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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 113

RECODIFY STATE AUTO LAWS IN "39, ADMINISTRATION ASKS; HOUSE GETS RECOVERY BILLS

Substitute Likely 1937 Gadget Act | Is R |

VOTE DUE DAY]

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Attorney General's! Ruling Brings | New Move.

epealed.

A hill to repeal the 1937 gadget law, now before the House for third reading and passage, probably will | the Senate and new auto registration display regulations substituted by the Legislature during the Special Session, Administration leaders said today. Senator William B. Janes (D. New Albany) said an opinion by the Attorney General that repeal would leave the State with no display regulations, would necessitate the | new action. Meanwhile, Administration spokesmen said that all State motor vehicle laws probably will be recodified during the 1939 regular ses- | sion They indicated that if the | gadget law is repealed now, a new | proposal for windshield display of | certificates probably will be presented in the regular session.

be passed also by

Like House Proposal

Senator Janes introduced the | original Administration amendment, in the Senate, a companion measure to the House proposal. He said the Administration is | considering a substitute law where- | by persons could carry the registration card in a container and place the container in the pocket or glove compartment of an auto and | chow it to an officer upon request, The reason for providing for a container would be to prevent loss of the card bv careless motorists The eontainers would be of several types and no monopoly would be created for their sale, Senator Janes al Meanwhile, House leaders who predicted the recodification of ail | tate auto license laws said they expected the House gadget repealer | to be passed this afternoon or to-| morrow The original Administration-pro- | posed amendment would have made | it mandatory to display registration cards where they would be “plainly |

legible” from outside the car. Old Law Inoperative Meeting with house leaders last night Patrick Smith, assistant at- | torney general, said the repeal of | the gadget law would not place the | 1935 Act back in operation but would leave it and all previous laws | inoperative insofar as display regulations are concerned { Rep. Frank Thompson (D. Bluff- | ton). House majority floor leader, said the repeal bill is only “temporary legislation” to serve until | the next Legislature can work over {he entire motor vehicle setup. | He would not reveal what changes | the Administration plans to make in the auto law code, but it is understood police officials throughout {he State are urging the legislators ta retain the windshield display regulation. Police Chief Morrissey has asked Senator Jacob Weiss (D Indian- | apolis) to foster a movement to re- | {ain some sort of windshield displav measure during the special | session | Frank Finney, State Auto License Rureau head, said he had not investigated the matter thoroughly as but did not believe the temporary loss of all registration card regulations would handicap seri-| ously the operation of his Bureau: | next January Of course, we will continue to] sete registration cards.” he |

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samo, | 1 don't know how it will affect the | enforcement end.’ | Immediately after the introduc- | tion of the House repealer, mem- | bers of the Roads Committee which | approved the action said they an- | ticipated the measure might en-| counter “some trouble” when it| reaches the conference committee. | Administration leaders in the | Senate, however, expressed the | opinion that the companion amendment - introduced in the upper House would be altered to conform with the House's revised measure. One member of the House Roads Committee said: “The Senate should clear up this mess (the 25-cent fee) because it | got us in it in the first place.” The controversial gadget law, | passed during the 1937 Legislature, | provided that: “The certificate . . played . .

. shall be dis- . In a holder approved by . . . the commissioner of motor vehicles . In the lower inside righthand corner of the windshield . in such a manner so as to be legible | through the windshield. . . . “The commissioner . ..s hall! make available for purchase . . . at . bureau offices . . . and . . branches an approved holder at a fee not to exceed 25 cents.”

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“Mystery at the Lazy R,” The Times’ new daily serial, begins || today on Page 24,

* INDIANA'S WPA FACES CRIS,

LEAGUE WARNS

Debt-Ridden Cities Cash for Materials; State Help Proposed

By JOHN MARTIN WPA spending of six million dollars a month in Indiana may end unless the special session of the Legislature comes to the aid of tax

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Need |

and debt ridden Hoosier cities, the |

Indiana Municipal League Governor Townsend today. They also warned WPA would mean that 100,000 relief clients—the heaviest load

told | cessation of |

WPA history in Indiana—would be |

sent all cities in the state, called the WPA crisis “a much more ser-

| ious problem” than the Governor's

institutional building program which he summoned the Special session to enact. The problem is bound up with the social security cost already suggested to the Legislature | by the Governor.

Jennings Cites Problem

Indiana WPA that

John K. Jennings, director, has declared

Mr, not

Jennings emphasized he is interested in how money for the materials is provided. but only In seeing that it is provided. As a result, Governor Townsend

recentiy usged all local government units to budget

and Means

Yostoor Pushes Fight For State Office Building.

TERMED JOB AID

Gottschalk Relates Need for T. B. Hospital.

BULLETIN

Charging that “we are being called to ratify legislation and not create it,” Rep. Joseph Klein (D. Gary) this afternoon attacked the Institutions Building Bill in the House. “I object to the method of drawing this bill,” he said in criticizing the majority report. “I am increasingly skeptical of lumping appropriations. The minority reports is a plea to preserve democratic government in Indiana. Let's forget about jobs and votes for a while and think about the people.”

The House Ways and Means Committee this afternoon reported favorably the last of the Administra-

tion’s recovery measures, but a delay in receiving the minority reports prevented immediate consid-

eration of the bill to repeal the redistribution |

gadget law. The Senate, marking time until the House finishes consideration of the program, heard State Welfare Director Thurman Gottschalk exRedistribution and the Southern Work in the House was held up nearly two hours while the Ways

amendments to the $5400,000 Insti- |

tutions Building Bill and the Wel- | | fare Cost

Redistribution Bill. were sent to the House for second |

| reading with a minority report.

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for materials for |

WPA projects next vear. In answer, |

the Leagye today cities already are their constitutional limits, They urged two solutions to the problem: 1. Return by the Legislature of 10 million dollars out of the State

replied that up tax and debt

| surplus to the cities.

2. Or elimination of the 15-cent State general property tax so that cities can substitute local levies and still not raise the aggregate tax levy paid by citizens and limited to $2 on each $100 of taxable property. Unless this is done, the League

| said, WPA must end.

Step Taken Here

To meet this crisis in Marion | County, Mayor Boetcher and City | Controller H. Nathan Swaim are

| Governor Townsend for their to or over |

| incorporating a $250,000 item in the |

1939 budget now being drawn. Thev did this when Mr. Carl Kortepeter, WPA director, | Indianapolis provided materials, | there could be no WPA projects

Marion

| here next year.

WPA spends about $1,000000 2 month in Marion County and em- | ploys 15,000 men. Mayor W. Vincent Youkey Crown Point, League executive secretary, said:

eral program but we simply haven't got the money to buy materials. “All but one city | Logansport—is already over the $2 tax rate limitation. “Meany cities are up to their (v onlinged on Page Four)

TEMPERATURE DOWN; CLOUDS S SHIELD CITY.

TEMIERATURES AR 10a. m.... 70 Tam 5 12 (Noon) . 76 1pm.

| Reps.

Labor Lacks Encouragement

Meanwhile, labor leaders reported receiving “no encouragement” trom proposal to include the construction of a $3,000,000 State office vuilding in the proposed program. The amendment to the Institutions Building Bill, which now specifies projects to be built, was rewritten ito include the specified projects “and any others for which funds are available.” In the event the specified projects do not cost the $5,400,000 appropriated in the bill, the surplus funds could be used for additional projects, under the terms of the revised amendment. The minority report specifies what the projects shall cost, up to 80 per cent of their estimated cost, leaving the remaining 20 per cent to be apportioned as the Administration sees fit. It was signed by Allen C. Lomont (D. Ft. Wayne), Joseph Klein (D. Gary)

| and George W. Wolf (D. Peru).

Jennings and | County | warned that unless |

| the proposed law

Limited for Year

The amendment to the welfare | bill to reimburse counties for part | of their welfare relief costs, limits to one year, in» order to give lawmakers opportunity | to work out an “improved” plan. |

| It is part of the majority report.

of | : | counties

| argued that the proposed bill | written would give most

in Indiana— |

The minority

shal

report specifies receive amounts in

“We are willing and | direct vroportion to what they pay

| anxious to go along with the Fed-

for weifare. Larger counties had aS relief to smaller and needier counties, Two southern Indiana cities, New

Albany and Columbus, made land

| offers to the State in an effort to

secure the proposed new $650,000

| tuberculosis hospital for southern

Indiana, Undecided on Action

Although labor groups have drafted an amendment to the institu-

Both

tional building program bill to in-

clude the State office building.

| conferred with the Governor today {said they were not sure the pro- |

posed change would be introduced | Nef husband's chin—and ducked {when the measure is brought to sec- | Many a piece of furniture in ve-

With the observation time reading | {ond reading in the House.

| today about six degrees below yes- |

terday’s, was being henevolently shaded by a | skyfull of clouds from a repetition | | of yesterday's heat.

3 PEASANTS SLAIN IN FIGHT

it appeared that the city | and | secretary,

The group included Carl Mullen Adolph Fritz, president and respectively, of the State Federation of Labor; Rep. Charles Lutz (D. Indianapolis) and Rep. ®d-

| ward Barry (D. Indianapolis).

It was the claim of the labor lead-

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, July 21 ers that the building program as (U. P.).—Three peasants were killed | now outlined in the bill does not

land five wounded today when two | | provide enough relief work for Mar-

groups of peasants fought near the jon County.

railroad station at La Vega over disputed lands.

“We discussed the whole problem (Continued on Page Four)

States Launch Joint AAA Opposition Here

(Another Story, Page 3)

State co-operation to oppose recently enacted Federal Crop Control Law was taken here this

and several other states. The luncheon, arranged hy | Lowell McDaniel. Corn Belt Liberty

held in the Claypool Hotel.

| League national vice president, was | of | groups thro

were Waiter E. Garrison, Lodi, Cal.

farm organizations.

ous ‘o in small, scattered | out the country.”

operating

| spokesmen for the delegation which |

| for | speeding charges.

| Tem. Arnett Cronk today,

| the crash.

to get her hair touched up. She said that he forgot to come home! to dinner even when she cooked it, and that he insulted her guests.

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938

Entered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis, Ind.

at Postoffice,

Mercury Takes Off From Seap lane's B Back

The Mercury began its successful trans-Atlantic flight in Ireland yesterday by taking off the back of its mother-ship, the Maia, as shown here. On the left they are flying together, on the right the Mercury has left the Maia to make

a test flight

» alone, HE

AUTOIST DIES AS CAR HITS TRUCK

Raymond Baker, Greenfield, Is Victim; Judge Fines Two Motorists $12.

(Photo, Bottom of Page)

Ravmond Paul Baker, 20-year-old Greenfield barber, was killed instantly today when his speeding automobile crashed into an 18ton road construction truck one mile west of Cumberland on U. S. Route 40. Deputy sheriffs described the ac- | cident as the “worst we ever have seen.’ It occurred along the]

| plain provisions of the Welfare Cost Stretch of Route 40 marked with |

unless |

local government units provide mat- | Indiana Tuberculosis Hospital Bills.

| terials for WPA projects, all WPA | aid must be withdrawn.

warnings, “Travel at your own | risk,” during construction of a four-

66, compared to 90 on the same day of 1937. Meanwhile, two other persons lost their lives in state accidents. Two | | persons were injured in five over-! night accidents reported to police here as 39 motorists were arrested traffic violations, eight on

In Municipal Court 4, seven motorists appeared before Judge Pro three were granted continuances and two paid fines totaling $12. Costs of $20 were suspended. Ray LaFevre, 412 N. Alabama St.. was fined $10 on a charge of driving 67 miles an hour on E. 38th St. At the Route 40 accident scene, three feet north of the present twolane road another two-lane strip is under construction. When com- | pleted, the roadway will be the equivalent of two one-way roads running side by side. George Jacobs, 32, of 2730 N. Dearborn St. operator of the heavy truck, a combination road grader and sprinkler, told deputy sheriffs he was on the left side of the old road, backing slowly while sprinkling the newly-laid, straw-covered concrete roadway, when Mr. Baker's | light coach crashed into the rear. Mr. Baker was driving on the left | side of the road at a “very high |

| “Lady

Owen Wister “The Virginian, Author, Is Dead

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R. I, July 21 (U. P.).—Owen Wister, novelist, author of “The Virginian,” died today at Crowfield, his summer home here. Death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage. He was stricken yesterday. He was 78 a week ago today. At the deathbed were his daughter. Mrs. Walter Stokes of North Kingstown and Philadelphia, and three sons, Owen J. of New York City, Charles K. B. and William R, both of Philadelphia. He also leaves another daughter, Mrs. Andrew Dasbury of New Mexico. Wister came here from New Yor City July 8 for the summer, as on been his custom for a decade. Funeral services and burial be held at his home. Mr. Wister’s “Philosophy. Wantley.” “U. 8. Grant, a Baltimore.”

NEW ATHLETIC FIELD ORDERED

will

books included “The Dragon of “Red Men and White.” Biography,” and |

Board Plans vs Spurs Center For Brookside Park | said that the Treasury was carrying |

Extension.

The Park Board launched plans |

to develop the extension of into a complete

today Brookside Park athletic area. The Board ordered Superintendent A. C. Sallee, Engineer Ed Perry and Recreation Director H. W. Middlesworth to lay out and develop 34 acres west of Sherman Drive and south of 21st St. Mr. Middlesworth recommended installation of two softball diamonds, saying “we have received

Bryn Mawr, Pa. |

| ernment, | constitutional.

STATE SALARIES HELD TAXABLE

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

TAX on Government pay called constitutional,

SEC moves against Indianapolis Power & Light holding firm,

REPUBLIC “cultivated” editors, probers hear.

TVA strife spreads to committee hearings.

ROOSEVELT catches 30-pound blue jack.

INDIANA wheat allotment is 1,481,810 acres. (Page 25.)

FILM monopoly charged Federal suit (Page 6).

Government Pay Is Not

Immune, Treasury Says WASHINGTON, July 21 (U. P.).—

opinion today advised the Treasury that legislation providing reciprocal Federal and state taxation of Govsalaries and securities is

In an opinion written by Assistant Attorney General James W, Morris in charge of the tax division, ihe Deperimen said that such legn, recommended by President Tt in a special message (o | Congress last session, would come | wisisin the purview of the 16th | Amendment which authorizes Con- | gress to tax income * from whatever source.’ I At a press conference Acting Secretary of Treasury Roswell Magill

| on a study of taxation, concentrat- | ing particularly on the question of | tax exemptions in preparation for the new tax legislation at the next session of Congress. “The tax exempt situation is one thing we are going into particularly, because it obviously is going to be an issue,” he said. Mr. Magill said the Treasury was following routine in studying possible new sources of revenue, but would not say whether the Administration would seek imposition of new taxes at this time.

No Prohibition Found

many requests for additional soft-

ball facilities, and they are among |

“We would be derelict in our duty if we did not study and have avail-

| rate of speed” and made no attempt | the most popular facilities of the able new sources which might be

to stop. the truck operator told dep- | uties. Mr. Jacobs said he was steer-

park system.’ Mr. Sallee suggested that Pogue's |

| tapped for revenue, but as to whether this is the time to enact new

{ing the truck while standing on the {| Run be dammed to provide an ice | levies is a matter that will be de-

running board and was knocked | beneath the vehicle by the impact of He was uninjured. | Deputies reported there were no signs of skid marks from Mr. Baker's car and said they believed the driver may have been asleep at the time of the accident. which oc(Continued on Page Three)

| |

Lupe Sues Her ‘John-ce’ for |

Divorce Again

| dainty haymaker in the direction of

turn—had her third divorce suit on file today egainst her “John-ee.” Twice before, the Johnny Weismullers have gone to the divorce court, only to kiss and make up’ But this time Miss Velez insisted that she never would return to the

man she used to call her “Love-lee Brute.” Miss Velez charged Johnny with being morose, sullen and cruel. She said he was so jealous he didn’t even want her to go to the beauty parlor

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| skating rink. A bicycle track already has been |

built in the park. The Board asked Mr. Middlesworth if a baseball diamond or foot-

ball field would be necessary in the |

athletic center, but Mr. Middlesworth pointed out those facilities already are available at Brookside Park proper. A petition to operate a confectionery concession at the park was taken under advisement.

SUIT ASKING $130,000 FILED AGAINST STATE

A suit to collect $130.000 from the

| State of Indiana was filed in Su-

HOLLYWOOD, July 21 (U. P).— | | Lupe Velez, who has tossed many a

perior Court 3 today. The action was brought by the Old National Bank, Evansville. m behalf of the estate of Richard W. Martin. The suit charges that the State owes the money to the Martin estate in connection with building of a State road in Crawford County in 1923. Mr. Martin was a road contractor and before his death claimed the State Highway Commission had failed to pay him in full on his contract. State Highway Commission officials said they knew nothing of the suit and declined to comment.

HUGHES, COMPANIONS | EXTEND HULL THANKS

(Early Story, Page 13)

WASHINGTON, July 21 (U. P.) — Howard Hughes and his globe-cir-{cling crew came to Washington by | plane today to thank personally Secretary of State Hull for co-operation of his department in the round-the-world feat. More than 2000 persons gathered at Washington airport to greet the fliers. Their plane arrived almost an

| termined by President Roosevelt and Secretary Morgenthau when they | return to Washington,” he said. “It is believed that there can no | longer be found in the decisions of the Supreme Court any rule of c¢ontinuing authority which would raise | a constitutional prohibition against | the Federal income tax to state | bondholders, officers and employees,” [Vs report said. “Indeed, the trend set by the more | recent decisions, and the principles therein enunciated, might well be (Continued on Page Six)

PRICE THREE CENTS

PICKABACK OFF TO N. Y. AFTER

ATLANTIC HOP

Plane Stops Briefly at Montreal After 2850-

Mile Hop From Ireland;

Hours in Air.

AVOIDS NEWFOUNDLAND

LANDING

Takes Off From Shannon River on Mother

Ship as Inventor Watches;

Plans

Return Via Azores.

MONTREAL,

July 21 (U.

P.).—The British Imperial

Airways seaplane Mercury landed here at 9:15 a. m. (Ine

dianapolis Time) today after a

2850-mile nonstop survey

flight across the Atlantic from Foynes, Ireland, and at 11:59 a. m., after refuelling, took off on the 330-mile hop to Port

Washington, N. Y.,

its destination. Capt. Donald C. T. Bennett,

the pilot, hoped to reach

the landing base in Manhasset Bay at Port Washington at

about 2 p. m.

$400,000 FORT PROJECT 0. K.

National Facilities to Be Provided By WPA Program.

A $400,000 WPA improvement

: | project, the first step in a program The Justice Department in a formal | p

to enlarge and develop Ft. Harrison so that it can be used as a National Guard training camp, was an-

nounced today by Carl Kortepeter, Marion County WPA Administrator. The project, he said, calls for enlarging the barracks, providing an entirely new water supply and purification system, extending the road and street system. enlarging the parade grounds, and adding to the sanitary and storm sewers. About 700 men will be employed for from eight months to a year ana the WPA grant for the work is $359,400. The War Department will furnish the balance, Mr. Kortepeter said, adding: “This is the first step toward making Ft. Benjamih Harrison a training grounds for our Indiana National Guardsmen instead of sending them off to Ft. Knox, Ky, and losing all the business that attends such large encampments. “The water supply system, the barracks and the streets and roads we will build will put the reservation on a more even basis with other reservations. There still are hundreds of acres out there to be developed.

FINDS NORTH SIDE MAN DEAD IN GARAGE

John G. Geiger, 69-year-old businessman, was found dead today in the garage at his home, 20 Meridian Place. He was head of The Geiger Co., downtown electrical appliance store. The body was found by his wife, Mrs. Lena Geiger. The ignition of Mr. Geiger's car had heen turned on. The gasoline tank was empty. Dr. Hugh Thatcher, deputy coroner, said Mr. Geiger had been killed by carbon monoxide about eight hours earlier. He said he would return a suicide verdict. A son, Hans Geiger, said his father had been worried about business and had been ill.

Health Program Action

the lines of job insurance under | social security, is now emerging as (a matter discussed by the people as well as the experts. In some American form, a new kind of compulsory, Government-administered “life” insurance for the living, paying the medical bills when the great disaster of illness comes, seems almost sure to become a part of our social order. The prevailing feeling among physicians, as crystailized by leaders of the American Medical Association, is opposed to any change in the usual system of individual engagement of doctors on a fee basis. ‘State medicine” is anathema to most of them, although

hour late because of delay in tak-|a leaven of growing hundreds, the

ing from Newark Airport. Mr. Hull, calling attention to the universality of the acclaim which followed Mr. Hughes’ flight, said that a similar attitude by world peoples toward commercial and political relationships would add greatly to the

informal committee of physicians meeting in New York today, favors and is expected to indorse formally thé general health plan of the conference. Organized medicine undoubtedly had impressed upon it, at the Con-

ference just cloggd, the extraordi-

By WATSON DAVIS Director of Science Service WASHINGTON, July 21.—The great problem of medical care for all has been projected by the three-day National Health Conference here into a rnajor position among the issues before the nation. Some phases of the $850,000,000 health program outlined by the Government experts undoubtedly will come before the next Congress, and some provisions may rush to enactment with unanimous approval just as anticancer funds were voted by the last Congress.

Medical insurance, modeled along®—

nary fact that there is more demand for their commodity of disease prevention and treatment than they can supply. They were told that hundreds of practicing physicians are partially unemployed—with office hours too often leisure hours— while millions go untreated. It is a gigantic problem of distribution. The public is calling for the doctor and trying to work out the best way to pay him. This is an old personal problem that is becoming a national issue. It is one that everyone will hear more about in the months to come. The A. M. A. attack was led by Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the A. M. A's journal. Miss Josephine Roach, committee chairman, in summarizing the results of the three days, asserted that the conference had shown itself, “with insignficant exceptions,” in favor of providing more widespread medical benefits to a larger share of the population. $

® The four-engined pickaback

plane made the flight to Mon« jie one of several survey planned by imperial a this summer, in 20 hours and 19 minutes, aver-

eginig about 141 miles an hour

Sa Training

in the face of light head-

winds. The Meicury took off from its mother plane, the Maia, at 1 p. m. yesterday.

500 See Arrival

A crowd of more than 500 persons watched the ship drop to the St. Lawrence River and glide to the Boucherville Air Base where an experienced crew waited to refuel the plane for the 330-mile flight to Port Washington, N. Y. The plane, upper component of the Short-Mayo composite aircraft, was laden with half a ton of news= papers and photographs and news- . reels of the visit of King Georges and Queen Elizabeth to Paris. Officials of Canadian National Airways and Trans-Canada Airlines, Government inspectors and customs men greeted Pilot Bennett and Radio Operator A. J. Coster as they climbed out of the plane. Express and postal authorities took charge of that part of the plane's cargo of mail and pictures destined for Canadian points.

Made Shortcut

Pilot Bennett had intended a first to land at Botwood, Newfound« land, but as he left Foynes, Ireland, he had been given discretion to fly directly to Montreal, if he thought it advisable. Pilot Bennett had saved about 100 miles by cutting the corner of Newfoundland instead of flying by way of Botwood, it was reckoned here. He reported that he had covered much of the Atlantic route at 9000 feet, bucking light head winds. The plane averaged about 144 miles for the Atlantic portion of its flight. It was expected that the plane would be here only an hour or so before it started for New York. It was to be a round trip flight, a test flight in anticipation of regue lar trans-Atlantic service next sume mer. Pilot Bennett had instruce tions from Maj. Robert H. Mayo, ine ventor of the plane, and the co-op-erating British Air Ministry, to fly back to Foynes, in the River Shane non, by way of Botwood, the Azores Island and Lisbon. He will make similar round trips in August and September.

Two One

The Mercury took off in the air over the Shannon yesterday from its mother-seaplane, with 1000 gallons of gasoline and half a ton of newspapers, photographs and news reels of the visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth to

Planes as

| Paris.

By Congress Forecast

(Editorial, Page 18)

The Maia, with the Mercury perched on top, rose smoothly from the river for the start of the flight. The planes were locked and syne chronized by a highly secret device which Inventor Mayo had been working on for years in co-operae-tion with the Air Ministry. As the planes rose, the four moe tors of the Mercury ~psrated syne chronously with the four motors of the Maia, so that to all purposes it was a flight of one biplane—the Maia forming the lower plane, the Mercury the upper—with eight noe tors. In the air, the Maia straightened out. The secret locking apparatus was released, and the Mercury shot out 1'nder its own power from the Mais back. By taking off in the air, 1. was able to carry a much greater ,ay load than would have been possible had it taken off from the water—or, if a land plane, from a flying field. Inventor Watches

Inventor Mayo, Royal Air Force and Imperial Airways Co. officials, watched the takeoff, At the last moment, Pilot Bene nett was instructed that he might continue on to Montreal if he wante= ed to, instead of landing at Botwood Harbor, the official first stopping place on the North American side. Radio Operator Coster maintained contact with the Air Ministry at London, ships at sea and eventually stations on the North American side as the Mercury wens steadily on.

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