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A State Issue When Mayor Sullivan demanded a reduction of rates on electricity and water used by the city, he probably made what will become a state-wide issue in the next election. For the first time a public official has dared to suggest that the utilities be curbed in their greeds and extortions and placed his finger on one of the great causes of depression. While it may be true that taxes and the cost of government are unnecessarily high, and this is quite true of some departments of government, the other fact is that the private taxing power of the utilities takes much more than the government itself. It is only because the utilities have captured the state government, controlling, dominating and directing the decisions of the public service commission that they are permitted to tax the people beyond endurance. Some of the schemes by which the holding companies of utilities take the money of the people and divert it from a proper accounting system would make bandits who get twenty years for using a gun to get the money, hesitate and probably quit. One such holding company still has the temerity to charge an “excise tax” as a part of its operating expenses and no member of the public service commission even questions the propriety of charging the people for such an item, although all such taxes were abolished immediately after the war. That, of course, is larceny. When Mayor Sullivan questions the rates to the city, he raises the whole question of rates to private individuals. The city has a contract made under political conditions that suggest unfairness. The people have only the service commission to protect them and the commission seems intent only on protecting the companies. Somewhere along the line there may appear a candidate for Governor in one of the two parties who is free enough from the utilities or a fear of the utilities to demand deep-rooted reforms, even to public ownership if that be the only way to defend the people. Sullivan has shown courage. If he wins, perhaps others may have less fear of these vicious interests which now rule and rob. Our Birthright How astonishing that we should need in this country an organization to defend civil liberty, and that it should be necessary for this organization to issue a report yearly on “The fight for civil liberty.” Late in the eighteenth century, when the people of the respective states ratified the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, they supposed the question of civil liberty was settled. They wrote into the Constitution the guarantees of free speech and a free press, the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances, the right to be secure against search and seizure, and other important safeguards without which the men of that time were not content to live. Yet since then, and particularly in these inauspicious times, the Constitution has not been enough to assure these rights. The American Civil Liberties Union reports that it has been necessary within the last year to fight in the courts against a proposed press gag law, to combat 1,630 prosecutions violating the freedom of speech guarantee, to protest against the fact that 121 peaceable assemblies have been broken up or prohibited, and to oppose many other invasions of the citizens' rights. Strangely enough, it often is the men and women who give loudest lip service to the Constitution against whom civil liberty must be defended. It is as if they had a blind spot, which lets them perceive and idore the first pages of our fundamental law, but slots out the ten fundamental amendments. Written guarantees of liberty and freedom are not ?nough unless they are written also in the minds and ;ouls of the people for whom they are intended. It was an ideal unique among nations that found expression in the Bill of Rights. It will survive here only as ong as the American people accord it real devotion. A Taxless City Death may come to the men and women of Chanute, Kan., but the other supposedly invincible enemy, taxation, does not. Dispatches tell us that Chanute's $122,610 budget will be met in 1931 chiefly out of earnings from the town's municipal gas and electric plants. At rates called the lowest in Kansas, the Chanute electric plant will contribute $42,100, the gas works $60,460. The rest comes from court fees, interests on deposits, state road tax and other sources. Ever since Chanute went in for publicly owned utilities, five years ago, taxes have declined steadily Last year earnings met the entire budget. The earnings are building a $350,000 memorial building and a $75,000 airport. Os course, it's all "subversive,” destructive of drugged individualism.” But Chanuters seem to like it. Official Nullification The government's partnership with the California grape growers in their gigantic scheme to evade prohibition has been a big success. The sale of grape concentrate, which turns to wine in the home, has lourished in spite of the depression, according to \alph P. Merritt, who Is negotiating for further loans rom the federal farm board for the grape and .tisin co-operatives. The government's last loan, for a two-year period, was $19,000,000. Now between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000 more is being sought. In addition to financing the sale of grape juice for the manifest purpose of wine making, the government extends help in another way. It blinks at what many believe is a violation of law, and what certainly is a violation of the law's purpose. Grape growers have been given assurances that will not be molested, as have the custorgps in

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whose home grape juice ferments, and in which wine is bottled by agents for the sellers. Presumably it is good wine, or the business would not be so prosperous. Other instances of the government's participation in the liquor business recently have come to light. The Panama railroad, which is government ownqd, was revealed as the landlord of some 300 saloons, two breweries and some even less respectable establishments at Colon, Panama. A news dispatch the other day disclosed that the Leviathan, biggest American flag liner, had exhausted its liquor supply during one of its four-day cruises, and was forced to use the ship’s brewing plant to obtain beer for its guests. The Leviathan is a former government-owned vessel, operation of which by a* private company is made possible by the assistance of the United States shipping board. Here are three instances of official hypocrisy in the government’s attitude toward prohibition, and others cpuld be found. It is small wonder the average citizen has little respect for the dry law, and dos not regard himself as a criminal when he violates it. He. has only to point to the example of his government. Safer Flying Two planes crashed. Inspectors gathered eyewitness accounts, examined the wreckage, forwarded their reports to Washington. The commerce department controls civil aeronautics in this country. The department’s accident board went over the data on these two crashes. They were caused, the reports showed, by the breakage of braces between the wings. Airplane manufacturers have just met with the commerce department in Washington for the annual conference on revision of the air commerce regulations. About sixty-five changes in the government's airworthiness requirements for planes were adopted. One of them required that the strength of wing braces be increased 100 per cent. Thus flying is made safer. Each year the airplane designers and makers in one group, and the airline operators in another, meet with the department of commerce for just such work as this. Aviation still is so young that the lessons learned and the experience gained in one short year is vast. Government regulation has contributed greatly to the present safety record of our airlines. Continued wise regulation, based impartially on fact and experience, will bring nearer the day when we all shall fly. The Japanese Ban Since 1924, when this country last discussed the question of oriental immigration, little with a bearing on the subject has occurred except an economic depression. Yet that one thing has been enough to make many people see the matter in an entirely different light. Anew movement has been launched by a committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce to remove from our immigration laws all discrimination against oriental peoples. Our trade in the Pacific is languishing, and in these times any trade is precious. It is true that a considerable number of people in this country favor Japanese and Chinese quotas for less selfish reasons. \et Japans perspective on the whole matter may be interesting. Will she feel her national honor vindicated or enhanced in any degree by a recognition that has its roots in a yearning for her trade? Doubtless with the ancient wisdom of the Orient, Japan realizes that while true pride of race can not be damaged or enhanced by the action of another country, equal treatment with other nations of the world is valuable to her, no matter how achieved. Meanwhile, there is little disagreement on the immediate issue involved—the number of oriental immigrants to be admitted to this country by a change in the laws. Under the exclusion act only exempted classes of orientals may come to this country. Immigrants may not come here to live. Under the proposed annual quota, only 185 Japanese immigrants could come and only 105 Chinese—a negligible number. Within the last few months the executive department of our government has demonstrated its ability to adjust administration of immigration laws to the needs of the times, and it surely can do so in this matter. Whatever the Japanese might think of our present motives, granting this small concession would withdraw the “insult” of discrimination and thus remove a source of international friction. Time was when a man boasted of the miles he covered driving on Sunday, but with golf he’s content to make a drive of 200 yards.

Just Every Day Sense BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

'T'HE reader who protests a recent statement in this column that women never influence men, en masse, toward good has the universal flair for sentimentalism. He cites Prances E. Willard, whom he claims has made America dry. He cites Queen Isabelle, whose jewels helped to And anew world. He cites the greatmoral suasion of the feminine over the masculine. To be sure, we all know that men and women generally believe in this strange occult power. The idea flatters the latter and gives to the former that pleasant sensation of naughtiness that they so enjoy. Arid it is true that Frances Willard built up a vast organization and that by persistent nagging and hatchet flinging the men were persuaded to pass some dry laws. However, in the mass, they all drink as much as they ever did. And probably if the saloon keepers had not permitted'their greed to run away with their good sense, we still would be a wet nation. a a a ISABELLA, too, was after big money, I fear. She had no altruistic motives, nor dreamed of being a heroine to posterity. Men always will permit us to run them in the affairs to which they are largely indifferent. To be let alone, they submit to our demands. But when it comes to a radical change in opinion or behavior, our power ceases, abruptly. Yet women have been trained in a false belief that they can reform men. Herein lies about twothirds of our grief, both in public and private life. How effective have we ever been in influencing the men against war? Has any mother’s tears stopped a bunch of so-called statesmen from sounding the tocsin? Have we improved the standards of politics by cur benign influence? Have w e raised the legislative tone? Have we ennobled the pulpit, or elevated the press? Have we made a Utopia in the business world? We do, it is true, change the manners of men, but when they say we can alter their morals, that is only another clever way they have pf making us responsible for their sins, g

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS

If Railroads Can't Compete With Trucks and Pipelines Under Present Rates, How Can They Hope to Do Better With Higher Rates? NEW YORK, Aug. s. — Of course, you have read about the epidemic of infantile paralysis now going on in New York. It’s a dread malady, often fatal, and almost certain to result in more or less permanent injury. The serum used to combat it can be made only from the blood of its victims. New York state health authorities recently issued a call for such blood. The response was generous. Among ethers, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a pint. People who have suffered know how to give. * a a Gangs Cost Blood NEW YORK faces no worse threat from infantile paral ysis than from gang rule. As far as blood is concerned the latter promises to cost much more. Many peace oflicers are willing to give the blood, which is splendid. Some politicians are willing to see them give it uselessly, which is anything but. One hundred fifty thousand pistols are “toted” illegally. Hardly a day passes but a gangster is tripped up, not only with a gun, but a permit to carry it. How did he get that permit? tt tt a The Crime Bloc THIS is one phase of law enforcement which some of us overlook. Many lawyers are fighting it. They wouldn’t have any business if they didn’t. The same thing is true of many politicians, who wouldn't get any votes if they didn’t. Organized crime has established a strong foothold in some courtrooms and at some ballot boxes. It has not only become a business, but a bloc. o u tt Rates and Rivals WHAT are the railroads going to do about the 350,000 men they have laid off? By the same token, what is the I. C. C. going to do about the railroad’s request for a raise in rates? If the railroads get that -aise, can they put the men back to work and keep them there? Or, to put it another way, if they can not compete successfully with trucks and pipelines under existing rates, how can they hope to do better with higher rates? It all goes back to the problem of how we should divide our strength between efforts to rehabilitate old industries and efforts to develop new ones. tt tt tt Freaky Oil RECALLING the hectic years of ,1924 and 1925, when most people felt sure the country was ruined because Doheny and Sinclair had got hold of some government oil, don't be surprised at anything. Just now oil appears so abundant that you can’t give it away, but even high school kids can remember when some of the experts said we'd be lucky if the supply lasted fifteen or twenty years. Oil is a freaky business—a feast one minute, and a famine the next. tt tt a Up Three, Down Two OIL, wheat, sugar, cotton—are down. So are Latin American bonds and most listed stocks. According to a recent survey, 240 stocks showed an aggregate gain of more than $3,000,000,000 in June, and a loss of nearly $2,000,000,000 in July. Sounds like the old problem in which a frog, trying to get out of a well, fell back two feet every time he jumped up three. A lot has happened since 1929, and just as much can happen between now and 1933. $5,000 for a Fish • MEANWHILE, people are doing some very interesting things in spite of the depression. A gold fish just has been sold in New York for $5,000, the fourth and last treasure room of the Turkish sultans has been thrown open to the public, and it has been discovered—by rumor, at least—that Lindbergh is mapping anew air route. What a world this will be when flying has become an every-day affair for average people, with short cuts between continents over the frozen north. Some people can't quite see how it is going to help much, but it will. tt tt Wasps by Airplane DOWN in Louisiana, a pest of cane moths has developed, threatening the sugar crop with dread damage. Peruvian wasps will exterminate these moths, as has been known for a long time. The wasps can be brought by airplane in six days, where it formerly took twenty-two by steamer. Just one example of what rapid transportation means.

i rTCOAVftBTHeAmh vi&mi'f romterili; PAGES ADDRESS Aug. 5 ON Aug. 5, 1917, Walter Hines Page, United States ambassador to Great Britain, delivered an address at Plymouth, England, on the allied cause in the World war. He said in part: “The war has swept away incidental differences between us as a harrow smoothes a field. . . . There is coming the greatest victory for free government that was ever won, and the day of this victory which we are both fighting for may turn out to be the most important date in our history, or perhaps in all history. “And the necessity to win it has cleared the air as no other event in modern times has cleared it; and but for the millions of brave lives it has cost, this clearing of the air would richly repay all that the war will cost. It has revealed the future of the world to us not as conquerors, but as preservers of its peace. “This empire and the great republic must then be the main guardians of civilization hereafter, the conscious and leagued guardians of the world.”

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Carbohydrates Chief Energy Foods

This is the seventh of a series of twenty-six timely articles by Dr. Morris Fishbein on "Food Truths and Follies,” dealing with such much discussed but little known subjects 'as calories, vitamins, minerals, digestion and balanced diet. BY DR. 310RRIS FISHBEIN Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygela. the Health Magazine. THE chief energy foods for the human body are the carbohydrates. Most carbohydrate is secured through plant life, such as the cereal grains, sugar, cane sugar, beet sugar, maple sugar, sweet fruits, vegetables such as potatoes, milk, sugar, blood and liver. Thus there is more than one kind of sugar. The chemists classify them as single sugars, double sugars and complex sugars. All of them consist essentially of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

IT SEEMS TO ME

GANG war in New York will strengthen the theories of those who think that it is best to shoot first and inquire after. In fact, Commisisoner Mulrooney said at a meeting of the Police Benevolent Association: “In the six months of this year policemen of the city of New York have killed sixteen criminals, stickup men and racketeers and have wounded six others. That is a .considerable number, but evidently not enough. * a a Delay the Trigger I DON’T want you to exhibit any hesitation when you come upon a man you know to be a criminal or racketeer and have reason to believed is armed, •or to be the last to draw. I want you to pull first and give it to him.” This seems to me a dangerous doctrine, although I am aware of certain difficulties which the police of New York have to face. It is true that a number of brave officers are killed in the performance of their duty every year. It is hard to demand that a policeman should always let the other fellow take the first shot. Moreover, I realize that in a great many cases an arrest may be quite fruitless. Although we hardly approach the degree ox organization prevalent in Chicago, some of the big racketeers are well heeled with money and can hire skillful lawyers. Perjury being what it is, there is small difficulty in the framing of false alibis. Many undoubtedly guilty people have escaped because of the various kinds of protection which our legal system throws around an accused person. Yet it seems to me a vast leap to spring from this into any effort to railroad culprits into jail. Frankly, I still believe it is better that a number of guilty ones should escape rather than have penalties assessed against the innocent. a a a Direct Action Errs NOR do I believe it is expedient to give our police force license to assume the role of vigilante com- ! mittees. Direct action has been I tried in many communities, and on ; the face of things it may seem to ! get results. It undoubtedly is true that the i racketeering group is made up of | sneaks and vicious neurotics. So it | can be said that these men fear a ! beating more than an arrest. But once the police officers are | encouraged to take the law into I their owm hands, they are certain ito make mistakes. With the best i intentions in the world they are goI ing to—and they have on occasion —beaten the wrong man. It isn’t guns and prisons we need so much as anew economic struc- | ture. Certainly .not all the gangsters and racketeers in the United States | today were born that way. I doubt that any of them were. And if execution and imprisonment were deterrents we shouldn't have a single criminal left. Once we start shooting indiscriminately, we are apt to let ourselves in for a reign of terror. From a ' psychological standpoint it is a dangerous thing |o hand any man a

The Horn of Plenty!

The organic acids, such as the citric acid of oranges and lemons, the potassium acid tartrate of grapes, and the oxalic acid of various other foods are burned in the body to produce energy and also are calculated as carbohydrates, even though they have a lower fuel value than the sugars. The carbohydrates are of importance in the body chiefly as a source of energy for work. The amount of carbohydrates used depends on the amoiint of energy lost. During prolonged starvation, the carbohydrates stored up in the body, particularly in the form of glycogen in the liver and in the fnuscle, is used up to supply this need. Carbohydrates are burned in supplying body heat, maintaining the body temperature. The carbohydrates can not be used to build up tissue, but in times

revolver and give him carte blanche as to its use. The urge to demonstrate his prowess might well become so strong as to obliterate entirely the dictates of reason and caution. tt o Asking Divine Law AT that same meeting Mayor Walker addressed the assembled policemen. He encouraged them to follow out the commissioner’s orders, assuring them that he was entirely in accord with Mr. Mulrooney’s program. He said in part: “Devoted as you have been to your oaths of office and loyally as you have protected life and property, I call upon Almighty Providence to give you new strength and make it the business of each of you to bring to the task of finding the perpetrators of this outrage something that is almost supernatural.”

Views of Times Readers

Editor Times—l read the Voice of the People where Mr. W. McD. writes his views in regards to railroads and trucks. I wish to congratulate the writer and believe he has the right opinion in regards to same. Just last week I drove to Vincennes over State Road 37 to Bloomington. State Road 45 out of Bloomington to 14 miles frpm Bloomfield, Road 54 to Lyons, and then Road 67 to Edwardport, a distance of about 110 miles. I was held up a number of times on those hills by overloaded trucks which take possession of our public highways and it is impossible to get by them. I must drive to work each day on McCarty street, .west of West street, where no fewer than three large trucks with trailers are parked on each side of McCarty street just east of Missouri street, and all with Ohio license, and it is almost impossible to drive through. This firm should be made to display Indiana licenses or stay off our streets. Indiana taxpayers are paying to keep our fine roads for these out-state licensed trucks to run over and destroy. If we only had a few more men as Mr. W. McD. to express their views, I think the state government would take steps to force these outstate trucks at least to vacate our

Daily Thought

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.—St. John 16:21. A mother has, perhaps, the hardest earthly lot; and yet no mother worthy of the name ever gave herself thoroughly for her child who did not feel that after all, she reaped what she had sown—Henry Ward Beecher. Is H. Rider Haggard still living and what is his age? He died in London, May 14, 1925, at the age of 68.

of starvation they help to take care of certain energy requirements and thus spare the proteins. Any excess of sugar taken into the body is stored and finally, when the storage facilities are exhausted, is reconstituted to form fat. This fat then is deposited around the body in various places, usually where most conspicuous and least desired. Cellulose, which is the fibrous material of various foods, and which is in general carbohydrate in character, adds bulk to food and thus serves to aid action of the intestines. Complex sugars, when taken into the body, are digested into the form of simple sugars. They then pass through the intestinal walls and are taken up by the blood and used in the various manners that have been mentioned.

RV HEYWOOD BROUN

It is Mr. Walker’s opinion, apparently, that nothing less than a clew from God himself will reveal the whereabouts of these men. Well, considering the number of ou r recently unsolved crimes, he may b e right. It is strange, however, that for the most part we have failed to apprehend only those people who have been involved in crimes of political significance. Or, as in some instances, where persons of prominence or wealth have been under suspicion. Invariably it is the man who kills as the result of momentary passion or steals because he is hungry who gets caught. But those who make crime their business have little to fear. Almost it would seem as if we can condone anything that is done on a large scale. It is the small fry for whom we have nothing but contempt. (CoDvrißht. 1931. bv The Times)

city streets and force them to take out Indiana licenses. H. F. HARMENING. Editor Times—l couldn't help but laugh when I got a bird’s eye view of J. R. Williams’ cartoon. “Born Thirty Years Too Soon” in The Times comic section July 29. Those were the good old days when the kids had something to read that was worth reading. The Diamond Dick stories were hair raising, but law and order always won out in the last chapter, and evil doers died or went to jail. Williams left out the usual little inset picture showing the change in 1931 compared with 1901. Why didn’t he put in one with a boy reading “The Rollo Boys Set Back,” or “Who Stole Their Knitting Needles?” Such stories are the brand of “mush” fed to the kids these days in the great movement to get every one a seat in Heaven when h& passes out. THOJVfAS H. WILSON.

The Dietitians Say—- “ Eat more vegetables in summertime.” Fresh vegetables of all kinds are on the market in quantities, and at prices lower in general than have been obtained for many years. Our Washington bureau has ready for you anew and completely up-to-date bulletin on selection, preparation and cooking all sorts of vegetables in many attractive ways. You will be surprised at the appetizing dishes that can be made from some of the common vegetables that perhaps you have only heretofore prepared in one way. Fill out the coupon and send for this bulletin and add it to your collection of recipes. Dept. 139, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.: I want a copy of the bulletin Vegetables and How to Prepare Them, and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin, or loose, uncanceled. United States postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs. Name St. and No State I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one df America’s most interesting writers and are presented without reeard to their or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this oaner.—The Editor.

.'AUG. 5, 1931

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

At Last the Trans-Atlantic Flights Have Been Recounted in One Volume “The Conquest of the Atlantic by Air ” nPHE Graf Zeppelin undertakes a A flight to the north pole; Lindbergh embarks upon one to Japan; other fliers set out to better the round-the-world trip of Post and Gatty. So rapidly is aeronautical history made that perhaps all these exploits will be matters of record by the time this article appears in print. The rapidity with which air history is made, makes it difficult for the average reader to keep up with the record. Past flights, despite the credit due the men who made them, are apt to sink into a sort of hazy confusion in the public mind. For that reason, “The Conquest of the Atlantic by Air.” is a welcome addition to the season’s books. Its author is Charles Dixon, a British pilot who saw service during the World war. The book is published by Lippincott at $2.50. “The book.” to quote from the author's introduction, “is a history of the important and adventurous attempts to fly the North Atlantic ocean since the conquest began in 1910.” tt tt a -■ Recall the ‘America 1 ? ■p\IXON chooses 1910 as the starting point of his record because an attempt to fly the ocean was made in that year. The attempt, however, ended in failure. Perhaps few readers will recall that attempt of 1910. Let us quote from Dixon’s narrative: “On Oct. 15, 1910, a small airship, driven by two engines, nosed out seaward from Atlantic City, on the eastern coast of America, in favorable weather, cheered by a large crowd, conscious of the privilege of the occasion. It was the Walter Wellman airship, called America, carrying a crew of six, including its commander, Walter Wellman, who previously had achieved fame by an attempt to reach the north pole in the same type of vessel. “Compared with the 5,000,000 cubic feet capacity rigids which ventured into the air from England in 1929 the America was a midget, being 288 feet long, 52 feet in diameter, and 350,000 cubic feet in capacity, driven by two 80-horse power engines driving four airscrews. “The crew’s quarters were accommodated inside the keel, a lifeboat stocked with provisions for a surface voyage hung beneath, and a speciai feature of the ship was an arrangement called the equilibrator. This consisted of thirty cylindrical tanks, which floated in the ocean, connected to the airship by a steel cable more than 300 feet long, forming a sort of movable anchor for the vessel. “The course was set for Newfoundland as it left Atlantic City and passed from sight into a thick haze. “Wireless messages during the nrst day reported good progress northward, and up to the following morning, Sunday, when Wellman wirelessed his position as east of Nantucket island, 270 miles north of Atlantic City, concluding the message satisfactorily with ‘Going O. K.* r^len fate was shrouded in silence through the rest of Sunday. Monday and Tuesday morning by which time alarm was spreading.” tt tt o Tragedy Averted - nPHE end of the Wellman adverA ture, however, was not as tragio as one might have expected. Dixon continues: At last the mystery was unveiled with happy relief. From R M. S. Trent came the story of the ocean drama. In rising seas the floating equilibrator had prevented effective steering of the America and serious vibration had been transmitted through it, so the flight was abandoned. “Slowly the airship nosed down to the ocean and the six adventurers tumbled into their lifeboat and cast the ship off, watching it rise rapidly without its big load and disappear forever in the gathering clouds. “The steamer had received a wireless signal of distress and on reaching the scene it saved the crew, whose cautious arrangements had prevented the conquest of the Atlantic starting tragically.” Dixon then continues the story of the conquest of the Atlantic with the accounts of subsequent flights. One chapter, of course, is devoted to what the author calls “Lindbergh’s famous solo flight.” Other chapters tell the story of the NC-4, the R-34, the Southern Cross, and other famous airplanes and airships. The book is well illustrated with 34 halftones. These show, among others, the NC-4, the flying boat which made the first trans-Atlantic flight, the R-34, which made the first airship crossing. Lindbergh’s landing at Croydon, pictures of Chamberlain and Levine taking off for Germany, a number of pictures of the Graf Zeppelin, KingsfordSmith and the Southern Cross and the famed Question Mark.