap The only mishap thus far to mavk the world flight was at ra, the air station near Tokyo where the dirigible was moored. Dr. By ener prepared for a take-off on Aug- ust 22, but unfavorable held him up for several hours. attempting takeoft swayed as it was being taken out of its hangar and two struts of a rear gondola were broken. Repairs were made and the liner took off for los Ang 3:13 p. m. (1:13 E Friday, August 23 First Flight of Tts Kind was the first time an aircraft had actually started & non-stop flight across the Pacific. The great how by airplane in 1 when the G made the flight from California to Australia with two stops. one at Honolulu and one at Suva, Fiji Tsland Shortly after leaving the Graf Zeppelin ran into a storm. A violent clectrical display furnished the aerial minded globe trotters with a new experience. Tt rode out the storm slowly and then entered the great fog belt in northeastern quarter of the Pacific Dr. Eckener had planned to fol- later, August 14, at T.) the air liner for what was n a ai at s Tt ever, Southern Cross gaura, | low the great circle steamship route to Secattle and then head south for Los Angeles, hours out of Tokyo w caused him to keep southern cou N That marked weather troubles, directly ther reports to a more the A of his breeze end stiff | came out of the southwest, took the finest | 1 enjoyed every | advantage | which | four our | the | ship ) Graf Zeppelin in its teeth and gave it a generous lift, remaining on its tail until it soared over the Golden Gate at Sunset yesterday The Graf Zeppelin had | the challenge of the las | frontier and had conquered amazing facility, 1t covered the 430 miles from the Japanese capital to San Iraneisco in 68 hours and minutes. San Franckeo’'s Welcome Sirens, automobile horns, steam- whistles” and all other avail accepted aerial with | the | genius, | the | promote friend- | Zop- | of | Pullman train | to provid» | Kasumigi- | <= | weather | the dirigible | fi) | Kasumi- | Twenty-four | — 'abte noise make loose as the |sky conqueror rode through the Golden Gate in the middle of a swarm of welcoming airplanes circled the baw cities area |and then headed for Los Angeles. arriving there. at 1:16 a. m. today (4:18 E. 8 T.). She ‘had covered the 5300 miles from Tokyo to Los| Augeles in 75 hours and i minutes. | and 16,880 miles of her world cruise | in 18 days, 4 hours and 36 minutes | First Sighted by Steamer The Zeppelin was sighted at 11 p | m. two miles south of Point Argus lo. 150 miles north of Los Angeles. The steamer Cathwood reported via | Mackay radio tonight. | The Southern Pacific railroad op- |érator at Oxnard. Cal, 50 mils | north of here reported having seen i(h:‘ Graf there at 12:35 a. m | The mammoth air liner over Los Angeles at 1:16 a. day with 16,880 miles of it |the world cruise negotiated and having but 2,500 miles to go. Com- mander Eckener proved to the mul- |titude at the field his intention | remaining aloft until sunrise by swinging out to sea after sailing over |the municipal airport. He headed |southward toward San Pedro and Long Ber~ | Returns At Dawn With the first strealk of dawn 414 a. m., the Zeppelin returned to the airport making ready to land Ground crews were in readiness. At 4:50 the Zepplin moved in from the west over Municipal ir- rt at an altitude of a thousand . It drifted in slowly and head- ed for the mooring mast. It circled to the south of the field, apparently maneuvering to detec- mine the best point from which to head down to the mooring ma Fioating through the air like 2 silver cloud, the nose gradualiy dropped and the big bag seemel motionless in the air for a few sec- onds; then dinped still lower. Ropes were dropped from the nose ot the sky cruiser at 5:10 a. m. Marines of the landing crews scized them c sailvd m. to- rounl of Oficial Geyman Welcome .Los Angeles, Aug. 26 (P)—O. W Von Hentig, German consul, from San Jrancisco, and §. C. Hagen, German consul at Los Angeles, with consular attaches, were at Los An- geles municipal airport carly today to extend official grecting of the German government to the Graf Zeppelin's passengers and crew | Ouptside of the greeting at the | field only one official function, a banquet tonight, has been planned owing to Commander Hugo Ecken- | er's radioed advice that he hopes to | depart from los Angeles for New York as soon as possible. perhaps within 30 hours after arrival. Rank- | ing officers of the army and na Governor (. (.. Young. of California and Mayor John C. Porter of Los Angeles were to extend greetings and felicitations of the nation, the state and the city Eckener and the airship's personnel, World B t of Landing Mines Iield, Los Angeles, Aug. 26 (UP)—One of the greatest radio broadcasts in history was used to cover arrvival of the Graf Zeppelin here today. The broadcasts | sections of | wirty broadca were the _world, high powered ing systems were up by 5,000 miles of telephone | wires over the National Broadcast- ing company” tem and four large short wave'" stations were added to the broadcast | Dr. Hugo FHckener, commander (of the Graf, came out of his cabin and talked to the invisible audience while German and Japanese pa | sengers deseribed the voyage in their | native languages sent to all American hooked [ e | Heara | Schenectady. —The story of Throughout Germany N. Y. Aug. 26 (UP) the Graf Zeppelin's safe landing at Angeles today was heard by radio throughout Germany, according to a cablegram from Berlin to the General Electrie company here, where the descrip- tion was broadeast on the short wave station 2NK The program was picked up land wire by the Schenectady tion and broadeast on length of 17 meters. The cablegram, which was from the Radio Corporation of Ameri- ca’s office in Dorlin, stated: | “Reception of your |celtent and o ading.” | Tn England and Wales there ars [ 300,000 mentally deficient persons | of this total one-third require in tutional care Los by sta- wave a program ex- She | slowly | |cided that they could to Commander | of | seend A SENATOR'S LIFE 15 NONE 100 EASY \Public Votes and Barly Presi- dential Breakfasts Drawhacks Washington, Aug. 26.—The mem- bers of the United States senats have always professed to be just a httle bit better persons than any other persons, but there certainly have been times when their claims were often open to question. Now. Senator J boom McWhorter, there more doubt about it. A senator hag to set himself up as a model ot probity or he is very soon out of luck. McWhorter is rather plaing tive in his comments. One gets tha idea that he believes senators ought to be left entirely on their honor— that is. they ought to have the opy portunity to decide for themselves whether or not they want to behave, “Take,” says Senator McWhorter, “this vicious custom of White Houss breakfast “I can remember tation to breakfast the morning would have been an insult in this town. The ordinary member of congress would demand to know why his sleep has to bg broken up right in the middle of it. But now whenever the presideng has anything important to tally about he invites people arotnd foy breakfast and they have to go. Means iarly Bedtime “How is anybody going 10 be ablg to stay out all night if he has get to the White House by o'clock? All would be well it merely had to show up and ‘Present!’, but you're supposed e a lot of bright ideas about complicated subjec Anybody knows it's hard enough to hav bright ideas on any subject at § m., let alone after a late poken party Being prominent here simply means an carly bedtime, “Once we used to have a littl secrecy in the s Whenever a statesman or several statesmen des do their con- stituents more good in the long run by voting against their best inter- s on a single occasion. we could, go right into executive session and there would be no need of embar rassing explanations. We could, put our fect up on the desks and smoke at these sessions, too. Buf now whenever we vote in sup< posedly et session some scoun drel goes and prints the roll call and they're talking about abolish< ing these comfortable sessions. al- together. “It's got so bad around here that whenever you want a man appoint- ed to office now you have to take one who has some qualifications. “Goodness knows there are plenty fine fellows in the country who have worked very hard for thein party and who ought to be req warded, not just because of thein political work, but because they are such fine and deserving citizens. lut the president of the United States has got an idea that candi- dates for federal judgeships: and other posts should come well recom- mended and is even going so far as to bolster up his nominations with lists of the peopie who supp he fellow. All these things curtail the; opportunities of a senator for serv- We used to be able to get with murd Longs o “Eventually we the tariff and the only knows how able to vote Boom. isn't any when an invis at 8 o'clock in ice. away Seandal will be voting on Maker of us all many of us will be s we want to vot Much as it may hurt, we've simply zot to be noble. “Until the last two or thry nobody ever questioned the A habits of a dry senator. Now body jumps on him if he has any personal habits at all. It's got 5o a senator can't express himself on paper any more. There’s Sena- tor Gould Maine who wrote to a grape juice company to compli- ment them on the fine wine he had made out of their grape juice, Now the Anti-Saloon League promises to deprive him of his job. ometimes 1 long days when we had some real s around here. The trouble with having a virtuons president without any human weaknesses is fthat the rost of us have to be vir- tuous too." years pe son ever i a 1 for the good old Auburn 't ~won a southern conference foothall game in two and a half years —_———— e | \ \ the | | | ~ Fitch-Jones Co.