New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1930, Page 2

. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930. BY RIPLEY | !R 100 COMPLETES a. m. to head the official welcoming Slaying committee. (On request. sent with stamped. ad- dreseed envelops. Mr. Ripley will furnish oroof of anything depicted by him), (Reg. U. & Pat. Of) MILITIAMEN HOOVER WILL CALL The morning weather was fine and bright and propitious for the BELIEVE IT OR NOT T0 LEAVE DEVENS GREEN COTTON GROWS INDA BOTTLE CROSSED THE PACIFIC. 0.000 miles M\c\“' ETy T —y ,wng:‘ Tz ennfl Smoked 144 Cigarett continuous cigarette smok ROTTEN ROW — 1S ONE OF THE CLEANEST AND 7 PARTS OF LONDON MARGARET HODGINS (sergent deool) THREW A BASEBALL 254 FLd%w Felerboro, Nn: Sest. 1929, EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY'S CARTOON sin 14 Hours — George Tzenoff, who established a ng. performed this feat under the supervision of a > Phoenix Cafe in icalcondition remained excellent. 50 Pounds Five Times in Succession—Though Klein's s his head five successive times, two-arm jerk. 1 E ngth were performed in the preesnce of many Klein's studio at 717 ‘('\Frlh avenue, New York City. \I()\D AY—The Baked Bean Addict Sofia, Bulgaria. An official bul- body weight ENDURANCE FLIERS FIREMEN INUPROAR opened 70 TRAFFC NOTWELLREPAID, AT STATE MEETING VANAGER ASSERTS AUK ROCK BRIDGE Leaders Chosen OFFICIALS LINKED WITH GANG CRINE CORRUPTION FRHBF EAPECTED INN. V. - State Senator Renominated by Democrats Rabbi Wise Asks Purgin Net Gain of Nine Memt was dropped T claims Balance of $21.663 osit for State account 55 omas F. B re department efs of the Chiefs’ state club of ecticut at a conducted on Fri- ng at the Stratfield. Other hosen were Carl G. R. Pat- nbull, and the heads & depart s of Glen- letown, Portland, Meri- meet- consecutive ief Rufus Fan- Haven, and former Mercer, were unanim- as president and sec- r, respectively, of the ief D. W. Harford secretary of the association, was vice president of the former Chief Daniel of Bridgeport was elected position of second vic - ABANDON LEAKING - BRITISH STEAMER ar fo er, of New ef D. B. chosep e presi- IN SOUTH PACIFIC. 1ed From First Page) have to s 460 be abandoned feet long with Formerly th: on. she was built by A Sons, Ltd, of Glasgow, Her port of registry 1s d she is operated by th rion Steamship company. She one of the largest vessels operating between San Francisco and the South Seas, Holds Partly Filled Pago. Samoa. August 16 Royal mail steamship in distress ‘®arly today southeast of arotonga, an nd in the Cook group, in the outh Pacific, according to meager eived here. ier Ventura, due vesterday afternoon, was reported & toward position of the ed vessel reports did not the Tahiti's trouble, Jorts re e st here distres Scanty cause of ! said the number give the but three and four holds | - ATLANTIC VOYAGE ung t (Continued From First Page) board was cited by passengers the best evidence of her stability. brimming glass of water, placed on a table in the cabin |did not spill a drop all the way across the Atlantic. The R-100 passengers acquired a sense of absolute security within a |few Thours after the start of the voyage. The ship averaged a speed aproximately three times greater than that of the fastest of ocean ners. Once, aided by a southwest ale. she attained a pace of 92 42 miles per hour, ‘Want Better W oft if more prompt ather Data icers expressed the belief meteorological dat had been available the navigators of the R-100 might haye avoided the storm which hit the airship early Friday. By shaping a more norther- ly course the craft could have circled the bad area and thus made the | crossing in 48 hours. Following the ship's arrival the suggestion also was made that there | might have been more cooperation Ibetween maritime authorities of Great Britain and Canada in map- g north Atlantic weather However, Commander Scott and other of t serted that R-1( | cess was an augury of a regular | line service between England da. Sir Dennistoun Burney, the craft's designer, said he looked forw | a bi-weekly service with de luxe ships, each carrying 100 passengers and from five to ten tons of mail, operating under the direction of the h and Canadian governments. said. the R-100 used for some commer- purpose and be sent back to da for further The aircraft, he should make frequent tr flights with passenger ad of lying idle a that Colmore. offi- ‘s st air- and air- should be cial Can dec Cardington, En The British dirigible {eafely moored to her at 12:02 p. m, (6:02 am completing 4n 18-day voyage across the Atlan ada and return. It took one hour and : to moor the giant craf time it was sighted oring mast. The off pproxi 1) was Lord mast Thomson *in a congratulated all hands on cess of the voyage, com- nding its_contr velgpment of inter-empire commun- ation k the su Arrival Broadc: descriptio t was put the air broadca: g com- course of which an tha re- explained for er he red strong hea of the voyag landfall n efore daylight, 4 in the beautiful sunn an part With he: minutes a per hour. Crowd Crowds w ssed the > large world , British air ministe ed the official welcoming committee, He himself was at the field since 7:30 a. m The R- aveled ng, deviation te between At times t made as high our. At down by as 12 or almost out along the gre; di rable winds miles per was slowed 1ds to as slow 15 miles an hour. Storms Tears ainstor Fabric hich made ing and caused sor fabric of the trip was of the ship's function at all de sident. One six nes did not Throughout a large part of the voyage home, only three engines were used. An accident to the ship's stove Fri which ne- cessitated cold meal the lat- ter stages of the epted with good humor Completes Mile Trip The arrival ended a ¥ 257 miles almost dev along the great circle routs’be the Canadian city the airdrome here. The dirigible which left Montreal at St. Hubert airport, Montreal, at $:28 p. m. (E. S. T.) Wednesday needed to complete the trip here. This represented an average speed for the crossing of about 58 miles per hour. The crossing took 48 minutes more than the record crossing of the Graf Zeppelin from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen in August 1629 The Graf Zeppelin however travel- ¢d almost 4.200 miles on that trip in 55 hours and 24 minutes, an average sped of 75 miles per hour, against the R-100's journey of nearly 1,000 miles less in a little greater time at an average speed of 55 miles per hour. s acc of 3.- stion Al of the R-100| before the departure from Montreal | ard to | 6 hours and twelve mMutes | | species of whale, arrival. The sky cleared during the and visibility was good. Setting out from Cardington July | 29, the giant craft, the largest of its kind in the world, headed almost due westward across the Atlantic, and after encountering storms and the usual adverse panying a westward journey, moor- ed at St. Hubert airport, Montreal 78 hours and 51 minutes after de- parture. The ship remained in Canada only 13 days, during that time making | one trip over the principal Canadian cities, and started back to England | Wednesday night at 8:28 p. m. E. 8 T. The first landfall came about 49 hours and minut later, just northwest of Fastnat. South Ireland, the ship proceeding from there by of Ludy's island to Cardington. First British Success The roundgtrip did not mark the | of a| Pritish dirigible but generally was | first transatlantic journey considered as representing the first real success of with the lighter-than-air craft, efforts hitherto to develop the craft fathered by the n attended with what some term- a jinx. More than $10,000,000 has been expended since the war in construc- tion of cight huge British airships. Others were designed but never were built. One of the earliest, the R-31, two hours, broke a fin, and s flown again. 3, the tests of which in ex- tal flights were flew rove Older Dirigible Wrecked Two years after the R.34 crossed the Atlantic in 1910 in what was record time, that ship was wrecked. Several other expensive ships have been scrapped or wrecked before completion. It was six years ago iat the decision to build the R-100 nd its sister ship, the R-101, was announced in the house of com- mons. rn trip of the R-100 and r d trip of the Graf Zeppey lin in August, 1929 hardly admit of comparison. While both made trans- crossjngs the R-100 had to 1 only about 3,287 m from real to reach whereas the Graf hours and 24 minutes, a shorter time, a 4,200 ourney from Lakehurst, N. J., Friedrichshafen, German e Log of the R-100 ———————— to Associated Press. All s shown are eastern dard time Wednesday. $:28 p. m ¢ port, Montreal, for Thursday, stan- Aug. 13 St. Hubert England. Aug. 11 sed over aits of Belle Isl Friday, Aug. 15 m.—Reported position east of Montreal, dington air- 0 a. iles miles 10:11 a. m liner Cameronia about way across Atlantic. 9:45 p. m.—Landfall northwest of snet, Ireland, 413 miles from Car- ington. Saturday, Aug. 16 2:30 a. 1 ssed over Newport, traveling slowly. . m.—Passed over Bristol. m.—Passed over Swindon . m.—Arrived over Carding- om two thirds m.—Moored at Cardington Swims With Friend, Missing, Found Drowned Nahant, Mass., Aug. 16 (# — Wil- li Mc 3 of Medford, a harlestown hardware merchant went swimming here early today with his friend, Elwood B. Bryant, a Somerville undertaker, but in the darkness they became separated. A quarter of hour later Bryant dis- covered his friend's body in two feet of wa Physicians said death probably had been caused by a heart attack McVarrish leaves a widow and four children to mast an Dump l nfit ’\hlk lnto Lisbon Sewers Aug. 16 (P— s of milk con consumption have \:’n!l in the Tagus river by Lisbon police who have begun an en- ergetic campaign against “fraudulent tradesmen." The police, led by their chief, Colonel Mouzinho Albuquerque, have raided food markets and confiscated large quantities of adulterated food stuffs. Heavy fines have been im- SR Raids cen du 1so have been the large ovincial Fishermen Get Ride Tow ed by le W hale Montauk Aug (UP)—Ci tor W. K. yesterday Jr., Aptain mrlw Iy Vanderbilt, fishing off here with John Wanamaker, weighing four tong, with white fins. Thompson said the whale was a cross between the ordinary whale and the famou iller”” species. Harpooned at 10:30 o'clock in a 1all, the whale carried the fishing o0at to sca until 1:30 o'clock when it was subdued after two harpoons and 40 bullets had pierced it. Captain RISTOCRATS 16 (P—Miss HOME FOR AGE New Orlean: ug. Coralie Correjolles, 86, still the Maison Hospitaliere, home aped gentlewomen, she founded 37 from weather accom- | | further the island kingdom | their | Germans having | Recently the | utilized to | the R-100, was brok bl R-100, was broken uP. | 14,15 were visited. E Cardington, | Zeppelin complet- | mile | —Communicated with | 16 | Thompson, | known fishing guide | | was reached New York, was towed to sea 40 | miles by what is believed to be new | nearly | directs | for | ed the labor in every task assigned BANKERS IN MOVE FOR DROUGHT AID {Continued From First Page) as a considerable aid deterioration lands and forage. Forecasts were for rains today and Sundny in the South Atlantic states, | the Ohio valley, Tennessee, the southern Appalachian region and the western lower lake region A good precipitation in the past sev- eral days was reported in Missouri, sou rn Illinois and Indiana, nearly all Kentucky and West Virginia as vell as in parts of other states, Fur- ther west, in Oklahoma, Texas and the Dakotas, rain still was awaited. Montana a serious ' situation aced livestock men, with exhaustion of grazing lands approaching. Im- mediate shipment of cattle to better pastufe is being planned. Storm Sweeps Northwest Spokane, Wash., Aug. 16 (#—The northwest was swept by electrical, rain and dust storms last night that broke a long-felt drought, set for- est fires in some places, and abated them in others. Around Sand Poi Idaho, high vinds tore down trees and disrupted power lines for a time. A light rain fell ther Most f eastern Oregon, eastern Washington and northern cct on wheat flelds was not readily determined, but many growers said ripe wheat probably was damaged in some places. In Wyoming 33 Union Pacific pas- senger trains resumed transporting 8000 passengers last night, after one of the worst blockades in the sys- tems history, due to floods near Rock Springs. Hundreds ofsmotorists still were stranded along the Lincoln in delaying of grazing secti highway in Wyoming. LIPTON ARRIVES FOR YACHT RACE (Continued From First Page) good hu year oid homas Lipton, §1 and yachtsman, Leviathan at tug Macon the bay with all the of a hero's welcome. It was 62nd visit to the United but the first time he had been given an official welcome. As he phrased it when he greeted by former Police sioner Grover Whalen, mayor's reception committee, is the first time I have ever taken off a ship by the police.” Expects Victory the opinion that in he had a 'vacht ing the emblem of international yachting supremacy. Recalilng that the cup had been in this country for 79 years, he said he thought it was about time that it went back to its native land. Sir Thomas asked who! would be his rival skipper in the forthcoming race starting September 13. He was especially eager to find out whether it would be Charles Francis Adams, secretary of the navy. who as his last opponent sailed the Resolute to victory over the Shamrock 1V in erch the the city was taken from quarantine on and bro fanfz r Thomas' State; was Comm head of the “This been He exp the Shamrock capable of win After receiving the wd of seve Sir Tho! i-town hotel for several days Newport, R. I course welcome of a | hundred at the Bat- s was taken to his where he will rest before going to scene of the racing Mects Mayor Curley Mayor James Curley of Boston al- so went down the bay on the Mae com to meet his three sons, returne ing from abroad on the Leviathan, and they all returned to the Battery on the city tu When Sir TRomas to May oy said Bostoni telligent people in the ey threw all the tea en they found it was introdn rley, the yachtsm ns most orld because overhoard wasn't Lipton's Sir Thomas appeared to be in good health, although he had been ill be fore starting the ocean trip. He was dressed in a blue suit of nautical cut a Dblack yachting cap set jauntily on his grey head Charles Evans Hughes, chief juse tice of the United States, was a pase senger with Sir Thomas on the Le- viathan, but he did not hoard the Macom were t} ON S[lUTH Pl]lE TRIP, (Cortinued From First Page) he was transferred to' the City of New York, the ship on which Byrd sailed. Gavronski went the full distance with Byrd, driving dog teams and carting parts of knock down houses into Little America. He recalls a | temperature in Little America of 62 degrees below zero, and during h three and one-half months there h lived in climates seldom more pleas- ant. His fondest recollection of thel trip is the democracy displayed by Byrd, he said today. The admiral never asked a member of the crew to do anything he would not do him- self, and whenever possible he shar- | years ago on dimes collected | according to‘the youthful seaman. friends and through fairs she gave. | When Gavronski was mustered ouf Most of the women are Creoles like |0 fthee vew, he joined the Pacific herself. | Whaling Co., as an advance man ir | whale shows, and it was this missior which brought him here today. He is stopping at the Stanley Hotel. sership is 349; depart- were partly filled with water. sightseers Throng Airport berships, 287: past presi.| Water in the number three hold | Thousands of sightsecrs, wishing dents 23, and chaplain, one, making was gaining despite pumping efforts | to witness return of the dirigible to a grand total of 660 and the engine room ‘was reported | England after a round trip across | Three of the new companies a flooded with 11 feet of water. Al- | the Atlantic to Canada converged on r t year are from thongh moderate weather, with | the airport here from before dawn Volun southerly winds, was reported in the | today Fire of the Cook Islands, 600 While it still was dark reads lead- ford mWes of here, the Tahiti was report- ing to the city showed a steady od encountering extremely rough and | stream of traffic, despite announce: | heavy swells. ments that the airship, the second The Tahiti, an Australian passen- | British dirigible to complete a trans- ger liner, had been stopped since atlantic trip, would not arrive be- 5 a. 2 NUTS y. t sailed from | fore 10:00 or 11:00 a. m. iv:;n;g;:n.’”rg dza.‘ Alu::un 11 and| A full landing staff was on duty | e — | the skirt accent the frock. The ha was scheduled to reach Rarotonga | from daybreak on. Lord Thomson.| FOR BEST RESULTS |15 of whits straw banded by navy |today. It was bullt ia 1304, | the air minister, arrived at 7:30 | USE HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS |blue grossgrain ribbon. pany ment me One of the sheet believed * Connecticut Business Iechrca During ]ul\ (rp to East Chicago names of vario near Chicago ceipts as hig disbursement M., personal” been made to Geo an, one of the leads The rest of Zuta's records will t Subst AcCreaeH 2 c made public only afier th ,been carefully investigated, Roche, chief investigator for .ate’s attorney’s office ‘hose listed im the records [VANGFLING'S LAND WARENS Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, Aug. 16 (M—This village of 750 souls, made famous in Longfellow's “Lvange- line" is about to enjoy its greatest | thrill. Millionaires and others less wealthy are beginning to make this ‘Great Meadow” their summer Lome. ar De ORGANDIE ACCENTS FROCK New York, Aug. 16 (P—Organdic trims the navy blue silk frock choser | by Mrs. George Benjamin for towr wear. Wide cavalier cuffs, a circulas | cape collar and a deep flounca or . company of tment No. 3 I'arm Engine of Westpor Payments made for d ability, and orphan bencfit the year amounted to an increase of $953.50 over the pre- vious year, Death and disability claims on the special fund amount- of St AT GETS A NAME and loanoke, Va., (UP) — A man were wv‘] to ot r d L a cat from § der the wheels of an automobile e r ‘0"»'! snd when no owner could be found for July last year. |named the cat “Damit.” life to rescue said will