Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-28
Graf, Following Northern
Route to Lakehurst, Makes
Effort to Retrieve Time
Lost Over Texas.
BIG CRAFT is AVERAGING
so TO so MILES AN HOUR
Giant Ship Expected to Visit Cleve-
land Air Exposition and Then
Make Bee Line to Terminus of
World Flight at New Jersey
Naval Station.

KIRKSVILLE. Mo, August %
tT>.-The Graf Zeppelin passed
over Kirksville almost due east
from Milan. 1t was headed
for Chicago in the direction of
Keokuk., Iowa.
Slipping through the clouds il
q grim attempt to retrieve time
lost during the night over tht
rugged. storm infested mountain
area of western Texas, the Gral
Zeppelin was speeding toward the
East from the Southwest todaj
on the last lap of its round-the
world cruise.
Strong head winds, which ap-
parently prevailed at all heights
still prevented the big silver ship
from equaling the high speed al
which it crossed the Pacific from
TOXIC to Los Angeles, but the 40
to so miles an hour at which the
sullen waste country of the Sierra
Diable and Guadalupe mountains
was traversed had been increased
to approximately so miles an hour
over Oklahoma and Kansas.
The direct line which DR.. Hugo
Eckener, commander of the craft,
adopted after reaching the Texas
Panhandle late last night showed
that he intended to waste no time
in reaching Cleveland, where he
promised to maneuverxo over the
city as part of the national air
exposition program before pro-
ceeding to Lakehurst, N. j., term
mus of fight.
Will Visit Cleveland.
DR.. Eckener radioed officials Of the
air exposition yesterday that his ship
would reach Cleveland about noon to-
Gay, but adverse winds and electrical
storms, encountered early last night, re-
tarded progress to such an extent that
it appeared the ship would not be able
to reach Ohio until late evening.
According to the original schedule OF
the Northern route selected by DR.. Eek
ener. the dirigble was to fly from Kan
sas City to st. Louis, then to Chicago,
from which place it will make a bee
line for Cleveland and Lakehurst.
Encountering its first storm after
leaving Los Angeles at 2:14 am. (cen-
trail standard time yesterday. IN cleo
trical disturbance between San Diego,
Calf, and Yuma. AriZ., the big ship
noSed down the eastern ridges of the
Rocky Mountains, once more victorious
over the elements. In midafternoon the
oirigible passed over the continental
divide of the Rockies. then, bucking
head winds. zoomed over Arizona and
New Mexico. arriving at El Paso at 5:13
am. central standard time).
Goes Into Mexico.
After lowering over the West Texas
rity for Is minutes. the Graf dropped
across the international boundary line
into Mexico.
A few minutes later it reverted to its
eastern course. following the Texas &
Pacific Railway line to Sierra Blanca,
Tex. Finding small but vicious storms
in it's path, Dr. Eckener there turned
north. abandoning an announced in
tention to visit Fort Worth.
After crossing corner of New Mex
leo the ship lined across the Texas Pan
handle. entering Oklahoma's southwest
ern corner. The dirfgible followed a
compass course through Oklahoma.
The Zeppelin passed over Kansas
City shortly before 10 am, Central
standard time, today and headed for
Chicago.
After circling the city for IL minutes
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