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SUIT FILED TO ENJOIN PAYING OF C. C. SHIPP Overcharges for Ventilating Equipment Alleged by Taxpayer. CO-DEFENDANTS NAMED Excess Profit of $12,440 by Manufacturer in School Deals Charged. Suit to enjoin the Indianapolis school board from paying C. C. Shipp, Indianapolis ventilating manufacturer. 812,440. which alleged overcharges for the ventilating equipment installed in School 3 and 60. was filed today in Marion superior court four by Jacob Morgan, attorney John M. Fisher, 109 West St. Clair street, a taxpayer. The suit also asks that the J. M. Roth Engineering Company, the Bevington-Williams, Inc., engineers, be restrained, enjoined and prohibited from taking any steps recommending and approving payment of money or the issuance of vouchers or warrants representing the alleged overcharges to C. C. Shipp or to the co-defendants, W. H. Johnson & Son Company and Hayes Brothers. Inc., Indianapolis heating and ventilating contractors, who received the contracts for the schools. Other co-defendants with Shipp are the school commissioners; Charles C. York, school business director; the Rotz company, the Bev-ington-Williams company and Sterling R. Holt, city controller and 6chool board auditor. Closed Bidding Charged Fisher makes the following charges; 1. That specifications for the two schools as prepared by the consulting engineers “limited bidding on the wall boxes to the Shipp D-I Wall Box Ventilating units, to the exclusive advantage gain and profit of Clarence C. Shipp, said C. C. Shipp Company, and all others with whom said Shipp or his firm were associated.'’ 2. “The specification written and prepared were iso prepared ... as to prevent and hinder anyone in bidding in competition to Shipp wall boxes or supply other or different, ventilating units of competitors; and that said specifications so written and prepared by said J. M Rotz Engineering Company and Bcving♦on Williams. Inc., were in turn by them submitted or caused to be submitted to the school board, approved by it and its business director. with full knowledge or by means _of full knowledge of the above facts. . . 3. "That the specifications were Identical to those prepared by Shipp and his company and said Shipp and his company procured J- M. Rotz Engineering Company and Beving-ton-Williams. Inc., as engineers to insert said specifications bodily into the other heating and ventilating specifications" of the schools. “Thereby Shipp and his company procured an undue advantage over competitors. ...” Profit Was Normal 4. That at the same time there wpre sold through the state a number of competitive ventilating units pt an average price of S6O a unit and that “Shipp and said engineers and all defendants except Holt knew that Shipp's profit on the basis of S6O per unit would be normal and ordinary.'’ 5. That, the engineers were by law obliged to prepare plans and specifications for the heating and ventilating work on the building so as to incur the lowest possible expenditures for equipment and installations on a competitive basis, but that, this was . not followed in drawing the specifications for 3 and 50. 6. That the contractors “would not have received said awards had they not each expressed a willingness and intent to install Shipp boxes as a part of their contracts to the exclusion of all other ventilating units and said school board would not have awarded said contracts to said contractors if said contractors intended to use wall boxes or ventilating units other than those made and sold by said Shipp and company” 7. That the contractors are about to enter into the performance of their contracts which are alleged to have been procured and executed under “unconscionable conditions.” 8. That Shipp and his company built up and perfected an organization or system known as the •Shipp System' whereby and through which he and his said company controlled and dictated the construction of public school buildings in the state of Indiana. .-. .” 9. That Shipp has “caused frequent and unnecessary inspection to be made” of buildings where his equipment is not installed and “if possible caused the removal and destruction of such competitive units on the pretext that the same were not properly' installed." . . . 10. That Shipp secured throughout the state of Indiana, “but excepting Indianapolis, prices approximating SSO to $75. each on a competitive basis, and that said Shipp claimed to control said school board and by reason thereof could secure from $125 to S2OO for each such unit In Indianapolis without any objections or interference. . . . ”

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FEED ’EM AND WEEP

Tale of 2 Women and Siren’s Call

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Left—Mrs. Elizabeth White, wife of Police Sergeant Walter White, chasing “Old Man Worry” by mashing “taters” for her husband’s dinner. Right—Mrs. Anna Monahan, wife of Fire Captain John Monahan, waving to her husband as his fire truck returns from a blaze. a tt a BY ARCH STEINEL. DAILY, fire and police sirens whirl through the streets of Indianapolis. Pedestrians, motorists scurry in their wake to appease curiosity’s appetite on tragedy's loaf. They thrill at the siren’s call, little realizing that the men manning the red fire truck, the blue police car, have danger and death as running-board companions. Nor do they realize that somewhere in this city are wives who wear nervous frowns at the siren’s notes, w r ho fumble at washing the dishes, who jump in a startled fashion at each phone ring, for fear the men riding those autos—their husbands—won’t come back from the call. So here's the stories, side-by-side, of how it feels to two wives—one a fireman's and the other a policeman’s: ,

The Policeman's Wife

“JT’S the nights when worry JL comes.” With this statement Mrs. Elizabeth White, 55 North Denny street, wife of Sergeant Walter White, thirty-two years a member of the Indianapolis police department, finished putting away eighteen jars of pickles she had made for her husband. “For four years Walter was on the emergency car. It seemed whenever anything happened I'd have a premonition before I was told of it- It was that way the day a police car turned over with him and killed Walter’s driver. They brought Walter home, badly injured, but I was happy because he came back.” “Another time he was to relieve Morris Miu-phy on the emergency. He got there just as the car left on a call. Murphy was shot to death. He lived back of us and a police car came to our door. I was frightened. I thought something had happened to Walter. Then they told me they were hunting Murphy’s home, that they wanted to break the news to his wife." Jovial and matronly. Mrs. White explained that as*a policeman’s wife she kept her husband’s morale high by cooking the things he likes and by never, never letting him know she worried about him. “You see T raise canaries, sell them too. and between them and making Walter the pies he likes I chase the worries aw^y.” Plane Flies 98 Hours Bu United Preps CHICAGO. Aug. 27.—The endurance plane Chicago—We Will, completed its ninety-eighth hour in the air at noon today. The pilots, C. E. Steele and Russell Mossman. must remain aloft nearly two weeks more to surpass the record of the St. Louis Robin.

CLYDE WALB FREED AFTER YEAR AND HALF IN PRISON

Pj/ Times Sner.inl LAGRANGE. Ind., Aug. 27.—Clyde A. Walb. former Republican state chairman of Indiana, is expected to return to his home here in a few' days from the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., where he has been serving a term the past year and a half. Sentence was imposed in connection with failure of a bank here of which Walb was a director. Release is based on serving the minimum of a four and a half year sentence, conclusion of which resulted in a petition being signed for several Indiana citizens asking Walb be freed. On recommendation of the prison board. Attorney General William D. Mitchell signed a parole order. Walb is said to have been a model prisoner. Some protests were lodged against freeing Walb with the department of justice. Petitioners in his behalf argued that he lost rather than profited by the law violation of which he was convicted and expressed belief that he would not again be guilty of a crime. Bu United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 27.—Reports were current here today that

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The Fireman's Wife

“W 7"HILE other neighbor womVV en run to the front door when the fire wagons go by I stay —as a rule—in the house,” asserted Mrs. Anna Monahan, 2706 North Captol avenue, wife of Captain John Monahan of fire station No. 14 and for thirty-eight years a veteran of the fire department. “Sometimes I go. to the porch and wave to my husband as Fourteen's truck passes—the station is near us, you know. For I know what, it is to worry and the siren always means worry to me.” Mrs. Monahan said that her son Raymond was 6 months old when her husband was injured in a collision. “Os course I worried more after that. We’ve been married thirtyfour years but, despite the danger in his job I wouldn't want him to do anything else—for it’s the work he likes to do.” “But I can be thankful for something,” she added,” and that is I don’t have to worry about my sons—they’re not firemen.” “And my part of the work is taking the responsibility of the home from his shoulders, keeping him fit with the food he likes. Why do you know, he’s never paid a bill for the house in his life. It keeps him from worrying and maybe it keeps me from thinking —too much about the sirens.” FORMER MAYOR IS SUED Duvall Defendant in Case on $350 Note. John L. Duvall, former mayor of Indianapolis, was named defendant in a suit filed today In municipal court two by William B. Rooker, attorney. o collect a note for $350. Accord)* g to the suit the note was given July 19, payable In thirty days. Rooker also asks SIOO for attorney fees in his action.

Clyde A. Walb will associate himself with a dredging company here after his release from prison. Walter W. Walb. a son, is an official of the firm.

All Quiet on the Western Front

CHAPTER II JT is strange to think that at home * in the drawer of my writing table there lies the beginning of a play called “Saul” and a bundle of poems. Many an evening I have worked over them—we ail did something of the kind—but that has become so unreal to me that I can not comprehend it any more. Our early life is cut off from the moment we came here, and that without our lifting a hand. We often try to look back on it and to find an explanation, but never quite succeed. For us young m£h of twenty everything is extraordinarily vague, for Kropp, Muller, Leer, and me, for all of us whom Kantorek calls the “Iron Youth.”

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, AUG. 27, 1929

2 KILLED AT BOSTON IN AIR DERBYCRASH Woman Near Death as Result of Crackup at Landing Field. SOUTHERNERS NEAR END Mrs. Louise Thaden Wins Women’s Contest and Enters Speed Tests. Bu United Press BOSTON, Aug. 27.—Two men lost their lives and a woman companion perhaps was injured fatally today yhen a Cessna monoplane participating in the Philadelphia-to-Cleveland air derby cracked up in attempting to land at this control point. The plane was traveling at 180 miles an hour before the crash. The men killed were E. J. Devereaux of New York and Edward Reiss, a companion. Doctors held little hope for the recovery of Mrs. Devereaux. Joseph L. McGrady of New York, flying a Cessna monoplane, led the field of eleven entries into Boston. His elapsed time from Camden, N. J., to the Boston airport was 1 hour 11 minutes. McGrady’s plane was damaged en route, and he announced he would Not be able to stay In the race, thus with the death of Devereaux, Wesley Smith, who came in third in 1 hour 50 minutes 20 second, assumed leadership in the derby. Errett Williams started in his Eaglerock Bullet from the airport at 12:30 p. m. (E. S. TANARUS.) for Albany, N. Y„ on the second leg of the derby. The seven other contestants followed at one minute intervals. Near Cleveland Goal BY MERTON T. AKERS. United Press Staff Correspondent MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLEVELAND, Aug. 27.—Three sets of derby fliers converged on Cleveland today. One set came from the southland and the other from the far northwest. The southern fliers resumed their flight today at Louisville and the northwestern aviators took off from Milwaukee. The southerners reached Cincinnati and the other derbyists landed at South Bend. Earl Rowland and Leslie Bowman were running neck and neck in the southern event as they left for Cleveland. Fliers Reach Springfield Loren Mendell led the Oakland fliers into Springfield today from Omaha, according to late reports. The first contingent was due to arrive here at 2 p. m. and the latter at 3. In the third derby five pilots left Omaha for the second lap of the Oakland, Cal., to Cleveland derby. At Philadelphia eleven airplanes got under way today on the first lap of the Philadelphia-Cleveland derby over an 874-mile course. In addition to the finish of the two derbies, a women’s high speed race in which several of the contestants in the women’s air derby will enter, was in store as the first of the afternoon events. Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden of Pittsburgh, who Monday won the women’s cross country derby, announced as-soon as she stepped from her plane she would enter the race today. Zep Due Wednesday The German Graf Zeppelin is due to -appear over the airport lat-e on Wednesday. To keep il_company will be the Los Angeles of the same type, which will be flown here by its navy crew. Colorful and exciting as the finish Monday of the women’s air derby was Lee Schoenhair, nonstop derbyist from Los Angeles, captured high honors for the day. It took Schoenhair only 13 hours and 51 minutes to fly the 2,600 miles from Los Angeles, anew record. Lewis Love of Richmond, Ind., today was declared the winner of the all-Ohio derby completed here Monday, instead of H. A. Speer of Marshall. Mo. Recalculations by the time keepers gave Love 4 hours, 43 minutes, 15 seconds in the air. The plane which Mrs. Keith Miller of New Zealand, was to have flown in the women’s speed race this afternoon, was wrecked when it struck a soft place in the field. A mechanic taxiing it was uninjured. Mrs. Miller probably will not compete.

BY ERICH MARIA REMARQUE

All the older men are linked up with their previous life. They have wives, children, occupations, and interests. they have background which is so strong that the war can not obliterate it. We young men of 20, however, have only our parents and some, perhaps, a girl—that is not much, for at our age the influence of parents is at its weakest; and girls have not yet got a hold over us. Besides this there was little else—some enthusiasm, a few hobbies, and our school. Beyond this our life did not extend. And of this nothing remains. Kantorek would say that we stood

CHRISTIANS JOIN ARABS IN DEATH DRIVE ON JEWS

Death Toll in Holy Land Is Placed at 600; Holy Land Riots Spread. By United Press Casualties in the fighting between Jews and Arabs in Palestine continued to mount today. The French foreign office announced it had been advised , that 6do Jews and Arabs had been killed. The wounded amounted to many hundreds. Uncensored United Press reports from Beirut, Syria, today indicated that the Palestine riots now were spreading to small villages and to the. agricultural communities. These dispatches said the situation was becoming aggravated because of an alliance between Moslems and Christians. Strong forces of Arab Moslems were concentrating before the allJewish settlement of Tel-Aviv today, the fifth day of rioting between Jews and Arabs in Palestine over the wailing wall. British reinforcements were being rushed to the town’s defense. Dozens of battleships, cruisers and destroyers from various points of the British empire were steaming toward the Palestine ports at full speed today, some of them carrying battalions of land troops, others marines and naval police. Despite the aditional British patrols the rioting continued today, though on a smaller scale. Dispatches from several points in Palestine indicated the Arabs were planning to renew hostilities. Burn Jews to Death Bu United Press BERLIN. Aug. 27.—The Jerusalem corespondent of the Berlin Zeitung Am Mittag reported today that Arabs at Motza had burned seven Jews to death, mutilated women and tortured men. The Christians at Motza, it was reported, have marked their houses with a blue cross. Battleships Rushed LONDON, Aug. 27.—The seriousness of the situation in Palestine where the centuries-old conflict between Moslems and Jews broke out afresh with terrific casualties on both sides was illustrated today by the number of troops and battleships which the British government was rushing to the riot zone. The tremendous forces already in Palestine or en route there included the First battalion of the South Wales borderers; the First battalion of the King’s regiment; the Second battalion of the South Staffordshire regiment; the Second battalion of the Green Howard; the First battalion of the Queens regiment, battleships, cruisers, aircraft carriers, armed airplanes, bombers, eleven destroyers, a squadron of armored cars, sappers and signallers. It was reported from Malta that the battleship Royal Sovereign also was preparing to depart from Palestine waters. The London Press was disposed today to blame the British authorities for failure to anticipate the outbreak in view of the long antagonism between Jews and Arabs over the Wailing Wall. The newspapers editorially also question the wisdom of Great Britain accepting the mandate of Palestine. PICK LEGION HEAD Harness of Kokomo Named as Commander. Bu United Press RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 27.—Forest. Harness of Kokomo was elected commander of the American Legion, Indiana department, and Ft. Wayne was selected as the site for the 1930 convention, at the closing session of the eleventh annual convention here today. Mrs. Elizabeth Haymond. Hope, Ind.. was elected president of the Indiana department. American Legion auxiliary. Noblesville Man Missing Fear that a fit of despondency may have led his son to end his life promped Paul Bissesi, 831 South Eass street, to appeal today to police to seek Just Bissesi, 22, Noblesville, missing since Saturday night.

on the threshold of life. And so it would seem. We had as yet taken no root. The war swept us avftiy. For the others, the older men, it is but an interruption. They are able to think beyond it. We. however, have been gripped by it and do not know what the end may be. We know only that in some strange and melancholy way we have become a waste land. All the same, we are not often sad. a u tt Though Muller would be delighted to have Kemmerich's boots, he is really quite as sympathetic as another who could not bear to think

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Blood Last Arab Fanatics Seek to Cut Throats of All Jews They Meet.

BY JACOB SIMON United Fress Special Correspondent (Copyright. 1929, by United Press) JERUSALEM, Aug. 27.—1 have ” just returned from Hebron, where many Jews, including Americans, were killed and wounded in the attack by Arabs on the Talmudic school. It was a sad sight. I interviewed the wounded and the survivors, who are huddled for refuge in the police station under guard. We went to Hebron in a convoy of seventeen busses guarded by two armored cars. Halting at the suburb of Yalpioth, south of Jerusalem, we saw numerous looted houses. The armored cars opened fire on the looters, scattering them. Yalpioth was almost deserted, 400 of the more wealthy inhabitants, including six American families, having fled within the walls of Jerusalem for greater protection. One hundred soldiers arrived from Paffa this morning and were stationed at Hebron, twenty of them guarding the 400 Jews gathered in the police station. a tt tt RABBI SLONIM, the chief • rabbi of Hebron, was heartbroken and in tears when interviewed. His son, who was manager of the Anglo-Palestine Company, was killed, with his wife and children and sixteen others who took refuge in his house. I visited the health department of Hebron, where the wounded and the bodies of the dead were gathered by the government, I conted fifty-eight dead and sixtysix wounded. I interviewed about fifty refugees and talked with the wounded, who emphasized, the horror of the attack. They said the Arabs used clubs, axes and knives exclusively, carrying no rifles or revolvers. The refugees burst into tears in describing their experiences. They said the Arabs were inflamed with fanaticism, and lusted for blood, seeking to cu tthe throats of all they encountered. n tt 1 VISITED the synagogue and saw burned phylacteries, or amulets, and prayer shawls on the ground. I found eight houses completelooted. I visited the Hadassa hospital, where all the windows were smashed and the surgical instruments broken. The head physician at the Hadassa hospital told me he was an eye witness of the indifference of the local Arab police to looting. On behalf of the American consul general of Jerusalem and with his authority. I urged the American refugees in the Hebron police station to join our convoy and return to Jerusalem. They refused decisively, saying that they would leave only with the rabbi and all their colleagues. The entire group probably will join the next convoy. The American students expressed a desire to sail for home on the first boat,. I returned to Jerusalem with 200 refugees. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 69 10 a, m 70 7a. m 67 11 a. m 73 8 a, m 67 12 fnoon).. 74 9a. m 68' Ip. m 76

RADIO DEALER DIES AT FRIEND’S HOME ON VISIT

Edward L. Kruser 65, Salt Lake road, radio dealer, died early today after being sudden!' stricken with paralysis while visiting at the home

of suen a thing for grief. He merely sees things clearly. Were Kemmerich able to make any use of the boots, then Muller would rather go barefoot over barbed wire than scheme how to get hold of them. But as it is the boots are quite inappropriate to Kemmerich’s circumstances, whereas Muller can make good use of them. Kemmerich will die; it is immaterial who gets them. Why, then, should Muller not succeed to them? He has more right than a hospitalorderly. When Kemmerich is dead it will be too late. Therefore Muller is already on the watch. We nave lost all sense of other considerations, because they are ariTurn to Page Seven.)

ESCAPE DEATH BY 10 FEET; PASSENGERS OF ZEP OVER SOUTHWEST IN HOP EAST Dirigible Nearly Meets Ruin in Network of High Tension Wires at Takeoff for Lakehurst From Los Angeles. FAST TIME IS BEING MADE IN FLIGHT German Craft Hopes to Reach New Jersey Goal Before 4 P. M. Thursday to Break Round-the-World Time Record. By United Press The German airship Graf Zeppelin was speeding through clear skies over the arid lands of southern Arizona today bound for Lakehurst, N. J., from Los Angeles, Cal., on the final stage of its flight around the earth. Although there was no tail wind to aid the big dirigible’s progress she was reported to be making excellent time when reported over Tucson, Ariz., at 11:25 p. m. (central standard time).

8 OF ZEP CREW TO COME HERE Plane to Arrive Wednesday En Route to Lakehurst. Seven members of the crew of the world-encircling Graf Zeppelin and Lieutenant T. W. G. Settle, United States navy, are to arrive at Mars Hill airport in a T. A. T. plane Wednesday afternoon at 4:22, Indianapolis time, Indianapolis officials of the airway company announced today. Word received from Los Angeles, Cal., today stated the crew members and Settle planned to be in Lakehurst. N. J., ahead of the Zep’s mooring time. The eight passengers were detached from the ship in order to make the load lighter over the western mountain regions. The crew members and Settle were reported as having departed today from Los Angeles at 11:45 a, m. Indianapolis time, on their eastward jaunt. T. A. T. officials said they had no information as to the possible appearance of the Zeppelin over Indianapolis en route to Lakehurst. Weather reports will be transmitted to the Zep from the Indianapolis T. A. T. office when it comes within the central area, it was said. Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the German ship, wired Postmaster Robert H. Bryson the ship possibly will pass over Indianapolis in reply to an invitation from Bryson. “Will comply with your request if possible, Hugo Eckener,” the telegram read. TAX TOTAL RAISED Valuation of $688,864,149 for County Announced. Corrected total of Marion county’s taxable property for city and school city amounts to $688,864,149. according to figures announced today by Harry Dunn, county auditor. The figure previously announced by Dunn amounted to $681,974,260. to which an additional $7,000,000 has been added to make the new total of $688,864,149. Included in the new total is sl,180,230 resulting from the annexation of Center outside to Indianapolis Center and $441,560 from Washington township outside to Indianapolis Washington.

of a friend T. A. Bell. 3607 Washington boulevard, Monday night. Mr. Kruse lived in Indianapolis twenty-four years, the last seven of which he was head of KrufleConnell Radio Company, 33 West Ohio street. He was bom in Minster, 0., and moved to Dayton, 0., in his childhood. He was a representative for the National Cash register Company in Grand Rapids, Mich., Louisville, Ky., and Hartford, Conn., before moving to Indianapolis. Ten years ago he became connected with the Delco light company, Mr. Kruse was a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Shrine. He also as a charter member of Indianapolis Rotary. The widow, Mrs. Mary Kruse, and two sons, Charles, and Edward L. Kruse Jr., survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon. Holiness Body In Session Bi' Timri Sncriat CHARLOTTESVILLE. Ind., Aug. 27.—The Eastern Indiana Holiness Association continued its twentyfifth annual meeting today with evangelists from surrounding states in attendance.

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Weather conditions ahead were to determine whether Dr. Hugo .Eckener, commander of the ship, would turn her north toward St. Louis and Chicago or follow a southern air lane, by the way of New Orleans and Birmingham. Disaster Is Prevented BY GEORGE H. BEALE, United Press Staff Correspondent MINES FIELD, LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.—The German Graf Zeppelin escaped disaster by only a few feet here today as it started a conquest of the North American continent, the final lap of its race around the world. The great dirigible, victorious over the storms of the Atlanic and Pacific oceans and the hazards of Europe and Asia, almost met ruin in the network of high tension wires which surround the airport. Taking off at 3:15 a. m. (eastern standard time) for Lakehurst, N. J., where twenty days age its 20,000-mile flight afduntT'fKe globe, the dirigible failed to gain altitude as quickly as anticipated and for a few minutes seemed headed straight for disaster as it approached the wires. Masterly Handling Only the masterly handling and coolness of the veteran airman, Commander Hugo Eckener, already suffering a slight illness from the strain of his long flight, saved the Zeppelin and avoided what might have been a tragic death for the forty-one members of the crew and the sixteen passengers. While the 125,000 persons at the airport gasped as the dirigible neared the deadly wires, the commander lifted his ship suddenly, swerved dangerously and cleared the wires by a scant ten feet. In view of the fact the Graf was moving so slowly, experts were unanimous in their praise of the skillful maneuver. Hopes to Set Record The experts believed that a strata of cold air was responsible for the situation. Eckener apparently had Intended to permit the gas in his craft to lift it to a sufficient height to clear the wires. Something, however, probably a cold draught, held the Zeppelin lower to the ground, with the tail almost touching. As the motors took hold the dirigible’s tail still was low. Aware that the tail was not high enough to pass over the wires, Eckener leveled out his ship and drove its nose directly toward the network, bringing the tail up. Then he once again elevated the nose and the ship passed on safely. Commander Eckener, who only eighteen hours before had landed his craft here after completing the first air passenger crossing of the Pacific from Tokio, hoped to reach Lakehurst from Tokio within ten days and thereby break the present record of twenty-three days for a round-the-world trip established in 1928 by John Henry Mears and th? late Captain C. B. D. Collyer. Fly Over E! Paso Dr. Eckener and his passenger;, came to the airport' from a civicbanquet at which the famous commander spoke briefly to more than a thousand guests. He expressed gratification of state and federsl co-operation in making h<s visit r success. The Zeppelin must reach Lakehurst by 4 p. m. ‘eastern standard time)Thursday, to break the MearsCollyers record of twenty-three days around the world. Statisticians estimated, however, that if the Zeppelin averaged even sixty miles an hour r considerably less than its average speed) it would arrive in Lakehurst long before that hour. The route which Dr. Eckener expected to follow for the first nine hours of the 2.600-mile flight to Lakehurst was by way of Indio, Cal., Yuma and Tucson, Ariz., and El Paso. Tex. Weather condition made the remainder of the rout* uncertain.

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