New Britain herald., 1927-12-28
Food Always Ready

1 Food was always ready in the gal iey-soup, and bologna sausage be-
 ing the main articles served there.
 In addition boxes of chocolate bars
 were kept constantly on the table in the main cabin, and all were wei
 com" 10 hclp themselves. Quanti-
 tics were consumed.
 Peak, the cook. had constant wis itors, and always was ready with q 1 bowl of soup. q chunk Of sausage
 and q cup Of coffee.
 Commander Eosendahl. rated as
 one of the hest dirieible commanders i in any country, remained on watch
 almost constantly. Nothing happen ! cd he did not know about. During lihC entire g hours We wer" cruis-
 ing l only know of two instances when he allowed himself d small wink Of sleep. Commander NJ. E. Pierce. CXCcu- tive officer at the I.akehurst station. was navigator for the voyage while Engineer Officer Thurman was con- si2ntly in touch with the operation of the five engines which propelled
 the ship from their five separate cabins.
 Two Rau:Omcn on Duty
 Two radiomcn Were on duty and l myself participated in short trick , il 'he radio room-having had such
 experience in the past. Copying ! weather reports sent out at frequent i. intervals by the stations at Airing | ton and at Lakchurst and telling oI ! weather conditions ahead. consti- ! tutcs the big task of the radio opor- | ators. Their function is highly inn porIant, for il is by the weather . charts that the ships course is de- tormincd.- They never left the radio { cabin during the trip. except for :, . visit 10 the galley in search Of food. | When not busy With weather reports they were listening for signals or any news of the Dawn. Electricians Copeland and Cavadini were the op- cra' orS.
 Two other important mon Were those at the ships two ruddcrs Their position is out in the iron, of the control cabin with windows open around them One, at the side, stands at the wheel hy which he controls the elevating rudders. main- tGining the ships elevation. The other, in front, steers tho straight ahead course as does the holmSmm on any other shin. Because Of ,he extreme cold to which they are ex- posed they work shifts of two hours at tho wheels and have four hours rest. Other members Of the crew work in four hour watches with two hours rest.
 Nothing May Be Dropped
 On the entire trip no one was permitted 10 throw anything over board. That is to maintain the exact weight Of tho ship. Water is from the air 10 compon- sate in weight for the loss sustained by the burning of fuel and oil. Those aboard arc not even allowed , 10 drop paper cup from the dirg- ihe in flight. ,
 ] had the liberty of the ship and -- spent most of my time with biuocu- lars. searching the cold, blue oN- penSe ot water for sign of the Dawn Below us through the 15 hours we , were over water. tha sea was SO calm that there seemed 10 be no . motion at all. Most of the timo : rat at q window in tho cabin. Tn" { 'a'-Walk above was too cold and " other places too exposed for com , ort.
 There was little sleep or rclaNa- ion but som" members Of the crew. nnrcd 10 such Il life, Were able 70 7. est when off watch. either dozinr, :, 1T chatting or playing cards.
 Cribhago, if senms. is the tavori'.. l. ;anc Of these men who sail the n kies.