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made many pionasr flights about
the Islands and acquired a host of
friends who were en- hand to greet
him.
A reviewing stand was in readi-
ness for an official welcome to the
filters as soon as they disembarked
from their commodious plane.
One report that Lieutenants Malt
land and Hegenberger had success
fully spanned the pacific proved
premature when plane resembling
their giant Fokker, which was
sighted over Honolulu at 1880 a. m.
washington timel landed and
proved to be an army patrol.
Hopes had risen high at Wheeler
Field when the report OF the sight
ing OF the plane was received and
an escort squadron Immediately
took the air to meet the arriving
airmen.
Then plane landed from an
early patrol and its pilot expressed
belief he had been mistaken in the
early dawn for the army Fokker.
Searchlights swept the sky
throughout the night and toward
morning red lights outlined the big
landing field.
Sleeping groups OF infantrymen
awaited their turn at guard duty
and q score of big planes stood at
the starting line at the hangers
entrance awaiting an order to take
off.
Heavy artillery trundled along a
nearby highway, returning from
maneuvers, and giving a warlike
aspect to the scene.
A military band played until the
wee hours of the morning to en-
terrain the waiting crowd. Ha-
waiian singing boys were inter.
spersed here and thSre in the
crowd, giving a truly Hawaiian at.
mosphere to the occasion.
The monoplane moved toward its
goal with cloeklike regularity as the
daylight hours passed and the in
trepid filters were more than half
way to the goal as dusk enveloped
them.
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or two glistened in Mrs. Noville's
eyes and she said simply:
"Good-by. dear
That was all
Mrs. Acosta, meanwhile, was
chatting bravely with her husband.
"Good-by Bert" she said, kissing
her big husband, who left her alb.
ruptly.
A short time before he had rushed
from the hangar where he got the
news Of the imminence of the
hopoff, to the hotel, and tiptoed
in to his room. and kissed his two
small sons. Bertrand, jr., four years
old, and Allyn Lee, three years of
age. goodbye.
Used to Taking Chances
Mrs. Acosta said she was not the
least apprehensive over her husband
embarking upon this great adven-
ture.
He'll make it. I'm sure" she
said. why should l be afraid?
I've seen him taking chances ever
since we were married. on the auto
mobile race track, and in the air.
Really. think the chances he has
taken as test pilot. going up in
new machines. were greater than
the chance he is taking in this
great monoplane.
After her husband left the hangar
Mrs. Acosta sat looking out of a
window slipping coffee.
Balchen is unmarried and there
were no women folks to say good.
bye to him. But one woman Mrs.
J. A. Bockhurst, wife of an airplane
photographer, presented him with a
rosary just before he left.
II will. pray for you and l want
you to have this rosary with ,ou,"
said Mrs. Bockhurst. 1T was bless
ed by the pope"
/ Balchen thanked her with that
modest, winning smile Of his. He
also wore little medal pinned to
his shirt. He said he was looking
forward to seeing his old mother
who lives in Oslo, Norway.
Mrs. Byrd came to the hangar
just before the takeoff and went
to Byrd's office in the rear of the
big red building, away from the
crowd. They were there together
for half an hour. Byrd previously
had kissed his three children good
bye in their home in Boston.
Byrd emerged from his office t.
say farewell to his many friends
who were waiting for him. The
other three fliers had, meanwhile
gone out to where the plane was
perched on the mound, the glare OF
eight strong searchlights full uLcn ii.
I'm sorry to have to say good-by
to you chaps" said the geniah Byrd
his blue eyes twinkling, as he shook
hands with the newspaper men. at
was a pleasure to have known you
and hope to see you all again.
He was presented with gold wrist
watch by the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce.
He gave the reporters statement
in which he said he hoped ''ouS
countrymen vii; appreciate the fact
that my shipmates, Noviile, Acosta
and Balchen, are flying over the top
solely for the progress of aviation,
to which they are devoting their
lives"
He said thew realize there is No
glory in ran.sto9 flight TO Paris
for them, and he tn TX occasion to say
he was glad Lindbergh reached
Paris first, because Lindbers1 did
for the progress OF avia ZION anG in.
ternational good fellowship what we
never could even have hoped to do. -
After posing for flashlig!t pic.
lures. he left for the hangar. the
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ALL YOUNG
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For this feat he was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
Byrd has had a long career in
aviation, and has won fame as a
developer of air navigation instru-
ments, which are now in use all
over the world. He invented the
bubble sextant" which enables
fliers to obtain an artificial horizon
and to calculate their position while
in flight. He also invented the
sun compass and drift indicator.
Byrd was born in Winchester,
Va, Va, October %, 1888. His
brother. Harry Byrd. IL now COVER
nor of Virginia. High Navy Off
Gals have cited him for fine con-
duct. courtesy, devotion to duty.
judgment. physical endurance. self.
control and discipline. He has re-
ceived seventeen citations for serv.
ice performed over and above the
call of duty. Four Of these were
for bravery, two of which were for
extraordinary heroism in saving
lives
Bert AcOsta
Bert Acosta, the pilot. is tall. we'll
proportioned. with a mon of coal
black hair, swarthy skin, black eyes
and black mustache. He is the
Latin type. although extremely calm
and matter-of-fact in going about
the business of flying. He was
born January /, 1891, in San Diego.
CAL, is married and the father OF
two small sons. He is of Spanish
descent.
&
He holds several important air
records. He is the co-holder with
Clarence Chamberlin of the world
endurance flight record of 81 hours
IL minutes and 20 seconds, made in
April Of this year. Acosta holds an
endurance and distance record from
Omaha, Neb.. a distance of 22U
miles. which he covered in IL hours
and 20 minutes. He was also holder
of the American altitude record of
22, 800 feet. which he made at DAY.
ton, Ohio, without oxygen.
George Neville
Lieut.. George Neville. the assist
ant pilot and flight engineer. was
horn in Cleveland. April "a, 1890.
During the war he was in naval
aviation or the Italian front and
received the Croce de Guerra from
the Italian government.
In 1920 he became Superintendent
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Byrd was asked what he thought
of his chance to make Paris. "Our
chances are as good as they are
bad" was his cryptic reply.
At Ala washington time) a
workman turned a crank several
times just as il he were cranking
an automobile, and one of the side
motors began to whir.
A cheer went up from the crowd.
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papers. His home was in Oslo. Nor;
way. For years he flew in the
frozen North and has been on many
dangerous air missions. 4.
Balchen and Byrd met last year
at Spitzbergen. where Balchen had
been sent by the Norwegian govern.
ment to assist Amndsen in preupar-:
ing for his flight over the North
Pole. Balchen also gave valuable
aid to Commander Byrd in his North
Pole flight, helping prepare the skis
for the Josephine Ford" Recently
he has been test pilot for the Allan
tic Aircraft Company at Hasbrouck
Heights, N. J., where he flew the
America in its early tests.
The purpose of the flight is scien-'
tific. to determine standard flying
between the United States
and Europe.
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staccato clicking of telegraph instru-
ments beating in his ears.
First to Enter Plane
The first man to enter the plane
was Herbert w Sussman, radio
expert and friend OF Byrd's. who
tested the radio apparatus and
found it to be in excellent shape
The ground crew at 400 wash.
ington timeD removed the tarpaulin
from the motors.
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did in the Spirit Of st. Louis. which
averaged about 1Os miles an hour
In its flight to Paris.
It was at the break of dawn that
the giant monoplane roared for more
than a half mile down a grassy run
way, lifted beautifully, and took off
for Paris.
The great tri-motored plane headed
due west. into murlxy mist, swept
to the left in a huge semi-circle and
came back with it's black nose
pointed due east toward the Atlantic
ocean.
AS the America passed back over
Roosevelt Field, ii was followed by
an escort Of eight planes. They
looked like giant sailing condors as
they swept across the murky sky.
They moved evenly and steadily, with
the America in the lead.
1t was q perfect takeoff. The
seven-ton monoplane got away as
easily as a Jenny plane.
Three thousand persons, most of
them women. who have stood in
the rain waiting to see the takeoff,
the runway and up into the air.
The rain had stopped at takeoff
time. however.
Byrd was attired in a Naval
officers cap with gilt braid, a
dark gray windbreaker which COW
cred a khaki shirt.
He was smiling and genial to
the last. He was absolutely self
possessed, this man who once had
the temerity to fly over the North
Pole. That browning achievement
made history on May S, 1925.
The weather isn't any too good
said Byrd as he left, I'VE won't
have the winds with us that Lind.
bergh and Chamberlin had, but we
will make the most Of conditions,
I hope"
Decision Is Surprise
Acosta was dressed in a gray
suit Of civilian clothes. He wore
4 helmet.
Neville started off minus his
coat. He wore a tan shirt, the tan
trousers Of Naval aviator's uni.
form and helmet that made him
look like football player. He is
q stock powerfully built man, with
tne rugged face of pugilist.
The blonde, blue-eyed. ruddy-
faced Balchen wore a plaid shirt
and dark trousers. He was hatless
wnen he entered the plane.
He was all smiles. For days he
mad but one worry, that something
might come up to prevent his
going. He is to be the relief pilot
and navigator, taking turns for
both Acosta and Byrd.
All four had a few hours sleep
> yesterday, but none of them slept
last night.
The decision to hop off had
come as a surprise to all the
Tiers, except Byrd.
The commander sent word to
them shortly before o'clock to be
prepared to hop off at dawn.
The word was sent to the Garden
City Hotel, where the filters and
newspapermen were stopping and
soon the hotel was in a turmoil. Re-
porters and photographers, upwards
OF 90. dashed to the hangar.
Wives are Optimistic
Mrs. Neville, an attractive au.
ourn-haired young woman, motored
to the hangar with her husband.
I'm thrilled-thrilled ell over
she told the international News
Service.
As she was talking a gray.
haired man, stopped of shoulders,
came over to her husband and,
putting his arm around him, kissed
him. The man was the radio mans
father. Otto J. Neville. AS No.
vile left for the America. a tear
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Of the United States Air Mail. Later
he was appointed the Governments
representative in aircraft factories
where planes for the service were
under construction. He is married
and makes his home in San Fran.
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cisco.
Balchen is the youngest of the
four filters, being 81 and unmarried.
He is a blonde. rosy-cheeked. blue
eyed Norwegian who recently took
out his American naturalization
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MECHANICS GIVE IT FINAL ''TUNING'
Bvrd's Plane IN Flight

THIS PHOTO OF THE BYRD
perfect
Evening star., 1927-06-03
Lackadaisical Indifference.

It is an. unfortunate and regrettable
fact that the Traffic Office, the Police
department and the courts persist in
viewing violations of the automatic
electric signals as trivial and not
worth bothering very much about.
Few arrests are made for this Of
fense, and when the erring motorist
is taken to court he is fined the pitt
fully inadequate amount of five dollars.
Violations of the light signals are
not and never have been trivial in
fractions of the traffic regulations.
They involve q potential loss of life,
serious injury or heavy damages to
property. To class motorist of this
ilk with the business man who mad
vertently leaves his car parked a few
minutes overtime is to bring the en-
tire traffic code into disrepute.
1t is a sad commentary on the judg-
ment of those in control of the traffic
situation that such ridiculous view
is allowed to exist. The driver who
passes a red light on one of the auto
matically controlled streets should not
only be fined minimum of forty dol
| lars, but on the second offense he
should have his permit taken away
from him for an indefinite time. Un'
less it is driving while drunk. leaving
Evening star., 1927-06-03

the scene of a collision without max
ing identity known, or using a smoke
screen to evade arrest, there is no
more serious violation of the regula.
tions than deliberately proceeding
against red light.
The success Of the automatic system
in any city rests entirely on the CO.
operation of the motorists. Police
should either organize a campaign to
force cooperation. and the courts
should back them up by the imposi-
ton of a full dose of justice. or the
system should be abandoned, and
Washington. because of faulty traffic
judgment. should take it's place again
in the ranks of provincial communi
ties.
Immediate action should be taken
on this important subject. it is pat
ent to any one that a driver who is
unable to understand the light system
is utterly incompetent to drive an au-
tomobile in these days of heavy traffic.
1t should also be patent that the driver
who deliberately ignores the signals Is
one degree worse than the stupid
kind. From every standpoint he Is a
menace to all other users of the
street.
All of Washington will await with
interest the decision of the authorities
in this matter. 1t is confident that the
right decision will be reached and that
vigorous measures will be substituted
for Indifference. Now is the time
to act.
Evening star., 1927-06-03
Lindbergh's Story Is
Good, Clean Reading

To the Editor of The Star,
One hears on every side. in speak
ing of the all-!mportant subject of the
glorious achievement of Capt. Charles
A. Lindbergh's trip to Paris, II read
every line of it," We need not ques-
ton the reason why; yet. is it not a
happy thought to ponder. and know
that this news is clean. wholesome
and uplifting? Most of the subjects
that have monopolized the headlines
in our daily newspapers for months
have been of murders, suicides and
other crimes: all revolving in their
nature So let us breathe an extra
prayer of Thanksgiving for our
American hero that he has. with his
other virtues, contributed toward clean
journalism.
The youths of today may we'll read
in safety oil these articles, and learn
lesson of heroism and bravery
which this modest boy has so un-
consciously given to us all. Reading
such news sweetens the taste. purifies
the thought and makes one feel that
there is much good in this beautiful
world of ours after all.
GERTRUDE NJ. CHARLTON.
Evening star., 1927-06-03
Trade With Russia ?

An Associated Press dispatch from
Ottawa says that Russia will aban-
den efforts 10 trade with Canada and
Great Britain and redouble her efforts
in the United States, following sever
ance of the trade agreement by Canada
and Great Britain, in the opinion of
Iongin +. Guerus. Soviet trade com
missioner to Canada" Mr.. Guerus is
quoted as saying that his country
docs not wish to trade with un-
friendly countries where our every ac-
tion is viewed with suspicion" lie Is
reported to have said that he found
United States bankers and business or
ganizations friendly in their attitude
toward the Soviet trade representa-.
tives. Then follow from Mr.. Guerus
some insinuations as to the millions
and millions Of dollars worth of goods
which Russia might buy from the
United States.
Before the Soviet government made
its trade agreement with Great Britain
there was much talk Of the immense
value of the Russian trade which Eng
land was to have. Before the Sever-
ance OF relations between Great Britain
Evening star., 1927-06-03
ON FACING DILEMMAS
By GLENN FRANK,
President of University Of Wisconsin.

shall forever be surrounded by un-
solved riddles.
The thing that keeps our minds alive
is the constant necessity of choosing
between alternatives.
The facts of our world are ever
changing.
The quality of our insight into the
facts Of our world is ever changing.
The unified life to which the philos-
opher cOunsels us is not a life in
which at an early age we decide Just
what we are to believe Throughout
life on all the major issues.
The highest unification of life does
not consist of the answers we find
to our dilemmas, but in the way we
face our dilemmas.
We must face our dilemmas fear.
lessly.
We must face our dilemmas in the
light of the facts.
We must face our dilemmas with
Willingness to examine the as
sumptions on which our lives rest,
for we may be worrying about a dilem.
ma that Is not real at all. dilemma
that would not exist if we got rid of a
certain false assumption that has Gre
ated it.
Our forefathers probably thought
they faced a battling dilemma in trying
to decide from day to day whether or
not they should burn as witches the
women that came into their court
rooms; but hat dilemma disa ,peared
when once they faced the false as
sumption that people may be possess
ed of evil spirits.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1927-06-03
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TR4CEH ELL.

son. While personal chastisen.ent and
lectures may inhibit the desire to
take without asking such children ana
elders will bide their time, If thievery
is in their blood.
Parents ought never to censure
their own or other persons children.
it would seem. in cases of petty
thievery. without a thorough investi-
cation Of the facts.
Many boys are made to regard
themselves as great criminals, when
all the time they are just boys
and ''boys will be boys That's an
other old saying.
Many years ago there was gang
OF boys who delighted in raiding q
sporting goods shop for ping pong
balls This table tennis game was
quite the rage" at that time and
each boy in the gang had set. Each
young man. too had all the light
celluloid balls he wanted.
Yet there was never a time they
went down town that each lad did
no. manage to stuff his pockets with
the small spheres. After making a
get away" it was matter of compe
tition to count up who had managed
to "sWipe" the most.
OF course. it would have been pos.
sible for an outraged shopkeeper to
have branded them as the worst sort
of thieves. but in reality it was not
the stealing. but the combined spice
OF danger and daring that made the
affair interesting.
Left to themselves, they soon tired
of the sport, and the dealers ping.
pong balls reposed in peace. After all
what real difference did 1t make?
They were only stealing pins!
X X X X
A more serious case was that Of a
Young man who loved books so much
that he stole them out of a public
library in order that he might have
them for his own.
He was attending college at the
time. so there might seem no excuse
for him at all, in the minds of many
persons. A wise college president
however, comforting with a wise IL
hrarian, thought that there were nit
iGating circumstances, and the young
man was allowed to graduate.
There was another young man at
the same institution, more happily
situated. who had all the money he
wanted with which to purchase
books. At the end of his college
career, in paying a rather large
bill at the book store, he asked the
proprietor if he might not have a
15-cent copy of Longfellow's poems
it being the custom of the town mer-
chants. when any one paid a good
sized bill. to give a bit Of mechandise
as a goodwill offering.
This time the book dealer, realizing
that the man was leaving, refused,
good naturedly enough. to accede,
whereupon the man, a leader of his
class. simply picked up the book as
he walked out, and if the dealer saw
him, he said nothing. Neither re-
garded this taking" as thievery
both believing in the old saw about
the pin" and the ''tater"
Perhaps there never was a high
school or college student who hon
estly regarded the use of a pony"
in Latin translation as cheating. a
sort of thievery, in a sense.
While abstract moralistS froWn in
horror, the common-sense people of
the world ask for facts, in cases of
theft. and if the thief was really hun
CRY, they forgive him the theft of the
bottles of milk.
Sure,
Evening star., 1927-06-03

We must avoid at all costs living a
life that is forever at loose ends.
The practical man, advising us in
our youth, invariably tells us that
we must pull ourselves together and
focus our ambitions and our energies
on some single objective.
We must listen to this practical man
if we want to live successfully.
The philosopher, advising us in our
youth, invariably tells us that we
must pull ourselves together and try
to see so clearly through the issues
of life that we shall bring unified
outlook to bear upon religion. poll
lies, business, and the other ma jor
fields of living.
We must listen to this philosopher
if we want to live serenely.
The practical man calls his advice
by the commonplace name Of con
centration.
The philosopher calls his advice by
the high brow name of integration.
The philosopher tells us we must in
tegrate our lives; make integers of
ourselves: that is to say. make our
lives unified wholes instead of a mass
of fighting fractions.
This is sound advice that merits our
sustained attention.; but it must be
taken with grain of salt.
We are doomed either to disappoint-
ment or to stagnation If in the at
tempt to unity our lives we undertake
to iron our minds out into an unruf-
fled consistency that will never per-
NIT doubts to scamper restlessly across
our dogmas.
We shall always face dilemmas; we
Evening star., 1927-06-03
Lindbergh Packs Up for Home.

Iindbergh is in Paris packing up his
effects, the accumulation of nearly
two weeks of purchases and gifts.
mostly the latter, and going through
the formalities of farewell before hop
ping off tomorrow for Cherbourg.
where he will board the cruiser Mem
phis for his voyage to Washington
His plane, the Spirit of ST. Louis. has
been Grated and is now on board the
cruiser. All is set for the departure
and the flight to the seaport, which
will be made an occasion of moment
by an aerial escort.
The Memphis is a swift craft and
can easily make the trip to Washing
ton in a week. She has a reserve of
speed to be called upon in case of
meeting heavy weather at sea. 1t is
scheduled that she will arrive at the
navy yard in this city next Saturday
at noon. That is most appropriate
hour. for it will enable all Washing
ton to witness the coming of the ship
and her distinguished passenger.
Details of the reception of Lind.
bergh in this city are evolving. 1t
has been proposed that the official
greeting by the President of the United
States will occur at the Washington
Monument, where an immense multi
tude can be assembled to witness the
ceremony of the bestowal of the Dis
tinguished Flying. Cross. This is an
excellent place at which to hold this
rite. 1t is central, convenient and sig
nif1cant. In the shadow of the great
shaft, commemorative of the services
of the first President, the Chief Execu-
tive will extend TO this intrepid young
airman, representative of the spirit
of America, the recognition and felici-
tations of the people Of this country.
Much is to be done in the week that
remains to organize reception COM
mensurate with the significance of
this occasion. The committee of citi
zens has divided the task and has set
to work vigorously. 1t is assured that
in all respects the welcome home to
Lindbergh. will be worthy of Wash
ington and fully expressive of the
by his wonderful performance.