Coast-to-Coast j
Air Mail Dream
Is Now Reality
j
ft estbound Night Pilot Reaches
Omaha Ahead of Schedule
* —Easthound Plane Delayed
by Dense Clouds.
Pilot K. N. Allison, flylue east
ward. CheyrniiB to Omaha, arrived
at thi> Fort ( rook field here at 12:30
p. in., central standard time. He
carried approximately 300 pounds ot
mail, lie reimrted flying conditions
as excellent.
"Here she cornea!"
The word flew through the excited
crowd of 2,000 men and women at
11 Tuesday night when the red ami
green lights of tAc westbound plane
in the first day-and-night air mail
flight appeared in the esntren sky.
The roar of the motor grew as the
ship sailed majestically over the
field, brilliantly lighted by the 450,
000,000 candlcpower light, and in a
moment had made a perfect landing.
A cheer went up. "Hurrah for Dean
Smith.” Pilot Smith had brought the
mail from Chicago, 420 miles, in
exactly four hours, including a short
stop at Iowa City.
A mall attendant climbed to the
wing of the machine, unlocked a
compartment and began swiftly Toss
ing out the mail pouches, those
pouches which just 13 hours before
had left New York.
Pilot Is Nonchalant,
f Pilot Smith raisedTrotn tho cock
pit and clambdied to the ground. He
shook hands with Mrs. Victor Kaos.
“Hurrah for Dean Smith!” .The
hcer went up again. But the pilot
seemed unconscious of any reason
.Tor enthusiasm. He seemed rather
Yiored, though he had just made his
story by finishing the first lap of the
jjftrst night air mail in history.
»■ He shook hands with Second As
sistant Postmaster General llender
*8on, General Air Mail* Superintendent
3£gge and a few- others and then saun
tered smilelessly to the hangar.
C W ith the quieting nf tlie roar of the
-Incoming ship came the rising roar
T< * sister ship standing only a few
feet away, ready to plunge on through
the night.
* Already Jack Knight was arranging
himself comfortably in. the cockpit.
’ The men were putting the mail
pouches into this plane. They strap
ped down th*- cover arid leaped to
the ground. The engine roared loud
er. The signal was given. Jack raised
his hand. The ship moved, it sped
down the field in the glare of tho
flood light and was off. It. rose, gained
height, and headed west.
"Hurrah for Jack Knight."
Just eight minutes had elapsed since
Pilot Smith arrived. The westbound
mail was out of Omaha £0 minutes
ahead of schedule.
One of those who saw the plane
disappear in_the west was Mrs. Jack
Knight, the pilot’s wife. She and her
husband and two friends drove to the
■field in the Knight car.
Knight Almost I.ate.
It seemed, for a time, that Jack
wouldn t be on hand in time. IJ♦ ar
rived at the field just 10 minutes be
fore Pilot Smith ••aim in and had
barely time to jump into his flying
{••gs, bid his \vif«? goodb' and take
his place.
Pilot Smith took the place nf It.
O. Page, who was to have brought
the ship from Chicago, hut who was
sot well yesterday. Page will prob
ably fly the Chicagu-Omaha plane
-tonight.
Smith said he bad an excellent trip
and that he could see the 450,000,000
candlepower revolving beacon light
vt Fort Crook from a few miles west
of Des Moines and could f"llow tin*
lights marking the route with ease.
When the east bound plane with
Pilot Collison was forced down at
Laramie. W’yo., by fog and rain at
n yesterday and failed to reach Chey
enne by 8:3o, Pilot John Vag» r was
dispatched with another ship fr«*ni
Cheyenne eastward without picking
up the mall carried by the stranded
plane.
Yager arrived at the Fun Crook
field at 3:14 this morning. He had
been somewhat held back by winds.
All evening » ball, light-haired
young man had been sitting in the
office. He spoke only when spoken
to and then in few words. ll«.- was
called “Slim.”
"With the_ Word to o V.ig't was
coming find while tin* J 50 persons
still on the field gazed at the ap
proaching ship from th« west, this
young man who is If. T. Lewis, an
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We Can t
Wash
With Dirty
Water!
The condition now exist
ing is unfortunate anti j
works a severe handicap ,
both to ourselves and oui
customers. However, it I
js only temporary and t
will he normal within a j
short time.
Naturally we will be
! called upon to “speed
i up” after the water is
clear and we kindly ask
you to send your work in
early. Help us and we
will do our part.
Four Generations Celebrate
Chicago.—Four generations of one family recently held a reunion at the
home of .Mrs. Filward Reach, 720 North Central atentie, Austin. The worn
en, right to left, are Mrs. A. M. 'I'Jlcott of Wert, S. It., born on duly IKI'J;
Mrs. Reach, her daughter, born on Ueeembei1 I, IH7*2. and 'Mrs. t.eorge
Schneider of Cedar Rapids, la., born on February i, IH9fi. Jslie is i daugh
ter of Mrs. Reach. The fourth member of Jlte party is Kdward Schneider,
born on \nt%mber It, 1921.
Omaha filer, jumped into Ids flying
togs and ran to his "ship,” which
was soon roaring and seemed, like
Lewis, “ratin' to go.”
Due At Seaboards Today.
The mail was transfered in about
the same time as between the other
two planes, V wave of the hand but
no cheer from the now cold and sleepy
men and women, and then across the
field rati tlie ship, gracefully rising
into the air and headed for New
York, where it is scheduled to ar
rive at 3:15 this afternoon. The
other ship is due in San Francisco
at -Ifli this afternoon.
The unusual coldness of the weath
er made the crowd shiver. Overcoats
were plentiful among the spectators
Hundreds of automobiles were parked
at the. field.
Representatives of big aircraft cor
porations witnessed the events of 1b<
night. C. F. Redden, who operates
regular passenger planes between
Cleveland and Detroit, arrived late In
the- evening and declared the new
service “makes air developments in
Kurii|» Jook like nothing at all."
JJeut. 1!. S. Wright, chairman of
the- airways section, flew to Fort
Crook field j • sterday front Washim
ton, J». C., arriving nt 5 in the after
noon.
De;. into the swing of the business
w/'id. The Classified Ads will help
3-011 out of the rut.
Farmers Want
Electric Lights
Platte County Board Request
ed to Call Election for Rural
Power Bond Tssue.
S|>^cinl Dltpafoli to The Om*ha Bw.
Columbus, Neb,,' Aug. 22.—Initial
stops were taken by Platte county
farmers, through < petition to the
county Lioaril of supervisors, toward
the formation of the first Incorpor
ated rural 'electric light district In
tills section of Nebraska.
It is the intention of the farmers
to enter into a contract with the
Columbus Light, Heat and Power
company for the erection of transmis
sion lines and requesting the board of
supervisors to cal a special electibn
October it to vote a. *16,000 bond issue
for the building of the system.
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Smoiiih Day Baptist Church
Conference at North Coup
North Isnip. Neb., Aug. 22.—The
general conference of Ilia Seventh
I lay Baptist Church of America
opened at North Loup today with 260
delegates front all parts of the linked
States in attendance. There are 75
churches in the country. The North
Loup church is the only’ one in Ne
braska. There will be a week of ad
dresses, committee reports and con
ferences.
Start right now and let The Omaha
Bee Classified Ads help tide you over
the hard times.
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Premo Radiant Block Coal
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\
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The Standard of Comparison
THE BUICK SIX .
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In its beautiful three-passenger, six-cylinder
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9
No pains have been s pared to make this Road
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its upholstery and it is finished throughout
with skilled care.
%
I he silent and powerful Valve-in-Head Buick
motor kept youthful by its efficient lubrication
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LINCOLN
H C SIDLES PRES
OMAHA
LEE HUFF VICE PRES
SIOUX CITY
njJ.UARLEY BRANCH MGR
When better automobiles are built, Hulck will build them
Whistling to Stop on
Burlington at Columbus
Special llppiitrli to The Onuthit Hoe.
Columbus. Neb., Aug. 22.—The Bur.
lingtop will cease all whistling In the
city limits, if the city council desires
It, and ask no compromise steps, ac
cording to In formation conveyed by
Division Superintendent F. R. Mullen
to Major Julius Nichols.
Burlington freight trains have
ceased all whistling nt crossings,
while passenger trains haj'e toned
down their whistles.
Strict enforcement of the citj’ ordi
nance and its penalties prohibiting
trains from sounding their whistles
in the city is being temporarily with,
hehl pending a conference t*etw*een a
special committee of aldermen and
General Manager .lefferia of the
,J,nion Pacific.
To the .meantime, the Union Pa
ciflc, the road at which the ordinance
is primarily dirertd, refused until the
parley to stop whistling, hul did ay-ree
to tone down the volume of the
whistles .following continual com
plaints of hotel men. hospital* and
residence*.
Lake Erie Swimmer
to Try English Channel
New \ork.—Nailing from New Yyrk
on N. N, leviathan, f'orhls V Walker,
wlm recently swam across Lake Erie^
—a record of ?6 :!-4 miles In fresh e
ter—in 20 hours 15 minute*. I* going
to attempt to swim the English chan
nel.
PRICES
Cllwamthc
LOWEST
S&/YEAR
AND A HALF
to PAYJ
Our 3rd
Big Week!
Hundreds of new cuate
r mers have been brought
to Hartman * during the
Vast two week* of selling
—proof enough that there
are remarkable bargain
value* to he had during
this sale of greatly re
duced price*. Many, many
bargains still available.
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Bargains
Like These
Command Your
Attention!
Compare Quality, Prices:
Don’t Miss
This Sale!
If ;cu hate not as yet
. .,ll'ed at Hartman's to In
vestigate this tremendous
t'learance .Sale—you owe
it to yourself to do so
at once. Tou'll agree
w ith us when you see the
quality of the & t'lal of
ferings—and tto» as' n
•hingly low prices
Finest
of Home
Furnishings
Vou> 15% to 50% Off!
5-Piece
Louis XVI
Bedroom
Complete
Hen uMfill L. c ! <.
XVI M'ler-f Heil
r*»otn Suite in n’
tractive irMQUe
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mil bed. and chif
f-ni^r plios n T.x
r-llently built and
splendidly fin
ished, period
• d rs wer pulls.
$ 100 f>0 retail va!
ue at —
!59.2
* eite 'sent lloskrr
te milts ti nqltr.
Dining Chairs
AMractira Dlntr.f Chairs !n j
go.Jen or fumed oak finish. |
w • n u I n a 8p*r # ^ 0
‘.eh leather Mlp 5 TJ 9 8
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Exceptional Rug Values
\\ a ran t enumerate all our bargain? In rut- 'T*1'- »iil n't
permit. There are hundred? of similar value* to be had.
5^545^1
Y 3-Fiece, Metal
Bed Outfit \
I>. :?ns of people v :' take ■ V®
• art age of this berg a" <> I
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JM
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i cotton ntttreta Oft! jm
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9x12 Foot
Fiber Rugs
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fane) * order*. Here'* a \ sl
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sale
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elvet Ru^s
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_ Compare!
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Big Dresser Sale
>*-’-50 Prc*Mci p, mahogany finish.
» r «1« sign. no neat and
attractive: large, clear
mitror, fouv roomy *
drawers .
|)re**ars lllhiilmlftl *'%'*>. rlteire of * |ml
tsetts ik<ii*«• |M,M valaea •*< * .
Many inhere.
Shop Early- While Stocks Are Complete!
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I Complete 5 Pc. Walnut
Dining Room
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