Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 181, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1928 — Page 6

Aviation CHANCE TO GET BIG ZEP WORKS MUFFED BY U. S. Bankers Lacked Confidence in Future of Industry Eight Years Ago. Bu Times Hinvial NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—But for lack of confidence in the future of airships on the part of a group of American bankers and industrialists, the United States might now be the home of the great German Zeppelin works. Only eight years ago the Zeppelin interests were prepared to move bodily across the Atlantic, but were unable to obtain sufficient backing on this side to make the project possible. This is the story disclosed in the current issue of The Review of Reviews by Lieutenant Raffe Emerson, air expert, in outlining the ambitious plans of the Zeppelin and Spanish interests for trans-Atlantic service over two routes in 1929. “After the war,” Lieutenant Emerson relates, “the Allied Supreme Council, led by the French, suppressed airship activities in Germany, which had begun again in the fall of 1919 with a commercial service between Berlin and the Swiss border. Government Sympathetic “Early in 1920, several of Dr. Eckener’s associates of the Zeppelin Foundation and Dr. Wilhelm Cuno, director of the Hamburg-American line and one-time chancellor of the German Republic, discussed plans with one of the larger American shipping interests for the establishment of a regular transoceanic airship service. “They also conferred with Mr. Litchfield of the Goodyear company regarding construction in America of ships from the Zep- ' pelin plans, and with one of the largest American steel fabricating companies for the building of a huge airdock, to be mounted on a 1,000-foot turntable, like a swing bridge. “While the American government generally was sympathetic to these proposals of the transfer of the Zeppelin industry to tlie United States, thus escaping the allied restrictions, the American business men who were approached had not developed sufficient air confidence to put up the tens of millions nec - essary for the establishment of regular air shipping.” Planned Ocean Dash The Review of Reviews article also reveals that the late Count Zeppelin himself had afoot a project for crossing the Atlantic by airship in 1915, two years before his death, which was set aside by the war. Zeppelin had sufficient confidence in his ships thirteen years ago to propose both the trans-Atlantic crossing, which was to nave been continued on to the San Francisco exposition, and an Arctic flight with the north pole as its objective, says Lieutenant Emerson, who points out that while the war developed certain necessary characteristics of the airship, it also delayed their development as passenger ships. Air Races Planned Indianapoiis will be on the route of the Gardner cup cross-country air races May 23. 29 and 30, the National Aeronautical association’s contest committee has decided, according to wire reports. The committee sanctioned the cup races in St. Louis. Five classes of planes Will race to Park field East St. Louis, from Buffalo, Jacksonville, Fla., San Antonio, Denver and Bismarck, N. D. Prizes of SIO,OOO and a cup donated by R. E. Gardner, St. Louis, are offered. Winners in each class will race from Park field to Indianapolis and back for the cup. The committee also awarded the James Gordon Bennett international balloon races to St. Louis The date set was Oct. 1, 1929. The national races to determine American entrants will be at Pittsburgh May 4. Cleveland was awarded the national air races for 1929. They will be held Aug. 24 to Sept. 2. Prizes will total SIOO,OOO. The committee sanctioned an airplane meet, with several races for commercial planes, at Miami, Fla., Jan. 7 and 8. Flies to Washington H. Elliott of the airway division, department of commerce, left Indianapolis airport Tuesday for I Washington. He arrived at the airport Sunday from Wichita, Kan., in his Whirlwind Stearman biplane.

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Weather conditions at 9:30 a. m. at Indianapolis airport: West wind, 12 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.09; temperature. 33; ceiling and visibility unlimited. Aviation Offices Leased First floor of 957 North Meridian street has been leased by Curtiss Flying Service of Indiana as an office and ground school, Captain H. Weir Cook, general manager, announced today. For several weeks offices have been maintained in the Illinois building. The company will remove to its new headquarters as soon as the building can be redecorated completely, probably within a week or ten days. The company will keep a display of airplane engines and parts in the building. Part of the space will be occupied as offices and the remainder as classrooms for instruction in ground school work and mechanics. The company plans to maintain downtown offices even after it establishes headquarters at an airport. Delivers Plane Ted Kincannon of Cardinal Fliers, Louisville, landed at Hoosier airport Tuesday on his way to Bloomington, 111., to deliver a Curtiss airplane. Boy Scout Air Troop The first air troop of the Boy Scouts of America has been formed at Omaha, Neb., under the auspices of the Omaha Chapter of the National Aeronautical Association. The air troop was started with the idea of giving the members who are interested in scouting a practical knowledge of aviation both through the building of model planes and a study of elementary aeronautical engineering principles.

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HOLD ROSBERG RITES THURSDAY Prominent Swedish Citizen Passes Away. Funeral services for Gust Rosberg, 80, oldest active tailor in Indianapolis. who died Tuesday afternoon at tne Methodist hospital will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the home, 2930 North Capitol avenue, with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Dr. Frederick Taylor of the Frst Baptist church wall officiate. Mr. Rosberg was born in Jonkoping, Sweden in 1848, and came to this country in 1859. In 1872, he became a partner in the firm of Rupp & Rosberg, and in 1892 purchased control. He was a member of the old Marion club and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Rosberg was prominent among his countrymen and was instrumental in having a meeting of all Swedes in Indianapolis in 1013, from which grew the Vesa Orden, which today lias become a flourishing benefit lodge and each year celebrates Mr. Rosberg’s birthday. Married in 1874, his wife died twenty years ago. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Emma R. AMUSEMENTS

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