Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
Zeppelin Returns to Home
Port in SIS Hours on First
World Trip Lap. q
HULL UNIFORM, MOTORS
GOOD, MECHANICS FIND
Start for TOXIC to Be Wednesday
or Thursday, Blau Gas
Expert Believes.
~ The Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press. .
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN Germany. ALL
gust 10-Taking a new record for a
Transatlantic dirigible crossing into her
hangar with her, the great air liner
Graf Zeppelin reached home this after
noon SIS hours and "a minutes after
leaving I.akehurst, on the first stage of
her glohe-girdling fight. A small army
nt mechanics and helpers immediately
began to groom the Zeppelin for the
next stage. to Toxic. on which she will
leave within three or four days.
DR.. Hugo Eckener celebrated his
eixty-flrst birthday by bringing down
the silver queen of the air at 1.o3 pm.
7:03 am. Eastern standard time),
with a journey of 4,200 miles to his
credit in the log books. The Zeppelin
made an average speed Of rs miles an
hour for the entire trip, cutting the
time for her crossing in 1929 by Is
hours and % minutes.
Home Port Is Thrilled.
Friedrichshafen, which is used to
thrillers connected with zeppelins. had
the sensation of its existence when the
Graf Zeppelin breezed in almost before
the citizens were aware of 1t.
The air liner described graceful
curve over the city and. less than half
an hour after she had been flrsr sight
prettiest and cleanest landings DR..
Eckener has ever achieved.
Within another half hour the pas
sengers were out of the gondola and
the freight was being unloadcd
Before the thousands of specta tors
who thronSed the aviation field and
stood outside the fences could realize
what had really happened, the radio
announcer's voice informed them that
the Graf had shattered all previous
dirigible records for the Atlantic cross
ing.
All Friedrichafen was jubilant tonight
ever the zeppelin's achievement.
DIR. Eckener Is Happy.
But there was no happier man among
them that Hugo Eckener himself. AL
though the Graf's commander kept his
Joy pretty much to himself and de-
clined to show himself anywhere to
celebrate his birthday or the Zeppelin's
feat, evidence was not wanting from
the Eckener home that he was de-
lighted at having made the crossing
in less than Sc hours.
Within two hours after the Graf
Zeppelin landed nothing at the Zep-
pelin plant gave evidence Of an un-
usual occurrence, nachinistS busted
themselves with the motors only to
fnd they were In perfect condition.
According to Director Maybach, mot
o single one needed to be replaced or
overhauled. They stood the strain ex-
cellently and merely need oiling ana
cleaning"
Examination Of the hull revealed no
tears, so that from this technical point
the takeoff for Toxic could be made by
TUESDAY night. However. Or. Len
nartz. the zeppelin's blau gas expert,
doesn't consider the takeoff likely be-
fore Wednesday or Thursday morning
considering the enormous stretches
ahead" he said to the Associated Press
correspondent. Il know DR.. Eckener
will want his men above all to have
rest They will be shot to pieces II
they must start right off again by Tues
day morning"
Post Office Is Busy.
While the Zeppelin works resumed
normal working conditions quickly. there
were three places abnormally busy. The
first of these was the post Office. where
ell the clerks are on overtime duty
sorting the mail from the IS bags
destined for Friedrichshafen. Ten bags
remain In the hangar unopened, DelpS
destined for Toxic and beyond.
Another busy place Is the local Office
Of the Hamburg american Tourist
Agency. IAN goods, including the
puppy and the alligator arrived in per-
feet condition" said Manager Gerhart.
"The delegates to the international ad-
vertising convention in Berlin will have
their American lamb chops tomorrow
morning. These were examined by
health officers and then approved for
shipment on the Graf Zeppelin"
The third busy place was the Kur-
garten Hotel, where the dirigibles pas
sengers swamped already crowded quar-
terS and where farewell parties were
given during the afternoon. Only about
half Of the Crafts passengers remained
in Friedrichshafen overnight.
DR.. Leisler Keip. DR.. Waiter Speiss,
Nate Wexler, william Weber. John E.
1arney and Morris Schumoffsky left
for Berlin late this afternoon, Nelson
Morris started to Paris to see his wife
between stops Of the round-the- world
fight and William p. Leeds also ar
ranged TO 60 to Paris. Comdr Charles
E. Eosendahl Of the United States Navy
will spend Sunday In Berlin.
Toxic Flight List
Although the final list for the Toxic
flight has not yet been definitely fixed
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