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Evening star., 1928-06-15
URGE PANAMA CANAL
SERVICE BE EXTENDED
World Shippers Declare Trafic
Justifies Virtually 24-Hour
Operation.
By the AAs0ciattd Press.

~ the Ass0eiattd Press.
LONDON, June l5.-~A resolution ex.
pressing the belief that the volume of
trafiic passing through the Panama
Canal iIstifies the practically continu-
Gus operation Of that waterway day and
night was adopted today at the closing
session Of the International shipping
conference.
The resolution recommended that the
members OF the conference request their
respective governments TO urge the
American Government such an extern
sion 0f hours az would be compatible
with the needs and proper upkeep.
The resolution was presented by i,
A., Campbell, an American delegate,
Evening star., 1928-06-15
KELLOGG CONSIDERS
VACATION IN MEXICO
geeretary May Accept Invitation
OF Teller and Morrow After Pres
ident'e Return in Fall.
Nv the Associated Pfess.

Nv the hAs9etated FfeEs.
Secretary Kellogg Is considering
spending a vacation At CueTnayaEa,
Mexico, NEXT Fall, 1t was made known
to-day al the State Department, Ain-
bassador Morrow and Mexican AnlbaA-
sador Tellez have urged the Secretary
" spend his vacation there.
Recently Secretary Kellogg said he
had not had q vacation In four years,
having remained In Washington during
the absence gf President Coolidge, III
was said st the State Department that
II tlle Secretary decided 10 go 10 Msxico
II would be after President COQlldges
IaLllkn from WiecQnhln. -. -.
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Anita Dunlap Tennis Victor.

Anita Dunlap this morning won the
annual Tech High School tennis singles
tournament, triumphing over Jean
Iaone, 6~4, Ga. IN spirited competition.
on Tienry Park courts. The victory
gave Miss Dunlap, a junior, her
minor VI" III
Evening star., 1928-06-15
WOULD FIX EASTER DATE.
Commons Adopts Bill Designating
Sunday in April.

sunday In April.
LONDON. June Is OPl.--The House
OF Commons today adopted the so-called
Easter bill, which would ix the date
Of Easter as the Sunday after the Sec
ond Saturday OF April.
Easter Sunday, under the present
system, Ia the first Sunday after the
ecclesiastical fun moon on or next after
March ~, and therefore cannot be
earlier than March 20 or later than
April 20 This year II fell on April o.
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Burton Backs Curtis.

Representative Burton " Onl0. VINO
led tFss agfgt for Hoover In the Ohio
e2EapasEn for deieg&tes, Gaid zs he came
lg1ty fF1e Convention Hal that Curtis
gas tkle pf0kable ctaoife for second
place. He VIII get Cnso's yoseg In large
prDDgtAon,
ETnztog curliE las bern Republican
geSdef ~ the E&nAx ever since the
oeS1h of me late Eena'1r Lodge VI
Massachusetts ite II widely popular
ACT onH ~ tsae Midwest but tI many
states ~ the East. He Was cIas Of NE
gsef candidates soF the presidential
nomination b. 10 down fgh(lng.
hA former Representative Tincher ~
Kansas said igg nominating Curtis last
g5lgtat. lie II 10 gutter"
f5eeretaEy NeiioD ssl1 Efnalof E<yrsb
ff IezEAo are credited with having mao
srasefa 10 On with the determination ~
many of the leaders ~ put Curtis oPsf
flf fIse nomination,
gsesJrNSegtatiye McFAcaeu " Pennsyl-
gaNsa wAs Aetiye, bgo, NJ tsaf drive W
llrse TIE Pennsylvania cssegataoD w Ton
E6saztoF Curtis.
senst,f E,gab " Idaklo viii nominate
eena10f Curtis. The Curtis nomination
u exDect6E W ~ eyef WIN bang
New York IL practically gosi6 for him
EEEg4Ey3Fa&fFM Ntess tttfs~FtN @f% @~N@syNVs'
L9 swing into 1iEle,
An ed0gt ~ b2ck Vice President
raves wsg made III flls New Iork dele.
cation conference, bVt ~ VISA defeated
10 " i.
Hertert Hoover n California, tIll
fysi EeD8biiean n9n1igee from tBs Pa
esfc Cs,sst since Fremont. @tl0 CARRIE
ff1e new gsrty'E standard M 1855. wa
80 across last Digsst ny an gYeFwllsini
IN vote, How smashing y was W
tcoattaped ~ Ea6A z. GQlRan ~
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Leaders in Conference.
itecesses Its Caucus,

The Information was Teiayed 10 the
delegation caucus by It's chairman,
John q, Oglesby, who said Mrs. Ruth
Hanna Mccormick, one OF the dele
gates, had talked with Mr.. Dawes over
the telephone. The delegation recessed
its caucus then 10 meet again on the
convention floor TO determine whom II
viii support.
James w. Good. Hoover manager, was
authority for the statement Just before
the convention meeting hour that the
nominee would take no part In the
selection Of a running mate, lie reps
resented Mr., Hoover as believing that
Lask should bs undertaken solely by
kha GQnYanliQns ~ ....................,..'...
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Pennsy sylvania
Goes to Sen.
atOr.
is FOLLOWED
BY NEW YORK
BOrah to Set Name
Before COnven-
ton.

KANSAS CITY, June IS up. -
Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas
was nominated by the Republican
national convention today for Vice
President.
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Seen Strong In West.

the Eastern leaders have been i'm
pressed wfth the need 70 smooth out
sore spots in the Midwest because Of the
farm fight Curtis they regard as a
strong candidate In this section Of the
country. Also he Is q strong party man
and did not vote TO override the Presi-
dents veto Of the McEary- -Haugen bill,
although he guppored 1t when It passed
the Senate,
A drive fog The nomination Of
Charming Cox OF Massachusetts was
started last n1gfTt and by this morning
had assumed considerable proportions.
he comes from President COoiidge's
home State and has been a vote getter
there n was thought his nomination
would Feceise the hearty approval "
The administration However, At a
caucus Of the Massachusetts, delegation
before the convention met, Con an
Younee6 that he would not be q can
dadate The delegation determined "
vote for Cor Fuller on the fifgt ballot,
giving rim 80 votes. Senator Gailett, a
deiegate ~ large, said after the con-
ference that Curtis would be an ac~
eeptzkls candidate and that he might
expect support from Massachusetts,
though the delegation might nOt Yote
6gBadly.
Evening star., 1928-06-15
WEATHER.

~. =. Weather Bureau Forecast.l
Fair and continued cool tonight; to-
morrow partly cloudy, with slowly ris-
ing temperature.
Temperatures Highest, 81, at AIS
pm. yesterday; lowest. 81, at am.
today. Full report on page 9.
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Would Isolate Legations.

But by transferring 10 Nanking the
Chinese Nationalist would get their
taFy province. The ManchnR and other
invading forces from the North were
the cause OF the erection Of the Great
Wall with which China hoped 10 check
ths bAkhaTsaaAv from The N0rths
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Secretary Vic
tor by Land
slide.
MADE NOMINEE
BY 837 TO 247
Keeps Hands Off in
Filling of Second
Place.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN,
StaH rorrexnonaenE of The Star

KANSAS CITY, June l5.-It's Hoo
yer OF California and Curtis OF Kan
sas The Republican national con-
vention, picking Herbert Hoover as
the party standard bearer last night, to-
cay is slated to give second place on
the ticket 20 Senator Charles Curtis
Of Kansas. unless the convention should
take the bit in its teeth and defy some
o. the principal party leaders.
Pennsylvania's big delegation, under
the leadership Of Secretary Mellon, viii
cast its 7s votes for Curtis on the first
ballot Pennsylvania gave the final
push which put Mr.. Hoover over for
the presidency. It looks like 1t is to
be the keystone State Of this conven-
ton.
Senator Curtis will accept the nomi-
nation. according TO leaders who talked
TO him before the Pennsylvania delega-
ton at a caucus this morning voted
solidly for the nomination of the
Kansas Senator
Vice President Charles G. Dawes
and others were declared to be still
1n the running when the conven-
tan met at noon today. Representative
I1lSon Of Connecticut and Senator
Moses Of New Hampshire also were ex-
pected to make showing IN the bal.
aotinR.
Nj. Hoover. according to all reports
here, is keeping his hands or IN the
selection Of the vice presidential c9lldi-
date. de wants a convention -ck0sen
Tunuing mate. say the men who have
talked with him over the long -digtance
telephone.
Hsnfor6 MacNider Of Iowa, former
Assistant Secretary OF War. has the
backing Of many Of the American Le-
gion members Of the convention.
There has been little doubt but that
Curtis could have had the vice pregi-
dental nomination on platter from
the first had he not Issued state
nent when he FIRST arrived here. in
ferpfeted as an attack on Mr Hoover
saying that the convention should not
nominate man for whom Il would
have 70 be OF the defensive. He did
not use Mr. HoOgeT's name in cOnnec-
1ion with this paragraph Of his state
rnent. but II was believed 70 apply 70
the presidential nominee.
At the caucus Of the Pennsylvania
delegation this morning Gov, Fisher
who has been an ardent Hoover man
made the motion that the State cast
sts vote for Curtis for Vice President
Hrs. Worthington OF Scranton and VIII
Lam S. Ware. Senator elect, seconded
the motion and IL was carried with a
whoop. Secretary Mellon Is 10 cast the
vote Of the Etate for the Kansan.
Evening star., 1928-06-15
Hanna's Statement.

Mr.. Hanna pictured the plight Of his
company IN q statement addressed 20
the street car riders Of Washington, IN
Scontinusd on PAGE 4. Column n !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
AIRSI1IP AND PLANE NOT RIVALS,
DECLARES SENATOR BINGHAM
One Best for Ocean Flights and Other for
Land, He Holds Military
Uses Shown.

For commercial purpose, the dirigi-
BILE is unable to compete with trains.
Under the best conditions 1t can fly no
faster. Against All adverse wind 1t
would be much slower. Nor could 1t
compete in comfort with a modern train.
But Over the ocean it will be able to
OutostanCe the fastest ships. Which can
travel only 30 or 35 miles an hour I
say this in spite of the somewhat round
about and delayed flight of the Graf
Zeppelin.
"Alrplanes, on the other hand can
easily double the time of the fastest rail-
road train and for flights that are not
too long they are already fairly COM
Portable.
FOrcsees Ocean Service.
within four or five years. continued
the Senator. II believe that regular
transatlantic passenger airship will be
operating The two stations probably
will be somewhere in Spain and on the
Virginia coast.
Another advantage of the dirigible
type is this: When it is made larger its
carrying capacity increases in proper
ton to the size. With the airplane this
is the reverse. A plane carrying is
passengers can be doubled in size and
instead of carrying 80, will be able
to lift only about 90 This is because
of the greatly enlarged resistance the
air offers to the larger type of plane.
THE airship, depending only on buoy
ant gases for its support. and not on
speed, can carry an increasingly larger
payload as it is made larger"
THE most practical flying apparatus
for military and communication work
will remain the small winged high-pow-
cred type, which easily makes 159 miles
an hour. There are also planes which
can make 300 miles an hour, and 200
miles an hour is not unusual.
THE advantage these small, quickly
maneuverable fighters have in war time
over great, slow dirigible is obvious
These airplanes can ascend to great
attitudes, descend and climb up again,
with no loss of range. When the dirigi-
BILE goes up high, it must discharge bal
last. When it descendS, gas must be
Waived. In this operation it eXhausts
its resources and curtails its usefulness.
Observation balloons, however, will
continue to be used by the Army" the
Senator went on. Il was surprised at
the great number in the air on both
sides when first went up to the front
in France. Despite the fact that they
are somewhat vulnerable to enemy fire,
they are extremely useful for artillery.
1t is advisable to have reasonable fixed
and high point of observation to direct
artillery fire and they provide it.
Flying boats or airplanes with pom
tooS cannot supersede dirigibles for
ocean travel, because the great weight
of the boat hull or pontoonS, which
must be strong enough to withstand the
wrenching Of the waves. cuts down the
passenger carrying power. or pay load
to almost nothing. For ocean transpor-
tation, it is even difficult to make them
carry enough fuel to get across"
Downright 1928 by North American News
Alliance }
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

have to his credit three n~t7b'' 6 y -ve-
ments. all completed in thc p,Ss t',->4
months as a result OF 7 L. Of
study and experimentation.
Diesel Engine for Plan-.
He is designer OF the new Diesel air
plane motor recently announced by
Packard The motor develops 200
horsepower and is of the radial air.
cooled type 1t makes use of the Diesel
principle of burning hcs Wy oil for fuel
and is the first ever app ID to airplane
use, doing away with eXDl" s!ve gasoline,
ignition systems. spark plugs and car
hureters, all jor causes of airplane
failures. The Woolson achievement is
notable In that the lightest Diesel plant
ever built previously weighed 100 pounds
per horsepower. while the Woo1son
motor, 1t is claimed. weighs less than
three pounds per horsepower.
Capt. Woolson's third achievement
was the designing of the motors with
which George Wood set the new world
speedboat record in the power boat
Miss America VII, which travelled the
Detroit River course at q speed Of go
miles an hour. almost 90 Mills an hour
faster than any other boat had ever
travelled
Capt. Woolson was born in f,v York
and attended an engineering school in
London. He has designed aporoxi-
mately 400 airplane motors for the
Navy, ranging in size from 400 horse
power to the new 1,50O-horsepower
engine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
POSTAL HEADS URGE
MARKING OF TOWNS
Identifcatio of Places for Benefit
of Air Travellers Given
Active Support.

Marking of American towns and cit
les for the benefit of air travellers is to
be sought by the Post Office Depart
ment working in cooperation with the
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of
Aeronautics One of the greatest diff
culties confronting aviators flying over
unfamiliar territory is that they are I'M
able to recognize the various towns lying
beneath them.
The Post Office Department has di-
rected all postmasters throughout the
United States to cooperate with the
Guggenheim Fund to have the name of
each town painted on the roofs of
prominent buildings. The department
has sent instructions to all postmasters
in cities of from 1000 to $4,000 popu-
lation to follow as closely as possible
recommendations which will be sent to
them by the Guggenheim organization.
The Post Office Department was the
pioneer in establishing air mail routes
and is still vitality interested in ma
tional flying, the letter of instruction
states. Therefore. postmasters are re-
quested Immediately upon receipt of a
letter from the Guggenheim Fund to
consult with local civic organizations
such as chambers of commerce, boards
of trade. ETC., with view to having
accomplished what Is desired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
NEW PLANE FUEL UNIT
UNDERGOES ARMY TEST
Has 1,2OO-Gallon Capacity for
Gasoline and Capable of Serv-
ing Three Planes.

Gasoline and Capable of Serv-
ing Three Planes.
A new airplane fueling unit con-
etructed on the chassis of six-wheel
type truck, the capacity of which is
1900 gallons of gasoline and 100 gallons
each Of oil and water, now is undergo
ing tests by the Army Air Corps at
Scott Field. Heretofore the fuel ca
pacity of the largest Air Corps truck
has been $50 gallons.
The new unit. 1t is estimated, can
service three planes. each requiring 300
gallons of gasoline, 80 gallons of oil, Is
gallons of water and air for the tires
in "a minutes. Servicing is accom-
plished by filling the trucks gasoline
and oil tanks from the storage tanks.
The truck then is run out to the air.
pane and the gasoline, oil and water
forced into the planes tanks through
hose lines, either by air pressure, power
pump, or hand pump.
In its first test run from Kansas
City to Scott Field the new fuel unit
attained a maximum speed OF from
as to so miles per hour, the average
speed for the trip being IS miles per
hour After the service test at Scott
Field, it will be returned to Wright
Field for further tests. upon the COM
pletIon of which it will be sent to Kelly
Field
Although the new field equipment OF
the Army Air Corps will facilitate the
servicing of all planes, it will be most
convenient for servicing the larger
types of Army airplanes such as tbs
cargo and bombing planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
NEW AIR MAIL PLANES
PURCHASED FOR EAST

Owing to the tremendous increases
during the past two months in the
quantity of air mail between New York
and Chicago, the National Air Trans
port. handling the mail contract. has
purchased eight new Liberty motored
Curtiss Falcons for the transcontinental
line.
While the Falcons do not have the
carrying capacity of the present
Douglas planes, they have 10 miles an
hour greater cruising speed They will
be placed on the 995-mile Chicago
Kansas City-Dallas route of the South
western division, releasing an equal
number of Douglas planes for the New
York-Chicago service on the Eastern
division.
Unlike the standard Army Falcons,
the new mail planes are equipped with
an improved type landing gear, i'm
proved ailerons and larger rudders, and
the cockpits have been completely re-
arranged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
ARMY AVIATORS ARE STRIVING
FOR LIGHT THAT PIERCES FOG

the inverted loop. an aerial stunt con-
sidered so hazardous that the Army
issued an order against it. 1t calls Tor
a nosing down of the plane until it
describes a great circle in the air. The
pilot is on the outside of the arc. All
the centrifugal force of the swing is
thrown against the straps holding the
pilot. A bobble at the controls means
disaster.
While employed by the Curtiss people
Doolittle made the first flight over the
Andes mountains in South America.
Since graduation from the ranks Of
student flyers at old McCook Field,
Lieut.. Doolittle has been in turn a test
pilot, chief of the flight research divi-
sion and head of the airplane branch
of the field, since abandoned for the
new Wright Field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
NEW MOTOR BUILT
FOR RACING PLANE
Engine Likely to Give Speed
of $50 Miles per Hour,
Designer Says.

What is said to be the most powerful
aviation motor ever developed has been
built for the United States Navy by
Capt l.. M. Woolson. chief aeronautical
engineer of the Packard Motor Co. at
Detroit, and is to be installed in Navy
racing plane which will be entered in
the Schneider cup races in an effort
to bring the world speed record back
to this country.
The new motor. Capt. Woolson be-
lieves. will give the plane a speed of
more than $50 miles an hour. Con-
struction of the plane, which requires
a special fuselage has been started by
the Navy, Capt. Woolson has been in
formed.
The Woolson power plant is a "a
cylinder motor with four banks of six
cylinders each, arranged in the form of
the letter X. 1t Is said to have de-
veloped 1900 horsepower on the test
block.
Designed Race Motor.
Capt. Woolson designed the engine
Of the Navy plane entered in the
Schneider races last year at Venice,
Italy, by Lieut.. AL Williams That
plane was not raced, however, owing
to the inability of the Navy to construct
a body for the engine in time for off,
cial entry. The winning plane made
a lap in slightly less than 285 miles
per hour and the entire race distance
at an average speed of 231 .655 miles per
hour Block tests of the engine pro-
duced by Capt Woolson for that test
showed 1900 horsepower without a
supercharger and would have given an
estimated plane speed of 312 miles an
hour.
The new Woolson motor, in addition
to its fiat increase of 800 horsepower,
has been equipped with a supercharger
which will further increase its effec-
tiveness.
Should the new power plant live up
to expectations, Capt Woolson will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21

DAYTON, Ohio (4N.-The admiral
of the McCook Field feet" Lieut.. James
H. Doolittle, daredevil of the Army Air
Service has gone to Mitchell Field, Long
Island, to help Army aviators perfect a
fog penetration light.
Doolittle became the admiral OF the
McCook Field fleet" when, in 1925, he
won the Schneider Cup for naval planes.
flying the course In a Curtiss pursuit
plane equipped as seaplane. He travel
ed well over 22o miles an hour. defeating
American naval airmen as we'll as those
of other nations.
The airman attracted attention first
when he flew from Jacksonville, Fla,
to Coronado, Calf, in 81 hours 10 min
utes. That was in 1922.
On May IS, 1927, Doolittle executed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
AVIATION
BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.

maximum, 72.45 miles per hour
cruising.
Cruising range-6,200 miles.
Crew-40 officers and men.
PaSSengerS-20.
The two British dirigibles now
under construction are to have
gas capacity of approximately
100000 cubic feet, or 100000
cubic feet more than the Graf
Zeppelin, and the two United
States Navy ships are to be Of
100000 cubic feet capacity.
Dirigible experts have expressed
the opinion that rigid airShips of
the present type ultimately may
reach a size of 100000 cubic
feet.
The transatlantic flight of the
Graf Zeppelin was the fourth sue
ceSSful crossing of the ocean by
dirigible and was the fifth such
attempt in the history of aviation.
The first trial met with failure
when Walter Wellman's non-rigid
dirigible America, on an at
tempted flight from Atlantic City,
N. j., to Ireland, in 1910, landed
beside ship at sea 1000 miles Off
Cape Hatteras.
The second attempt was made
by the British in the military
dirigible R-34, which flew from
Scotland to New York in July,
1919, and then returned to Eng
land for the second successful
crossing.
The third successful trip was
that of the Los Angeles, brought
to this country and delivered at
Lakehurst, N. j., after a 5,000-mile
nonstop flight from Friederichs-
hafen, Germany, the birthplace of
the Zeppelin. She was flown to
the United States by DR.. Hugo
Eckener and many of his crew
who have just brought the Graf
Zeppelin to this country and who
now are preparing to fly the new
dirigible back to Germany.
The English R-101 and R-102,
now building for transatlantic
passenger service, are to have a
capacity of 100 passengers, as
against the 20 Of the Graf Zeppe-
lin, and will carry from 20 to 80
tons more baggage load.
The Graf Zeppelin is the 117th
rigid dirigible built at the Zeppelin
works at Friederichshafen. She
bears the type number LZ-127, in
dicating that she is the 127th of
her line, but it has been explained
that during the World War the
Germans skipped 10 numbers in
designating the big craft so as to
mislead the Allies as to the actual
number in commission for mill
tary purposes.
The Los Angeles bears the des-
ignation ZR-3, being the third of
her line. The Inflated Shenan-
doah was the first of this series
and the ZR-2, British-built for
this country, exploded at Hull,
England, with loss of So lives.
The first rigid airship was built
at the Zeppelin works q years
ago, since when there have been
more than $50 ships OF the rigid
type constructed in various parts
of theworld. Thousands of flights
have been made by these Ships
since 1915 with only two disasters,
those of the Shenandoah and the
ZR-2. not including those shot
down during the World War.
What will be the future of these
monsters of the air, OF course,
cannot be told at this time, but
that the present race between the
nations will lead to vast improve
ments and to the possible develop
ment of a type of airship which
may be depended upon for
scheduled long distance passenger
flights upon railroad-like basis
IF efficiency seems not improbable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-21
Peru Planes Booked.

Air passengers are booked month
ahead on the newly opened Peruvian
airplane service from San Ramon TO
Iquitos, the Department of Commerce
has announced. The air trip is made
in SO hours for S2l0 one way or $400
for the round trip. as compared with
ut least three weeks eastward and four
weeks westward by land transportation
over the Pichis Trail,