Evening star., 1927-11-12
|CHAMbERL|N SEEKS
ENDURANCE RECORD
Flyer Also Hopes to Pilot 20
Passengers on Next
0versea Flight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. November 12.-Twenty
passengers on his next transatlantic
flight in one or two years, was the
ambition expressed here yesterday in
an Armistice day addresse before the
Advertising Post of the American
Legion by Clarence u. Chamberlin
who few from New York to Germany
with Charles Levine.
Rccapture of the world endurance
| record for flying was his immediate
| aspiration. he said. however. and he
hoped to- enter into at least four
cornered race for ii before the end OF
this year.
I'm spite Of all arguments. Charley
and l had a wonderful time on our
| flight to Germany" said Chamberlin
as his hearers roared with laughter.
Tells OF Arguments.
| He recounted a few Of the argu
ments prior to the record-makins
take.off, but said the first serious ar
| gument arose when Levine got to
| looking around the ship at time
| when it seemed their rate of speed
| would find their gasoline supply ex
| hausted some 800 miles from land
He found out that I'd forgotten
| the oars for our collapsible rubber
| boat" said Chamberlin. AS the
| real inside of why we missed Ber-
| lin." Chamberlin said:
! when we got over Essen l though
we were over that town. but Charley
| thought we were over Bremen He
said he had been there never had
been to Essen. When Charley was
| plotting he would fly in the direction
in which he thought Berlin lay from
Bremen. and when he got tired and
crawled back on the gas tanks to
rest, I'd fly in the direction though
Berlin lay from Essen"
Many of his listeners groaned audi
| bly, when Chamberlin explained thai
neither he nor Levine cared for beer
and told of how it got out that he
would auaff stein upon arrival in
Berlin.
Charley taught me to sign at the
| top OF the card when we were sign
ing the autographs for which we
] Chamberlin 80 that nobody could
stick in lou ahead of our sigma
lures. Well, one fellow folded ovel
| the top of a card and after | had
signed it he wrote in ahead of my
signatures: When l get to Berlin IL
have big stein of Pilsener for you.
Electric Compass Broken:
Shortly before the time for thu
take-off Chamberlin said he hearC
| Mrs. Levine remark: IF | though
nv Charley was going in that air
| plane Id burn it up 1t was no
/ known then who would navigate th'
! ft for Levine Il wanted to max,
that flight. so kept quiet" he added
| Flying up the coast to Cape Cot
vibration broke the indicator on tn
electric compass, Chamberlin SAID
and. that being very good reason
tor turning back, he asked Levin
what he wished.
I'D rather be buried i'm Davy Jones
| locker than face that newspaper gan,
| i'm New York" Levine replied.
With the proper ship and the prope
preparation, the young flyer said
transatlantic flying would come to b.
safe. The new ship probably woult
have q minimum of three motors. full
radio equipment, and be capable o
| landing on and withstandinS a heavy
sea and transmitting by radio whll'
| resting on the water.
! The Templehof Field in German!
was the finest he had seen, with tha
at Detroit Mich, the second best.
Prior to making his speech, Cham
| berlin told newspaper men that lou
aviators had planes ready for the rae
for the endurace record, Bert Acosta
who helped him set the 51-hour recor'
which stood until two German flyer
recently stayed up 81 hours: William
I Brock. who tried to fly around I'M
world with Edward r. Schlee of DE
troit: George Weiss of New York. ant
! himself.
Celebrates Birthday.
| It was hoped that some city woul.
/ offer prize for the contest. whici
would be open TO all flyers and planes
and that the trial could be made be
fore New Year day.
The planes would fly trianguial
| course over the city chosen. he said
AS we'll as an Armistice day cele
bration, it was a birthday party fo
Chamberlin. it being his thirty-fourtf
anniversary With him at the speak
ers' table he had his wife and hel
mother. Mrs. William Bogert OF In
| dependence, Iowa; Thea Rasche. th'
! German aviatrix. and large Groul
OF Chicago's former World War sol
| diers
Chamberlin was introduced by Oscar
! r.. Carlstrom. State attorney genera
and himself a war veteran.