The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, October 29, 1931, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2

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TXATT&IOUTXI SEX2-T7EE3LY JOU&CTAL
THURSDAY, OCT. 29,-1931.
-Milton Balchazar was visiting with
friends in Murray for a time on last
Saturday afternoon.
Elmer Philpot was looking after
some business matters in Weeping
Water on last Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lemon were
over to Uncoln on Uut Sunday, driv
ing in their car to visit with their
friend. Miss Blanche Creamer.
Albert Popo of Lincoln, accom
panied by the good wife were visiting
with their old time friends and rela
tives in Nehawka on last Sunday.
D. C. Rhoden, sr., of Murray is re
ported as being1 quite poorly and
while everything is being done . he
does not show the Improvement
which is desired.
Charles Snyder of Hamburg, Iowa,
and who has made it a practice to
come to Cass county to pick corn
every fall is here again this fall and
at work for the farmers.
A. O. Cisney was over to Harting
ton recently where he took a load of
apples for the people There and for
which he found a ready sale as
there were no apples grown there
this summer. : -
Arthur Wolph and family were
guests on last Saturday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray C.
Pollard and wife for the evening and
i upper and also their guests at a
moving picture show at the auditor
ium. --w ir.n' ' :
Henry Thef te , who has been kept
at his home an! away from his work
on account ,ot rheumatism is reported
as being much better at this time,
but not as yet able to work. How
ever he was able to be down town on
laat.JMonday.
Mrst John O. Yeiser and husband
werei guests for the day last Sun
day, at the: home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. F Sturm and wife, and while Mr.
Yeiser was compelled to return home
to lock after his business, Mrs. Yeis
er remained for a longer visit.
Albert Wolfe and daughter, Gladys
were guests for the day and for 'a
very' fine dinner at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. MaxBeld of Weeping
Water last Sunday. The telephone
.exchange requires that. some one re
main and care for it. Sometimes it is
Albert, sometimes the wife and. some
times the daughter. On last Sunday
it fell to Mrs. Wolfe to look alter
the exchange.
The little baby of Don Rhoden, jr.,
which has been at the hospital at
Omaha for some time, and which
was very serious for many days is re
ported as being much improved at the
hospital, where it is being cared Tor
and it is hoped that there will be
such improvement, that the little one
can be returned home wihin a week
or so. The little one which was at
the Methodist hospital was sick with
pneumonia.
Sorghum for Sale.
Eighty-five cents per gal. furnish
your own container, ZVz miles north
of. Nehawka. Elmer -Philpot. . -3"i
Received Serious Injury,
While R. M. Pierce was doing
some moving with an obstreperous
span of unmanagable mules they be
came frightened at some object or
fancied object and put: their idea
into action by running away. In
their so doing they threw Mr. Pierce
from the mower and a portion of the
same hatching him on the hip, caus
ing a very serious contusion, which
required a number of stitches by
their family physician, Dr. D. E.
Hansen to close. However while Mr.
Pierce was quite severely injured he
is getting along nicely but it will
be some time before he is well again.
Likes Nehawka Fine.
On the tenth of October, 1930, Dr
1). E. Hansen came to Nehawka a
stranger, and opened an office for
the practice of medicine, and has
remained and stuck close to the bus!
ness and has during the past twelve
months made many friends and has
found a very fine practice during the
tine. Speaking of the town. Dr. Han
sen pays he likes the town and the
people and is well satisfied with his
location and the many friends which
he has made.
Enjoyed Friends on Sunday.
On last Sunday at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Nelson Berger, were as
sembled a number of friends and
relatives who with Mr. and Mrs. Ber
ger enjoyed the gathering very much.
There were 'there for the occasion
and for the very friendliness which
was served Mr." and Mrs. Johnson of
Lincoln and also Mrs. F. W. Wilkins
and daughter, Algera, also of Lin
cln, Mrs. Wilkins being sister of
Mrs. Berger.
Has Completed His Wcik.
Elmer Philpot who has a large
field cf cane or otherwise known as
sorghum, has been very busy during
the past few weeks making molasses.
and was assisted by the son and wife.
they completing the work late last
week. He has made a very fine qua!
ity of native molasses, much of which
he ha3 now on hand and which he is
offering for sale, but you must bring
viir containers, and better make
them large mouthed ones as the mo
lasses is thick, and especially when
the weather is cold. '
Shipped 2C0 Kegs from North '
Robert Troop, living north of Ne
hawka was in the. northern part of
Nebraska and southern South Dakota
where he purchased some two hun
dred head of hogs which he brought
to Nebraska City where he sold them
to farmers. He and his father, W. O.
Troon were over to Nebraska City for
the day on last Saturday.
Held Mn ionic School.
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this
wrrk there was held In Nehawka at
the Masonic hall a school of instruc
tion in Masonry, that the work
might be uniform throughout the en
tires lodges of the order. Dr. Leiefct
crswalner of Omaha who is grand'eus
tcdisn of the order in -Nebraska was
here and gave the instructions on
the -Work of the order and tne secret
work as well as on the general work
and many of the order here were
present to enjoy the lectures and to
profit by the explanation of the
work. .
Nehawka xnd Coirj nicely.
' The Nehawka band which was or-
gonized some time ago has been mak
ing good progress and have secured
Mr. James Honsen of Omaha as their
teacher, who comes wall recommend
ed and it is hoped the band will make
good progress In their practices, '.
Ships His Cattle. " , '
Eugene Nutzman shipped a num
ber of truck loads of very fine fat
cattle to, the South Omaha market on
last Snnriav nleht and also received
some feeders .which he is having
n laced in the feed lots to take the
place of the fat ones.
Mrs. Opp Still Poorly.
rtnn anrl Mrs. John Kettle-
hilt were over to Omaha on last Sun
tfiev went to visit Mrs.
Opp who is at the hospital, and found
her about the same, anno oetier in
some respects and not so good in
r naro Thov had honed that she
might return home soon, but are not
being promised any definite time by
the attending physicians.
Both Make Visits.
Afr and Mrs. John G. Wunderlich
wpro nvpr to Avocft on last Sunday,
drlvlnsr in their auto and going to
see Mr. Louis Carsten, who when they
arrived there round tnat tnai gentle
man had come to Nehawka -to visit
friends and relatives and that Mr.
and Mrs. ' Wunderlich were among
the ones which he was to visit.
Enjcyed Grand Lodge Very Much.
On the return of Louis Ross and
wife, delegates respectively of the
O. O. F. and the Daughters of Ke-
beckah, and John O. Wunderlich and
a member of the grand lodge and
Miss Laura Easter as member of the
Rebeckah assembly, they were all
very enthuisastic in their report of
the convention which was composed
of 1 over 1400 members of the
grand lodge and the grand assembly
of the Rebeckahs.
Julius Quite An Artist.
With a few willow switches and a
board and a few nails, Julius Ruh
man manufactured two very nice
flower stands which he had on ex
hibition in the grocery window of the
Sheldon Department Store and which
are works of art. Better, take a
glimpse at them and see how you
like them.
Could Not Hake It Work.
While Fred Hansen was coming
to town and Herbert Stoll was going
to the country the latter with a hog
crate on the side of his car, they were
rounding the corner at the pines
northwest of Nehawka and both
thinking that they were going to
make -passage all right,-and would,
but - the hog crate which projected
and catching, drew them together
with a slight shaking np and also
some damage to both the cars. How
ever they were fortunate in that
neither were injured.
Saw Mill Now Operating.
The saw mill which Forest Cun
ningham has been working on for
the past more than a week is now in
operation. Mr. Cunnigham got things
straightened out and was able to saw
a few boards on last Saturday even
ing. He will take care of the wants
of the people who may want native
lumber made from their trees.
Entertained at Cmaha.
Alfred C. Anderson and wife en
tertained at their home in Omaha on
last Sunday, and had as their guests
many of their relatives and friends.
There were there from Nehawka Al
bert Anderson and family, Louis
Ross and family, Dan Anderson and
family, Arthur Wolph and wife and
their daughter, Evelyn, who are
spending several weeks here from
their home at Long Beach, also Mrs.
Bedella Stander and daughter. Miss
Gertrude of Louisville. A very fine
time was had as well as the very fine
dinner which was served.
United Brethern in Christ.
Otto Engebretson, pastor.
OTTERBEIN CHURCH
Bible church school 10 a. m.
Morning worship service 11 a. m.
(Visitors day).
Prayer meeting at G. A. Murdoch
Wednesday night.
Ladies Aid Thursday Nov. S at
Mrs. Murdoch.
Young Peoples Christian Endea
vor meets at Guy Murdoch Friday,
Oct. 30th. The young peopde are re
quested to come dressed in their
work clothes as there's a surprise in
store for you. Everyone welcome.
NEHAWKA CHURCH
Bible church school 10 a. m.
Evening Gospel service 7.30 p. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. will have a weiner
roast and Hallowe'en party this
week. Th'ey will meet at the par
sonage Nov. 5. We were glad for a
fine group of young- people at our
last ' meeting. The boys club went
on an observation tour last Saturday.
Roy Snyder received the prize for
observing the most things while on
the tour.
The Ladies Aid meets with Mrs.
J. Lloyd Nov. 4 th.
Sunday is visitors day in our
churches. We want you to visit at
one of our. services. Come we will
look for you.
"The loving; kindness of Jehovah
is from everlasting to everlasting up
on them that fear Him, and His
righteousness unto children's child
ren." Ps. 10S:17.
When and where did yea over buy
SCO sheats at typstrrittr psptr for
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paper, we hire etcajrt cz stm,
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Tbrtiay, Friiay, Sttarday
Thomas Ueighan and Bardie Albright
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You will wonder,' grasp and . thrill at
this unusual picture of modern days.
Adults, ZOt Children, 0
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell in
T-Tcrcly ricry Ann
Vnn will love Janet Gavnor in this
big special. First show Sunday, at 7.
Adults, ZZt Children, 10
R1TZ
Friday and Saturday
HICHAUD MX in
See Richard Dix in action. Also Serial,
Comedy and News. 3 shows Sat. nite.
Adults, ZOt Children, 10
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Constance Bennett in
Her greatest picture. Don't' miss it.
Sunday Matinee at 2:30 Nites, 7-9.
Matinee Prices Evening Prices
NEW LIGHTS FOB STATUE
New York Mile. Josee Laval;
daughter of the French premier;
waved her hand over a silver globe
atop the Empire State building and
the statute of Liberty in New York
harbor was bathed in light. As a
farewell gesture of good will before
sailing for home, the French girl
turned on a new floodlighting sys
tem which Increases the illumination
of the famous statute, a gift from
the people of her nation forty-five
years ago.
Josse, who termed the ceremony a
thrillina- climax to a magnificent
day" of sightseeing, was accompanied
by Former Governor Smith and by
Major General Ely and other mili
tary attaches. As if by magic, my
riads of lights suddenly engulfed the
statue. Its unsightly shadows, the
double chin, and crow's feer, which
marred"- its beauty under the'' old
lighting system, had disappeared.
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IIEITEILXIAJX SE2I0TJSLY
ILL FOLLOWDTO STBOXE
Arlington. Oct. 27. Fred Hener-
man. wealthy farmer and a director
of the Washington County Fair as
sociation, is critically ill at his home
cast of Arlington following a stroke
of paralysis.
NOTICE OF REFEREE'S SALE
Pursuant to an order of the Dis
trict Court of Saunders County, Ne
braska, made and entered on .the
22nd day of October, 1931, in an
action pending therein , in which,
Nora Folsom and husband, Guy Fol
som; Margie Gilbert, a widow, are
plaintiffs, and David Wagner and
wife, Abbie Wagner; Edward Wag
ner and wife, Sarah Wagner; Harry
F. Wagner and wife, Anna Wagner;
William Wagner and wife. Rose
Wagner; Josie Nichols and husband,
James Nichols; Amanda Morgan and
husband, Morris Morgan; Jesse Wag
ner and wife, Neddie Wagner; Addie
B. Gilbert and husband, John Gil
bert; Emma Graves and husband,
Hod Graves; Nancy Graves and hus
band, Wallace Graves; Frank . G.
Arnold and wife, Effie D. Arnold,' are
defendants, ordering and directing
the undersigned Referee in said cause
to sell the following; described real
estate, to-wit:
The South half S) of Lot
two (2) In the Northwest Quar
ter (NW) of the Northwest
Quarter (NW). Section seven
(7), Township twelve (12),
Range ten (10) Cass County. '.'
Nebraska, containing five acres
(5 A.)
f And. the North half (N) of
Lot three (3), in the North
west Quarter (NW4) of the
Northwest quarter (NW,) of '
Section seven (7), Township
twelve (12), Range ten (10),
Cass Cpunty, Nebraska, contain
ing five acres (5 A.)
And, all of Lot five (5), In the
Southwest quarter (SW ) of
the Northwest quarter (NW)
cf Section seven (7), Township
twelve (12), Range ten (10),s
Cass County, Nebraska, contain
ing ten acres (10 A.)
And. the West half (WH) of
the Southwest quarter (SW4)
of Section seven (7), Township
twelve (12), Range ten (10),
Cass County, Nebraska, contain
ing sixty and 28100 acres .
(60.28.)
Notice is hereby given that on the
30th day of November, 131, at the
hour of 3 o'clock p. m., at the Wag
ner farm, one mile east and one mile
south of the Post Office In Ashland.
Nebraska, the undersigned Referee
will sell the above described real es
tate at public sale, to the highest
bidder, for cash. Bald sale to be held
open for one hoar. -Dated
this ISth day of October,
JOE MAYS.
' Referee.
J. C. WtVANT.
Plaintiff's Attorney,
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Prom Monday's Dally
- Mrs. C. P. Curtis of Sedalia, Mis
souri, it here to spend a few days
visitcig at the bom ox -her sister,
Mrs. Va! Burkle and family.
Judge James T. Begley and Court
Reporter Glenn Woodbury, were at
Nebraska City today where they at
tended a session of the district courts
Mr. and Mrs. Searl 8. Davis and
children were at Lincoln Sunday
where they spent the day at the home
of Mr. Davis' mother,'- Mrs. Mary M.
Davis. : ...
Walter L. Pierpont, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce of Omaha,
with Mrs. Pierpont, were here Sun
day to visit with friends and look
ing over the city.
Mr. mnd Mrs. H, D. Royal, Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Deriege and Miss Nellie
Nerieg of Lincoln were here Sunday
to epend a few hours visiting with
Judge C. L. Graves and going to
Rock Bluffs for a short visit.
Elmer Briggs, who for the past
two years has been engaged as a
baker at the Wentworth bakery in
this city, departed, Sunday for Good
land, Kansas, where he is to be lo
cated in the future. 'Mr. Briggs is an
expert baker and will give Goodland
the services of a splendid qualified
baker. . . ;
Prom Tuesoay s oati -
Attorney C. E; 'Tefft of Weeping
Water was in theeity today for a
short time attending , to some mat
ters in the county and district courts.
Mrs. William Hirnter and daugh
ter. Miss Helen, who have been visit
ing' at Callaway, Nebraska, and oth
er points of Interest fn,the west, re
turnd home last evening.
Mrs. Belle Stoner of Glenwood,
came over Monday afternoon to visit
for a short time at .the home of her
son, Hillard Grossman, returning this
afternoon to the IoWa city.
Mrs. Blanche Potter, who is en
gaged in the regional offices of the
U. S. Veterans bureau, at Lincoln,
was here today for a visit with her
parents, Mr." and Mrs. 'Ward Clark
and her little son. "J
John McCarver and Mr. and . Mrs.
Ed Ingram of Louisville, were In the
city Monday for a short time, Mr.
McCarver coming in' to make claim
fcr the compensation of his son, Rob
ert McCarver, who was drowned in
the Louisville flood of 1923.
Prom Wednesday's Ttmlly
Fred Ethredge of Greenwood was
in the city today, to. look, after . some
matters of business and visiting with
the old time friends. '
County Judge A: H. 'Buxbury and
Attorney A. L. Tidd were at Lincoln
today where they sjipent a short time
looking after som, matters of . busi
ness. , r .J
John Lutr Is Spending a' few days
at St. Louis witb'-kne daughter. Mrs.
Harry King end amily and . enjoy
ing the many points of Interest in
the Missouri city, J '.
ili nEEE TCIKi'CUT OFF ATJt I
v.' iflg.t .l.iiJ ii. '
. . Philadelphiar vOfliciaJs , of , radio
station WELK said a University of
Wisconsin football banquet her Sat
urday night had been cut off the air
three times because of two 'damns"
and a hell." They, denied. newspaper
reports published Sunday that the
cutoffs were due to two '.damns" and
an explanation' 1 astb why Senator
Robert LaFollette xf Wisconsin fail
ed to accompany, the team to Phila
delphia for its game" with the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.'
' The explanation for the senator's
absence was given in a talk by
Qeorge Levis,, business manager of
the team, who said: "Senator Bob
is staying home for an interesting
reason there's going to be an in
crease in the LaFollette family,"
Senator LaFollette married his sec
retary, the former Miss Rachel Wil
son Young of Washington, Septem
ber 17, 1930. '
J. P. Begley, announcer at WELK
denied that mention of the expected
birth in the LaFollette family ac-
counted for one of the cut offs. "They j
can talk about that all night If they ;
want to." he said. "There's noth-;
Ing wrong with that. Athletic Direc
tor Little and Hugh L. Jamleson used
the word 'damn' and a third speaker,
said 'hell' and that accounts for the,
three Interruptions to the broadcast."
Jamieson is president of the New
York chapter of Wisconsin alumni.
ISLAND OF CYPRUS BEV0LT
Nicosia, Island of Cyprus Despite
the presence of military, naval and
air reinforcements and the arrest of
a number of ringleaders, the island
of Cyprus still was seething with re
volt Sunday night, and fresh out
breaks occurred during the day. A
crowd of 6,000 persons attending the
funeral of a youth' killed in the first
day's rioting last Week attacked po
lice here In the capital, hurling stones
and shouting maledictions . against
the Britiesh rulers. Bluejackets
from the cruiser London, which ar
rived Saturday were fired on at Acn
by mobs agitating for union with
Greece and the sailors retaliated with
six shots, but inflicted no known
fatalities. Several police and rioters
were . injured in jotber encounters
there. .
Greek ' mnnifestants assembled in
large numbers in Larnaca Saturday
night and attacked British troops
with stones, crying their defiance.
The soldiers opened fir and forced
the mob to disperset The number of
casualties was not. known. A fresh
movement started, in Morphou on the
north coast and lorries bearing troops
UTAVA tisaltff It -
EIGHT OLE 0Z0VE
- ; ltjtuesah cnuscn
Sunday, Nov. 2nd. ;
9:30 a.'m. Sunday school..
10:30 English services. Harvest
Home and Reformation .festival. ...
' Tfc l(ni Trtii TisvaTtmeat i
egured to torn out aryttisj frets
Hational Cabinet
Wins in Britain
by a landslide
Bamsay UacDonali's Own Seat How
ever Has Not Been Beported
Laboxites Lose
London, Oct. 28. A smashing vic
tory for Ramsay MacDonald's na
tional government was indicated at
daybreak today on the basis of re
turns from 288 parliamentary con
stituencies. Supporters of the national gov
ernment won 261 seats in the house
of commons, the opposition had 25
and two winners were independents.
A total of 327 seats remained to be
reported, one of them being Mr. Mac
Donalds. This report is expected
later today. Every member of the
national cabinet so far has been re
turned to power. -
The conservatives won by far the
lion's share of the victory. Of the
261 supporters of the government,
222 are conservative members, four
are national labor members and 35
are liberals.
Only two cutright advocates cf
the liberal palocies of David Lloyd
George survived the avalanche.
, Near Conservative Majority.
The overwhelming victory of the
national government forces wan made
plain by the latest tabulation of the
popular vote, which showed conser
vatives. 4,909,328; national labor,
2.869.305; communist, 37.132; li
beral. 8 1 5. S 40. The vote so far Rives
MacDonald the "doctor's mandate"
he asked.
. . The conservative preponderance
indicated It might be possible for
that party to dominate the next par
liament. With less than half the re
turns in, their 222 seats put them
only 86 short of a majority.
The government foices swept out
of office labor's most important lead
ers, chief among them being Arthur
Henderson, foreign secretary of the
MacDonald labor cabinet, who broke
with his lifelong friend and refused
to follow him into the national min
istry. J. H. Thomas, dominions secretary
who stuck by Mr. MacDonald, show
ed the other side of the picture by
again winning his seat in the house
Drift in Labor Centers.
Chief among the surprises of the
election was the strength shown by
the national government in some of
the industrial constituencies where,
labor was supposed to be nrnily en
trenched. Even the labor strongholds
In Lancashire felt the drift.
The labor members who formed
Mr. MacDonald's last labor ministry
were almost all turned out of the
house of commons.
' Among these were Miss Margaret
Bondfield, the nation s .first woman
cabinet member, who had the. labor
portfolio; Tom Shaw," war; Herbert
Morrison, transport; J. R. tjlynes;
home secretary: Arthur V. -Alexan
der, first lord of the admiralty; H. B.
Lees-Smith president of the board of
education, and Sir Ben Turner, min
ister of mines. ,
Hosier Defeated.
Partial returns showed only two
former labor ministers retaining
their seats. These were George Lans
bury. public works, and Sir Staf
ford Cripps, solicitor-general.
Nancy Lady Astor, Virginia-born
member of parliament, running as a
conservative, was returned from Ply
month with a majority of about ten
thousand comparing with the bare
211 with which she scraped through
in the last general election in 1929.
Sir Oswald Mosley. wealthy young
chief of the "new party" who cam
paigned under - tne protection of
strong-armed guards, failed to retain
his house of commons seat. World
Herald. GAINS FOB HJTLEB FORCES
Dessau, Germany Adolf Hitler's
national socialist party scored heav-
llv In Ilia mmmnnal plrtlona in the
state of Anhalt, where it captured
only two seats In the 127 elections.
The nazis" won twelve seats at
Kernburg, ten at Zerbt, nine at Bal
lenstedt and fifteen in the city of
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Atlantic Air Service
Still Distant Prospect
Sir Arthur Witten Brown, First Man to Fly Ocean
with Sir John Alcock, Says Trans-Atlantic -Flights
Are Still Stunts.
Completion
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'Dramatic End cf First: .Atlantic Flight. - Q
Asserting that trans-Atlantic air crossing will aavar become prac
ticable until a new type in design and construction of aircraft is
developed. Sir Arthur Witten Brown, who flew the Atlantic in 1919
with Sir John Alcock, has admitted that he was wrong in his predic
tioas of 12 years ago. At that time Sir Arthur prophesied that by 1930
trans-Atlantic flying would be but a routine matter. However, on land
ing at New York the other day, for a visit, the pioneer airman declared
that ocean flying is still a gamble, notwithstanding the rapid strides
made by aviation in the last few years. Sir Arthur believes that with
the present design and construction regular air service across the
Atlantic will never be possible. The orthodox type of airplane has
en developed to its highest point of efficiency and still it is not good
enough, he declares.
New York, October 26. Since
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh mada
his spectacular flight from New York
to Paris in 1927, much has been said
and written about the prospect of a
regular trans-Atlantic air service.
But it is not generally known that
such a service was predicted eight
years before the famous Lone Eagle
fligbt by the first man that ever
crossed the gtay Atlantic wilderness
in an airplane. .
That man. Sir Arthur Whit ten
Brown, now an electrical executive
on a visit to the United States, took
off with Sir John Alcock from New
foundland, in 1919, in a plane that
beside the present samples of air
craft development would seem like
a frail box-kite, and successfully
negotiated the first air crossing of
the Atlantic.
It was considered something of
a ' miracle when the daring fliers
landed in an Irish bog, little the
worse for their rapid, if hazardoue,
passage from America.
Immediately the more optimisti;
advocates of 'aviation proceeded to
manufacture a Summer out of one
swallow. "The Atlantic has been
conquered," ' they said, and predict
ed that a few years would see trans
Atlantic flying as commonvlace as
inter-city automobile traffic.
Sir Arthur himself was no less
enthusiastic about the future of
aviation, but was far more conser
vative in his predictions, setting ten
years as the time it would take for
Che new mode of transportation to
be developed to a point where trans-
Atlantic flights would be a reason
Dessau. Several, were injured in 1
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able secure and frequent occurrence.
Sir Arthur's ten years have come
and gone. Old Man Atlantic has
been beaten by daring souls who
picked up his challenging gauntlet
and made geed many times since the
Brcwn-Alcock flight. But when Sir
Arthur landed in New York the
other day; he admitted that his pre
diction of twelve years ago had been
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Granted that the, Atlantic has
taken a few lickings, It must he con
ceded that it did not take the full
count. Planes will continue to beat
it, but it, also, will continue to have
its share of victories. In fact trans
Atlantic flights are still purely
stunts.
It is Sir Arthurs belief that al
though the present safety of planes
has been developed to a high degree.
the element of chance has not been
eliminated, nor will it bo eliminated
in the present type of plane con
struction. It is his opinion that avia
tion has progressed as far as it ever
will with the orthodox design and
the equipment available at this time.
Before trans-Atlantic air crossings
can be made with the same certain
ty that one makes them on an ocean
lines, there will have to be something
new in aircraft design.
Thus the man who predicted that
long ocean flights would be but a
routine matter in 1930 admits his
over-optimism and maybe he has put
his finger on the trouble In diagnos
ing the reason for the failure of his
prediction. After all, it is quite pos
sible that our aviation experts bare
been trying to scale a 100-foot wall
with a DO-foot ladder. ...
street fighting.
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