Imperial Valley press., 1927-08-30
.AV|AT0RS
|. Land AT
BELGRADE
Schlee and Brock Report
No Difficulty on Trip
From Munich.
ROW OVER AIRMAN
Brock Claimed As Mate
BY Detroit Woman and
Another in Dayton.
ny United Press Leased Wire

BELGRADE, Aug. 30.--Tho
around the world monoplane Pride
of Detroit, enroute from Munich to
Constantinople, alighted here at
l1:5j A. NJ local time.
The plane alighted at Bechaniya
airdrome Immediately after cloud
burst which had driven waiting
c"owds to shelter.
Only government and airdrome
officials and the United States con-
sui were able to greet the flyers as
they climbed out. There was not
trace of fatigue about either William
S. Rrock or Edward F. Schlee, the
crew of the "Pride of Detroit.
Brock and Schlee shook hands all
around and Brock discussed their
flight from Munich with United
Press. He said they had no difficult
ty in following the Danube despite
the partially foggy and rainy wea-
tier.
of the results of it is as easy
as this said Brock, "we are Ger.
tain to beat the record.
"The Pride of Detroit is an ex.
cellent plane interposed Schlee,
"and more faithful than a woman. -
The record the men seek to better
was established by Linton Wells and
/ Edward Evans when they went
around the world by ship, rail, auto.
mobile and plane in 28 and half
. days.
MUNICH. Germany, August 30.
The self styled vagabonds of thu
air, William S. Brock and Edward
+. Schlee, resumed their 100 milo
an hour jog around the world at
6:36 a. m. today when they left in
their monoplane. Pride Of Detroit,
for Constantinople
They left Munich with the inten.
tion of flying to the former Turkish
capital without stop and hop'd to
cover the 100 miles in IL hours. %
"Our slogan" said Schlee before
the departure, lis Constantinopls,
or bust, and we may bust.'' a
If however, something goes wrong
| with the plane or weather, the fly
ers will be able to stop enroute, for
+h"ir route was to carry them over
Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade.
! Before starting Brock and Schlee
inquired about the landing fields at
| Belgrade, Bucharest. Sofia and Adri-
! anople. However, they were deter
mined to follow the Danube from
Vienna to Budapest and reach Con.
stantinople within II hours at the
, most.
Weather reports Indicated ideal
flying conditions all the way. with
northwest winds tavoring the flight.
DAYTON, o.. Aug. 30.-While
William s. Brock of Detroit was
| FLYING his monoplane, "P,ide Ot
Detroit across Europe today, con-
troversy broke out between two
/ women as to which of the two was
his legal wife.
Mrs. Corinna Smith Brock, of
Dayton, Yesterday announced thar
she was the real Mrs. Brock and
never had hecn divorced from him.
She said she was friend OF
Brooks parents, who live at West
Liberty. Ohio, and had never heard
| of another Mrs. Brock.
Mrs. William s. Brock Of Detroit,
whose friends maintained with cm.
phasis that she was tie only Mrs.
Brock they ever heard ot. left her
ho'ac last night and today IN" Deg'
/ ton Mrs. Brocl; declared TIE I>a-
troit Mrs. Brock had called upon
| her.
The two were reported to have
had long visit. What was said
was not revealed, but Mrs. Corinna
Smith Brock declared that the other
Mrs. Brock had left on l0:40 q. nj.
train for Detroit and that she her
self remained rhe only legal Mrs
Brock.
The train y due in Dctr"is 'atH
this nfte'netn. but whether 'h,re
will be mcle If the story f,I,hcom.
ing then Is not known.