New Britain herald., 1929-08-20
PREENED
 FOR NEXT JOURNEY
Minor Repairs to Fabric Made
 ill Japanese Hangar
PASSENGERS SIGHTSEEING
Start Thursday at Dawn, or We'd nesday Afternoon, New Britain Time, Probable-Hop to Los Au- geles Next.

Time, ProbabIe-Hop to Los Au-
 geles Next.
 Tokyo, Aug. 20 P-Refreshed by baths and sound sleep aground after four days in the air, officers, crew and passengers of the Graf Zeppelin today were plunged into a two-day program of Japanese hospitality.
 The Graf's commander, Dr. Hugo Eckener, and several of his high Of. ficers, arrived in Tokyo from Kastl- migaura airport this morning anI started the days program by mall- ing official calls on the ministers of war, communications and naval af- fairs.
 Reception Held Today
 A huge public reception by Tokyo's citizens was held in Hibiya park, in the heart of the capital, this afternoon. Tens of thousands of Kimonoed Japanese shouted banZais for Eckener and his men. The crowds waved Japanese anI German flags.
 The tri-color of the German re- public is prominently displayed throughout Tokyo. The occasion has been seized to emphasize the renew al of friendship between the two countries.
 The Zeppelin itself conqueror of
 
 preened today for the conquest of another sea and another continent, and completition of it's round-t he world trip.
 Lodged safely within the giant German constructed hangar II kasumiagaura, the giant dirigible was gone over carefully by work- men, who again tested every inch of it's fabric, restarted motors and lis tened to their hum, and sought pos sible weaknesses which may have developed on it's flight across Eur asia.
 Starts on Thursday Thursday at dawn, "Wednesday mid-afternoon, E. s. T.) barring ad- verse weather or other contingen- cies, the Zeppelin will be taken from the hangar and started on the third lap of it's globe encirclng cruise, from Tokyo to Los Angeles, across the Pacific, north of the Hawaiian n group, down the American coast from Seattle, a distance of about 5,470 miles.
 From Los Angeles after a brief stop the airship will fly the 2,5O0 miles across the continent to Lake hurst, N. J., completing the trip be- gun Wednesday night, August. [, with the start from Lakehurst for F'riedrichshafen, Germany. It will have then flown about 19,000 miles. The same crew of 40 that made the start at Friedrichshafen, will be on board. but four of the passengers brought here from the dirigible's s Lake Constance home will quit the craft. leaving but 16 of the original passengers. The sailing list may pt filled at this port.
 All Go Sight Seeing | Passengers and crew, freshened by long sleep last night at Tokyo hotels, spent this morning sight seeing and accepting the entertain ment of Japanese hosts who out did themselves for their guests from America and western Europe
 Despite reluctance of Dr. Hugo Eckener, master of the dirigible, tc delay his own sleep and that of his men for entertainment, he could not refuse the invitation to dinner shortly after arrival, a ceremonial meal expressing the tribute of Da Nippon to those who had so con. quered space.
 The ceremonial dinner menu list ed dried chestnuts, dried cuttlefish and sake, the national drink fer. mented from rice. A geisha dinner at which geisha girls danced ant sang modern and classic songs O. the country followed with the off cers and crew of the dirigible a. guests.