Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-22
new RECORD IS SET
AS Liner BREMEN
REACHES new YORK
Crosses Ocean ; In Fastest
Time Since 1923, Breaking
Mauretania's Mark.
PLANE is CATAPULTED,
TAKING MAIL ASHORE
Speed of 29.5 Knots, High Figure
for Steamers, Made in
Atlantic Trip.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 22.-The new Ger
F., man liner Bremen reached Ambrose
| Light at the entrance to New York
Harbor at 3:02 pm, daylight, this aft
ernoon, easily breaking the speed record
for ocean crossings held by the
Mauretania.
A radio message from the ship to the
lines Offices here said that from noon
yesterday to noon today the ship had
logged 7l3 nautical miles, breaking the
record she herself had set the day be-
fore of 705 miles. She had maintained
an average speed Of 29.5 knots, also a
new record.
The message said that she expected
to reach Quarantine at 8 pm. eastern
daylight).
The Bremens time from Cherbourg
on its maiden voyage was days 18
hours and II minutes, which beat the
Mauretanias time by hours and II
minutes.
Old Mark Made In 1928.
The Mauretania made the last record
from Cherbourg, steaming to New York
| in days, 2 hours and "a minutes In
1928.
The Bremen was reported miles
east of Ambrose lightship at 2:31
| eastern daylight) this afternoon. A
| radio message from the ship to the
lines Offices here said that from noon
] yesterday to noon today the ship had
logged 713 nautical miles, breaking the
record she herself had set the day be-
| fore of 705 miles. She had maintained
an average speed Of 29.5 knots, also a
new record.
The message said that she expected
to reach Quarantine at pm. eastern
daylight).
Plane Catapulted.
The seaplane New York, carrying q
cargo Of express mail, landed In the
bay at / as pm. today from the liner
| Bremen, where 1t had been catapulted
| from the deck
The plane was piloted by Baron Gobst
Won Studnitz. and headed for pier 4,
Brooklyn.
| > Baron Won Studnitz circled about the
| pier fully five minutes before descend
| Ing Among the first to greet him was
Thea Rasche, German flyer.
A mail truck was waiting at the pier
| and q police motor cycle escort had
been provided to enable the truck to
make a speedy run to the Varick Street
Post once branch In Manhattan.
Post Office officials promised to have
the mail in the hands Of consignees
| within o few hours after its arrival.
Carries Eight Bags Of Mail.
! The plane. which left the new Ger
man greyhound In the vicinity OF Fire
Island. landed in the water about 200
| yards out from the pier. Two tugs and
a motor launch went out to tow 1t in:
1 ~atf ~ AlAA
a mechanic and radio operator. The
| planes cockpit and fuselage are
built above its one wing and 1t has q
three bladed propeller.
| The seaplane carried six large and
| two small bags OF mail. There were
also two packages Of films aboard.
| Baron Won Studwitz said he took of
| from the Bremen at :05 pm. eastern
| daylight time), about 20 miles east OF
| Fire Island, while the ship was doing
about 20 knots.
| He experienced no trouble IN getting
| the plane away, he said.
| Since the voyage of Columbus which
statisticians say would have consumed
| SO DAYS had he followed the path Of
present-day liners, the time for the
transatlantic passage has been reduced
| as mans ingenuity increased. In 1919.
the side wheel steamer Savannah made
the voyage from Savannah, Ga, to
Liverpool in % days. This was reduced
to II days, hours In iS40 by the
steamer Acadia, which set q new record
Of 8 days, 81 hours in 1841.
Record Of 1889 Long Standing.
In 1889, the liner City of Paris estab-
lished a record of five days, 10 hours
| 10 minutes, which remained unchal-
! lenged until 1928, when the Mauretania
4 set the fyreseY1t record
Plans were made for welcome to the
new champion by the city's official re-
ception committee. The municipal tug,
Macon, is to carry the committee to
quarantine, where its members win
board the vessal. The Macon and a
fleet Of tugs will then escort the ship
| to her nier