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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

10Y Tue AN.NNAhIFI HTGHHt
Speeding southwestward over the
PENNSYLVANIA seas south OF the
equator. the giant moncpIane South
ern Cross early Monday was making
mice progress" IN its flight from
the Barking Sands Of the Hawaiian
Islands to Suva in lhc Fiji Island
group IN the Southern Pacific, en-
route to Sydney. Australia.
AZ regular intervals throughout
the long hours or the night the
planes radio broadcast its position.
showing IA steady progress of about
90 nautical miles an hour.
III this speed I'm maintained tho
monoplane should reach its obiective
about ; y. m. Pacific coast time to-
day. and the four Dirdmcn aboard
will have CONNECTED the longest all
water flight i'm history. 3,13s miles.
The hiE monoplane hoped OFF from
the Barking Sands at $50 o'clock
Sunday morning l7:50 ia. m.. Pacific
coast timel.
Radio dispatches picked up nj San
Francisco and Honolulu have vividiv
described the second leg of thu
flight and told of the dangers lurk-
lng IN Its path. First there were
ominous dark clouds, a little rain
ana tnen "A spluttcrinK motor caused
the navigators temporarily 70 slack
en speed This difficulty apparently
disappeared a. the plane roared its
way through the night with a full
moon furnishing the only light.
frying first at "A low altitude "a
Continued on page two.D
The Washington times., 1928-12-20
Leather Plant Wrecked;
$500. 900 Loss by Fire

CLEARFIEL Pa, Dec. 2O.--f Ire
DESTROYED the Pennsylvania Hide ana
Leather Company tannery at Sui
wensville, entailins loss of prooaoiy
$500 900. The fire started IN the
finishing building. spread to the leecn
strovad and burned parts of other
etr,,ctnres nutting the entire plans
ont of commission. The fire starteu
in the finishing building and is De.
lieved to have been of incendiary
origin. ,4 ,n the
This was the only plant IN tne ne
state owned by the company anu Of ~
account of the present condition cot!ei,r % y
the leather market it is doublIui !. =
II will he rebuilt. 1t had q cap"o''s
of 500 finished hides day.
The Washington times., 1928-12-20
Two Trapped by Flames
Saved by Firemen, Police

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20.-Mrs.
Annie Scull. 65. and Daniel Rigney.
67. were rescued when fire in the
rooming house conducted by Rlg-
ney's wife trapped the man on the
second floor and the woman on the
third floor of the house.
Firemen carried the woman down
an extension ladder. She was
taken to Hahnemann Hospital suf-
fering from shock and slight burns.
Rigney was aided out of the house
by Sergeant Earlley. Of the EieV-
enth and Winter Streets Station
and Jack Conway, 1S of 1927 Sum
mer street, who discovered the
hlaZe.
The Washington times., 1928-12-20
Grape Juice Salesman
Stirs MARYLAND Law

TIAGERsTOWN, Md, Dec. ~
states Attorney Harper Baiietlne
is searching for law to cover q
unique case brought to his at.Tu- GM
ton It all happened when ). w W.
Peach. of New Yor'., grape sa 1ursa
salesman. tried to drive his morse
into the lobby of a hotel here
The Washington times., 1928-12-20
Weather Sharp Warns
OF February BliZzards

MERCER, Pa, Dec. 20.-Open
weather of the present kind until
January 10 is the prediction of
Jury Commissioner Welk of Green
Vile. He says there will be no
heavy SHOWS until February when
he predicts several blizzards.
Cold weather will follow after
January TO-
Evening star., 1928-04-25
HOOVER GETS 81 IN ONO.
Willis Delegates Elected in Doubtful
District-Smith Sweeps State.

District-Smith Sweeps State.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. April IS {Gj.~-
Complete returns today from the only
close disiric' in the State showed that
Secretary Hoover would have 81 OF
Ohios 81 delegates at the Kansas City
convention.
The Commerce Secretary captured
all the seven delegates At large by "ide
margins and got two delegates from eacn
Of ~ districts Anti-Hooyer delegates,
originally pledged To the late Senator
Frank y. Willis we're elected in 10 dis
tricts, giving the opposition total o.
20 delegates For a while to-day IL
looked as If Hoover might pick up one
of the two delegates from the tefith
district, but reports from all precincts
made both the Wills delegates winners.
Hoover not only won a majority OF Lne
states delegates. but ran far ahead IN
the presidential voting while IN The
Democratic preference balioting Gov
Smith Of New York piled up more than
twice as many votes as the field. Ine
preferential results, however, are hot
binding On the delegates.
The Democratic organization giale oI
40 delegates. pledged 70 support Atlee
Pomerene on the first ballot al Houston.
ran into only one snag In the Columbus
district Ralph J Bartlett. an attorney
committed TO Smith, won place on
the delegation which generally ls re-
gardec. however az friendly 10 The New
York governor.
In the Republican deiegate contest
returns from 1877 Of the 1853 precincts
In the State showed Representative
InnJET
colleagues for delegate at large with
ls4 93I. A. woman Mrs. Hugh Clark of
s1eubenWlle. was low on the Hoover
slate. with 1912, more than 10000
ahead of tie high man on the WINS
ticket. Catmi 4 Thompson, WITH lO53bD,
EenaDor Fess, designated a. keynoef
~ Kansas CITY, polled l0l ,4e7 votes.
with A. Ife Beatty colGred, low on the
/ Wills slate. with Se.733
/ Ia the Republiesn preferential voting,
= 1855 precincts gave Hoover 205 ,0I3. The
/ ate Senator Wills f4,2i6, and DIN j.
; Ft3ss, Columbus. lawyer. 1926
Death " Senator Wills IN the midst
II the campaign Was blamed ny Col
! Thompson To-Day for the Hoover dele
gate victory ln ono. III statement
/ Col Thompson said Considering our
handicap ou account Of the death ~
giIg leader Senator Prank B Wills We
/ aid ~ veil ~ could be- expected.
+ by analysing ihe vote aud the dele
yates elfeted by each side Z is apparent
ihat the futai districts are against
/ SECRETARY iiDoyef aud lie city districts
fof nim
/ a0 further alatemfnt Was issued by
Col Jhad Brown. manager gt the
hover de4egate campaign ~ Ohio oiier
j lban inst issued a. midnight praisiug
sOtets u the STATE tot Lbeir falf mind
i eGBeas" IA naming q naJ0fity u fa0yci
delegates despite the itghi vote
A. Telegram received from Hoover thif
nDaDang yss made public by Col, Brown
1ee n9esSage says II am grateful a.
yop Herbert Hoover,
Evening star., 1928-04-25
Land on Small Island.

We we're on the west coast of Sval-
bard, as We had planned, but l could
see no place where we could get view
of terrain At to land on. We circulated
for half an hour. finally going out to an
island off shore. where II looked clearer.
My windshield was covered with
frozen oil. so, with the storm. the Wis
ibility was bad for landing II seemed
unwiSe TO land on the island (main-
land). when there was such a good
chance. of having a breakup, so the
captain sent me a note TO return to the
mainland tisland) and land the plane
went down. scarcely seeing anything,
and luckily landed fine; the machine
sliding only 40 feet on its skis.
II was now about 7 O'Clock in the
morning Point Barrow time. but We
had lost an hour II times. so here ii
was about 6 O'Clock in the evening, We
both climbed out 10 look around. The
snow was so soft and deep that We
could not walk without snowshoes. We
crawled into the cabin and went TO
sleep.
The storm continued. with an occa-
Sional lull for five days. We spent most
Of our time in the plane. though now
and then We took reconnoiterlng trip,
or a trip 10 bring in driftwood To use
as fuel to melt snow for drinking water
/ was reminded Of Robinson Crusoe and
his man Friday. but they had the luck
of picking a tropical island
We were not particularly warm, but
not too uncomfortable Friday evening
the weather let up. We arose at am,
and worked 10 remove the snowdriftS
from around the plane There was
Evening star., 1928-04-25
MAY RETURN NEXT MONTH.
wilkins Sees Possibility Of Not Gettinl
Ship Until May.
RY CAPT. GEORGE H. WILKINs.

BY CAPT. GEORGE n. WILKINS.
By Wireless To The Star and the New Yori
Times.
GREEN HARBOR. Svalbard (Spitz
bergen) April 24.-Well rested, We ar
enjoying the comforts Of the mess a
Green Harbor radio station and tD
splendid hospitality of the Norwegian
officials. 1t is possible that we may no
be able to leave here by boat unit
after the middle Of May. 1t would b
impossible to take off In a machini
fitted with wheels from the snow ant
ice, and it would be hazardous TO at
tempt a landing on any but sno7
covered country with the skis We have
so we must wait patiently for steam
ship transportation.
Copyright 1923. IN the United sta'eI
and throughout the world by the New YOTI
Times Co..
Evening star., 1928-04-25

about six feet of snow in front. We
then tramped down a runway. and by
10 in the morning we we're ready to
start.
Pushes Plane for Take-off.
The snow was so soft that the plane
would not get under way without
wilkins outside to wiggle the tail and
push. We planned to have him push
until 1t started, then catch on-like on
freight train-and we would be off.
From the cockpit could not see him.
/ put the engine full on and. humping
over the snow ridges. soon took to the
air. But imagine my CONSERVATION
when l made my first turn and saw
wilkins left on the ground. AS there
plane had started. he had fallen of
before he was able to crawl around the
fuselage TO the cabin.
l landed and We tried IL again. This
time rope was let out from the cabin
Holding the rope with his teeth. he
pushed and We were started again. He
jumped up on the tail but fell of again
almost pulling his teeth out in an effort
to hold on.
My eyes were glued on the snow
ridges ahead to keep the nose from
going down so far that it would break
the propeller, but even II / had looked
back could not have seen him because
Of the wing / took the air alone again
Seeing him left on the ground, / landed
Our efforts would have been extremely
ludicrous had 1t not been so downright
serious.
Finally Get Of.
We then found little rise and taxiec
the plane to it, and tried again. Thi!
time Capt. wilkins got into the cabir
and pushed with piece of driftwood Il
get the necessary initial start. We de.
Cided that If we could not make it thi
way wilkins would take our tent anc
some food and / would fly to Greer
Harbor alone and return for him later
We could not afford to run the engine
much more because our gas was gettinC
low
Fortunately we got of together or
the third trial. and half an hour lateI
we were in Green Harbor. where vi
landed easily, beside the radio station
We were welcomed by Mr.. Ihlen, the
manager of the Norwegian government:
radio We we're delighted that our triI
was successfully ended and We settleC
Evening star., 1928-04-25
MICHIGAN FOR HOOVER.
Seven Delegates at Large Instructed
for Secretary.

DETROIT. April rs H). Michigans
seven delegates at large 10 the Re
publican national convention at Kan
sas City will carry instructions to vote
for The nomination Of Herbert Hoover
for President The instructions de-
cided upon by the Republican State
convention here viii bind the delegates
~ vote for Hoover an long aa he lis a
candidate"
TWenty-fix delegates elected by Mich.
igan's i3 congressional districts also
have either instructions OF recommenda-
tions IN vote for the Commerce Sec
retnry
Evening star., 1928-04-25

Dental preference column in yester-
days primaries Each candidate far out
distaneed any other In his party. Presi-
dent Coolidee and Gov Fuller received
a large number of votes in spite OF
their announcements that they did not
wish their names used.
In Boston. Lynn and some other
places the task of counting the prefer
cnce votes was deferred until today.
Returns from 1907 precincts out of
1903 in the, State gave the following
vote for the leading candidates
Republican, Hoover. 84,572; Coolidge,
$3.50, Dawes ,463. Fuller l,l73; Low
den, 703.
Dcmocratic-smlth. SO,449 Senator
Walsh of Montana, III; Reed "a.
Party States Elected.
The regular party states for dele
gates at large were easily elected,
Senator Gilett. high man on the Re-
publican slate of seven, had vote of
llO453 in ISL precincts, including
Boston. Chairman william M. Butler
of the national committee, who headed
the slate. had l087 1888, and Grace H.
Baglev, lowest on the slate, 1881.
Rev. Frederick l.. Anderson, running
independently, had 52,905. All those
elected are unpledged. Anderson was
unpledged but had announced himself
as a Hoover supporter and also as ia
voring strict prohibition enforcement.
Senator Gillctt is openly in favor oi
Hoover. and others on the slate have
been noncummittal.
Senator David l. Walsh, highest on
the Democratic slate of eight delegates
at large, received "A 844 votes in the
same precincts. Helen A. Macdonald,
lowest on the slate. S3,6l2, and Mayor
Lawrence F. Quigley of Chelsea, inde-
pendent candidate. 1852 All the Demo-
cratic delegates at large are pledged
to Smith. Quigley also was Smith
supporter.
Lindbergh Gets Votes.
Voters in one party in many cases
marked their ballots for presidential
candidates of the opposing party. In
more than one city Smith ran second
10 Hoover on the Republican ballots.
while Hoover's name appeared on many
Democratic ballots
Northampton. home city of President
Coolidge gave him So votes and cast
682 for Hoover Ward .. his home
ward, gave Coolidge Is and Hoover 200
Lindbergh received few votes, and
two or three were cast for Senator
Hefln.
Evening star., 1928-04-25

u don't try to keep up the pace of
the younger generation, says this
65.year-old woman, II leave that
to my grandchildren.
But just because | lead a quiet llte
doesn't mean that I'm NOT per
iectly well, | never telt better.
Everything about me is normal and
functions as II should. | make sure
Of that by taking Nujol regularly,
Nulol keeps me in good condition"
When people become less active,
NuJol becomes even more impor-
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Evening star., 1928-04-25
MRS. PiNCHOT COMEDIES.
wife of Former Governor Admits De
feat by McFadden.

TOWANDA. Pa, April IS Uo).-~Mrs
Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, wife OF Penn
sylvanias S former governor, today con-
ceded her defeat by Representative
Louis II. McFadden for the Republican
nomination for Congress from the fif-
teenth district Returns were slow In
coming from the rural districts. but
McFadden stated that his majority
would be In exces Of $500.
Evening star., 1928-04-25
ZION WORKERS TO MEET

The second luncheon of workers In
the Ga5 900 United Palestine Appeal
Wlli be- held tomorrow at noon al The
jewish Community Center Reports on
lhc first four days CANVASS viii be-
read by leaders 0f the mems and w0m~
EMS divisions
Rabbi Samuel itnsenblatt Of Haill~
more. i6idOfe Her8hgeld and other
local leaders ~ the campaign VIII adj
dresa the teams,
Itabbi William Franklin itOgenblum
II the Eighth Street Temple spoke al
the workers luncheon yesterday More
than l15 workers attended the rally
Drive teams g1ll continue 10 canvass
the city until May y, when ihe k3b 900
victory banquet IN honor of Df Cahim
Weizmann president Of the World
Zionist Organization, viii be held.
.
A. II " The 10 Republican national
conventions thus far held the pfesi-
DENTAL nomination has been awarded
- 3eE
Evening star., 1928-04-25
WILKINS ARCTIC FLIGHT
ELIMINATES PILOTS CAREER

turned they (the compasses) we're both
useless.
l kept the course by the night sun.
Things we're going we'll. The instru-
ments were as steady as though painted
on the dashboard and l celebrated by
having a stick of gum. 1t was quite an
event | wished for smoke, but there
was too much gasoline and ether
around
The temperature went down until
1t reached 48 below zero. Fahrenheit, but
the cockpit was not uncomfortable, as 1t
was so we'll shielded, and we were well
wrapped in furS. ! wondered how VIII
kins was doing in the cabin. l could not
see him because Of the large gasoline
tanks between us.
Engine Temperature Drops.
I felt worried, because the engine
temperature dropped and dropped and
dropped and / could not run the en-
CINE throttled down because 1t became
too cold and started to spit When the
oil temperature went down to 90 de-
grees / would climb the machine steep
ly and the temperature would rise. We
had wrapped our engine Thoroughly
with asbestos, and also stopped all the
bad holes through the cOwling. but even
thlS was not enough 10 keep IL "dliii
However. as long as we had big load
it was warm enough, because then II
worked harder.
After a few hours we sighted the
White Mountains of Greenland, far to
the south. We we're now only 600
miles from SptZbergen, or Svalbard. at
1t is now called.
In few hours We saw clouds ahead.
We cleared them at 5000 feet. They
extended almost TO the water, and we
were afraid that the islands and water
around them might be covered with
clouds, making it dangerous to come
down here for fear Of hitting mountains.
The winds blew up and the temperature
rose quickly We were getting into the
influence Of the gulf stream.
Our gas gauge showed only 30 gal
ions left. but soon We were relieved to
see at the right the mountains of Spitz-
bergen, at last We dived through a
hole in the clouds and found ourselves
in a storm The air was thick with
drifting snow, and the plane rocked and
bucked in the air currents like bron-
cho. We knew that we had better
land as soon as possible, at 1t would be
impossible to see Kings Bay, even II we
f.ia tn
Evening star., 1928-04-25

down TO enjoy the comforts, which =
us seemed like foretaste Of heaven.
Copyright. 1928 in ths United state
and throughout the world by the New Yori
Times ca
Evening star., 1928-04-25
McFndden Loads Mrs. Pinchot.

In one Of the most hotly contested
Republican congressional fights Rep
resentatiye Louis r McFadden was
leading Mrs Cornelia Bryce Pinchot
wife Of former Gov. Pinchot, in the
fifteenth district on incomplete figures
George p Darrow defeated former
Mayor j. Hampton Moore OF Philadel-
phia for the Republican nomination in
the seventh district while Miss Agnes
Wilson was leading for the Democratic
nomination In the sixteenth district
Evening star., 1928-04-25

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Evening star., 1928-04-25
EAY I'LL MAJonITms LAR0E

ECsTOH. April 25 ~ Nassaehn-
seiff voters nlsrsed their bsiiote mostly
for Hoover snd Smith ~ the pfebir
Evening star., 1928-04-25
Mellon to Head Delegation.

Secretary of the Treasury Andrew
w. Mellon is expected to be chosen
chairman OF the Republican delegation
at a caucus 10 be held here next month
Other delegates at-large elected by the
Republicans were Secretary of Labor
James J. Davis. Gov. John S. Fisher
Senator ELECT William S. Ware. w. L.
Mellon. Republican State chairman, w
y B Ainey. chairman of the Public
Service Commission. and Mrs. Marion
M Scranton.
The Republicans nominated Senator
David A. Reed To succeed himself The
Democratic nominee Is William NJ Nc.
Nasr Pittsburgh
Evening star., 1928-04-25
SMITH CLAIMS PENNSYLVANIA.
Gufrey Says &c Delegates will support
Governors Candidacy.

Governors Candidacy.
PHILADELPHIA. April IS 1P).--1n-
complete returns today from PennSyl-
vanias primary election indicated that
the Smith forces would send a ma
jority OF the States edelegation J" the
Democratic national convention. The
delegation will not be instructed, hut
Joseph F. Guffey. national committee
man. claimed that at least 66 of the rs
votes would be cast for the New York
executive.
The Republicans will send an unin-
strlcted delegation OF 10 to the national
convention at Kansas City. Dhe seven
Republican delegates at large were un-
opposed. but there we're some contests
for district delegates.
Interest IN the primary centered IN
the fight for Democratic delegates al
large. with l3 candidates for eight
places Friends Of Vance G. Mccormick.
former Democratic national chairman,
opposed delegates favorable 10 Smith in
a number of districts. The Mccormick
supporters gave no indication as 10
whom they favored.
Seven at Large for Smith.
Figures from 2e25 districts out of
8,45l in the State show that seven OF
the eight leading candidates favor Gov.
Smith The vote in these districts
gave Gertrude Sumner Ely, Montgomery
County. 25,595: Lillian d. Bergy. Phila-
delphia. 25,435; Anna Ewing Cort. West
moreland, 25.207: Hester M Eye.
Greene. 22,674; John A. Riley. Luzerne.
i9.440, John A. McSparran. Lancaster,
1894: Clinton w Clader. Lehigh, lS,-
788 Gordon II, Cilley. Chester. 1925;
Norris Hoover Fulton. Is,l09: Thomas
J. Minnick. jr. Philadelphia. i7l23;
Robert M Foster, Centre, 1851; j..
Houston Mccullough. Philadelphia, 49,
sol: Cornelius Haggarty, jr.. Philadel-
phia 1920.
Mccullough, Foster. Hoover and Nc
Spartan openly opposed Smith candi-
dacy and were supported by the NC
Corrnick wing Of the party. The dele
gates at large Will have one-haf vote
each.
Evening star., 1928-04-25

The National Museum announces an
exhibition Of drypoints by Diana Thorne
OF New York in the division Of graphic
arts. Smithsonian Building. continuing
daily 10 May 90 rom Q am. TO 4 80
pm. and on Sundays from 80 TO 80
D m.
Evening star., 1928-04-25

The Mems Club of the Church Of Our
Savior. Brookland. will give minstrel
show, 8 O'Clock, at the parish hall Of st.
Marks Church. under auspices OF the
adult Bible class of the church.
Evening star., 1928-04-25
sPEIIaL NOTIIEs

D0ORS-%ew sereen doors that Will not
wan or rag EeehBngeF 60 ath "a
---sth FLA a*e. ns.--59-i Ga ave
rgANDF ATEERs HALL CLOCK WITH
quarter -hnIIr Westminster efain1es Ni45 Ore
p ~ Hamilton railroad wstch ausiproot
7-iewet movement So Cali al KAHN
nc. 935 Il -, nv,
Evening star., 1928-04-25

The Frahyolo Club, 1926 / street will
open It's auditorium to the public April
"a with a play. so This Is Love" The
club holds meetings every Sunday at
$50 pm for the teaching OF practical
Christianity.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-11
SOrlie Jokes When
McMullen Fails to
Meet N. %. Parade

CONTINUED from page one)
farmers are coming in great num-
bers."
There were Is carloads Of farm
ers in the procession Governor
Sorlie heade. into Omaha, all in
tent on carrying to Kansas City
their demand for equality in agri-
culture" The caravan started from
Jamestown, N. D.. with 10 cars.
AT Aberdeen there were more
than 50 cars" said Governor Sorlie,
"but since then, in spite of steady
reinforcements, the caravan has
become widely scattered. The fast
est cars have sped ahead, while
others have dropped behind. Some
have wandered from the chosen
route"
The governor was confident there
would be 400 North Dakota crusad-
ers at Kansas City before the con-
vention opened.
1.-THE farmer has been timid in
demanding things rightfully his"
Governor Sorlie said, land it is
high time for him to assume the
role Of the go getter'."