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As F lying Sportsman Left Floyd Bennett F ield

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Five men begin record- shattering Paris flight.

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Sets Record in Paris

Hop, With Moscow Next Stop

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1cowled th on them was ample gasoline left, Mr. Hughes’ temporary off the Newfoundland mig not prove sufficient Fhe favorable winds he >d helped to conserve two 1000-horsepower vere able to drive big plane through the air at a speed which at times reached 250 miles an hour Col. Lindbergh's distance across he Atlantic was 3600 miles and Mi Miho was al the same, over the great circle route. His elapsed would ind te an av

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and an own silently which Ambassador him The crowd was vastly less hysterical than Lindbergh on Paul Codos was French fliers

smaller and that which his historic one two greet Mi

el greeted flight famous Hughes It was a magnificent exploit Codos said EFvervone your arrival 10 p. m., hut IT known the ocean winds and I came early The Franch ace, Michel de Troyvat was the other who im It was of the greatest ocean flights in hist he It shows that it perfectly feasible to flv between New York and Paris

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We will leave as soon as it is clear,” Mr. Hughes said. “We should reach Moscow eight hours The French meteo advised Mr. Hughe 18,000 feet, saying excellent while lowe! foot ceiling hills.” Mr were meal room Mr

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Hughes and his companions too busy to take part in the prepared in reception used for distinguished visitors Hughes, who said the ocean flight was mote tiring than he had anticipated pored charts, His companions refilling of the and tanks Installing New

“The flight was trouble Mr. Hughes

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Antenna

really shortly after. the said I'he engines were rough and the compass did not function. We radioed ahead for a new compass in Paris but in midocean the compass began to function correctly and we are not changing it Some radio difficulties are being smoothed out and we are installing a new antenna because the other snapped in landing The flight perfect. We hit

despite

start,”

the ocean was the small corner of Ireland exactly on the dot we picked We saw a bit of land near Cherbourg on the French Coast and then nothing until we came below the clouds outside Paris We are taking 3850 gallons of gas to Moscow. We flew here at an average of 6000 feet, generally at 180 to 190 miles an hour. Mechanic Lund found the elevator control slightly bent, but it was not serious enough for repairs here, The crew ate little and drank only six bottles of milk en route. They took no food—only water and cigarets.” A romantic incident in connection with the flight was reported at Savbrook, Conn. today while Mr Hughes was winging across the sea Saybrook residents said that Mr Hughes visited Katharine Hepburn, the movie actress, at her family's home there yesterday to bid her goodby, and that soon after his takeoff from Floyd Bennett Field here, a plane resembling his flew Miss Hepburn's home, dipped e, and sped eastward toward

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over in salut the sea. Mr. Hughes is a 32-year-old milllonaire, and sometimes is called America’s richest and most eligible young bachelor. He took off from

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field at 5:20 p m Indianapolis Time) yesterday His Lockheed monoplane designed especialy for high altitudes. It carried powerful radio transmitting and receiving apparatus

was

and other devices giropilot, for automatic flying, which emphasized the vast strides in aeronautical engineering since Lindbergh flew this route by “blind instinct” 11 years ago and almost the tops of the waves in fog to keep his bearings. Ahoard with Mr. Hughes Lieut. Thurlow, copilot and gator; Mr. Connor, navigator: ard Stoddart. radio technician, engineer of about

were Richand All were men Mr Hughes’ age Ww ives of Lieut nor and Mr. Stoddart, hurlow'’s son. Tommy, watched the take-off with keen excitement but drv-eved and apparently little worried.

Nonstop West-East Flight Cost $110.15

ROOSEVELT FIELD. N.Y. Jul 11 (Po It a "nice flight” all right but nothing extraordinar)

young

Mr. Conand Lieut,

Thurlow

was

Douglas P. Corrigan said today He talking about Howard flight Paris. Mi 31 matter-of-

fact,

was not the

Hughes to

Corrigan, and the unheralded nonstop flight from Long Reach, Cal. Roosevelt Field which he completed Saturday night. I'he flight was made in an eight-vear-old Curtis Robin which cost My. Corrigan $900 He took off from Long Beach Friday at 2 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) and flew the 2700 miles in 10 minutes less than 28 hours. He flew “blind,” without radio and with only a $65 bank-and-turn indicator and a homemade inclinameter to ald him in handling the tiny craft.

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| He wore no parachute

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When he landed he had only five gallons of gasoline left of the 250 with which he started. The flight cost $110.15—8110 for gasoline and and 15 cents for a bar of choco-

“But.” he said. "I'll get md when I get back a five-cent deposit on | bottle

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William Cavender. 32, of 409 Ave, was reported in a critical condition today at St. Francis Hospital after he had fallen downstairs at the home of his brother, I'evis. A. Cavender, T705'; Virginia Ave _ His skull was fractured.

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Youths to Get Instruction in Citizenship.

Enrollees of the Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison went back to work today a week-end of rest, worship and recreation. They are to be instructed in citizenship and the

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Following a full day's schedule of and marksmanship, the cadets are to march in full review at 5 m. today. Among the day's activities were to be drills by squad, platoons and companies for instruction in band movements and citizenship for

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Americans Reported Periled | By Japanese Warships On Yangtze.

C ontinuedq from Page One) fleet, flatly refused a quest to get American warships off the Yangtre United States Naval officials denied reports they had informed Japanese authorities they were | avoiding the danger zones, | Instead, American Navy men said, | the United States policy was not | changed. It was, in effect: “We will avoid danger whenever possible. But we will Americans at any cost.”

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HENDAYE, July 11, U, P).-— | Rebel forces prepared today to PANAMA CIT Y, July 11 (U. P).| sweep down the Espadan mountain Lieut. Paul R. Gowen, of Caldwell, | slopes toward Segorbe, key of the Ida, was killed today and two oth- | Loyalist defense of Valencia. ers seriously injured when a United | A Rebel victory at Segorbe would States Army bombing plane crashed | enable them to move down the railand burned in the jungle at Paitilla | | road and highway connecting Teruel Point, near Panama City. | and Sagunto, the city which they Lieut. Gowen was hurled from the | have set as their immediate objec plane and crushed by one of the|tive on the drive on the former motors which was torn loose and | capital. fell on top of him. Lieut. Kenneth | R. Crosher, copilot, was seriously in- | jured and Private Gareth H. Bundy, radioman, was badly burned.

MIKE HOME AGAIN IN GOVERNOR'S MANSIO

| Mike's back home home at the Governor's mansion, barking and jumping around in his happiness to be re- | stored to the family. Governor Townsend reported he | | was missing vesterday and asked anyone finding him to return him. | Today a man who lives on Washington Blvd. called and said he had | the dog and would bring him over He told the Governor that some- | one who was a stranger to him had! asked him to keep the dog until he}

ARMY FLIER KILLED IN PANAMA CRASH _

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NEW YORK, July 11 (U. P).— Twelve prominent Protestant and Jewish clergymen appealed today to

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Sunday as days of against the bomb-

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STATE PAYS MILLION TO JOBLESS IN JUNE

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was announced today. During May and June, 210,086 unemployed persons received $2,345.885.34,

In the Indianapolis district, which includes Danville, Franklin, Leba-

blesville, 9626 claims have been accepted since April 1, and $199,185.65 in compensation paid, Lester Kassing, deputy in charge of the district, reported.

AIR CRASH LAID TO PILOT

WASHINGTON, July 11 (U. P.) — An Air Commerce Bureau board of inquiry reported today the crash of a Transcontinental & Western Air transport plane near Wawona, Cal, March 1, probably was caused by a combination of the pilot's confusion as to his position and a sharp change in wind direction.

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